God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains
Chapter 83: Clark's Similarities

By the time the first log arrived to Keith's team, Amelia was done talking to four teams, all of whom agreed to cooperate with each other and decided to spread the word.

Once she saw that the logs had started to arrive, she decided to come back but Keith sent her back to talk to more people. He knew she was physically stronger than him at the moment, but she was the best person for the job.

Seeing her run off happily, he turned to look at his team, "Welp, I have a plan where we wouldn't have to do too much work. But it'll take some time to set up."

He then pointed at the beach, "See, from here to that place, the ground is sloped. We can use this to roll the logs, but since the ground here is made of sand, it'll just make things hard. Instead, we'll place two long rows of logs parallel to each other. Then we can use these two rows to roll our logs down there."

Everyone listened to him and nodded. Why go through physical strain when there was a way to reduce their work load?

Keith dragged the first and second logs and placed them side by side, with their ends touching each other. Brandon followed his example and placed to more logs parallel to the where Keith placed his logs.

The two rows were approximately one meter apart from each other.

As for the fifth log, Keith looked at Laura who was carrying this one and said, "Just place it on these logs and push it with your feet."

Laura nodded and did as he told her to. The log rolled down and stopped once it hit the sand, after which she placed the log beside the other logs, creating a path.

This process continued and in one hour, the passage was complete. It took so long only because they were getting logs a little slowly. Thanks to this, everyone in the team was perfectly fine and weren't too exhausted.

Keith was weak, but he had his regeneration to keep him going. On the other hand, it was Caleb who was struggling the most.

"Well, the physically straining job is done. Do you guys mind if me and Caleb take a short break?" he asked and patted Caleb's back.

Brandon looked at the two of them and then turned to look at the others before nodding, "Sure. We don't want injured people so it's better if you guys rest."

"Thanks!" Keith said and jumped over the sand. It was warm, but since there was shade from the trees, it wasn't too hot.

He looked up at Caleb and asked, "Do you have any other talents? I'm not trying to replace faults but there must be a reason for you to be selected as an inquisitor, right?"

Caleb nodded, "I'm physically weak, but... I'm well versed in the weak points of people and I don't have any problems while harming animals or people. Laura puked the first time and Nathan was even worse. He pissed his pants too... and they didn't even kill anyone. It was me. All they did was see, and it effected them so much.

But I know the reality. The only reason I was able to kill that man, was because he was tied up. I'm very weak and I have no combat experience. I have the knowledge to strike at the right places, but my body doesn't have enough speed and power to strike the way I want it to.

It's like... it's like my brain and body are two different beings."

Caleb let out a sigh, "If things go on this way, I'll get kicked out of the team and I'll probably be forced to work as a servant at the church instead."

Keith listened silently and nodded, "Hmm, I'm weak too. I used to be even weaker two months ago. The first thing you must do is to focus on eating a lot of food and then you must work out. It'll take some time since it's a slow process, but in maybe a year or two, you'll be able to control your body the way you want to."

Caleb didn't say anything and nor did Keith. Both of them silently stared at the coconut tree above them, deep in their own thoughts.

'In the future, if I get a system that can boost physical strength, I'll give it to Caleb. He has potential, but his awakened ability isn't all that special...' Keith thought and turned to look at the two groups beside him that had been fighting since the past one hour, ever since the work had begun.

It was Timmy and Clark's group, but Keith really did not expect Clark to be this aggressive with his actions. Though they were fighting, Keith didn't bother to help or get involved at the moment. His suspicions were coming true and he needed to change his plans as soon as possible.

As he thought about Clark, he suddenly remembered the one thing that made him feel chills.

'He has the same taste in women as me... and he's actually a lot more aggressive when it comes to romance. I'm a hundred percent sure that he'll come for Clara.. damn, I thought I could avoid him.'

He placed his palms on his face and let out a long sigh, 'I'm not gonna let you take her away, Clark. Not when I finally started to trust me.'

But there was another problem. Clark was actively going for Timmy while Keith was doing it behind the scenes through Vincent. Clara was a intelligent human who could see and hear things so it was pretty simple way to get close to her.

'No, Clark still doesn't know Clara's backstory. So he's fighting Timmy for his own sake. Things will get difficult if he replaces out and starts doing things to please her. Fuck, this is complicated and I don't like this.'

He let out a groan and looked at Clark once again, 'I'll prepare for now and see how you'll act. If you do come for Clara, consider yourself my target.'