Chapter 106: B2: C6: Ramifications 1
Zarian enjoyed working with people on the same page with him. Even when they were all drunk, which made things better sometimes. They were holding nothing back and being true to themselves.
He didn’t, however, like all the responsibilities and hangups of being a dutiful leader all the time. The absence of evil +3 made him realize he’d leaned on evil’s intellect a lot more than he expected.
If I don’t choose to use it, I’ll get soft with it.
Zarian sighed while moving between tall rows of ancient bookcases. Large spider librarians stalked and danced in the background. As he returned to the coffee bar with his fellow Floridians, they glanced at him but didn’t pry directly.
“I gotta stop being a wimp,” he muttered. “I have to train myself on free evil +3 to get used to it.”
“Maybe you shouldn’t have to,” Bianca piped up quietly. Her voice was still shaky. Her eyes were red and puffy. “Maybe it should just stay buried.”
That was another reason he needed to have free evil +3 turned on most of the time. He needed to set an example for Bianca.
Zarian went all in, activating free evil +3 fully, which felt like diving into the deep end. He felt colder. He felt a sharp rise in narcissism, cruelty, paranoia, mistrust, ambition, pride, and many things that could be detrimental when pushed to the extreme.
He also felt like free evil +3 was more internal compared to plain evil. There wasn’t much of a palpable force radiating out. There was still a force, but half as much compared to before.