>>5302609>>5302608>>5302596"Don't go showing this around" you carefully slide 5 silver coins inside the straw hat as Rita's eyes go wide in shock. Sometimes you forget how much money you have in your possession. It's already halfway through the season and you barely spent any of your fortune. Knowing how to hunt and scavenge probably had something to do with that, but still. It's best to give to those who need it. But not too much. Giving her gold would probably draw unneeded attention.
Rita tries to hide her shock by shaking the hat around, making the silver coins stay unseen beneath the few bronze ones she got from the other audience members.
<span class="mu-g"> Current earnings: 119 gold coins. [green\]
"And now, for our final trick of the evening, the moment you've all been waiting for: we will show you the strongman Job as he lifts up this gigantic iron ball! Come on out, Job!"
A shirtless giant with a sack wrapped inside his head went out of the caravan to guide himself with his palms towards the iron prop. After finally finding it, he grunted loudly as he lifted the weight above his head and even spun ir around with relative ease as the crowd went wild.
"Psh. Big deal, it's not any heavier than the sword I have with me." Guts was not impressed.
"Give me time to get back into shape and I'd probably be able to lift that much." You wondered on how powerful your unleashed potential would be.
"Me too!" Puck flexed his tiny biceps.
"... no comment." Serpico was a realist, knowing he was outmatched, he simply decided not to compare himself to the two of you.
"But what's wrong with his face for it to be covered up--" Farnese asks just in time for him to fall flat into the floor. Revealing an ugly face disfigured by a hideous grown under his chin, which extended until his belly.
Weirdly enough, the growth seemed to also have a face.
"What the-"
"He's possessed by the Mandragora!"
"I want my money back!"
"Leave this place, monster!" The townsfolk revolt as they throw rocks at the giant, who does not retaliate, merely gurgling as he covered his head.
"Stop it, you fools! What has he done to you people!" Rita takes one step in front of the stone throwers, which only makes them throw a few in her directions.
"We will not let a Mandragoran zombie infest this place again!"
"If I were a betting man, I would advise against angering someone who can snap bones like twigs." Serpico warns that angering Job is bound to end badly for them.
Just like before, Guts merely observes, not wanting to intervene.
"Oh, don't you go statue mode on me! Let's help the guy out!" Puck tugs at his cheek with no response.
>Observe the Mandragoran and the parasite. Maybe you'll discover more about the disease.>Order them to stop throwing rocks, or else.>This is not your fight, if he gets angry and kills them, they'll get what they deserve.</span> 