Hidden Building

[You have selected the village of murud to be your main village…]

[Confirm Yes / No]

Aarv clicked on the yes option without hesitation. As soon as he clicked on the Yes option, the scenery in front of him changed. He was now standing in front of a vast green plain full of waist-high grass. Aarv looked around and found that he was surrounded by hills and sea just like he saw on the map of murud. He looked around for a while but he did not find any buildings or any NPC characters around.

'How am I supposed to build anything without NPCs'

As Aarv was panicking, he suddenly heard the sweet voice of the system again.

[ Esteemed Lord, please drop your village creation token to start your village...]

'Phew…'

Aarv released a relieving sigh. He then took out the legendary village creation token from his inventory and dropped it on the ground.

As soon as the village creation token touched the ground, Aarv saw a flash of light and small wooden buildings started to appear on the ground. These wooden buildings looked similar to ancient Indian houses called kudache Ghar (कुडाचे घर; कुड‌ = small dried branches + घर = house ). These houses had roofs of dried grass and the walls were covered with mud to keep the whole house cool.

As aarv was observing these houses, he got a message from the system.

[ Player choose the location of the village hall…]

Aarv directly chose the distant island made out of rock 5 Km away to build his village hall and click on the confirm button. A new light showed on the island as a new building emerged out of thin air. This building was made out of stone and resembled a small villa. After the construction of the village hall was done, he got a congratulatory message from the system.

[ Congratulations player for constructing the first legendary village inside peace online…]

[ Rewarding player with a free hidden building…]

[ Players please choose your hidden building…

Options :

1. Bazaar.

2. City Wall.

3. Shipyard.

]

Aarv immediately chose the option of a shipyard. He knew that a bazaar and city wall could be built with some planning, but shipyards needed specific technologies to work. As he tapped on the confirm button, he got another prompt telling him to choose the location for the shipyard to be built.

Aarv looked around and found a rocky terrain west of his village which was closest to his town hall. Thus he chose the location of Eakdara as his shipyard location.

Soon, bright light descended from the skies and a small wooden dock along with a small shipyard materialized in front of aarv.

Aarv also saw a buffed man with a red hat standing on the deck. As soon as the man saw Aarv, he went up to him and saluted.

" Rama Patil greets Milord…"

Aarv knew that the person standing in front of him was a member of the Koli clan. A clan specialized in fishing, sailing and all the activities related to the ocean. They were recognised by their specific uniform, a red beanie with a flat top and a long piece of square cloth around their waist.

" Hmm… Let's go check out the town hall…"

He instructed Rama Patil to sail the boat towards the town hall which was around 1 km away from the dock at the Ekdara. Both men sat on a wooden boat and Rama Patil started sailing the boat towards the rocky island in the middle of the ocean.

It took them close to one and half hours to reach the rocky island known as murud janjira. There, Aarv finally saw the main city hall as well as his own abode adjacent to the city hall. Other than those two structures, there was not a single thing on the rocky island except for a lake. Aarv got out of the boat and asked Rama to stay on this site as he walked towards the lake with crystal clear water.

He went and drank a mouthful of freshwater from the lake.

"Ahh…"

Aarv gave a satisfied sigh because the water inside the lake was especially fresh and tasty without any processing or filtration. This lake was considered a miracle performed by nature as it was the only source of Freshwater on the island surrounded by the ocean.

After drinking the water, aarv went towards the city hall. Inside the city hall, he saw a giant crystal floating back off the main throne. Aarv remembered that to capture any lord's territory, one must destroy the crystal floating behind the throne inside the village hall.

The crystal had two specific uses in the game. The first one is a teleportation node between a village and nearby cities and the second one is a summoning point to summon NPCs ( non-playing AI-generated characters).

Aarv curiously placed his hand on the floating crystal. He soon got a window panel opened in front of him.

[

Village name : village4078 {rename}

Village statistics :

Village rank: Legendary.

Village Owner : Aarv Bhosle.

Legendary village perks:

500% increase in NPC settlers.

20% increase in attracting special talents.

25% increase in crop production.

20% increase in proficiency of workers and scientists.

Exclusive perks :

Beautiful Ocean scenery and beaches attract more sea lovers and fishermen.

35% increase in attracting special sea talents.

Hidden Buildings: Shipyard: level 1.

]

As Aarv looked through the village statistics he felt satisfied. A legendary ranked village had the best perks available for growing the village into a capital city.

He Also got 2 options below the village statistics window. These two options were,

[ Recruitment ]

[ Teleportation ]

Aarv first clicked on the recruitment option. He saw a white light covering the entire main village hall and in the next second, fifty people were standing inside the village hall looking curiously at the surroundings. But as soon as they noticed Aarv, they bowed in unison.

"We greet the Lord…"

Aarv just nodded at them and said,

"Go towards the village of murud and choose a suitable home for yourself. Afterwards, I will distribute your daily work to everyone…"

After getting their orders all the fifty people thanked Aarv and went towards the port connecting Murud village.

Aarv looked at the crystal again and clicked on the teleportation option. As soon as he clicked on the teleportation option, he got the list of all NPC cities in India. Right beside each city name was the cost to travel to each city. Aarv checked the price to teleport towards Mumbai and it was 10 gold coins.

Aarv painfully paid for the teleportation cost and clicked on the confirm button. His body immediately disappeared from his original position towards the NPC city of Mumbai.