Volume 7 Chapter 40: Pathway

"Good job taking down everything that's here." Keith clapped. What he saw was a giant island cleared of any debris.

"We worked overtime on it. I feel my muscles bulging." Herrick flexed his muscles. Sarah patted Jack's back, "Good job, brother."

"I'm dying here." However, Jack was wheezing on the ground. And he wasn't alone; Arlo did the same. Melor shook his head, "You need to work out more."

"T-this is too much!" Arlo was about to die.

Herrick, Melor, and Jack were the ones who did all this work. Well, Herrick and Melor made Arlo do it as training, while Jack wanted to do it as well. He just didn't account for Herrick and Melor to be muscle bound fools.

"You guys did good." Keith nodded, "Now, how about you take a look at this?"

"Eh?" Everyone saw the giant blueprints that were brought out.

"What is all of this?"

"It's so detailed!" Everyone was in awe of the designs.

"I incorporated everyone's ideas here. I thought splitting the area would give each one its own idea." Keith worked on the ideas while Herrick and the rest cleared the island.

"Hmm, same style as what you did at your home." Cadmus appeared behind them as he stared.

"Yep. But this one is going to be way bigger." His was split with different vegetables in mind. But the one he was about to create would be more than that. The walkway was the first thing different from the one at home. Instead of having a straight line, it would be a +, splitting the island into four sections.

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"Four sections should be good. For starters, one section will be for farming. We can grow crops. The second section will be for the pergola. The third will be for the training ground. The fourth one would be the farm and smoker,"

"Wait, farming?" The others blinked. This was something new. They thought it was only for vegetables.

Keith nodded as he explained, "I was thinking about doing something like this for quite some time. Having ingredients fresh out would be nice." Fresh milk and eggs were delicious!

"...I see," Cadmus said nothing, but the drool from his mouth said it all. He was that excited about the new idea.

"Also, I was thinking about increasing the smoker's size. I could make more meats for everyone to eat." Keith thought about it. He could increase the amount of things in a shorter amount of time.

"Meat." That dazed some of them.

"Keith, what are you planning with the center?" Udine questioned. In the center of the + pathway, there was a giant circle.

"Ahh, that's where the seed is going." It was time to move the seed to somewhere else. And having it at the center would be nice. He remembered what the tree looked like in the dungeon. It was dark and grimy. However, he had a feeling it would look different with Diana and Fira's magic.

He was sure of this.

"…I see." The others didn't understand. But going off of Keith's superpower, they trusted him.

"What do we start first?!" Herrick and the others were excited to do anything!

"The first thing I want to do is create a pathway. That way, it would be easier to map out where everything will go."

"Understood."

"Diana, Udine, Nephele, I will leave it up to you guys to move the seed."

"Yes." "You can count on us." "Mmhmm."

"But Keith!" Nephele tugged on the man's clothes, "But what about the bigger rooms?" She had asked for her own room.

Keith patted her head, "You don't need to worry about that. I didn't forget. We'll build it on the island. Once we move everything over here, we can make your home bigger. It won't be as big as ours, but it would be more than enough.

"Yippe!" Nephele jumped with excitement!

"Let's get started on digging!" For this to work, they would need to dig a giant hole for the cement.

"On it!" Herrick and Melor raised their shovels,

"Are we going to use magic for that?"

"We could. However, it wouldn't be training. Doing some manual labor will help your body." Keith placed a shovel in Alfia's hand.

"Let's go." Scarlet was excited as well.

"…" Alfia shrugged as everyone got to work. Everyone was hard at work, clearing as much as they could.

"There are other things we need to work on as well."