In the afternoon he called the girls and gave them the bows that belonged to the mercenaries as well as the two that previously belonged to the two noble ladies that died.
-When we are in the city or anywhere near other humans you need to only use these bows.
He said and pointed at the mercenaries' bows.
-But if we are fighting for our lives don't hesitate to use these.
Paul pointed at the bows that belonged to the nobles.
Also you need to learn at least some basics of archery since it will be a great help to you when hunting or fighting at a distance.
Both girls took their weapons and stored the better ones in their bracelets.
Paul took some of the arrows from the mercenaries and even though most of them were broken,their arrowheads were still usable so he used them to make new arrows.
His creations were crude but they were enough to practice as in the real fight they would use the arrows he had found in the spatial devices.
He demonstrated the stance and the right way to use a bow since he trained with it in his past life as it was the main weapon that was used to hunt beasts.
When he was ready he notched an arrow and fired it at a tree that was around twenty meters away.
It was a short distance as the bows were more than capable to shoot a deadly arrow at a distance of around 180 meters without using Qi and with Qi it depended on the bow and the level of the archers' cultivation.
Paul purposely chose this distance as the girls had no previous experience and the arrows that they used were of a bad quality since this was the first time he even made an arrow.
His shot was accurate even though the arrow wasn't flying steadily and he hit the tree trunk in the middle.
Then it was the ladies turn and they tried to mimic him which was quite effective as Paul had some minor corrections for their stance.
Their first arrows missed the target but he knew that it took a lot of practice to learn how to use a bow and even more to use it in combat so he encouraged them also reminding them that these arrows were not as good as they should be.
Mia and Maya keep shooting the arrows and soon they figured out how to aim them at the target with the help of Paul's explanation.
After that their arrows started hitting the target and soon the tree started to look like a porcupine.
-This is a great progress.
Paul praised the girls as they managed to hit the target at the forty meters distance soon.
-Thank you ,master.
Both girls said at the same time with happy smiles that they earned his prize.
What the girls wanted the least right now was to make Paul disappointed with them,so they always worked hard on anything that was teaching them.
They had no idea that it would take more than a failed exercise to make him feel disappointment.
The archery training ended at that point as Paul had another job for them and he would join them this time in gathering wood.
-But master we have a lot of firewood,why do we need more?
Maya asked.
She wasn't complaining,she just wanted to understand what they were doing.
-We have enough for our bonfire but we need a lot of firewood to burn the bodies of the people that we took the things from.
This is a custom and we need to at least burn their bodies as a burial for them and to let them rest in peace.
Paul explained patiently,he knew that she just wanted to know why they were doing it and not complaining as she was always a hardworking girl the same as her sister.
After hearing an explanation she got to work without any other questions.
Maya also thought that they received many good things from the dead and they owed it to the dead to at least bury them.
Paul had used earth magic to dig a long hole that was twenty meters long two meters wide and another two deep.
-We need to fill this hole with firewood.
He said with a tired voice as digging this hole cost him almost all of his mana.
Both girls nodded and all three of them started gathering the wood and since both girls had spatial devices now,the work progressed way faster than it would otherwise.
By the evening they managed to fill one third of the hole with wood.
After that they were all tired and Paul sent the girls to sleep.
-I will cultivate for a while and then come join you.
He said when they wanted to sleep with him again.
Both sisters weren't happy about this arrangement but there was nothing they could do about it since he needed to cultivate in order to be able to walk without his crutches.
Paul once again started to cultivate at the same place as usual but today he wasn't using a pill since he needed to strengthen his foundation and that required him to cultivate without any assistance.
The last night session has already given him a big jump in levels and he didn't want to overdo it.
As he started his cultivation he knew that this time it would be short as he was tired but he was also close to the next level and he managed to rise to level 36 within the span of two hours.
He stopped the cultivation and cleaned himself before going to the tent where he found both girls already asleep.
He watched them for a moment and laid between them.
The moment they sensed his presence they both hugged him and this time he hugged them back and went to sleep with the girls in his embrace.
The next day they continued to gather wood as they had a lot of the hole still to fill.
-Master maybe Me and Maya should go along the river bank as there is a lot of dry wood there.
Mia proposed.
After thinking about it he agreed.
-Go but stay together and if there is any sign of danger return immediately.
He said and continued to gather wood as the riverbank wasn't an easy terrain that he could travers as he wished with crutches.
He worked for the next few hours and he also noticed that there was a lot more wood in the hole when he came to drop what he had gathered.
-At this pace we should be able to fill it by this afternoon.
He said to himself and went back to work.
By the afternoon the hole was full of firewood and ready to serve its purpose as the grave site of the fallen mercenaries and the people they gave their lives to protect.
Paul had prepared a big stone on which he engraved the names of the people he would soon bury in this place.
This cost him quite a bit of mana but since he was still waiting for the girls to return he drank a mana potion and cultivated to purify the mana that filled his body.
There wasn't much to purify as the potion was made from food ingredients and it had little in the way of impurities.
He just finished the process when he saw the girls running in his direction and they looked terrified.
Paul readied his bow as he was expecting that there might be a beast chasing them,but there was nothing.
-What happened?
He asked the moment the girls reached him.
-We saw it…
Maya tried to speak but she couldn't catch her breath just yet.
-Master ,we saw the Dead breeder.
Mia said as she caught her breath faster than her sister.
Paul went pale when he heard her words.
-Where did you see it?
He asked a moment later .
-Near the place where you burnt the grass.
Maya said.
This meant that it was close as the field of grass that he burnt to cover their tracks was in around one third of the way from the place they found the bodies to their camp.
Paul did the math and he finally understood why it was there as if he didn't store the bodies then it would be the time for the eggs to hatch around yesterday.
This was bad as the beast was close and if they burnt the bodies now then there was a chance that it could smell it.
-Did it see you?
Paul asked.
-No,as soon as we saw it we hid in the bushes along the bank of the river.
Mia answered.
This was good news but they had to move now before the beast found them as then it would be too late.
Paul thought for a moment and considered all the options.
-Go to the camp and store everything into your devices.
Once you are ready, come back here.
He instructed the girls and they did as he told them without any questions as this wasn't the time to ask.
It wasn't long before they both came back.
-Master we stored everything, the only thing left is the bonfire.
Mia said once they reached him.
Paul wasn't idle when they were packing their things.
He prepared the corpses for burial as the fifteen bodies were lying in a row on the wood that filled the hole.