Chapter 26 (1/2)
Randidly coolly removed some empty potion bottles and brewed 3 mana potions, while sitting and meditating. The monsters appeared to be massing on one of the ridges above them, some distance away. Inwardly, Randidly made another mental note to ask about glass containers.
After he finished, he looked to his left and right, frowning.
Ultimately though, he turned to the right and padded quietly up towards the Newbie Village. It seemed as if that was the monsters target, and Randidly trusted Sam not to get himself ambushed, much more than he trusted Donny.
When he approached the village, the remnants of a fire had burnt low, and several men lay sprawled around, beer bottles rolling between them. Randidly stepped over them and headed to the main building. Neither Donny, Tera, Chubbs, nor the red haired man was among the prone forms on the ground.
As he approached the main building, Randidly saw that Chubbs was asleep, his back against the main door. Snorting at the quality of the watch, Randidly just hopped up to a nearby window and pushed it open, dropping to the floor in a dark room.
Two forms lay entwined in the darkness, and Randidly felt a small pang of embarrassment for interrupting them. In the darkness, he saw very clearly one pair of eyes flicker open as he landed quietly.
Their gazes locked.
Then the figure stood, his emaciated limbs and red hair clear even in the darkness.
“I wanted to meet you. You have such a great smell about you…. You were the one who found and beat the boss to get the golden coin, weren’t you? Are you strong? Donny is just there as a front, eh?”
Randidly ignored the man, and spared a glance to the other person. Tera rolled sideways, yawning, and blinked upward in the darkness, frowning towards the man. “Decklan, wha-”
“What is your class?” Randidly asked, looking back up towards the man. Although he gave him a distasteful feeling, his curiosity got the better of him.
Randidly could see the flash of yellowed teeth, even in the darkness.”See? This is why I liked you, before I even knew you. What will you give me for that knowledge?”
After a thoughtful moment, Randidly removed the dagger he had found, stuffed into the head of the giant snake all those months ago. Even now, with an equip level of 15, he was unable to receive the bonus from it. As such…
“Will this suffice?” Randidly flicked his fingers and threw the curved dagger lazily, and the man snatched it out of the air. Clear to Randidly’s gaze in the darkness, the man took the dagger and drew it along his forearm, drawing a thin line of blood.
The man’s body shuddered in the darkness. “Oh…. yes… this is perfect! Hahaha! My class is Killer. Only a +3 to Stamina boost per level, but… I steal the growth rates of the strongest thing I’ve killed since I last leveled up, everytime. Hahaha, what a fun class, right?”
In a way, it made sense, and it was certainly versatile, especially if he could find powerful enemies to kill. Although he wasn’t quite disturbed by the class as much as he thought he would be, Randidly’s eyes sharpened, taking in every inch of this man. Then he walked past him.