Jude spent two days trying to resist the prison effect that kept skills and spells from being used. During this time a few things happened.
The Shinswan leader would visit them a few times a day in an attempt to communicate. Jude found it rather awkward that the leader would use hand signs with a circle in one hand and with the other put his finger in and out of that circle. The meaning was clear, and to Jude’s surprise, it ended with him learning
Not that Rank I in a language was all that impressive. Rank I would be the equivalent to a toddler’s understanding of a language. Rank II would be an intermediate understanding, and Rank III is a fluent understanding. Rank IV-VI is the same with respect to the written part of the language, but Jude wondered if this language even had a written equivalent. But after some though, he figured that it must have. After all, the notifications that everyone received were written.
Jude also found out that Ellie, Krinn, and Nellie were captured right after they entered this underground world. Apparently, the
The worst thing to happen, besides people being eaten, was the food. They had a terrible choice of two different kinds of grubs. There were the small grubs, about half the size of a pinky. And there were the large grubs the size of a watermelon. The small grubs were served in a large bowl still alive. The large grub was cooked and sliced in half, but also had the smelled like rotten eggs. If Jude didn’t find a way out of here, he was going to die of starvation. The funny thing was, the others seemed to acclimate quite quickly to the strange food. Only Jude seemed to hold out from eating it.
The most important thing that Jude had done these last two days was to give up on resisting the effects that locked the skills. Jude remembered back in his world, where heroes in stories would easily overcome all odds with willpower alone. But apparently, willpower was not enough to resist this prison effect. He had to find another way.
This was when he started writing