Legendary Traveler: By Earning Progress Points I will Become Supreme!-Chapter 75: Changes On The Platform

For the last couple of days, things had more or less gone according to plan, and frankly, Aoni had quite a bit to show for it.

For Starters, what once was a snow-covered platform littered with multiple finished and half-finished projects was now a clean and neatly organized Camp of sorts.

In the direct center, roughly 20 feet outside of the Cave, was a newly created firepit, or campfire, encircled in stones. Having sent Glacia out on multiple occasions to collect vines and wood, it was now possible to keep the fire burning at all hours, giving Aoni and his summon a constant light source, even throughout the night, so long as the firepit was stocked up before bed.

On the northern side of the Camp sat eight large five-by-five square feet storage containers or, well, let’s call them what they were, big ass chest-style boxes, seven made of wood and one of stone, each one with a sign erected behind it labeling its contents.

From left to right, the signs read: Crafting Materials, Processed Hides, Salt stones, Energia Crystals, Rocks, Scraps, Equipment, and lastly, MEAT.

Of course, the Stone container was the one being used to store meat since it could naturally stay much colder than the wooden boxes.

Never before had Aoni felt so…well organized; even back on Terra, he was quite a messy person, and if you were to enter his bedroom, it wasn’t uncommon to find dirty clothing and empty water bottles scattered all over the place.

The real question was how long it would take before the lad began disregarding the signs attached to each container and started throwing random things into random boxes.

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On the western face of the platform was, of course, the path leading down the mountain, which, after the little experiment the other day, was slowly getting a new layer of snow, as the dreaded white shit had been melting upon hitting the ground instead of collecting.

Unsurprisingly enough, the temperature where the pressure had descended had originally reached somewhere near 80 degrees but, over the last two days, had dropped slowly, reaching its current estimated 63 degrees Fahrenheit.

As such, even if precipitation did fall in those areas, there was a higher likelihood of it being in the form of rain rather than snow. Still, that didn’t mean sleet or slush wouldn’t fall from the sky; it was merely that it would turn to water after a certain point.

Up next was the eastern side, as it was the area least ventured; Aoni decided that was where his processing stations would be located, i.e., it was covered with multiple drying and stretching racks, along with the large wooden arch he had created for harvesting pelts and meat from the Chimeras.

At the moment, there were over a dozen hides of varying sizes being stretched or treated with Brainjuice, and after doing some work, they would need to be left alone to dry.

And unlike before, where they were left in the open, Aoni had crafted some shelter for each drying rack in the form of a floorless gazebo…or, well, a few logs holding up a roof.

Either way, it was enough to get the job done, and the lad understood it wasn’t a permanent solution, but that didn’t mean it was ineffective in the interim.

With that being the case, Aoni found himself heading to the eastern side of the platform maybe once every few hours to inspect how far along things were.

If something needed to be dried, the Salt drawers were located there as well, and whatever damp or moist materials required to be dried could easily be tossed inside for hours on end before heading back to the racks.

Lastly was the portion of Camp Aoni was most proud of, and that’s the crafting area.

Nearly the entire southern side of the platform was enclosed with a three-sided building, much like ancient blacksmithing stations, where the outer wall didn’t exist and allowed easy access to individuals using the different stations inside.

Seeing as it was his first true construction in his territory, the lad had gone all out building it, personally picking out and cutting down the logs used in the construction of the open-faced log cabin.

Although Crude and basic, the crafting station sufficed when providing protection from the elements, and having crafted a few work benches, apart from smithing or anything that involved melting down items, practically half of Aoni’s current workload could be achieved inside the station.

It had work benches and tool racks, Although mostly empty, and all sorts of materials he and Glacia had gathered over the last couple of days. All it was missing was ACTUAL tools; sure, Aoni could use his knife or swords for most things; however, there was only so much he could achieve without things like chisels or specific tools for crafting like, for example, shears.

It was totally possible to use Vestr and Austr to cut pelts and hide, but being possible doesn’t mean the task isn’t cumbersome and overly complicated for no reason.

The same could be said about what the lad went through when making the planks used in the construction of the Crafting station, along with the storage containers outside.

Sure, he had found a few workarounds, like putting his blade between two logs and effectively turning them into table-saw blades, but even that was more of a chore than necessary.

Walking around the Camp with his hands behind his back and Glacia padding along by his feet, Aoni examined the fruits of their effort by giving a nod each time he passed something, in turn, causing the ball of fluff to do the same, even if she didn’t quite understand why.

"Everything is in order now, although nothing is hands-off or automated, it’s spread out in such a way that I can move freely and unhindered from one project to the next, something which would have otherwise been quite difficult, given what I am about to do…" While he spoke, Aoni and Glacia came around the southern end of the Cave and started walking in and toward the Flume.

The reason…well, that’s simple and could be explained with a singular line of text.

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Summon’s Available: 10/10 (►)

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Aoni’s Summon charges were full, and it was time to execute his first Multi-Summon!

Wearing a smile, Aoni walked into the Cave, where everything was pristine and orderly, before walking up to the blood-red artifact.

"Cross your fingers, do a lil dance, and pray we get you some new friends, Glacia!"

"GAOOOOOOOOO!!"