Immediately pulling up my map, I checked the Sense Life. The sense life didn’t just read the proximity alarm, but in an outdoor area like this it could stretch out about a kilometer. As my levels increased, so did the power of my skills. It was one of the perks of continuing to increase my status. There was a group of about three close by to the tents. I immediately clicked on them while thinking about Basic Monster Identify. Instantly, the name was revealed.
Map was seriously overpowered when I combined it with new skills! Even knowing I got Sense Life to work with it, I never thought I’d also be able to identify from this distance as well? I supposed if it was all handled by mana, then if I could sense something at a distance, I should also be able to identify something at a similar distance. What I ended up identifying were three dogs. They seemed to have come over and sniffed around the tents, and then left.
I would have been happy with that, except that at the very edge of my sense life, I detected a group of ten, and when I clicked identify on them, it was revealed as a human. So, a human knew we heard, and sent three dogs in to investigate. Were they there to investigate? Or, did they send them to trigger the proximity alarms? If I existed in a world with proximity alarms, my first action would be to send something harmless to go trigger them.
It’s like that old wives’ tale in my old world. A mysterious person knocks on your door asking if someone you never heard of was there. A few hours later, you find out several places nearby were burglarized. Clearly, the person who knocked on doors was an associate of the burglar, and if you were there, they would skip your house but would hit up the houses of anyone who wasn’t present. These dogs popped up to knock on our door, and if we reacted, they’d know we were prepared for them.
Likely, anything like my map ability didn’t exist in this world, so if I did pop out of my tent to look for what caused the alarm now, they would assume we’re defenseless. Perhaps, the second layer of it was that if I decided to track the dogs, they’d lead me right into an ambush. Overall, this sounded like a pretty good plan.
“What do we do, Master?” She asked.
She had already woken the other girls too, and Miki and Celeste were looking up to me anxiously. It was strange that I used them to fight for me, yet I was still the one they looked to for protection. Anyone of these girls could probably equal me in a fight, but I was their source of comfort and safety.
“Celeste… can you muffle our sounds and allow us to sneak out the back of the tent without being seen?”
I really didn’t want to cut a slit in my tent, but I wanted to be murdered in my sleep even less. Celeste nodded. Well, muffle was one of her air-related skills.
“What does Master have in mind?” Lydia seemed to grow more confident.
I couldn’t show them the map sitting in my head. I was just glad I looked around a good kilometer before going to sleep so that the map of this area was revealed to me. These men were still on the road, but that put them next to a hill that would obscure their view of us. In other words…
“I think a sneak attack is in order.”
Oh yeah. Time to slit some throats...
Cool I do like sneaking, thanks for the chapter
Thanks for the chapter!
I would have been happy with that, except that at the very edge of my sense life, I detected a group of ten, and when I clicked identify on them, it was revealed as a human. So, a human knew we heard, and sent three dogs in to investigate.
That looks like a run-on sentence. I think you should have ended that first sentence with, "I detected a group of ten." The sentence should have been split there and the next sentence started with, "And when I clicked identify on them..."
Also, I don't think it makes sense to say "it was revealed as a human" (singular) because it was referring to a group of 10. Rather, it should be, "it was revealed as human" or "as a group of humans."
Finally, the last sentence does not make any sense to me. A "human knew we heard"? Heard what? Neither the MC nor his party has made any sound yet. AFAIK, they haven't even left the tent yet.
They sent the dogs "to investigate" them? Rather, from the context, it sounds like these are the bandits that have targeted them and secretly following them. These dogs were sent over to see if their target had an "Alarm" skill or similar. The dogs were a test to see how their target reacted. Myself, I theorize that they're hoping that they would let down their guard and go back to sleep after grumbling that it was only a pack of stray dogs.
Likely, anything like my map ability didn't exist in this world, so if I did pop out of my tent to look for what caused the alarm now, they would assume we're defenseless.
I think this sentence makes a lot more sense if it read, "...so if I did not pop out of my tent to look..." Obviously, if their intended target did not leave their tent to go investigate the presence of the dogs, the logical conclusion should be that their intended target did not have the Alarm skill or similar and, thus, did not detect the dogs. Thus, if they did not pop out of their tent, the bandits would assume they could catch their intended target asleep and unawares, making them defenseless.
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@ryunakama The irony of the editor not using any capitalization or punctuation tickles me a bit.
Woohoo! Time for sneaky-sneaks!
Now lets hope he is not one of those who say let's not kill the bandits
I was just glad I looked around a good kilometer before going to sleep so that the map of this area was revealed to me.
Do you mean literally 'looked'? Does the map clear out anything in sight or does he have to set foot near the area to show it on the map (like a Diablo clone)? If the latter, that's a lot of walking before bed. A circle with a radius of one kilometer has a circumference of over 6 kilometers. That's at least an hour of walking and probably two or more over unimproved terrain. That would speak to a level of preparedness or paranoia not shown to be a character trait so far in the story. That would make it simply plot armor.
Also, why is his go-to to attack 4 on 10? He hasn't fought humans before. Why is he not even considering another method? For example, open a portal, go back to town, and wait a couple of days for the bandits to move on. Or, gather some fighters, port back, and THEN attack - starting with a sneak attack if desired. The inconsistency of preparing for danger by adding two hours of walking to the end of you full day of walking and then attacking a force 2.5 x your party size consisting of enemies you haven't fought before of unknown level and equipment... bugs me.