As I stood up in front of the rocks, I had no intention of hiding my capabilities – especially since my physical limits didn't have anything particularly impressive. I was fit for a sixty-year-old, and Vitality increased my potential to a degree, but neither fact was unknown to them.I lifted rock after rock, until I settled on one that was about eighty pounds, struggling to lift it as I repeated, but the endurance given to me by Vitality helped significantly to repeat the action. Occasionally, I glanced at them, but they were distracted by their own little argument, too far away from me to hear.Not that I needed to, as Toross' juvenile actions were rather obvious, while Falael reacted with increasing hostility.Their lack of attention further confirmed that they didn't expect anything to happen. I was happy to play along with their assumption just in case — especially if I could undersell the effect."Now, start running," Falael ordered, once again weighted with ch

The most painful headache that I had ever felt hit me, enough to push me to my knees, making me feel like my brain was being scrambled. Yet, even as I did so, I could feel that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. The familiar feeling of resilience helped me to blunt the impact. Since it was Resilience that was keeping me conscious, I decided to fake unconsciousness once more, even when I felt Toross grabbing and lifting me with one hand, dragging me like I weighed nothing. "What a weakling," Toross said even as he dragged me away. Falael chuckled. "What do you expect. It's his first time absorbing a skill, and he doesn't have any stat to actually help him absorb the information faster. With a skill stone with that high purity, it'll be shocking if he could wake up before we could arrive at the Capital." "What about the indoctrination, then," Toross asked. "Won't they be angry if he's not willing to do his mission?" "Don