The police officer stood still towering a good 5 inches above Randidly But Decklan had watched people all his life and the police man was the one who stank of fear
what is your name The policeman finally asked
Ghosthound The word was soft but Decklan felt himself and several others mimic the word saying it silently feeling it out with their mouth echoing it so it hit the Police officer again in a soundless wave
Ghosthound
Fine Ghosthound you have a deal
And with that Randidly flipped the coin to the police officer and walked away heading towards Donny After an unwilling few seconds as the Police Officer struggled over the fact he had been clearly dismissed he turned and walked away the rest of his group following
Decklan watched it all with sparkling eyes Humans were complex and simple at the same time
They had 1000 motivations 1000 justifications 1000 reasons They struggled and fought for all of them or none of them
But sometimes it only took one powerful ideal one object one symbol for all the complexity to fall into line It didn’t seem likely that anyone in the village would act out too much with this powerful figure lurking in the shadows
Decklan found his lips moving again almost against his will
Chapter 33
Randidly walked towards Donny annoyed that he stepped forward and was forced to deal with the cop but glad that it had turned out simply He was slightly worried about making sure that the town honored the deal and brought him glassware but if they dragged their feet he started actively taking it and they wouldn’t be able to say anything about it
Mostly Randidly just wished the system included some skills that helped with interpersonal skills at this point it was halfway between something he didn’t want to deal with and half something he didn’t know how to deal with He had been a quiet gamer before the system came He wasn’t equipped for this
Still once he had all those containers he could really up his potion production which would benefit the whole village
But for now Randidly went to speak with Donny who appeared to be still glaring after the police and Daniel who had walked out of the Chieftain’s House and was speaking rapidly Awkwardly rubbing his neck Randidly approached After today he was done interacting with people
After a short discussion Randidly believed he had made himself clear
The first building they would buy was the Recycler building which would buy certain parts from the corpses of monsters in exchange for currency they could spend at other Shops This would build excitement for the eventual shops to come and give the people an immediate goal which would keep them satisfied
These justifications were Daniel’s and Randidly agreed He in fact agreed so much that he directed Donny to concentrate solely on leadership leaving Daniel to make the bland decisions about construction
When framed as construction Donny seemed to agree whimsically smiling as he recounted his heroic stand against the police to himself
The final order of business Daniel wished to discuss was food Specifically they had meat but were any of Randidly’s crops able to be eaten
Annoyed Randidly dumped most of his first haul onto the ground the non potion making items and returned to his fields and watch stand exhausted mentally
But just as he settled down into his spot to train he saw the corpse of the cat he had killed in the cracked plateau and groaned at the memory of one more discussion he had to have before he could focus on training
Grumbling he walked over towards Sam’s campsite the cat laying across his shoulders He thought about the three crouching bodies of who he assumed were Sam’s daughters Unbidden the words of the teenager rose to his mind
It looked like fireworks ’
Randidly looked down at his hands as he crossed the clearing He hadn’t even stopped to consider the beauty of his magic just its utility He had come into this world with the system an inch away from death It was hard to see these skills as anything but tools of survival and survival meant killing others for strength
But his strength remained insufficient Outside of the safe zone he was once more an inch from death This small cat was enough to force him to go all out
Sydney Ace
Randidly’s hands tightened into fists It was hard to realistically think that he could find them before they were forced into a situation where they would die Without Randidly here the group probably wouldn’t have had a village for several days or a week tops The police probably would have made a concerted effort to hunt down the goblins at some point
If they were out there now without classes But there was no way to find them in the huge area of the map It was better to operate on the assumption that they would survive They both were strong Far stronger than Randidly had been prior to his experience in the dungeon They would live
The logical conclusion was that they would group up with people to survive So his best bet would be to find other Newbie Villages looking for rumor of them
Randidly stopped
Honestly he hadn’t even thought to ask around here or in the area the policeman controlled They might even be there
Feeling a small flame of hope for the first time in a while Randidly walked into the area of Sam’s fire As he did so a glowing blue butterfly floated up towards him
Instinct took over and Randidly’s spear appeared in his hand a Phantom Thrust ripping through the thing dispersing it into glimmering motes of light
Told you it was a bad idea Sam stood over the fire slowly rotating some wolverine meat Next to him stood two figures To Randidly’s surprise neither were cloaked nor hooded but instead wore strange dresses made from stitched together wolverine pelts
How was I supposed to know he would freak out and attack it What was up with that anyway The smaller figure spoke tilting her head to the side and regarding Randidly She had medium length blonde hair pulled up into a ponytail Her cheekbones were sharp and her lips were expressive She was honestly one of the most beautiful women Randidly had ever seen in a girl next door kinda way And it did seem like she was the same figure who spoke to him last night
What was more intriguing was that it seemed like she had created that strange butterfly it was a construct of mana But what sort of skill could it have been Perhaps some sort of scouting
Randidly put his spear away still regarding the girl thoughtfully She was starting to glare at him and Sam looked up from the meat and was also regarding Randidly coolly Randidly opened his mouth to speak
What sort of skill was that
Like what you see The second figure spoke tartly and then froze hearing Randidly’s words
Randidly turned to regard the second woman who stood six inches taller than the first almost as tall as Randidly himself Full figured with golden skin that looked like honey this woman was also beautiful Her heart shaped face was of the style that modern culture found most attractive where the other girl’s features were too sharp and impish Even as she blushed she looked incredibly attractive
Turning to Sam Randidly said I assume you made these clothes to ugly them up a bit Really great effort But I can see why they would prefer not to just walk around
Sam gave Randidly a wry smile and Randidly turned back towards the first woman The skill
Oh this She said shyly raising her hand producing a glowing orb It instantly sputtered and disappeared and she shook her head in annoyance Fuck shit out of mana It’s just called Mana Manipulation I can basically do anything if I have enough mana Cool right
Mana Manipulation Was mana something that was really that easy to manipulate Randidly basically just focused on the skill and it would occur He couldn’t tell without looking at his status what his mana was at there was no sensation of loss just a weird sensation of inward movement Even when his mana pool was empty he didn’t really feel it just noticed based on the ease of skill use
Setting that information aside for now Randidly just nodded and placed the cat at Sam’s feet You’ve been working on making clothes right Make me something with this It should be much higher quality than the wolverines