Chapter 493
In the mountain village, where night arrived early, the seasons seemed to change swiftly as well. When the arduous and relentless task of uprooting the tree stumps remaining in the felled forest was finally completed—a task both delicate and brutal—an early winter descended upon the village.
Too much time passed, and too quickly. In the face of such thoughts, the only thing Reinhart could do was simply what needed to be done.
He had grown accustomed to spending entire days maintaining Mana Reinforcement, doing it as naturally as breathing. Reinhart had reached a stage where he could even maintain it while sleeping, a state where Mana Reinforcement was always active without conscious effort.
Now that the second phase of uprooting the tree stumps was complete, the next task was to turn over the soil and sift out the small roots and stones. Once that was done, the work Luna had assigned him for the summer would be finished. Despite finishing the second phase, Reinhart was not satisfied. Taking up the shovel, he brought it down into the forest soil.
Clang!
Instead of plunging into the soil, the metal blade of the shovel struck the ground with an unpleasant metallic sound.
“...”
The early winter had frozen the ground.
Clink!
Reinhart tossed aside the shovel and picked up a pickaxe this time.
Thud!