Chapter 17 Newcomer (1/2)

The next day, I did my tasks as usual and went to the river. I caught some fishes and didn't change my position like in the past but stayed in the same place to cook my fish. When the fish was done and I was about to eat it, I could hear some noises traveling towards my direction. I grabbed the fish and started devouring it. After a while I noticed couple of youngsters about the age of 16, coming towards me.

I was good at eating, especially since I had a huge appetite. So devouring the fishes I had was a piece of cake. When the youngsters noticed me, they immediately charged at me. I of course wouldn't stay still and ran away. I didn't want to run away completely, I wanted for them to search and that was my real objective.

If there was no one that could teach me how to hunt. I would learn that myself! If there was no one that could teach me how to sneak, I would also do it myself! I hid behind the bushes and stayed quiet. When they arrived, one of them was at an angle which exposed my position. He shouted ”There he is!” and other two added ”Get that slave!”

I ran away again to hide in different area. I played like this with them for good 30 minutes, when they got tired and voluntarily left. I was kind of disappointed. I mean a bit of difficulty and they already gave up. Although they found me every time, I wasn't discouraged. I had to learn by myself, no one was there pointing out to me what I had to do. I decided to think about it more after my training with the throwing daggers at my house.

At my house, I trained furiously with the wooden daggers. I wanted to get to the point where I could throw 5 of them at once and all would hit different areas or if I wanted all would hit the same area. At this moment I could only do that with two daggers. It might seem that if I could do it with two then I could quickly learn to do it with three but that is a misconception.

Holding two daggers in my palm and throwing them at the same time was my limit. If I had three, then the accuracy of the other two would be off as well. By off I mean I would miss the target. This was annoying me constantly. I didn't know how to improve on that, what could I use to increase the accuracy as well as the number of the daggers I could throw at the same time? I thought about it hard and the only thing I could come up with was nibliness. If my fingers were nimble enough, I could use them to launch another dagger or two.

I tried it couple of times and it was difficult. My fingers were not nimble and flexible enough. I wondered how to make my fingers more flexible and nimble. I couldn't figure anything out and so I left it there. I still had time and if I tried to rush things, it would only do more bad than good.

The training ended up shortly after that. I wanted to think about the sneaking aspects before I hit the bed. As far as I could think, there were couple of things I needed in order to sneak properly.

First. My steps needed to be light. By that I mean I couldn't make noises when I walked. This could be practiced and I already had an idea in my mind.

I could practice using twigs, sand, leaves and glass. If I littered the floor in the house and tried to walk carefully, I could with some practice, learn how to be noiseless. It wouldn't be hard to gather all these materials. I could find twigs pretty much anywhere and leaves? Well it was autumn, there were fallen leaves everywhere as well. Sand was even easier to find and glass? Also easy. The people of the village drank a lot of alcohol, therefore finding an empty bottle wouldn't be that difficult.

I decided that this would be my plan for tomorrow. If I could get these things and practice on them, I would be able to learn a thing or two when it comes to being noiseless.