In the following half-month, Perfikot encountered the mother bear with her cub multiple times, and once the little bear even ran into the camp, nearly causing the mother bear to angrily charge in.
Fortunately, Samantha spotted the cub in time and, following Perfikot’s arrangements, returned it to the forest, avoiding unnecessary consequences.
"Miss, it’s just a bear, you seem to accommodate it too much." Foster didn’t like the bear, or rather, he believed the mother bear posed a threat to Perfikot’s safety.
He had previously proposed sending knights to either remove or drive away the bear, but Perfikot rejected all of these suggestions.
Although a bear can be a significant threat to humans, even experienced hunters generally avoid provoking a bear, especially a mother bear with cubs. But this does not mean it can overcome a knight.
"There’s no need for that. As you said, it’s just a bear; it won’t cause us any trouble, so there’s no need to kill it." Perfikot dismissed the concern with a wave of her hand, saying, "With the establishment of the advance base, human activities will drive it away from here. We just need to complete the construction of the advance base."
In the past half-month, the exploration work was basically completed, and, following Perfikot’s wishes, a camp was also established at Eagle’s Beak Cliff.
Unlike the temporary camp built at the fjord shoals, the camp built here at Eagle’s Beak Cliff was intended to be a permanent outpost from the beginning.
So half a month’s work only gave the camp a rough outline, and the construction was not very complete.
After all, according to Perfikot’s plan, this camp was meant to last the entire winter; neither wooden cabins nor tents were evidently capable of that.
Fortunately, over on Sweetberry Island, the construction company had completed the establishment of the material distribution point, and Perfikot promptly placed new orders with them to build her advance base.
This commission was quite a troublesome project for the construction company, as Perfikot’s location was deep in the Northern Territory, making both the transportation of building materials and the deployment of construction teams a costly affair.
However, even the Governor of the New Continent had no room to negotiate over this matter.
Ultimately, they arrived at the fjord with fully-loaded ships of workers and building materials and are currently constructing the fjord’s dock to facilitate the arrival of more materials later on.
Overall, the construction company did not lose out, because Perfikot entrusted them with the construction of the narrow-gauge railway in her plan.
Coupled with the Royal Family’s full investment in this project, the construction company might not earn as much as they do from other projects, but certainly would not suffer a loss.
Considering the establishment of connections and relationships, in a certain sense, they gained even more.
Of course, this is only meaningful if the world doesn’t end in three years.
Moreover, there are already less than three years left; three months have passed since Perfikot started, and now it’s autumn, with about two months left before winter arrives.
Hence, the construction team must complete the advance base within the next two months, or Perfikot’s entire plan will be affected.
After all, relying on simple wooden cabins and tents for the winter is indeed a surefire way to freeze.
However, building structures that can withstand harsh winters still presents a key challenge in thermal insulation materials. The development of aerogel and carbon foam stalled due to limitations in experimental materials.
However, with the arrival of the Flying Airship transporting winter supplies, this is no longer a problem.
Perfikot had ordered a set of experimental tools from Langton, which arrived along with the winter supplies.
This was done according to the encrypted telegram she sent, using the Flying Airship she had left in Langton.
Initially, Perfikot was worried about the journey, as the Flying Airship had never undergone long-distance flight tests, its ability to support transoceanic flights was unknown.
Especially questions on whether the cold weather would affect the Flying Airship’s performance or how significant this impact would be remained uncertain.
But these issues had to be faced, so despite her concerns about problems midway, Perfikot managed through encrypted communication to have Langton prepare winter supplies, which were then transported to the New Continent via the Flying Airship.
Fortunately, the flight was smooth, and the Flying Airship performed better than Perfikot anticipated, arriving at her location successfully.
"Half a month from the mainland to the New Continent, and reaching the Northern Territory. It seems the Flying Airship is much faster than ordinary ships!" Foster had flown on the Flying Airship before, yet he found it hard to believe it was so fast.
It took nearly ten days for them to sail on the White Gem from the mainland to the New Continent, and nearly a month to reach the Northern Territory further north, although much of this time was spent on exploration. This highlights the distance from the mainland to the New Continent, and then to the Northern Territory.
"They arrived at least five days later than I anticipated. Is it unfamiliarity with the route?" However, Perfikot was not satisfied with this result. She frowned and thought for a while before deciding to give up on overthinking and instead prepared to ask the people on the ship directly.
The Flying Airship was now anchored at Eagle’s Beak Cliff, with a chain thrown over the cliff’s edge to hold the hull in place using the rocks.
With Foster’s help, Perfikot climbed to the top of the cliff, where she could see people on the ship trying to connect a gangplank to the cliff top to unload the cargo.
However, Perfikot stopped them, instructing Foster to help her jump onto the ship first, then said, "Lower the altitude, we can use ropes to hoist the supplies down."
"Greetings, Lady Duchess!" The crew on the ship all saluted Perfikot. Although they hadn’t seen Perfikot before, being assigned to this task meant they had some idea of her identity. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs N0veI.Fiɾe.net
Seeing that they hadn’t followed her instructions to lower the ship’s altitude, Perfikot frowned with displeasure and headed towards the cabin while asking, "Who’s in command on the ship? Who’s the captain?"
"Lady Duchess, someone wants to see you, but it’s inconvenient for him to appear." At this moment, a major dressed in a navy uniform appeared before Perfikot, whispering a message to her.
Perfikot furrowed her brows even tighter, but ultimately said nothing more and followed the navy major into the cabin of the Flying Airship.