[I've got the end-of-day report]
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Total resources gathered:
- [x2375] wood
- [x21] leaves
- [x23] at
- [x901] rocks
- [x12] Ultra-Hardened Stone
- [x62] iron
- [x11] gold
- [x65] coal
Other:
- [x59] Scout Minions Crafted
- [x12] Minion huts built
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As night slowly approached, Chloe also returned from gathering resources and made her way over to . She didn't look tired at all, I guess that was the nature of her ability. Smiling and bouncing, she walked over and sat down next to .
"Hey, William~"
"You're back."
"Do you want to see what I collected?"
"Yeah."
She took so resources out of her inventory and handed them to . In total, she gave 50 iron, 4 diamonds and 1 platinum. I took them out of her hands and added them to my inventory. I now had 124 iron in total; I'd still need 376 more iron until I had enough to craft all of the [Hardened Iron] I needed for the Power Flux.
I guess I'd have to wait a few more days.
"By the way, Chloe, what rank are you on the Global Rankings?"
"Ah, ? I'm currently 278th."
"I see."
I wasn't sure whether she was lying or not but the rank sounded pretty accurate, if not a little too high. In relation, there were so things that I wanted to clear up with her.
"Chloe, what's the real reason for you following ?"
"What? Are you saying that I'm lying to you~"
"All I'm saying is that your original reason was pretty superficial."
"Aw, don't you group up with people because you find them interesting?"
"I also do that to an extent, but not in the sa way as you."
I recruited people based on my assumptions of their strength, so you could technically say I group up with people I find interesting. However, Chloe was not at all similar to in that respect, she appeared to have grouped up with due to so personal whim which I am still not aware of.
"Ah, I guess there's no point lying, but are you sure you want to know?"
"What do you an?"
"I was going to tell you everything soti in the future, but now you're jumping the gun~"
"Well, I don't really care that much, but I'd prefer you tell ."
"Okay then~ I guess I'll satiate your curiosity for now."
Beside the flickering fire, Chloe looked in the eyes.
"Like you, I also worry about life here; it's not all easy for either, you know~"
"So you grouped up with because you thought I was strong?"
"That's what I said the first ti we t, didn't I?"
"I still don't believe it, you had no proof that I had any strength."
"I could tell by your personality."
"I don't believe I acted very confidently or in a way that would make you think that."
"Well, it was mainly because of your expression, it was cold and unchanging, you're definitely not normal."
"That's not a very nice thing to say."
"It's the truth, you know it too, don't you?"
I thought about it for a little. It wasn't the first ti soone's said that to .
"But even so, maybe I'd just given up."
"Well, I was willing to take the gamble. At worst, I could've just left if it turned out you were a suicidal maniac."
"I suppose."
"Actually, William, I have a question for you~"
"What is it?"
"Who are you?"
"I don't understand the question."
"Yes, you do."
The night fell upon us as the sky beca practically pitch black. The fire was illuminating the area and providing warmth for us. It was quite a magical atmosphere for such a conversation. My Minions had returned and were guarding the camp.
"What do you an?" I asked.
"Why do you always play dumb? You know I can tell, right?"
"I an, I'm not sure what you want to say."
She sighed.
"I used to think I was pretty apathetic and borderline psychopathic, but compared to you, I feel as if you fit those categories much more."
"Just because I look at things pragmatically."
"I an, I guess... but it's not just that, your behaviour, your decision-making, it all feels distinctly... heartless."
"Well, you were the one that asked to leave a girl out to die in the woods."
"But I had good reason for that. I didn't tell you at the ti, mainly because I assud you wouldn't believe , but that girl was seriously trying to kill ."
"It didn't look like it."
"That's because she was new to combat and couldn't wield her Knife of Kali effectively. If she was proficient in martial arts then I would've been in big trouble."
"If so, how did she manage to fulfil the condition to get a Knife of Kali in the first place?"
"There are many ways to kill soone, you know? She could've murdered soone in their sleep or killed soone who was weak and injured."
"If she was so incapable at combat, why would she try to fight you in the first place?"
"It was likely because she saw my system and thought I'd be an easy target and easy resources."
"That doesn't explain her relationship with Rosie."
"Hey now~ I still don't really know much about Rosie, you should understand it much more clearly, you were the one who was easily able to deduce that she was a traitor after all."
"Eh, we'll leave it at that for now."
I realised that I hadn't begun cooking dinner so I took out so at and began roasting it on top of the fire as usual.
"William..."
"Yes?"
"What was your life like back on earth?"
"It wasn't that interesting."
"I'm sure it was."
"Basically, I went to school, got bad grades and got bullied."
"Now that's a lie."
"What makes you say that?"
"I've been around you long enough to know that that's simply not true."
"Well, I guess we'll never know then."
"Hey, aren't we trying to build trust with each other right now~"
"Are we doing that?"
"Why did you ask for my reasons for joining the group if that was not your intention?"
"I was just bored."
"Ah, you're so hard to read."
"I'm really not."
After that, I did so reorganisation of my Minions as we prepared for the night. The next difficulty increase hadn't co yet so I was still pretty relaxed in terms of sleeping through the night.
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