Chapter 115: Furnace
Ariel did exactly what Aric asked; she instructed that all construction work be called off for the day, and every worker should take a rest. The hunting team gathered food and a feast was getting cooked. Turned out the female ogres had a lot of knowledge on cooking, and where to find the best natural ingredients in the entire forest.
While everyone was busy getting the food ready, Aric met with Ron, Gunam, and Lucas. He stood amidst the houses, observing their work closely, and then after a few minutes of watching, he spoke.
"You guys really did a good job, that’s all I can say."
"Thank you, Master Aric, but it was your guidance that allowed us to come this far," Ron said, as usual trying to push the praise to Aric.
"Ron, learn to take pride in the work you do. I didn’t lay a hand on any of these buildings; you are the ones that did it. Yes, I gave you the materials that you needed, but even then you built on the idea I gave you and created something even better," Aric said. He didn’t look at them, he kept his eyes straight, still observing the building.
After he had gotten his fill, he turned around and faced them. "But now, a different task faces us, and that’s the road," he said.
"A road?" Ron asked.
"Yes, movement within the town is not going to be easy if we don’t have well-built roads. We need to build the roads for this village. It will enable safer and faster movements.
The issue here is that I can’t even begin to teach you what you’ll all need to get the road working, and from my guess, you haven’t fully learned how to read, right?" Aric asked.
"We are getting better, Master, and in a few days or so, we will be better," Gunam replied.
"It’s fine, there is no rush in it. Just do it at your own pace. That being said, I’ve found a way to enable that you’ll learn how to do things without needing to read," Aric said and suddenly pulled out a crystal.
"These are called memory crystals. They are really expensive and precious, so there aren’t a lot of them lying around. This crystal uses Mana and runification to record information and display it in a way that you can watch and understand.