Chapter 334: Stats At Last
By now Lake had three examples of guards being able to walk through the gate uninterrupted and decided that was enough for him to try. If he was stopped there was always the option of activating Play The Part and letting it explain what he had been trying to do. He wasn't sure how that would go but it would probably be better than what he came up with.
Once he was at the gate he could tell the other guards weren't even looking at him so he just walked in like it was what he was supposed to be doing. Once he was inside he saw he had a few choices on which direction he could go and not knowing which one he should pick he activated Play The Part to see if this identity would take over.
He had been slightly worried that this identity would see they were somewhere they didn't want to be and walk out but that didn't happen and they quickly picked one of the hallways in front of him and walked down it until there was a door. They opened the door and started to take the stairs down until they reached a room that had ten or so other guards in it all holding drinks.
He hadn't expected to find a bar under the castle but he guessed it made sense for it not to be out in the open if the mayor or whoever was in charge of the guards didn't know about its existence and they had hidden it down here to sneak away here to get drunk during work.
With this and the fact they had lied earlier Lake was starting to think he had done the mayor a favor by killing whoever this guy had been because it seemed they were bad at their job and whoever they hired to replace them once he left would probably be much better. "Daneg it's not your turn yet. Why are you here?"
Lake was smart enough to guess this was his name even if he had never bothered to look so he deactivated Play The Part and said. "I guess I lost track of time. My bad." Turning around to leave he waited until he was back on the stairs to activate Play The Part again to see if he would end up somewhere else.
When he got back to the lobby he thought he was about to head outside but right before he deactivated Play The Part he turned and headed down another hallway. He couldn't picture another secret place like the bar so he was hopeful that he would end up somewhere important this time.
After a few turns he opened another door and found himself in a bedroom. He had no reason to think this was his room since there were dresses and other things that made him think this room probably belonged to a lady that was somehow related to the mayor. He didn't know if it was a daughter or wife but it didn't really matter whose room it was when he saw what he was doing here.
His body had dropped down to its knees and had started digging around in dirty clothes in a hamper. It took him a second to react to this and deactivate Play The Part because of how much he was surprised by his identity's behavior. After it was deactivated he quickly left this room and did his best to get back to the gate without anyone seeing him.
He almost walked out still thinking about fleeing the scene of the crime but was able to stop himself before he ruined all the progress he had made so far. He had come to realize this guard had been a creep and Lake never wanted to let them take over again so he was going to take the fact he hadn't really seen anyone in the halls so far and start walking around himself.
This made him think that as long as he used Mana Vision and his top speed to move around that no one would notice him. Activating Mute and Mana Vision Lake started to run down a hallway he didn't see anyone in to see if he could find a staircase upwards. This place seemed like a maze if you didn't know where you were going so he knew this would probably take a while even moving as fast as he was.
After opening a few doors and dodging people moving around on the same floor that he was, he eventually found a set of stairs that went up that didn't have anyone guarding them. He wasn't sure why they would only have guards at some of the stairs but he guessed the confusing paths though this castle had something to do with it.
There was also a chance the place these stairs led to weren't important or even connected to the other parts of the upper floors so guarding them was completely unnecessary but with this being his only option he still planned to climb them to see where he would end up.
As he climbed he found this set of stairs quickly turned into a spiral staircase that passed each and every floor with no way to enter them and once he got near the top he realized that this was the way into the castle's spire. He wasn't sure why there weren't any guards up here but being at the very top of the castle alone made him think this might be the best way for him to get to the upper parts of the castle with no one seeing him.
The Sun would be setting soon and if he climbed down from here into one of the windows he saw earlier he would pass all the guards and enter directly into the most important part of the castle. From there all he would need to do is get a new identity and he would have free rein of the castle while he looked around for treasures.
While using Mana Vision earlier to get around he had been able to see there were things giving off a lot of mana at the top of the castle so he knew there would be good things for him to take as he made his rounds pretending to clean. He wasn't going to have to actually move anything either since he was able to summon anything he touched later after he had already made his escape.
This would all depend on if he was able to climb down to a window without being seen though. Night time was a great way to hide but people who had jobs for guarding had a really high chance of having a high perception so he felt they would have no problems spotting him if he was out there for a long time.
There would be a small chance for him though if he was fast since the guards were mostly paying attention to outside the wall and he hadn't seen a single person look up to the spire. That meant he would be fine to wait here for the sun to go down before he climbed down to a window that led to an empty room.
This was great because it gave him an opportunity to look at not only the skills he would have unlocked for getting Hunter past level 1 but finally take a look at his stats. It had been a long time since he bothered because it was only a few points here or there but he wanted to see what his Perception was at the moment.
Race: Human Lv.16 ( 6/10 )
Job: Hunter Lv.4 ( 26/80 )
Special: The Insider Lv.0 ( 4/5 )
Stats
Health 160
Stamina 160
Mana 160
Strength 128
Endurance 17
Agility 114
Dexterity 123
Perception 127
Intelligence 156
Charisma 43
Free stat points: 150
Like he had expected he wasn't even able to see the difference since none of his stats had improved a good amount but this wasn't the end since he saved the new skills for seconds.
Track (G) Lv.1
Animals wounded by you are easier to hear and smell.
(Scales off of Perception.)
Blood Clean (E) Lv.1
Gets rid of blood in or on items held.
(Consumes 10 Mana Per activation.)
Lake was almost disappointed when he read the first of the two thinking they would both be like that but when he saw the second one's utility he was excited. Getting blood off of things like clothes was always a worry of his when he killed someone to disguise himself since blood was a giveaway that something was wrong but if this skill worked how he thought this was no longer a problem.
He wasn't exactly sure how it could be useful to a hunter though unless this skill could be used to help drain blood from meat to preserve it. He had seen people hand up meat to let blood drip out over time but with this skill it could be done instantly which would make the hunters job much easier.
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