Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 4: Hanging by a Thread

"God, I’m such an idiot. I was so focused on my talent I didn’t check if any survived."

From the little he could gather of Jayce’s status, likely due to the level disparity between them, Sol noticed that Jayce was hanging on by a thread.

’I don’t even have any way to heal him. If only I had some potions...’

’Ah, wait!’ He remembered that there were other adventurers nearby.

Sol immediately got up and ran to the bodies of the other dead party members, hoping one of them stocked up on potions.

"Sorry, but it’s to save a life."

He then quickly started rummaging through their belongings, in their bags and pockets, for anything to help Jayce. The two swordsmen did have potions, it seemed, but all that was left were empty bottles, probably consumed during the fight.

He then moved on to the wizard, but he only had mana potions which would not help right now. Finally moving on to the huntress, Sol found a single health potion in her bag.

’I don’t know if it’s lucky or unlucky that you died before you could even use it, but thank you.’

He headed back to Jayce and poured the contents of the vial into his mouth. Once done, Sol checked his status with [Analysis].

Name: Jayce

Race: Human

Talents: [Iron Wall], [Robust]

Level: ???

HP: 59/???

Sol recounted all the events that took place from him climbing up a tree to hide and witnessing the entire fight against the Thunder Wolf King.

"Jayce and his party managed to slay the Thunder Wolf King in the end?"

"...Yes."

Sol contemplated saying that he finished the monster in the end but decided not to because all he did was finish it off by pure luck. He also felt it wasn’t right to take credit and reward for that quest.

"You are a terrible liar, did you know that?"

Hearing Phillip call out his lie made Sol freeze on the spot and look back at him nervously.

"Relax, kid, you got lucky, right?"

Sol nodded rapidly.

Nodding his head back, Phillip said, "It’s okay. I will send men to collect the bodies and bring them back to town. I will also make sure the quest reward is given to their family."

"Thank you, Phillip."

"Don’t thank me; if it weren’t for you, Jayce would have died out there along with his party members, and we wouldn’t know until much later. Now get out of here; it’s getting late, and I want to clock out."

Sol was then quickly kicked out of the guardhouse by Phillip. With the sun setting soon, Sol was left thinking about how much had happened today.

He then made his way into town and towards his home, planning to visit Annabel at the guild tomorrow. Stopping on the way to buy some food to eat at home, he arrived just as the sun finally set.

His house located in the southern part of town could barely be considered a house. It was only a single room that was 4x4 meters. While small, it had all his basic necessities, a bed in the corner, a shelf for his tools, a small closet, and a small table with one chair. Spending most of his time outside either in the guild or in the forest, it was more appropriate to call it a place where he eats and sleeps.

Sol put the food he bought on the table and quickly ate it in silence. The moment he was done, he went to his bed and instantly fell asleep.