43 Finding old man (1/2)

A Perception of 4.4 made all of my senses 4 times more sensitive then that of a normal human being.

That was why I had stopped a few kilometers away from my destination and was searching for a tall tree.

'You heard them. Right?' I asked nervously.

'Of course I did. What kind of question is that. I'm connected with your mind. If you heard it, then why won't I hear it as well.'

'Oh yeah. There's that.' I smiled weakly before I put my ears to the ground and tried to gain any type of information.

I had seen such a thing being done in the movies and some comics.

What was the concept again? Yeah, hearing the steps of people that are out of sight or something something.

It didn't work for me.

I stood up and focused on the howling and barking going on in the village that was supposed to be my destination.

Frankly, the sounds coming from that direction chilled me a bit.

Just from the numbers alone, I could guess that there were more than a hundred mutant beasts in there.

'Hopefully those mutant beasts are having internal conflicts which will lead to war and end up with both parties killing each other off. That way, I can search for the old cunt and gain a lot of free cores while I'm at it.'

'You and your imagination.' Lily scoffed.

'A man can imagine.' I said and found a hill in the distance. It was not very tall but it was better than nothing. 'I hope they don't get my smell. If they did then I'll be toast.'

'Nah. You can use your Agility Booster skill to run away. So I doubt you're in any danger here.'

'Unless there's a 3rd tier mutant beast in there. Or a very high level 2nd tier mutant beast. Which is not out of the realms of possibility.' I said and searched for the tallest tree in the hill. 'I hope they are not able to smell me. I never quite understood the concept of air flow and all that bullshit so I won't even be able to tell if the wind suddenly decided to flow the other way and take me smell to them.'

'Just because you don't understand it doesn't make it bullshit. Beside that, no, they won't be able to smell your scent. The Defensive suit hides your smell from anything. But…' she suddenly stopped with a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

'But what?' I asked, paying close attention to her words for once.

'But your suit is filled with Abnormal's blood. So when they get your scent, they'll get the smell of a wounded abnormal, which is not much different for them then a normal human being.'

'Well… Why didn't you tell me before. I could have washed my suit earlier at the village in the small stream.'

'Don't blame me. I did tell you to wash yourself from time to time.'

'Well… that…. *sigh* Yeah. You did tell me. But at that time, I thought that I would look more intimidating and dangerous if my suit is covered in my enemies blood.'

'You look horrendous. And you smell.'