Year 2, Winter, Third Month, Fourth Week.
Staying is too risky but
All Councillors had their own considerations, the last two months of relative peace hadnt been enough for everybody to recover. In their initial plan, they would still be in the outpost and they wouldnt have faced any battles. So, after three months of resting, they would be prepared to face the arduous journey and energy levels along the way. Fortunately, the creation of the energy detoxifying tool helped to decrease the cases of poisoning. Although it wasnt a definitive solution, as long as they had enough ti and control over the cases, nobody would die from it.
Reiner looked at Karl, silently asking him to present the solution they have been discussing earlier.
We might have an option to stay here for a little longer Using a HQ energy crystal, we could improve the reach of the locating tool to almost 20 kiloters. We arent sure about the reach of the communicator but its at least 25 kiloters. My idea is to use our 18 MQ wind crystals to increase the surveillance around our camp. If we stretch the distances we could cover 45 kiloters in the direction of the Kingdom and 25 in the other directions, which would an two days of notice
Oro didnt have to think too much about it to give his opinion.
If we stay prepare to leave at any mont, this could work Its a risk, but could work.
Next, every Head would have to give their opinion about the situation. As usual, Kanin started.
Unfortunately, we lost a few sacks of wheat and practically all of the greens we started to grow in the outpost, but we still have enough staple food for a year. We cant do a lot of foraging during Spring, but we could grow a lot of greens outside the barrier. It would take three weeks for harvesting, though.
For now, they wouldnt have a food shortage, but nutrition was still a problem. Katlyn was next to speak.
The Hunting Departnts situation improved a lot in these past weeks. We now have 160 healthy hunters and another 200 in training. Unfortunately, Winter is over and the number of beasts should increase exponentially. Well have to return moving in bigger groups and it would be very difficult to handle the security on the journey. If we could have another month to train the 200 trainees and arm them with enhanced weapons, our chances would improve trendously Another problem is the MQ beasts, we still dont have an efficient way of dealing with them, maybe if we could train and equip the special scouting unit
Katlyn turned to Karl, who could helplessly turn to his mother. Reiner stepped up to make her remarks.
The Alchemy Departnt is overloaded We have too many tasks and not enough hands to take them. We got a batch of 50 villagers that are interested in Alchemy and I started training them to help in so odd jobs to free the Alchemists, but theres only so much they can do to help Unfortunately, our planning was delayed by urgent requests and were behind on a lot of essential tools for the journey, especially in weapons
The Crafting Departnts report didnt add anything relevant to the situation. After they got used to the earth construction tools, they were confident to handle the fast construction of temporary shelters along the journey. Besides that, the crafters finally finished making garnts with the fabric brought by Keller and with the remaining beasts pelts. Sadly, their resources were only enough to dress the elders, babies and hunters, the rest would have to wait until they got more resources.
The Health Departnt also didnt add anything substantial. With rest and the new detoxifying tools, the number of sick and poisoned kept dropping every day, so every extra day in the camp would an more healthy people. The decision was difficult but not that complicated. All departnts basically reported they needed a few weeks to stabilize their areas, otherwise, they might end up losing many during the journey.
In the end, they decided to stay as much as they could or until the end of the first month of Spring. However, starting from next week they would be clearing the path for their next camp and everyone should be ready to move at any ti. To improve their response ti, the Council decided to make daily drills with different groups, after all, they couldnt beco too comfortable. Each departnt would also have its tasks to prepare for the journey.
The Alchemy Departnt would focus on producing enough tools to expand their surveillance reach before Spring ca. Then, they would push forward all the projects related to weapons and protection tools. The plan was to finish all hunting projects in two weeks and use the remaining weeks for transportation projects, which would improve their speed of travel.
Katlyn left the eting and went directly to the Hunting D. pavilion, she had guaranteed that the trainees would be ready to hunt in three weeks, so the training would have to be intensified. With Dianas help, she would also have to organize smaller teams of six and three to increase the surveillance around the camp. The plan was to prevent anything from getting close to the camp without them noticing first.
At this point, everybody in the camp knew they would be moving as soon as Winter ended. So, when they got the news that they would have so extra weeks here, everyone felt relieved. Now, more than ever, everybody had to work tirelessly to make their future a reality.
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Hmm
Johann felt his body hurting everywhere, he tried to stand but his legs were barely responding to commands, in the end, he decided to lie down a little longer. The ceiling was strangely rough and unadorned, the walls look like earth. Johann started to panic as he rembered what happened in the Forest. He was sure death had co for him, but sohow he survived. Why would his Master keep him alive while he failed to protect Thundery? Was she dead? However, this place didnt look like Sky Palace. For a mont, Johann even considered if he wasnt back ho with his poor family.
After a few minutes he tried to stand again, but his legs still didnt move. Instinctively, he started to use wind energy to complete the task, but he ended up being launched against a wall by the strong gust of wind that ford at his command. Confusion and pain kept him from realizing the differences in his body. Johann managed to sit down, still wondering when his affinity beco so strong and his control so poor. But then, he finally decided to check his body.
What is What happened to
In the place where his abdon was supposed to be, he only saw a grey crystal that spread all the way up to his chest. Johann gulped and hesitated until he was finally able to touch it. It took him a lot of ti to accept that a part of his body was now made of wind crystal. Without considering much, he stretched his right hand and started circling the wind energy to form a spell. The energy obeyed him without any resistance and the spell ford in half of his usual ti. The Wind Tunnel grew and moved forward at his command until it crashed and passed through the earth wall leaving a hole in it.
Johann looked at his hands and smiled.
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