Mindspeak

Adam took note of his suspicions for later. The Tengu had a secret stash of treasures. He had to make sure they come clean when he took over the tribe.

For the moment, he had other fish to fry. If he had to upgrade the spears and create swords, he needed a forge.

"Yorky, could I have one of the huts for my sole use? I need to build a forge to create the weapon. I will also need some clay" Asked Adam.

Yorky stared at Adam for a minute; then his face took on a determined expression.

"Use hut at back of village, last one. But Tengu enter whenever. I not know clay" he finally answered.

"Don't worry about it. Can you help me carry these stones to the hut? I have a lot of work to do now" replied Adam while bending to pick up a couple of the stones.

They walked together to the hut Yorky had given to Adam. It was in good condition, and it seemed somebody was living here recently.

"Yorky, will there be a problem? It seemed someone lived here. Won't the there be trouble us using this one" asked Adam.

"Yorky won't complain. I want weapon" replied Adam.

"You use to live here? Then I thank you for your sacrifice" answered Adam and bend at the waist while holding his palms together in his chest.

The hut was simple, one space, low ceiling, all made of a brownish cooked clay that seemed out of place for the Tengus.

"Yorky, did you guys built these huts? Where can I get this material?" asked Adam.

"Me no build it. It here when tribe found this place. Other tribe build it" replied Yorky.

Adam had figured as much. The Tengu showed too little interest in creating new things to have built these houses. It was rather fortunate they discovered a whole village already completed. No, that did not sound right either. They probably found it with the previous habitants in it and killed them. Tengus could be ruthless when they needed to, and the Law of Strenght is King ruled this world.

Adam freaked out a little bit. Now it was entirely out of doubt that the System could read his thoughts.

[Can you hear this?] Adam concentrated in his mind.

[Yes, I have more information. I just got flustered that you can read my mind] Adam replied. [I guess this is useful. Now I do not have to speak to 'myself' all the time. The Tengus did not notice, but I assume others will not be as distracted].

[The Law of Strenght is King is not something the scientist discovered. It is something I read about in fantasy novels in my past life. It means that strong people do whatever they want with weaker ones, without repercussions] Explained Adam.

[Laws concerning human behavior are more tricky. Science did create a specialist for these kinds of things, a Psychologist. I don't know much about the subject] stated Adam.

[That is an excellent idea, System. We need to get somewhere with a lot of humans first, though. Can we add that to the missions list?] asked Adam.

Missions:

Learn the Laws of the universe: 0 mastered

Learn basic elemental spells: 0 mastered

Improve Adam's fighting capabilities: current fighting level - Baby tengu

Take control of Tengu tribe: current level of control - guest

Visit a human city: status - totally lost>

Adam read it and furrowed his brow for a moment, then shrugged. He had no control of what the System notated. It was helpful to have the list, so he guessed it was ok.

[So funny System. You are a riot. Now, help me scanning these rocks and the entire hut. I want to find the material used to build this place. I need it to make a forge. We have a lot of work to do before we can start to train] requested Adam.