Chapter 189 - 189.Task done, but the gift is...

Kendra liked the smell of the bug repellant so much that she chose to plant some with her. After the plant had seeds she picked as many she could and stuffed it into her bag.

Actually, the food was all dried and all she did for days is to make simple earthware. There was no other way to keep so much food safely.

"Luckily I learned this." She made simple earth pots and stuffed it with enough dried herbs and vegetables.

This world is so abundant that if humans lived here and could care about nature, not destroying too much of it, they could live inside extremely comfortably. But humans... But Kendra then hit her head...

This world already had so many other beings, who said that humans will enter this heaven. Even demons could live here peacefully. Maybe dragons? Or ancients? She had no idea what ancients are but Fluffy is quite a cute one.

She chuckled while she thought about it and then looked on the plane that was under her eyes. It was clearly the fall. She made something like a large porch in front of her cave. As she sat on a small chair and stared at the falling rain she started thinking again about others.

With sending the food worth a couple of months for each of them, until spring she didn't have to do anything. But she felt bored. So she started making small bowls, pots and all kinds of other things from clay she found nearby.

Weeks passed and she made for each person enough clay utensils. But somehow it felt like its just not enough. So she started making stone knives and stone arrow tips. On top of that, she made for each of them bows and arrows from the bushes she found nearby.

She found out that some of the bushes had a strange ability not to break easily. And then she realized one more thing. She dried some glasses to make herself a nice bed for winter and after drying certain types of red grasses they broke off into soft treads. She was exhilarated. So she gathered enough of it for each one of them, as she didn't know which one will go to a certain person and made simple small cloth. After doing all that she filled pots with water, caught living fishes and called. ''''Transfer the food!''

Suddenly a voice sounded almost near her ear with the sigh. ''Child... I said feed them.''

She turned around and saw the young man standing there and staring at her grudgingly. Her head almost slammed into his chest while she was turning so she froze for a moment. Looking at him from down she chuckled. ''Old man, no matter how old I may be, you are still older. Are you some kind of pervert standing so close to me?''

In his eyes annoyance could be seen. ''Do you want to fail?''

She shook her head. t was hard enough to grow her powers if she loses them again, how long would it take her to regrow them? ''I don't. I just thought about it. Even if I send them food, how will they keep it? How will they eat it? If I send them bows and arrows, they can hunt their own food and actually is the same as I did myself. I hoped to finish like that couple more subtasks...'' Her little put made him look away as he knew she meant well to her companions.

''Actually, you did finish your tasks completely and are free to help others. I actually planned to make for you a few more subtasks but seeing that you finished them in advance it's making me kind of nervous. Your duty is done the moment you sent them all that they need to feed alone and protect them alone. For such a young person to think in advance... What kind of life did you have to be so meticulous?'' He was curious and on his face stood a big smile. 

She just shrugged. ''I lived on the 10th level plane. Before knowing that I actually have powers I had to live like a commoner. Surviving day by day. Even on 10th level planes, there are creatures that could become powerful. But none sent their people that could protect such creatures. The children that were born with powers were killed by birth or after as some humans feared the powers. I actually became lucky. Finding out late about having powers saved my life. My little sister got lucky to meet me after she became an orphan. How is she?''

He tapped her head with the forefinger. ''Calling her little sister, you already know that you are older. What are you doing in such a small child's body still?''

''Í realized my mistake after I came here. As a child with this small body, it's hard to do so many things. Oh well, after I go out I will go to cultivate again and then let my body grow fully. I do not wish to get in such trouble again.'' She swept with her hand over the spot he tapped her and realized that it hurt. ''What did you do with my head?''

''Hmmm... wanna see?'' He waved his hand and showed her reflection on the mirror and she almost didn't blow her top.

''You are an idiot. Take this thing off my head, now!'' She literally had two fox ears on top of her head. 

It looked so cute on her. White hair, white fox ears and puffed cheeks made him somehow want to hunt her. For some reason. He giggled. ''This is your punishment. I will leave them on for now. Do you want to be sent from here to the next person that could need your help or do you want to stay here?'' He pinched her booth cheeks and when she was about to bite him he jumped back with clear laughter.

Her whole face was red from anger. Through gritted teeth, she spoke to him, while her whole body shook from anger. ''Next person of course, but I have a tiny request.'' She had to ask him this, even if she was furious about the thing on her head.

He chuckled while seeing her trying to control her emotions. ''I will send all your stuff with you, what else?''

''Whole cave is my stuff.'' Her eyes stared at him coldly while she realized his new blunder. He didn't even ask he just made his statement, making her catch him in that. 

''If I add tail on you...'' But seeing that his joke went too far he just snapped his fingers and everything in front of her changed. Suddenly she stood in mid of the forest in front of one small dwelling... ''Hole? Stupid, I said I live in a cave not... sigh.''

While she held her head one young woman appeared out forest and pulled behind herself huge chick. Actually big chickens were the size of ostrich so small chicks were the size of a turkey. No wonder he sends her here. She sighed and was about to approach when the girls turned around in shock and screamed.

Kendra had really headache from her screech. With two steps she arrived in front of her and held her mouth. ''Will you stop? I finished my task, I have been sent to you. It seems he sent me here as you struggle with your task. Just tell me what is it?''

''My task is to catch 100 animals. '' She smiled while holding a chick with two hands. But seeing Kendra holding her head she knew that she made a mistake. ''What?''

''Did he say ''Catch'' or ''Hunt''? Its big difference.'' She didn't hear the answer just saw the curious gaze of the young woman. The ears could hear many things so it was somehow an add on. But it felt still strange.

''Taskmaster gave me these as a gift for finishing my task faster. I can hear better with these.'' Actually, she hated lies but thinking about it, somehow they will be quite helpful. Being angry at stronger being and arguing with him... bad idea. If she just shamelessly take it as a gift he couldn't complain. And actually, they looked quite cute.

The young woman shook her head. ''Indeed, Taskmaster is powerful. To bad my task is so hard.'' Her shoulders slumped down.

Kendra sighed. ''That is because you still didn't answer my question.'' 

''It was ''Catch'' why does that matter...'' but then realized her mistake. ''Oh so stupid...'' She hit her head realizing how simple her task was. ''I just had to catch them I didn't need to hunt or kill them?''

Kendra nodded. ''If you continued to kill them until 100 were dead, you still wouldn't be able to accomplish the task. So you would continue. Probably in end, you would have realized the point but it would be really arduous. Let's eat it now, it's anyway dead and rest a bit. Tomorrow  I will help you catch them alive. It's going to be harder as the fall is coming but it's ok, I have enough food for both of us, what about the food I sent you?''

''I have it inside. I found baboos before and choose to put dry food inside. When you sent me before the pots I was quite happy. I used all kinds of other things to cook my food.'' She showed open fire in the middle of that ... dwelling. Randomly thrown around empty bamboo rolls, making her queasy.

''This place is so dirty. I can hear water nearby, why don't you fo and wash yourself there. What powers did you choose?'' She could literally smell her. And it smelled disgusting.

''I choose a plant, earth, and fire. You said it's fine.'' She didn't understand her repulsed expression. ''It's cold, I cant wash at the moment.''

Kendra almost cursed. ''You are an idiot I think. You go wash and use the warmth from firepower to dry yourself. I will clean this place until you come back, Hurry.''

The young woman was actually astonished as she rushed to do what this little child told her. Somehow she was unwilling, but she knew that Kendra was right...