Chapter 22 :

The faint moonlight swept through the ground as the beastkin girls woke up. Luckily nothing came near to attack them as Will had other things to do first. And seeing that the zombie guards weren't ripped apart by another creature, there didn’t seem to be immedent danger around them.

Blinking away the sleep from their eyes, the scene in front of them was rather shocking.

The entire black bridge now had handrails for them to use and there was for some reason a massive pile of “Purple Bananas” that was being transported by the two zombies and Will into the base.

(Oh looks like they finally woke up! Man that was a pain! Not only did I have to recreate these 5 zombies again and again, I also had make sure the bridge worked correctly….can’t be having them spiked by my traps…)

Indicting for the girls to grab a bunch of the purple fruits, Will pointed at the bridge with his tail.

Seeing that they seem afraid that there might be problems with the bridge, Will took a bunch of the purple fruits in his jaws and trotted onto the bridge. Moving from one end to the other, he placed the fruits in a pile in the center of the clearing and walked back on the bridge. Returning back to the other side where the beastkin girls sat.

(See? This isn’t dangerous! I’m sure that it can take all of your weights, even if you all get on at once….)

Eyeing their still skinny and malnourished bodies, as well as the layer of dirt and leaves covering them.

(I’m gonna have to make a pool or something for them the wash in….! Maybe I can make it out of fruit juice! That might work….)

Planning a method to create a bath, or something close to it. Will watched as the beastkin girls timidly stepped onto the bridge and tightly gripping the handrails to steady themselves.

Waiting behind them in front of the bridge, Will commanded the 3 zombies to fetch more fruits and take it to the base as the girls went over into the center of the clearing.

(Mewmemememe….I will make a SUPER good bath! Just you wait and see! Then I can swim and kitty paddle! Another PUURRRFECT image of CUTENESS!)

A adorable little kitty smile creeped on Will’s face as he strode onto the bridge and went to change his base more to have enough room to make a pool.

Stepping off the other side, Will looked at the girls as they stared around themselves. Noting the traps and dry “moat” around them.

Seeing that the entire place seemed to be filled with black spikes everywhere, they all looked at the white winged little cute kitty cat padding over to them.

The clearing only had about 2 meters in diameter of space left for other things, as the three layered defense took the rest of the space.

Deciding that the pool will be on one of the side of the remaining 2 meter, Will conclude that it should be at least a few meters deep and a meter wide. Just enough for the girls to wash off and him to cutely kitty paddle around to show off his CUTENESS!

Ordering the nearby 2 zombies that were guarding the fruit pile, he had them start working on digging the hole for the pool. Making sure to order them to dump the excavated soil outside of the base by swallowing it and then spitting it outside.

The idea wasn’t really bad actually.... That moat didn’t dig itself you know… it worked with such a big hole after all, by comparison this little hole is nothing.

Seeing that the zombies were getting to work, Will began his testing of useful water substitutes as soon as his 3 other zombies brought back the fruits they found.

(Let’s see...what if I take all of these Blue Grapes and crush them and then boil the juice with my flame?)

Making a foot long box out of black spikes, he kept the top opened so he could pour in the “Blue Grapes” and then crush them.

Throwing a bunch of grapes in, Will proceeded to smash and grind them with his little white paws.

The beastkin girls decide to stay a few feet away and watch as Will worked.

Mashing another “Blue Grape”, the juice form it dripped on the bottom of the black box and then instantly created a layer of ice. The ice traveled upwards until it completely covered the entire interior of the black box as Will continued to crush one “Blue Grape” after another.

On the 12th crushed grape, the ice layer completely covered the box inside and out, and spread even further onto the bare sandy ground.

(Alright! Time to roast this thing! Hopefully this will work...actually what am I really doing? Thinking about it what the point of doing this?)

Questioning his idea, Will decided that he might as well as do this, after all he did get this far already. No point of stopping here.

Taking a deep breath, Will blew a small foot long tongue of red fire on the frozen white box.

The tongue of flame licked the black box.

Then….

“BOOM!”

It blew up.

Coughing out the smoke, Will found himself surrounded by a blast crater.

He was at the center and covered on black soot, a feet outward from him was several feets of a frozen layer of sand.

The beastkin girls were able to escape the blast entirely as they were out of the blast zone so they were completely unharmed.

Will wasn’t… he felt like someone poured black ash all over him. How that ash even showed up is a mystery, magic maybe? At least he didn't really suffer any kind of damage….though that's another mystery….

Regardless, he felt dirty from all of the black ash covering him and desperately needed to wash it off. Unfortunately, he needed water to wash, which he didn’t have. Why else is he trying to make a water substitute?

(Damn! I REALLY need to work more for the bath now. All this soot is destroying my CUTENESS! ........Why did it explode? Shouldn’t the juice melt and then evaporate? Maybe this might be worth investigating into later. For weaponry… and SUPER MECHAS!)

Shaking as much black ash as he could off his body, Will proceed to test more combinations of fruits to make it even remotely resemble water.

“Red Apples” were instantly taken off the list for a water substitute. As for other uses…. MEWMEMEMEMEMEME! Take this pit trap!

The harmless “Purple Bananas” also were taken off, as they held no pure liquid contents.

So Will only had “Blue Grapes”, “Red Potatoes”, and “Spiky Needle Balls” that he could use to create a water substitute.

The “Spiky Needle Ball” actually have a lot of water inside it, once you get rid of (or eat) all of the outer skin needles. The fruit itself kinda seems like a smaller version of a black coconut.

Squeezing one and letting the juice pour into another foot long black box, Will threw in a leaf he made and watch as the leaf floated on the “Spiky Needle Ball” juice. After a few minutes there wasn’t a reaction.

(Oh? This might work! I think….can’t really risk it… I might have resistance due to my high level of “Poison Resistance” so I can’t exactly test it on myself…. I know!)

Calling over one of the 5 digging zombies, all of which kept digging for the past while. Will poured the liquid in the black box all over it.

Will waited….

-30 minutes later-

The zombie looked fine, it seemed perfectly alright! Great! But the time limit was approaching quickly so Will decided to check his mana level.

After the work he had done throughout the day, Will could determine that his mana does regenerate, it just took some time. Otherwise he couldn’t just keep making zombies without sleeping.

Mana : 12/20

(Alright! Then I should start creating more zombies! Let’s make 10…. 5 for now and another 5 to put in the storage. Yep, seems like a good plan.)

The beastkin girls saw that the white kitty cat stopped watching the cat zombie in front of it and was moving to the side.

For the past few hour or so, they watched as the little cute kitty cat worked to create something. After a while, they figured that it was trying to make some sort of liquid substitute, as for why….they had no idea. But from what they had seen and experienced so far, the white adorable little monster didn’t seem to want to harm them.

The next scene however shocked them.

“MEW MEW!” (Create Undead!)

Will’s mew created a black magical circle in front of him. Fading away, the black light revealed a group of 5 cat zombies, all ready to get to work.

(Beastkin girl #2) “[email protected][email protected]!3!”

She was urgently asking the beastkin girl who seemed like the leader, Beastkin girl #4.

(Beaskin girl #4) “@#[email protected]#$!”

They then all stared at the little kitty cat, the mysteries surrounding it (and its CUTENESS!) was growing larger.

Ignoring the commotion behind him, Will created another set of 5 cat zombies and then stored them in his “Undead Storage”.

(Ah...man I hate this feeling.. Everytime I put myself at just one mana, it feels like I didn't sleep for a month! Well at least I can create more than just one minion at a time...though I can’t seem to create more than 5 zombies at once….wonder why?)

Rechecking his mana again.

Mana : 1/20

(At least I got my math right! 10 zombies equals 10 mana plus one storage use equals 1 mana. Though I feel like 20 mana in total is barely enough for me to do anything….I can’t even create enough skeletons to make a group of 5. I really should get settled here faster and then leveling up all of my skills...or I’m probably gonna get eaten by something….)

Thinking of the future, Will firmly set a goal to level up after he finished creating a safe and comfortable base.

Turning around, Will commanded his new undeads to help out in excavating the pool with the other cat zombies.

Loyally following their orders the 5 cat zombies walk right past the frozen beastkin girls.

“Mew….meow…”

Yawning, Will looked up and saw the dark night, realizing that he had been awake the entire day working on different things.

(I’m gonna go to sleep...I feel so sleepy…)

Laying down on the ground he was standing on, still covered in black soot, Will immediately fell asleep.