Legendary Shelter Survival Guide

"I am saying that we are going to have to think something different."

"And what do you propose exactly?"

There was a heated conversation going on between four men, they were all bickering about the ideas they presented and which one was superior.

"Let's have this meat trade thing going first then we will get to your proposal, Mike." John said, and after asking for a vote and getting the positive points on Lucas's proposal.

The four of them agreed and went to the group meeting that was fixed later that time.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

When everyone was present near the newly formed ventilated fire pit right in front of the shelter, Lycas found his cue and went on to explain what he had in his mind.

"So, you all already know that we need meat all the time. We have already established that fact a long time ago so I will continue further. We got a lot of meat in the storage which is typically enough to get us all away from the task of hunting for a while. That way we can focus on the sole objective of this second phase."

"Which is training and leveling our skills," Sandra interjected with seriousness.

"Correct, but there is a problem."

"What?"

There were many questions when he started his talk about the problem. Lucas found it good that everyone was active in the conversation which made it easy on his mind that till now, many if not all were up to date in the conversation.

"We might be okay food vise and also not need to hunt for a month or so but we will still need to hunt for food at some point and it isn't far," Lucas said making many confused as to what he was on about.

"Well, we are in a place where hunting is necessary, so I think it's pretty normal," Sandra said after taking a bite of the smoked meat ferociously.

The meat was already dried and not a single person was surprised that she was eating meat. A day ago, Haley and Sandra tied the meat that Haley made for the first time, and let's just say she didn't stop eating from her quota since then.

It was getting taxing eating that dried rimmeerroot again and again while everyone eat the meat and exclaim joyfully with every bite. And there was another reason, if before they chose to not ever eat meat.

Then it was alright, there was no bad thing with that decision but now when they didn't have a lot to eat aside from meat.

They had started to feel like a burden as Haley, Mike, and Sarah were getting extra rimmeroots in replacement of the meat, and for them, Lucas and some people had to go out and get it just for them.

So it was due time that they man up and eat what they get from hunting, exploring, and even scavenging.

"Yeah, hunting seems to have become normal right now but we don't have time. If no one has noticed, then I will burst the bubble for everyone. Since the two days that I have been training, getting my skills to level 2 has been easy but since then, I was only able to get a single proficiency percentage increase in a day's hard work.

So you think we have time to give for hunting? If you all want to go hunt and waste time then go alone as I will stay and survive this phase on my own." Lucas said in a strainghtforward manner having the attention of many. He said things bluntly but it made the others have a feel of what was happening.

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If others didn't notice then they were not thinking properly, but Lucas knew in his heart that if stuff were to happen this slow, not a single skill of theirs would reach level 5 which seemed impossible.

It was like whoever made all this was playing and segregating the ones who were taking things seriously and the ones who thought that it was just a big joke.

Lucas didn't know if things were real nor did he care. For now, the system had an upper hand in their lives and even one mishap would make them lose this precious life of there's.

"So where are you going with this?" Barney interjected which made Lucas sigh as the conversation was finally getting to where he wanted it to be.

"I have an idea that would help with this hunting situation so please listen to this carefully everyone as everybody's effort may be needed. We will start a small business."

Lucas said with a smile but others didn't really share his emotion. It was difficult as Lucas had just told them all that leveling was getting hard and now that everyone thought about it and looked at there progress percentage, it made sense.

"The business is simple, we will just contact other people who we know are in a group or are capable enough to hunt. With our skill, we are now able to produce well cut, premium quality, buffed meat pieces of creatures that are ethical to eat from. We will just offer these people the service of skinning the creatures they hunt and give them the finished product at a certain price."

He stopped and gave some time for everyone to align their thoughts better and after looking at their curious faces, he finally concluded.

"For example, let's take my father, he is a great fighter which shows as he just reached level 10. He may be a warrior but skinning and cooking is not one of his fortes. And after talking with my mother, there is no one there who is a good cook like Haley."

Haley blushed at the remark but became normal again to listen attentively.

"So what we can do is, we offer the service to skin the creatures that they kill and after we are done, we will proved them with the by-products like the meat, leather, claws, teeth and others after taking our cut which can range and depend on the customers's will. One might have a need of the mana stones like me but for some, it is trach and useless."