《The Farmer》Chapter 33
Advertisement
Around the same time next morning, the adventurers are there. Bob had the crystals in ready but had it stashed away inside a pouch in one of the bushes surrounding the place.
They continued the conversation from yesterday. It first started with the usual questions but with a more in-depth explanation from the archer. The adventurers gladly answered his questions but they went silent when Bob asks where they’re from.
An unnerving silence crept through the woods. The adventurers fell silent as cold wind brushes through their face which made released them from their shock.
“Uhhh… We’re from Amulis.” The archer replied hesitantly before looking at his companion.
The warrior shrugged his shoulders and the archer looks back at Bob with an awkward smile.
“As far as I know, all adventurers come from Amulis.”
Bob stares at the adventurers without a word as his piercing gaze makes them uneasy.
“We’re not going to break him, right?” The warrior whispers to the archer.
“I’m not sure, but based on everything we have learned so far, he’s probably a special character created by the devs.” He replies.
“Compared to the other NPC’s he’s too…” the warrior stops to think.
“…Alive?”
“Yeah!” He shouted, then realized that they were not whispering anymore.
Bob was about to ask them something but a small smoke from a distance caught his attention.
“If you return here tomorrow, I’ll gladly answer any questions.” Bob went to a nearby bush and throws the pouch filled with crystals at the adventurers.
“But for now, I need to be someplace else.” He grabs his bow and went straight to the direction of the smoke.
Leaving the two who’s still surprised that he just left them.
‘There’s something wrong, I’m sure of it.’ Bob engraves in his mind the conversation that he had just heard.
Advertisement
On the scene where the smoke comes from is the same adventurer who was repeatedly killed previously. Throwing his vials at the bushes and the trees that he passes. The agitated expression on his face is very prominent and Bob didn’t need to wonder why.
He observes him again from a distance to make sure he is ready for another encounter with the alchemist. Luckily the fire didn’t spread and only burn parts of the place before disappearing completely leaving only scorch marks on the grass.
“Farmer!” the adventurer shouts, before throwing another vial at a nearby bush.
The shout startles him but he still didn’t emerge from his hiding place. He tightened his grip from his bow and nocks it with an arrow.
“Farmer!” He shouted a second time. “Come out! I know you’re here somewhere.”
Bob begins to think of what would happen if he shows himself. All train of thought eventually leads to a conflict and with him killing the adventurer. He suppresses his urge to show himself to avoid the conflict but the thought that this particular adventurer already knows about the place and will keep coming back, regardless of what happens.
He then grits his teeth and emerge from his hiding place.
“Adventurer there you are.”
The adventurer’s expression immediately shifts from anger to relief. He runs towards Bob as if he was crying for help.
“Did you find my ring?” He cried.
Bob couldn’t adjust himself immediately to the atmosphere as he thought that he was going to be attacked just moments earlier.
“Y-yes” He hastily replied, before realizing what he just said.
“Great!” he shouted with joy “Where is it?”
“I-uhh… I hid it somewhere near the cave to keep it safe.” He said inadvertently
“Great! Lead the way then.”
Advertisement
Bob becomes confused of what he just did. He never hid it near the cave, he has it with him the entire time since he doesn’t know what it’s for or does it even have any value. He started becoming dizzy of the overflowing thoughts of what he should do.
‘Should I feign ignorance again? Pretend that I forgot where I hid it?’ He mused
Finally, they arrive at the entrance of the cave, where the adventurer frantically searches the area without consulting him. Then he realizes he is searching blindly without any help. But it gave enough time for Bob to think of an alibi.
“I forgot where it is but it is around here. It was dark when I hid it, but I’m sure it’s here.”
A little bit of happiness escapes the adventurers smile before he returns to search for his ring.
Then a thought comes to the farmer’s mind.
“Why is that ring important to you?” He asks casually.
“Without it I can’t access my inventory.” The adventurer replies
“You’re what?”
“My inventory, the one where I keep my things.”
Bob thought he heard him wrong. He sweats profusely and his hand quivers as he pats the ring on his pouch.
“How does… it work?”
“You wear it then you just… do it. Why the interest?”
“Oh nothing”
“Anyways… the ring itself is not important, I could get another one. I just need what’s inside there.”
“Then can I have the ring once I find it?”
The adventurer looks back at him confused then smiled and says
“Can I get something in return?”
“What do you have in mind?”
“What can you give me.”
Bob thought for a moment then said
“I could give you a glowing rock that can be found inside that cave. An adventurer drops it sometime ago.”
The adventurer’s face lit up and accepted it.
As they were feeling very ecstatic, they heard a shout from a distance.
“Over there.”
Advertisement
An Anomaly's Life Inside A Galge is Seriously too harsh for me!
"Im the only one who knows the truth of this World" Hitose Matsuri, A boy who had everything in life Money Knowledge Fame Power Looks... but there was a single thing he was lacking......Women! as he thought of a fast way to learn and Communicate with them He Learned the Existence of the Sub Genre of Video Games Called [Dating Sims] lavishly spending time on his newfound hobby with this newly bought Galge of his-[Constantine:Le Rhapsodia] as he was just about to start the playthrough- *bang* the sound of a loud gunshot was the last thing he had heard but... for last thing that he had remembered... it'was a click of a button *Click* [Load New Game] waking up inside the game he didn't know what he was for sure but he... thought of himself as something... An Anomaly, something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified, something anomalous...He became an unknown character [Gray Dè Bernardò] an anomaly had Come forth but witnessed by no one.... had just entered this World --------------- Update! Yall may want to visit my twitter acc, there are news, updates, arts for the characters lying there in wait so make sure to come and check it out! @TenKoMatsuri
8 103Mhaieiyu - Arco 1: El Sindicato [Spanish]
El tiempo se detuvo cuando todos los engranajes de la sociedad encajaban a la perfección. Había quienes toleraban menos, pero aun así, la vida y el trabajo se hacían monótonos en la petrolífera megápolis del Hub. Aquellos con la voluntad para oponerse se verían con una desagradable visita con los oficiales del autoritario y tiránico Sindicato. Y así, donde había ley y colaboración había sencillez. Pero cada década, esta fría sociedad se derrumba ante la presencia del mismísimo infierno que golpea contra sus murallas. Únete al torpe pero intrépido Tokken, un adolescente extrañamente ingenuo que por fín está viendo el mundo por lo que es, así como al alborotado e imprudente Emris, un travieso militar alcohólico que se juega la vida con impunidad, mientras intentan coexistir con la tormenta infernal que se cierne sobre ellos. © 2019-2020, Todos los derechos reservados.
8 149Almost a Good Person
A memory, a memory of a boy who wanted more than pain, of a girl who wanted more than death, and an Isle that should not exist. The Isle of Red is a small, unassuming, quiet place. It is just large enough for a college, a small town, and maybe even a few more unusual sorts of places. Of course, the townsfolk practically know each other as family. Flush-faced regulars can be found toasting just about anything in the Briar's Brew, then, a few streets away, the same haggle of older women stationed themselves on their perch as they did every day from one of the few balconies in Central Square. They fuss away now, spouting the usual gossip as they watch us all from on high. Then there is the College here on the Isle of Red. My college. It has been often described as an unusual place by a good deal of people on the mainland. If they only would visit -why I am sure they'll soon have a change of heart, they may even come to find it a quaint sort of place, odd but in the same way a tattered old quilt can be both odd looking and warm, and especially soft. We teach mostly the same sort of disciplines here, with fantastic and absolutely normal professors.I must conclude that I am quite smitten with myself. The stage is set with a level of perfection that would have astonished me in my youth. They are coming. Derek will follow her. He knows the weight of reality too intimately, but she will be his true north if only for a short time. A beacon in the storm to show him the stunning pastels and brightness the sun may yet refract through his thinner, sharper pieces. Theoline will lead as she always has- well not always, not yet. She holds onto questions feverishly tight, that one. Lights them up inside like a new type of fuel without the slightest worry of being burned. She knows... There is but a certain few who can look at a map and find nothing where I stand but the Atlantic Ocean. And still, there is earth beneath me, a noisy pub down the road from me, and several people clucking conspiratorially on a balcony above me. She knows... that the Isle of Red doesn't belong here. Neither, technically, do I. (Hello! Chapters will be posted regularly on this website and also at Booksie: Almost a Good Person, book by KenjaminButton (booksie.com)Stay tuned for Chapter 3 to be uploaded on 5/28/2022!)
8 74A Shade of Timeless Retribution
What would you do to rid yourself of your immortality? After bearing a lifetime of pain and suffering. How will you want to end it? A nameless man in a dying universe, wanted to end it and so he did. Albeit, forcefully. What shall be the consequences of his action? Let's find out.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This my first attempt at a fiction, inspired by various sources. Critics welcome :)
8 198the demon eyes (Cheating Levi x Demon Eren)
Levi and Eren have been together for a year now but Levi has been cheating on Eren for 4 months now, Eren Finds out but hopes to still be with Levi, Levi and Eren got into a fight, Levi left Eren for good, One night Eren had a Dream (nightmare) and soiled his soul off to a demon, Now Eren is a demon and he has a trast for blood, Levi felt bad for leaving Eren and wants him back what will happen
8 187From This Dream
Life for Karen Fairchild is complicated in so many ways. But some moments are beautiful and amazing.
8 76