As if things weren't weird enough, Ryan noticed something unexpected when he approached the next bright area. There was a camp there… a camp in which he only found female guards. At the center of the camp, he found a hill and a cave… it was the velociraptor's dungeon.
"I didn't see female guards on the other camp, but I thought it was just a coincidence…" Ryan frowned. "This is hard to believe, but for some reason, they have two camps here. One camp has only men, and the other has only women…"
Things were way too weird. However, that explained why Arthur's mother was alone, even though she was close to both camps. She didn't like how things worked in both of them, so she decided to stay away, but since she was pregnant, she didn't have the strength to reach Shreveport. In any case, something pretty weird or severe happened to make the survivors divide themselves into two groups and by gender.
"That is so stupid…" Ryan sighed. "I don't really care what happened here. What I care about is the fact that we are at war against monsters, and we don't have time to fight each other. Well, at least I confirmed that this place isn't a good place for Arthur."
Ryan wanted to clear the dungeon, but that could be done later. Besides, it would be impossible for him to clear it alone while carrying a newborn baby. It was a pain in the ass, but he had to look for Mia. For all the damage she did to him, at the very least, he knew that she would treat Arthur like a real son.
"Even if they are slow, at this point in time, they should have cleared that dungeon," Ryan muttered and then turned around. "If that didn't happen, I will have to run and head there."
Congratulations! The skill Lurk has leveled up.
Effect: Decreases the sounds of your steps while moving.
Lurk Lv 4 ➞ Lv 5
Cost: 0.3 mana per second
You obtained 01 status point.
Congratulations! The skill Stealth has leveled up.
Stealth Lv 4 ➞ Lv 5
Effect: Increases the chances of you dealing critical damage when attacking first by one percent per level.
You obtained 01 status point.
Congratulations! The skill Heal has leveled up.
Effect: Heals 1.1 points of health per second.
Heal Lv 1 ➞ Lv 2
Cost: 01 mana per second.
You obtained 01 status point.
It took him the whole night, but eventually, Ryan was back in Shreveport. Although he was exhausted since Arthur woke up more than a few times and immediately started to cry, at the very least, he managed to level up some skills. Regardless, the sun was rising, and Ryan could finally see Arthur with more detail. As expected, he was quite a cute baby. A round face, his cheeks were a bit pinky, and his eyes were deep blue like the sky. However, now that he saw his eyes, Ryan let out a long sigh because that was the sign that he had woken up.
Again, Arthur began to cry… the cry was so loud and deep that the only explanation that Ryan came up with was that Arthur hated to be carried by men. Ryan tried to calm him down with Heal, but this time, it didn't help. Arthur was hungry… Fortunately, Ryan was back in the dungeon, and there he found some familiar faces.
"Ryan?" Daniel asked while frowning. "What… How… Holy crap, this kid is loud!"
Daniel tried to ask some things, but Arthur's cry prevented him from doing so. Regardless, Cole's group and Daniel's group joined Lilian's survivor's camp. Apparently, they appeared a few minutes after Ryan left. So, he made a mental note to rely on the speed of his decision making more frequently.
Although Ryan had come determined to ask Mia to look after Arthur, in the last moment, his cheap pride prevented him from doing so. It was growing weaker with each passing day, but those dark thoughts were still affecting Ryan's behavior.
"His mother died yesterday. His name is Arthur," Ryan said. "I'm looking for someone to look after him since a kid this small shouldn't stay with someone like me."
"What happened?" John asked. "You seem a little more on edge than usual."
"Long story short…" Ryan said and then took a deep breath. "There are two groups of survivors on the other side of the lake, but they are a bunch of morons, and Arthur's mother concluded that she couldn't trust neither of them. She fought, but since she gave birth recently, she was too weak and passed away."
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