Skulking the group moved forward while Rea still stood tall clumsily lagged behind
As they approached an area they saw light penetrating the canopy of the trees and a clearing presented themselves
"This looks like a good camping place " shouted Marcus
Caleb nodded towards Marcus,
'probably the best they can get but doesn't provide much cover if there is an ambush '
[Lets hope that isnt prohpetic]
'...'
Quickly clearing the foliage now practised in the environment everyone set to there jobs Lela & John hunted, Marcus scouted the area ,Rea got some firewood and Caleb sat on the wet floor next to Ellie to get read the book which was now routine.
Caleb slowly gained a rudimentary understanding of the language through Ellie's help and the systems turning on and off the skill to be able to translate himself
As they read Rea was the first to come back with enough firewood in her arms to be able to last from dusk till dawn, placing it down in the middle of a circle of rocks she sat next to Caleb listing to Ellie read the story about the silver knight.
Rea enjoyed the story while Caleb was focusing on trying to understand the language.
When the night took the forest and the moonlight only remained Caleb awoke eye shooting open and slowly palming the floor raising himself up.
"System whats my progress with this language "
[Basic Common 72%]
"Thats not bad , when is my next skill creation available "
[Energy collected is allocated to assist with the creation of Basic common to expedite it ]
"Well then what would it be without that "
[Basic Common 23%]
"I dont know to thank you or feel insulted by your help "
Caleb looked around seeing the sleeping faces of each on of the party members, he glanced towards the Lela but she was missing, Suddenly hearing rustling he brought out his dagger
"Don't need to be so aggresive its just me boy "
'Can you be less passive aggressive , girl '
"I haven't noticed anything, im bored, lets play a game ,try to sneak up on me while im on watch "
Caleb nodded with confidence in more that the system ensured vi
[Disabiling system temporarily for training purposes, overreliance will cause complacency]
Caleb face sunk
"You look down , what hit you're confidence hmmm'
Caleb stared at Lela blankly and walked towards the darkened depths of the woods
"You can start when you want"
'Yeah yeah bloody hell this women'
Caleb suddenly crouched in the cover of the tree and foliage and quickly used his most trusted skill starting to climb relying in the build of muscle memory and got up to the canopy of a more diminutive tree than its gargauntiate brothers
'Looking down he didn't notice Lela location '
Twang
Caleb twitched to his side seeing Lela next to him smirking
"You're ability to climb is subpar, you call your self a scout you made so much noise an ametur could notice you "
Lela elegantly jumped off and returned to the dark below
'This is going to be a long night '
Caleb thinking of what to do and began to traverse the canopy of the trees with a slow pace nearly falling but balancing with a dagger stabbed into the wood to right his balance
" Come one now, alerting me so easily are you more of a jester than the scout impression i got "
Caleb looked around and couldnt spot where the voice echoed from and couldn't direct it
He breathed in and filtered out what he could until only the whistling wind and his heartbeat remained .
Haaaaaa
'Second try '
Firmly placing his footing and traversing the branches he felt stable as he traversed forward the imbalance and footwork off causing branches to break but slowly he began to traverse the trees
"i am not going to make this easy for you ,every time you alert me i am moving "
'This pretentious women, your one watch are you not supposed to not move '
[Fair point but i dont think she wants it to make it that easy ,i like her already]
'Shut up '
'Approaching from the top will alert her to easily and i cannot pinpoint her location easily and my location is easily exposed as she knows where to look.
Carefully Caleb sheaved the dagger and started to fall down
'Lets see if i cant track you '
Picking up some stones he tossed them at a branch breaking it and quickly Caleb began to focus
"No point staying up there if you cannot be silent , you now elf "
'Then i will stay on the ground '
Moving towards the place of the voice he found tracks made travelling and saw a tree with lela cloak fluttering in the wind.
'Got you' calebs smiled and tossed a stone and without pause rushed forward and as he skidded across the wet earth looking at the tree he saw a piece of cloth stuck to a tree with a dagger
"You're not as sneaky as think , your footwork is poor and you leave to much of a trace "
'Here i though John was the trickster fucking archetype '
'Seems like i won't be winning this one'
Slamming his hand onto the bark of the tree 3 times
"Im taking that as you giving up "
A black shadow jumped from the canopy appearing before Caleb
"You did do well enough"
Confused Caleb looked at the women 'Is that supposed to be a compliment'
"You're inexperienced and untrained, you wild people tend to not need to deal with someone of your own skill set , you'll become too complacent when only hunting unintelligent animals and relying on that assurance"
[She has a point , Relying on something ]
'I understand system , point made, im going to get some sleep before this tormentor gets more fun out of my pain'
[Me or the women ]
Both