2025-12-11 23:00:08I said nothing as the servants walked in, carrying cages filled with animals.
Animals that I had never seen before. Some looked familiar, rabbits and squirrels – if such beasts ever grow enough to match the size of a dog, and grew spikes that looked intimidating enough to make them a part of a horror movie – while others looked completely unfamiliar. A ten-legged creature, as woolly as a sheep, bright green… I would have certainly remembered if such a beast actually existed back in my world. The beasts were angry, unnaturally so. They slammed against their cages with a repetitive fury, with an intimidating rabidness, but neither my Keepers nor the servants reacted to their anger. It must be expected. I didn't say anything, the guise of obedience was a good excuse for me to stay back and observe as the servants placed the cages on the ground and left. As they did, Toross walked to Falael, and flashed some
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#13: Betrayal Night
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
#12: First Kill
I said nothing as the servants walked in, carrying cages filled with animals. Animals that I had never seen before. Some looked familiar, rabbits and squirrels – if such beasts ever grow enough to match the size of a dog, and grew spikes that looked intimidating enough to make them a part of a horror movie – while others looked completely unfamiliar. A ten-legged creature, as woolly as a sheep, bright green… I would have certainly remembered if such a beast actually existed back in my world. The beasts were angry, unnaturally so. They slammed against their cages with a repetitive fury, with an intimidating rabidness, but neither my Keepers nor the servants reacted to their anger. It must be expected. I didn't say anything, the guise of obedience was a good excuse for me to stay back and observe as the servants placed the cages on the ground and left. As they did, Toross walked to Falael, and flashed some
#11: Stat Awakening
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
#10: Strength Test
It was Toross that was at the door. "I hope you had a good rest. We have a lot of things to do today," he said, with a sense of energy that could never be displayed by someone that was suffering from a hangover.I didn't ask anything as I stood up. While his words weren't followed by the exact kind of pressure that followed Falael's words, there was no harm in showing my enthusiasm to follow their orders — the more obedient I looked, the easier it would be to slip things through them.Also, Toross was still radiating a sense of aura that asked for respect and obedience, which was more constant than Falael's occasional flares, and being proactive in questioning him might make me suspicious about my ability to reject the impact of his Charisma.It was better to be safe."Wear something more comfortable," he said as he pointed at the wardrobe."Anything in particular?" I asked."Just some pants and a loose tunic, maybe some robust boots will do. We will move around a bit today," he said,
#9: Hidden Edges
I returned to my room, even though it was tempting to spend the rest of the night in the library, hoping to find something, but after some consideration, I decided against it. I was afraid of the captain checking to make sure I was in my place. I just stopped to swipe a book from the library, to see if I could use that to my benefit. The temptation to go and poke around the room Toross and Falael were currently occupying was even higher. They were still sleeping with the door open, drunk, but I didn't want to risk it. Even with my limited Vitality, the impact of the alcohol had long disappeared, and I didn't want to take the risk of one of them waking up to catch me skulking around. My harmless aura was my single greatest asset, and I didn't want to risk it for the moment. I wasn't afraid of them getting rid of me after all the effort they had spent – much – but that didn't mean I was willing to show myself. Right now, they were confident that a blast of mental pressure was all th
#8: Drunken Lessons
The guards had dismissive smiles on their faces as they looked at my game, not bothering to hide their mocking smirks as I acted like I was putting my full attention on the game. I had all the confidence of winning the first pile, and not because I bothered to put a complicated strategy in place, or actually tried to cheat. No card shark would ever actually let the mark lose during the first hand, not even the incompetent, amateur ones I was currently playing with. Still, I watched them, looking for signs of cheating — not because I cared particularly much about the borrowed money I had, but because I wanted to get a sense of how things had worked in this new world I found myself in. It was for the better if I could avoid shanking before I got too ambitious when gambling. I failed to get any sign of cheating before the first pile was concluded after I raised by another ten denicas. "You're so lucky," one of them laughed as slapped his thigh. "Look at that, almost forty denicas, a g
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