Chapter 142: Farewell

Laike’s main job is mining stone, including marble and ore. He’s similar to Lyle in that they only switch to gathering other resources when their primary stockpiles are overflowing.

Doya is in charge of hunting and gathering meat. Since food is consumed daily—and with more and more people settling in the territory—there’s never a surplus of food that can’t be finished.

Dolly, while working hard to upgrade her repair skills, also uses materials to craft items Su You needs. After she finishes making each item, Su You pays her a fee for her work.

As for the three people who were just recruited—including the new wanderer with some magical talent—they now each have their own roles as well.

Mek is self-explanatory: a volunteer chef and part-time tavern owner, full of enthusiasm and happy to work for free. In less than two days as the tavern owner, he’s already shown an almost fanatical passion for the job.

Yousen is responsible for the farmland. After the tenth day, when the territory officially opens, Su You will have him start experimenting with cultivating new plant seeds. For now, his main focus is still on growing the usual crops.

Buguo is too young to do heavy labor like chopping wood or mining, and she knows her own limits, so she doesn’t push herself. For now, she’s responsible for gathering lighter resources in the forest, such as fibers, twigs, stones, and berries—things that are easy to collect.

Although these jobs don’t pay much, they’re enough for her to earn her meals and even save a little.

For a child with Buguo’s unique background, this kind of life is a perfect fit, and she herself is very satisfied with the current pace.

Of course, these are just Buguo’s side jobs. Her greatest strength can’t be put to use on a daily basis.

After all, merchants and caravans don’t come by all the time, but whenever they do, and she manages to negotiate a few deals, the rewards Su You gives her are enough to last someone else a long time.

So, not only will Buguo never have to worry about money in the future, she might even become one of the wealthiest people in the territory.

The saying “One big deal can feed you for three years” fits her perfectly.

The last one is You’ai, who is currently being roped in by Mek to taste-test dishes and help out (serving food, washing dishes, etc.).

In between helping Mek, he occasionally studies some magic (mainly when Mek is in the mood to teach), and in his spare time, he also takes on tasks like chopping wood or mining stone and sandstone.

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The tasks on the bounty board are still the same as before, with no changes. After adjusting the rewards and quantities for the old tasks, Su You also added a few new ones:

**[Collect Sand] (Repeatable)**

Posted by: Lord

Objective: Submit Sand (0/10)

Reward: 1 copper coin

Tools: Copper shovel (Rental fee: 2 copper coins, Deposit: 30 copper coins)

**[Collect Clay] (Repeatable)**

Posted by: Lord

Objective: Submit Clay (0/10)

Reward: 1 copper coin

Tools: Copper shovel (Rental fee: 2 copper coins, Deposit: 30 copper coins)

**[Collect Ingredients 1] (Repeatable)**

Posted by: Lord

Objective: Submit Stargrass/Vine Hemp/Green Silks (0/5)

Reward: 1 copper coin

Tools: None

**[Collect Ingredients 2] (Repeatable)**

Posted by: Lord

Objective: Submit Sand Snails (0/10)

Reward: 1 copper coin

Tools: None

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The first two tasks are for gathering building materials.

At the start, the only building materials are wood, stone, and marble, but as construction upgrades progress, more materials will be needed.

In addition to frequent use of advanced wood (composite planks) and advanced stone (composite slabs), sand will be needed for glassmaking, and clay for firing tiles and bricks.

The latter two tasks are for gathering food ingredients.

For the first ingredient task, you only need a total of five of any combination of the three items to complete it—it’s not necessary to collect five of each.

The second ingredient task is straightforward: ten sand snails can be exchanged for one copper coin.

All four of these tasks require going to locations Su You just explored this afternoon, so she made several copies of her newly mapped areas and posted them on the bulletin board...

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On the morning of the ninth day, Yun Li—who had been absent all night—appeared before Su You.

“Thank you, Lord Su, for your hospitality these past few days. We’ll be leaving soon due to some matters.” Although Yun Li had already had someone from the caravan inform Su You, she still came to say goodbye in person.

To show her gratitude, Yun Li also brought a box as a gift for Su You. “Lord Su, please take a look inside.”

Su You hadn’t planned to open the box immediately, since that would be a bit impolite, but since Yun Li insisted, she didn’t hesitate.

Upon seeing what was inside, Su You was pleasantly surprised. In return, she decided to reciprocate—she took out two items from her own backpack.

The first was a willow longbow, and the second was some jerky and dried berries—foods that are easy to store.

“This is a longbow made from willow wood, with a bowstring crafted from the sinew of a Black-striped Tiger.” Originally, this willow bow was meant for Doya, since her previous red maple bow had a rather ordinary string. At the time, Su You only used that material because she didn’t want to make another trip back to the territory.

After returning from defeating the Long-tailed Crocodile, Su You found time to make the longbow Doya needed.

She had used a heavy bow against the Long-tailed Crocodile because there was no need for “kiting”—attack power was more important than range in that case, so there was less risk of wasting stats. But generally, in the absence of a light bow, Doya prefers a longbow for its range.

Just like with Lyle’s dagger, before making this bow, Su You prepared three pieces of refined magic ore... As for why not more, it’s hard to explain—enchantments don’t get more likely with more attempts.

Three tries: if you get it, great; if not, that’s just how it is.

But while Su You’s luck isn’t great in other areas, she seems to have good fortune with enchanting.

On her second attempt, she managed to make an enchanted willow bow, so she stopped there.

After all, there’s plenty of wood and magic ore to be found, but beast sinew is limited.

(End of chapter)"

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