Saying goodbye to them Urist headed over to the wall where the dwarfs were slowly constructing it in their spare time. By now eighty percent of the wall had been finished and should be ready by tomorrow since they just needed to add the gate. By estimation, they should also be done making preparations for perimeter defenses in time before the bamboo seeding event started.

Walking outside the wall he could see that Lun and Ormila were working together, digging trenches around the base. They were also placing marked traps to catch wandering prey

while making sure incoming predators wouldn’t endanger any lives.

Good thing they listened to mark the traps, otherwise it would be disastrous if someone died in such away. The markings consisted of cloth dipped in animal blood since colored cloth was expensive on the market.

They were doing a good job so Urist decided to go over and give his thanks. Seeing that they were working on a trap he decided to stay away and let them finish as to not spook them.

After all, it wasn't a smart idea to disturb someone while they are working on something that dangerous. He didn’t wait long as they finished up fast and were about to set the next one.

“I see you guys are doing a pretty good job, do you need anything Lun? Ormila?”

Hearing someone calling them the two dwarfs turned around and noticed it was their boss.

“Boss what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be resting?”

“Instead of worrying about us you should worry about your health.”

Hearing the two worry about his health Urist gave a small chuckle and waved them off. By now they had climbed up the pit and were making their way to him.

“You know me, I can’t sit without doing anything. But do you need anything?”

Lun put his fingers on his chin and thought hard about if he needed anything now and came up with something.

“The only thing I can think of is me and Ariel need some tools to better work the bamboo, something that could easily cut through it would be nice instead of using an axe.”

“Hmmm, it would have to be a saw then. I’ll check out how much it’s worth and back to you on that. How about you Ormila do you need anything?”

“Is there any way we can make rope easier? I mean I understand why we make so much Boss, but it’s hard on the hands to keep making it.”

For Ormila’s request, Urist thought about it for awhile trying to remember seeing the tool that made rope quickly. He remembered that even in the modern-day that there was a tool still in use to make rope and it was called the rope making machine.

It wasn’t the most original of names, but the device was a thing of beauty that every old farmer and string maker would now about. It was a great machine, only it had so many moving parts that he didn’t know if he had the points to buy it. It would be better to instead make the machine by hand since they had a forge.

“I know of a tool, but it’ll cost a lot most likely, it’ll take a bit but I think we can manage if the parts are copper. Still, I’ll have to check it over later today, I’ll get back to you on it tomorrow.”

“Thank you, boss. Everyone would love to have that since making long rope is quite tiring.”

Talking some more Urist left the two with their own devices and headed over to Urtia the water mage and her apprentice Rytar. After taking these few days to learn and under Urtia’s guidance the fledgling mage had gotten the basics down and learned the water drain spell.

Walking up to them Urist had noticed that Rytar once black hair now had streaks of blue running through it. He wondered why there was such a change, was it because he unlocked mana or because he learned how to water magic?

The two were taking a break after expending their mana, making some rope to pass the time. They noticed Urist walking up to them and stood up to face their boss.

“Morning Boss.”

“Hello, Boss. Is something wrong?”

“No, no everything's alright. I just doing some rounds to see how everyone is doing, on that note Rytar if you don’t mind me asking why is your hair now have blue streaks?”

With his hair was mentioned Rytar touched his hairs in bewilderment.

“I have blue hair?”

It was Urtia who spoke up and answered Urists question.

“It’s nothing Boss, it’s just Rytar’s body adjusting to using mana. But I’m quite surprised that you didn’t notice that your hair was also changing boss. And judging by how much it’s changed, you must have gathered quite a bit.”

“Eh? What color is it?”

Rytar beat Urtia’s reply, “It’s like an orange-brown blazing glow boss. It looks really cool.”

Qrtia gave Rytar a look of displeasure toward him for stealing her thunder and wanted to beat him. Feeling his master's gaze Rytar decided as a wise man to shut up and stay silent for now. Seeing them acting so cute together Urist felt better knowing that his hair wasn’t that big of a deal.

“As my apprentice was saying... It does look good so don’t worry about it, it’s just your body getting used to the excess mana. If you feel bothered about it I can teach you how to change your hair color back after it’s settled.”

“Maybe I’ll take you up on that when the time comes up, it doesn’t bother me to change it. Oh right. I came here to ask if you guys need anything?”

Putting a finger on her lips Urtia thought for a bit and then smiled at Urist, “Actually there's one thing I’d really want. It’s a little greedy, but can you buy me a water mana stone?”