Evis

After pulling out a Hashoret carcass, I then pulled out the two knives and noticed that White Death was standing next to me. Eventually Azrael and Dabria finally came out of the cave, standing just as tall as White Death, and one could immediately notice the blood on them. I should probably have them clean themselves again, but after I show them how to properly clean an animal. I should also have White Death show them how to kill an animal so that they won't keep brutalizing them and leaving me with useless remains.

As I was about to show them how to skin and gut the Hashoret, I paused remembering that I still had three skill points left, meaning I could raise three more skeletons and also teach them how to do this as well. "Wait here."

I rushed back into the cave and quickly went to the skellies' pile before raising my hand as I deposited the three points into Feeble Bone Creature. "Arise legionnaires and serve the untiring horde."

I watched as my 60 mana pool fell by fifteen points, leaving me with only 45 points of mana. Green necrotic gas flowed from my hand and soaked into the entirety of the pile before I quickly noticed the meat begin to melt off of three skeletons. I smiled thinking that I would be making a triplet group, and wondered if their bond would be stronger than the twins.

Finally three level 1 Feeble Bone Creatures stood before me, and as I immediately used my Thorough Inspection skill, confusion clouded my mind. The three of them did not have any skills that were based on triplets, like what the twins had. As I tried to figure out why this was, I began to realize that they didn't match the conditions that the twins matched. Though I wasn't entirely sure, when I had raised them from the carcasses, I didn't recall seeing that they all came from the same exact species.

Damn, that's a loss on my part. It doesn't matter now, now I should focus on seeing if I can teach them. "Come along you three." I would come up with names for them later.

Exiting the cave as I was followed by my new posse of skellies, I noticed that my other three bone undead had remained where I had told them too, but I also noticed that Poky was also standing next to the carcass and waiting. I guess I didn't really designate who should wait. "Poky, you can go back to keeping watch over the surroundings. The rest of you, I want you to gather around and watch me."

Poky began meandering off on his own, and as I watched him, I could almost feel as if he were dejected about being sent off. As for my six skeletons, they gathered around me and the corpse that I laid before them on the ground. "First of all, I want you all from now on to begin seeing if you can loot from what you kill. Do this only after you have brought the body back to the cave, and set the loot you gain here." I activated my Loot skill, gaining a Hashoret tail and piece of fur. From there I set the two items inside the cave closer to the entrance and away from the piles of carcasses. "This pile will not have anything taken from it, and you will only deposit the loot you gained here." Then taking the gutting knife, I held it up so that all of them could see as I walked back to the Hashoret carcass. "This is the gutting knife, you use it to gut an animal by making an incision from the breast bone down to the pelvic bone. Then, taking two fingers and using them to spread the incision while lifting the tissue and muscles, I will cut a little deeper while making sure to be gentle so as not to puncture any of the organs that lie deeper within."

I showed them what I was saying as I cut the skin and muscle layers that protected the organs from the outside world. Making sure not to puncture a singular organ else I would contaminate the meat, making it a waste since I wouldn't be able to sell it then. "Now that I have an opening into the abdomen cavity, I can begin pulling out the different organs starting with the upper chest cavity first."

I began by moving the intestines out of the way, allowing me to see the diaphragm that sat below the chest cavity. Taking my gutting knife, I began gently cutting the diaphragm so I could gain access to the chest cavity. Upon receiving access to the chest cavity, I quickly stuck my arm all the way up into the Hashoret carcass and grabbed the esophagus before I began pulling it back towards me, severing the esophagus and slowly dragging several other organs it was attached to, out of the opening. Holding up the esophagus, stomach, liver, and the beginning of the intestines, I then quickly set them off to the side, leaving much of the inside cavity empty.

From there I began pulling out the lungs, the heart, and several other organs that weren't connected to the mess that I had first pulled out. After that was done, I then looked around and found a set of stones that jutted out close to the top of the cave, perfectly allowing for me to hang the Hashoret and drain it so that when it would be skinned it would create an extreme mess. I also figured that it might be best to later purchase some iron spikes that I could jam into the cave and use to hang and drain my other carcasses.

"After gutting the animal, you will then hang it so that it will drain most of its blood. Always make sure that the animal is hung inside the cave so that the colder temperature that Casper causes guarantees that they won't rot quickly. We will wait until the carcass has fully drained of any body fluids and blood so it won't be for a few days until I begin showing you how to skin a carcass." I looked at my skeletons who appeared to be watching intently.

"I want you all to know how to do this so that you can later teach other undead that I raise in the future. But since I only have one set of knives, you will be the designated cleaner and butcher." I pointed at one of my new level 1 undead, designating him as my new worker.

"Your new name will be Evis, short for Eviscerate." I tossed the gutting knife over to the newly named undead. Point at several dozen locations along the wall before I turned to look at White Death. "I want small holes dug into the cave wall, and then you can place the longest bones from the second pile to create racks that we can hang more carcasses from."

I watched White Death and my skeletons begin to act immediately as they began chipping away at the stone, creating small holes that could fit a bone between the size of a femur to a forearm bone. I was quite shocked at how quickly they were able to make these holes since I figured they were working on pure stone, but after taking a closer look at the rock, I realized that it was hardened clay which was why it was easier to break and shape compared to stone.

After my inspection of the rock, I watched as White Death pulled a Hashoret femur from the pile that my skeletons were eating from. Looking between the two piles, I noticed that both piles were beginning to get low, and figuring that it would be in my best interest to have excess bones and flesh accessible for my undead so that they could grow themselves and heal when they either leveled up or got hurt, I emptied my inventory of all my remaining carcasses into the two piles.

After all of this, I saw that my bone undead were continuing to create bone racks at the spots that I had pointed out, and nodding in satisfaction I began to exit from the cave. "White Death, after completing that you all can begin hunting again. Evis, once the first carcasses arrive here, I want you to begin processing them before hanging them up to drain. White Death, once you and the others reach level 3, focus on bringing live creatures back so Casper, Evis, and Poky can kill them and level up. Remember! Anything that Poky kills must go into the first pile and not be mixed with anything else, so make sure he kills them close to the bottom of the cave!"

After giving the last of my commands, I began making my way towards a little creek deeper into the gorge I could see on my map. It was only a few meters away, and I used it to wash up before making my way back towards Hothal Aldu, wondering how Denvon was doing and trying to come up with names for my other two new undead.