Welcome to Arcana 28 Preparing Himself.

The first thing he did was leave for the market. He kind of lost his own way due to the fact that he was in the arena and didn't know his way around the town. After all, he has only been here for two days so far.

He eventually found the market and searched for the old man. He finally found the old man's stall. Luckily, he was there.

The old man saw him and smiled, "Ahh, the prodigious son returns. The news spread like wildfire. Congratulations, on your victory dear boy. Most impressive."

Radley smiled and nodded. The old man found this strange, "What? Cat got your tongue? Speak up, boy."

He made a fist and punched into his other hand. Then he pointed towards his throat. The old man caught on quickly and said, "What? I thought you didn't even get touched in the competition?"

Radley waved it off and produced the two thousand that they agreed to. The old man chuckled, "I was considering that you pay it off as you got money, but a once-off payment works just as well. Stop by tomorrow. I'm just adding the final touches to your axe."

Radley nodded, waved goodbye and left.

His next stop was at the leatherworker lass. She was busy checking the wares when he found her. He couldn't exactly call out to her so he touched her on the shoulder. It gave her a heart attack. She turned to see who it was, "Loner, you gave me a heart attack?"

Loner? Is his name going to be synonymous with the name Loner? He shrugged could have been worse. He could have called himself, 'Who's that'. Glad he used a better one.

He went closer to her but she placed her hands on his chest, "As much as I would like to, my mother is around here somewhere."

He mentioned with his hands that he couldn't talk. Then he pointed to his ear and then hers. She finally caught on, "Ooooh, I was thinking of something completely different…well, this is embarrassing. Now, I want to go kill myself."

Radley tilted his head in sheer confusion. She waved her hand, "It's nothing. Okay, come whisper sweet nothings in my ear."

He shook his head and shrugged and leaned in closer, "Had a bit of an accident. So I can't speak much. I want to treat my gear…"

"What are you two doing?"

This gave both Radley and Marlene a heart attack. Magdalene level 13. Cautious nature. Marlene was the first to speak, "Mom?! So that's where you were."

"Answer my question young lady."

"Oh, this? Apparently, there is something wrong with his throat so he can only whisper what he needs."
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"You really think I am that gullible? I wasn't born yesterday. You better leave…wait, are you the Loner?"

His reputation preceded him. He nodded.

"Well, I'll be. I am sorry to say that you can't have my daughter."

He vigorously waved around with his hands, denying everything. He then pointed towards his throat and smashed into his hand.

"Wait you were being serious?"

He nodded and beckoned her closer, and whispered into her ear, "I am sorry if this is causing you some problems. I just need someone to treat my professional gear."

She smiled happily, "Oh, is that all. Well, you have come to the right lady for that. Where is the gear you want me to treat?"

He pointed to his body and. He leaned in again, "How much will it cost?"

She scanned him for a bit, "Well most of the work has been done. So, I would say about…five hundred."

Radley nearly chocked, but he needed proper gear. He reluctantly handed over 500 dollars. He noticed some camping gear. It was a solid 1500 dollars! Guess he was going to use nature to sleep under. He looked at something he could actually afford. A wallet for 25 dollars. Carrying loose cash is a bit annoying. Well, at least the price was a bit more realistic. He pointed towards the wallet.

"A wallet? Here you go."

He handed over the twenty-five dollars.

After which he decided to remove his armor, Magdalene stopped him, "There is a dressing room in the back."

He leaned in closer and said, "I don't really have anything else to wear so what's the point."

She raised an eyebrow, "No clothing...mmm"

She rummaged behind the counter a produced a normal black shirt and gave it to Radley. Radley knew that normal clothes were really valuable on this continent. He vigorously waved his hands around trying to reject her offer.

She laughed, "Don't worry about that. It is my husband's, and I haven't seen him for some time. Perhaps his dead by now."

"Mom, that's not funny!"

"Relax sweetie. The nasty beasts that can actually take on your father are deeper into the continent and he was heading towards the coast. The military there was probably in trouble again. As for that shirt. Consider is a congratulatory gift for winning the competition. Probably won't see him for a few weeks still. In any case, I will have your stuff done by tomorrow."

Radley smiled and nodded. He went to changing and quickly changed. He handed over his gear.

He waved them goodbye and headed towards the hostel. There he was greeted and congratulated by people he never had even seen before. He just politely nodded and shook hands from the random collection of people. Tiana, the attendant girl spotted him and ran towards him, "Congratulations. I actually watched the stream. You were badass, but apparently, they had technical issues at the end. In any case, I have decided to do a celebration meal for everyone here. There is currently a banquet going on outside. Nothing majorly special, and you will have to organize for your own booze, but I think the girls might have you covered. Everyone is excited to see you."

Radley raised an eyebrow. Given how they treated him on day one it is actually odd. He shrugged and went outside where the bunch of girls was enjoying a massive roast with all sorts of fruits and vegetables. He sighed as he made his way to the group. He was hungry after all, but he really didn't want to socialize. Ruby saw him and waved him over to sit next to him. Radley sighed again and obliged.

End of Chapter results:

Current exp: 4806 7000

Current invigoration level: 1

Base Stats:

Attack: 2

Defense: 2

Agility: 3

Current equipment: Sus Scrofa Raptor skin tunic Defense: 10

Durability: 8

Sus Scrofa Raptor skin pants Defense: 10

Durability: 8

Sus Scrofa Raptor skin sandals Defense: 2

Durability: 8

Neodizamate Knife: Damage 5

Durability 50

Diff point count: 6

Abilities learned through Diff: Basic analyses (Passive)

Spatial awareness(Instant reaction II)

Toxin Detection

Minor Crafting

Abilities learned by himself: Power Slam

Sonic Boom

Agility boost

Chapter end