Chapter 9: Chapter 8: Isn’t the last boss too early?!

-Alan POV-

After eating breakfast, we went to check on the pottery and as expected, it wasn't ready yet, but you could notice a change in its sturdiness.

Then I started processing the logs into lumber that will be needed for the cave upgrade and the creation of the warehouse.

The process is quite simple, even more in the modern era, with all the metal-powered tools you can find anywhere and the abundance of electricity and other sources of energy.

But in my case, first I had to clash stones until they were sharp enough to start cutting the logs.

Then I built a wood support, to maintain the log horizontally and avoid unwanted movement. Afterward, I deposited the first log on top, and the set-up was ready to go.

At last, I made a modest seat for me to rest and not always be standing up, and I took off, beginning to take out the surrounding bark of the first log.

It was tiring as always, not going to lie. The worst part, was not having water somewhere close… I had to do field trips every twenty minutes, or otherwise, I would end up suffocating. I can't stop thanking my past me, for making pottery the first point on the to-do list.

Well, after three hours I thought I had sufficient planks to start covering the cave and so, I began with the real objective of the second point.

The problem here was, that each piece I put together was very feeble, and just stepping on it or touching it was sufficient to make it crumble.

I solved this problem by adjusting the lumber planks as if they were pieces of a puzzle. That made a temporary solution I would take care of later, once I could transport mud to the cave (using the newly created bowls in the drying process).

I wasn't able to cover the cave because I had to leave some lumber for the warehouse, but I think it gave quite the charm to the cave's appearance.

*Mreow Mrreow!*

Hikari also seemed pleased with this quality of life improvement.

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Despite the covering of the cave being time-consuming, it didn't have room for too much thought. I am pointing this out because the warehouse does have an engineering difficulty it needs to solve with its design. The warehouse must be waterproof.

"Otherwise, it loses all its meaning!"

In the warehouse, I will be storing all kinds of dry materials, and if they get wet, well… You get the idea…

Even though I am saying this, the answer is not that hard to find out. You must build the roof leaned toward the ground, and in between planks you should include grass mixed with mud, as to prevent water leakages.

Later on, I will be mass transporting mud for the cave, but before then, the warehouse roof takes priority. It's only for the roof slits, so there is no need for large amounts of mud, and you never know when or where it's going to rain without meteorological services.

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Other than that, for now, I will just create a platform to avoid the materials touching the ground.

This is going to take a while…

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The process of processing the logs into lumber wasn't anything new, but this time, as I needed to shape the lumber in different, more precise shapes than standard-sized planks, I wished I had metal tools. Most of all, a saw. That's why even thought I saved up some planks for the warehouse, because of some 'necessary' failures I ended up needing to produce more.

In reality, it wasn't that big of a deal now, because the stone axe had already taken a very sharp edge with all the work from before, and with each swing I took, the sharper it became.

I was already finishing the final touches for the warehouse stable supports and loading it up, when suddenly Hikari started scanning her surroundings in expectation.

"What happened Hikari?"

Did she see something move?

Maybe she wanted to go for a hunt?

Unfortunately, my predictions were far from the truth.

She started shivering as she turned her head at me.

She was looking frightened.

And then I also heard it.

*Stomp*

It was as if a giant landed his foot on the ground. I even thought for a moment it might also be an earthquake.

The furthest trees from the base started falling, one after the other.

And then I saw it. A gigantic bear-looking beast. His height was about three and a half meters, I could see it even clearer as he was walking on his two feet. All his body was covered in scars, and his left eye wasn't anywhere to be found, in his place a white scar covered the emptiness.

That… That is not a beast from Earth.

This beast is from another world.