~~~Point of View: Caspian Darkwood~~~
I could only summon 64 creatures every five minutes. If I had already summoned that quantity before five minutes were up, I wouldn't be able to do so until five minutes after summoning the 64th creature, which meant that, without resting, I could summon 768 creatures in an hour.
A smaller quantity, but not dysfunctional. I just had to make it work. Because of this, I decided to start traveling tonight. It was ten hours until nightfall, a period in which I could summon more than seven thousand horses.
At night, which was colder, we could travel without worrying about the scorching sun, and with the help of lanterns or torches, darkness was not an impediment. And by doing this, I could continue to summon more creatures during the day, alternating between horses, camels, and donkeys.
We were six days away from Vaes Khadokh if we traveled with people on foot, but that time would undoubtedly be shortened as we got more mounts. So I decided on that.
Another inconvenience that arose was that these people didn't know how to ride a camel. There were no problems with the donkey because the method used was the same as a horse, but a camel was different.
This animal was widely used in desert environments due to its peculiar and amazing adaptation to these environments. Its great capacity to store fat in its humps and its ability to metabolize that fat as energy gave it great endurance for several days without needing to drink water for a time, which made the camel a highly valued creature in Asia and Africa.
Knowing that many women in my Khalasar did not have a horse—because, for some reason I didn't know, only a few possessed one—I decided on the camel for its ease of mounting and handling, and because it wouldn't present any problem, unlike horses, which I would have to tame and which would take a lot of time, even with the golden apple.
So, with the idea very clear, I decided to teach them how to ride them, but first, I had to eat. I hadn't had breakfast yet due to the fervor of the battle, and like the previous days, the sun had sharpened my appetite.
And as if sent from heaven, Amanda arrived at that moment with her donkey; she had been the first to have one. She had practically become my atlas, in the sense that she was the one who explained things about the known world that I overlooked or had forgotten.
"My Khal," Amanda greeted me in a low, respectful voice, noticing that she still didn't raise her eyes. It was common among slaves; they rarely looked up to see the Dothraki, and in my case, being the Khal, she practically kept her chin glued to her chest.
"What do you need, Amanda?" I asked her while observing her. She no longer wore the common Dothraki garments of straw and grass, but a sleeveless cinnamon wool tunic, fitted to her body, one that I myself had ordered to be given to her.
"The cooks have prepared your breakfast, my Khal, and Maicol wishes to speak with you."
"Good, tell them to bring it here and to prepare food for my brothers." When I saw that she was about to leave to do what I had told her, I stopped her. "That's not all; tell all the free women to come here as soon as possible, their Khal orders it." Having said this, I approached my Bloodriders, who were chatting among themselves and competing to see who had ridden the most women.
"Blood of my blood," I greeted them, to which they responded with the same greeting, while Mottaekho stood up and brought me a chair. "Were you talking about something in particular?" I joined the conversation, and Gezro was the one who answered me; "We were talking about which of us had been with the most women; so far, Cakoqqo is winning."
"Well, he's only winning because we also counted the old women," Onno commented mockingly, causing everyone present to laugh. Shortly after, a group of women brought the food, which included eggs cooked in water, beef and pork, mashed potatoes, goat cheese, bread, fruit, several jars of wine, and fermented mare's milk beer.
I had made great progress in the gastronomy of my Khalasar, since I refused to constantly eat horse meat, and something I had plenty of was food, so I took full advantage of it. During the meal, I continued chatting with those whom I now considered my... brothers. I recounted anecdotes and made a joke or two from time to time.
When we finished eating, and after having given a large pig to each of my wolves, the free women of the Khalasar began to arrive. Many of them wore straw and poorly made leather garments, which gave them an unattractive appearance, although their hair was clean and their bodies fresh after the two mandatory daily baths I had imposed on them.
"Follow me," I ordered them once I stood up, and I headed to the camel corral with my brothers and my wolves. Upon arriving at the corral, I could see their surprise at the number of animals unknown to them, although they were curious. "These animals are called camels! And from now on, they will be your responsibility: you will care for them, feed them, and protect them."
Having said that, I spent the following hours teaching them how to ride them, how to place the saddles—which fit between the camel's neck and back—and I also showed them that they ate cactus and that to get it, they had to go to a specific part where I would plant them.
It wasn't until the afternoon, when the sun was already past five o'clock, that I decided to give the order to strike camp, since we would begin the march. Having done this, I went to the bathroom I had built. I knew I would have to build more as we went, but the idea of having to build bathrooms every time it was necessary seemed tiring.
But I remembered the structure block. I remembered that in the game, it was a very useful block that was obtained through commands, but here was the problem. I did not have access to commands, but I almost jumped for joy when I noticed that said block was in the menu.
So, without wanting to waste any more time, I took the block and placed it in a corner of the bathroom, and on its upper part, I noticed it had a type of typing screen.
Somehow that I didn't understand, but I knew how to use it, so without delay, I entered the specifications for the height, width, and length of the space I wanted to save, and marking it as 'bathroom,' it was saved in the block somehow.
Once this was done, I knew the job was complete. However, there was one other thing to do, and that was to repeat the process with Maicol's smithy and my cabin, and once this was done, destroy both constructions.
And after half an hour, I was ready; it was only a matter of the Khalasar being ready to leave, and my start in this world would begin.