Chapter 5

I exit the shop, and trying to open it again. 'Shop'. Sure enough, the shop opens. Closing the shop again, I take out some of those arrows from my inventory. One after the other, I rain a hail of arrows upon the wolves. Death from above, those wolves never knew what hit them!

A little over a dozen later, though, I get a very exciting pop-up.

>**Level-up!**

Oh, yeah, boyee! I have to kill a few more wolves, but once I blow through sixteen total from the beginning of the night, they have all died. Before I level-up, I decide to go down and collect the bodies of the fallen wolves. At 20 credits a body, I should be able to get 320 credits! After collecting the bodies, I go back into the tree and open the shop again.

I sell the sixteen dead wolves, this time with teeth, and go to the buy category. Holy cow! I've got 990 credits! Papa bless! I must be getting credits from killing the wolves! Super cool! With 990 credits I can get... so much stuff!

But first, I need to improve myself. Skills, skills, skills! Opening the skill menu of the buy shop, I see several skill books that I can buy. I really wanted to get a magic skill book, but I didn't want to be left without any money. Unfortunately, the cheapest magic skill book cost 1000 credits. For now, I'll go with Archery. It's 300 credits, but I think it'll be worth it. Right now, I can only hit wolves that are less than ten feet away, or directly under me, so I really need this skill.

Okay, with 690 credits left I head to the tools category. I need an axe, something to make flame, some string, maybe some bear traps, and something to make a real bed out of! I don't need to sleep, but I get a little sleepy at night out of habit and would like to be comfortable.

For 100 credits, I buy an axe. For 50 credits, I buy a shit-ton of string. For 100 credits, I buy a hammock deal. It should be comfortable. Hm... I could use a sword. For 300 coins, though, I'd rather not. A small knife will have to do for now, from the tools category for 100 credits. 340 credits left to spend, and I've got a whole shop full of stuff to spend it on. Another skill book here I come!

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Skills books. Too many to choose just one! I plan on making a wall around my tree, so Construction might help, but Survivalist might help too. Both cost only 200 credits, but I can only get one right now. I'll get Construction and see if I can make a nice place for myself up here.

Exiting the shop, I open my inventory.

>**Inventory**

>Wooden Bow, Used

>Wooden Arrow x6

>Iron Arrow x100

>Archery Skill Book

>Construction Skill Book

>String

>Axe

>Hammoc

>Knife

Looks like everything I need is here, and 140 credits to spare. I take out the two skill books and consume them. Tasty treats for the mind, and I am filled with knowledge about constructing walls! More specifically, my wall, and all the things wrong with it. For the next few hours, I work solely on the wall. With the construction job, I can make the wall quicker and stronger, and I can use the axe to break large pieces of wood into smaller pieces. Part way into my wall construction, I realize that I need a shovel and some rope, so I buy those two things from the shop with my remaining credits. I check if sticks or rocks can be sold, but neither can.

When night comes around, the ground around my tree has been cleared and a wall has been built to protect me from anything that might want to attack. I set the hammock up high in the tree and use the rope to make climbing up easier. With a real bed and an easier way of getting up, I feel really safe in this tree.

Night passes, and day eight comes up. There was no pop-up, but I suppose it will be important to remember how many days until the next shop day. Just to check, saying Shop did not make the shop appear.