Gil and others are very nervous when facing Adam. They know that any of these skeletons can pinch them to their death so they behave properly and waited for Adam to talk.
Adam on the other hand is staring coldly towards Gil which results to the latter to gulp involuntarily. In truth, Adam is actually looking at the rewards and the progress bar he get from the kills of his skeleton uncles.
Progress: Tier 3 intermediate [ Tier 4 intermediate (buffed)] 10750/100000.
' Still a long way to go. Thankfully I was lucky enough to received 2 tokens.' Tokens is actually very rare. In a thousand zombie, it is lucky enough to get one token, where in most cases in didn't yield anything.
Gil on the other hand feel an increase in pressure seeing the grey unfocused eyes of Adam towards him. His throat is dry and, he really wanted to clear his throat right now. But he was afraid that it may displease Adam.
Adam then closed his system interphase and bring his focus back to the unkempt survivors.
" Are you just going to stand there?" Adam said without any hint of emotion. No joke! according to the authors of several apocalyptic novels, you must not easily trust survivors. So let's pretend and become an aloof male god in front of these people.
" H-hello. I am Gil, tier 1 evolutionary... W-we are from the Pandora Base. Thank you for saving us." Gil said while stuttering feeling the coldness of the teen in front. Gil is actually a big man, measuring 6 feet or more but in front of the sixteen year old Adam, he felt so small. It was like what he is seeing was the King of eschatology.
" Hmmm... Pandora? Never heard of it. " Adam still said without any hint of enthusiasm. 'Being a cold person is really hard. I need to practice more on this people.' Adam decided inwardly.
" W-well, we came from the northern area. P-Pandora is under the army. It's not a wonder that you never heard of it for City B is located in the south, the fallen land of Bahran." Gil said trying to explain their situation.
' South? Fallen land? Did he mean there are no survivors here! '
" We actually found the mall here. T-there are probably some supplies there left and we want to retrieve it for the base." After talking with Adam, Gil slowly regain his cool.
" Mall... I was actually looking for it." Adam said plainly.
Gil and the others become stiff. 'So he was also after the mall. ' They can only smile wryly thinking that having their hands on this supplies is impossible.
Adam who can see their expression contemplated and have some realization. ' Are they thinking that I will fight them for the supplies. Naive! The handsome me is a walking photocopier. I won't stoop down on your levels.' Adam said inwardly also feeling good that he actually doesn't need to do some transporting stuff like these survivors.
' ahhh...the benefit of having a system for a mother. So cool and lovely.'
" Don't misunderstand, this stuff doesn't enter my eyes at all. I just need to look for a few things inside." Adam tried so hard to make his expression so natural, like the things in the mall is something that he can get at will and he doesn't need to struggle along with other survivors. ' Being an ice cold male god is really hard. hays.'
" Really? Then I think both our parties can cooperate then." Gil said excitedly. some powerful awakened really act like this teen in front. Because they have powerful abilities, getting supplies was easy for them. They can take supplies easier than the ordinary people because they have the capital to contend with the zombie swarm. So, in conclusion, the teen may have his rich reserve of supplies that the things in the mall doesn't enter his eyes. He may even be some sort of young master in some powerful bases.
Adam didn't say anything for a few minutes like he was thinking of something. Actually, he just want to look like he is not that tempted on going to a mall. ' Be indifferent, be cold! This is the apocalypse. '
Feeling pleased about his wit and tactic, Adam then let his eyes roam on these survivors while indifferently saying, " Then what benefit does this cooperation bring to me? "
Gil become silent. He tried to rack his brain to say something but unfortunately, he doesn't have any capital at all.Yes, the boy is very powerful. In term of strength, he can raid the mall alone and he doesn't need to bring anyone with him. And even if won't tell the location of the mall, it is actually only nearby and walking on some few corners you can already see it. Benefits? They can't see anything from their bodies that is actually worth anything to Adam.
They can only be silent and resign to fate of having no chance to work with a powerful awakened. * sigh *
" You just need to turn in that corner and goes straight. You can find the mall there. " Gil decided to tell Adam.
Adam didn't expect that Gil will tell him the Mall's location. ' Is there actually a very powerful zombie there and he want to lead me to death. ' Feeling unsure, Adam glanced at the silent Arthus beside him.
Arthus also glanced at Adam and slightly tilted it's head trying to indicate something.
' What are you tilting your head for Arthus? Say words, I don't understand body language. I wasn't trained on it! ' Adam said inside seeing how uncooperative Arthus is. He can't say those words to Arthus become it will surely destroy his image. He must always be in character. Yosh! Adam thought making an anime fisting action in his imagination.
* sigh *
He actually want to talk with people more. Man is a social being who needs to interact with one another. It is a must to establish relationships to live. Another reason actually is, Adam who lacks social interaction in his past life want to experience having many people to talk to. Though the character he played is a little cold, there are some cold anime character who manage to have friends in some movies and manga he read. So, why can't he be one?
" Do you want those supplies?"
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