| EliminatedANT: 0.00013 xp + 0.65 xp (age bonus) |
Chapter 6: 1 year old
| EliminatedANT: 0.00013 xp + 0.65 xp (age bonus) |
As thought, the age bonus was less than when he wasn''t 1 year old yet.
the age bonus was now only 5000 times the original experience point instead of 10000.
But it wasn''t a big loss as he couldn''t catch anything better than some small insects when he was 3 or 4 months old.
He as become stronger and that means he could catch bigger preys.
That''s why he went to investigate around the orphanage.
The perfect spot for now would be the creek next to the river flowing around the village. the small creek was closer to the orphanage than the river, it was full offishes and little animals living around water spots.
In a certain morning, Elise and Karl walked to the creek.
The water was shallow but there was enough water to have river fish swimming inside of it. It didn''t look deep but the water level would be higher than Karl''s knees.
"Karl, you wanted to have a water play here?"
"No, I want to catch a fish. Can you help me?"
"Fish? But we don''t have any tool. Not even a fishing rod."
"No but wecan tryto make one."
Karl took long ivy branches from the trees around the creek and made an improvised fishing net. It did look shabby but it probably was better than nothing. (Not like a baby and a small girl could catch a fish with their bare hands).
Along the creek, a bunch ofcarps were swimming. (*don''t ask me why and howthere''scarps in another world and not some weird or different races of fish.)
Helped by Elise, Karl tried to catch thecarps with the fishing net.Stolen novel; please report.
They dipped the net from a certain distanceand moved it very slowlyuntil the net was belowthe little shoal of carps.
"Pull it now!"
Elise and Karl pulled the fishing net made of ivy branches as fast as they could.
Most of thecarps managed to swim away safely but there were so many of these that the two kids still caught5 or4 carps.
"Karl, wemade it! Let''sbring these to sister Emmanuella and askif we could eat the carps for dinner and share with everybody."
Elise was a kind girl. Karl wasn''t against it as Elise was a great help to catch the carps and also becauseeverybody in the orphanagehelped the sister and the other orphans.
Anyway,before bringing the carps,they hadto bleed or killthe fishbefore their blood spreadsin the body due to the extreme stress. This way, the flesh could be kept longer and the taste was better as well.
However, the two kids were not used to bleed them.
That''s why,Elise and Karltookwood branches and smashed each carp''s head tokill them instantly.
| EliminatedCARP: 0.0021 xp + 10.5 xp (age bonus) |
| EliminatedCARP: 0.0021 xp + 10.5 xp (age bonus) +12 CREDIT |
etc.
One another interesting thing: even when it was Elise who killed the carp, Karl still received experience points and vice-versa. It seems the contribution from the beginning till killing the carps were counted in.
"Wow, I earned experience points, Karl!"
"Congratulation Elise."
"Let''s come back again tomorrow! Hihi."
So the two kids went back to the orphanage.
Sister Emmanuella was surprised but she wasn''t that surprised because children had to learn how to work and help their family in very early age in this world, like on Earth in the past. (*if you didn''t know,even less than half century, children still had to learn how to workand it is still the case in developing countries.)
With the carps,Emmanuella made delicious fish soup and everybodyin the orphanage could enjoy the meal.
The next day, Karl and Elise were preparing to go to the creek once again.
"Hey! Wait me!"
Chapter 7: Making Traps
"Hey, wait!"
Somebody has stoppedKarl and Elise who where going to catch fish today again.
"What is it, Remi?" said Elise.
Remi, 13 years old, was the second eldest orphan. He helps the nearby farmers to earn money (credits) and contribute to the management of the orphanage.
"You two are going to catch fish today as well?"
"Yes. Want to join us?"
"No, I''ll be off to work later but I wanted to give you some stuff before you go to the creek."
Remi had a small knife and a wooden bucket in hand.
"Take these. Yesterday, you said you needed to bleed the fishes but couldn''t because you had no tools. So here''s a knife to bleed the fish and a bucket to be easier to store them and to carry them. Oh and you can use these for other purpose to of course. Just make sure not to hurt yourself."
"Thanks a lot Remi!We''ll take care of ourselves. Have a nice day."
"Yeah, have a nice day to you too, Karl and Elise. I look forward to eat fishes again tonight."Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.
"Hey Elise. Why not try to make a fish trap now that we have a knife?"
"But I don''t know how to make one."
Karl knew how to thanks to the knowledge he had from his previous life (which he couldn''t remember details of his life but had kept the knowledge) but he couldn''t say that. So he had to lie a bit.
"I''ve seen someone in the village make one. It wasn''t that hard."
With the knife, the two children could build primitive fish traps in an easier way as they could cut branches with much less effort and could polish them.
As Karl was still weak, Elise was the one who did the most in building fish traps.
It took a while to maketo make two but now, they''ll need less effort
They placed the fish traps, one in upper stream and one in lower stream of the creek.
"Karl, do you want to catch fish with the fishing net as well?"
"No, I want to make rabbit traps too."
"Rabbit traps? Oh, I know how to make one. Jean showed me how to make one the last week."
(15 years old, Jean was the eldest orphan. He is an apprentice hunter and is not often in the orphanage anymore as he is most of the time following the hunters from the village and learn the job. Sometime when he came back, he brought a part of what he had hunted.)
Rabbit traps were easier to build as they were smaller. And soon, they had placed the traps with baits carefully not to leave their traces.
Now they just had to wait patiently.
Somewhere in the North-West of the Atlas continent...
"Now has come ourtime to revenge and kill all the humans! Brothers, We will wash our dishonour from the past with their bloodand we shall fest with theirflesh!"
GROARRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the biggest threat to the Humanity came back to life andthese unknown creatures deafeated in the past by the Great Heroes are seeking revenge.
Will the Humanity be able to fight them back?
[announcement] concerning update and further
Hey guys,
so you''ve probably seen (or not because nobody reads this) that it isn''t being updated since a while.
Well, it''s because:
1. I''m busy with work.
2. I''min the middle of an internshipso I have to learn while working = more work, less time
3. No more energyIf you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.
4. Not much motivation
So welp. Now you know
I hope to come back asapif I have the time, energy and the will (but that would take forever perhaps)
Or if anybody is interested to work with me, it''s welcome.
How? like mangakas who share the work between a scenarist and a drawer.
I''d plan the storyline, the settings, the characters, thebasic structure or such while a co-author would befilling the lines, finalizing the structure andthe story based on my plans and sketches.
If you are passionate to write and good to write but have very few ideas, we could associate as I think I have a few ideas (not the most original tho)
I plan a revenue share of 40/60 (40 for me) in this case (can be negociated), more details to see.
If you are interested, please send me an email to [email protected] or send me a PM on Discord.