"The lumberjacks can go and find the trees Tylus marked yesterday, I believe that I don't need to tell you what to do next." Once Aaron's group arrived at the location he threw that order while retrieving the tools and equipment from his Inventory Space, he had already helped them earlier and stored their tools once he noticed that it'd delay their journey.

"Yes young master Ron." They nodded and grabbed their tools before splitting towards different parts of the area.

Aaron looked towards the ten guards before saying : "Let me remind you once again to keep your eyes wide open all the time, yesterday our group was not only ambushed by four Carnivorous Vines but also by an Emerald Ghost-Anaconda." Seeing the expressions on the faces of this group of guards shift from being relaxed and somewhat bored to become anxious and extremely serious he added : "Let me tell you guys the rules and the roles you're going to play today.

"First rule is like I said earlier be extremely cautious and vigilant.

"Second rule is to protect yourselves first then take care of the lives of these five lumberjacks.

"Third rule is to notify and alert your partners immediately once you notice anything suspicious anywhere near the area you're supposed to patrol.

"Fourth rule is to maintain a link of communication with your fellow guards at all time and constantly report your situation even if the repetitive reports are boring you to death, you're expected to deliver us that report before you breath your last. Understood?" Aaron raised his voice towards the end and looked between the faces of these ten men and women.

"Yes young master Ron. We understand." They all answered at the same time.

Judging by the look in their eyes, not a single one of them dared to disagree or disobey a direct order from this kid.

Aaron nodded to show his satisfaction after seeing their response, "Now let me tell you about your roles which I believe are going to be very simple.

"You're to split into two groups of five, one guards the lumberjacks while the other transports materials back to the village.

"You switch roles after each journey until I say we're done for the day, now go sweep the area until it's time for a group to make the first journey back.

"Also remember that I will not tolerate any delay during these journeys, so you better do well to avoid getting punished." When Aaron said that warning he noticed a few disheartened expressions on some faces but he ignored it and dismissed the guards.

"Heh." Lucas smirked when he saw how the guards reacted when his young master Ron immediately pinpointed the greatest loophole of this situation.

Aaron retrieved two shovels from his Inventory Space and gave them to Pio and Lucas while saying : "Since it amuses you to see others suffering so much, I have a job for you too."

"What is it young master?" Pio had this bad feeling welling in his stomach when he saw the kid grin.

"You two go bury the abandoned Ancient-Well, I'll be over there roasting some black mud and creating red sand for old man Vogen." He left the his two followers and went towards the area where a few meters worth of soil was unearthed from the ground.

Pio and Lucas sighed in relief since their order is nothing dangerous at all.

"For a moment there I thought he'd order us to venture deep in the forest and gather some of the materials old man Sid needs." Lucas muttered.

Pio shivered at the mere idea then glared at Lucas while saying : "Young master Ron would never order us to do anything that might endanger our lives, you better move your ass and stop spouting nonsense!"

Lucas shrugged carelessly before walking towards the abandoned Ancient-Well while saying : "Geez. Someone is in a bad mood this morning, chillout man. What's wrong with you?"

"You! You're what's wrong with me. Humph. Acting like you're anything special in young master Ron's eyes, but let me tell you this... I'll never trust you with my back. So you better watch yourself because I'm waiting for you to mess up, let's see how young master Ron is going to deal with you then." Pio acted like a gangster with the shovel on his shoulder and a swag in his walk.

"Heh. Jealous much because young master Ron choose to spend the night at my house yesterday? Or do you regret getting pulled by Manji into a drinking contest until they drank you under the table and you lost so pathetically that your woman had to carry you back home? I bet poor Betty had to work herself to death just to get you up, hahaha... imagine the effort she had to make all by herself with you all passed out on bed." Lucas had such a smug look on his face when he said that, it made Pio feel like he just swallowed a fly after someone punched him in the gut!

Pio finally found the words a few seconds later, "Bastard. Are you looking for a fight?" He pointed the shovel with a hand towards Lucas while glaring with a pair of bloodshot eyes.

Lucas didn't even care about the intimidating gesture from his younger and less experienced partner, "We both know that I'm much stronger and faster than you, so why bother fighting at all? I've been living as a hunter while you worked as a butcher, last time you only survived because young master Ron was there and took us by surprise is all." He shrugged again while recounting the scenes of that day.

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"Humph. Didn't you see me kill three of your lackey's? You seem to be taking me too lightly." Pio retorted while glaring even harder at this annoying partner of his while thinking : 'For some reason I find this bastard extremely annoying today.'

"There's no point arguing about what happened then, me and my men weren't mentally prepared for any sort of retaliation from you two and they paid the price for their carelessness with their lives." Lucas spread his hands and smiled to show that he doesn't carry any grudge after what happened.

Pio grinned while saying : "And you got lucky, that also reminds me about that turtle vest of yours. Sophia should be able to finish it soon, I bet young master Ron would look very well in the future wearing the robe she's going to make for him from it."

Lucas shook his head helplessly since Pio's aggression had no effect on him at all, "I'm also happy because I was smart enough to choose my men well."

"Oh yeah! And why is that exactly?" Pio asked while sneering at Lucas before using the shovel to toss some mud and leaves into the abandoned Ancient-Well.

"Because I made sure that none of them had any family or relatives in the village, having to support their kids and women after their death would be the death of me." Lucas did the same with his shovel while explaining his reasons.

"You seem like you're doing just fine, your wife and kids are living comfortably in a big house and are well-provided. Having a few more mouths to feed wouldn't trouble you much, especially with young master Ron as your backing." Pio didn't believe that someone so sly like Lucas would struggle even if he had to take care of the families of his deceased gang-members.

Lucas looked towards Pio who didn't seem like he noticed yet that his attitude towards him softened a lot when the topic of their conversation shifted, "Speaking of kids, my daughter Flora and young master Ron bonded really well together. Even my wife Ria was welcoming the idea of reserving our little girl to him in the future."

Pio froze mid-swing with his shovel and raised his head up to look at Lucas once he heard what he said and thought to himself : 'This sly bastard. So that's what he's after all along! I better hurry up and make one with Betty before this fox and his daughter hog young master Ron's favor all to themselves.'

Lucas felt the air around them get overflooded with tension and he could've sworn that it felt cold around his partner who suddenly sank into a mood of heavy silence for some reason!

Lucas thought to himself : 'Was it something I said? I've been getting on his nerve for a while but he never lost his temper on me or reacted in a reckless manner! Whatever, I better do as young master Ron said and keep myself out of trouble.'

While these two dug and tossed loads of sand, mud, tree leaves, branches. twigs, and gravel into the abandoned Ancient-Well.

Aaron was sitting on a thick branch three or four meters high on a tree and launching Flame Orbs and Energy Bolts at the massive hole he dug on the ground.

'For some reason whenever I unleash the Flame Orb Skill and follow up with an Energy Bolt Skill, the resulting explosion of the Flame Orbs is completely different! The fire burns hotter and lasts longer, now I'm able to roast a wider range of that black mud.' Aaron thought while watching the blaze cover the ground, he was slightly worried in the beginning because it'd be a disaster if the radius of the flame spread beyond the hole but thankfully the area he's targeting had a few trees surrounding it and their branches that did extend above the hole were quite high and barely got affected by the heat.

Still Aaron decided to be safe and climbed each of these trees then targeted those branches with Energy Bolts until they broke and came crashing down towards the ground, some of the lumberjacks took advantage of the opportunity to snatch these branches and began to clean and cut them.

Whenever the blaze in the furnace-like hole disappeared, Aaron would be greeted by the sight of a solid red layer of extremely hot fresh mud.

A few Energy Bolts is all it would take to lower the extremely high temperature of the sturdy and solid layer of fresh mud, afterwards Aaron would retrieve some buckets of water from his Inventory Space and empty them along the edges until all the surface of the bowl-like hole is drenched.

What comes next is him calling one of the guards over to collect all the red sand from the hole and pile it to the side before repeating the process all over once again from the beginning, during the time which he spends waiting the guards to do their job of amassing the red sand Aaron would rest and drink some water to recover his MP or go a bit further and practice the Energy Bolt Skill until they're finished.

Every twenty minutes or so a group of the guards would fill some leather sacks with red sand and load them with some of the wood these lumberjacks completed on wheelbarrows before delivering them to the ones at the construction site, they'd take another twenty minutes to return and they managed to make three journeys in two hours.

Cassandra sent a message with the guards on the third journey, telling Aaron that he's doing a good job already and that Tylus has finished his cabin.

The carpenter is using the wood he's receiving to prepare the base layer for the foundation and the mold for the pillars which are going to support the entire building.

Cassandra also mentioned that she's preparing the staff of workers to immediately begin pouring the mixture of so-called "Concrete" into these molds once the digging is complete since Mr Smith already finished creating these long finger-thick iron skewers! Unfortunately the gentle giant is going to take some time to prepare the metal pipes because creating them requires a lot more work compared to these iron skewers, not to mention that the blacksmith keeps requesting that Aaron comes help him in the smithy as soon as possible.

She also mentioned that Sen and chief Peter arrived at the construction site to inspect their work and said that they're eager to help, all he needs is just to ask and they're willing to provide all the resources and manpower Aaron needs to finish building his house faster.

Right when Aaron was about to resume his training/work after receiving that message, he saw Pio and Lucas coming towards him looking not only extremely exhausted but also really frustrated for some reason.

"Since it took you guys so long to finish then I guess it was much deeper than I thought, but good job anyway." He said while retrieving some food and drinks from his Inventory Space.

Pio looked down towards his feet while blushing from embarrassment while Lucas opened his mouth and closed it a few times without saying anything because he was afraid of saying anything that might annoy this frightening kid.

'Speak already! Weren't you bragging about being young master Ron's favorite puppy? How come I feel like your cowardly silence is pointing the tip of the spear towards me instead, say anything already before I lose my life in here.' Lucas thought while pleading Pio to speak with a panicky look in his eyes.