I left the king alone in his chambers to give him some time to think.
I went to Ruz and Ruf's respective shops and got the items I need. I picked up Afal's armor. It was a black armor outlined in red. It looks like my armor before but slightly different. Yefa's armor was solely focused on defense. It had a thick layer of metal inside. It was so durable perfect for brawlers that has a short range. I then picked up her weapon. The gauntlet was massive. Its half as big as my Devoratrix. I wonder if she can wield this. Finally I got everything I ordered. My greatshield was insanely heavy.
"That's what you asked for. No refunds. I put the unstable ingot there. Try hitting it with this greatsword." Ruz seemed confident in his work.
I grabbed the greatsword from him which was Devoratrix. It had a better edge and a better handle. It didn't change much but I feel its better. I swung Devoratrix to the greatshield. And when I was about to make contact, *boom!* A large explosion erupted from the shield that I was blown away outside from his shop.
"Eek!" The other people outside saw the explosion and ran away.
Ruz grabbed my hand and helped me stand up. "Heh. Its nice ain't it?"
"You bet. That's amazing." I took everything, the other weapons and my new armor. It was the same as before but with a little bit of tweaks here and there. I then bid farewell to Ruz.
I then went to the market in Itz where they sell some livestock. I bought some wild boars and chicken. I put them in my bottomless box. Finally it had something to be useful for.
I went back to the village. I gave Afal and Yefa their armor.
"Thanks my lord." Both of them replied.
"No problem."
I asked Afal what his preferred weapon is.
"I could just create a sword with my Dark Blade anytime. But it consumes mana per second. I guess... A rapier? My father used it before."
"I see." He remembers what his father did but not who he is huh. "Take this." I gave him the rapier Ruz made for me.
"Thank you."
"No problem. I want you to train Grien's team."
"I will fulfill it my lord."
After that, I went to Grien and asked him to show me where the monsters.
"Ah yes." He showed me the room full of cages. Monsters they caught were low level. "Is there something wrong?"
"No, no. Hmm..." I took a look at all the monsters. 10 Orcs and 8 Giant Beetles. I decided to enslave them all. "For the time being, the beetles will be your mounts for now."
I then went to Lam's place.
"Lam."
"Welcome to our humble abode my lord. What do you need?"
"Do you know anyone that can craft armor for mounts?"
"Ah yes. There's only one kingdom near here that crafts armor. Its in Guyam."
"Guyam?"
"Yes. Its here." Lam then pointed at his map. "Near the locations of Galare and Hajey. All of the kingdoms near it buys the armor of their mounts here. There are more scattered around the world but this is the nearest and one of the best craftsman there is in terms of making mounts."
"I see. Do mounts need weapons?"
"There is no need for that except for centaurs. Centaurs are the only ones capable of using a weapon and a mount."
"Thanks for the help Lam."
The day progressed slowly. Ortov and his team is building and cooking for everyone every single day. Afal is guiding Gaia, Grien and his team to hunt for more food and livestock in the forest. I'm just waiting for the reply of the king then I can make a move.
Another day passed and the same thing continues. This time, I ordered Yefa to join the hunt in the forest. She haven't got any fight since I bought her in the black market.
Greta, Rize, Zeta and Precia, I told them to search for nearby villages. If there were any trouble I told them to disengage and retreat. Don't ever go into combat. I put Greta and Zeta in the same group since Zeta is a support. Rize and Precia were solo in searching for villages. They quickly gathered and wore all of their items and went on their way.
For me, I looked around for some low level dungeons. I found one which was for level 5-10 only. I needed to test something out.
I quickly ran to the end of the dungeon and killed the giant goblin in the end in one shot. I killed everything I see when I ran back to the entrance. I didn't get a single EXP since it was just a low level dungeon.
After that, I used the gate key I got when I was leveling up. A rift opened up and I was sucked in to it. The layout of the dungeon was the same and so are the monsters. But the difficulty increased. The recommended level of this dungeon was about level 20 and above. It doubled the level of all the goblins in there. But it didn't pose much of a threat and I eliminated everything in there in one shot. After everything was finished, a rift opened up behind me and I was sucked in. I was brought back to the entrance of the dungeon. I walked in the dungeon but it was the same when I first cleared it. Nothing was there. It seems this gate key is a way to level up easily. I wouldn't use it too much though. The level jumps insanely high.
I went back to the village and waited for a day, and then a week passes by. Rize, Greta, Zeta and Precia finally came back. Just as they were to do their reports, a group of humans came by to our village.
"Zieglind Reysh! Come out! The king of Itz wants to see you!"
"So I can finally hear his reply huh?"