Dungeon Prowler : One Man Army

Chapter 449: Testing?

"Master is not too scary, he is the nicest, but he can get creepy and violent sometimes, you know, your run of the mill god" replayed Ignis, meanwhile Drogon did not even deign to answer, he was more concerned about Effort sitting next to him.

"What are you looking at, rodent?" Effort was feeling annoyed for some reason, although he knew of the existence of Drogon, being side by side with him felt very irritating, especially with how close Yunan's battle form looked to Dogon's humanoid form.

"Nothing, you just rub me off the wrong way, so much so, my teeth are itching to take a bite". Drogon snarled and showed his sharp teeth to Effort, if it was not for Yunan, Drogon would have just started gnawing on the divinity already.

"Boys, be nice, we all know if dad knew you were fighting there will be punishment, I would get dragged into it too, if you feel like fighting, do it outside, otherwise, just sit and watch like the good boys you should be", both Drogon and Effort shoved their irritation on Ignis who just lifted her nose at them then turned to the screen.

"Wretched brat!" the two spoke at once, looked at each other then dejectedly watched what would happen on the screen, meanwhile, Tasha was taking mental notes, these were pieces of Yunan, or so she thought, she had never seen these in the dream city, and they should have some profound effects on Yunan's subconscious.

"Hush now, it starting focus, you might learn something, your dad or whatever is very likely to do well in this test, by the way, do you think he would like a cat as a pet?" the cat was already thinking about leaving his post as guardian and following the endless cookies , but he needed to make sure he would be welcome first, as a gentlemanly cat, he would never impose too much. Maybe just a little bit, for the sake of cookies.

"We already had a cat, well two to be accurate, so why not, besides, you how should I say this look interesting" Ignis tried her best at diplomacy but gave up on it soon, the feed was connecting and the view of Yunan and an old man; standing face to face; came up.

"Once upon a time this universe was full of life", said the old man, it was merely a recording and Yunan stayed silent to hear everything it had to say, if he asked some question before it was done, he might lose on some information.

The scene changed, it showed a planet of humanoids, living in the desert, they had rough sandy skin as if born from the desert, they had great beasts of burden and huts made of cloth, they looked more like huts then tents, seemingly semi-mobile, the men wore long dresses that reached to their ankles, the women wore baggy pieced of cloth wrapped around every part of them, even the eyes were shrouded from prying eyes.

Each one on the street was going or coming with a certain purpose, the heat of the sun was already unbearable and it was still only late morning, the population of this place looked to be somewhat at ease as if adapted to the environment.

"This planet was split in half between two people, the sand walkers, and forest dweller" the scene changed once again, from high up one could see, that the world was split into two colours, golden brown and deep emerald green.

The scene then zoomed in towards the emerald green lands, it was just one big forest, some elfish race was living in that side, there was more life here, animals and beasts and those elfish forest dwellers.

Unlike the conservatively dressed desert walkers, the forest dwellers wore scant anything, some even went nude or half nude with merely leaves covering their privates, they were lithe and lean where the desert walkers were thick and burly, and they lived in trees, some lived in hollows inside trees, some had a semblance of a house build but dead wood, the rest just slept on the branches.

At the edge between the forest and the desert, settlements came to be, mostly for trading, but it was somewhat permanent, every 10 days walk one could find such settlements, on this neutral land between the forest and the desert, one could find everything they need, and those settlements provided that, a chance to trade.

There was no monetary system, well no common one, the sand walkers used precious metals like gold and silver and copper as coins, while the forest dwellers use some kind of seeds that can be used to grow some marvellous trees as currency, those seeds can be eaten directly, each one of those seeds was worth one week worth of meals.

The trade in the settlements went according to the rules of barter, one would trade something they want for something the other party requires, it was no wonder that sometimes an entire group pools what they have to trade among themselves.

Being cheated was both a risk and a way to make a profit, someone who has a starving a child is more likely to trade more precious metals for some fruits, while the same guy could be the only provider of said precious metals in a while and is offered more and more for his items.

Security was a concern as well, although both side never harmed each other in the settlements, they were not so restrained outside, if there was no security around a settlement, no one would trade there, lives were worth more than commodity, therefore, even if theft was rampant, killing was possible only in wars.

The desert had a natural phenomenon, every sand storm brought with it, or more likely, unearthed fragments of unrefined ores, one only had to walk the face of the desert and collect those fragments, the forest was the same, it was abundant with food and water, thus trade could be arranged.

As for the reason of war, well it was; as always; greed.