*Rumble*
Once their group of four arrived at the west-gate everyone looked towards Aaron, even the gate-guards and some of the villagers passing by did the same and stared at the boy while wondering the same thought : 'Just how hungry is this poor kid?'
"Again?" Sherry gently rubbed the kid's tiny belly with one of her hands while asking that.
It happened earlier after she finished her Ice-Cream and the three of them watched Aaron eat 4 pieces of Meat and a Fried-Chicken before eating some type of sweet food which he called "Dango" only then was he satisfied.
Aaron nodded before retrieving a Hot-Dog but this time it was different from the one the teenager girl tried before, this one was stuffed in between two layers of long bread with some extra additions on top other than the red colored paste and some green vegetables on the sides!
"Let's see if their Hot-Dog Supreme is any good." The kid muttered while unwrapping the butter paper before taking a huge bite.
'It's also hot! I've noticed that anything which helps me recover more than 200 HP on the list of food consumables is warm and anything that helps me recover more than 300 HP is hot or extremely hot while also being really fresh judging by the quality of the bread which looks like it's just baked minutes ago and just got taken out of the oven.' He thought while eating the sandwich and ignoring the three pairs of eyes watching him eat while salivating or gulping loudly like a pack of starving stray dogs!
Finally Aaron had enough of this audience which is making him extremely uncomfortable but there's no way their actions are going to make him lose his appetite because the effect of the Ultimate-Growth Pill is going to last for at least a week.
"Pio. Go find Betty and bring her to my cabin."
Pio gawked and looked towards his young master Ron with fear filling his eyes while muttering softly : "Y-young master Ron... you already have little-sister Sherry to warm your bed, p-please spare my Betty."
The kid was stunned speechless by this idiots wild imagination while the teenager girl blushed deeply and looked away but she still hugged him tighter.
"Bastard! Fuck off already!" Finally Aaron snapped at his bodyguard and the man ran away.
Lucas was smiling widely and struggling to hold his laughter, he was amused by the conversation and gloating at his partner who's going to get his woman snatched by this kid.
"Lucas. Go find Todd and bring him to my cabin."
This time Lucas gawked and looked towards his young master Ron with fear filling his eyes, the man tightened his glutes to seal his buttocks shut while muttering softly : "Y-young master Ron... there's no reason to go that far, is there? The bloody fellow is so old with a foot already in the grave, his skin is so wrinkly and rough I fear for your-"
"Less nonsense, beat it!" Aaron felt like his head is going to explode from anger and growled at the man while glaring at him with eyes that almost spat fire!
*Bffft...*
Finally Sherry couldn't hold her laughter anymore and exploded in a fit while burying her face in the boy's hair, she felt so embarrassed for the two men who misunderstood the kid for a monster who wouldn't spare the woman of one of his followers or even a very old man to vent his lust which doesn't even exist!
So far this teenager girl witnessed her young master Ron eat so much food in the span of a few hours, so much that it'd be more than enough to satisfy two or three families for a day.
Seeing him request the two best cooks in Pine-Breeze Village is a clear hint of his true intentions.
"Oh! They're almost finished with the base of the pool already," Aaron waved his hand back at Cassandra who smiled once she saw him and waved excitedly, "Glad you're enjoying it, is there anything you'd like me to help you guys with?" He asked while looking at the different parts of the construction site which had people doing different things at the same time.
"Nah. We have enough materials for this stage, maybe tomorrow you should help us make some more of the red sand." Old man Vogen shook his head before pointing towards the small mountain of black mud which they prepared beforehand.
Tylus added : "Nothing on my end, my people can gather wood whenever we need from the forest and Chief Peter already ordered for guards to protect them whenever they enter the Dark-Forest."
Cassandra pointed towards the foundation of Aaron's house, "The concrete we poured at the basement area is almost completely dry, the carpenters are going to make the wooden molds for the pillars next after we finish pouring the walls of your pool."
"You should probably drench that basement with some water before it dries solid then let it dry before you work on the pillars, there's also something that I need to do there." Aaron looked up towards Sherry who's been carrying him for a while now.
The teenager girl understood what the kid wants and lowered him to the ground.
'Time to set the two-way destination, I was thinking of setting it at some secluded corner earlier but it wouldn't be so bad if it's in my basement where I can access it more privately.' He thought while going down five meters below the ground on the wooden stairs before carefully stepping on the hard concrete to test how solid it is.
"En. Looks pretty tough to me." Aaron nodded before walking to the deepest point of the basement area then choosing the option of sitting the destination of the Mystique-Door Skill.
This time however, the kid intentionally took advantage of his ability of being able to control the lines and inscriptions on this huge flickering star beneath his feet.
He made sure to link this destination with the one he set within the massive cave yesterday which formed a complete circle!
*Om* *Crackle* *Whoosh*
Suddenly a muffled explosion could be heard before bolts of lightning appeared right above the boy's head and everyone at the construction site could see an expanding ball which is full of darkness.
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Sweeping wind washed over the Village before the flickering star beneath his feet disappeared and the ball of darkness flattened before falling on the area where flickering lines and inscriptions forming the star used to be.
"Fuck! This is so sick!" Aaron muttered while looking around him in amazement.
Everywhere he looks the scene is split in two, the right side is always his basement area... meanwhile the left side is always the massive cave!
*Squeak*
Suddenly he heard the familiar sound and jumped away from the borders of this Mystique-Door.
Once he looked back he could see a pair of eyes staring at him curiously from within the shadows of the massive cave.
The people working in the construction site were watching speechlessly as that creature moved closer until it stood exactly where the boy was standing moments ago and kept sniffing the ground searching for him in confusion because according to its senses he's standing right in front of it yet it couldn't smell him at all.
*Tak*
Once the hog-size mouse attempted to move another step forward to reach Aaron with its nose to take a sniff, its head hit some kind of invisible barrier and it couldn't reach him.
*Tak* *Tak* *Tak* *Squeak* *Scratch* *Scratch* *Squeak*
'Should I allow it to pass through the Mystique-Door?' Aaron thought while looking behind the curious mouse because some of its brethren noticed what it's been doing and cautiously moved closer or stood on two feet and sniffed at the air while watching curiously.
Experience-Buff (Passive) Current Level 1 Amount Charged 46Seconds, 58 Minutes, 0 Hours. Bonus Effect Experience-Boost +20% Next Level UP 14 Seconds, 2 Minutes, 1 Hour. Reset Time 26 Seconds, 52 Minutes, 10 Hours.
The kid checked how much the Experience-Buff was charged then how much time he got left before the activation time of this Mystique-Door Skill runs out.
'There's still more than 40 seconds, maybe I can lure more of these rodents in. This is so exciting! I bet I wouldn't have to worry about Level-UPs for a while if this works.' Aaron took a long breath in to calm himself and waited patiently.
"Oh! There's here comes another one." Cassandra said once she saw a second Fuzzy-Phosphorus Mouse join in the scratching fun.
Aaron looked around him and gestured for the people working at the construction site to stop crowding on the edges of this big hole to stop making a scene and get back to work already, 'Who do they think I am? Even I'm I'm not paying them anything... I still expect these people to give it their all while they're working for me, humph.'
"Keep your distance Sherry, we don't want to scare them away." He gestured for the teenager girl who's been worried for him to stop and not to come any closer.
"Are you sure?" Sherry whispered anxiously once she saw a third and a fourth mouse scratch at the invisible barrier.
Aaron retrieved his Staff and watched the timer on the Mystique-Door Skill almost reach zero while nodding.
*Squeak*
Sherry's heart almost leaped out of her chest once she saw five of these Fuzzy-Phosphorus Mice bypass the invisible barrier which blocked their way before opening their mouth wide to squeak in joy then moving their legs to run towards the boy.
The teenager girl was so busy worrying about the kid that she didn't even notice the massive cave when it disappeared after scattering into thin air!
"Come meet your death my sweet experience!" Aaron on the other hand smiled widely and his eyes brightened from excitement.
*Rumble*
Even his stomach echoed his emotions and announced its demands for food.
The kid efficiently activated the Lucid Nightmare Skill to stun these five oversized mice before retreating to widen the distance between them while targeting the head of the one in the center with an Energy Bolt Skill.
Of course Aaron moved back because he doesn't want to be hit by his own Skill or get himself sprayed with the blood and gore of his victims.
Poor creatures couldn't squeak anymore, even in death!
First Energy Bolt killed the target in the center and blasted half its body into a mess of blood and unrecognizable shape of meat and leather bundled all-together while throwing it three or four meters in the air before sliding on the concrete a few more meters and leaving a frightening trace of blood.
The ones on its left and right flanks also got blasted but not backwards like the one in the center, they received critical damage and got tossed a couple meters left and right then died before their bodies stopped moving when the effect of Aaron's Skill disappeared.
The remaining two Fuzzy-Phosphorus Mice were in a much better shape compared to the ones who died earlier, especially the one who was on the far left... this one wasn't affected by the Energy Bolt Skill at all.
The only reason that mouse got pushed away from its original location is because it was in the way of one of the mouse that got blasted earlier and died once its body hit the ground.
The one on the far right was injured but its wounds were light and it could heal back completely if it got the chance.
"Nah. I'd like it more if you die, thank you~" The people watching heard the kid say that before blasting the two remaining mice with two more of his invisible and extremely fast air-like attacks and ending them.
The wide smile on his face frightened the people working at the construction site and they hurried to resume their work while feeling cold shivers crawl on their back!
System : Host gained 20 Exp
Right when Aaron was about to put his hand inside his Grey T-Shirt and take out the Spirit Pendant to check if it's even working properly, after all he just received five of these notifications without seeing any details about extra experience.
'As if having been scammed of 400 Gold Coins for that thing wasn't enough!' He thought while snorting his frustrations.
System : Thanks to the Level-2 Passive Experience-Buff, Host is rewarded +20 extra Exp
"Hell yeah! That's what I'm talking about baby, time to compensate these 400 Gold Coins. Yes indeed."
*Rumble*
'Damn it I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! Maybe these rodents taste good too.' Aaron sighed before opening the Store Menu and choose the window of Potion Consumables instead of Food Consumables before buying one Extreme Red Potion.
Extreme Red Potion Effect Expands HP +2,000 and increases Physical-Attack +100 for 30 Minutes Maximum Number 100 each per Inventory slot Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Description A Red Potion made out of a certain monster's bone-marrow Notes None
"You better be worth these 30 Gold Coins." Aaron muttered before drinking the red liquid inside the glass vial.
'All I need is to eliminate 11 more of these mice to Level-UP and finally get that Teleport Skill.' The kid thought while retrieving two more Fried-Chickens, a few pieces of Meat, another Hamburger and a Hot-Dog Supreme plus a Fried-Shrimp and a bottle of Pure-Water before sitting down and getting busy eating his food.
Sherry just stared at the bloody scene around the boy who's having another peaceful meal in the middle of it all without a care for what people might think of him.