He is still half asleep, when he hears the packing noises outside.

He crawls out of the bed and hopes he gets a blanket soon.

It's warm weather right now, but how knows, when that will change.

The pines do indicate a more northern climate.

"You're also waking up this early?" said Knut.

Leif looks around and notices that the sun isn't even half up yet.

Seems like they want to use the whole day to cover distance.

They must have really good stamina. He thinks about starting to train too.

"Yes, I do have to say you guys goodbye."

"Don't worry. We just want to start preparing as soon as possible, but first lets have breakfast."

Egon and Ansgar are cooking, while Ulrich studies a crudely drawn map.

He guesses, that that's the best you can get here, since maps contain highly valuable information for wars, more accurate ones are probably locked away and kept a secret by the government.

"We are making porridge. We had a good nights rest, so lets celebrate with a few dried berrys"

He threw, what looked like dried raisins in the pot.

It is lacking compared to the oatmeal at home, but after a few days out here it tastes delicious.

After the meal they all kneel in front of the shrine to pray to the spirit.

After praying the threw a few red brown metal pieces in the donation box. Seems like they were familiar with the concept.

After they got their temporary blessing the go on their way to Ulin.

[ Money received ]

[ +16 Copper ]

A new stat appeared in his menu. It will come in handy in the future.

[ Quest Completed: Faith ]

[ The spirit grows thanks to the prayers ]

[ Reward: New Class Level / New Spirit Level ]

[ You Unlocked: New Class Level ]

[ Chose a new job ]

[ You Unlocked: New Spirit Level ]

[ Your blessing was strengthen minimal]

He doesn't feel any difference with the blessing, but a new job will be really helpful.

Before he could check out the new jobs, he saw in the corner of his eye, how the spiked ball got a bit browner, a bit less spiky and elongated towards the base.

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Now it looked even stranger.

Leif decided that he shouldn't worry about it and that it probably wouldn't eat anyone.

Focusing back on the jobs there were the old ones, but also a few new ones.

A tailor would be great, he could definitely need some new cloths and it could be the a way to obtain something to sleep, like a sleeping bag.

Architect sounds good for finally getting a roof over his head, but building something so complex is definitively out of his league.

A cartographer sounds pretty useless while he is stuck here. He could probably sell the maps for a high price, but he would have to make them first.

He wouldn't get anything to tailor soon, so architect sounds the most useful, if it would help him build anything remotely close to a house.

[ New Job Unlocked ]

[ You Unlocked: Architect ]

[ Architect | You plan buildings ]

[ Job Bonus: Though Physique (Strength and Stamina increase 50% faster) ]

[ You Receive: Crude Wooden Ladder ]

[ (New)Architect Questline: Material Procurement ]

[ Every building needs materials. Get 1m³ of wood. ]

[ Reward: New Function ]

He is dazed by the amount of wood, it doesn't sound like much at first, but he knows it is.

He would have to walk so much.

Wait, he remembers his inventory. Well, that will make it easier, but it sounds still dangerous and tedious.

At least the bonus is cool, every bodybuilder could only dream of something like that.

He could already feel it.

The ladder isn't really impressive. It's two beams connected by smaller wooden frames.

Not a single nail in it.

Before he makes his way in the forest he wants to check out his daily reward.

It's a dragon!

He couldn't belief his eyes at first, but after a second look it was more of a lizard with cat proportions, behaving like a dog.

He jumped happily after seeing me and even made a sound that sounded like a bark.

The identification doesn't work.

He decides to call him Ax and the beast dragon seems pretty happy about it.

Leif starts petting him and Ax starts to grumble happily.

With his new pet he becomes more confident and decides that he wants his first house as fast as possible.

After a closer look the forest seems way more alive than, the last time Leif had a look around here.

He was only looking out for big bests, not noticing all the bugs that could use camouflage.

Ax even made a sudden jump and dragged something wriggling out of some green and swallowed it before Leif could see what that hairy thing was.

He decided to stop looking and get as much as he needs.

He already tried just taking a whole tree, but that sadly didn't work, he can't pick up pieces, that are to big or connected with something else, like the ground.

Luckily there was a lot of wood just lying on the ground and after a three trunk that broke into pieces he has enough wood.

[ Quest Completed: Material Procurement ]

[ You obtained 1m³ of wood ]

[ Reward: New Function ]

[ New Function Unlocked ]

[ You Unlocked: Blueprint Shop ]

[ (New)Architect Questline: First Floor ]

[ Every building starts with a foundation. Build your first blueprint. ]

[ Reward: New Skill ]

Before he does anything stupid he goes back to his camp first.