getting back to the grind
Raj started building upwards. Going up 15 blocks high or 45 feet. Raj then began building, first building up 3 blocks around the entire area. Unlike Minecraft however, the blocks didn't stay square.
After being placed the blocks shifted to fit in the area placed. If there was nothing to shift into it would stay square. After 30 minutes Raj had gone around and built a nine-foot around the area of his new wall. After doing it 4 more times, Raj finally finished.
Now finished, Raj decided to do a little extra. Raj went around building 30 or so houses. Making sure to put them in their own area. Raj also crafted some wooden fence posts and made makeshift "street lights" which were really just poles with torches on them.
Raj decided to keep the farms where they already were. Raj also built paths in between the areas. After a few more finishing things Raj finished. Finally, raj broke down the wall. It took significantly less time and when all was finished it took around 4 hours total.
When the villagers saw Raj taking down the wall they were pretty scared. Monsters still existed and the walls gave them comfort. But after seeing the new houses' paths and much bigger walls they felt extremely safe.
"If any of you want a new house that is bigger just go into one grab a sign and put your name on it. Put it in front of your house and your good" Unlike before the houses had a lawn and even a backyard. This only managed to take up a 3rd of the space available. Not even counting the first wall.
Raj watched as families went into houses claiming them. Taking furniture from their old houses and moving them into new houses. There wasn't a need for money considering they got whatever they wanted. With everything done, Raj quickly moved the farms and forest farm over to a new section, and left the mineshaft as before.
At the request of a few villagers, he made a quick building for baking and handing out food.
"Finally I can get to work"
Raj could now do what he had set off to do when he went to the village. Make a forge. Raj used clay and made 400 hundred seared bricks. "Miner's work wonders' ' with that done he built the forge. Raj being smart made the forge into a pit. For aesthetic reasons, Raj made it like a centerpiece.
A large black semi tower. After finishing it started heating up. Unexpectedly it was the perfect temperature. Raj made a quick fence around the tower. Iron was tossed into the forge. Almost instantly it melted.
After crafting a pickaxe cast, raj poured iron in it. After it cooled down he made an iron rod too. With that finished he put them in the crafting table finally making an iron pickaxe.
-achievement, iron age-
"FINALLY"
After being here for only a week raj had essentially built a village and had everything he needed. Although he hadn't killed a monster yet. "Next on the agenda" After making a bunch of pickaxes, Raj created better tools for everyone. Once passing them out, Raj announced to the villagers.
"I will be leaving to go monster hunting soon, there is enough food, water and materials to last you all for basically forever as long as you still work. I won't be putting anyone in charge because I expect you to be truthful."
The only reason Raj could say this is because truthfully. The villagers are afraid more than they adore them. 'I haven't seen gray and thorfinn in a while'
-back at gillamoor-
"Let me get this straight,'' a guard nodded. "Several Orks have square holes in their chests and 100 people are missing." The guard nodded. "That's near impossible, even if the orcs ate them there is no possible way they ate 80 people when there were only 5 present, which we killed ''
'Only one ate a person and even then it was just an arm' the man thought for a second.
"How many horses are there?" He asked. "SIR, THERE ARE 3 HORSES, SIR," the man thought for a second. 'They must've got away' "Check for any horse prints outside of the village, if you see an abundance let me know. "SIR" the guard put their feet together and turned around marching out of the tent.
"Why do I have to deal with this" The man grabbed his head before falling asleep on the desk
-back in raj city-
"The winds blew up, her bow dipped down Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh)"
"SOON MAY THE WELLERMAN COME ''
Raj had the bright idea to teach the villagers sea shanties and now they huddled around the forge. Someone managed to make beer with apples and wheat (don't ask me how, I'm just saying stuff) and they somehow got drunk and decided the forge was the closest thing to a bonfire. Considering I was 20 in my past life I never got to drink.
Raj decided to take a sip. 'Not bad' Raj sat atop his castle walls admiring the scenery. "This is nice"
'This is gonna change soon though'
Now with a castle built and weapons made Raj needed to do more. As of right now if those orks had come, he would probably lose a huge portion of his city. 'Time to get back into the growth pathways'
Raj opened his inventory and went to his pathways. So far he only had fast growth and chance unlocked. Over the week he had a total of 14 points. 'I don't need anything for building at the moment
crafting would be a good choice but what he really needs is strength. Raj made the decision to place 5 in strength, 5 in agility, and 4 in defense. Atop the walls, a green glow appeared. When the glow died down, Raj saw he had 6 new abilities.
-speed up 1-
5% speed boost.
-double jump-
When in the air, the user may jump again.
-leather hide-
The user's skin is as tough as leather.
-stone hide-
The user's skin is as tough as stone.
-strength up-
Gain a 5% strength boost
-strength up 2-
12% strength boost
Raj looked at all his skills. With this, he's definitely stronger than before. By now the party had died down and everyone was back at their homes.
"Maybe now would be a good choice." Everyone is currently asleep and nothing has happened before. "Just a few hours wouldn't hurt." Raj hopped off the wall. Raj used his new stone hands to drag down the wall. When Raj hit the bottom he didn't have a scratch on him.
"This is nice." Raj started running. With stone skin and the speed boost, he was able to run through the forest with no trouble. At one point Raj came across a fallen tree and double jumped over it.
When Raj came into a new clearing he saw "it". In front of raj was the thing RL crafter's love or hate. "A battle tower" This would be a perfect test of how strong he had become but also dangerous. "What doesn't kill ya makes you stronger, and I'm immortal" Raj ran into the first floor of the battle tower.
Instead of there being a spawner there was a green cube in the center between 2 chests. (So basically a spawner)
The cube glowed before 5 goblins were spawned. "OK, you got this' ' Raj saw as the first goblin approached him, somehow it had spawned in with clothes on. The goblin attacked Raj with its sharp nails.
Raj quickly covered himself with his stone arms. When the goblin hit him, the part where he struck turned to stone, gaining a light gray color. Raj, taking advantage of this opening, punched the goblin on his head. The goblin fell over shaking and grabbing its head.
The other goblins ran towards Raj. 2 of them jumped forward while another 2 attacked his legs. Raj first ducked under the ones jumping and kicked one of the goblins on the ground. Still, a goblin wielding a wooden dagger hit his arm. While the dagger broke it still left a white mark on his body.
The goblin he had knocked down before ran up to Raj on his left. Raj noticed just in time and dodge its lunge. His shirt got torn in the process. Raj quickly kicked the goblin. He stomped on his head twice before repeating it with the other ones. After finally getting rid of the goblins, Raj collected his loot. First, he collected the green now turned blue cube. "
I'm definitely making a training room with this." After grabbing that, the goblin's daggers were picked up next. Finally, raj opened the 2 chests.
In the first one, raj got some simple but good loot. A chainmail chest plate, an iron sword, and a blue fluorescent pill. In the next chest, raj got bandages and arrows. Raj had been gone from his castle for around 2 hours now.
"Better get back" Raj ingrained where the tower was in his mind before running back. While running back he saw that he had gotten 3 more points. Raj decided to place them into defense. Raising his skill to 8 and gaining a new skill.
-copper hide-
Skin and internal organs are now as hard as copper
Raj saw as now whenever he hit a branch his skin gained a golden brown luster to them. 'It's too easy' Raj kept running for another hour before getting back to his castle. It was a few hours til sunrise.
Raj double-jumped over his moat and latched onto his wall. Digging his fingers inside the stone. Raj climbed up the wall double jumping every few seconds. After making it back to the top, Raj went to his house.
After running for 2 hours and then fighting goblins, Raj was exhausted, in the morning he would make his training room to farm points.
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Y'all got an extra chapter, enjoy it. As you can tell the kingdom-building arc is mostly over, and now Raj is gonna get back to the grind.