6 Undercover Genius, Recognised Idiot. (2/2)

While I wasn't given any information about the town we are heading towards I can vaguely understand the conversations people had yesterday while we were walking as if someone had uploaded the information in my head.

From what I can remember from the previous day we are heading East which gives me somewhere to start. I also heard the name Ayrith which I can assume to be the town I'm headed towards.

The cries before I left my tent screaming 'Troll' at the creature. I'm not sure what the internet has to do with a large deadly monster but I was never against dealing with those people in a similar manner.

We pass by the forest which allows me to relax a bit, knowing it would be harder to sneak up on us. I also attempt to make a small light using magic as we travel on the path so we don't trip. Elyn seems to like chasing the motes of light I've been able to create. Once I realised how to cause the specks of light to appear I heard that robotic female voice again.

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Affinity discovered: Light

Resulting grade: Apprentice [12]

School of Magic discovered: Conjuration

Resulting grade: Unskilled [8]

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While it surprised me, this time I didn't start fainting the moment I tried to use this sort of magic. I eventually started to slow down while walking, trying to move the lights away as Elyn ran around trying to catch them, playing Cat and mouse till she caught a few.

When we were about to start walking, just as we could see the city in the distance, an arrow lands in the ground by my feet.

”Your lights either mean you are stupid, or wanting to die!” A rough male voice calls out to me. ”If you want to stay alive...” He glances a bit more at me before looking puzzled.

”If I want to stay alive I should join you?” I reply quickly to play on his confusion.

”Uh, yeah. You don't look like you have anything that useful on you, so we could definitely find you some work as you look strong enough to labour all day for us. All you have to do is accept our bosses gift of a necklace before joining so we can all start as family. I have one here I was saving for a promising recruit like you” He absentmindedly let down his bow while reaching into a pouch on his side to pull out a small wooden box.