Aaron woke up and found the 3 ladies sitting at a corner near the window and talking among themselves quietly while Paws was running between their feet and chasing the Squirrel then meowing joyfully once it succeeded in catching up to its furry tail.
He went to the bathroom to handle his business before quietly heading towards the upper floors to check on the current progress of the work.
On the way he met some of the soldiers and gestured for them to continue having fun and be at ease, he even happened to see a couple going at it like monkeys and swallowed his pride then acted like he didn't see anything.
'You're still under my roof you bastards! I'm supposed to be the one to have the first honor of doing so you fuckers.'
On the top floor he discovered that most of the work on the exterior was practically finished according to Cassandra's design while the exterior is getting the finishing touches.
The workers were busy transporting or assembling the furniture and painting the walls while a few ones were installing the decorations on the ceilings and finished walls.
'The roof still missing though.'
Aaron returned to the backyard balcony on the first floor and opened the portal to check on the 3 Whispering Sisters and immediately afterwards he saw them returning to his house with their pets then order them to leave the place without destroying anything before going back to hiding below ground once they leave the walls of the Village.
The three of them completed their tasks and surprisingly Nina asked if Aaron can spare them some of the Ginger Ale, of course he gave them some bottles while warning them of getting kicked out of his home is they get themselves silly drunk and start causing him trouble.
After sending the 3 Honorable Sisters away he met Cassandra, Tylus, and old man Vogen who returned from the three sites after estimating the required materials and workforce needed to complete this much easier project compared to the kid's house.
"I've completed the design of the three constructions and it's going to take us one or two days maximum to complete each one but we're going to require your help with the red sand and Mr Smith's help with the iron skewers for the foundations and iron powder for the bricks." Cassandra said while winking at him then ruffled the hair of this boy who changed a lot in looks and height compared to the first time they met, now he looks two or three years older and his body started showing signs of growing muscles around the chest, shoulders, and arms!
"Just focus on preparing all the materials you'd require for the job for now and I'll help you with the boring job of transporting them to the construction sites," Aaron nodded before looking towards Tylus and asking : "Is an Erebus-Ivy Tree of any use to you?"
"You found one?" Tylus was so surprised that his friends felt worried that his nail-like hair would fly and hit them everywhere like darts!
The kid nodded before asking : "I have indeed but is it worth the trouble?"
Tylus nodded repeatedly like a chicken picking rice before saying : "Of course! That's an excellent, excellent wood.
"It almost never gets corroded by the elements for many many years.
"Rarely requires maintenance after being installed.
"Mighty strong wood which can be compared to iron in resistance but iron can rust while this wood never rots!
"Just cutting it with normal tools is almost impossible to achieve without breaking and ruining a lot of these tools in the process.
"The tree itself never dies as long as it lives in a dark environment where no moonlight or sunlight can reach, you cut a branch and it soon grows it back but never grow bigger itself and halts at a certain size.
"It also excrete some sort of black sap which can be used as paint or as an isolation-layer.
"During hot summers it's one of the best materials to get rid of the heat because a room painted with that black sap would be freezing cold even in the middle of summer."
'So I no longer need to think of how to invent a refrigerator in this world if I have a lot of that sap I can solve that problem for everyone else!'
"Do you want me to call off the men and postpone the task of assembling your roof?" The carpenter asked before quickly adding : "But I'd recommend you to hurry since the rain season is almost upon us."
Aaron sank into deep thoughts while the middle-aged woman and the old man glared at their friend who's being extremely shameless as if to say : "We know you want it bad, but at least try and be subtle about it to save some of our face!"
Tylus just scratched his head and shrugged as if to reply : "You can't blame me for being so blatant about it, both of you already got something or another from the kid while I've been the only one stuck in the same old boring work from beginning to end."
"I see." Aaron muttered before saying : "You guys can go back and rest now or see if you have anything else that requires your immediate attention, I'll try and solve the issue of the roof as quickly as possible. Once again thank you for your hard work everyone, know that my home is always welcoming you to visit anytime you feel like relaxing or having a nice warm meal."
Cassandra, Tylus, and old man Vogen smiled because not always do they get the appreciation they deserve but now is one of the rare few times they do.
"Remember that rain is bad for constructs, you better hurry and bring me that Erebus-Wood." Tylus insisted on voicing his thoughts.
"Alright uncle Tylus, I'll do my best." The kid nodded while smiling after seeing the man's enthusiasm.
Tylus shook his head and urged while waving his fist : "You need to do better!"
"Alright. That's enough of your shamelessness for today!" Cassandra interrupted the man and dragged him by the arm.
"Indeed." Vogen nodded before helping the woman drag their friend.
Aaron just watched them leave his house and waved them goodbye before returning to take a seat on the table after picking up Paws who came to seek his love.
"Alright. Alright! I know that you're feeling sleepy but father needs to work right now, no... Paws! You can't play with those reports." The kid was struggling to control the mischievous Panther cub and finally decided to give her a treat to distract her from ruining the leather scrolls where the names, ages, gender, and other information about the soldiers are written.
Baby Dragon Food Effect Stimulates the growth of baby dragons physiques and further develop their brains Maximum Number 100 each per Inventory slot Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Silver Description A bowl of baby food for a baby dragon Notes Grants Physical-Attack +70 for 20 Minutes
Aaron shook the bottle a few times before stuffing the rubbery nipple-like part in Paws mouth and the Shadow Panther cub's eyes shined with joy once it tasted the solution inside the bottle.
The 6 women watched what happened then blushed once they saw the kid using an item resembling their breasts to satisfy his mischievous pet!
Pet Food Effect Recovers Fullness +30 Maximum Number 100 each per Inventory slot Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Silver Description Small pets love them and would obediently do anything whenever they see it. Notes None
Once the Red-Squirrel came sniffing he understood that he needs to get it off his back too that's why he offered it some of the Pet Food and it actually thanked him by offering him one of the Pine-Cones it had been hiding at some corner of his room!
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"Bfft"
Sherry laughed once she saw the boy rolling his eyes at her pet after seeing it treating his room as its storage area.
'I better focus on handling these reports before night falls, I still need to go out and Level-UP.' Aaron thought while leafing through the leather scrolls.
Minutes later her rested his back on the chair and started thinking deeply about the information he just read while running his fingers on Paws fur.
'There's a total of 941 soldiers including Aeona, 312 of them were originally injured but 114 recovered from their shallow wounds thanks to the food I gave them.
'Now there's 198 left lightly or heavily wounded, I better take care of that before any complications happens.
'I can't have any sort of disease spreading within my walls.'
"Lucas. Bring me all the wounded soldiers, have the ones who can't walk carried over by the rest." He ordered while retrieving a few wooden-flasks of Reindeer Milk and some All-Cure Potions.
"At once young master Ron." The man quickly ran upstairs and Aeona followed him.
Everyone watched for the next 30 Minutes as Sherry, Rhinne, Pio, and Aaron started smearing that wonderous liquid which is full of Vital-Aura on the wounds and miraculously they'd close and heal seconds later.
Afterwards these men and women would be hale and hearty once again but they were still forced to drink some of the All-Cure Potion even if they felt like they were alright and no longer needed any "medicine".
'With that taken care of, there's still nothing for them to do around here and that would certainly cause them to fall into an endless cycle of boredom sooner or later.
"Sherry." Aaron called his maid and ordered : "There's 193 soldiers who prefer the Spear as their weapon of choice, from now on they're under your command and you're responsible for them.
"Make sure they join you in the morning exercise everyday and evaluate both their skill and character accordingly then report to me every week, the ones superior in both would receive promotions while the lazy ones would receive demotions in the beginning then an additional load of training if they keep having the same attitude."
"As you command." The teenager girl was so happy to receive so much soldiers under her command and hugged her pet and ran upwards to gather the Spear-users.
"As for you Lucas and you too Pio." The kid looked towards the only man who ever dared to toss him in a well yet still live to tell the tale and the one who stood his ground once against the Shadow-Dagger Gang and killed three of them despite knowing that he stand no chance at all! "There's 394 soldiers who prefer the Sword or the Blade and an additional 84 who prefer short Weapons like Daggers, Knives, or Throwing Weapons.
"Lucas. You're to recruit only the ones who use Swords and Daggers.
"Pio. You're to recruit only the ones who us Blades and Knives.
"Leave the ones who use Throwing Weapons for Manji to handle." Aaron ordered.
"At once!" The two bodyguards smiled widely after exchanging looks before taking their leave.
"Aeona." The boy looked at the Guardian-Knight and asked : "What type of Weapon do you really prefer?"
She immediately answered : "The teaching of our Knights temple's Sun-Scripture makes us focus mostly on defending our Liege-Lords and protecting them from danger, first item we ever use is the Shield then we choose our Weapon afterwards." After pausing for a second she added : "My original Weapon of choice was actually the Hammer but Viscount Gerand never liked seeing me using or wearing it so he ordered me to replace it with a Sword instead since it "Suited me better" and I couldn't disobey his orders."
Aaron recalled the details of the reports and said : "Works fine by me, there's 163 soldiers who Prefer Hammers, Axes, or other Blunt Weapons like the Maces, Staves, Knuckles and such.
"You're allowed to recruit all but those who prefer to use the Staff or Knuckles as weapons, but inform the Staff-users that starting from tomorrow morning they're under my command and I expect to see them in comfortable clothes and waiting for me to join in my morning exercise.
"Also inform the soldiers who prefer using the Knuckles that Roger is going to be the one responsible for training them and they're to report to him tomorrow morning as well."
"By your leave my lord, excuse me." Aeona saluted in the Knights manner and was about to leave when the kid stopped her with a gesture of his hand.
"Wait a sec." He said before retrieving an item which he just bought from the Store, "See if you can use this."
Silver Aquila Shield (Unisex-Epic) Required Level 0 Required Class Guardian-Knight Required Basic-Attributes Strength +48, Vitality +40, Agility +35, Wisdom +25, Intelligence +15 Physical Defense +62 Magical Defense +50 Block Rate +40 Stun Chance -20% Fortitude +10 Stamina +8 Number of Upgrades 7 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes
* A Shield made from refined steel then a coating of enchanted silver was added on top, it's said that whoever uses it can never be dazed even with the harshest of blows.
* A Set of two which gains an additional increase of +20 to all 5 Basic-Attributes when completed.
'I bought it for almost 900 Gold Coins, please work or I'll be making a loss here!' Aaron thought while waiting for the female Knight to take the heavy Shield from him.
Rhinne was staring at the intricate details on the Shield enviously but even if she received it instead of this rival of hers, it's going to be of no use to her at all since she can't use it.
Aeona seemed like she was going to cry once she saw the sigil of a Golden Phoenix in the center of the Shield then fell on one knee before receiving it with both hands while saying : "I'll never disappoint your trust in me Lord Ron."
Aaron blushed slightly once he sensed her genuine acceptance of him and scratched his nose while saying : "If you're done then try using it and tell me how it feels."
The Guardian-Knight put her arms inside then tied the straps around her arms tightly before moving her hand and nodding towards Rhinne while saying : "Let's test it."
"With pleasure!" The Bow-woman nodded back while a dangerous glint fleeted past her eyes once she accepted the challenge.
Aaron stopped Rhinne from taking her Bow from its holster while saying : "Not here, not now. First take these before going somewhere where you can't break or destroy my house then test whatever.
Aquila's Doom Hammer (Unisex-Unique) Required Level 0 Required Class Guardian-Knight Required Basic-Attributes Strength +50, Vitality +40, Agility +35, Wisdom +25, Intelligence +15 Attack Speed Fast (Stage 6) Physical Attack +78 Strength +10 Stun Chance +25% Number of Upgrades 7 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes
* A One-handed Hammer with extremely large yet surprisingly light-weight head, those on the receiving end of the blows would be left seeing stars while awaiting their Doom.
* A Set of two which gains an additional increase of +20 to all 5 Basic-Attributes when completed.
"There's also 107 soldiers who prefer using the Bow, I'm giving command over them to you Rhinne." The kid said before giving the Knight the final item he bought for her after seeing her gloves being all torn and worn until they became out of shape!
Venon (Unisex-Rare) Required Level 0 Required Class Guardian-Knight Physical Defense +15 Strength +7 Vitality +5 Agility +3 Number of Upgrades 5 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes
* Part of the novice Knight set.
'Clearly the Equipment for specific Classes give more than the ones which can be commonly used by anyone, thankfully the System recognized Aeona's occupation as being suitable for her to actually wear and benefit from these items.' Aaron thought while watching Rhinne leave with Aeona and judging by the look within their eyes, these two plan to duke it out once they complete his orders.
'But fuck me! The amount of money I'd need to buy enough Weapons to Arm these soldiers if going to bury me 6 feet under in debt, I'd rather use that money to Evolve Hero's Echo to Emphatic-Resonance instead.'
Afterwards he watched the total amount of Gold Coins he had lost more than half its original number.