The sun was at its peak immediately above him. Meanwhile, he was about to do his 30th turn and he suddenly looked at the ground. The water was slowly evaporating. The heat intensified per second. Then, the ground slowly became dry and part of the water entered properly into the ground.
He walked to the north direction, and continued. Buckets clutched to his hands. He finally arrived at the river. As he filled his buckets, he gazed forward and saw someone was also filling his buckets and containers with water.
Immediately, his memories flashed a second and he thought.
_People are capable of doing all sorts of things which don’t make any sense._
He stood up and he made a sign with his fingers. As the person saw him, the person fled away. Ken finally returned back.
As he finally returned, Ken felt thirsty.
If I could be someone important.
At once a man with a hand in his pocket and a spade on his shoulders walked toward Ken. It was Bil. As he arrived near him, he hit the ground. It shattered and the ground fragments moved in all the directions.
Ken stared at him. Bil gazed at him and smiled. And he continued.
At that same time Ken was more motivated. And he sprinted to the river. He was almost running at the speed of the fastest man on earth.
As system notifications popped up, his speed increased at once.
[+1 Speed]
As he ran half the distance to the river, he remarked that the ground was hotter than before. The ground was burning. The sun rays were so intense at that time.
"What is this type of sun? Are we in a desert or something similar?"
He was about 100 meters away from the river. He saw people surrounding someone. He jerked and ran as fast as he could, not to attract attention.
As he was near them, there were 3 people which encircled a person who covered her face with a cloth.
Immediately he slowly bent down, took a race posture to run faster.
As soon as he stepped once the ground cracked. The second the ground shattered. And finally with a monstrous speed he launched in the air, moved above the river.
Then his legs hit the ground, and the dust moved up from the place just like mist. Ken breathed in and out. Each respiration he made was like for a beast. He stared at them with shiny eyes.
"Hey."
The next second, only two people were up, erect.
Immediately, he walked toward the person and spoke.
"Don’t thank me for anything... The next time it will not be free."
He returned to the work place.
As soon as he arrived, Bil threw his pick away, and walked to the yard with his hands in his pockets. Ken only poured the water on the ground. As he was about to go for his 31st turn, he heard a familiar voice.
At an instant he looked behind him. Lily was walking rapidly toward him. She looked like someone that ran before arriving there.
Ken jerked toward her. As he was a few meters away from her, he stopped. Lily and Ken discussed about all and anything but nothing..
As Lily and Ken finished discussing, Lily stood up and arranged herself with elegance to attract his attention once more. But in THE GUIDE’S mind was another thing. His thought was to complete the quest and win the points.
Finally... I need to help her. Thanks again to you, Lily.
Ken cried in his mind and whispered.
"The food was so delicious."
Lily didn’t hear properly what he said. Then she asked him properly.
"Ken, can you repeat what you just said?"
At that moment, Ken saw in it an opportunity to gain more points. He stood up slowly with style. Then he walked toward her. A lovely song started and the wind blew slowly toward them.
Lily’s hair was moving almost toward one direction. That made her more beautiful and attractive. And her hair went toward her forehead. She sent it behind her ear. She felt so weird and her heart beating was faster than usual.
Meanwhile, petals of rose floated in the free air and the others were pulled away by the wind. He looked directly into her eyes. She looked in the other direction. But Ken touched her face slowly and she looked at him.
"I said... I love you so much. You can make a good wife. Thank you for the meal, it was delicious."
At that time, those simple words, soft but sharp, struck her heart.
[Opposite gender affection towards you has increased exponentially]
[+5 Charisma]
[+10 Charisma Points]
Yes, I can see the jackpot also coming surely and slowly.
After that, he spoke.
"I will prepare something for you too."
The bell suddenly rang, and all the workers moved out of the yard. The gate opened and they walked out of it, each with their equipment necessary for effective work.
Meanwhile, Ken carried, worked, walked to exhaustion.
The lady that gave him the bread before walked toward him. Then another worker blocked her way. The holes they dug for irrigation were 3 meters away from the man to his left.
Then he said.
"Can you give me that bread?"
She smirked at him with piercing eyes.
"Even if I give it to you, you will not be able to eat it."
The workers laughed and she threw the bread to him. He bit the bread. All of a sudden one of his teeth broke.
"Is this not bread? This is stone."
She snatched it from the man and hit his head. The guy fell down and fainted.
She finally reached near Ken. She gave him the bread and without saying a word she moved to work.