Tim and the team started digging. They weren’t so fond of this physical bor, especially siheir goblin bodies weren’t cut out f-time digging, but this was the best option that they were left with. They didn’t even have shovels with them, or tools of any sort, which was disadvantageous, so they had to make use of their hands, mostly.
Arveually found an old, chipped stone from a ruined pathway, and the to dig through the mud. Though this wasn't as productive against hard gravel, this chipped stone was still better than digging with one's hands!
With her example, Skendus did something simir, he also found a sharp stone of sorts, but he did as muergy while he worked, because he found more creative ways to get things done. Since he already carried a warhammer around, he used that to bash the ground with it, at a fairly vertical angle, which opehe ground up a little bit in exge, it made things easier for him.
The warhammer was heavy, so he didn’t really have to swing it in order to get results. He just thrusted the hammer on the ground, vertically, and this was very effective against dirt, as well as gravel, and sihe water pressure had hardehe sand a little bit, his hammer was useful against sand as well. After he hammered everything dowhen just scraped his way through the ground with a chipped stone, which didn't tire him much, as the ground broke apart as if he was cultivating it. Skendus mao dig a one-foot deep hole near his feet in no time! Ortana helped him too.
Anyway, sidering that it would still take a long time for them to dig like this, Tim was trusted to make most of the tribution here, because he volunteered to do so. However, he hadn’t been able to lend a ha, because he couldn’t figure out how to use his magical ability, he couldn’t use it effitly at least.
Bone Multiplier, ower that was sidered pre-neantic, it was almost an evil sort of power, but Tim didn't care to follow formalities regarding his arsenal. He had this ability at his disposal, aeo use it now if it would help him get the job do was only logical to use it. However, this didn't necessarily mean that he had mastered this power just yet.
Tim had ed this new power for a while now, so it wasn’t a surprise how he couldn’t figure out its charming bes. The system tried to help him, but her guidance didn’t amount to anything good, it only made things more plicated.
“Fug hell, why 't I get rid of this toe!!” Tim lost his temper, he issed. “I have a fug extra toe on my crotch as well…”
[That's not how you're supposed to use the bone-multiplier,] The system added, [Once again, you o pour a lot of mana on whichever part of your body you want to modify, and then you must imagine every external and internal detail about that modification, or else this won't work. How difficult it be to imagieries, and blood vessels, kid? It ’t be that hard, a your oes are bg out because apparently, you don't see it fit for them to be a part of your blood flow. This is a severe ck of detail from your side.]
“I'm not a biologist,” He added, and mostly ignored her.
After that, withiress of failure ara toes, he blurted a very important question! He was desperate.
“'t I just multiply someone else's bones?” He asked.
[Actually yes, but avoid giving your friera toes for now, as I have a better idea.] The system answered.
In cooperation, she then pulled all of the mana out of Tim's extra toes, and shot it out towards his surroundings. The mana shot out from his head, and they were visible to the naked eye, regardless of how thin it seemed. The several strands shot out like the water from a fountain, and then they slithered across the area as if they were on the search for something!
This was really iing, but for the time being, Tim was just happy that his extra toes fell off, this caught a lot of his attention. The toes were very physical, so they may depose here almost like real, severed toes would, which was very impressive regardless of how terrifying it sounded! It was o him.
Anyway, the strands of mana tinued doing their work, until they achieved something amazing. The strands had located a bunch of old bones from dead carcasses, and although most of these carcasses weren't whole and actually pretty small, their remains were still really useful.
The boarted floating, they headed towards Timothy at an idle pace, and then circled around him. The bones were old, fragile and gross, but they were bones heless so the system then guided him even further afterwards.
[I'm p more mana on the bones, so get ready food sharding the manipution of your surroundings.] She said.
Tim had been fairly distracted, so it was good that the system called out for his attention, because he would've missed everything otherwise. He was more atteowards the bones now, he eyed them down, and ted six big bones along the way, along with tens of tiny ohere wasn’t anything signifit about them, except for this one which featured a whole skull, it had likely beloo a goblin before.
The system then poured more mana on all these bones, just like she said, about a hundred points of mana to be exact. It was expensive, but he could feel that this expense was a oime thing, as he was certain that he wouldn't o spend hundreds of mana points just to trol these bohat wouldn’t make any sense whatsoever!
After she spent the mana, the few random bones multiplied in hey doubled, and they did so within seds! Tim ted two skulls now, which was fasating!
“Shit… I guess that's why this ability is banned everywhere? With enough practid mana to spend, I make an undead army for myself!” He bbbered.
[You’re quite right,] She added, [But on more important, present matters, you best use this pile of bones properly, for them to help you dig. You manipute aructure them to your favor, so try to be a bit more imaginative this time.]
“Well shit, we're cirg back to problem-number-ohen. I ’t bring myself to imagine a whole goblin, so 't I just use these bones as a shovel or something?” He asked through a thought.
The system did not answer directly, but he did not need an answer, because he suddenly got another idea. Through a bit of thinking, he ahe boo turn into a bunch of tiny daggers, they were very pointy, and would surely get the job done if one wao dig with them.
However, sihis team only had four pairs of w hands, he had to and the bony daggers to float over the digging site, and scrape through there all at the same time through the use of his mana! There were twelve daggers in his disposal, as even the skulls had adapted to this form, so it was fair to say that the digging which he was about to do was fast, and effective, as they treated the ground the same regardless if the daggers were going through sand ravel!
Tim had to spend three points of mana on these daggers after every swing, but it was worthwhile to have them float around. He had a bunana to spend, and mana in exge for physical bor was a cheap version-rate in this sario, so he didn’t feel bad about even spending all of it now that he had to!
“Be careful with those,” Arveually added, “Let’s try to dig a hole all the way around the building, so we find a window to squeeze through, we don't have to dig all the way down. I think this thing is built like a tower too, it's round, so we don't have to spend too much time here, we could eve ihe tower today if you have enough mana to use.”