With this chapter finished, there was only a little time left before the next month began. I had thought I wouldn't be able to finish twenty thousand words before midnight today, but unexpectedly, I managed it in the end.
I spent the whole day hard at work and wrote 20,000 words. Counted as chapters, that would be ten shorter ones.
Even at 3,000 words per chapter rather than 2,000, that was still more than six chapters.
It really wasn't easy. After finishing, I felt utterly exhausted. Once all my energy drained away, I didn't want to do anything at all. I'll trouble you with just these last few words: the new month is almost here, so please spare me a monthly vote. I'm off to bed. I've reached three hundred thousand words of updates this month. As for next month, whether I'll write four thousand words a day or keep going with ten thousand, we'll talk about that tomorrow.
Cool gray-white clouds unexpectedly obscured the seven-colored rainbow high above the heavens.
The sky was terribly dark, with banks of black clouds seeming ready to press down upon the earth. Deafening thunder and blinding lightning flashed from time to time, filling the air with dread.
Ink-dark clouds crowded the sky, blotting out the crimson that had filled it moments before. They hung so heavily that they seemed about to fall, their oppressive weight making the whole world seem silent. An indifferent wind swept sharply past, leaving people's cries behind. The fragile flowers and grass had already bowed trembling to the ground. It was just like the Kingdom of Gilneas's current predicament: the wind had risen, heralding the coming storm!
Rex stood inside, looking out at the sky. Its dim light and the thick clouds piled together told him that a downpour