Chapter 457
Chapter 457: Changes
Translator: Dess Editor: EbonyFrost
A small crude cottage made out of spruce wood was built .
In the middle of the cottage was a small fire but it was burning fiercely, giving out sparks from time to time .
Two opened can food were placed over the fire for heating .
After a while, the aroma came with the heated scent, causing Schmidt to swallow his saliva .
Though, the chief officer knew best what he should do at that moment .
Two sticks of bread that were harder than an iron rod was pierced over by a dagger and placed over the fire for heating .
"2567, I never thought you would be able to build a house!"
Schmidt was spinning the bread and looked at Kieran .
Until now, he still had a fresh memory of how Kieran used that frightening greatsword of his to chop down all the big spruce wood around, shaving the unnecessary twigs off and build a small cottage that could shelter them from the wind and provide warmth .
The most impressive thing to Schmidt was Kieran never used other tools other than his greatsword to build the cottage, yet the cottage that he was in was exceptionally sturdy .
The fact that the loud roar of the north-east wind outside was proof of such as anything not sturdy enough would be blown away .
"I don't know how to build a house, I only know how to play jigsaw . Most people can build such a crude temporary snail house without any sense of design . " Kieran replied .
"Most people? Most people aren't wielding the big ass sword that you're wielding now!" Schmidt raised a brow .
Schmidt felt the heaviness of [Arrogant Word] before, he used all his might to move the greatsword but the thing didn't even budge .
Kieran though could wield the greatsword with ease and fluently with only one hand .
This matter made Schmidt know the gap between him and Kieran was too far apart to fill .
No doubt, Schmidt did feel a little upset because of his inner ego but what made Schmidt feel even more depressed was the fact that Kieran who possessed such battle capabilities was not someone reckless hot head . Instead Kieran was a thinker, noticing things that Schmidt himself would never think to look at .
Kieran had expected this a while ago .
"I thought I was suppose to help but now instead I am completely dragging you down!" Schmidt bitter laughed and shook his head .
"It's just that you are used to viewing things from a commoner's or even a trial-goer's perspective . When you switch your view to the Sanctuary side, you notice that these things like how the trials are testing us in a certain level of courage, justice, wisdom and empathy, just like how they wanted me to decide between either friendship or mission . So how would the trials that follow would be that simple, like finding a scroll?"
"Final Island is not that big but neither is it small by any means . Relying on a one or two people's strength isn't enough to scout the whole island in three days, let alone in such a terrible weather . So all that is left is cooperation between trial-goers, let all of them work together to overcome this obstacle . "
"Though according to Nicil, there are only three people who can pass the trial . So when a whole bunch of people finding one specific thing but only three of them can pass, the sole thought of such a situation lets me guess that the overseers of the Sanctuary have some hidden or malicious intentions . "
"They kept forcing the trial-goers to decide between conscience and benefits, but they didn't really state which one was more important, giving the liberty to the trial-goers to decide . If some big plot twist happens in the end of the trial, I wouldn't be surprised at all . "
Kieran tapped Schmidt's shoulder to comfort him after he saw Schmidt's bitter smile .
He then took up the boiling can of food, neglecting the burning heat on it and gave one to Schmidt and one for himself .
"Yeah right! Even worse, before the trial began, they gave out a slight hint in favour of choices that align with one's conscience, which will definitely affect the trial-goer's decision . Now I don't even know what is right anymore!"
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