Chapter 6: Awakening Glitch - Blood Devour! (2)
Kai followed Desmond as they traced the moonlight, walking with buried steps along the walls. "So the danger I picked up from Arlen was because of Perception?"
Arlen had sent Shae with Sonia, but the Side Missions they had gotten were the same.
Desmond nodded, his head shifting left and right. "Perception reflects all your senses," he told Kai. "It allows you to sense other’s presence, their intentions, and dangers. The higher the danger, the quicker Perception will pick it up.
"But it’s also a double-edged sword. The higher the gap between you and the other Contestant, the higher will be the chances for Perception to fail. If your attacker has an overwhelming advantage over you in Perception Attribute alone, he, or she, can easily trick you."
Kai hunched in Desmond’s shadow, pondering over the consequences of having an advantage in Perception.
"It took us an entire day to figure out where to get the broomsticks," Desmond said under his breath. "If it weren’t for Mr. Beedle, we wouldn’t have even gotten one."
Kai had yet to even see Mr. Beedle. Arlen had forbidden anyone even stepping towards the basement. Arlen’s mission differed from even Desmond and Sonia’s, Kai had presumed.
"Why can’t Mr. Beedle just Apparate to Dufftown?" Kai asked. Desmond had told him it was some kind of teleportation magic.
"The man’s a Wizard," Desmond replied, using the nickname they had given him, "but I have never seen such a coward in my entire life. He fears getting splinched, and worse, he fears leaving that book of his behind. Let me not think of what dangers will be awaiting him in Dufftown. Arlen said there will be Contestants from the 4th to 6th floor there."
Kai had felt the strength behind Sonia’s kick. He still remembered the pain, even after the Pain Factor had reduced it in half. And she’s from the 2nd floor, Kai reflected. How much stronger a Contestant from the 4th floor would be?
"Where did you get the knife anyway?" Desmond asked. "I swear I had my eyes on you. You didn’t steal anything."