*Thougts*
~Sound effects~
+”Whispers”+
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Chapter 32: Digging
Neuron was diligently working on his new armor when he received a whisper from Kyle
+”Hey Neuron, we found a spring”+
+”great, but I think we have a problem”+
+”Problem, what happened?”+
+”Well”+ said Neuron while he stood up and looked around +”Have you ever thought how the water should be stored, or even how it should be drained from here”+
+”What do you mean”+
+”Come on, just picture our valley, it is surrounded by cliffs, with some caves in them, and only one entranceway”+
+”ah, so what do you suggest?”+
+”That you come back, and then stop at the cliff while thinking about it; I will wait for you there”+
+”Roger”+
Now Neuron was waiting with Warnton at the top looking down, and discussing something, when Kyle, Brairan and Tonan arrived. As soon as they did Neuron approached Brairan and stretched his arm right arm, and Brairan who understood it gave back the lent weapons.
“Wow, no Arrow is missing” Neuron said when he put them back into his inventory”
Tonan:”Yeah, nothing lives up here, it seems the spiders where the only ones, either they have eaten everything, or it escaped, anyway it was boring”
Kyle:”but we found a little spring located a 10 minute walk to the right of the Grakin mine, and a little bit higher than the entrance, the water soon flows into a crack in the mountain, and I don`t know where it comes out again, but well, I don`t care anyway.”
Neuron:”Good, so now let’s do a little Brainstorming”
Warnton:”So my suggestion would be to make a lake where we can store the water, maybe even add some fish in it”
Kyle:”How do you think we will make something so big!?”
Warnton:”While digging of course!”
Kyle:”Are you crazy, as far as I know, I am the only one here who has a digging skill, and for sure I won`t do it alone!”
Tonan:”Don`t worry, I will help, this is a good way to improve the basics”
Warnton:”Yeah, me too”
Brairan:”Well, If all of you think like that I will help out too, just remember, that I am old and can`t work much”
Warnton:”Yeah right, at this time you play the old man card, but whenever I say something like that you rage!”
Neuron:”Well he can pull the earth out, so he doesn`t have to dig”
Kyle:”Just so you know, you are helping out too”
Tonan:”Yeah, no slacking of here, we all pull together”
Warnton:”and you could use a little bit more Strength too”
Neuron:”hey, I always intended to help!”
Everyone together:”Yeah right”
Neuron: ”That ain`t fair! All of you banding together against me!”
Brairan:”Don`t let it get to your heart, we are just making fun of you” he said, while patting Neurons shoulder, who just shook it off with a grunt
Kyle:”good, but where shall we let the water flow out of Kilakios?”
Tonan:”Why don`t we let the water run into one of those caves?”
Neuron:”I think that is a bad idea” and because Tonan looked like he wanted an explanation he added:”First we don`t know, if those caves are connected to somewhere outside Kilakios, and I don`t want to let it overflow if it doesn’t, second one of those caves is connected with the other side of Willamar, so I don`t want to make the passageway public so soon”
Tonan:”Then you suggest something” he said in a grumpy voice
Neuron:”hey, if I knew a solution, we wouldn`t be staying here, and after that they glared at each other till Kyle stepped in.
“How about we make a pipe that goes all the way outside, and we could lay it through the entrance valley”
Brairan:”Great idea”
Neuron:”Yeah, and to boot, we could make a sewerage, where everyone can throw its waste in? Or how about a public toilet, which is connected to this water stream, so we don`t have to worry about removing shit”
Kyle:” Great idea, but ähm, this will be an awkward question, do you poop?” he asked the three NPC`s
Brairan:”Oh yeah, just yesterday I laid such a….”
Tonan:”no one wants to hear about it! And where did you go anyway?”
Brairan:”Hrrm, I went inside one of those caves, and then buried it”
Warnton:”Yeah me too”
Tonan: ”Neuron Kyle, aren`t you angry about that”
Both:”No”
Tonan:”Damn, I should have done that too!”
Kyle:”then was the reason why you stayed near the spring…..”
Tonan:”Yeah” he said, while turning red
Neuron:”let’s change topic, so Warnton could you make pipes”
Kyle:”Hey, let’s look first into the building menu, if it is possible, it will be much faster, no offence” he added looking at Warnton, which replied:”None Taken, its true after all” with a shrug of his shoulder
Neuron:”Found it!, it says build a sewerage, but to build you have to dig the way out beforehand”
Warnton:”So what do we have to do?”
Brairan:”On our to do list we have digging up a lake, laying pipes, and removing those boulders there” he said while pointing at the entrance valley, were even without Hawkeyes the boulders could be seen.
Tonan: ”Not too much right?”
Warnton:”let’s begin already, I don`t want to do it under Pressure, how much time do we have anyway?”
Neuron:”Till the villagers arrive hmmmm five days”
Brairan:”Let’s begin already, we can always finish later, or we can let them work too, then we will finish much faster.”
Neuron:”but, just where shall we dig?”
Kyle:”Ain`t that obvious, down there” he said while pointing straight down
So they climbed down on a thread Neuron made, but this time he left it hanging, for future trips.
Now all of them were digging up earth with shovels Warnton made while swearing and grunting, because the ground wasn`t made mainly out of earth, but it had huge boulders in it which had to be dug out first, and if you hit it unexpectedly, the shock transfers to your arms and that hurts quite a lot.
They were then removed with the help of Neurons Thread, sadly they couldn`t use the Rubber Band, because there was nowhere to fasten it on to, the cliff was out of option, because the part where it could be connected is right above the lake they are trying to make, but nonetheless it was used, to at least free them, well only once, because the boulder shot up so suddenly in the air, that it nearly hit Warnton, so they agreed to use only their muscle power.
The earth layer was only two meters high, and so they decided to first dig out the outline of the lake, then to remove the rest earth, and only from then on they would work on making it deeper.
When the sun set all were exhausted, but they managed to dig out the outline of the lake down to where the rock was, which was 50m from one end to the other, and 20m broad, near it laid huge piles of earth and rocks, which Brairan who was responsible for the removal of the earth formed. After the day was finished all laid exhausted on the ground, then Kyle pulled himself together to cook something, but he stood long over the empty pot, till he asked, ”hey, what shall I cook?”
“Meat” everyone said in unison
Then when they finished eating all of them didn`t went back to their sleeping places, they just stayed where they were, and soon the valley was filled with snoring, which came mainly from Brairan, but Warnton and Tonan also contributed.
Neuron had the most work to do, after all he wasn`t helped by the digging skill, which everyone got after a while, except him, because he hadn`t any skill slots free anymore, and he didn`t want to delete one. And so he came up with an idea.
+”Kyle, you asleep yet?”+
+”I am awake, thanks to you!”+
+”ähm, what about the protection of the valley, shouldn`t we hire some guards, and when we do, they can also help us”+
+”True, but let me do it tomorrow, I am too exhausted”+
+”Do you mind if I do it”+
+”No, but let me sleep, and don`t hire too many”+ Kyle said while dozing off
*Good, so how many shall I hire? First 20 I think, 15 warriors, and 5 archers should suffice*
* You can`t hire guards, if you don´t provide Barracks for them
*Damn* he thought, but he couldn`t help it for now, and so he just closed his eyes and began sleeping.
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The next day all of them rose up grunting and rubbing the sleep out of their eyes
Then Neuron who was somehow the most energetic of them all:”hey, let’s hire some guards, so that we have some hands more to help us”
Brairan:”Nice idea, let some other also be miserable”
Warnton:”Why haven`t you thought about that before?”
Kyle:”hey, none of you had the idea”
Neuron:”true, I just wanted to surprise you, so I tried to hire them last night, but it says I have to make some barracks for them, and I wanted your opinion, where to place them.”
Tonan:”Just place them near the walls, so if an emergency arises, they don`t have to run a long way”
Kyle:”Nice, so let’s place it at the north of the entrance connecting it to the cliff,” and because no one voiced complains he said:” Build Barracks at the north of the entrance valley”
* The barracks have been build, now hire some Guards
Kyle:”Neuron your turn”
Neuron:”Well I thought about hiring 15 warriors, and 5 archers, we can always add more”
Tonan:”Why don`t you hire more, so they help us out?”
Neuron;:”And what shall they do after we have finished it? I Don´t want to fire them, and we don`t need so many guards to protect Kilakios”
Tonan:”good, I got it”
After they hired them two archers stayed at the watchtower over the gate, while the others where helping removing the rest earth. Also Kyle rolled up his sleeves, but he got interrupted by Neuron who pulled him aside.
“Let them dig, you have something different to do”
“What?”
“Removing the boulders”
“And how shall I do that all alone?”
“Well I miss phrased it, I want you to just break them apart, then we have an easier time removing the debris, while doing so I am sure you can level up your Mana coating and War hammer masteries simultaneously, maybe even push and shield bash, who knows”
“Good, I`ll do it”
And so Kyle walked towards those boulders *Damn I let him hoax me again, if I didn`t knew it better I would say he is the devil, getting others to his bidding is one of his strong points after all*
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But nonetheless he went to work, he removed his shield so that he could hold his hammer with both hands, to produce greater force, then he began smashing the rocks, while he coated the hammer and later also his armor, because he noticed, that the splinters reduced the durability by quite a bit. He did this till midday, reducing the amount of Boulders by three quarters, and then he went to cook something *Shit, I am out of ideas what to cook, well meat is always a good choice, but I don`t have much left, maybe I should tell some guards to go hunting?*
While Kyle went towards the entrance valley Neuron procured himself a shovel and began digging.
Tonan:”hey Neuron. Where is Kyle?”
Neuron:”he has something to do”
Then a loud bang could be heard echoing through Kilakios
Warnton:”What was That!?”
Neuron:”It seems, Kyle began his work”
After hearing the loud noise everyone stopped digging and because of that heard what Neuron said.
Brairan:”What work?”
Neuron:”Grinding those boulders, so that we have an easier time removing them”
Tonan:”nice idea, as expected of my pupil”
*hey, it was my idea* Neuron thought but he didn`t say anything
When it was finally midday they had finished removing the earth
Brairan:”good, now we can finally let the water in!”
” why don´t we make it deeper!” one of the warriors said
Brairan:”Why should we do that?”
Then the guard answered:”If you want to place fish inside, it has to be deeper, so that more can live in there”
Neuron:”Great idea, and why don`t we make it a whole lot deeper near the cliff?”
Warnton:”Why that?”
Neuron:”that will be a surprise” he said while chuckling:”anyway Warnton, can you make us some pickaxes?”
Warnton:”of course, and I will use Grakin, so that they will smash the rock like nothing!”
Now all where together eating, and it seemed, the guards where already integrated within the group, at least Warnton and Brairan have found new friends, and Tonan too was busy discussing something with one of them, apparently it was about fighting tactics, judging by their arm movements.
“hey Neuron” said Kyle while he sat near him
“Hey, got a problem?”
“Well I am soon out of meat, and I somehow can`t think about what to cook anymore”
“Hey, just tell some of the guards to go hunting and for cooking well try something new, at which level is it anyway”
“Intermediate as of now”
“Wow, show me!”
“Alright!”
* Cooking Intermediate lv1
The food you cook will taste better
Meals will give temporary buffs
Buffs depend on quality of Material used, attentiveness while cooking, and ingredients
“Nice, wonder what those buffs will be!”
“Me too”
“So, let’s remove the debris you made, while Warnton makes us the pickaxes”
He said in a loud voice after they have finished eating so that everyone could hear it, and to Kyle he added:”I`d advise you to choose an equal amount of archers and Warriors to hunt for you, three of each would suffice I guess”
After hearing that Kyle approached the guards and because he seemed like he wanted something from them they rose up in attention:”I want three Archers and three Warriors to go hunting for meat, because I am out of stock”
“Yes sir!” They shouted in unison while saluting
*Wow, feels great, to have them do my bidding*
While they removed the debris Kyle Continued his work, and soon all boulders where annihilated. This time it was faster, because Warnton made them Pickaxes, and so they could help out Kyle.
As soon as they were finished they began to hack away at the lake. When the day came to an end they had managed to deepen it at 3m at average, and the deepest part was at 5m, located near the cliff
Before the sun set the hunting party came back, with enough meat to last them for the rest of the week.
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When the villagers arrived the lake was finished, now it was 10m deep at the deepest part and at average it was 5 meters deep.
And also finished was the laying of pipes inside Kilakios, which was a lot easier, because they just needed to dig earth, which they now could do easily, because they all had leveled up their digging skill, but also the stat increase they got was humongous, especially for Neuron, because of him lacking the skill.
Kyle’s digging skill was the highest and it seemed like the earth wasn`t even there for him, so fast did he dig up the duct where the pipes would be placed.
They placed the pipes at the south end of Kilakios, letting it follow the cliff, so that it won`t be in the way, and near the houses of the NPC`s. They even build a huge public toilet where they planned to erect their houses, and a bathhouse, in roman stile.
Then finally the villagers arrived. They sent a scout beforehand, to notify them of their arrival. When he arrived all of the inhabitants of Kilakios hurried towards the Gate tower, to watch their arrival. It was awesome, it were close two three hundred people that wandered up the valley, with carriages full with their stuff that produced a loud rattling sound while rolling over the stone.
But the chatter of the people was even louder, it was full of pleasant anticipation, and some fear, but they didn`t seem like fugitives at all.
Brairan:”Boah, look at all those people”
Warnton:”yeah, never saw something like this”
Tonan:”look, they even brought their farm animals” and truly behind all of them a herd of cows, and sheep’s was lead by many shepherds, and their dogs, which was easily double as large as the whole crowd. Then they arrived at the gate, which some guards opened, while others lowered the bridge. While they did so, Kyle and Neuron hurried towards the gate to welcome all of them.
As soon as they entered the NPC with which they spoke before approached them and asked:”Ähm, just where are the houses you promised us?”
Neuron;:”Don`t worry, we thought about placing them after you arrived, so that it won`t be to many, or the opposite”
Speaker:”This is great!” after saying that he turned towards the villagers and repeated Neurons words. But when he finished a Woman shouted:”Don`t listen to them, one of them is a demon that came out of hell, to imprison us all!”
+”Guess this is the one I saved from being raped”+
+”Yeah, while I calmed here, she always spoke of you, and how you are a demon and the like, I guess you made a lasting impression”+
+”Damn, I hope this doesn`t scare the others”+
The woman shouted:”Vena, stop” then she dashed forward to stop a little child that began running towards Kyle and Neuron, but the child ducked under her arms and dashed towards Neuron which could only stare at it with open eyes, like Kyle. Then without slowing down the child crashed into Neuron who fell down on his back, while holding the Girl, so that she won`t get hurt.
“Hey Kyle isn’t that?”
“Yeah, it clearly is..” but he couldn`t finish because she let Neuron go and hugged him, at this sight the woman who ran after her stopped, and shouted:”Go away from them, they aren`t human, the one with long hair has the eyes of a demon, and the other is allied with him”
Speaker:”Shht, those two are our saviors, if you aggravate them, they won`t let us stay here!”
Woman:”Shut up, I saw them dragging a guy behind them who was gagged and screamed relentlessly, while they just kept running, I tell you those are Demons!”
Vena:”no they aren`t!” she shouted and towards them she added:”Please, please, don`t send us away, I want to live here, please”
And because she made a teary face Kyle bent his knees to be at her eyes level and said in a soft voice while smiling”:Don´t worry”
At this moment the woman went near them and grabbed Vena by her hand dragging her away from Kyle, but she struggled and shouted:”he isn’t a demon, he saved me from that bad guy!”
Woman:”Tell me the story”
Vena:”Those bad guys came, and I hid myself under the bed, like mother told me, then, then, she shouted, and I crawled out, but, my mother, she…” after that Vena couldn`t go on, because she began to cry, then the woman tried to hug her, but Vena struggled and managed to free herself.
Neuron:”Shht, you don`t have to tell it, see I don`t mind what she says about me” he added producing a big smile on his face, but Vena only shook her head, making her brown twin tails fly around.
“Hey Neuron, how about you tell the story” suggested Kyle
Neuron:”good idea, I just saved you!” he said towards the Woman
*And I thought he doesn`t mind it* thought Kyle sarcastically
“And then I jumped over the roofs, to help someone, then I heard a scream that was interrupted in the middle, I hurried to where the scream came from, and when I finally found the source, I saw Vena here, and a bandit, that was struggling with his zipper, while she laid on the bed naked.” He said while his tone of voice grew darker with each word.
+”hey Neuron, concentrate, don`t show them your Hawkeyes, or all would be for naught”+
Neuron nodded, took a deep breath and continued:”then I grabbed him by his hair and dragged him out of the room”
+”Ahm Neuron, when I saw her she was dressed, and I thought he, well succeeded”+
+”I dressed her, I couldn`t let her stay naked, and what does that mean, you rather he had done it, are you regretting what you did to him, he would have continued anyway”+
+”Of course I don`t regret it, rather than that I am happy about it.”+
While their conversation started the Woman approached Vena, paying them no attention and asked her:”Is that true?” at hearing this Vena nodded her head violently making her twin tails flying around some more.
Woman:”Then was the guy you dragged behind yourself the bandit?” she asked towards Kyle.
Kyle:”Yup, we needed him to tell us were their hideout is, and so we had to be a little rough”
Speaker:”Good, that it is cleared, so where can we build the houses?”
Brairan:”Follow me”
End Chapter 33
Their Town will be awesome, i can tell you that much `:^:^)~
Although a quest comes always first
So if you want something to be added within the town feel free to write it in a comment,