Time is needed. [Month 3 Day 25]

Right, I have my plan for the merchant guild so I can leave that at the back of my mind. Looking outside I would say that I still have most of the afternoon available to me to do as I please.

With some time off I think I will get a bit more training in, don't want to fall behind and stagnate in strength.

Can't fall behind Valret and the guards as even though I have not been working they sure have. Every day Valret has been working with the guards training them not only in increasing their stats but also training as a team and working better together. He also made sure to incorporate training their classes that they have all unlocked and making sure they all level that up.

I don't have much to do for the next few days until enough cards have been made so that we can go to the other villages and give them the cards.

I think by the end of the month in five days we will have enough cards to give to the elves and bring them into the system. So that leaves me these few days to train and then go back to visit the elves. Sound like a plan for me.

So, I get back into the past exercises and allow the days to tick past allowing myself to enjoy the short break that I have right now. I might now have been doing much, to begin with, but I still want a break.

After five days I had managed to make some good progress.

[Trained stat: STR + 25, : 35->60/100]

[Trained stat: VIT + 19, : 22->41/100]

[Trained stat: AGI + 22, : 30->52/100]

[Trained stat: INT + 43, : 111->154/∞]

The free stats are coming along nicely, I'm also getting closer to maxing them out.

I sure have come a long way from nearly dying in the woods when I first came here.

Name: Lothran

Race: Amoxler

Sex: Male

Rank: E

Class: Apprentice Fire Battle Mage (Rank 1: 3/5)

Level: 16/30

Health: 102/102 ->117/117- > 165/165

Stamina: 122/122 -> 140/140 -> 184/184

Mana: 414/414 -> 462/462 -> 96/591

STR: 65->75->100 STR: 25->35->60/100

VIT: 41->47->66 VIT: 16->22->41/100

AGI: 61->70->92 AGI: 21->30->52/100

INT: 138->154->197 INT: 95->111->154/∞]

WILL: 17 WILL: 0/100

Unassigned Stat Points: 34

Magic skills:

> Fire Control (Rank 2: 0/15)

Weapon skills:

> Great Sword feet control (Rank 2: 2/15 -> 3/15)

> Great Sword weapon control (Rank 2: 2/15 -> 3/15)

> Knife Throwing (Rank 2: 0/15)

Personal skills:

> Enhanced Senses (Rank 2: 3/15)

God the gap between WILL and everything else is just expanding and getting further away. I'm an idiot. Why did I not ask the elves about what WILL is used for? Right well, well I'm heading off towards their village with the cards today so I will ask them when I meet them.

So, we head on our way back out to the elf village going again with the trading team that is travelling out.

It's the same trip again so I recognise where we are going but it's quite a bland one. No encounters with any monsters as at this point, we are much stronger than the area and so see to have more intelligence than animals on earth and stay away from us.

Thinking about it we are already in the 4th month of this year. Time is going quick much faster than it was when I was living back on earth. Must mean that I'm having fun. I think it is more I feel more alive than I did on earth. Fells less like a blur of the same days repeatedly.

More like something new and engaging here and on different days. Feels good and freeing.

After finally climbing to the top of the hill I'm greeted by a great and well-expected sight.

A more proper village is finally here. They have worked hard and fast to build it up but it's looking good.

Mixes of houses are everywhere often attached to the trees that are all around. Some go high up into the trees right into the canopy whilst some stay low to the ground and even on the ground.

It's all organised with set paths marked with hardened earth which is just mud packed together to make it more solid. Walking around I find small fields around in between trees but all based around a large wooden building which must be the granary they have for the village.

At this point, I have separated from the traders as they have already seen this and are here for the trade. It's just me as Rex and Freya are at home looking after the puppies. But it's nice having this sort of lone time, the quietness, I can just sort of let everything go and not need to think or do anything at this moment.

I can't do it all day, but I think I can do this for an hour or so. A nice stroll before I must get to work. It's around 30 min in that someone finds me.

Almaien: "I see you have decided to take a stroll around the village instead of coming to greet me. How very mean of you."

Me: "It's good to see you too Almaien, how have you been the past few days."

Almaien: "Perfect, to be honest, losing the village sucked but we have managed to rebuild incredibly quickly. Having connections with other villages was very useful as they just managed to speed up the building massively. There is still much to do but it's getting there, and it feels great to have to be using my mind so much over the past few days."

Me: "How did you build so quickly?"

Almaien: "I would have thought that you would have figured that out by now. Come on Lothran."

Me: "Magic. Your levitations would have been a massive help."

She just smiles at me as she comes to stand next to me as we continue to walk.

Oddly enough it doesn't feel uncomfortable to walk with her in silence. It feels quite lovely just walking like this.

Me: "Oh before I forget I need help, what does the stat WILL do."