I woke up.


    On the floor.


    This shit happens way too much. Did some god somewhere curse me with fighting until I lose consciousness?


    I got up, every part of my body filled with exhaustion. The magic contract I made took a lot out of me. I also used that technique which messed up my body to knock some dude out.


    I also punched solid metal and brick, multiple times.


    I also did sleep on the floor. Which was harder to sleep on than concrete or stone for some reason.


    My hands felt shattered.


    Getting up had become a much harder task, but eventually, I did.


    I walked out the door, I decided to take a break today.


    Then I chose to make a kite.


    But what could I use to make a kite? Well, it was time to find out.


    I could try making a paper kite, but that seemed pretty time intensive, as I had nowhere to get paper, until I realized I don''t care. I''d just make it.


    I had learned how to make paper as a child from this old man.


    Something about trees.


    So first, I needed an axe. Actually, no I didn''t.


    I remember now, I once hunted this giant a.s.s boar. Like it was a decent size, a bit bigger than me. When I hunted it, it destroyed a bunch of trees. Now... where did I put it.


    Oh right, I put them back together. While cleaning up. How did I do it? Doesn''t matter.


    Well, luckily I knew magic. Or this''d be a pain in the a.s.s to get the wood.


    I wrote a long drawn out spell on the tree, to maximize efficiency.


    Then I activated the spell, while focusing all my mana into cutting the tree.


    Draining both my stamina and mana, the tree fell.


    I was a bit tired.


    By bit tired, I mean unbearably tired.


    So I took an hour long nap.


    Then woke up once more.


    I went for another which was a way larger tree. Decided not to use magic.


    Now, this tree was about get absolutely decimated by me.


    I swung with my not so mighty strength and it made a small dent. So just kept swinging.


    Eventually it fell.


    That was nice.


    Then I started cutting the bark and leaves off of the other smaller tree. Which took me a while.


    I then got the larger tree and cut it in half.


    I then used my mana to smooth one half out.


    Until it got surprisingly smooth.


    Then I took the other half and smoothed it out as well.


    Which took forever.


    My hands were in immense pain.


    But the kite was more important.


    I placed the pieces on the flat sides of the cut tree''s, I was going to use as huge tables.


    Then I spent an hour making the axe sharp using magic. Which s.u.c.k.e.d, as it took me so many failed tries.


    Eventually, it looked like a huge decent axe.


    Which I was gonna use to mince up the tree pieces into smaller pieces.


    I started thinking things upon the line of, ''Huh, I wonder if there''s an actual world tree. I wonder what paper made of a world tree would be like."


    Like, it''d be pretty funny, someone''s journey through countless trials just to get world tree paper.


    Huh, a world tree would have pretty good quality wood... like the best furniture. And the best door. And the best floor. And the best fire. Huh, I should ask Mono if there''s a super magical tree later.


    After quite a while, it was all shredded wood. Each about the size of a pebble.


    Which I was now gonna boil, but where would I find a giant a.s.s metal pot. F.u.c.k.


    This was gonna take a while.