All Chapters of Toward the Sun: Chapter 61

Morning broke over Mount Wijil under strange circumstances.Dozens of men moved back and forth, carrying water in wooden buckets and clay jars. They worked to put out the fires that were still burning in several places. Around them, women and children searched through the wreckage, salvaging whatever might still be saved from the remains of their homes.The entire central area of Mount Wijil had been leveled.Everyone would have to start rebuilding from scratch.Only the Sun Sword School buildings higher up the mountain were still standing. But they would never have their leader with them again. They would have to find a new leader within the next few days.The problem was that no one among them possessed anything close to the ability and competence of the late Ki Lembu Narawara.The sun had only just emerged above the treetops along the eastern horizon at the far end of the valley when Wisnumurti left the men still busy putting out the fires.His hands were covered in soot. He had ju