Strongest Hammer God

Chapter 21: Chapter 21 – Body, Center, Mind, Soul

Kyle returned to Samsonʼs home and greeted the family.

”Samson money,” he said.

”Understand,” the wife said.

Then, with a smile, she took out an entire stack of childrenʼs books before handing it over to Kyle. ”Learn!”

Instead of fearing the punishment that was learning, Kyle was thankful.

He wanted to be able to communicate with Samson more clearly.

”Thanks,” Kyle said with a polite bow.

Then, he went to his room and immediately started to read.

There were illustrations in the childrenʼs books that demonstrated a couple of words.

ʼWait a second,ʼ Kyle thought as he realized something.

ʼThese drawings look just like Samsonʼs drawings.ʼ

Kyle looked through the entire book and compared them to Samsonʼs drawings.

Sure enough, they were almost identical.

ʼWait, does Samson have a side gig as a childrenʼs book author?ʼ

Kyle searched the entire book for the authorʼs name but couldnʼt find it.

ʼThatʼs weird.ʼ

Then, after investigating for a bit more, Kyle realized something.

ʼThe quality of the cover was what threw me off! These are actually not commercial books but books that Samson wrote for his own family!ʼ

ʼThese are not mass produced!ʼ

At that point, Kyleʼs business mind activated.

ʼWith the quality of these drawings, we could earn a fortune!ʼ

But then, Kyle remembered something.

ʼThis is fantasy land. I donʼt think they have book printers. Samson would need to draw every book on his own, and I donʼt think thatʼs a good use of his time.ʼ

ʼHis gig as a monster hunter probably pays much more.ʼ

ʼI wonder how they write books in this world. Are they just written by hand, or do they use some weird kind of spell?ʼ

ʼIf I want to make use of this, I need to learn more.ʼ

ʼA printing press is actually not difficult to make. You just grab a couple of stones and put ink on them. Then, you stamp them down, and there you go. You got a printing press.ʼ

ʼItʼs such a simple concept. Itʼs actually baffling that it took Earth humans that much time to make one. Even the ancient Romans could have made that.ʼ

ʼGrab stone. Put ink on stone. Press stone on paper. Done.ʼ

Kyle shook his head.

ʼI should keep that idea in the back of my mind. We might be able to do something with this in the future.ʼ

ʼBut for now, I have to learn how to communicate with Samson.ʼ

Kyle went back to learning.

After a couple of hours, Samson entered Kyleʼs room with several big pieces of meat.

ʼThatʼs from one of the wolves,ʼ Kyle thought as he looked at a muscular back leg.

”Small beast. 57 big money. Good job,” Samson said.

”Thank you,” Kyle said, trying to get the order and intonation right.

Samson smiled. ”Good job. Learn more.”

”I... will learn more,” Kyle answered.

Samson left, and Kyle went back to learning.

A couple of hours later, he was done with all of the books.

At that point, Samson came in with a new stack of papers.

This one had fewer illustrations and more words.

ʼGrammar practice,ʼ Kyle realized. ʼThank God. Maybe I donʼt have to talk like a caveman anymore!ʼ

”Thank you,” Kyle said.

”We are nilben sleep. You heft also sleep,” Samson said.

There were two words Kyle didnʼt know, but he could tell what Samson said.

”Good night,” Kyle answered.

”Good night,” Samson said before closing the door.

This time, he didnʼt lock it.

ʼGuess he trusts me now to a certain degree.ʼ

Kyle still learned for a couple more hours before he fell asleep.

”Good morning!” Samson shouted, opening the door.

Kyle was completely disoriented when the door opened.

He felt like he only slept for five minutes.

”Good morning,” Kyle answered, sluggishly standing up.

”I will be speaking more fluently from now on. Do you understand?” Samson said.

Kyle didnʼt get all of the words, but he could make out their meaning.

”You... will talk faster. Correct?” he asked.

”Yes, and I will be using more words,” Samson answered. ”You are learning very fast.”

Kyle understood the gist of what Samson said and nodded. ”I will learn more... fastly?”

”Faster,” Samson corrected.

”Faster,” Kyle repeated. ”More faster.”

”No, just faster.”

”Just faster. More just faster.”

Samson had to laugh. ”Letʼs grab breakfast.”

The two of them grabbed some breakfast before leaving the house.

”Today, Iʼm going to introduce you to the team,” Samson said.

”Team... many humans work together. Correct?” Kyle asked.

”Yes, thatʼs correct,” Samson answered.

Samson was actually surprised about the speed of Kyleʼs progress.

Itʼs barely been three days since he started learning their language, and he could already communicate with them.

ʼAs far as I know, dwarves actually canʼt put Ether into their minds,ʼ Samson thought. ʼDwarves can only use Ether in their bodies, which gives them extremely powerful physical abilities, but they canʼt learn Sorcery, nor can their minds comprehend some more complex concepts.ʼ

ʼKyle is half-dwarf, right? He can eat beast meat like a dwarf, but can he also absorb Ether into his mind, center, and soul? His progress is astonishingly fast.ʼ

ʼBased on his physical power, heʼs at the Early Squire Realm, but he learns as fast as an Early Apprentice.ʼ

ʼEither he is some kind of unknown genius, or his Ether is also strengthening his mind.ʼ

Samson looked silently at Kyle for a while.

”Poop more just faster,” Kyle said.

Samson blinked a couple of times in confusion.

”Poop... learn... poop more just faster,” Kyle said with an awkward smile.

In fantasy landʼs language, the words of poop and learn sounded very similar.

ʼHe made a pun!ʼ Samson realized as he politely laughed.

”Good one,” he said.

”Poop faster. Poop just,” Kyle said with a wide smile.

Samson just politely laughed.

ʼI guess Ether can enter his mind as well.ʼ

”Poop more!” Kyle said proudly.

Samson felt a bit embarrassed.

ʼI donʼt think thatʼs the conduct of a secret genius.ʼ

ʼWell, he doesnʼt have to be intelligent. He just has to not be stupid.ʼ

”More poop. Learn more poop,” Kyle said.

Samson looked with concern at Kyle, who was laughing at his own jokes.