AstralLein
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He fought... but the enemy immediately played its trump card! It was unfair! Ottar would have lost like that... several more times!
“The chances weren’t great there... that creature would have finished me off, and the investigation would have ended in nothing,” Ottar shrugged. “But your idea, master, is excellent! Among the healthy people in the village, there are only children and a healer. The elder looked not as bad as the others, but he advised me to run. This behavior is not typical for a monster. And everyone advised me to, actually. The carpenter’s apprentice and the hunter were the first to get infected. All three, including the carpenter, are bedridden. I also saw some woman who asked for help carrying water... that conversation was the most meaningless of all. If you think about it, no one seems more suspicious than anyone else... but the monster knew where I was staying and came shortly after dark. He was clearly watching me.
The elder, the healer, the woman with the bucket of water... where does the confidence come from that the monster is one of them? In theory, he could have set up a lair even in the forest, not far from the village.
“The chances weren’t great there... that creature would have finished me off, and the investigation would have ended in nothing,” Ottar shrugged. “But your idea, master, is excellent! Among the healthy people in the village, there are only children and a healer. The elder looked not as bad as the others, but he advised me to run. This behavior is not typical for a monster. And everyone advised me to, actually. The carpenter’s apprentice and the hunter were the first to get infected. All three, including the carpenter, are bedridden. I also saw some woman who asked for help carrying water... that conversation was the most meaningless of all. If you think about it, no one seems more suspicious than anyone else... but the monster knew where I was staying and came shortly after dark. He was clearly watching me.
The elder, the healer, the woman with the bucket of water... where does the confidence come from that the monster is one of them? In theory, he could have set up a lair even in the forest, not far from the village.