Overpowered Reincarnation Perks! - Chapter 2.4
Unlike my healing skill which cures wounds, Senes’s skill would be much more useful if you’re not injured. It even comes with resistance to various status effects.
‘And it seems it can be used even on non-party members.’
Even though I’m not in a party with Senes, so only 50% of the effect would apply, I could clearly feel my fatigue lifting. My body feels light and refreshed.
As expected, people need to eat.
There’s a reason they say you live to eat. Eating comes before living, that’s what it means.
I called back the window I had pushed aside.
Current waiting members: (1/1)
Waiting for party invitation acceptance. Do you accept?
I hesitated for a moment. Should I accept or not?
Putting aside the skill effects, Senes’s cooking was delicious enough to make me lose my fighting spirit.
‘If I think of it as visiting a foul-mouthed grandma’s shop, and let it go in one ear and out the other……’
Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to call a truce.
I shifted my gaze from the system window to the empty bowl I had cleaned out, then back to Senes.
“What are you looking around for? If you’ve eaten well, you should at least say thank you. No common sense and no shame either. What do you have?”
“……”
I smiled brightly at Senes.
To hell with a truce. There’s no way I’m ever forming a party with that jerk!
***
After finishing our meal, we continued down the mountain.
I thought we could just take a shortcut since we had two monster hunters, but Callion suggested taking a safer route, probably worried about encountering a horde of monsters like last time.
For me too, since all I can do is provide an acceleration buff, a safer route is better.
It’s not like arriving at the village faster would improve the situation anyway.
The problem was that the sun had almost set, and it was difficult to find a place for the three of us to stay.
If it were just two of us, we could squeeze into a somewhat cramped tree hollow or rock crevice, but now there are three of us.
Moreover, Senes is even bigger than Callion.
‘It would be nice if we could find a cave or something.’
The moment I thought that another system window popped up.
[Skill Tree Open!]
There’s a skill tree too?
They’ve got everything set up without even telling me what skills are available.
[Encampment Construction Lv.1]
You can create a shelter that is safe from monster attacks.
This shelter becomes your encampment,
and monsters cannot enter within 50m in all directions from the encampment.
The defense of the encampment is determined in proportion to your and your allies’ vitality.
Condition 1. Absence of monsters within 10m in all directions
Condition 2. At least one ally waiting within 10m in all directions
Condition 3. Only one encampment can be constructed at a time
If all of the above conditions are not met, the skill will be canceled.
Construct encampment / Cancel
“……?”
How unusual to give me exactly the skill I need.
‘Has the system window’s runaway conscience returned?’
Creating an encampment that prevents monsters from entering within 50m couldn’t be better.
I quickly pressed the encampment construction button.
[The current location is not suitable for shelter creation. Searching for an appropriate location.]
A loading bar spun, then the window disappeared and a green dot appeared in a part of my field of vision.
It’s a cave located on a slope where large rocks are piled up.
“Callion. There’s a cave over there!”
“Your eyes are quite good.”
I spoke to Callion, but Senes responded.
Why are you butting in?
“I’ll go check inside. Please wait a moment, Ju-in.”
Callion bounced up the rocks like a bouncing ball, checked inside the cave, and then signaled to us that it was safe.
Well. It should be safe.
It’s a shelter created by the encampment construction skill after all!
As I was about to hurry towards the cave, instead of moving forward, my body was suddenly lifted up.
“At this sluggish pace, the sun will set before we even reach the cave.”
“P-put me down!”
“The cave is up there, so you should ask to be lifted up, not put down. It seems your vocabulary flew away along with your memories, huh?”
No, let go!
After calling me luggage, Senes really slung me over his shoulder like a piece of luggage and leaped onto the rocks.
It was a rock as tall as me, but he lightly jumped up without even a running start, and soon put me down in front of the cave.
Did he help because he thought I’d have trouble climbing up?
Is this a case of kind actions despite rude words?
While I was pondering, I missed the timing to say thank you, but Senes didn’t seem to care and walked in briskly, dusting off the dirt on a flat rock.
He took out a clean cloth from his chest, folded it in half, spread it out, and then looked in my direction.
“Ah. Thank you.”
“What are you thanking me for? I’m going to sit here.”
Senes sneered at me and plopped down on the mat.
‘……This jerk?’
I thought he was being considerate and telling me to sit when he looked at me after arranging the seat, but that wasn’t the case.
Well, I wouldn’t have misunderstood if he just hadn’t looked at me.
‘Who are you treating like a delusional patient?’
As I glared at Senes with an incredulous face, Callion, who had wiped the wide rock with a cloth and even spread out his cloak, called me.
“Ju-in. Please sit here.”
“It’s okay. I’ll make my own spot.”
“No shame and no tact either. My brother has kindly prepared a place for you, are you in the habit of ignoring others’ goodwill?”
Please, just shut up, you jerk.
I thanked Callion and obediently sat in the place he had prepared.
I thought the rock would be uncomfortable because it was bumpy, but Callion’s fur cloak was so soft that it wasn’t that bothersome.
“Ju-in. Are you uncomfortable?”
“I’m not uncomfortable. But Callion, is it okay for me to sit on your cloak?”
“Of course.”
My heart warmed at Callion’s consideration, saying that the surface was rough and a blanket alone wouldn’t be enough.
How can brothers be so different? Not just their faces, but their personalities too.
I’m sorry to Callion’s parents, but I wonder if one of the brothers might be adopted?
“Then Ju-in. Please stay here with my brother.”
“What? Where are you going when the sun has set?”
“There’s a spring across the way. I’ll wash up and be right back.”
Callion. You smell fragrant, so you don’t need to wash.
Don’t leave me alone with that jerk.
However, Callion saw my pleading gaze but averted his eyes with a blush, and heartlessly left to wash up.
Right. It’s because Callion has a clean personality.
Come to think of it, he never smelled of sweat even after slashing through monsters.
How nice to have such a tidy man.
Our Callion has no flaws!
