Chapter 66: Systemless & Next Steps
At the end of the day, it always led back to Ogdenborough. This town, one of the poorest in all the Republic, was where Orodan first died, and where the time loops first began.
He grew up here, and his upbringing had laid the foundations for the young man who’d first entered the time loops. And while he wasn’t the hot-headed seventeen year-old he once was, in no way had he deviated overly much from who he was at core. Merely evolved it.
The moon was still high in the sky, Zaessythra was slumbering deep within the secure pocket of storage space he’d acquired, and Ogdenborough was quiet.
The first order of business then, was cleaning.
No System skill, no crutch aiding him. It was time to see just how impacted his bread and butter skills were.
On one hand, he could raid Fodgarton’s and attempt to acquire some decent cleaning supplies, but on the other hand… a dirty rag would be the ultimate litmus test for his cleaning.
Cleaning with a bunch of fanciful supplies versus cleaning with a dirty rag were two different things. Being able to achieve the same result with the latter was an indicator of true skill.
And so, dirty rag in hand, he assailed his derelict bedside table.
A singular swipe, and the entirety of the table was spotlessly clean and practically sparkling.