There is a good reason that the filming crew chose the land besides his grandfather’s house to build their tents. The next plot was a fallen house, full of debris. After arranging rain catchers, Eric returned home, changed his clothes.
When he came out, the filming crew could see his preparation.
“ Grandson ! Are you going to an apocalyptic shoot out ? “ they asked humorously.
“ It could very well be an apocalyptic shoot out. “ Eric answered, his voice muffled through the mask.
He wore sturdy ranger boots, with leather overalls on a turtleneck. His nose is covered with a mask, his eyes are covered with sunglasses, his head is covered with a wide brim hat.
The filming crew followed him.
Eric first cut a giant fire break through the overgrown grass beside the fallen house. Just in time when he finished that, he retrieved water from the catchers. He poured it on the outer grass, leaving the inside dry. Then, he lit the inside on fire, stood at the entrance with the shovel and crowbar in hand.
The moment a rabbit jumped out of the fire, he hammered the rabbit at lightning speed. Same thing happened to the snakes that jumped on him. In the end, he was able to harvest two rabbits and three snakes.
He sent them straight to his mother for processing. Growing up on the island, his mother is more than familiar with dressing and cooking game animals on the island.
When he started lifting the rocks into the wheelbarrow, to throw them away, the film crew left him and went to his mother, to film her dealing with the rabbit.
While their concentration is on the other side, Eric cleaned up the entire place by storing the stones in his item box, and kicking down any unburnt poles. The house is built on rammed earth. There were not many critters on the land, not even termites.
Even so, he turned up the land of the entire plot, then burned it once more making sure there are no unwanted visitors on this land. By this time, the film crew returned. They caught the tail end of his work by turning up the piece of land. Looking at his progress, the film crew dropped their jaws once more.
This time around, a cameraman stuck to him like glue. Eric just lifted up the gigantic flat roller, set it on the ground.
“ Can it be lifted ? “ The cameraman asked with surprise.
One of the directors came and tried to move the roller. It does not move.
Eric just put a leather cord on the ends of the roller, and started dragging it on the ground after flattening it with a rake. Wherever the roller passed by, only perfectly level land remained.
“ Dear viewers ! Don’t look at it and think this is possible for each and every one of you. This guy has either practiced, or he is a hidden expert. There are no two ways about it. ! “ the director reassured viewers, zooming in on the leveled land, and where it meets the newly leveled land in a perfect straight line, leaving no gaps. He even prepared a place with slanted leveling to be used as the shower area.
“ Grand son ! Are you immortal ? “ The director asked after getting almost hypnotized by the perfect lines of roller leveling.
“ I am just a high school student, and the very filial grandson of my grandfather. “ Eric answered with a dramatic flair.
He very much regretted not coming back with his mother last time around. It is only after seeing the shabby shack did he understand the difficulties of his mother, and grandparents. His paternal grandmother had always looked down on his mom. Fortunately, his father was not blind, so she lived an okay life. However, looking at his grandfather, Eric understood how progressive and loving his grandfather was for his mother to be what she is right now.
No wonder she was depressed when she heard grandmother was injured. In these boonies, where there is no communication, no boat, how much his grandmother would have suffered with an injury ? How lonely his grandfather must have been after his grandma left ? It is a suffering he would not wish on his worst enemy.
This time around, they will not have such a day. Eric vowed to himself.
Soon, the camping ground will be ready. Eric pitched the gigantic family tent by himself.
By this time, his mother called.
“ Eric, come have dinner. “ his mother called him.
There’s potato rabbit stew, meat buns and shredded potatoes. Eric happily ate two bowls of rice. They cleaned off the entire meat stew between them.
His grandparents have never smiled so happily.
“ Our little Eric is grown up. He can even catch rabbits now ! “ his grandfather gave him a rare compliment.
“ Grandpa ! This is nothing. Give me time, I will even catch a wild boar for you. “ Eric boasted.
His grandfather could only smile at him with all of his teeth.
The documentary team set up a camera and left. They are not here for a positive story after all.
His grandmother wanted them to sleep in the house, but Eric refused.
“ Grand ma, I specially bought a clear roofed tent so we can see the stars. “
“ This entire island is yours. What does it matter where we sleep ? Oh ! Wait ! In fact, why don’t grandma and grandpa sleep with us in the tent ? “ Eric asked.
Finally, his grandma agreed to sleep with his mother, while his grandpa slept in the house.
Eric carried over the water in the buckets at the rain catcher to the shower room. His mother and sister had a nice shower, followed by his grandmother and him. While his mother and sister were bathing, Eric was spreading lawn grass seeds in the open area of the plot. He set up a synthetic grass mat in front of the tent, so that they could wipe their feet before coming in. They comfortably washed up and went into the tent to rest.
His grandmother was shocked to see the set up inside.
There was a nice foam bed, in the middle room, there’s even Mimi’s cradle bed along with her blanket and favorite toy. His mother would question him how all this furniture arrived here. However, as long as she did not explicitly force an explanation, Eric would pretend nothing happened.
They slept comfortably that night, despite the roaring of the sea.
His grandfather woke at dawn as usual, walking over to the tent. He looked surprised at the grass buds all over the place around the tent, as well as how big the tent was. Just as he was thinking to call out loud, the grandma came out from inside the tent.
“ Don’t wake them. They are quite tired. Especially our grandson. “ she chastised her husband. Then, she took the lamp, walked over to the house to start cooking.
They both walked to their house, started on breakfast.
Eric & co woke up quite late. Eric has already used his digitizing skill on the island. However, he had no idea the size of his grandfather’s jurisdiction. The progress is still ongoing. Right now, he could only see it covered the entire tidal flat area and more. A sea area about hundred square kilometers popped up on his map, with every last animal from an earthworm to great white shark in the deep bay marked in yellow to red.
With his killing of rabbits, his experience increased.
He is now level two. As such, the map allowed him to mark anything from wild boars to swallow nests separately. In the night, it rained on the island as expected. The buckets he put under rain catchers are all filled with water. He stored the water in his item box. Thankfully, this water did not mix with the sea water he stored earlier.
First, he filled the water tank in his grandfather’s home, then he filled the shower room’s tank.
He took a refreshing shower with heated water, basted his body with the triple combination of moisturizer, insect repellent and sunscreen, then started exploring the island. Today's task is to find a place for his grandfather to build a new home.
He did not expect his grandfather to move to the city to live at this age. As such, his only choice is to make this island home as comfortable as possible, so they can enjoy the mountains and seas.
The island is in the shape of an oval. Initially, Eric thought the end of this village was where the tidal flats end. However, he realized this is not the case as he looked at the map. The entire oval is an atoll. When seen from above, the island is like an anime eye looking up. The outermost oval is formed by atolls and micro mud volcanoes in the sea. The mudflats make the black pupil. The volcano formed the center of the pupil to the left, indicated by the dragon maw mountain.
The sea between mudflats and atoll is deeper than the sea outside. The mudflats are relatively flat, creating a lagoon area. The land from the mudflats is made of this fertile soil from the mud volcanoes, this is something Eric did not expect. As such, this part of the sea is teeming with life. No wonder the little forest on the island could support a wild boar family.
The atoll on the outside curved like a dragon tail. The dragon head looking up is the volcano, then the dragon tail supporting under the it’s chin is the ridge that separates the inhabited area from the wild forest. He walked up this ridge, searching for an area that’s suitable for construction of the new house.
He found just the place where the volcano and the atoll meet each other. A small mesa formed here, creating a perfectly flat land. A bamboo grove on the right, a rocky beach under the volcano on the left. From the windows, you can see the endless sea, its white waves rolling. Both the sound of the sea, and the smell of the sea are quite muted here. The wind is blocked by the cliff face of the volcano.The only problem here was the long walk down the ridge. This path is very twisted. Thankfully, it’s still flat and walkable. With some effort, he could build a road. It would be enough for grandparents to drive down every day with an electric tricycle. The little nook is a divine location. The rock beach stood right underneath the umbrella like indent on the volcano. The precipitation collected in this indent. It comes down in short bursts of rain on the gravel beach. This drifted into the jungle forming a small stream. The bamboo grove is fertile, allowing for a small vegetable patch
A gigantic black mass emerged from the bush. There was a flash of purple, white and black, then pain exploded in his chest. He woke up on the ground, with his cellphone beside him. On the cellphone screen, the boar is stepping on his body. His bow and arrows laid a way off from the ground. Eric collected them into the pouch in the game. [ Malor ] [ A very powerful bow from an other worlder. ] [ This item has been gamified. ][ You can retrieve the item by taking revenge on the foe ] ‘ Damn it ! ‘ He thought too lightly of the hunt. Ancients are not wrong. Preparation is the key to winning. There is just something about that drum-like breathing sound behind his back, that rustling of bushes full of ‘popping’ sounds of branches breaking, that subtle tremor of the ground as the boar approaches that fills his heart and head with fear. Despite knowing it’s a game, he almost lost his wits ! ‘ I underestimated this task … ‘ Eric thought. However, if there is one merit to his chara
The first arrow did not go through the snout, the second arrow did not go through the haunch, the third arrow shot straight through hind legs, at the perfect location on the hogs belly. The gigantic boar took a step, fell on spot. Eric did not wait for the herd to gather its wits. Immediately, he started shooting at the fastest speed. The second in command fell. The third .. fourth … [ Experience +30 ] [ Experience + 30 ] Soon, all the hogs fell. Eric did not let go of the piglets either. He killed them with a single arrow. [ Experience + 10 ] [ Level up ] [ Level up ] Eric opened the panel. He is now level three, needing just forty more points to go to level four. For level zero to one, it took five points. The rabbits provided that. Level one took twenty five, level two took one hundred and twenty five. Miscellaneous creatures that died in the fire he set up for the tent gave him twenty points of experience. Now, the wild boars alone gave him seven hundred and ten. He ob
Eric’s mind is blank, but the muscle action is still active. Thus, despite being scared out of his wits, he kept scrambling up the rope. He spread his legs in the air, trying to avoid the dragon even as he scrambled up. The dragon horn passed right under his crotch, by a hair’s breadth distance. The rope slid sideways on the dragon. The horn headed straight for the cliff wall. Eric hoped the dragon would get stunned by it’s ramming the stone wall of the cliff, but the wall in front of the dragon was blasted into pieces like a mud wall. It seems there’s a cave in the cliff face. The dragon went sliding inside the cave, slowing down its momentum, leaving it without injuries. Eric, who watched the entire scene while hanging from a rope for his dear life, cursed the dragon. His reaction speed is still fast despite the curses. he twisted his foot on the rope, creating himself a rope foothold. He aimed the bow and became ready to shoot a piercing arrow. It seems the dragon was not i
As he watched, the water on the tail dried, slowly transforming into legs.Eric’s gaze automatically traveled up the legs.However, before he could reach that mysterious place, he himself covered his eyes. Then, slowly opened a small gap between them. He was too curious to be a gentleman at a time like this.Just a hint of it is visible through the gap between fingers.‘ Blue ? ‘ he thought, thinking that is weird, only to realize a fish scale slit skirt covered the little girl from her knees up. Its cut is a little risque, but it still covers all the parts that need covering. It’s a good thing he has become an expert poker face at thirty, otherwise, his disappointment would have shown.
[ Ocean Oracle ] [ One can read memories of any creature to see the past, cast their gaze afar to see the present, resonate their mind to look into the future. Are you proud of being a universal peeping tom ? ] [ Tribe Totem ] [ You have the power to control and command a tribe under yourself through the tribe totem. As if no one knows you are a Nepo Baby ! ] [ Water manipulation ] [ Every mermaid can do it. Yours is just a teeny, teeny bit better ! Damn , I wish I could steal all your talent ! ] [ Curse of Ariel ] [ You sit at home, pot comes from the sky. You will always get blamed, no matter whose fault it is. The amount of resentment turns in to mana power to help you. ] [ Guide ] [ You can guide any mermaid through the ocean. ] Those are the powers he could choose from. Despite the powers looking like a lot, in everyday life, she only has water element manipulation. Moreover, knowing the future ahead is not always a good thing. You keep seeing things from afar, you i
She rushed to the dragon horn the moment he said those words. Ursula extended her hand. Next moment a water piller the height of a hundred meters or so rose from the water. She moved the pillar around the ocean. On the shore, the filming team, who were slowly sailing in for the day, had the shock of their life when they saw the gigantic pillar. “ Film it ! Shoot ! Camera ! Camera ! Where are you ? “ The director scrambled, while the boat man started reversing the direction. “ Hey ! Hey ! We are not going back ! We can’t go back at this time ! “ the director screamed at the captain, but it was of no use. However, it was of no use in the end. The water pillar chased the boat all the way off the island, sending them back to the nearest Island town. Once they were out of the island’s periphery, the water pillar fizzed away in front of them. The Director wanted to return to the coiling dragon island. The captain of the boat refused no matter what, returning them to the island town.
“ I could do that ? Then … Okay. “ Ursula chirped happily. Eric nodded and put all the rest of the meat out, including the pythons and half of the dragon meat. The moment the octopus ate the dragon meat, it lit up, then shrunk into a small tennis ball sized creature. It leveled up countless times as it finished the rest of its meal. Ursula’s fish scale shirt gleamed with more and more luster as the little octopus ate more and more. “ You can stay here, and finish eating. Place marks of terra all over the seven oceans. That is my price. “ Eric told her, seeing as the feeding time is going to be long. Ursula bent ninety degrees to bow. “ Thank you, Apostle. Our tribe can live in peace now, thanks to your help. I will complete the task you gave me as soon as I finish feeding. “ she told him. “ There’s no urgency. Do it while combining it with life. I see you came here to be the savior of your tribe. Save your tribe first, then, you can finish the task little by little, as the circ