Chapter 16: Go hide over there..."
"Father...!"
Leo woke up sweating.
System Alert: You have recalled fragments of your past.
"Beautiful..."
Leo thought as he recalled hus mother’s and sister’s faces,as for his father,he felt both an inherent fear and adoration for the man that he could not remember.
System Alert: You have received a daily quest...
Quest
Daily Quest:Food
Gather something edible to satisfy your hunger.
Reward: Ten Experience Points
Penalty:Fatigue
"Another day..."
Leo thought as he put aside the dream and focused on his present.
"I should reach the clearing today..."
"And probably start working on the pool..."
"Also I will have to hunt some birds and craft a couple of things..."
Leo started planning for his day,as he rolled up the hides he had slept on and went outside to stretch a little.
He woke the boy and the two had some baked sweet potatoes and hot goat milk. The left overs were warmed and stored in Leo’s inventory for lunch.
System Alert: You have completed the daily quest - food
Quest
Daily Quest:Food (completed)
Gather something edible to satisfy your hunger.
Reward: Ten Experience Points
Penalty:Fatigue
The journey to the stream took less than hour.
At the stream, work commence with no delay.
Leo dug and the boy scooped.
He also replicated a bow for himself,and a water container before noon.
By early noon, they had reached the clearing. Leo decided to stop here and have lunch,before he marked out the area for the pool.
It was a four feet deep and three feet wide pool. Small but big enough for a start up territory.
"We need spades..."
Leo informed the boy,as the logs they had been using to scoop the soil would be of little use.
"Fetch me a stone this size and a sturdy branch..."
As the boy went in search of the stone and sturdy branch,Leo took out a hide,and with the knife,he cut it in the shape of a pant,the size of the boy.
Though a pair of pant was not a tool,the art of making one would be considered as crafting.
After he was done,he picked out a born he had collected from a dead bird. The bone was thin and curved. It was also sharp enough to pierce through the hide.
Leo used the sharp stone arrow head to make a hole on one end of the bone,before running a tendon through.
System Alert: You have crafted a rudimentary needle.
System Alert: You have received fifty experience points.
"Ninety-five more..."
With the bone needle and tendons for strings,Leo sewed the pieces of hides together.
It took him about two hours. As for the final results,Leo felt that despite doing his best,there was still room for improvement,but at least the system was fair enough to acknowledge his attempt.
System Alert: You have crafted a rudimentary leather pant.
System Alert: You have received fifty experience points.
As for the boy,he was beyond excited as he tried out his new pair of pants
Leo sent him to gather some potatoes around the stream,but not far from him as he worked on the spade.
He started by chipping the broad stone into a thin curve shape, while been careful not to break it completely. The spade slowly took shape. And an hour later,Leo was satisfied with his handiwork.
All that was left was to attach the handle, which he did,and had the boy,who had long returned with about thirty potatoes, replicate it.
System Alert: You have crafted a rudimentary spade.
System Alert: You have received fifty experience points.
"Ninety-three more to go..."
With the spades ready,Leo and the boy headed for the stream,where they both to a bath.
"Damn wound is festering..."
Leo cursed after checking on his wound.
He slowly cleaned it, squeezed out the pus and covered it with a new piece of cloth.
"I need some disinfectant..."
Leo was lost in thoughts while he suddenly recalled the odd herb he had collected early on.
ascent flower.
System Alert: You have activated Inspect..
Inspect
Target: Crescent Flower
Rank: Common
Refined together with the fairly tears and fire grass to craft a one star healing potion.
"I hope this works..."
Leo took out a bowl and used a small stone to crush the flower before adding some water into the bowl, creating a paste like substance.
He then uncovered his wound and applied some paste on it, before covering it up.
"That stings..."
The paste stung as it came into contact with the wound,but it was not something that he could not withstand.
"Go hide over there..."
Leo ordered the boy,as he pointed at some boulders.
As for him,he picked up his bow and scaled a tree,close to the stream.
For minutes,he waited for the animals that had been scared of their presence to return.
The deers were the first to return.
"There you are..."
Leo smiled as he retrieved an arrow from his inventory.
"I need a quiver..."
He thought as he knocked the arrow and pulled back.
His target was a flock of fowls that had come to quench their thirst.
System Alert: You have activated Inspect..
Inspect
Target: Fowl
Rank: Common
Level: Five
"Twang...!"
Leo let loose the arrow,and it flew, lodging itself in the fowl’s wing.
System Alert: You have dealt critical damage.
"Damn...!"
He had missed,as he was aiming for the neck.
The fowl had cracked in pain as it fell over, alerting the rest of the silent predator.
Leo knocked a second arrow and put the fowl out of misery.
System Alert: You have killed a level five common rank fowl.
System Alert: You have received two hundred and fifty experience points.
System Alert: You have received ten copper coins.
System Alert: Check inventory for coins
The death of the fowl had sent the rest scattering,but one of them was unlucky as an arrow struck it right at it back,going through its body and nailing it to the ground.
System Alert: You have killed a level five common rank fowl.
System Alert: You have received two hundred and fifty experience points.
System Alert: You have received ten copper coins.
System Alert: Check inventory for coins
