What Daniel asked bewildered but Karen was much more direct
What did you forget She demanded
Mrs Hamilton’s smile turned decidedly vicious the smile curling upwards That we have new neighbors
It took a few seconds but recognition finally arrived at Daniel’s brain and he paled immediately The whole troop quickly moved heading to the portal to their sister town The air rippled softly but otherwise it seemed extremely peaceful like a scenic pond
My children wandered in there alone Karen asked her anger giving way to horror but Decklan shook his head
No from what we can tell Alana and Devan’s squad are also missing and likely accompanied her She will be safe His voice was low and sure and Karen visibly calmed down somewhat nodding towards him thankfully
So He continued looking around at his squad Let’s go investigate this other village
In a fluid motion they loped forward low and silent passing through the rippling doorway to another world
Alana slumped to the ground covered in blood Although the sprouting of Arbor and the aura it provided did a lot to change the rabbit woman’s opinion of them it didn’t seem sufficient in her harsh eyes Her grandson’s life was very important A more genuine apology was necessary in order to compensate for allowing such an accident to happen
Inwardly Alana was furious at the whole charade But for whatever reason the people who knew that the injuries were inflicted by the turtles were desperate to hide that fact from the grey haired rabbit And for now Alana was content to fight for this strange animal village defending it for a small amount of time Not because she thought it would be particularly beneficial to the village but it would be very very difficult for Kiersty and Nathan to be protected on that journey
Besides Alana wasn’t a child that cared overmuch for whether something was true enough Real life wasn’t so simple and it seemed the group from Donnyton had just gotten caught between the two strange races here Alana hadn’t forgotten the turtle’s earlier mention of the Class draft they were instituting which did a lot to demonstrate how badly things were going for the village
The compensation ended up being holding off the swarms of monsters that were constantly besetting this village from every side It seemed that while Donnyton had waited quite a while to grow in strength before upgrading to the Trainee tier this village had rushed to that level due to some general information about the buildings available at that tier and what they could do to improve the village’s chances at surviving
Unfortunately the information obtained by this world was rather general they didn’t realize that a Trainee village also would have to cope with Raid Bosses They also didn’t possess someone with the extremely overpowered abilities that Glendel had so they were unable to really locate Raid Bosses until they had established themselves and spawned Lieutenant monsters These monsters were just slightly stronger than the normal mob spawned by a nearby Raid Boss but they also could spawn their own minions and possessed a fierce intelligence that the Raid Bosses lacked
Under the constant raids of these Lieutenant monsters the defenses of this village were slowly being eroded their powerful Classers driven to exhaustion They simply didn’t have enough bodies to hold them off Meanwhile it seemed the turtles wanted to force some individuals to take classes but the Rabbits were unwilling to do so So the turtles needed a way to incite the grandma rabbit to act and also a scapegoat so the village wouldn’t destroy itself with infighting
Which is where Alana and Devan’s squad came into the picture they were the perfect victim Luckily they had managed to preserve Razor’s life or
Alana shook her head It was bad enough already Just today they had already slaughtered 3 such Lieutenant monsters ambushing them as they came to attack the spring that served as the village’s water supply
Forebodingly they were all of the same type of monster and they had spotted more such groups watching from the shadows those Raid Bosses had already established themselves here and were propagating at an exponential rate
The village was aware of this and Alana was able to slowly parse out some things about the situation Whether it was racial or not the rabbit and turtle people were firmly divided about what to do on the issue although Alana couldn’t figure out the details She also asked Cadence who was Razor’s sister about the children and apparently those little grey people at a certain age chose’ whether to become turtles or rabbits
But as Alana asked more pointed questions she had clammed up unwilling to speak further
Groaning at the aches in her body Alana slipped off her shoes and began to massage the soles of her feet
At least the skill leveling was good she mused to herself but then looked up to a knock at the door The door which was just a stone wheel was rolled to the side to reveal Cadence Come there is someone you must meet
Karen glanced fearfully at Mrs Hamilton who had turned away from the portal and began to walk away Where are you going
Unfortunately there are other things I must handle Mrs Hamilton said consolingly But Decklan is smart as well as an incredibly talented fighter He can handle this Trust in Donnyton Your children will return safe
Chapter 117
Randidly swore quietly to himself lowering the bracer back to the work table Once more he had let too much mana flow at once and it had pooled and warped the rune soon cracking the bracer So not only had he failed at the Engraving but the armor was also ruined
Luckily or annoyingly Sam had him working with amateur level leather bracers made by some of the new recruits from Franksburg It had made Randidly want to tell them that even their inept attempts had meaning They weren’t just grinding away at their skill levels They were helping him grind away at skill levels
Shaking his head Randidly refocused on the bracer before him Sam cautioned him to focus on one rune so he had kept attempting the Dragonfly rune It was perhaps the simplest or rather the shortest rune in terms of line length But at the same time the middle section had several graceful loops that required the most delicate mana control in order to execute properly
Engraving weirdly reminded Randidly of icing a cake The medium was already there and it was a matter of controlling how much substance came out on top of it and where Unfortunately unlike icing a cake there was a constant pressure of mana more pushing to come out of the Engraving Needle which needed to be constantly monitored and controlled Just like water too this pressure lessened as Randidly burned through his mana So the pressure was initially much higher than it was by the end of the Engraving
Further calculating things was that even the slightest distraction caused Randidly’s focus to waiver and that waiver either increased or decreased the pressure for mana to come out The outcomes were rather random seeming but Randidly suspected that it had something to do with the type of distraction and how it affected him
However Sam didn’t appear to have any of these problems and was instead limited by his mana pool so Randidly didn’t bring it up for now
Inwardly there were times that he was tempted to open up his Path screen and spend the PP that he had likely gained Hopefully he had gained enough to give him some distributable stats and with that he could improve his Control and Focus which would increase the efficiency of this skill grinding
But in a way that too was the wrong path After seeing Mrs Hamilton’s training Randidly realized it was less about increasing his possible output but giving him mastery of the skills and stats he did have Skill Levels would be gained as he further familiarized himself with the skills but that wasn’t the end goal it was to develop a mentality that let him use his skills to their utmost potential
It was Randidly supposed a classical type of training After all before the system there would always be an absolute wall for humans in terms of what was physically possible They did not have the luxury of raising their stats to run more quickly