Rudi finally appeared on the front line.
"Fatty, stay there for now. Let me finish talking."
Noah looked to the crowd again.
"As you know, I was not here in the last 27 days. I was transmigrated into a forest. I had to leave that forest successfully to reach here.
That's not the main point. In 2 days, the protection period is going to end. That means we will face a beast tide. And probably, there are other civilizations nearby or natives. Nothing can be said for certain.
I don't know if you know this or not, but let me tell you—the beast tide has 5 levels.
Easy
Medium
Hard
Nightmare
Hell
If we can survive one level, we will be given a permanent place here. The facilities and area would depend on the level we can pass.
I don't know how many levels we will be able to endure, but for the next 2 days, we will train to our best forms. All of your levels are too low to win even a single beast tide.
But I want you to try to handle the first beast tide and level up using the opportunity."
Everyone listened to his speech and clapped at the end.
But William was not happy. He asked, "If you are taking over the lead, shouldn't you tell us your talent and its rank?"
Noah looked at William and said, "I am not taking over the lead. I am the strongest among all of you, so I am doing what I should do. As for my talent, you might be able to see it in the battle."
Noah's mood turned sour when he saw Mira in the crowd.
"Fatty, let's go and fill me in on all the details."
Then Noah and Rudi went to a corner.
"So he was in a forest for 27 days and he is still alive? Do you think he is telling the truth?"
This question appeared in their minds. But he had shown enough power to make them believe him.
They wanted to believe. They needed hope more than anything right now.
Rudi told everything about what happened after they arrived here.
Noah nodded after learning everything. They had a rough time, but not as rough as him.
Noah was going to show them what he was capable of in the evening. He wanted to become the leader of the Earth civilization.
But he needed to prove himself first. William had been keeping everything together. If Noah wanted to take his power just because he was stronger, it might create unnecessary hostility.
The time was sensitive. Silly hostility was not acceptable right now.
As for why he wanted to become the leader? It had its own benefits. The leader would get a share of the power of the civilization after surviving the beast tide and stablish their permanent civilization there.
The sharing was 1%.
But that would be huge. If 10,000 people shared their attributes with him, even 1% would be tremendous.
Besides, he would get a special buff inside the designated area.
Maybe some more.
So Noah didn't want to lose that position. The leader would be decided by everyone. So Noah needed to prove himself.
"Fatty, have you eaten a full meal in the past few days? You have lost so much weight."
Fatty said, "Where would we get a full meal? That's for those who could fight. We can't fight and are just leeching on them. They gave us some food, that's enough."
Noah didn't get angry. The fighters were also not strong. They needed proper meals to have energy. So the non-fighters had to sacrifice.
"Be prepared for a hearty meal tonight."
Rudi's eyes widened.
"What do you mean? Please don't tell me you are planning to go out at night in those herds of monsters and fight them to prove yourself. That's utter absurdity."
This time Noah's eyes widened, "Fatty, how the heck did you become so smart all of a sudden? Are you possessed?"
Rudi said, "Don't joke about this serious issue. Have you even seen how many monsters come here every night?"
"We will see. Anyway, what is your talent and rank?" Noah asked.
Rudi replied with a sad laugh, "I am a warrior. But my talent is a bit weird. It requires me to eat as much as I can and gather fat in my body. In battle, I can burn that fat to get a huge amount of strength. It is an A-rank talent. Pretty high, but useless now. Where would I get so much food?"
"Fatty, your talent is not bad at all. We will test tonight. Okay, let's go."
When they turned around, they saw Trevor and Fiona standing there.
"Hello Ms. Fiona and Mr. Trevor," Rudi greeted them.
Noah looked at Fiona and asked, "Fiona, there are mana cores inside some monsters which can give you mana points. Do you know that? You can even buy mana cores in the system shop."
Noah then gave them a free briefing. Trevor and Fiona's eyes widened with surprise.
So there were other ways to increase stats without leveling up. They had never even asked this to the system.
Noah then gave them detailed accounts of what happened to him in the forest. It was a thriller story for everyone.
"Man, you do have 9 lives. Are you a cat or something?" Rudi asked.
Noah just laughed out loudly. He felt truly refreshed. In the forest, he had always been on guard, with no one to talk to. But now there were many people here.
The hunting squad didn't go out today. They weren't fully healed yet.
Soon it was nighttime. Around 1200 mana points had been regenerated by this time. He needed to create a dagger.
Should he create the poison dagger or the electric one?
The electric one, then.
He created an electric dagger, but this time more exquisitely.
He was ready.
He told everyone about what he was going to do.
So every single one of them was present there to witness the birth of a legend.
The moment the sun went down, monsters would start appearing.