Chapter 39 (2/2)

Str: 20

Agi: 11

Perception: 9

Reaction: 11

Resistance: 22

Willpower: 9

Inteligence: 2

Wisdom: 2

Control: 2

Focus: 2

Skills: Newbie Village Chieftain Lvl 84, Hiding Lvl 7, Running Lvl 9, Grappling Lvl 7, Club Wielding Lvl 2, WoodWorking Lvl 2, Construction Lvl 3, Labor Lvl 11, Heavy Blow Lvl 15, Mana Bolt Lvl 1, Ride Lvl 1, Honorable Charge Lvl 5, Stalwart Defense Lvl 13, (1) Sword Master Lvl 8, (2) Shield Mastery Lvl 16, (3) Shield Bash Lvl 9, (4) Aegis Lvl 9, (5) Legion Thrust Lvl 4, (6) Sidestep Lvl 5

Donny blinked slowly, looking at his status. No wonder he felt completely wiped, he had almost used up all of his stamina. He slowly removed his last three stamina potions and drank them all. Ptolemy trotted up to thim and looked at him in askance, but Donny just waved him away. One of the new recruits was vomitting off to the side.

Everyone’s eyes looked dead. The way Donny felt on the inside.

‘What will you do, Donny?’

But still, for some strange reason, he found his feet moving, and he was walking over towards Dozer. A notification popped up, but Donny largely ignored it, aside from an annoyed grunt that another one of his skill slots was taken.

Congratulations! You have learned the passive skill “Leadership Lvl 1”.

“It’s either this or death. And I refuse to die a virgin.” Donny said awkwardly, patting Dozer on the back. Dozer’s body stilled. The other veterans, barely catching their breath without the aid of the huge supply of stamina potions Donny and Dozer had been given, stilled.

Then they all began to laugh.

Your skill Leadership has grown to Lvl 2!

“Do not worry, I’ll have my girl personally suck your dick if we live through the night,” Dozer said, slapping his knee and guffawing. The surrounding men chuckled. Even the few women seemed slightly amused.

“Uh…” Donny said, wondering if it really worked like that. Would girlfriends suck the dick of other people if their boyfriend asked them to…?

Then he shook his head and accepted a non-cracked shield from another NCC who was hanging around, as well as a health and stamina potion.

“This is the last of it,” The NCC said, his expression nervous. But Donny just smiled and turned to Dozer.

“Ready to get back to work?”

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Randidly returned to camp with a heavy heart, heedless of the wanton celebration around them. From what he gathered, the Newbie Village had done well, with less than 10 people dying. For a system enhanced world, that was worthy of celebration. People were already cutting down more trees and carrying bodies away, even though it was barely dawn.

But Randidly ignored them. Over the course of the night, he had gained two levels in Equip, a level in Sneak and Eyes of the Spear Phantom, and 3 in Pollen of the Rafflesia. He had stood among the monster horde heading towards the nearby town, letting his pollen passively fall, curious on how the nearby town would handle the monster wave. Based on the number of monsters, they had let at least 180 people get classes.

But they didn’t use their people. They used guns.

They had two heavy mounted machine guns blasting the entire time. Although it seemed reasonable, based on Sam getting the Driving skill, there were probably shooting skills. But guns required bullets. Unless something very weird happened with the geography, there shouldn’t be a facility to produce more bullets near here.

But still, Randidly supposed that was a possibility. So they either had bases very near a person who could mass produce bullets, or…

A person who didn’t care that they would soon run out.

Either way it was a worrisome sign for the future. Randidly returned to his cabin, but once again, was stopped before he could retire for his night training.

A tall man stood in front of his cabin, leaning on the door. He was wearing one of Sam’s sewed together cloaks, but it looked like this one was of much higher quality than most. Randidly could tell that some of the cat fur he had brought back had been used around the throat

Perhaps the most distinctive feature about the man was his face. He had deep, brooding eyes and a chiseled jawline. He also seemed oddly familiar, but Randidly set that aside for now.

“Yes?” Randidly asked, annoyed.

The man chuckled, and it was a warm and attractive sound. Inwardly, Randidly’s dislike grew. “Maybe it’s my vanity, but… I’m surprised… well, nevermind. The world really has changed. I’m Kal Drake, I was wondering if you could do me a favor.”

A small lightbulb went on in Randidly’s head at the name. He dimly remembered that Kal Drake was a rather famous action star in…

….there definitely was a movie….

Seeing Randidly’s confused expression, Kal smiled helplessly. “...Seems that doesn’t mean anything to you. Well that’s fine. It’s simple: Sam seems to like staying with your group, but the rest of us aren’t so comfortable. I would like for you to take us to the other village in the morning.”

After Kal had left, Randidly sat down for meditation and pondered it in the dark. So this famous action star was one of the hooded figures that Randidly had seen. It also explained why both Lyra and Ellaine were so attractive, they were probably all actresses.

And the fact that he came himself, without using Sam, probably meant they were leaving without telling Sam.

Should Randidly let it happen like this…?

His meditation skill level increased, distracting him, and he sighed.

The whole point of letting Donny be Village Chieftain was to avoid dumb problems like this. How did it end up happening anyway…?

Why did people not just leave him alone…?

In a few hours, the 4th day would dawn. Over halfway towards the end of the Newbie Zone. Although he would likely be able to survive, he had less hopes for the rest of the group. Perhaps this village was doomed to fail. Perhaps this whole world was a death trap.