214 Doing things the old way (2/2)
With a small nod, Arrora disappeared as the three of them made their way to the training ground.
As they reached the training ground, Knight saw some of the soldiers were sparing, target practicing with bows, and training their spellcasting with the help of Catalie because she might seem cute and harmless but she was a peak level grandmaster as well as a powerful mage.
Looking at his soldiers, Knight stopped walking
”What about some hands-on training? Don, are you coming?”
Knight planned to personally spar with his soldiers and replace the dummies with himself.
The evil grin on his face showed that the soldiers are going to have a hard time.
”Here take this and place it on your glimmer”
Reghys handed him over a transparent coin-like device as Knight took the coin and placed it on his Gillmer underneath his mane.
”What are you planning to do?”
Reghys asked Don
”Let's do some warm-up”
He said looking at the construction works happening where the dwarves were working.
Reghys nodded as they both made their way towards the construction.
”Your majesty”
”Lady Reghys”
”Me king”
”Guardian”
”sto's sep kine boss wen dotin ket?”
(what's the big boss man doing here?)
Along his way to the construction, people greeted him and Reghys with a respectful bow.
The houses looked more elegant now as workers had painted the house with pearl white and they finished attaching the glass windows. There were already at least a hundred houses on this block while he realized that he needs to proclaim this huge block as the first district of Everlight and name it.
The beauty of this block was the natural elements like the small trees at each side of the pavement, the gardens before every house, the water fountains, and many things the elves created or grew.
While walking on the pavement, Don noticed the small saplings of white orchards and figured out where Arrora spent most of her coins.
”Me king”
Dhurisr and the dwarves saw him walking towards them with Reghys as they quickly came running to him leaving everything on the ground.
”Guardian”
”How's the work going?”
Don noticed many heavy types of machinery and huge blocks of marble stones lying around the place.
The demihumans and the humans were trying to break down the huge blocks of stones into small chunks using their heavy hammer.
If he could use the battle energy, he would break down the blocks of stones in one go without breaking a sweat. The workers clearly had not reached the level where they could use the bound energy to do these things and it worked in Don's favor.
”It be going great, me king, in a few weeks all o' us wou' have our own home ta live an' that includes those little green buggers as well”
Though the houses made for the goblins were not as big as the others, it had a certain charm and elegance to them.
”I need to stretch my body so give me some work to do”
Stodemar was startled as his eyes went wide in shock hearing Don because how could he give and order his king around like he does with his other workers.
Obviously, Don noticed the shock in everyone's eyes as he calmly said
”In case you didn't know, that was an order”
”Me king, why?”
”Just give him a dam work, Dhursir”
They were reluctant but hearing Reghys and Don's stern look, Dhursir swallowed a mouth full of saliva and looked at one of the huge blocks of stones.
”Vukog, give me king a hammer”
Dhursir ordered the bull-headed demihuman.
The demihuman's big biceps bulged when he lifted the hammer and the hammer itself looked big and heavy. Only the strongest dwarves, orcs, and the strong demihumans like the one before Don could lift the hammer and break down the stone as the elves and others could not lift the hammer without using the bound energy.
”Heavy lifting and swinging, this would do, good choice”
Reghys nodded as Vukog put down the hammer before Don.
All of them were expecting Don to simply lift the hammer like a feather because a peak level grandmaster like him, it wasn't a big deal. However, when Don gripped the handle and tried to lift it without using any battle energy, he felt like he's trying to lift a huge block of stone itself rather than the hammer.
”Remember, don't use any energy, use only your body strength”
Everyone who frowned, noticing Don struggle , had now realized that he was using his raw strength and not the battle energy.
The hammer and the stones came flooding his mind with memories.
He almost forgot how it felt to lift heavy things without battle energy and the time he worked as a slave in a mine.
Remembering everything that happened in the mine, he gritted his teeth and put all his muscle strength to lift the hammer.
”Good”
Reghys knew he could lift the hammer without any help from the battle energy, unlike the others who looked surprised.
”It's time I swing this thing”
With the hammer on his shoulder, Don said, staring at the block of stone.
”Continue the work, he will bring the chunks after he finishes breaking them down”
Reghys waved the workers away and stood near Don to monitor him while he's breaking the stone.