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Chapter 29 Homesteading in a fantasy world

My morning chores finished, it was time to get started with forging. I gather the goblin weapons and armor I have gotten, as well as one of them supporting plates that was left over from the plow build.

This was the biggest piece and was going to make the front end of the ballista. I started by bringing the ballista main block, as well as all the wooden pieces that I needed to make from metal.

I need them for reference. That will make my life a lot easier when forging. Thanks to t...

Chapter 28 Homesteading in a fantasy world

First thing I do after eating is to check how much tar I have. I will only need half a load of wood to burn to make it full, so I was actually done with tar making for now.

Even with the amount that I will take away for the clay containers, I will still have some tar left over when I add the poison sumac into the barrel.

I cleaned out the charcoal and then went on with my regular chores. After that I continued with building the ballista, but this time I moved into the workshop to ...

Chapter 27 Homesteading in a fantasy world

I started by finishing off all the pipe that I need, making it was quite simple. I just made a square cut between two different pieces of rock and then used the merging joint’s ability to combine them.

This finale got me a level in merging joints. It reaching level 2 is interesting. I think every skill, class and ability has different level up times some require more activity to level.

When I placed it, I made sure that the edge was at the bottom so the flow will be better. I di...

Chapter 26 Homesteading in a fantasy world

I slept in a bit today. I had an excellent dream about how I can improve my defences, I should have noticed it earlier, but the goblins struggled quite a lot when trying to cross the main support.

So why not make it even more difficult for them and make it slippery? The same with the spike traps, so climbing it will be even more difficult.

Before anything today, I took a bucket and some vegetable oil and soap. This will make an extremely slippery mixture but not so easily washed a...

Chapter 25 Homesteading in a fantasy world

As I followed them, I needed some sort of plan of action. I could try to ambush them on the way, but I think this will give too many opportunities to run away and then reporting what has happened.

But when they reached back to the bridge and saw the goblin that was watching and its dead body, I don’t know what they will do then

As we moved forward, I know that this will be a problem for tomorrow because when night started to come, and they started to camp, we were only about hal...

Chapter 24 Homesteading in a fantasy world

This morning after my chores, I set up the gear I will need to go into enemy territory to scout and, if needed, kill.

I brought enough food to last one day. I had to do some modifications to the backpack as I added some extra straps onto the side so I can secure my sword and extra arrows to the sides.

I can’t have my sword on my side because it will simply make too much noise in the brush, and it might make it difficult to climb trees if needed. Knife was still going on to the b...

Chapter 23 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Morning arrived and I could feel a clock on me, so I did everything as fast as possible. When the chores were done, I started to finish off the foldable walkway.

I needed to make some changes from my original design for the foldable boxes. I needed to make slot connectors I couldn’t use that slit method.

It would be too slow and too much could go wrong if I needed to assemble it fast. The change shouldn’t change the assembly time too much.

The hinges that connect to the ...

Chapter 22 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Next morning came through trouble sleep. At one point, I had to hold on to my sword to get some proper sleep.I was afraid that the goblins will find a way across, and the traps didn't notify me, or I didn't hear them.

But morning came, and I was not attacked by anything. I do my morning chores in a sombre mood. I will most likely not be able to leave the farm for at least a few days. If there are no more attacks, I will go back to a regular schedule.

After the chores, I decided to...

Chapter 21 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Morning came quickly. As I went to get some food, a weird pulling feeling pulled me towards my grandfather’s room. As I walked into it, I could feel the property map wanting to connect to me.

I walked to it and touched it as soon as I did it. The black and white map with almost no details starts to colour in. But it didn’t colour in fully just the places I have visited and it had a lot more details on it.

I’m guessing it happened because I reached level 10 in my frontier far...

Chapter 20 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Next day started with rain. Still, I had to do my morning chores. The female rabbit seems to have settled in nicely. Today I threw the chicken some grains for them to eat.

After the cheese making, I was left with a smaller wheel because I was getting less milk when done i had nothing else to do during the rain.

I could still do my training in the rain, but I decided against it just because. I decided to prepare the bow wood I got even if it will not take that long. For that I did ...

Chapter 19 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Today started with a surprise one of the cows almost didn’t produce any milk. I hope this means that she’s pregnant, but using the ability on her didn’t bring up anything new.

But I really hope it’s true getting more cows for milk is good. While making cheese is troublesome, its excellent long-term food and I think I actually might have an idea on how I can skip the everyday stinging nettle collection for rennet.

But for that I need to build a kiln and that’s a problem t...

Chapter 18 Homesteading in a fantasy world

There were some more eggs this morning, but I decided to leave them to hatch them. If I have enough chickens, I will have an extremely stable food source.

Having food for them will not be a problem after the harvest comes in. I will never be able to eat as much grain as I will get after the harvest. This reminds me that I also have to cut and dry hay for the winter for all the animals.

I continued with my training as I have been before, and the days went by quickly. On the 4th day...

Chapter 17 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Next day after my chores, I started with serious archery training. Had to get all the calluses needed and get muscles that are used during archery.

Back when I was younger, I was able to shoot three arrows a second using the technique of holding the arrows in your other hand so you can get to them faster. I didn’t shoot for my entertainment or hobby, but more for my job when I tested out the bows I made.

Still, I know the correct ways to train and get better at it. I just never ...

Chapter 16 Homesteading in a fantasy world

This time during my morning chores, I checked all my animals with the new skill. It was all to be as expected until I made it to the chickens. Just in case I checked all the chickens, but that led me to a surprising discovery.

Two of the six chickens were actually roosters. It took some chasing around, but I finally cornered one and caught him. I checked again just to make sure that yes, it was a male.

Name: none

Species: Grassland chicken

Gender: male

Age: 0

Chapter 15 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Morning arrived, and I really had to pace myself during my chores, because I really wanted to use the plow as soon as possible. I manage to hold myself back enough so I could to everything at a reasonable speed.

When I finally got done with chores, the first thing I did was bring the plow just beyond the vegetable field to where I was going to start the potato field. It was going to have to be quite a long field because I didn’t want to be too close to the river.

Now this was ex...

Chapter 14 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Some more eggs this morning I would let them try hatching them, but there was no rooster to get fertilised eggs so the current eggs will just go bad.

After my chores, I checked the forge for any damage and, as I suspected, it will only last a few more days of work before it's done. The crucible are completely done, all 10 used up. I will need to make a better clay mix if I want it to last more than once.

I started today's work by breaking up the smaller moulds. I extracted the two...

Chapter 13 Homesteading in a fantasy world

This morning I got more eggs, I really hope that they will start laying them more often. The clay still needed to dry, but it looks like a sunny day was ahead for me.

Having a free morning was a bit of a weird experience. Everything currently hanged on me being able to forge. The blower will be a permanent thing, the rest of the forge most certainly not. If I want to smith properly, I need to build a suitable structure.

I could try to plan out my future bigger builds. Like the sau...

Chapter 12 Homesteading in a fantasy world

During my sleep, I had an epiphany. I could use the shield to make a new plow. It will need to be able to turn over earth, so I can make new fields with it too.

I have the charcoal needed for a forge, just need to make a blower so I could make the forge fire stronger. It was time to start using the clay deposits I found. It will be a nice change of pace. I wonder if I could pull off a gear system for the blower that would make it a lot more efficient.

I have found two different ki...

Chapter 11 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Next morning, I decided to put cheese making back on the menu. It will take approximately the same time as my trip to the forest which I was skipping, so why not fill it with some good cheese.

Today I was finally going to start sowing some grains. After my chores, I started to prepare the fields. They were divided into 7 uneven sections with plenty of room in between, so you could bring your farm equipment back without disturbing the field and can keep a better eye on the fields.

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Chapter 10 Homesteading in a fantasy world

First thing I registered was the pain in my fingers. I tried to look down, but everything was hazy. I quickly wipe my eyes and that made it’s better. Looking at my fingers, I saw they were bleeding and I recognise those cuts.

When I first started with bow shooting, those were always the places that got hurt the most. Overtime you will get calluses and that problem is fixed but I have never shot with this body.

Then it all came back to me in a huge rush. How I was ambushed, how I...

Chapter 9 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Next day when I was back in the woods. Most of the traps were sprung again. Two of the traps were weird, the nooses were half constricted, but I didn’t find anything else "weird." Moving back, I still looked for activity and it has gotten lower.

When I got back, I started to select the fence posts. After I removed the bark and cut them to length. Sharpened one end and made a cut into the top.

I went and got a thick piece of rope to try and use my counterweight ability and see if...

Chapter 8 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Next day's chores brought a surprise. I got my second deer. I killed it the same way as the first one and left it to hang so all the blood will drain out. One more of that deer traps was disturbed, same with two of the rabbit ones. This was the most activity I have noticed. I got back to the deer and started to bring it back.

While I was bringing it back, I looked for more activity in the forest. Finding it quite easily, lots of new animal tracks. I wonder if it’s a migration season f...

Chapter 7 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Next morning after my chores I went to walk the fields. It always amazes me how fast nature takes over when humans aren’t around. Just around 1 week late for working this field and it already has so many weeds. No point in delaying now. I walked towards the barn to find my helper.

The bull was kind of use to me by now. I often gave him scratches, and he loved it. “Now listen here,” I have something that I need you to do. “I don’t know if you were around here when they used hor...

Chapter 6 Homesteading in a fantasy world

The next morning while I was eating, I started to think up a game plan. First, I need to collect the new rocks that have come up on the fields. If I don’t, harrowing will be hard and my farming equipment can break. I also need to find out what the fibre plants are actually called.

For collecting rocks, I will need to build a sled for the bull to pull. I would also want to make it multi-purpose. The sled part will be used for timber. I also want to build a cart that can be attached. Th...

Chapter 5 Homesteading in a fantasy world

New morning brings a new problem, rain. I still have to do my morning chores and still go and check the traps, because I wouldn’t want any animal to be too long kept in a trap.

That would be unethical. So now I was back home soaking wet and not able to build the bridge today. I decided to get some of the bigger cloth bags from a workshop.

Also, bringing the deer leather into the house. I wanted to make some big cloth backpacks so I could transport charcoal and other low weight r...

Chapter 4 Homesteading in a fantasy world

The next morning, my chores went well until I made it to one of my deer traps. I was not too far away from it when I started to hear movement. I started to approach slowly until I saw the deer that was caught in my trap.

When I saw the deer, I got the notification of a new skill basic trapping and it levelled up to 2 in one go. I approached carefully, but when the deer finally noticed me, it started to move even more frantically, trying to get loose. But all it did was exhaust himself m...

Chapter 3 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Morning came quickly. I started by peeling some potatoes. When I remember that I had cows that should produce milk.

I’m not much of a milk lover myself, But I also know that if you do not milk cows, they might feel uncomfortable.

Before I ate, I went out to the barn to find the cows waiting in the barn and what I assume were their milking spots.

Taking the wooden buckets, I started to milk them. They seemed happy, and I was also because I got another skill.

You have ...

Chapter 2 Homesteading in a fantasy world

Waking up as the sun rises, has been my way of life for a long time. So, I didn’t find it hard to wake up. Deciding to take my time I went to the kitchen to look over what I have to work with.

It was a one story building a long 80 square foot building. In the largest room in the center of the building is where the kitchen and the living room is. Off to both sides are 4 bedrooms.

It seems the main purpose of the living room is to use the loom and crafting space. There is a furnac...

Chapter 1 Homesteading in a fantasy world

“Son of a bitch why is there light”. I was having the worst migraine of my life. The last thing I remember was dying. Don't tell me the stupid doctors tried to save me. Oh, please don't tell me that. I told them that I don't want to be rescued and how did they even get to me, I was at my home alone.

My eyes were getting used to the light, so I started to look around. But nothing was familiar to me. The next thing to hit me was the god-awful smell. I've smelled that before, that’s ...

Life of a world tree druid Chapter 5

Taking the book, I try to open it, but it did not budge instead a prompt opened up asking me if I wished do learn the content of this book. Choosing yes, the book started to turn into light that moved towards my head. When all the light was gone blue boxes opened up.

You receive a skill Druidic rune theory 

You receive an ability Rune modification

The skill of druidic rune theory advanced to level 5

Do...

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