《Restarting life as a peasant》Chapter 7
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Scale economy, production line. I like those things. I mined a lot of iron, melting in my high temperature furnace in the same pot with carbon sources, which is charcoal. Then put them in a rough shape of knives. Then shape them into knives with my power hammer. Sharpening them with my water powered sharpening wheel. I got all my efforts results, I made 40 big kitchen knife blades with hardened steel. Then made 40 wooden handles with shaping those with my powered sharpening wheel, riveted them all. Making 40 knives took me just a week with 14 hour workdays. Doing it the normal way would have taken at least 40 days or even more with 14 hour workdays. I took my knives and put all of them in a crate. I was going to sell them, but first my mother's knife was old, probably older than me. A good steel knife worth more than a big sheep. So she had only one kitchen knife and it became quite worn out. I gifted her one of my knives, she looked at my crate “So those were the ones you were working on?” Then she said “But old man Max doesn't know how to make hard steel, that's why he never makes knives. I smiled “Try, I made hardened steel” She took a sharpening stone and tried my blade. She was quite surprised. Father without asking take one of the blades and said “Thanks for the gift son” at that moment a tired Tim entered the home and he seen father he take one for himself and said “Thank for the gift bro” I looked at Sam and Ellen my older sister who looking greedly to my knives “Not even think about it, I am not kidding, I am going to sell them, no gift to you!” Then little Charlotte with her rag doll came in and said “Gift, I want a gift too” Ellen who is seventeen said “What! I am the blacksmith’s sister and in my dowry not gonna have a good knife? How heartless are you?” I unwillingly separated one of my knives, then Sam looked at me with puppy eyes. I said “Go ahead take one, but be quick, it hurts” He quickly took one. I lost five blades without getting single copper. While I pitied myself Charlotte started crying on the arms of Ellen “I want a gift too” I said to her “I am going to buy you a gift, when I go to town to sell those knives.” So she stopped crying.
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Tim and I got ready, he was coming too. Because he was going to buy stuff needed for land clearance. We had tools, things like ax, pickax, shovel, also we had two oxen as pack animals but he needed tick ropes for pulling the wood he cleared, he needed a lot of rope.
I didn’t want to go to Baldenburg, but it was the nearest and biggest city around. I would of course sell my knives village by village but that would take a long time. We call Baldenburg a city but it only had 10.000 people, you know middle age standards.
Before we started our trip, father told us to be cautious. He said "There are many thieves in Baldenburg but the worst you will face is guards themselves. Those guys will try to take as much as possible from you."
We started our trip at dawn, Tim said "Why take a whole bag of apples with you. Your crate is already heavy as it is. I said to him "You will see" Then I tied my crate to my back like a backpack with ropes.
Tim in the front I am in the back we started walking. While we walked I practiced my first magic skill with a small copper coin. After all my efforts I achieved moving small objects with my mana. I constantly float it, spinn it zigzag it with fast speed.
Road took us 6 hours of walking. When we came near to the town it was midday. I carefully put apples in the crate above my knives. He looked at me surprised. "Why are you doing that?" I said to him "If what I bring to town looks valuable the guards will want more bribes. By the way did you hide your money well?" He was more surprised "Was I supposed to?"I said "Duh!" He put the coin purse in his undergarment. It wasn't noticeable so I gave a thumbs up.
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8 324Until You Do It Right
The world ended on December thirty-first of the year two thousand and twenty, precisely at the stroke of midnight. The human race began to be systematically exterminated by the spawn of the System. We were given a chance to defeat them, to take back our place at the top of the food chain. We failed. The first to perish were those who bravely rebelled. The soldiers. The defenders. One by one, they fell. In their final moments, they begged for aid. Nobody replied. The next to succumb were those who feebly cowered. The deniers. The leeches. Together, they fell. In their final moments, they cried out into the darkness. Countless voices replied in kind. The last to decline were those who shamelessly ran. The deserters. The cowardly. Alone, they fell. In their final moments, they whimpered quietly. There was nobody left to answer. The final human to die was a survivor. A runner. As he died, he begged for salvation. His prayers were answered. He was offered a chance to save himself, along with all of humanity, and he took it. This is his story. “I sat in the dark and thought: There’s no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones.”― Neil Gaiman, Signal to Noise. I am absolutely new to writing and will take any and all constructive criticism. Please give feedback, it is greatly appreciated. I will update the tags as they change, and I hope that you enjoy this little story I'm writing! Quick warning: Seamus is intentionally a flawed character, and this story is going to explore those flaws and perhaps even change a few of them. I do not agree with all of his actions, but it is what it is.
8 250I Enchanted The Whole Forest
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8 72From the Ashes
Kadin Banto is a member of the Aspire guild, the best guild in the kingdom of Kahlona. His current contract starts out as a simple missing child case but quickly escalates in to a in depth plot to bring back the demon lords of old, and a Necromancers desire to cover all the lands in flame.This story follows Kadin as he moves forwards to fulfil his contract and eliminate the Necromancer. A battle against time to stop the Necromancer from reaching the plains of ash and opening a portal to bring back the demon lords and the horde is a secondary objective - the Aspire guild will always complete the contract and Kadin will not be the exception.This is the first chapter of my book, I am interested in feedback and thoughts I have complete the first 10 chapters and am still working to complete this - if it is liked and enjoyed I will post the chapters as I finish them.The world itself is a High Fantasy world with all sort of magical creatures, including Elfs, Orcs, Vampires, Demons, giant spiders, enchanted weapons, magical runes, and wizardry - almost every one in this world can use magic - but only a few specialise in it.
8 207The Interconnectedness of Knowledge
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8 126The Nightmare's Dream {Morpheus x Reader}
You are Lucifer's younger sibling, which was imprisoned by Lucifer herself for a century. When she learned that Morpheus, or the renowned 'Sandman' has been released from his imprisonment, she frees you, but with one condition, you have to make Morpheus fall in love with you so Lucifer could take over the dream world and the waking world in the process in return for endless freedom for you.Will you complete this request of Lucifer? or face the gruesome consequences?All the characters here aren't mine they are a property of Neil Gaiman, I only own some oc's here and Y/N. (All Rights Reserved)
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