Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Eric went and cleaned himself and the room a bit, before he went hunting but he remembered that he noticed some odd flowers along the way home yesterday, so he went and bought a book about them and he was grateful that the other him knew how to speak, read, and write properly as that kids mother taught him every night since he was 5, since the language in this world was naturally different than his.

He bought the book for 3 utips and carried it with him, he then read it along the way as he looked at the drawn pictures that were colored as well, and as he got to the gate, he didn't see the fat guard today and so he just showed his pass to the new guy, before he left and he learned after showing them his pass, that it was still good for a few more days, so as he left, he kept reading the book about plants and as he got there, he looked around and started walking again to his usual spot and as he did, he found the fat guard apparently...and saw him struggling in a fight between 3 tier 1 beasts and as he saw that he was quite a distance away, he stopped and smiled as he watched the guard fight, and just 3 minutes later, he died, as his blade got stuck in one of the monsters he killed and before he got it out, he was killed by the panther like tier 1, as it tore off his neck, he then glanced at the hole next to the guard, as he noticed it earlier, but keft it for later as he wanted to watch the sad struggle and sk he thought " So did he at least capture one? And he got caught by 3 beasts hmm...., did he think of it logically and try to cover his scent...he was kinda...fat, like really fat and this heat, plus humidity can cause sweat for a fit person, and that can make them be able to smell him from miles away... or was it something else that he did to cause his death... hmmm", he then walked to their location and watched as they started to eat the fat guard and the panther tier 1 monster fought the other tier 1 for his belly location and so the other one went for the guards face.

Eric, as he saw this from afar, stopped walking, he then put some power and did a horizontal slash lightly, like really lightly as he took the factor of him...evolving again into it, and so he put half his strength into the power thingy or so he thought, as he did try focusing half of will and power with the warmth, and as he never tried it before, he didn't really know if it would work, and so he just rolled with it, and soon, he saw the aura wind blade going twices fast compared to last time as it cut through trees without a sound and it soon sliced the two tier ones and kept going and as he saw this, he tried doing the same thing but without power and as he tried nothing happen, so he kept trying again till he increased his strength to using it fully and all he got without adding any power was a huge gust of wind and as he saw this, he thought it was this so called power that caused those black wind aura blades looking things, so he just grabbed some rocks and flick it at trees as he tried putting less and less power in them, and as soon enough, apparently his first method was correct and the power wind blade that he first threw was only at half power, and as he thought about the attack he just made begin at only half his power..., he looked for where it stopped at, and apparently couldn't find it as he wasn't paying attention to it after it killed the beasts and since it flew so fast as well, and so horizontally straight that the trees looked fine and unless he focused his eyes, he wouldn't be able to tell if there was a cut, but there are a few trees that fell down as he saw swung his ax, creating a gust of wind making them fall or when he was flicking rocks at them.

Eric finally walked up to the fat guard and saw that he did catch a tier 1 in the trapping pit, and as he saw this, he thought he failed at the retrieving part, and well, Eric just thought "He never asked about that...to bad" and as he thought that, he started searching the fat mans body and as he took out everything he could find, he heard a few monsters coming and as he saw there were two tier 1s, he thought about killing them but stopped as they could clean this up for him, so he just left in the opposite direction as he counted the mans utips and as he did, he found himself 251 utips richer, and found a few bottles and containers like the ones he gave him yesterday, but more and some other stuff, like a few small blades, wrapping bandages, snacks, a water satchel, then at the sharp looking knife, and as Eric looked at the Knife for a bit, he thought about the roughed up one he had at home after cutting his hair today, and so he stored that first, he then found more snacks and dried meat, and as he did, he stored it all before he went and continued with his hunt for tier 2s and as he did, he hunted 6 today, and 8 tier 1s and as he did, he went back and sold them all, as in all the tier 1s, and soon enough, he made 40 utips as he kept all the tier twos, he then counted everything, even with the fat guards money and saw it was 421 utips and as he counted that, he thought "Sweet" and went to by some stuff, he bought juice, clothes, a bone tooth necklace that looked cool, and he then thought of buying armor but thought against that as he never really had a challenge yet and he had something else he would like try and see as he get home today first, but as he looked at the armor of a random tailor/blacksmith shop, he saw a leather one that looked like clothes and as he saw it, he went and bought it..., well he tried to buy it, but ut wasn't his size and the guy didn't have any smaller than that one and so, the tailor took his size and told him he could come back in 3 days for it and as he heard that he ordered another pair that was black in color instead of brown, and for it to larger by a size and gave that man 16 utips and all in all, he wasted around 25 utips after buying some seasoning as well, in the end and so he started carrying all that home and as he got home, he didn't even glance at his neighbors house, but as he saw the small hut and not much space left inside the hut, he thought of moving, but he thought about how out of the tribe this place was, as it was really by itself and kinda quite..., but not really do to his noisy neighbors, and so he thought that he should just expand it, as he saw some of his neighbors further away having larger huts and so he went and left again after storing everything, and he went and looked for where he could ask about this and found a few warrior guards and asked them about it, then they pointed him at a place, and as he went there, he found it was a registration place? Or something like that, as it had no name, so he went in and told them about his problem and as he did, they told him he could just move and he rejected the idea and so they told him he could expand it and as he asked about it, apparently, it would cost him 16 utips to have another hut build right next to his or connected to his, and so he asked about the dimensions and apparently the man couldn't tell him, but he could show him, and Eric lead the man after showing him he had more than 16 utips and as he got there, the man basically showed that he would get the same thing as what he had right now but a smaller, and basically that area would be around 13 square meters and as he saw this, he changed it to match what he already has and that would be 15 square meters instead, it would be 30 square meters intotal as they combine, and that would be the size of a small apartment, and as he heard the price just change by 2 utips, he thought of making it bigger, he then though against it as he didn't really need that much space for now. He then talked about windows and locks and new door and a few other things and even utilities, and the man wrote some stuff and did the math, he then said "34 utips, and this is with everything included, even the land tax and we could get men to start today if you wish, and that would just cost 1 more utip" and as he heard that, he went over the details once more and paid the man 35 utips, and as he did, he signed something and the man told him men will be here by an hour and it should be done being built by the end of today or tomorrow and as he heard that, he thought "Well it isn't much to begin with, so that makes sense, but to think I had to sign something, that was unexpected…and I haven't signed using my real name in a long time..." and so he said goodbye to the man, and went and stored all the tier two beasts and put the bag on top of his mattress before he started putting his food beside it as well, he then put all his clothes and everything else on top of them all as to hide it in plain sight and after a while, he stored everything at this one corner.

Eric watched as 6 men came and started working on the foundation and they seemed pretty used to it as they worked fast, he then noticed some people standing by and watching, but apparently, he noticed the glancing at his ax before leaving, and Eric could feel someone looking at him from his neighbors house and he didn't bother to look, but he then heard the door open and soon enough, the husband came out to look at the noise as he usually sleeps around this time, but as he saw all those people and the ax Eric had next to him, he went back inside as the noise wasn't too loud as there were kinda far to hear them talk, only the cutting sounds were loud and are what's keeping him awake, and he could do nothing about this as the weapon next to Eric meant he was a warrior or something, but as he thought of how young he looked, he thought the kid probably was the son of the warrior, as he could be just holding the weapon.

Eric ate some of the dried snacks he took from the fat guard as he watched them build and as the hours passed, he stayed as he didn't want anyone looking at his stuff, he then saw a few more people come and install a new door with a lock and a window and after they finished, he saw a few more bringing stuff in and he told them where to put it and as they left, the workers who were working on expanding the house, took shifts as breaks and those who did, went to eat and only the leader of the bunch went and talked to Eric as common courtesy, but Eric made it the conversation about the guy and soon enough, the guy started happily chatting about his kid and left soon after the other called out to him as they wanted to take their breaks.

Eric saw that there were gonna be able to finish today, and even before the night came and so he smiled at the efficiency that they had, but they kinda had stuff already ready as someone wanted what he wanted but canceled in the end and all those preparations became the benefit of him as no one asked for an expansion, two days later other than him since the incident.

As they left after finishing up and the boss saying goodbye, Eric went in and looked at how spacious it became, he then attached his key for his door onto his belt with a key chain as well as a cabin key that was for where he would store his meat, he then rearranged everything, and as he saw it was fine, he lied down and rested as he ate some raw tier two meat and some nuts.

To Be Continued.