When Elo woke up again, he felt a little bit weird. It was not like anything Elo had ever felt before. It felt like he was missing something, but at the same time, it also felt like he had gained something.
He didn't know how much time had passed, so he hastily gathered a few sticks and walked back to the clearing.
He was relieved when he saw that the other two were not back yet. It was still noon, so he went back into the forest again to gather some more sticks.
**
He was about to go back to the hut when he suddenly got a notification.
"Ding"
"Pegasus (easy) has been defeated.
The resources are being transferred to the leader of the team."
"You resaved:
-5 horse meat
-3 feathers"
-"Right, I almost forgot that I get all the resources. That's great. Now I know that they will be back soon. I can already light the fire."-
While Elo had slept and gathered the sticks, it had already become pretty dark. Because of that, Gorden and Ella were thrilled to see the fire already burning.
They had searched for an animal for hours, and even after they had found the Pegasus, they still had a hard time. Not because it was powerful, but instead because it had nearly escaped two times.
-"I hope that they will not realize that I already leveled up. It would raise too many questions."-
"I'm happy to see you two again, let's eat. I'm starving."
"Ok, if you give me the meat, the food will be ready soon."
While Ella was cooking, Elo and Gorden build the second hut. They had to take a break when the meal was ready. All of them were very hungry once again.
They had worked all day long and had only eaten one meal so far.
Once they finished eating, all three of them worked on the second hut until it was standing. Then, they walked back to the fireplace.
"I would like to sleep near Lara in case something happens. Is it ok for you two to sleep in the other hut?"
Gorden gave them a pleading look.
-"Maybe he blames himself for her wounds. What a noble man."-
Elo was about to say that he could sleep outside when Ella suddenly started speaking.
"It would be fine by me if you don't mind…"
She looked at Elo in a shy manner. He didn't think she would be willing to share a room with a stranger, but he would, of course, prefer to sleep indoors rather than outside.
"Yes, of course I am."
"Ok, thank you! Until tomorrow."
Gorden hastily went into Lara's hut. It almost looked like he didn't want to wait until someone changed their mind.
-"I hope he is not planning on doing something shady."-
"Whatever, let's go sleeping too."
"Ok."
When Elo entered the hut, a screen suddenly popped up in front of him.
"Ding"
"How do you want to call your new small forest hut?"
-"Why is it my hut? And why should I give it a name? I would I want to call it anything but hut?"
"Ding"
"Hut will be listed as your property, thank you"
"What was that?"
When Elo realized that Ella was still standing behind him, he took a step to the side to let her in.
"I really don't know, but it seems like this is my hut now."
"Well then, thank you for letting me sleep in your house."
She seemed to be a lot happier than when they had met for the first time.
When they both lay down, Elo had the feeling she wanted to tell him something. But when she was about to start talking, she realized that Elo was already asleep.
**
When Elo woke up, Ella had already left the hut, which was a good thing, because Elo could feel something hard in his pans again. And this time, it was not only the Power Stones.
"Ding"
"You received:
-2 Power Stones, gifted by Melady800"
-"Only one name is mentioned… I wonder who that is."-
The moment Elo left his hut, Gorden and Lara were also leaving theirs. Both had a big grin on their faces.
When they met in the middle, Lara suddenly gave him a big hug.
"I'm so happy that I'm still alive, I thought I would die when the gnome's fist hit me. Thank you for healing me."
"You are welcome."
When she walked along, Elo locked at Gorden, who was still grinning like an idiot.
"And what exactly happened to you?"
"Do you want to know the truth?"
When Elo nodded, he started speaking again.
"When she woke up, she was so excited that she kissed me. But I swear, that was not what I had in mind when I asked you to sleep in the other hut whit Ella."
He sounded ashamed, but his face showed how happy he was.
Then Gorden became serious again.
"Anyways, what are we going to do today?"
"I think we should scout the area around this clearing. We will scout in teams of two."
"Can I go with…"
"Yes, I'll be going with Ella. But don't forget, we'll need to eat something during our tours."
We will have to eat now and at noon, but we have to cook all the meat now because nobody in your team can make a fire.
The other problem is that I will get all the drops if you kill an animal. You would be able to leave the team, but even if you did, you still couldn't cook your meat.
Because of that, we'll have to meet up here again when it gets dark."
"Ok, that's how it will be done, boss."
Inwardly, Elo was thrilled. Just a few days ago, nobody had wanted to talk to him, and he had already been called boss.
-"It was really worth it to invest all my points in charisma. I'll have to invest a few more points, and then I will be able to focus on something else. I think magic sounds interesting."-
**
When the morning meal had been served, the group had eaten two more pieces of horsemeat, and Gorden took what remained. His team had the food problem, so it only made sense for him to take the last meat.
When they left, both men seemed to be pretty happy. Elo because he could be more or less alone for a while (he wasn't used to having so many people around him) and Gorden because he could be alone with Lara.
-"Hopefully, this is not a horror game. Otherwise, something would go very wrong for sure."-