“Isn’t that the so-called champion?” I asked, noticing someone standing across the street from our shop.
We had to keep an eye on trouble makers. Thankfully, my Sense Life could detect the difference between those who wanted to do us harm and those who were innocent. One showed up on my Map as red, while the other showed up on my map as blue or grey. Blue or grey lives were usually ignored. I didn’t pay attention to them much at all. However, the red forms stuck out like a thumb. These were usually Knights and guards working under Lord Reign.
The night that a bunch of thugs tried something, it was pretty clear that Lord Reign had incited them to cause trouble. They showed up as red, so I could see them approaching and thus did something to counter. They had attacked at night when we should have been asleep, but thanks to our nightly raids, I was up and looking at my Map. Ever since, we had someone stay at the store as a guard all night, just in case there was more mischievousness.
Either way, this had left me on high alert and very aware of the potential for Lord Reign to send others and cause trouble. So I noticed when Bernard, the gladiatorial undefeated champion, suddenly ended up sitting on the other side of the street watching our store, it left me feeling a bit concerned. More surprising, he didn’t show up brightly on my Sense Life. It was just the faintest mark, and I couldn’t even tell if it was grey or red.
There were only two reasons that the mark would be like that. The first was if the life I was sensing was exceptionally weak. In theory, a mouse could show up on my map, but the light around its lifeforce was extremely small. Thankfully, plants didn’t typically show up, unless they were in some way aggressive, or I wouldn’t be able to see a thing anywhere. The second-way life could be weaker is if the creature was trying to hide. There were numerous ways to obscure and hide your life. It was clear to me that this guy must have had some way.
In truth, I wouldn’t have even noticed him if I hadn’t physically seen him in broad daylight. That was the extent that he was able to block my Sense Life. I went ahead and marked him so that he wouldn’t break from my sight. As soon as I did so, the man stood up and grabbed his sword. He had recognized when I had marked him! That was the first time that had ever happened to me, although I heard certain skittish animals could detect such a thing and would immediately run.
Thankfully, while this guy was sitting in broad daylight in the middle of a busy street, I was watching him out of the corner of my eyes indoors, through a window and a crowd of people. He looked around with a frown on his face, but he ultimately couldn’t see who marked him. I let out a breath of relief, but then I started to wonder just what this guy wanted. I had a feeling he was going to be a lot of trouble.