As Norn was standing there only one thought was running through his head:
"What perfect fucking timing..."
He was pissed that he had to talk with some random people.
More than that, he only had a backpack with him now, other than that he was completely naked.
"Me? Just hanging around, hehe"
He made a dumb smile as he said it.
Sadly, they those people didn't see him as he didn't turn around.
His bare ass was facing them now.
"Turn around!"
Manly voice came from behind, Norn was almost convinced.
"Buddy, i can show you my hands, but if you want to see my dick that's a little bit too much, i'm kinda shy, you know?"
He was almost laughing as he said it...
"Why are you naked?!"
It was a woman's voice now.
Norn wanted to imagine that it was a tall and beautiful woman that said it, at least he would have a reason to turn around...
Sadly, he voice was far from sounding pleasant.
It sounded like she was just a fat midget.
"I'm kinky."
Was his answer to her question.
He didn't bother thinking too much about it.
They wouldn't just kill him, at worst they would beat him up as they cuffed him.
"Aren't you the guy who ran from goblins?"
The manly voice asked again.
"Yeah, if you saw me, why bother asking what i'm doing here?"
Norn wasn't playing a good citizen.
It was too much of a bother to actually pretend that he was afraid or somethig.
"I'm gonna give you something to cover yourself, after it you will follow us."
He said again, since his voice changed a little Norn guessed that he started doing something.
After a while he heard steps coming closer to him, and soon a pair of shorts was placed on it his shoulder.
"Put them on."
Norn took them slowly, as he looked at it, however:
"Man, they're fucking sweaty! I like that..."
One could hear that he was smiling as he said the last few words.
Norn didn't see how people behind reacted, but he could hear a faint exhale.
As he turned around he saw two people in military uniform pointing a gun at him.
One was a tall and visibly strong man, the second was, just as he guessed, fat and short female.
She was ugly as hell, he doubted that even goblins would want to deal with her.
"Your name, place of residence and affiliation!"
The ugly woman asked while aiming a gun at him.
Norn could see that as she was saying it she aimed "harder" at him.
"Dude, tell that... partner of yours to lower the gun, what the fuck is this?"
It was a reasonable demand since the man himself didn't even point it at him anymore.
"Do as he said."
The man said slowly while looking at her.
She didn't answer, but obeyed the command almost immediately.
Norn could see that she was dissatisfied.
"Name's Norn Brick, yeah this is a real family name."
It wasn't.
"I live on Marx st., 44th house apartment 28, affiliation... Well, i'm just sitting at home all day, so i dont have any."
The adress was also fake, but it did exist.
He doubted that they will be able to check it so quick.
The only real thing about his answer was the last line about him sitting at home all day.
"Brick... I've heard it before, aren't your father a general?"
The man suddenly asked, Norn was slightly surprised.
He heard this last name somewhere before, as such it was the one he used.
But where did he hear it? He couldn't remember.
"Nah, mine is an electician."
He brushed it off. If it was a question for him to slip on he dodged it.
If not? Whatever.
"Okay, now explain how are you still here, he evacuated people a few hours ago... Moreover, where are you clothes?"
The man asked as he looked strangely at Norn.
Strangely enough... It didn't seem like he was cold.
Mind you, it was cold. It was something around -5C right now...
The guy was completely naked. As if he cold was just a rumor.
"Oh, as i was running i fell into a river and soaked my clothes, since i didn't know whether or not those monsters are still here i waited until night to get out. I dont remember where i left them thought."
There was indeed a river not too far away from this place, this was a completely plausible explanation.
As for everything else?
It did make sense. He was just a scared citizen, why wouldn't he not act strangely?
More than that, if the soldier remembered him it would mean that he remembered his cries for help.
They sounded as if he was being cut, raped and gave birth at the same time.
"Well, okay. I guess you dont have an ID with you?"
Of course he didn't.
"Nope, i didn't even take it, but if you can escort me to my house i will gladly present it to you."
He smiled a little as he said it.
Norn's plan was to lose them as fast as possible, what's the best way to do it?
Try to make them do something.
"I'll pass on that."
The woman chipped in. None of the men reacted.
"Well... It's not too far away, so i think you'll manage."
Norn was right. The guy was lazy as fuck.
"Sure, can i go then?"
He asked immediately as staying here was a bit risky.
He didn't know if any goblins weres till here or something.
Even if there were none, staying here was breaking the law.
It's not like he cared about it. He only cared about trouble it would bring.
And, since he was a little bit too weak to massacre whatever force was against him...
He acted somewhat humble. Brazen, but humble.
"Yeah, go."
The man simply waved his hand as he started walking away.
Norn didn't bother too much and left immediately.
"Sir, is it really fine? He's clearly one of those that entered the tower..."
The woman said as soon as Norn was far enough.
Her voice was quieter than last, just to be sure that he didn't hear anything.
"What if he wanted to attack us? He emerged from the tower, he passed the trial inside, dont look down on him. Some of out best men couldn't do the same...
Man's voice wasn't "strong" like it was before.
It even slipped as he remembered all those faces he wont see anymore...
It was clear that the man was somewhat afraif of Norn.
Who wouldn't be?
A man who's brave enough to walk around naked in a cold night wasn't to be triffled with.
More than that, it didn't seem like he shivered from the cold.
It was a bit too unusual.
As for Norn... He wasn't stupid.
He knew that they knew.
As for why was he so sure that they wont do shit to him?
Because they saw that he was close to the tower.
It meant that he emerged from it, which made him a person that was above them.
He acted like he did just because of that simple fact.
Those people definitely had enough intel to know that those people were dangerous.
Since he was one of them, why not act like one?
As for their little dialogue after he left?
Obviously, he heard it.
His detection magic was good enough for him to be able to do it.
Even if he was triple the distance from them, he would still be able to do it.
It's not like it was THAT strong, it's just that it's quiet enough.
He didn't think too much and only smiled a little after he heard it.
Soon enough, he got back to his apartment which wasn't located on Marx st.
As he entered he immediately started looting the house.
He took everything that could fit inside his invetory.
Why? Why not? He could sell that shit later on to get some money.
Of course, he left everything in his room as it was.
The rest of the house, however...
It was completely empty.
Only the bathroom and the kitchen were the same.
He still needed a place to sleep and chill in, why not use his own apartment?
Soon enough he sat infront of his PC.
He didn't turn it off as he left the last time, thus he was immediately immensed in news.
It turned out that he spent a little more than 7 hours in that trial.
"This system is fucking with time."
He could only think about that.
One day here was two days in the other world, and one hour in the tower was approximately five hours here...
Too much things to remember!
...
"... What do i think this is? A novel became reality, that's what! Look as hard as you can to find the one we're in!..."
Some time later Norn became a consumer.
He watched a video that was titled "IS OUR WORLD A NOVEL? | SYSTEM THEORY" on some random channel.
It was popular and just in a day it gained over 200 million views.
A good thing for Norn was that he had a skill that translated shit for him.
It wasn't in his native language and he didn't really know one except for it.
Yeah, he knew some of it, but it was barely on a level to be able to read, forget about understanding speech.
The video itself wasn't anything useful, the guy proposed the idea that the world is a novel.
It was understandable since it did look like some random bullshit setting.
However, it was reality.
Norn was sure that they wouldn't be able to find a novel that corresponded to whatever happened here.
It would be stupid.
Using cliches is one thing, but ripping a novel directly? Fuck off with that.
If it was true, however...
It would be almost pointless to read it as every sane person would do so.
Why would they not? It would contain some secrets, characters and plot-twists...
To Norn that knowledge wasn't of any use.
He already had a "cheat" which was his beautiful wife.
More than that, he already had many skills, he didn't know what they were for, however...
But who cares? He had plenty to compensate for whatever was lacking.
For now, at least.
...
"Several people witnessed as an unknown person ran faster than a car!"
Norn's face was as bored as could be. He wanted to get into the infofield of his world as fast as he could.
Information was crucial for survival, and since he had two lives...
Why not try to excel in both of them now that he had an opportunity?
However, it was harder than he thought.
Most of the news were filled with useless bullshit like that one above.
Who the fuck cares if someone is running all around the place?
That's just normal, is it not?
More than that, what the fuck was that headline?
Ran faster than a car? Who the fuck puts it like that?
"Fucking retards..."
Yeah, Norn was a goblin even before he got the body of one.
Soon enough he found another headline.
This time, however, it looked much more promising...
"Guild recruitment for people that received a gift from the system."
It was on the front page.
Looking fancy and shit... The more Norn read it the more he understood that whoever wrote it was a scum.
It depicted his noble goal of saving the world, making a perfect guild to protect the weak and opress the strong and shit like that...
Who in their right mind would believe that bullshit?...
"50k comments?.."
He said with a disappointed expression...
He didnt' need to sound it, but he did. It was just too stupid.
As he read the comments his mind became numb.
"Who the fuck are those people!?"
Most of the comments supported the OP (Original Poster = author of the post or whatever).
It was clear that the person who wrote it would corrupt in the first month!
Giving some internet retard too much power wasn't a good idea at all!
Just look at Norn! The first thing he did was stealing a captive woman, he didn't even release her!
Well, he did, but still, he didn't really want to do that, thankfully it turned out better than he expected.
More than that, the second thing was massacring a whole village and using women as sex slaves!
That's what happens when you give a random internet fuck access to even a bit of power!
Norn was sure that the person behind this post was exactly the same as he was!
A fucking egoist who would abuse his power, rape random women and fuck around for laughs!
How did he know?
Because he would've done the same thing if not for him already having a cheat!
"I'll need to kill him later, he's too similiar to me to be kept alive."
Norn thought about it silently.
Thankfully, that guy left the name of his guild in the post.
It was "New Order".
Sounded like the guy had some big ambitions. Too bad.
After some more time Norn decided to end the day, as he already did enough here.
It was time for him to abuse his newfound power in the other world!
How will he do that if there's nothing around him?
Well, his plan was to ask Erika to teach him some more spells.
He found them miraclous. If he could use them here?... Hehe...
As such, Norn went to bed after sealing off the front door.
Just for the sake of it, you can never be too safe.