And as Randidly studied the figure he realized why he looked familiar Even though this figure had different mild features their was the same vacuous smile on his face the same empty eyes This was the village
How will that help me
The screams now grew hoarse the volume dropping precipitously to rasping moans
The Village Spirit paled but shook his head I I cannot Please You must understand we can only walk on the paths in front of us To tell you is not my path I am but one half of a whole But if this man dies
Something cracked on the Spirit’s face and his whole form shimmered then refocused There were no tears in his eyes but his eyes were empty Please
The only noise that Randidly could hear now was the buzzing of insects
But then to his own surprise Randidly sighed and then snapped his fingers He didn’t know why really Part of it was the lack of threat and part of it was the glassware and part of it was some sliver of him that hesitated in taking another’s life
But a bigger part of it there was something about this Spirit a sadness over its own fate that swayed him
Even still Randidly rumbled taking the coin You owe me
This Nul’s eyes widened looking at the black coin Randidly regretted taking it because Constance would undoubtedly become a problem in the future If his skill was already at a point that it could threaten him
Randidly’s eyes narrowed But he would not make the same mistakes twice Next time the King would die before he could activate his strange abilities
I hope its worth the trouble that asshole is going to be Decklan mumbled his arms folded across his chest
Of course it is Nul insisted his eyes glittering This will let us found the Town’s Dungeon an entire tier early With this our future is assured You must give it to me
Chapter 42
Answers first Randidly said firmly tightly gripping the coin It was around 10 am and they had successfully made it back to their village after his light assault of their nextdoor neighbors Hopefully that demonstration was enough to cow Constance but Randidly wouldn’t bet on it Although in the short term his revenge was not likely to be forthcoming he would want to grow much stronger before he dared reveal himself in front of Randidly again
Maybe his eviscerated tongue and vocal cords would give him pause however
Nul nodded rapidly his excited palpable Yes yes Each Village may form its own kept’ Dungeon typically in the Trainee Tier
No Randidly shook his head slowly his gaze never leaving Nul’s eyes Bigger answers How could their guide have this coin
Nul stilled his expression instantly becoming bland and noncommittal I don’t know what you mean
I think you do Randidly saw Daniel gasp making the same realization he did He held up the coin I haven’t seen one of these And not to be arrogant but if I haven’t been able to find whatever is making these and kill it I doubt anyone over there has either And if it didn’t come from the any of the people here
Nul looked troubled This is not something I can speak of I promise you I am bound But suffice to say Your suspicions are not unfounded All guides are not created equal Which brings me to the perfect opportunity to bring you the good news I too have a gift and it has just been unlocked as your Village Chieftain got his Soul Skill up to Lvl 100
Nul’s smile did nothing to dispel Randidly’s suspicions If it didn’t come from the people it came from there guide All guides weren’t created equally He was bound
But Randidly supposed it would end up being worth it if the dungeon warped time like the dungeon he had been stuck in So what is your gift Is it as valuable as this
Perhaps you should be the judge of that you seem rather intelligent Nul said smartly smirking at him It is something called Class Inheritance Very simply due to my influence there is an item you can purchase from the Accessory Shop called a Mentor stone Using that will force a connection giving an individual a path Disciple of the Individual who used the stone When that path is complete if you bring them to me and the mentor was from my village I can make sure they can obtain a similar class
Randidly stilled This was obviously a similar method to what Shal had used with him If it were true and they could reproduce classes with more powerful growth rates
But the fact that Shal could do it made Randidly’s eyes narrow with suspicion Was it really something due to Nul or was it something that every village unlocked at a certain level
What do you mean by similar Daniel asked
Nul shrugged mysteriously It is hard to say But there is some potential for change The higher ranked the class the higher the possibility is that the class might degrade into a less powerful subset But conversely the lower tiered classes might evolve
So Nul asked turning to Randidly Will this gift of mine be useful
Do you have nothing else Randidly asked his voice light
Nul’s face soured and for a long time he said nothing And then he finally said There is a path you may take were balance is ended and one half may feed off the other to grow stronger If you do so and afterwards I am still alive I will be able to answer your questions
At the end of this small speech Nul’s face was red and his whole body trembled Randidly suspected it was a ruse bu in a way there were similarities to what the other spirit had said about being one half of a whole Thoughtfully Randidly handed over the large black coin
The easiest way is to just give the different ranks tiers of equipment but I simply don’t have enough high quality materials Sam said unhappily
Randidly rubbed his chin He had planned on training for longer beyond the boundary today but it seemed like he needed to go on a more harvest focused mission Sam required supplies to test his new theories about preserving bodies Brooding he turned only to find that Decklan was still following him
A perfect packmule
After assuring Sam he would handle it and requesting Decklan’s aid Randidly left the village glad to be away Their village had grown again swelling to around 600 people and based on the talk more would be coming The most recently arrived said that they were in a moderately sized city to the south when the system arrived and had largely hid within their homes When the first pillar of light appeared with the notification they were the brave souls that ventured forth wanting to survive
They believed that more would follow when they saw the second pillar appear and the monsters only growing more frequent
That meant there were more varieties of monsters and golden coins just 4 days travel south Randidly grinned 4 days for an average person
The other strange part about the influx of people was that the entire valley around his house was being slowly cleared and a NCC (non class character) village springing up near his cabin They relied on the skill system for strength but were scared away from getting a class based on the responsibility to the town involved
Some people didn’t have the guts to fight off a horde of monsters every morning That might change as Daniel figured out the logistics of the Class Inheritance method that Nul talked about but that would take some time
In addition there were about a dozen full time farmers who had completely taken care of nurturing and harvesting Randidly’s plants He felt a pang in his heart at the missed opportunities for skill levels but he supposed that he had other skills which were more necessary to train Survival came first Besides Farming was rather boring activity
They were doing a good job too the fields were currently 5x the size of Randidly’s original 4 fields a huge sea of rapidly rising food
As they left the village an annoyed voice stopped the duo Someone else beat me to it huh Well whatever Wherever we are going take me with you I’m ready I think
Lyra stepped out from behind a tree her hair pulled up into a practical ponytail
Decklan gaped at her Lyra Silver
She gave him a dismissive look and then held up a hand to Randidly silencing him even before he spoke I know what you are thinking But look