10 Autumnvale

"Goodbye." Leon watched them as they disappeared beyond the forest.

With their swords on their shoulders, the barbarians tasked with guard duty reported, "My Lord, they have all left."

"Yeah, they are quite fast." Leon nodded.

Since they were knights, one of the troop classes known for their high mobility, that was entirely normal. Without the carriages and infantry units getting in the way, they had no problem marching several times faster than they had on the journey there.

It was likely they would be able to scale over the Tierra Range and return to their comfortable homes in the Kingdom of Cailux in less than four days.

It's for the best that they left.

Leon let out a sigh of relief. At the very least, the Ruins was finally in his control.

If the kingdom knights, who were natives of that world, had stayed back at the ruins, it would have caused him a lot of trouble. He needed to rely on the system to carry out the subsequent construction of his fief.

At that point, he would have had to make an excuse to get them to leave.

Suddenly, the System Prompt appeared on his retina.

[Ding... After fighting a hard battle, the enemy is finally crushed.]

[Achievement: Annihilate the Goblin Tribe is complete.]

[Reward Acquired: Summon Lumberjack x10]

[Comment: A brilliant strategy and astonishing tactics were used. The victory of that exhilarating battle is indeed praiseworthy.]

The dialog box signaling the completion of the side quest appeared on his retina.

However, that was not the only dialog box.

[Ding... You have discovered this region after a careful search.]

[Achievement: Build your own village is complete.]

[Rewards Acquired: Town Hall Creation card x1, Builder huts x2]

[Introduction: This is the ruins in the cursed forested lands . You need to consider how to develop your village.]

Leon took a breath. The thick stench of blood still lingered around his nose.

He looked up at the sky. The last bits of rays from the sun were no more. The moon was high up in the sky. Moonlight mixed with the dazzling stars in the clear sky, shining down on the silent night.

Still, the bodies of goblins were littered all over the ruins. The thick stench of blood permeated the area, ruining the scene and mood altogether.

"Let's clean up the battlefield."

Leon waved and gave the barbarians an order. "Gather the bodies of the goblins and burn them."

"Understood." The barbarians responded and headed out.

The act of burning the goblin bodies was to prevent them from contaminating the water source when they rotted.

They were near the lake. If germs from the rotting, dirty bodies were to seep into water sources, regret would do them no good.

That was something noteworthy.

The troops knew that as well, so they began picking up the bodies of dead goblins. They gathered them into a huge pile at the clearing hundreds of feet away.

Leon, on the other hand, closed his eyes and communicated with the system in his mind.

He had finally been able to finish the achievement, which he had been delaying for 17 years.

Now that Leon had taken over the Ruins, he could construct a village with the help of the system. It allowed him to build his forces and eventually control the entire Solana Greenlands. It also meant that he might be able to eventually extend his hands back into the Kingdom of Cailux.

Leon walked on the clearing beside the lake then retrieve the town hall creation card from his inventory.

Leon then throw the card at the clearing then data from the system began to coalesce before Leon's eyes.

A small house with a simple structure with a thatched orange roof and a stone chimney. The windows, entrance, poles and walls were made of wood.

It was the Town Hall in Clash of Clans a conventional building from the system.

At the same time, a new dialog box appeared.

[Ding... Your village has been constructed. Please name your village.]

[Remark: The Lord's Page will open after naming your village.]

Name the village?

Leon was momentarily stunned. He looked at the building before him and said, "Autumnvale."

That was the name of the clan he made back in the day.

[Ding... Name of village: Autumnvale]

The village had officially been named.

As Leon confirmed it, the page of Autumnvale appeared on his retina.

[Autumnvale]

[Lord: Leon Nightshade]

[Type: Human Village]

[Population: 50]

[Building: Town Hall]

[Constructions available: Builder Hut x2]

[Current forces: Barbarians (20), Raged Barbarians (10)]

[Comment: The obscure village of Autumnvalr, located in the Solana Greenlands, has a worrisome future.]

After that, the flow of data before Leon completely disappeared.

The village, which he named Autumnvale, finally appeared before him.

To say that it was a village would have been an exaggeration.

At the moment, Autumnvale's only standing building was the Town Hall, which served as the center of the village. It was usually where village elders took up residence.

However, that place became a real building after he came to that world.

"My Lord."

Subservient voices were heard, which stunned Leon.

A thick wooden door at the side of the building opened. One villager wearing linen robes after another gushed out from within. They hung their heads low and pressed their chests, greeting Leon in respect.

"Right." Leon nodded.

It was only then that he remembered that on the village page of Autumnvale, it was stated that the population was 50.

The 50 villagers stood neatly before him. There were no more, no less.

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