Rachet looked at me with a weird look and a raised brow.

Rachet: Why do we need an outpost, and why does the forest need to be safer?

Baal: I made a deal with King Mavis that if we build an outpost, which he funds, in the center of the forest along the path to Galton, he will open up a trade route with the city.

Rachet: Ahh I get it, but what would the town trade? All we have is demon and celestial goods.

Baal: …

He looks at me with a stupid look before he understood.

Rachet: Ah! Right that would sell for a lot wouldn’t it.

Baal: So how are we going to do this.

Rachet: How? I’ve got no idea. Never built an outpost before, nor have I guided the construction.

Baal: Didn’t you serve in the demon worlds army.

Rachet: In a conquered world that has enough outposts to patrol most places on the planet.

I massage my forehead. First he tortures me, and now that I need him for something, he now goes and says he doesn’t know anything about said something.

Baal: Ok then I’ll find someone who knows at least something about it.

Rachet: Check with the imp minion who was is Dok’s unofficial head assistant, I think he was called Bernie. Little guy is as much of a bookworm as the human, but it’s hard to find him. I’ve been training him to be an assassin, so good luck.

I click my tongue and fly up to the library to look for him. Like before there were a few imps and cupids reading while some others were cleaning.

Baal: Boys which one is Bernie he is an Imp?

Imp: Bernie...I haven’t seen him, though he might be hiding while reading like he always is.

Baal *sigh* Thanks. Great he can use stealth...wait I remember, let’s do that meditation again

I walk over to a seat and close my eyes and begin meditating. With one deep breath after another, the room slowly starts to take shape in my mind. In my mind I look around and see the small wisps that represent the living creatures in the room. I start focusing more, and the two floors above starts to form but are much more fuzzy and barely visible as physical objects. Luckily the wisps were visible as small bright blue balls.

*Ding*

You have gained a new skill

Mana Foresight (basic 1)

Active skill

Due to the vast amount of mana in your body, you have a closer bond with mana, and while meditating you can see the mana in the objects around you, as well as those in areas above and below you.

Able to see the mana pool of all lifeforms.

With higher level you can enter a trance state and move your mind around the space you can “see”.

With higher level you can “see” the flow of mana moving through the bodies of living creatures.

With higher level you can make this a passive skill, which enables you to see the flow of mana partially, while having your eyes open.