Chapter 273: Night 0
Kazi opened his eyes. His immediate surroundings were dark.
’I’m in a forest,’ he thought. Promptly, he jumped, climbed, and stood on the top of the tree. ’Savanna woodlands,’ he noted. The distance matched. ’These trees...Daniellia oliveri. Senegal, Sudan or Uganda then.’
Looking up, he saw the full moon and the starry night. He was somewhere in a country in the northern hemisphere. He was alone too. He didn’t hear or sense a player. The grass and overall nature of the ground was rough and erratic.
No objective was given. That meant he had to find it.
Kazi closed his eyes and focused. ’Found it. A collection of mana a long distance behind me.’ Turning, he saw smoke rising and a small blip of light. ’Civilization. I should go.’
He leapt off the tree and began running at full speed. His agility wasn’t his greatest stat. With Mastered Flow of Mana, however, it capped out at seven-hundred ninety. He ran and caught up to the smoke, to civilization, in no time.
The civilization in question was a village parked around the base of a pap hill. It was alive with activity, even under the cover of night. The flickering glow of torches illuminated the faces of the people there. Kazi stopped because "people" wasn’t the correct word to describe the inhabitants.
’Are these...Elves...?’
The night was alive by the efforts of two-foot-tall silvery-white creatures called Yumboes. Drums and laughter echoed as the village around the pap hill celebrated. A feast was laid out. Tables on tables with succulent roasted meats, tender and juicy.