Chapter 309 - Hollows and Pits (2/2)

So, Jerry was quite devoted to this trip. He did not want the chairman to think poorly of him because of any mistakes he made.

If possible, he wanted to learn and grow under the teaching of this young talented Mage for his whole life, even though he was in his sixties.

He stared at Roland in admiration for a while, before he turned around and whispered to his companions, “We’re going to be soaked soon. Besides, there’s no way we can sleep like this. So we have to try something else.”

Vivian frowned and asked, “How exactly are we going to manage? Our magic power won’t sustain us until the rain stops.”

“That’s why we have to cooperate, like how we helped those people build the docks in Delpon a few months earlier.”

Vivian’s eyes glittered. “Do you have an idea?”

Jerry nodded and proposed his plan. The other five magic apprentices’ eyes got brighter and brighter.

They then split up. Vivian and Domingo untied the horses and tethered them to a tree on the other side.

Of course, the coachmen, who were resting in the pavilion, helped them the moment they saw them. Those coachmen were of a low social status and had been hired. They dared not idly watch their bosses do the job.

After the horses were tethered, Vivian and Domingo pulled the carriages with Hand of Magic and arranged them in a circle of about four meters in diameter.

Very soon, the other four apprentices returned with a bunch of branches. They rubbed down the branches with Hand of Magic and removed all the leaves. Then, they placed the branches over the carriages, establis.h.i.+ng a simple wooden roof.

In the end, Jerry took everybody’s tents out of the carriages and unfolded them on the roof, before he weighed the corners down with a few stones.

A simple waterproof shelter had been created.

The six magic apprentices were all relieved when they heard the raindrops splas.h.i.+ng above their heads without reaching them.

But it wasn’t over yet. The six of them dug into the mud with Hand of Magic and soon made a huge pit.

The mud they dug out was pushed to the side of the pit and solidified into a round, half-meter-tall wall to resist water.

They kept digging, and after half a meter, the soil was finally dry. Then, they expanded the pit to about two meters in diameter and one meter in depth before they threw the bare branches they prepared earlier into the center of the pit.

At this point, everybody except Jerry had almost run out of magic power.

Jerry launched fire at the branches with Inferior Fireball, and the water in the branches was soon vaporized. After a few moments, they were smoking and burning.

Sensing the warmth of the fire that was driving their cold away, the six magic apprentices stayed in the dry pit and listened to the rain with a strong sense of safety.

Roland came to the pit at some point. A magic s.h.i.+eld protected him from the rainwater. He looked at everyone and smiled. “Nice job.”

All the magic apprentices were very excited to be praised by Roland.

Andonara was standing next to Roland, a blue transparent umbrella in her hand.

It was made by Roland with Hand of Magic.

Andonara said in admiration, “If my teammates were as clever as them, my mercenary life wouldn’t have been that hard.”

Roland said, “Mages should create comfortable environments with their abilities. I personally think that Mages are ent.i.tled to a comfortable life.”

“If you were only as strong as them, what would you do?” asked Andonara curiously.

Roland pointed at the trees that were all over the place. They were very thick and mostly around one or two meters in diameter.

“I would dig a hollow in one of those trunks with Hand of Magic and hide in it. It’s much easier than to dig a pit.”