I walked down the sandbar and to the bridge that connected the sand bar to the mainland. I was going to make this trip alone. I had gotten much stronger and was capable of running all the way there.

As soon as I stepped on the mainland I started jogging. I had gotten that much stronger since the last time I was on this path.

When I was half way there I saw a heartbeat that was dead and wolves were eating it. Luckily they were far enough away that it didn't matter. They wouldn't leave one meal for another. I made it to the gate and cannon man opened it for me.

"Im so glad to see you back sun collector." He said to me. "Im glad to be back" I said. I walked up to the top of the wooden fence and gave him a hug.We talked for a while and then I left anxious to see madison.

"I arrived at her house and knocked on the door. She opened it and instantly threw her arms around my neck and gave me a hug. "I missed you so much" I said. "I missed you to. Want to go craft some rings together?" I asked her."Sure" she said to me.

"What have you been doing while I've been gone?" I asked her

"The normal stuff I do. I haven't had as much much fun with you gone. Ive mostly just been watching the days pass."

"I returned back to my old home" I said. "Was it nice?" she asked me

"It was nice I had a fun time and I got to talk to a old friend" With that we went into the crafting room and started looking for appropriate heartbeat body parts.I had 2700 mana. I picked out three 100 year fish scales. Then I got to work making ability rings.

Improved fishing~ This ring grants more strength when fishing

I made three of those rings. "Are you going to sell those?" Madison asked me. "No its part of a deal I made with a man on the sandbar. Next I looked for the oldest beast part I could find. It was antlers of a thousand year old deer. I put them in and poured in 2000 mana.

Increased mana generation~This ring makes the user generate mana three times as quickly.

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I took it out it was an overwhelming success. I unequipped my ring that let me generate mana twice as fast and gave it to madison. Her body wasn't strong enough to support two rings. SHe unequipped the one that constantly strengthened her and equipped the two times mana generation one for crafting purposes.

"My turn," she said I saw her put a rabbits bone into the chest. Then she stood there I watched her mana pour into the chest and her and get weaker. She finished before she got super tired I noticed.

After that, she reached in and pulled out a ring with a bunny painted on it. "Its a rare grade I'm happy".

"Now you can make rare grades I'm happy for you" I said to her. "What about your ring"

It had a deer running through a forest in color on it. Its of teir legend grade ring. "You can keep my old ring" I said to her.

"Someday I might be able to equip them both." she said happily

With that we walked out of the crafting room and up to the shop were she traded in her bunny ring for money."Lets go shopping she said to me."

"Sure Ill come with you. I eat most of my meals in the cafeteria so I don't need to by anything."

The marketplace at the outpost was significantly smaller and had less in it. Apparently the sand bar was where all the goods were shipped to. Now that I had my ability rings sorted out I planned to go to the items outpost. It was the next outpost that was deeper into the forest. Maybe I could talk grand eder into escorting me there.

When madison went shopping she bought everything fresh and spent a lot of money on cake and other sweets. Apparently a rare ability ring sold for more then double what a normal ring sold for. I looked around the marketplace for mana items but the only thing I found was some mana swords and clothing.

If you wanted to get something it seemed to me that you had to make it or buy it on the sandbar as lots of goods were traded there. I helped madison carry some of the food home. "Thank you for helping me" she said.

"Your welcome, I like going to the marketplace with you." She had to open the door to her house. "Do you want a key?" she asked me.

"Yes I want one." Ill tell you were I hide one above the door." Ill try my best to remember that I thought to myself.

With that we went in and started putting away all the food she had bought. "I bought sweets this time because of how much money I got from the rare ring. Its worth more then double a normal ring." Yes and you can craft a lot of them" I said.

I noticed that at the ability ring shop most of the rings were of the normal grade. A rare ring was unique most of the rare rings were in use and most of the people that went out to gather like grand elder and rose had a ring of some sort. When new people came to the outpost however they didn't get a free ring. Most people just equipped whatever they could afford. I had 700 mana left I could make a mythic ring but I had nobody to give it to.

I decided to eat at madisons house for a change she cooked some soup and bread. It felt good to eat inside her house. "Would you like living here ?" she asked me.