《TWIG - The System Can't Save Me, But It Can't Stop Me Either [a gamelit-portal-fantasy-poem by eric river]》Chapter 026 - Maybe home is not always the safest place to be
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CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
Maybe home is not always the safest place to be
~
Meanwhile in the village Twig had called home yesterday
There was no shortage of people with something to say
But at the centre of the drama was a single knight
Screaming like a monster, breaking everything in sight
~ Name: Delilah ~
Title: Sword Master
Class: Knight [lv104]
HP
[183]
MANA
[86]
ATK
[241]
INT
[88]
DEF
[132]
SPD
[261]
Delilah, I’m the goddess of the sword, I’m no priestess
I’ll have no words for you if you just make this a mess
Pull yourself together or you’ll only make things worse
There may still be answers out there for your offspring’s curse
“How could you just let him go, you useless piece of trash?!
Let me go or I’ll reduce this entire place to ash!”
Delilah swung her sword at Log out in the village square
Many looked in horror but she didn’t seem to care
~ Name: Log ~
Title: Hero
Class: Tank [lv210]
HP
[278]
MANA
[63]
ATK
[204]
INT
[23]
DEF
[434]
SPD
[86]
Sorry man, you’re on your own with this one, do your best
Seems like your wife has something to get off of her chest
Do what you have done at least a thousand times before
Save the village from chaos, go home, and close the door
“Delilah, you know just as well as I, we can’t just go
We have to trust the System has the answers we don’t know
If you draw attention from the System to our town
You might not need to wait long before it all burns down”
“Let it burn!” Delilah shouted as she swung her blade
Destroying a large fountain that the town artist had made
“How can you be called a father, look at what we’ve done!
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Out of fear for some strange god we threw away our son”
She swung her sword again but this time it was dull and slow
Log then caught her swordhand using half his strength or so
He took her sword and threw it down then tried to calm her down
But that was not enough to quell the panic in the town
After twig had left the morning of the day before
She’d been crying desperately at home upon the floor
She cried herself to sleep but when she woke up the next day
Something snapped in her and the whole town had hell to pay
She screamed and cursed at everyone and everything thing she saw
Cursing every god she new and every System law
Luckily, the System wasn’t easy to offend
But she was content to scream at every neighbour and friend
Sky’s mother and father, Hawk and Oak were standing near
Watching sadly as their friend gave in to rage and fear
Log just held her tightly and looked over at the pair
Alarmed by the demeanor of the couple standing there
“What is it you want with us, we’re in no mood for talk
Leave us to our business here, go on and take a walk”
Delilah screamed and wept into her husband’s sturdy chest
Cursing everyone who said that it was for the best
Hawk stepped forward with a piece of paper in her hand
“When your wife recovers, give her this, she’ll understand
We’re going ahead, but you’ll be called in time as well”
He took the letter and they left with no more news to tell
At least a dozen people nearby heard what they had said
And wondered why they hadn’t just announced it there instead
And while gossip of the System circulated still
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Few claimed to have knowledge of the might System’s will
“Could it be that he was cursed by something evil here?”
“Maybe it was something he did wrong some time last year”
“Could it be, the System saw Twig committing some crime?”
“I did see him roaming in the forest all the time”
Log had done his best to keep his wife restrained but failed
Luckily she had no sword, or they’d have been impaled
Instead the villagers whose levels certainly weren’t low
All regretted testing how far Twig’s mother would go
Achievement: Swordless Swordsmanship
Not that I approve of what you’re doing here right now
But the way you’re fighting is still impressive somehow
Just don’t kill your neighbours, they could never understand
No one here can no what fate the System may have planned
The sun was high before Delilah's rage began to wane
But half the village was already in a lot of pain
The gossip ceased as the town healer healed their injuries
Relieved to see Delilah had made no more enemies
She walked back down the road, the last place she had seen her son
Seeing him away as his adventure had begun
Fearing that he may already have been killed or worse
She swore in her heart she would one day avenge her son’s curse
~
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