30 Chapter 30 (1/2)
Aerwyn and his undead reached Ardin well past nightfall. Since he was riding Rorik, whether it was midday or late at night, it didn't matter as Rorik could see in the dark like all his undead. He ordered Rorik to take the hunting group back out along with the thirty four new brexil cats and a few of the new goblins so that they could harvest the mana cores.
If he was planning on turning that goblin village undead then he needed many more souls and now that he had enough goblins, he could spare a few to go hunting. He separated a dozen of the new goblins and sent the rest to Kabba to work on the walls. The dozen that were separated he ordered to begin clearing out the underground passage Bon had shown him.
Unfortunately they didn't have any shovels so the goblins would have to break the compacted dirt and rubble with sticks or by hand. Making a mental note to buy pickaxes and shovels the next time he went to Setrhyn, he headed to his broken spire to rest. He began to undress but paused with his shirt over his head, out of the small slit he could see Ren playing with a string on the fur pelt that she rested on.
Walking over he grabbed the string and began to dangle it. Ren's expression showed disinterest but her eyes betrayed her resolve as they tracked the string while it skittered across the floor. Soon she could no longer fight back her instincts and darted after the string. Aerwyn played with her for half an hour before cuddling with Rin and going to bed. Aerwyn would never notice but Ren moved her fur pelt a little closer to the pair that night.
The next morning a boar carcass was sitting in front of the entrance way to the spire. While the fact the boar was on the ground wasn't really all that important he still wished for some civility in his life. Perhaps he'll have Bon make a box when he gets the saws from Marik, then the direwolves could drop off his food there instead of just leaving it out front like a dead rat.
He cut off some meat with the knife Tylin had given him before cooking it on an open fire. The meat was bland, he ran out of salt a few days ago and forgot to get more from Setrhyn thanks to Tylin's poison juice. The direwolves would have to drop off breakfast and dinner for the time being as he was already pushing the limit when it came to how long it took for the meat to go bad.
After he was done eating he decided to go and check on the underground passage. The goblins were quick workers and they had already made it almost two meters down. Aerwyn could see the stone steps and it seemed like it wouldn't be long until it was cleared. To pass the time he practiced his spearmanship nearby as they worked.
Only an hour had passed when the goblins punctured through the dirt to the other side. It caused a minor cave-in but no goblins were lost and it only took a few minutes to dig the little guy out. Aerywn sent a goblin each to go and bring Bon, Velk, Teek and fifty goblins, leaving Kabba in charge of the rest to work on the wall project.
Teek's work ethic was phenomenal like always and she appeared first with fifty goblins all endowed with bone armor while thirty had the new steel spears. Aerwyn watched her stand at attention and decided she deserved a unique weapon like the hobgoblins, he patted her on her bald head and asked.
”I'm going to get you a new weapon the next time i go to Setrhyn. What kind would you like?” Teek looked at him and then grabbed onto her spear like she didn't want to let it go causing Aerwyn to laugh.
”Pfft, you can keep the spear too. Maybe we'll get you a sword and shield that are big enough for you when you evolve into a hobgoblin. What do you think?” Her eyes noticeably perked up at the mention of evolving and she shook her head up and down really fast. It seemed to make her dizzy and as she stopped she was forced to use the spear for balance. Bon arrived as she recovered.
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”Hey Bon, how can we help Teek evolve? How did you Kabba, and Velk do it?” Teek once again began shaking her head up and down excitedly almost falling over this time.
”Master, she needs to eat and absorb mana cores. The stronger or the more numerous, the better. As long as her body absorbs enough mana she will evolve.”
”You can eat mana cores? Will i be able to use mana if i ate them too?”
”No master, people can't eat mana cores. Only lesser beings and beasts can, it said so in the tomes left behind from Millin. You would die if you attempted such things.”
”Hmm... Ok well if were going to be using mana cores for evolution's and trading them in for weapons we're going to need to be far more aggressive in our hunting... I may have another way as well but we'll need a lot of souls for that too.”