Arpious of the Planes

The next job that we observed was the weaponsmiths. Both of them were men and they were pretty swole, but the leader was just a bit more muscular than the assistant. It seems they were working on making basic weapons such as swords, spears, and daggers. Occasionally they would make a shield but since they were kind of useless when made out of wood it was only to test their skills.

I picked up a spear and swung it around and it felt pretty nice in my hand but I felt like something was missing. I wanted to use a weapon since I have a human body now, but I don't really know what I should use since I've never picked up a weapon before. Soon after we left while saying a good job and in return, we received a nod.

The next job to be monitored would be the cooks. They were trying different basic recipes, or when I mean basic I mean, BASIC. All I saw was them trying to grill the meat in a different way to mix up the flavors. Both of them were slim men so it was kind of hard to tell the difference between them but the leader looked more feminine than his assistant. The assistant handed me one of the roasted Aqua Boas, and I was blown away even though it was still elementary, it was so good. I've only ever had raw meat since reincarnating and this was like eating a 5-star wagyu in Japan. I urged Kumo and Homura to give it a try and they liked it a lot but didn't have the same extreme reaction as me. I don't know, I just really liked it.

I hugged them while Homura and Kumo nodded in satisfaction. We walked away in content and checked on the next job, builders. I had a plan for these guys and even though I said before that they would-be builders, but they are basically miners as well. So they mine the inside of our cave and expand it while using that access stone to create buildings and houses outside of the cave. The leader was the most muscular out of the bunch and was pretty easy to tell from the other builders. We tell them where they should expand and give them some pickaxes that were made by the weaponsmiths. They were just rocks tied to a stick but they still got the job done. If there was a type of earth magic/control it would be so much easier. They start digging away and we check on the hunters that were taking a break from the morning session.

They were just sitting around doing nothing. Some of them were just inspecting their sword, spear, or daggers. I don't know why they are resting since they don't even need to eat or drink water. We walk up to them and the leader gives us a nod. The leader was a man that was not too muscular and not too skinny just perfect. He used a meter long wooden spear which fit his elegant and kind of noble look. The rest of the group had 2 dagger users, 4 sword users, and 1 other spear user excluding the leader. As we walked away after giving them a nod Homura felt restless and asked if we could go hunting since it was still morning. This was a perfect idea since I wanted to try and fight with this new body and try not to use any magic/control.

I decided to go hunting without a weapon in hand since the weapons made didn't feel right while fighting. We decided to head in the direction that we found the bears and try and find a new monster to devour. It didn't take us long to find a new victim to kill.

[Aqua Serpent]

[The evolution of the Aqua Boa. This species is only found near water and its specialty is in wrapping around its opponent and squeezing it to death] 𝒇𝑟e𝙚𝑤𝙚𝐛𝗻𝐨ν𝚎𝘭.c𝐨m

Holy shit... that's one huge snake. It's not like the trees were small in fact they were much bigger than the ones in my previous life around 100 feet, but this thing was enormous! It was about 80 feet in length basically wrapping around the entire tree. As soon as we saw it we stopped hiding behind the tree right next to us in awe. Instead of fear, it was more of amazement by how big and strong it looked. I quickly told both of my servants to step back and this would be my fight since this is the perfect opponent.

What was that saying again... something like the best way to learn is under the pressure of dying... that's probably not a saying. I tried to sense my wings and eventually it clicked, it suddenly felt like I grew a new pair of arms. I flapped them making me fly up into the air but my sense of balance was off so I quickly used [Flying Sense] and it felt so strange. It was an unnatural but yet familiar feeling to me. Like a natural-born swimmer, swimming for the first time. While I started getting the hang of it the Aqua Serpent was gone and already slithering up our tree reaching my height in an instant. While having half of its body wrapped around the tree it lunged its upper body towards me which I barely dodge. I use [Boost] which fills my body with power and I try and punch it... the bones in my fist shatters. I yell out in pain which echoes throughout the forest.

"FUCK, this thing is so sturdy," I yell out.

The Serpent goes in for the same move again which I dodge again barely. This time I use [Posion Secretion] and line my hand with it. I wave my hand at a speed in which the poison flies off my hand melting the serpent's hard scales. I then use [Thunderbolt] which a bolt of lightning forms in front of me, shocking the serpent's exposed skin. Using the opening from [Thunderbolt] which caused it to flinch I go in for a kick this time and all you could hear throughout the forest was a loud...

*BOOM*

I dented the serpent's exposed skin and crushed the organs under impact soon causing the serpent to writhe in pain and flop to the ground.

[2000 XP gained]

[You leveled up]

I slowly descend to the ground where Kumo and Homura were waiting for me with panicked faces. Once I landed on the ground a wave of pain fell over my hand. I immediately started whimpering with tears in my eyes.

"Master we should go back to get your hand fixed up," Homura suggested.

"No it's fine, I want you guys to level up so you can evolve soon. Don't you want yourself a humanoid form," I force out through my whimpers.

"Ok but we will only do this till late afternoon since I want you to get that fixed up," Kumo said.

I nodded in agreement and decided to leave the corpse of the Aqua Serpent there since it would be hard to try and get the meat with my broken hand and its tough scales. We then traversed around the area we found the Aqua Serpent.

Kumo was the first one to fight and it was a Barbed Tail Bee. She activated her moon tattoo and moonlight shone on her back. Then after she used [Moonlight Control] to turn it into the spear of light and porcupine the bee. She seemed satisfied with herself and kept looking at me wanting praise but suppressing it because of my condition.

[Servant Kumo leveled up]

The pain started to go away which kind of shocked me because the bones in my hand shattered which should have taken a long time to heal. It might be because of my new evolution and that it has enhanced regeneration... now that's overpowered, doesn't do much for the pain though.

The next fight was Homura vs another Barbed Tail Bee, do they have a nest around here? She didn't have many skills but was much more well versed in fighting compared to us because of her experience as the chief's daughter. She used [Body Enhancement] immediately and ran up the tree beside her. Once she got to the height of the bee she lunged forward using [Scratch which tears off the bee's head in one fell swoop.

[Servant Homura leveled up (x2)]

"Why didn't she use her [Fire Control]," I ask Kumo.

"You can only use control with things that are already existing but with magic, you can produce it with the skill," Kumo responds.

I probably should've noticed this when I could only manipulate existing shadows instead of creating my own.

Homura lands on the ground softly and we continue throughout the forest. The rest of the trip was just Homura and Kumo slaying monsters while I sat out. Even though the pain in my hand was gone, they didn't believe it and forced me to stay out of the fights. Instead of using my authority as their master, I complied in order to get rid of their worries during battle.

[Servant Kumo has leveled up (x6)]

[Servant Homura has leveled up (x9)]

We got back early in the night where the spirit elves were waiting for us. We all sat down and ate the aqua boas that tasted like fish until our bellies were full. After finishing our dinner we entered the cave which expanded quite considerably also with a raised platform of rocks that were in the shape of a bed. We snuggled on the still cold and hard stone floor or bed... I guess and fell asleep while hugging each other.