World Seed

"How long have i been unconscious?"

"....The entire night." Rorik replied still fuming from the humiliation he had endured.

"KWEE! KWEE!"

"Really? It felt like i was in there for over a year... Oh, is my little Rin trying to answer too?" Aerwyn picked her up and began rubbing his forehead against hers.

"KWEE!"

"So cute, maybe we should feed you Rorik"s soul so you can talk too. What do you say?"

"KWEE! KWEE! KWEE!"

"You heard it Rorik, looks like we"ll be giving your soul to the much cuter and nicer Rin."

"...Human, you dare!" Rorik bared his teeth. Aerwyn ignored him and continued to nuzzle Rin in his arms.

"Oh be quiet ya overgrown mutt, i"m kidding. If i wanted to take your soul i"d of done it already."

Aerwyn thought the idea might have merit, perhaps not with Rorik"s soul but he remembered that Rorik"s soul grew a bit when Aerwyn fed him his. He wondered how the soul affected ones power. The trolls and goblins had the same sized soul but clearly if a troll fought a goblin, the troll would always win without a doubt.

Meanwhile the vosk don"t appear to be much stronger than a goblin yet their souls are larger. The different sized souls was something he definitely needed to explore further, preferably without being stuck in the darkness again. He would like it if Rin could talk, even Ren, although she hasn"t seemed too fond of him ever since he checked her gender. She often ignored him unless specifically ordered like Rorik.

He spent the last few hours of night playing with Rin in the city square, unwinding from his time spent in the darkness. It would be a while before his undead returned and he wanted to checkout the city walls soon. There was so much he wanted to do, but most of it would have to wait as the walls were the most important and he needed to fix them first if he planned to live here.

When the sun began to peak over the horizon Aerwyn took Rin, Ren, and Rorik out to take a look. They exited the north gate because he was worried there might be beasts feasting on the goblin corpses by the south. His mind was still fried from the events of last night and he just didn"t have the energy to fight anything right now.

Saying the walls were in poor shape would be a compliment, it was surprising that the east and south gatehouses were even still standing. The northern gate was stacked rubble that the goblins had turned into a mound. The same could be said for the western walls, it seemed like being close to the ma.s.sive river only eroded it further.

Outside the mound of rubble that was once the western gate was the sunken stone bridge Aerwyn had seen the night of the raid. He decided to take a closer look and see if it could be used in the future. Even if he had to stack logs over it to make it across, it was better than nothing.

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As he drew close he noticed a small stone harbor next to the bridge. It was in disrepair but appear to be usable. He didn"t know much about s.h.i.+ps but he a.s.sumed that all that was needed was a place to dock. He wasn"t planning on building an undead navy anytime soon but it might be good to have if the bridge didn"t work out.

On his side of the sh.o.r.e the bridge was sunken in giving it a steep tilt. The bridge only reached out for ten meters before breaking off into the river. The other side was the same making any thoughts of repair quickly disappear. Aerwyn figured it would probably be easier to build a raft to go across and let the undead swim.

"Hey Rorik, do you breathe? Would you die if you stayed under water?"

"...If i want to talk i must breathe.. I wouldn"t die under water.....master" Rorik added in "master" in a quiet voice leaving Aerwyn"s lips to curl up.

"Hmm... Oh speaking of talking, where did you learn common tongue anyway? I find it odd a beast could learn to speak... Well i guess the hobgoblins learned... Wait, where did they learn common tongue? I know Bon learned Millin but i seriously doubt Kabba or Velk have the attention span to sit down and learn a language."

"...GRRR...I learned Draexich from my parents. Barghests stay under the protection of their parents until they are large enough to defend themselves... I never learned common tongue... It was just there when i awoke after...you killed me.....master." Starting with a loud growl and ending in a whisper, Rorik"s pride was infallible.

"KWEE! KWEE!" Rin added as if saying that"s how she learned too. Aerwyn"s mind couldn"t handle how cute the little brexil cat was. He smiled at her before continuing.

"Hmm... What"s Draexich?"

"...The language of the demons.....master."

"Oh? Say something to me in it i want to hear it."

"Nil sasnurs uhr urssurr i"ar uh i"an a.s.sus sa rusu i"a zui"ahsuhrph" The language fit to Rorik"s demonic voice like a glove, so much so it made his skin crawl.

"ThThat"s something... What does it mean?"

"..." Rorik turned and stared at some fish in the river.

"You said something rude didn"t you! Tell me what you said! That"s an order!"

"AWOOOOO!!!....It means... "My torment is endless as i am forced to serve a weakling".....master"

"HA! Who"s the weakling? You got done in by this weakling so doesn"t that make you weaker than weak!"

"KWEEEEEE!" Rin took his side, shouting at Rorik as well.

"AWOOOOOOOO!" Rorik howled before taking off along the river. He stopped twenty meters away and refused to come any closer.

Aerwyn ignored him as well, the ungrateful beast ticked him off. If not for him he would be dead, and what"s more he endured that h.e.l.l that was the darkness so he could replenish the d.a.m.ned beasts soul. Granted, he didn"t know he would have to endure that torture but a good deeds a good deed even if it"s unintended.

They continued along the walls until they reached the worst section yet. The southwestern wall was completely demolished, probably during the siege that saw the city fall. Over a hundred meters of wall was a mound of rubble haphazardly put together by the goblins. Just looking at it gave him a headache so he continued on while making a mental note of it.

They were nearing the south gate so Aerwyn took it slow, making sure there were no beasts afoot before moving along the southern wall. The southern gates were destroyed during the battle with the goblins so that would need to be rebuilt as well. He didn"t have much to work with yet so he planned to close the other gatehouses and only use the southern gates.

Not having any nails or tools, his best bet for the gates was going to have to be a drawbridge of sorts and use the trolls to pull up the gates if a situation arises. The eastern walls were by far in the best shape. There was only two smaller breaches besides the gatehouse that needed to be filled in. All in all there were eleven breaches and three gate houses he needed to reinforce before the city would have anything close to pa.s.sable walls.

As they reached the northern gatehouse he could see a band of his undead enter the clearing. It was Kabba"s group and their timing couldn"t be better. He wanted to start on his little project as soon as possible.

"Master! Master! Kabba did goods right?" Kabab cheered excitedly.

"Yes Kabba, good job. You helped save me. Now i have a new project for you all. We"re gonna rebuild the walls... Well, as best as we can anyway. Two goblins will be in charge of cutting trees while one will cut the branches off. Once Velk comes back we"ll have his axe too and we can get work done more quickly. The trolls will be in charge of moving the cut logs into position. I want the rest of the goblins to be clearing out debris and once their done have the vosk dig ditches for the logs."

"Kabba can do! Kabba can do!"

"Oh by the way, we need rope to hold it all together. Where did the goblins get rope from for the gates they made? Did you make it?"

"Ah! No, Kabba no make. Bon make ropes."

"Hmm.. Ok i"m putting you in charge until Bon gets back. Start by clearing the east wall, it"s the least damaged and should be finished quickly. Then we just have to wait until Bon can show the goblins how to make rope."

"Yes master! Kabba will go now!" Kabba took off heading west.

"Kabba east.. No east is...that way Kabba." Aerwyn tried explaining before giving up, face palming and pointing eastward.