With the order given by Ardent, the elders and chief began working towards it. Of course, the lack of population made building new infrastructure difficult, especially with other tasks needing manpower.
However, with the increasing number of Mages in their rank, they can easily deal with the lacking manpower.
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As the elders and chief get to work turning the village into a city, Ardent headed straight to the main camp of Blue Boulder Mercenary Group.
Upon his arrival, the entire camp stood in attention, their gaze of fear and apprehension.
"Young Master Ardent." the leader of the group, a man named Trance, looked at him with great wary.
"We are sure we don't do anything wrong, right?" Ardent looked at the man with amusement.
"No, you did not." he decided to not torment the man, too much anyway. "However, I decided your performance have been good and will offer you ... something more."