[The Gamer Files: The 100's Gamer—23] (Patreon)

So walking off I went into my garden and finding my plants already having grew all the way to maturity I grinned before harvesting them all and then replanting them.

I then walked out and went to my tent and decided on trying to make a prototype of my strengthening juice or so I call it.

I grabbed some water, some of the ingredients and then put them all into a pot and made a fire and had them simmering Inside.

After 10 minutes I took out the odly good smelling concoction I cooked up and tried using a ‘scan’ on the liquid but failed.

‘ Oh right, this isn't a plant.... couldn't I make a pure energy based scan though?’ I wondered before holding my hand towards the pot.

I then dug deep into myself, I dug trying to find the well of energy that I pulled at everytime I used [Plant Control].

I found it, laying there tranquil but I also noticed something, my pool of energy was absorbing ambient energies all around me.

‘....wait, so my gamer ability isn't the one fuelling me with energy but the world?’ I thought not liking the implications of that.

‘ Wait, I don't remember energy or its more prominent alias being man being a thing in this world....please don't tell me I'm in some sort of A.U I won't be able to take that!’ I thought frowning but decided to think of that another time and instead focused on the liquid I managed to cook up.

Sending wisps and constant throbs of energy through and into the thing I waited as I tried to do what I did with [Plant Control] and my use of ‘scan’ with it.

This process must have took only a minute or two and just as a quarter of my energy was gone something happened.

[—Ding! You've learnt a new Skill: Appraisal.]

[—Ding! You've learnt a new Skill: Potion Make.]

‘ Oh?’ I exclaimed in my mind, I had expected the first skill yes but the second one not very much and why did I gain it now?.

So with that thought I opened both their descriptions and found out why I gained the skill as I did.

[—Appraisal[Lv-1/10]: A Skill that allows the user to gleam information through magical means from any object he may be touching.]

[—Potion Make[Lv-1/10]: A pseudo-magic art that allows the user to create potions, liquid concoctions that hold both their base materials but given life, meaning, purpose and form through the use of Mana.]

‘ Oh....so pumping mana into the shit was the catalyst to gaining that skill huh?’ I thought wondering on whether other skills such as this existed.

‘ I should use my energy more...’ I thought.

Shaking my head I touched the liquid and used appraisal quickly as I was sure I should be in a meeting of my own calling.

[—Item: Growth Potion.

—Rank: E+

—Description: A potion that when ingested will stimulate growth of strength, speed and muscle memory.]

‘....okay I should probably level this skill up alongside [Potion Make].’ I thought sighing at the lackluster description of the potion but now I knew that this hit worked so that meant I could create more and maybe even better products with time.

“ Well, this might just be the ace I need....” I thought looking at my newest skill.

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“ Okay so, I'm here to announce that I'll be putting on mandatory combat training regimen for every working body in the camp, meaning that everyone starting from tommorow forward will train alongside me, the hunters and the guards.” I told everyone as we sat around in a table with the Blake siblings, Clarke and Raven who is probably having a wild ass day as this is her first day on the ground after and she's already dealing with this shit.

“ What, why; we can't do that?!” Came Clarke's reply.

“ This isn't a vote sadly Clarke, this is something that I expect to be carried out even if all of you are against it.” I told her.

“ Why are you gonna training them too, I thought you would only teach the ones that wanted to fight, you can't just make everyone your soldiers Zek!.” She shouted back at me frowning.

“ The grounders have been getting close to our camp and watching us lately, I think they are scouting us and any weaknesses they can find.” I told them immediately making Bellamy and Octavia frown as they looked at me confused.

“ And how would you know that?” O asked me, sighing at her question I made to answer.

“ I'm good at what I do and what I do isn't nice, and in other words they aren't as good at sneaking and staying hidden as I am and I can see tracks around the camp that has hidden or gotten rid off.” I told them, lying.

“ And you didn't think to let us know?” Bellamy asked frowning.

” I needed to be sure and see whether they are hostile or not.” I told him which seemed to placate him.

“ I don't see why you guys are all so worried about, they are barbarians that just lived through the end of the world aren't they?” Asked raven not understanding our fear of the grounders.

“ Through the radiation the fauna, animal life and everything that lived mutated in a way, the grounders by what I've seen are stronger and faster then us, they have been sent back to using spears and arrows yes but they are still stronger and outnumber us so we really can't go to war with them.” ‘ Until I can get those guns in that depot atleast and get my potions up and running.’

“ Oh, I guess I can see the problem...” Raven said frowning.

“ That still doesn't mean that we have to turn everyone into a soldier just to be killed by those things...” Clarke said adamantly.

“ Relax Clarke, I never said I'd turn them into soldiers.” I told her getting her to shut up.“ I simply want everyone to be able to fight in some capacity in case they are ever faced with a grounder and I'll need your help too clarke.” I said making her pause, asking for her help would make it less likely that she'd go against me after all.

“ What is it?” She asked looking at me.

“ Well I want you to help me teach them about battle medical knowledge, about what to do when stabbed, struck by an arrow and living and all that just in case.” I said.

“ Can't you just do that?” She asked looking at me confused.

“ I could, but you all forget that I'm just one man, that's why I have you guys to help and make me decide on some things down here I would need help with.” I told them giving them an olive branch.

“ The Council of the 100 huh?” Came Ravens retort scoffing but smiling.

“ Something like that, I trust you guys and know I can rely on you.” I said being half-truthful, I trusted them as much as I far as I could hold them, heck the only person here I could even see myself coming to trust was O.

‘ I ain't trusting someone that easily again, not this time...’