Homesteading in a fantasy world

First thing I noticed was that dryness when I try to move, everything hurt, but the pain helped clear up my mind a bit and remember all that had happened.

The huge battle and the lightning after that, everything is hazy. The fighting stopped after some close fighting and I remember something about peace. At this moment, I could hear howling.

And then wetness on my face. It was the wolf trying to wake me up. I tried to get up, but my entire right hand felt stiff and the same with my left side when I tried to move.

Everything was pulling and stiff whenever I moved, and I remembered the wound I have there were cuts on my legs as well, but those seemed shallow.

I tried to get into a sitting position, but the dried blood pulled at my skin, making it hard to move. When I finally got to the seating position, I started to take off my armor.

It was hard to use my right arm, and it was shaking with the effort. The wolf was watching me take off my armor, concern in her eyes.

I tried to not let out screams of pain as I pulled off armor pieces. When I finally got the gambeson off, it opened up the wound on my side again, luckily not too badly.

When I was now only in my underwear and everything else was off, I tried to stand and get water, but I didn’t have any on me, so I needed to walk to the well as I walked there I missed having a wall to support me.

Pulling up a bucket of water was a tough job and the wounds on my right arm tore every time I moved it. Every movement was a pain, but I still continued and after getting my first mouthfuls of water, I felt a bit better.

I stayed there for a bit, looking around and gathering my strength. It was hard to look at my wounds. I couldn’t get the correct angles to see everything, even my neck felt stiff.

I started to go back towards the house and into my mother and father's room. They had a big mirror that will help me assess my injuries.

As I opened the door to the room, everything was dusty. I hadn’t cleaned this room since I got here, and I should really take better care of the other rooms as well.

I wondered how many days I was unconscious for, but as I looked at the mirror, I would guess two or three on the way I looked.

My right arm has wound marks similar to lightning all the way up and also on my neck, on the right side of my head and my entire right shoulder, the back and front. These marks will most likely scar.

It would be a wicked scar, but I needed to keep moving this arm constantly so that I will be able to keep full mobility for it. It will be a tough job to do and work through the movement because every moment will be pain for a while.

The scratches on my legs were from some of that spear tips getting through my armor. They weren’t that bad and were already quite well healed. All of them had scabs over them.

The biggest wound was on my left side that the goblin chieftain or their leader in some capacity left there. This wound needed treatment and a few days of unconsciousness has not been good for it. I tested my forehead and I could feel myself having a fever.

This son of a bitch, it is already infected. I didn’t have any medicine to help. The only way I know how to stop it from getting worse was to burn it.

Going out and gathering the firewood, I took it to the grass beside the house and light it on fire. I placed my sword's tip into it.

As I took it out, I noticed the damage the sword took from the lightning strike. It had a small lightning pattern on it where the metal was melted a bit.

While it heated up, I went to feed the animals. If my fever gets worse, I will need to open up the chicken coop, the barn, and the rabbit cages.

I wasn’t going to let the animals starve to death if I died from infection. Just in case I was going to be out of commission and in bed for a few days, I put a lot more food than I usually do. I greeted the bull and the cows and when I got back, the sword was hot enough to be used.

I placed myself in a position that would leave the wound towards the sky if I passed out. Prepared myself well, I didn't let out a scream. But as I was finished, I could feel myself falling into unconsciousness, so I use the last of my strength to throw the sword away from myself.

I woke up to howling again and to the night sky. I must have been out for quite a while again. When I got up and got back into the house, I lit a candle to see how well I did.

I think I got it all. I took some bandages and wrapped it up, I took some more water into my room and laid on my bed.

But before I went to sleep, I needed to check all the notifications. Perhaps some of these will help me overcome my fever because I can feel it getting worse and I was quite hot now, but not in a good way.

Combat results

frontier farmer level 15 --> frontier farmer level 20(max)

animal husbandry level 8 --> animal husbandry level 10(max)

handyman level 8 --> handyman level 10(max)

fitness enhancement level 2--> fitness enhancement level 7

basic energy manipulation level 7--> basic energy manipulation level 9

basic spear level 3 --> basic spear level 6

basic sword level 4 --> basic sword level 6

archery level 6 --> archery level 9

basic combat strategy level 6 --> basic combat strategy level 9

basic mental fortitude level 1 --> basic mental fortitude level 6

basic stealth level 7 --> basic stealth level 8

piercing cut level 7 --> piercing cut level 11

counterweight level 4 --> counterweight level 5

new skills gained

basic throwing level 1

basic battle presence level 1

basic intimidation level 1

stats gained

Strength + 17

Dexterity + 13

Vitality + 20

Endurance + 9

Empathy + 2

Intelligence + 4

Got more stats than the level gain explains again. I can understand the throwing skill and, to some extent, the battle presence, but why did I get the intimidation skill? Class levels are also leveled up to max, and I was right about the limits.

So common classes will have a max level of 5 and will not get to the threshold bonuses. I know level 40 is the next threshold, so to make it there to I need a class above rare. I am guessing I will get those answers when I check the rest of the notifications.

frontier farmer reaches level 20(max)

strength +6

dexterity +3

vitality +6

endurance +3

free points gained +15

perk is gained ability plant manipulation

max level reached choose a specialisation (specialisation locks class upgraded)

animal husbandry level 10(max)

Strength +2

Dexterity +2

Vitality +2

Empathy +2

free points gained +5

perk is gained trait animal connection

max level reached choose a specialisation (specialisation locks class upgraded)

handyman level 10(max)

Strength +2

Dexterity +2

Vitality +2

Intelligence +2

free points gained +5

perk is gained trait material intuition

max level reached choose a specialisation (specialisation locks class upgraded)

I didn’t even check the specialisations just in case it locked me into the current classes. I wanted to see first if there were good upgrades before. But before that, there was one more notification to see.

Class combination available merge frontier farmer level 20(max), animal husbandry level 10(max), handyman level 10(max) into homesteader

Homesteader: This class lifts all restrictions on every advanced skill used in homesteading. This class unlocks endurance stat, empathy stat and intelligence stat. This class gives trait true nature connection and ability owners land. This class gives chance to upgrade skill or ability into more specialised one.

I smiled while reading a power of an epic tier class is incredible and I wanted it, so I picked it and felt power move into me.

frontier farmer level 20(max) lost

animal husbandry level 10(max) lost

handyman level 10(max) lost

class gained homesteader

Level up homesteader

homesteader now level 1

strength +4

dexterity +4

vitality +4

endurance +2

empathy +2

intelligence +2

I hoped that this will happen, and it did. My other class slots opened up and I can now pick new two new classes. To my absolute surprise and delight, there were two new epic tier classes to pick.

True archer: This class lifts all restrictions on every expert skill used in fighting or making a bow. This class unlocks perception stat. This class gives trait vampires senses and ability material modification. This class gives chance to upgrade skill or ability into more specialised one.

Heroic soldier: This class lifts all restrictions on expert fighting skills, advanced army skills, advanced armour skills and advanced leader skills. This class unlocks constitution stat and presence stat. This class gives trait battle stamina, pain resistance and ability heroic stand. This class gives chance to upgrade skill or ability into more specialised one.

How can I not pick both of those? As I did, I can feel the traits merging into me. At first all my pain amplified and then lessened. It was all exhausting me even further, but I still had notifications to see.

Level up true archer

true archer now level 1

strength +5

dexterity +5

vitality +3

perception stat +4

Level up heroic soldier

heroic soldier now level 1

strength +5

dexterity +3

vitality +4

constitution stat +4

presence stat +2

New trait gained

strength reaches 80 new trait gained incredible joints

dexterity reaches 80 new trait gained changing eyes

vitality reaches 80 new trait gained temperature core

endurance reaches 20 new trait gained rich blood

empathy reaches 10 new trait gained better pheromones

intelligence reaches 10 new trait gained better memories

As I look at my achievement page, most of the traits are absorbed by the giant among men, but not all.

Name: Rich Dirt

Species: human

Gender: male

Age: 12

homesteader level 1

true archer level 1

heroic soldier level 1

stats:

strength: 102

dexterity: 82

vitality: 100

endurance: 33

empathy: 14

intelligence: 16

energy storage: 1

perception stat: 4

constitution stat: 4

presence stat: 2

free stat points: 25

Abilities:

piercing cut level 11

counterweight level 5

silent arrow level 3

plant sight level 1

guiding thought level 3

animal inspection level 1

merging joints level 2

energy sight level 1

heavy training level 2

owners land level 1

material modification level 1

heroic stand level 1

plant manipulation level 1

Skills:

farming level 5

basic identification level 3

basic cooking level 2

basic foraging level 1

basic animal care level 9

fitness enhancement level 7

basic tracking level 6

basic wood carving level 7

wood crafting level 2

logging level 2

basic trap making level 4

basic weaving level 7

basic baking level 1

basic animal product harvesting level 2

basic axe level 3

basic energy manipulation level 9

basic spear level 6

basic sword level 6

basic trapping level 7

basic butchering level 4

basic masonry level 3

construction level 1

basic carpentry level 9

basic architecture level 1

basic engineering level 3

animal handling level 1

animal training level 1

basic bow making level 8

basic fletching level 6

archery level 9

basic running level 9

basic combat strategy level 9

basic mental fortitude level 6

basic ceramist level 2

basic metal casting level 1

basic smithing level 7

basic swimming level 2

landowner level max

basic stealth level 8

basic camouflage level 4

basic tailoring level 2

basic alchemy level 1

basic throwing level 1

basic battle presence level 1

basic intimidation level 1

Traits:

giant among men

true nature connection

vampires senses

animal connection

material intuition