I shouted with excitement at the new job that had appeared.
"All right! Woodworker!"
I already had two jobs that handled wood: Woodcutter and Carpenter.
However, those two were not suited for making small wooden items.
It was not impossible, but they were still inferior to a dedicated specialist.
"Now I can make furniture! Goodbye to my empty house!"
I switched jobs right away.
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**Leopin**
**Occupation:** Trapper → Woodworker
**Job Skills**
**Wood Carving**
Allows detailed work on wood.
**Wood Crafting**
Creates tools using wood.
**Wood Equipment**
Creates wooden equipment.
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I immediately started crafting using the Gisu Lumber stacked in the yard.
I shaped the pieces with a stone knife and tapped them together with a wooden mallet.
"Having the job skill really makes a huge difference in speed."
And the finished quality was on a completely different level.
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**Gisu Dining Table**
**Quantity:** 1
**Quality Level:** 25 (Material Level 12 + Dexterity Bonus 3 + Job Bonus 10)
A large dining table made from high-quality Gisu lumber.
Thanks to various bonuses, it has excellent durability and stains wipe off easily.
**Gisu Chair**
**Quantity:** 10
**Quality Level:** 25 (Material Level 12 + Dexterity Bonus 3 + Job Bonus 10)
Chairs made from high-quality Gisu lumber.
Thanks to various bonuses, they have excellent durability and provide a calming effect when sat upon.
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"I finished the table and chairs in no time. Woodworking is so much fun."
Building a house was enjoyable, but there was a different charm in the detailed work of woodworking.
I loved how focusing on carving wood and smelling the fresh scent allowed me to clear my mind.
"All right, let's keep this momentum and make lots more!"
After that, I made two more pieces of furniture.
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**Gisu Tool Box**
**Quantity:** 1
**Quality Level:** 25 (Material Level 12 + Dexterity Bonus 3 + Job Bonus 10)
A shelf made from high-quality Gisu lumber.
Thanks to various bonuses, it has excellent durability and helps preserve items stored inside.
**Gisu Bed**
**Quantity:** 4
**Quality Level:** 25 (Material Level 12 + Dexterity Bonus 3 + Job Bonus 10)
Beds made from high-quality Gisu lumber.
Thanks to various bonuses, they have excellent durability and provide a good night's sleep.
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The inside of my house was now much livelier.
And as if the house itself was happy, it began to glow.
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**Base**
**LV:** 2
**Size:** Dilapidated single-family house → Ordinary single-family house
**Population:** 1
**Base Skills**
**Activity Support**
Provides stat bonuses for activities performed within the base.
**NEW! Base Expansion**
Adjacent areas that are pioneered or conquered can be incorporated into the base.
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"All right, the base leveled up too!"
To be honest, I had been curious about the "Dilapidated single-family house" in the size description.
Moreover, the new base skill allowed me to expand the base.
I was even more motivated, but then my stomach growled as if reminding me.
"Is it already lunchtime? I'll take a short break and go look for something to eat."
When I stepped out the gate, I could see the castle-like school building and the residential area through the tunnel of trees.
In the residential area, many students were gathered like ants.
Curious about what they were doing, I left the forest and approached.
Weiss was standing on a platform, giving a speech to everyone.
"From now on, under my guidance as Base Committee Chairman, you will all help build the base!
Once this place is upgraded to a base, even if the Repel magic weakens, we will have nothing to fear!
Everyone! Follow the instructions of this Sage!
If you do, this residential area will become a base by tonight!"
"Ooooh!" The students responded with voices that were hard to tell whether they were motivated or not.
Come to think of it, the vice principal had said today was free time for pioneering. So this was what he meant.
Well, as Weiss said, if the residential area became a base, the chance of being attacked by monsters would decrease.
I muttered "Good luck" and returned to the forest.
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While gathering nuts and mushrooms in the forest as usual, I encountered a girl bathed in sunlight filtering through the trees.
She was aiming at a bird perched on a branch and drawing her bow.
Her figure was beautiful, like a painting.
Glossy black hair tied back, fair skin, large dark eyes, a modest but elegant nose, and cherry-colored lips.
Her clothing was particularly distinctive.
A white top as pure as a Saintess's robe, but her skirt was a vivid red.
"Could that be the hakama, the traditional clothing of the eastern countries...?"
Because I spoke, the girl lost her concentration, and the arrow she released flew far off target.
The bird that had been her target flew from the branch and circled teasingly above her head.
"...I have used up all my arrows... Now I have no face to show everyone..."
As the girl drooped her slender shoulders, I called out to her.
"Sorry for distracting you."
The girl looked up and shook her head as if scolding herself.
"No, it is not your fault. It was my own lack of skill."
"Were you hunting?"
"Yes. I wanted to provide some nourishment for everyone who is pioneering.
But it seems it was too much for me, since I have only ever shot at stationary targets until now."
"It's not exactly an apology, but let me help."
"Thank you. But I will only accept your kind thought. I have no arrows left anyway..."
As she politely bowed, I quickly carved some branches.
"You must be a woodworker, sir."
"No, I'm jobless."
"Is that so? Then it is no wonder you did not know.
Arrows cannot be made from wood alone. Without something for the fletching..."
After shaping about ten branches, I threw a Gisu Shuriken toward the sky.
There was a "Pigyaa!?" scream from above, and drop items fell down.
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**Meeenbird Thigh Meat**
**Quantity:** 1
**Quality Level:** 3 (Material Level 3)
Rich and juicy bird meat.
When grilled or fried, it provides a cooking bonus.
**Meeenbird Feathers**
**Quantity:** 10
**Quality Level:** 3 (Material Level 3)
Colorful feathers.
Can be processed into arrow fletching or quill pens.
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"Hm? Did you say something?"
The girl stared at me with her dark eyes wide open as I caught the drop items.
"I... I couldn't hit that bird no matter how many times I tried...!?
And you brought it down with a thrown weapon...!?"