City of Light Chasing, abandoned district.
As the morning sun rose, October had already turned cold. In a dormitory within the Green Sparrow Gang's six-story abandoned building, Flo was sorting documents at his desk when a gust of cool wind blew in through the window. The wings on his back trembled slightly, and his whole body shivered.
"This weather is really getting colder and colder."
Flo set down his pen, rose, and walked over to the heater. He picked up an Energy Ore the size of a tennis ball from a wooden bucket beside it and tossed it directly into the heater.
In mere moments, the desk-sized heater radiated waves of heat in every direction, warm as sunlight.
"Fortunately, we secured a share of the Energy Vein at Crimson Moon Mountain. Otherwise, who knew how many bits we'd have to spend buying all this Energy Ore this year?"
Flo looked at the Energy Ore in the wooden bucket, quite pleased with his own foresight and choice.
If not for the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall's help, the Green Sparrow Gang would have had to spend thirty percent of its annual income on Energy Ore. Aside from using it to improve training results, a considerable portion was used for heating.
Not just anyone could live comfortably through the bitter winter of City of Light Chasing.
Aside from residences in the city center and suburbs, which received dedicated heating from City of Light Chasing, everywhere else had to find its own way to stay warm. Most drifters in the abandoned district could only burn wood for heat. Only those with some bits to spare used Energy Ore.
As for the major gangs with outposts in the wilderness, burning wood was certainly not an option. Wilderness outposts were crude and retained no heat at