BornAndTorn 109 The Last Supper

It was quite astounding to see how much food these people could consume. It was as if their stomachs were an endless abyss as they devoured everything that was in front of them. This level of consumption was comparable to mine and that should say something about their level of hunger.

Tom was having a blast chatting with the first woman who did not make a revolting expression upon seeing him. He was so focused on the movements of her lips and certain other body parts that he did not even notice the feast that was currently being held right beside him.

Of course, they did not forget to make fun of me, while they were having the time of their lives. According to them, I am a rebellious brat, who hasn't even grown a hair down there. This brat also thinks too high of himself and his voice sounds way too feminine.

They underlined their opinion by mimicking my behaviour and talking in a very high pitched voice. This activity did not hinder them from eating hearty and laughing wildly at all of their acts. Despite the lack of respect for me I had to admit that all of their impressions were spot on.

Though I thought my voice sounded a lot more menacing than a chipmunk under steroids. Does my voice even break or am I stuck with it for the rest of my time? No wonder, if others did not take me for full if they had to listen to this annoyance.

Since words are not enough to convince them about my "sincerity", I will have to let my deeds to the talking and those are multilingual.

While I was stretching I continued to observe all of their mannerisms and their behaviour. Most of them had let their guard down as they just enjoyed the moment. Even those who were still paying attention towards their surroundings were only looking at the lovestruck master, not into the direction where I had come from.

I had been gone for close to 30 minutes, so why is everyone so happy and lively again. After they had endured all of that punches it seems unlikely that they were not even fazed. A glance at the corpse of my meat puppet was enough to confirm that they had not been killed and revived again.

So how did they managed to recuperate in this short amount of time? Does this kind of NPC have some supernatural healing ability? Doubtful, signs of this trait would have appeared during the bout. Did Tom cast healing magic on them to impress the woman of his affection? This might be a possibility but he must have done it quite soon after I had left, otherwise, he would have noticed the loss of monster carca.s.ses.

I also have to include the possibility that the flesh of the monster was responsible for their crazy recuperation speed or that they are awarded experience by actually eating it. A level up could have resulted in the accelerated healing.

Although the likelihood behind that hypothesis is not that high since I have consumed monster flesh myself before without any sort of effect taking place. Well, I have always been a special case so I can not rule that out completely,

I will have to conduct some little experiments on them to confirm the true cause for their sudden recovery. Though the first step should be to question Tom where and how he got that food. Before I turn into a mad scientist I should get all the information I can.

Preparation is key and not losing my patience with this bunch which was comparable to a storm of locusts ravaging the land. Just by thinking about feeding 30 mouths of this calibre I am getting a headache.

The mere thought of providing for those 30 people was already a nightmare, but what if 30 is not the final number what if it doubles? What about 100 or 1000 of them, how could I accommodate so many people.

I will have to tell Tom not to hire more people than necessary. I will just tell him the men he hires, the more people are going to eye the female NPC. I am sure he will find that very convincing.

In fact, I am doing him a favour. every player that is currently running around recruiting NPCs left and right will be in for a rude awakening once their stomachs began to growl. If 30 NPCs already need that much monster flesh, then it is not hard to imagine what thousands of those NPCs will lead to.

On the off chance that I am the only one who has managed to attract these kinds weirdos, I am not too mad, at least that would mean that these clear outliers have something that the others don't. I just hope there is more to them than just their enormous appet.i.te.

While I was thinking about the horror that came with those 30 people, the ant queen was informing me from time to time about the missing children. They had not been spotted, but there are several other players in the vicinity.

Since there were no NPCs left in this ghost town, there has to be another reason for them to stay in this town. Although I was interested in their motivation to stay here, I will have to stay close to Tom for the time being.

I should not run around and raise any more attention towards Tom and me, especially if this very hungry NPCs are something special. I would appreciate it if I would not be recognized by any person that was still p.i.s.sed of by my antics either.

The number of those people was not a small matter and it wouldn't help any one of us if they were to come and pay us a little visit. I had my hands full with the ungrateful bunch, I do not want to add any more players into the mix.

But I just could not sit around twiddling my thumbs and waiting for the storm to blow over. I had to make some plans or cover-ups, so I can avoid a worst-case scenario.

My ident.i.ty should be the biggest secret, so it would be wise to not drop the hood that covers my burning hair. This also means that I should adapt my behaviour to be more NPC like, to avoid drawing attention.

I will let Tom continue to ogle the Big Sister so that the image of the leecher can come in handy if one of those players knows of his reputation. Furthermore, it should gather their interest rather than paying attention to all the strange details in his surroundings.

On top of that, I do not know, whether all those players are part of a group or are acting on their own. The implications from a group moving in this city, are a lot more worrying than just a random bunch of players scurring the town.

Since hiding would only cause more suspicions I should just stay here and intervene if necessary. Who knows, they might even ignore us when they see us. If they are seeking for trouble, I will see what can deter them.

Whatever their goal truly is is nothing more than pure speculation at this point. I do not have enough information about the players that are in this town to draw a satisfying conclusion.

Since the brats have not been found even by them, it appears to be only a matter of time before they turn up somewhere. Though those children do not seem that important to anyone here. I can not blame them children can be a real pest.

They are irresponsible, easily distracted and plain and simple f.u.c.king stupid. They are loud and obnoxious and even if they can turn into a decent human being later on until then they are just a pain in the a.s.s.

I will have my hands full with these all-consuming bunch, raising children on top of that is out of the question for me. If someone takes that obligation from me, I will not be mad at them, I would rather be thankful for their actions.

If Tom still insists on thinking with his d.i.c.k and promises to take care of them, I will do my best to avoid any responsibility. I have enough mischievous children to take care of on my own.

And those children are fully grown and even smell worse than a child ever could. They did not seem to mind the stench and the filth they were living in. Although I had to postpone the lecture I had prepared for those people despite the end of the feast being so close. They had finally started to eat the last monster corpse.

I did not have the time for a lecture, because I did not know when the wave of players would take notice of our existence. Relying on Tom was not an option, because his priorities clearly lied elsewhere. As long as he does not change his mind to impress his crush I am fine with it.

" One is closing in on your position be prepared." said the tenant in my head in his usual bored voice.

I get it, here have this memory of the crossbow I had intended to build later on. This should work as an incentive right?

" Oh absolutely, you will hear from me."

If I can deal with him, I will have absolutely no trouble to deal with training them. Still, I will have to teach and train them multiple things, these lazy bunch still has not noticed me eyeing them for quite some time now.

The lack of vigilance would cost the, dearly, if this was a battlefield, they would not stand a chance in h.e.l.l. My expectations had never been to high because I knew the understanding of humans was shallow at best.

I do wonder what will happen if the player sees this crowd of NPCs. Will he just run towards them to hire them? This situation would be by the far the easiest to handle, especially if the player notices that everyone already has been hired.

" Sorry, but the player has stopped in a location not far away from you."

Here I briefly thought it could be easy for once. Is he intimated by the huge amount of NPCs or is he waiting for someone to group up with him? Are they here for the NPCs or someone else?

I will have to wait and watch how the rest of the players acts once the come close to the group. My current position does not allow me to turn around to see the player but a description of their actions are enough for me to make my plans.

No one from my side had any idea about the upcoming potential danger, as they happily ingested the meals into their mouths. They were still mocking me despite all of that time, they continued it as if it was a tradition.

This tradition might have been full of creativity as it started but right now each joke was just a replica of one who had been told prior. I could not fathom how one could laugh about the same joke over and over again.

While they were rehas.h.i.+ng the jokes, the players did not wait and more notification appeared in my head detailing the situation of the surroundings. Though I could tell that something was up by the time the second player had decided to wait while being in my direct line of view.

After more and more players decided to surround our entire group I had to prepare for the worst. Surrounding us meant they did not want anyone to leave this place. As of now, I had spotted 3 players waiting in the distance and keeping an eye on our entire group.

I knew that their group totalled up to 10 players. they all were still not closing in on my group as if they were still waiting for something. The three players I had seen, did not have any special characteristics and did not wear anything special to elevate themselves out of the ma.s.ses of players I had encountered.

I did not any kind of danger coming from, though my standards for dangerous individuals is a bit skewed from attracting the attention of some pretty strong ones. Not one these 3 was selected by a G.o.d, so I can safely conclude that their strength is not that over the top.

Since this is a city or what's left of it, they can not attack me or the NPCs, so I wonder what they are up to. Though the looked rather p.i.s.sed as they stared intently at our group. I had a hunch, who was the target for their affection.

They are surely as good at causing trouble as I am. Their behaviour would attract a lot of ire if they pulled that kind of stunt with other players as well. Though NPCs should not be able to escape from the players once they had been hired.

Wait who tells me that Tom had hired these people in the first place? This is just an a.s.sumption from my side. I just pierced the details together due to the sudden change in their behaviour. They might have changed because they noticed Tom appear amidst them.

I will have to ask Tom after all of this is over but since no of them can escape the current predicament I will not have to worry about any of them dinner-das.h.i.+ng. I will make sure, that will remember this feast for a very long time.

The players were still surrounding us and not showing any signs of leaving any time soon. Though the group of NPCs was still laughing merrily and enjoying the last bit of monster flesh.

I had stopped my stretching and was just acting like someone who was sleeping. It was not the time to stand out yet. Gauging their current tactic, they are not planning to make friends here. It was just a matter of time before they would come closer.

I am intrigued, what that bunch had done to cause so many players to go after them. They did not have the strength to beat them in a fight. So why are they that angry with them?

Until till they finally make a move I have no other choice than to sit back and relax. The fun was just about to begin, either way, It felt strange to be in such a situation without being the one who had caused it for once.

Should I wait and see how it plays out before intervening? I discarded this idea directly, as much as I wanted to see what they might have done, I did not want things to spiral out of control.

But the moment of truth finally came, as the players, all started to move simultaneously and as expected they did not look very pleased with the group of NPC.
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This will be fun, I murmured to myself in antic.i.p.ation about the upcoming happening.