Chapter 599: Spherical Map (2/2)
Bob decided to transform into his lizard appearance and slept like a rock cuddled in Zero's shirt. Truen and Zero were swiftly introduced to the village as Pocky's saviour. The shipwright did his best to leave out as many details as possible but made sure to tell everyone that Zero was the Chosen One who needed their help.
As the leader of this village, Docky bowed and kneeled on the ground to show his gratitude.
”Heroes! Thank you for saving my brother and bringing him back to us. My name is Docky, and I am the Right Sea Hand. I heard that you have a request.”
Zero nodded and got straight to the point. ”We need to find Indra Seagloo. Won't you help us build the sinking ship? We have the materials required to build it.”
As soon as Zero said that, Truen started pulling materials from their shared inventory, and Pocky laughed at how his villagers were reacting with dropped jaws. However, he mirrored their reactions perfectly when he realised just how much materials Zero had prepared for one ship.
Truen and Zero continued to pile the wood and silk without stopping until they made small hills. The finishing touch was a huge mana stone that Zero harvested from the Kraken. The mana stone was even bigger than some of the sea otter folks, and Docky was dumbfounded. No wonder his brother said that this human called Zero was the Chosen One. There was simply no other explanation.
”That's the last of it,” Truen said as he chucked a particularly thick undead root to the top of his pile.
Zero sat on his stack of spider silk and wondered if there was enough silk. It probably would be enough for now. If they had excess, the villagers could use it to make better clothes. The shipwrights were dressed in rags, and some of them looked starved. Under Zero's watch, nobody should have to suffer.
”T-this is a little too much,” Docky stuttered, and Zero smiled.
”Don't worry. You can use it to build more things. Also, I believe you and your brother have a lot to discuss after not seeing each other for many years. How about hosting a feast to celebrate his homecoming? The food is on me, song and dance prepared by your village.”
Unable to refuse Zero's pushiness, the sea otter leader gave in and almost at once, the children swarmed around Zero, asking him questions.
Truen stealthily left as Zero tackled the curious crowd. He didn't like socialising too much, and Zero could be the star of the party. For him, the wood elf was more than happy to help with party preparations.
”Should I go for larger beer or dwarven stout?” he debated and placed an order with Zoe for a variety of squid dipping sauces.