105 Chapter 105 The Wasteland (2/2)
SHAPE EARTH, and a small dirt table appeared.
EARTH TO STONE, and the table was suddenly a nice smooth stone.
CREATE FIRE had a nice fire burning under the table, heating it up in preparation for grilling.
Stella stood there blinking in surprise. He grinned at her nod of approval.
”I don't have CREATE WATER yet, so we'll need to look for water tomorrow. I hope you don't mind cooking, since I don't have COOK or CREATE FOOD yet. I can't wait to get SEASON so the meat tastes a little better and we don't have to carry around seasonings.”
Stella started to laugh. The deer herd hadn't even disappeared from sight as she lifted the first steak to place on the sizzling table.
”You are definitely the best camping partner!” She threw some seasonings on from her purse, and some vegetables that Joseph wasn't sure where she had gotten.
After they had finished eating, Joseph turned the table into a normal rock. They quickly decided there was no reason to sleep on the ground when he could teleport them back to their own beds. The teleport took more energy because of the distance, but the recovery time wasn't three hours and this way they could sleep in comfort.
Returning after their rest, Joseph rested from the teleport, then with his night vision 9 he could see just fine to keep using TELEPORT. As the sun started to rise, they hit a thick woody area, and had to walk. The woods lasted for three days, but each night, Joseph teleported them back to their own beds to sleep, and whenever they were hungry his magic sufficed to allow Stella to heat up the leftover deer. Joseph noted that he needed to learn PRESERVE FOOD at the next possible chance. PURIFY FOOD removed the bad spots, but it was still annoying to watch the food disappear because of waste.
”I don't think the barbarians will be impressed with the deer teeth, Master Joseph,” she smirked as they were walking on the third day.
”Well, you are the one who actually killed the deer,” Joseph pointed out. ”I don't think it would count, anyway. I just wish the system would let me have a storage s.p.a.ce, or I could have saved some of the winter wolf teeth.”
As he finished talking, the edge of the trees appeared and he found himself able to see for miles again. Taking her hand, it was time to speed up this trip.
About noon on the fourth day, they spied what looked like a long row of trees that stretched in both directions as far as the eye could see. Just behind the trees, a wall rose up, blocking most anyone from continuing south.
Teleporting to the top of the wall, the looked down on an interesting sight. A small town was set up below them, and on either side of it, fields thick with crops were set up. On the other side of the fields were more small towns. The pattern of town, field, town, continued along the wall, as far as they could see.
Each town was set up with mostly 3-5 story apartments and storage buildings. Beyond the towns and fields, further south, there were signs and a wooden fence. Beyond that stretched the wasteland. Barren and flat to the horizon.
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