Chapter 353: Rushed Negotiations

Chapter 353: Rushed Negotiations

Lake wasn't sure why it was that every now and then it felt like someone was watching him intently or what it was that was after him but he was starting to think he shouldn't have robbed the store in the way he had. It hadn't been thought out like he had wanted it to because he had let his greed get to him in a way that hadn't happened in a long time.

His actions while in the store reminded him of how he had been before his parents had been forced to put him in therapy when he was younger. No impulse control whatsoever and he felt like he was about to pay the price again but unlike his last life he didn't think he would get to just talk about his problems before heading home.

"After a while he felt eyes on him constantly and he knew whoever was after him was at least as fast as him at the top speed he could go and was about to go faster knowing he would end up hitting into things when he heard a distant voice that sounded like it said the word gold.

This was a weird thing to yell at him because he hadn't stolen anything that was gold directly and it made him want to let the person yelling get closer so he could hear what they were saying. After slowing down a bit he heard the voice again closer and was able to make out exactly what they had said. "We'll pay you gold."

Lake was sure he was about to be offered a job and stopped so the person after him could catch up to him. He didn't fully drop his guard though and started to use Detector to look for people trying to hurt him. After the older man got close enough to be inside Detector's range and didn't light up he finally dropped his guard and got ready for the negotiation.

He wasn't surprised a turn of events like this happened since most people would think about how they could use his skills when they saw him do something like fly away while summoning three giant pieces of a building with him. He did have a question he wanted to know the answer to before he was ready to talk about what they wanted.

"How were you able to track me?" So far no one had been able to do this because of his skill Trespasser and while he had always wondered if it affected the items on his body over time he had started to think it did. "I can show you but I'll have to use magic. Are you ok with that?"

"Thankfully you already got us pretty close to the town during the chase so It won't take long to get back. Make sure you stay close I don't want to have to stop to find you again." As soon as the man turned, Lake changed his face and took most of what he was wearing and threw it into the forest.

With this they would know a fake face and the old man would be the only one who knew what his current armor looked like. After a while the older man turned around and saw Lake was following him in almost nothing and asked. "Would you like some clothes? It's just a robe but it's better than nothing."

"Yes please." The older man took his robe off and passed it to him and Lake happily put it on when he felt the quality of the fabric. The robes he had just stolen were probably better but he hadn't had the time to break the barrier yet so it was still unassessable to him and even if it did just come off of an old man he had worn stuff off of corpses plenty of times.

Now that he was presentable again he felt it was time for him to start talking to the old man to gain information on what they would be doing once they made it back to Shallow. "So you didn't really tell me any details earlier. Is there a reason you're trying to keep it a secret till we get there or did I just agree too quickly."

"I don't plan to tell you anything you don't already know. After you get us through the obstacle your job will be done." After he heard this Lake started to wonder if Ghost Touch was going to work as well as the old man thought it would and asked. "What if I'm unable to do what you want?"

Lake didn't want a fight to happen the second he failed since all he would be at that point was the person who had stolen from them so he felt asking now would be for the best. "I won't pay you and I'll have the guards arrest you." Lake didn't think the guards would be able to get him even if he was surrounded but he knew the old man would tell on him if he failed then ran away.

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"Bring word that help will be here in ten or so minutes to all the guards and people. I don't want anyone to panic thinking we're going to be overrun." Seeing the guard run out of the room after receiving the order he quickly moved back to the window to see if the situation had gotten worse in the time he had been negotiating with the Adventurers guild.

It took him a while to scan all the streets below and was happy to find the normal problem area seemed to be fine with the people he had hired doing a good job but the areas that the guards were in charge of were getting kind of bad. Trying to gauge what it could be like by the time help arrived he decided to run to where the few guards he had left in the keep as guards and have them go out as well.The source of this content is N0veII_bIn