The skeleton shook itself, a glint in its eyes, a sharp turn and a live projectile flying towards the land hit me straight on the mask, knocking me back into the water and interrupting the heart-rending laughter, but ending up in my hands.
A glimmer of consciousness or an unconscious accident…
Snatching out a living creature floating in the water with my claws, I launched a response message with a smooth turn, forcing the assistant to sit in shallow water again.
- And-and-a-direct message!
I tossed the bag to the skeleton and gave him a simple and clear instruction.
- Catch prey and collect it inside, with your teeth, feet, whatever you want.
It will be his training, his movements are too rough, why not make him try to develop his "five senses" or how many of them he has.
Leaning against a small waterfall and crossing my legs, I watched my subordinate's training.
The result is not very good, only a big catch. All miraculously swam fish, mostly from hand to elbow in length. And then a couple of pieces.
No, this is very good for him, if compared with an ordinary infantryman, then he is clearly stronger, but clumsier.
Interesting.
- The training is not over today.
Taking the fish and turning around in a marching step, I canceled the skeleton's call, wandering towards the parking lot of our wagon.
…
And when I returned, the cabman had already put out a large cauldron in which he was carefully mixing something, while the Magician and the swordsman were fussing around helping the old man.
As I passed by, I dropped my catch and my assistant's next to them.
- It will come in handy.
But when I was offered to join, I refused, to be honest, I don't like fish, especially the number of bones in it.
And retreating to a small hill, I took out my lunch.
The road bread sold in many bakeries is rumored to have slug powder added there, which makes it more durable and capable of not turning into a brick for a while, but because of this it is tasteless. And in addition, a good piece of dried meat, nothing superfluous, no skin, no bones, no fat or tendons.
And the semblance of black tea will complement this dinner. Well, I think the views here are not bad, yes, acceptable.
But adventurers in traveling companions also have their advantages. Previously, the driver and I had to take turns keeping night guard, and at best he was taking us to some village where it was not worth bothering to keep an eye on a possible monster attack.
And now, I'll be able to get a good night's sleep.
Well, I'll be on duty right after the old man, so for now…
And while the adventurers, yielding to an inexplicable impulse for me, slept on the streets, I lay down on a well-equipped bench inside the cart and fell asleep.
…
- Ugh... when I woke up from a couple of light bumps in the side, I just managed to see a cabby collapse on a nearby bench. Just sitting and staring at the bonfire is a waste of time. So that…
Slowly leaving the camp, I began to cast spells.
With a "poisonous mist", but almost completely harmless, I hid the camp from prying eyes, enhanced the effect with a "shadow torch", and applied the gaze of the undead on myself so that no living creature could hide from me.
After a short walk, I realized that nothing interesting was going to happen in the near future.
And spreading out a wide cloth, he took out an alchemical kit in the fresh air, at the same time leafing through old useful entries in his book.
Ahem…
The darker the surroundings, the stronger the dark magic. In a simple shadow, the difference wasn't too big, but in pitch darkness, the power of the spell could increase by three!
But even if you use a dark spell on a bright summer day, its power will be reduced by only a quarter. But if the bright light is created by a holy spell, then everything depends only on the difference in the powers of the casters.
In fact, each spell is for beginners, these are the basics from which more powerful and spectacular ones originate, both the "shadow spear" which is an improved "bullet of darkness" and the "shadow capture" which takes the basis from the "torch".
At the same time, the "gaze of the undead" helps to better understand the very summoning of the undead. Strictly speaking, the "gaze of the undead" is a more powerful version of the non-attribute abilities "life detection" and "night vision" based on necromancer magic.
Hmm, "the healing and killing properties of gold" was my favorite topic.
... It needs to be rewritten in a more prominent place.
Oh, I found the right section.
Here is a recipe for a poison that looks indistinguishable from a cure potion!
A healing potion that heals wounds but kills organs…
Close, but not that…
A healing potion with an addictive effect! Bingo!
Ugh, there's not enough green flower.
Grass that can be found in any clearing in our area, and that's what I didn't stock up on.
Dissatisfied, getting up from my usual place, I wandered towards the forest that was about five hundred meters from our halt.