Class Faker

Lynel too is panting his ass off. Periodically he is checking the path he is coming from. Bruises and open wounds are visible in his arms and lower left torso respectively. He sits down resigning. While applying bandages to his torso and arms. He is not looking too good from Niva's slate analysis.

"Do you have … any bandage left?" asks lynel panting.

Lynel's eyes widen, his alert is coming back. He gets up and immediately inspects the ground. "There is still a golem in this floor."

He follows the trail into the direction where Niva's at previously. "A fight just occured. Between a person and the golem here. But where is the golem?" asks Lynel facing Niva.

He can feel that there will be another choking and untrust occurs. There is only one way to prevent that from happening. And it is not lying to him again. "It was me … I successfully defeated one of them earlier," answers Niva as he tries to soothe his voice.

His face once again turned red with his fingers pointing to Niva. "No, no that can't be real," said Lynel in disbelief. His voice is stuttering as he continues inspecting.

Niva closes his mouth with his hand. Laugh silently as he sees Lynel try to cover his pride in offensive class. Those people's egos are so high that the possibility of a support class beating a tougher enemy is deemed unacceptable. Poor Lynel, he inspects back and forth like searching for a lost item with no avail.

Too bad the defeated golem did not yield any [Proficiency] for Niva. The reason is that obviously he is a support class. The tougher the opponents he defeats really won't benefit him.

The blonde haired boy finally goes to the platform where Niva first enters the cave. He looks down on the pitch black under them.

There is no point arguing against [Tracker] regarding a crime scene or sugarcoating it before their deduction. Wait for their statement and pray that they are not suspicious of anything. If not, you must argue against them but take note that the argument must be as logical as possible.

He then sits on the platform. His face calmed down and tries to regain his breath to cool his boiling head off. "You lure the golem here and witness it fall to its death, right?" asks Lynel needs reassurance.

"Of course, because I won't be able to defeat it head on unlike you." Niva tries to calm him down, with a bit of sucking up to his ego in the process.

Lynel sighs a breath of relief. "If the enemy were this hard, why didn't I think any of this?" he mumbles to himself.

'Well, because you are such a meathead.'

"But, did you beat the golem in the end?" Niva tries to act concerns.

"To the first golem, yes, barely. But not against the other two that I encountered when running towards your voice downstairs." Lynel lies down on the platform. Does not have any care in the world.

Niva can't really blame him because he was facing 3 enemies at once. His one kill is also confirmed because Niva can see a slight increase in his proficiency bar. "Here, drink this!" Niva offers the health potion.

"Tell me, is this potion not Lula's?" Lynel gets up as if he remembers something.

"Ssst, do not be so loud. Let's talk inside or she might have heard you."

Lynel swiftly gets up and enters the cave again. They lean their body at the corner of the cave wall. Until now, they had suspicions with their team members. Suspicions that she is not what she seems to be.

"Now about Lula's problem. I am sorry that I should have let go of Lula's hand only as planned. Not ours." Niva is making excuses with a puppy face.

Lynel sighs. "It's all in the past. Right now. The real question: Does she really want to poison us all this time?"

Niva shakes his head. "We haven't tested that theory yet."

Niva and Lynel found out that Lula is not really a [Doctor]. The first suspicion comes from the fact that Lula's potion feels off with any [Doctor] that they knew. Different from the real potion that they purposely bought from the village [Specialist] and the item shop.

The physical appearance looks dark blue than your usual light blue that real [Doctor] concoct. Niva informed Lynel personally back in the village.

She also informed the local [Specialist] that she is not qualified enough to take care of Krilo. It is not that she is not qualified, but because she does not have any talent in the first place to become one. It will be a shock to hear that someone was poisoned in a small village. She could be executed immediately by the locals.

Niva thinks to himself. 'But why does she pretend? Back in the prison, she also claimed to be a [Doctor]. Is she not satisfied with her current class?'

"All this time she had consumed the [Class Faker] pill trick on us all. Unbelievable." Lynel exhales loudly. There is a hint of sadness all over his face. The two unfortunately had already formed a bond with each other. Lula sounded genuine when she teased Lynel back then.

A [Class Faker] is a pill that has the benefit of hiding one class from everyone. It depends on the type of [Class Faker] pill that they consumed. The pill is deemed illegal by the laws of The Voltingen Kingdom. Lula must be consuming the [Doctor] one.

The pill is also categorized as an addictive substance. Symptoms range from twitching, mild nausea, and temper tantrums. Lula's symptoms are still considered low as she occasionally twitches and tremors in her right hand.

"What do you think is her true class?" Lynel asks. He might has answer in mind, but also wants to know Niva's input.

Niva deducts his analysis. "Somewhere along the [Toxinizer] class path line. But from what happened to the cockatrice before. I doubt that she is at a lower level class. Her poison could instantly kill a monster."

Most likely she belongs to the level 4 [Poisoner] class, the worst case is she belongs to level 5 [Acid Maker] or level 6 [Plaguebearer]. But Niva only has a vague idea about how the solution's effect on to the enemy.

Her identity might be a lie. Her imprisonment in Richter's police station may have some underlying story. Niva still wonders why she is in Richter's police station. Everyone there may be stupid but doing atrocities in his beloved town?

"That is bad news if we straight up confront her. We have low level antidote and poison attacks could easily come from the fresh air that we breath. I doubt the antidote can prevent the poison." Lynel panics. "And also don't forget about her compfreund. A tough fellow."

Niva can vouch for his last statement. As he saw the strike from the cockatrice only decreased not less than quarter of her health.

Niva is standing up. "No, don't confront her. All we know is that she hides her true identity but whether or not she means harm is another story. A story that we must find out in our next plan."