Chapter 266: Beastmen (1/2)
Ten days passed since the battle against the Royal Knight and the Guardian Knight. Chief Rick rebuilt his new village in the bamboo forest. The area was partly safe since the beast that resided in the bamboo area was a poisonous snake.
It was a safe area as the Old Man Rick knew a trick to make the snake stay away from the village. It was an aromatic concoction that the poisonous hated, causing them to stay away from the village.
They just needed to spray the concoction every morning and night, every twelve hours, and their village was safe from the poisonous snake.
Tang Shaoyang and his party helped the villagers to settle in by hunting the poisonous snake nearby while the villagers built the house. Even though most of the villagers were women, they built their houses pretty fast.
Three houses per day, it was quite an amazing speed. But of course, that was just a simple house to protect them from the cold late autumn and sleep in the night. Ten days, the villagers had built thirty houses which were enough to accommodate everyone.
The two villagers on guard noticed Tang's arrival. They nodded their head and let him in while their eyes focused on the unconscious Selena on his back.
Even though most of the houses were finished, the villagers did not stop working. They had to build a warehouse to store their food during winter, gathering the woods for the winter, and more for the incoming winter.
This would be their first outside the city, there were many works to do for them to survive in the wild. Old Man Rick who was helping the villagers carrying the big wood noticed Tang's arrival.
He put the wood on the ground and approached him, ”How's it going?” Then he glanced at the unconscious girl on his back, ”Who is she?”
”My slave and also a Cleric,” Tang Shaoyang did not bother to hide Selena's identity from the old man, ”Also, make sure for your people to not wander too far from the village.”
”Oh, another Cleric!?” The old man was happy with another Cleric in their village. It increased the chance of their survivability with more clerics joining in, ”Why? Do the beasts outside get more aggressive?”
”No, but the Waskin Adventurer Guild called Diamond Rank Parties for the Beast Stampede, and from my information, one of them interested in the quest,” Tang Shaoyang told the old man, not hiding a single thing from him, ”Don't worry, I will stay in the village until the Beast Stampede starts.”
Old Man Rick let out a relieved sigh at Tang Shaoyang's last sentence, ”But are you okay? This is the Diamond Rank Party we are talking about, they are far stronger than the Emerald Rank Party!”
”You are worried too much, Old Man Rick,” Tang Shaoyang grinned, ”Leave them to me!”
After the short exchange with Old Man Rick, Tang Shaoyang went to his house. For some reason, his house was bigger than any other house around.
When he got inside the house, Elin and Delia were preparing something, food for lunch. The creaked noise caused the two girls to turn around.
Delia's facial feature frightened in an instant when she saw who was coming back. Her lips cracked into a wide smile while Elim smiled gently. Both stopped at what they were doing and approached their man.
”Welcome back~” Delia was about to pounce on Tang but stopped when she noticed the unconscious Selena, ”Who is she?” Her tone contained curiosity instead of jealousy.
”My slave!” Tang Shaoyang replied and put Selena on the wooden bed. After that, he opened his arms, and Delia jumped into his hug, ”So what does our lovely Delia make for our lunch?”
After her death, Tang Shaoyang treated Delia gentler. Of course, that was not just Delia but also the other girls. He waved his hand toward Elin to come too.