Chapter 52 - Operation Material Gathering

I parted with SIlica three hours later as I helped her level a bit. Before parting with her and exploring around tye first floor for now. Which I ran into Asuna while grilling wolf and boar meat. On some bone skewers with a pot of soup boiling over a fire. She was wearing a cloak and sneaking around the area. But once she saw me cooking for my group she walked over. While I was setting out some large wooden dog bowls. With wolf and boar soup in them for my companions to enjoy. While I had some grilled boar and wolf meat skewers with mushrooms. Along with other vegetables and a light seasoning of pepper and slightly spicy sauce.

"C-can I have some food mister?"

"Sure but that'll be forty yrd or an exchange of some sorts. As I did hunt and gather everything by myself really with these fluffy children help at times."

She seemed taken by surprise but thought about it. Accepting what I said was pretty reasonable and fair as she's asking my randomly to share. Yet she had to ask about the exchange part to see what I ment.

"What exactly do you mean by an exchange?"

"Well first off you can call me Chimera, and by exchange I mean. Materials, ingredients, information, tools, weapons, or even favours."

"Ah thats pretty reasonable, sadly I don't have anything like that on me yet. But I do know a friend who's going to become a blacksmith. So for now I can offer to help you meet her, also my name is Asuna."

Chuckling a bit amused I playfully say "Your one of the people who used their real name huh?" This made her stumble as my confirmation but I still handed her. A bowl of soup with a wooden spoon and two skewers to eat. Which she accepted while sitting down on the ground. Removing her hood before she began to eat the food. I on the other hand had never stopped chewing on a skewer in my mouth. While grilling up about twenty more skewers for later to eat. Asuna bought five for forty yrd though as she seemed to like them.

[Player Asuna has sent you a friend request! Do you wish to accept? Yes/No]

I accepted it and told her to contact me once she meets her friend. Then I'll meet up with them to discuss things about her little introduction favour. Thus like that she left to go meet up her friend who's very much likely Lisbeth. Though I stayed in the spot where we met up as I'll camp here. Thus while thinking that I set up a wolf pelt tent and furred sleeping bag. As night is setting in by now but while I was doing this an idiot tried. To attack Draco who was peacefully lounging about around the camp.

That idiot got tackled by a group of men who one of them. I recognized to be Klein so these must be his friends Dale, Dynamm, Harry, Issin, and Kunimittz. The one who was tackled was well Dynamm as his friends realized these fluffy critters. Are friendly and once they saw me they remembered I'm the owner. But as Dynamm tried attacking. I with a wooden spoon bitch smacked his head with bȧrėly any power. Yet it did twenty damage and my spoon became particles.

They were all taken aback by my aburpt spoon ȧssault. Yet when they thought of it it made sense their friend tried attacking my companion. So of course my attack was within reason to have happen. After clearing things up we sat around my fire and talked over food.

"So what are you doing outer here mister? Also why are there so many big things with you?"

The one to ask was Klein in a respectful tone as they already. Made a blunder and are now being treated to food by me. Though I made Dynamm pay sixty yrd to eat anything.

"Well I'm Chimera first off, I'm out here farming and crafting. These big children are my friends or well family from a different thing brought over. The biggest wolf like one is Myriad then there's the pups. Their names are Jackson, Halo, Mira, Ruth, Mystic, Draco, Fawn, Larve, Grundal, Sax, Prim, and River. The big feathery dragon is Chaco, he acts double as my mount. You all are?"

Hearing explanation everyone nodded their heads then. Hit Dynamm once again as this could of become an even bigger issue. Since I could hunt them for revenge or worse. Klein cleared his throat then introduced everyone.

"I'm Klein these are my friends Dale, Harry One, Dynamm, Issin, and Kunimittz! Nice to meet ya Chimera! Though whats up with your gear?! How are you already better off than us?!"

Hearing Klein I chuckle softly and explain to them that I made all of this. They all were pretty amazed but, I offered to make them at least some better weapons. For a price or exchange like what I offered Asuna before. No free labor from me everyone even friends must cough up payment! They all asked me to make them some better weapons and armor. To which I agreed but one of them went to the nearest place to get me metal. Once they returned I waived off their weapon fee for what they brought. Looking at what they brought it was ten ingots of iron, five ingots of gold, and six ingots of brass.

Pretty decent so I started to work on their gear for them. For Klein I made a simple samurai armor with a twenty centimeter long katana. Dynamm, I just made some simple reinforced learher armor and a bastard sword. Kunimittz, I made a hybrid samurai leather armor and a curved long sword. Dale got the same armor and a large scimitar. Harry and Issin got furred leather armor and naginata's. All made from materials from wolves, boars, and the ignots.

The total price for everything was fifteen thousand yrd. As the armor and weapon qualities are good. They paid me a thousand yard and promised the rest as favours. Since they didn't want to go completely broke so soon on the first day. So I agreed to these terms and added each of them as a friend for when I call in the debt bit by bit. Like that my first day ended off pretty peacefully with some camping buddies.