So some of the accolades fell away from Shal for there were too many pieces missing from the story And he refused to speak of the situation which didn’t help his reputation He opted to remain in the Northern Region and he was barely seen training for 20 years rather he was primarily seen just sitting brooding remaining in Qtal as most of the previous family friends due to his mother and father drifted away fed up with his behavior
Even if people were initially skeptical of what happened a few duels he got into in fits of anger in the aftermath convinced them that he was exceedingly powerful But to then sit and brood for 20 years That was the actions of a weak willed man Although his potential was great Everyone concluded it would all come to naught
Artisan Dwei gave Randidly a meaningful look I am not sure why but it appears your presence has awoken Shal from his slumber But based on how things fell all is not resolved in his path Be careful
And then he left leaving Randidly and Claptrap alone Claptrap sat back in his chair almost glassy eyed his mouth forming a large O I can’t believe wow
Shrugging Randidly stood He thanked Claptrap took some of the leather armor that Claptrap had obtained while he was away and returned to the boat As Randidly strolled back Randidly noticed that he was being watched And based on the crazy Battle Intent the other was throwing off it wasn’t with good intentions
Still Randidly made it all the way back to the boat with no incident so perhaps he was being too paranoid He had done that with Artisan Dwei too immediately assessing him as a threat before anything else Randidly grimaced It was a habit he had developed in the prison which he would likely need to work on Although being prepared to fight at anytime was good acting too ready for a fight would bring more fights to him Although he had improved greatly Randidly was under no impression that he was unbeatable
Especially considering he had only been strong enough to get into the Northeast area of the prison The North and West were dominated by people far above his skill level But now that his Spear Mastery was barely over a hundred and the other skills had risen by about 20 each hopefully Randidly would be able to hold his own in the Regional Tournament
Shal had been very tight lipped about that issue simply giving him a scathing look when he had asked So Randidly let it slide for now Shal obviously wanted the top 8 as much as Randidly did probably more He had wanted it enough to call him up to this Cohort which was quite dangerous At the time Randidly had been quite weak From the talk around the camp Randidly had been able to gather that there were still monsters here but that they often were much much stronger and forced back to certain areas
If he had wandered into one of those places
When Randidly arrived at the boat he found someone else had beaten him there and was standing there with his hands on his hips yelling at the top of his lungs What is this How dare you touch my wares You’ve doomed yourself I will crush every little
Enough Divveltian said his voice carrying a strange weight to it even though he was standing 5 meters away at the edge of their ships deck and the yelling man was on another ship
When the vocal wave hit the small portly little merchant looking fellow he froze and then hiccuped Randidly watched then bemused as the merchant seemed unable to control his body and began to twitch The twitching became increasing violent until the merchant keeled over forward and fell in the water
Shaking his head at the idiocy Randidly leapt over back onto their boat
It seemed that the water had done some good because the fool resurfaced but in addition to spluttering he once more began yelling Yes yes Enjoy it now You have no idea who I am I’ll crush this little enterprise like bugs hrrkk
The man’s head jerked backwards as the nameless male spear attendant managed to hit the drowning merchant in the head with a bar of iron As the merchant began to bob unsteadily looking ready to pass out and really die Divveltian walked over to the male spear attendant and clapped him on the back
To think I had written you off as a talentless retainer Boy never give up your dreams
What do you mean talentless retainer The male spear attendant asked frowning By this point Helen and Teliph had walked over to him as well
When I first met you I directly assessed you as no threat to me Teliph said with relish Then he sighed dramatically But to think your manipulation of garbage had progressed to such a degree
Helen interrupted him before he could get a word in edgewise Even I am intimidated at your talent as a merchant If I had a daughter of marriage age with some sort of physical handicap I would gladly offer her body to you and know she would be well cared for if physically unfulfilled
You The male spear attendant’s face hand gone completely red and he stepped forward and stabbed towards Helen with his spear She chortled and twisted spinning around the attack and past the male spear attendant Then she kicked the back of his knees knocking him off his feet
You are as graceful as a fucking heart attack Learn to read the mood asshole She said teasingly Teliph and Divveltian laughed Although the corners of Randidly’s mouth twitched upwards he kept his eyes on the man in the water who was being fished out by some servants It was a hard habit to break the calculating
Fool disciple Will you simply moon about all day Come there is more training to do Shal rumbled his voice coming up from below Sighing Randidly turned and trotted into the belly of the ship But of course Shal was right There was always more training to do
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After mocking the male spear attendant for a while more Helen moved off to the side There had been a strange feeling when she had dodged his attack A fluidity and grace that almost seemed like a movement similar to the three she already had Then she smiled at her own foolishness To inexplicably have inspiration now After she had already improved so much in such a short amount of time A 4th movement would be too much to ask
But if she could parlay this into fucking raising her skill level even further
The performance of Randidly and the other two at the Qualifier had proven to Helen that while she might be able to hold her own against them for a while those individuals were cut from a different cloth Whether it was pedigree or the support of a powerful style or an impossibly powerful skill
Or the determination and willpower that made one’s eyes absolutely burn like green emeralds even in the darkness even in the face of despair
Then Helen grimaced God she hated how fucking sappy she was getting lately After a single night with a man An enjoyable night sure But still Just one night Although she had been tempted several nights since But Randidly hadn’t done anything but make moony eyes at her ever since and scratch his head and she would be DAMNED if she was the first one to bring it up If he wanted something he could man the fuck up and say it
So Helen distracted herself by moving through her three movements And once again taking her greatly by surprised she gained skills levels A lot 7 in 4 hours of work especially in the third movement which was the most offensive of the three movements
Helen let her form drop and she stared solemnly at her spear Before coming here she would never believe the sort of results she was receiving seemingly just by being around these training obsessed idiots Even that worthless male spear attendant swiftly got over his humiliation from earlier and was now training although he took the time to shoot glares at her
When he thought she wasn’t looking of course But that was just how Helen wanted it Too many looks and he would be too dumb to even deal with Too few and there wouldn’t be enough spirit within him to enjoy crushing This was the perfect balance
Still Helen knew why he threw himself into training so viciously Unlike Helen and likely everyone even the strange new arrival Teliph the nameless spear attendant didn’t possess a Skill Set Although this was a small thing it determined a spear users future It was a pretty accurate barometer of their future potential A person with a skillset could grow much much more quickly than one without