Chapter 38: Suspicions (1/2)

As Colt exited the room, he found himself staring at the blue doors they had first passed through. A loud sigh came from his left side, where Beans and Donna had been waiting for him. Colt cast his eyes over the pair of women and noticed that they, too, had some new equipment.

Donna wore armour in the style of old Roman centurions, minus the helmet. While Beans had gained a longsword designed to make the blade look like a bird's wing with intricate feathers detailed in the metal.

”What took you so long? Neither of us could even make it past the first test, but we still got rewards. You can't have been fighting them for all of that time! What did you do? Go sightseeing?” Donna complained as she eyed up Colt's new shield.

”Something like that.” Colt shrugged his shoulders as he brushed off her questioning.

Since they might end up as enemies at some point, it was prudent to keep the information he had gained to himself. Colt quickly pulled up his interface to double-check his current stats.

[Name: Exile]

[Title: God of the Hearth]

[Race: Local Deity (Human)]

[Tier: 0]

[Level: 3]

[HP: 50/50]

[DP: 6/6]

[Strength: 5 (+1)]

[Endurance: 8 (+3)]

[Speed: 3]

[Authority: 6]

'I have a total of twenty-two base stat points right now. With the five for the Quest once we return to Jarxos, then I'll only need three more to hit level four.' Colt hummed as he thought about it. 'I wonder at what point you can reach Tier 1?'

Naturally, this was what gripped Colt's interest right now. 'Everything in the game has been rather simple so far compared to everything else. So maybe level ten?' Colt hoped that his guess was correct, but it could prove to be wishful thinking.

”So, did you heal as well?” Beans asked with a hesitant voice as she studied Colt's face.

”Hm? Yeah, looks like it. But I've no idea when that happened.” Colt thought about it and wondered if art happened during his exchange with Allevia and he had just missed the notification… If there ever was one anyway.

”Did you get what we need for the Quest?” Donna pressed when she noticed that Colt seemed to be reluctant to talk too much. She had the vague feeling that he had completed the tomb where they had failed at the first step.