Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Charles, male, 43 years old, unemployed

Production Occupation: Farmer - Lv2

Manufacturing Occupation: Blacksmith - Lv1

Combat Occupation: None

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Judging from the appearance, Jiang Ran actually only saw a middle-aged man leaning against the wall and eating black bread. There was nothing suspicious about him. However, Jiang Ran noticed that the name "Emilia" appeared in his inner thoughts.

So Jiang Ran hid in the dark and observed for a while, and through mind reading he found out that the middle-aged man named Charles was sent by the mayor to track and monitor Emilia.

(Sure enough, it came.)

Jiang Ran did not rush to act, but observed his surroundings first.

After confirming that Charles was the only follower, he pretended to be a passerby and passed by Charles.

——『Combat Class Skill [Trickster - Lv10] has been activated and is currently in effect...』

"Charles, follow me."

Just a whispered command, and Charles followed Jiang Ran obediently as if he had lost his soul.

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5.16 - Grandma Cassie's Wish (Part )

Jiang Ran walked in front and Charles followed behind, and the two of them came to the market where vegetables, fruits and meat were sold.

In the market, merchants and customers come and go, and the place is bustling with people.

What Jiang Ran wanted was to be hidden in the city.

If he took Charles to a remote place, it would be conspicuous.

"Charles, tell me in the same volume as my voice what you are doing outside the Task Union and why you are doing it."

In order to use the "Trickster"'s words effect accurately, Jiang Ran must add the target before speaking. Otherwise, if there are other qualified people within five meters around him, they will also be affected.

Under the control of the words, Charles explained in detail the task assigned to him by Mayor Gillian.

After listening to this, Jiang Ran had a rough idea of ​​the mayor's next plan.

Jiang Ran originally thought that Mayor Ji Lian would take revenge on the Task Force Guild without thinking twice, but judging from the fact that he has only sent people to follow up and investigate Emilia, this mayor is patient and has a certain strategy.

The more an opponent can control his emotions, the greater the energy he will unleash.

(Should we get rid of him before the mayor finishes his preparations...?)

It’s not that Jiang Ran doesn’t want to do this, but his ability is currently insufficient and the risk is huge.

At this stage, since the mayor has no intention of kidnapping Emilia, it would be better for Jiang Ran to continue delaying for a while, at least until he passes the advanced trial and obtains the skills of the second-level profession before considering a head-on confrontation with the mayor's forces.

(You can get new equipment in two days.)

(Afterwards, set aside another day to practice and get used to the new equipment.)

(It will take another day to complete the final preparations before the battle.)

(Hmm... you must challenge the trial by June 6th at the latest.)

For Emilia's safety, Jiang Ran compressed the trial challenge schedule to the limit.

From now on, he only has four days left.

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After asking for the information, Jiang Ran did not do anything to Charles. He just used the effect of the "Trickster" word spirit to bring him back to where he originally stood, and then canceled the skill.

Jiang Ran had done an experiment before, and found that people who were controlled by the "Trickster's" words had no memory of the period of control, so Charles would only feel strange that his time seemed to have suddenly skipped a period of time.

This rule of the word spirit effect has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that Jiang Ran does not need to worry about leaking his personal information during the control period, and no one will remember what they did during the control period after the control ends.

The disadvantage is that the orders issued during the control period cannot be executed after the skill is released. For example, if Jiang Ran asks Charles to take a knife back to kill Mayor Kilian, Charles will forget about it after walking out of the five-meter effective range, and then he will be confused and don't know why there is an extra knife in his hand.

Due to this limitation, Jiang Ran had no way of letting Charles be a double agent for him.

As for why they didn't kill him, it was because there was no need to alert the enemy.

The enemy is in the open, and I am in the dark. This is the best enemy-me relationship in the Jiang Ran school.

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During lunch, Jiang Ran accidentally met Grandma Cassie at the Cat Girl Food Stand. Unfortunately, his good teammate Emilia was not around this time.

While eating together, Jiang Ran noticed that Grandma Cassie's eyes would occasionally drift towards the little boy and girl at the next table. After observing Grandma Cassie's inner thoughts, Jiang Ran took the opportunity to open the topic.

"Grandma Cathy, you love children very much."

"yes……"

Grandma Cathy sighed softly.

"My grandchildren, if they are still alive, would probably be this age."

"I remember you mentioned last time that you and your family were separated during the Great Migration, right?"

"Yeah...it's been many years."

Grandma Cassie is still searching for her lost family, but things like finding relatives often become more and more difficult as time goes by.

The Prison Star world is different from the Earth world. Most of the land is wilderness, and the proportion of urban coverage is very small.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, there will be medium to large wild beasts in the wild environment, and if you are unlucky, you may even encounter monsters.

In such a living environment, ordinary people who are displaced will die in the wild sooner or later if they cannot quickly find a town to settle down.

Grandma Cassie now only hopes that her grandchildren can stay with their parents well, and that the four of them will not get separated.

"Then... Grandma Cassie, are you about to leave the traveling caravan?" Jiang Ran asked.

"Heh~, you're quite good at observing people's hearts."

Grandma Cassie smiled. She did have this plan. She had basically searched everywhere around Sunny Town and Good Town. Her next stop was to take a look around Cuilin City.

If the captain of the caravan, Malik, Loven and others are unwilling to go, Grandma Cassie will have to act on her own.

——(The last time the Earth Ghost gave me a deadline was ten days…and it seems there are only seven left.)

——(Regardless of whether the underground ghost can give me useful information, I will leave Sunny Town.)

—(When the time comes, I'll quit my surveillance job... It'll also allow me to stay away from this "dangerous person" like Banning.)

Grandma Cassie quietly looked at the boy in front of her, who always looked harmless.

The boy smiled and said to Grandma Cathy, "That's easy to guess, because family must be more important to you."

"Yeah, but let's wait until Malik and the others return from Goode Town. I really don't want to leave them."

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After lunch, Jiang Ran said goodbye to Grandma Cassie and returned to the hotel for a "nap practice".

However, because he had obtained a lot of information from Grandma Cassie through mind reading at noon, Jiang Ran couldn't sleep.

Ever since Jiang Ran found out that Grandma Cassie was spying on him, he would think about one thing from time to time, which was whether or not to take action against Grandma Cassie.

Don't get me wrong, this doesn't mean we want to capture Grandma Cassie, but rather consider whether to get rid of Grandma Cassie.

The reason why Jiang Ran hesitated was that even if he got rid of Grandma Cassie, it would only be a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. The underground ghosts would definitely find someone else to replace and monitor Jiang Ran.

In this way, Jiang Ran would have to spend more time to find the new observer.

And this is not the most serious problem.

The most serious problem is that if Grandma Cassie is killed, it is likely to arouse the suspicion of the underground ghosts.

In a short period of time, the two people (Spland and Cassie) who were deployed to monitor Sunny Town were killed one after another. If Jiang Ran were to stand in the position of the Earth Ghost, he would definitely think that the monitor had been exposed and was likely killed by the monitored target.

If the Earth Ghost also thinks so, what will he (it?) do next?

In the best case scenario, the Earth Ghost would send two more people to monitor;

In the worst case scenario, Jiang Ran will have to face an unprecedentedly powerful enemy appearing directly in front of him.

Therefore, before finding out the details of the underground ghost, Jiang Ran cannot touch Grandma Cassie for the time being. It is best to maintain the status quo.

(But...looking for lost family members, huh...)

(If there's a way to help her find it, it might be a good starting point.)

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5.17 - Design Drawings

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October 187, 6

〖03:47 pm〗

[Advanced Trial Challenge: 4 days]

[Confession death countdown remaining: 27 days]

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After the "nap training" ended, Jiang Ran upgraded the "Trickster" to level 11.

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Wisdom attribute: 189+10↑

Maximum magic power: 1890+100↑

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The increase in wisdom attributes and maximum magic power was expected, but the change that Jiang Ran really expected did not happen.

The effective targets of the Word Spirit effect are still those below level 3, and it does not increase with the increase of skill level.

(Based on this pattern, it seems that the increase will only be possible when the "Trickster" reaches level 15 or 20.)

Although it is disappointing, it is understandable, otherwise this skill would be too outrageous.

Afterwards, Jiang Ran went out and first went to the slums where the subhumans lived to continue helping them. Then, under the guidance of others, he came to the jewelry workshop which was said to have the best craftsmanship in Sunny Town.

In recent events, Jiang Ran's identification ability and mind-reading skills have been repeatedly limited by visual distance and have been unable to take effect. Therefore, Jiang Ran has an idea that he wants to try to realize.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

Jiang Ran didn't see anyone after entering the room. After saying hello, an old man suddenly came out from under a workbench in the distance.

"Welcome, what's the matter?" the old man asked Jiang Ran sideways, his hands still busy.

"Master, I heard everyone say that you are the best jewelry maker in Sunny Town. I came to visit you because of your reputation. I wonder if you are free right now?"

Jiang Ran took the initiative to lower his posture, which made the old man who was busy at the workbench put down his work temporarily and turn around to look at Jiang Ran.

This old master looked to be in his sixties or seventies. He was old but strong, with a pair of small eyes, but they were black and shiny, and very bright.

Jiang Ran checked the old man's status information and saw that his manufacturing profession was "Jeweler", level 17, and he indeed had two combs.

"Haha, thank you for the compliment. What do you need, handsome boy?"

The jewelry master took a look at the boy's temperament and guessed that he might not be an ordinary person, so he began to wonder what business this boy had in coming to him.

Jiang Ran first glanced at the displays on the shelves in the store and found a lot of colorful glass products. He secretly congratulated himself on coming to the right place. Then he invited the jewelry master to sit down at the table, and then took out a roll of drawings and spread it out on the table.

"Master, I have an idea and have already drawn the design, but I don't have the skills, so I would like you to help me realize it."

The jewelry master first took a quick look at the design drawing, and then began to study it carefully with great interest.

"It's quite interesting. Polishing the glass pieces into a special shape and then assembling them into a long cylindrical wooden tube... But what's the use of this combination? What do you plan to use it for?" the jewelry master asked as he looked at it.

"As long as you look in from this side, you can see things very far away very clearly."