Making a Home

Cao Tai POV

Following the previous day's incidents, I've decided that I'll make a house, worthy of my pride, of course it will have to be fortified so it'll probably be called a fortress or citadel.

Asking System, it told me that you could make a capital fortress for free. But then all enemies in the vicinity of the continent would be attracted to that location, and since there are quite a few people who want Violet, it may not be the best idea.

However it also said that I can make a Settlement, but the 'upgrades' there cost significantly more, and I can only have two per Realm. Which is quite a bummer but I think I'll have to get this one since I bet the Maolan family isn't the only group searching for the Dragoness, for example, I bet the Regency Council is, or whomever is in charge right now so they'll be in charge forever.

So that leads me to where I am now, <Would you like to find a Settlement? Y/N>

I click 'Y,' and a box pops open, {Settlement Founded! What would you like to call your Settlement?}

I type, 'New Himeji' The box disappears and I get three choices on what to build.

They were templates, kind of, it just let you choose in between if you want a Fortress Town, Resource Town, and Factory Town. I obviously clicked the 'Fortress Town' town. Several options popped up, varying from things like good old fashioned fences to the cream of defense, Gargoyle's and Golems.

I select something in the middle, 'Bailiff's Hut.' [In this case a Bailiff has less power than a Magistrate.]

I also bought several walls to encase this hut, hardened clay walls (AKA Bricks) the system called these walls, {Walls. Level, 4}

{Building will be completed in... 45 Minutes... 44 Minutes, 59 Seconds...}

I click, {Notify when completed} and go for a quick jog.

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When I return the timer says there is roughly 30 seconds left, but there was nothing there, whats going to happen when the timer runs out? It'll suddenly just pop into existence?

<Yes it will, as you shall soon see, I also recommend you take about 20 steps back, quickly>

I quickly obey Systems commands and turn to sprint, {10...9...8...}

And I gotta say, I must've done the fastest 25 meter dash in the history of this Realm, oh yeah thats cause I'm the first... who cares?

Suddenly the ground emitted a great groan, like it was sensing that soon a building will fall onto it, or something like that.

And for the great finale, a building appeared 3 meters above ground just levitating, I continued to backpedal in case the whole building fell at once, causing a huge plume of dust.

But instead it was slowly going down, roughly a foot a second, before a resounding thud as the building hit the ground.

And I suddenly realize something horrible, how in the WORLD am I supposed to get in there? After all, there is no gate of any kind.

<Simply use the interface and upgrade to upgrade walls, to do this simply focus at the wall segment and think 'Info' and a box shall appear before you. Of course you will still need to pay for it after all, neither I nor your Sponsor are Philanthropists.>

I do its instructions before one wall roughly in the middle of a wall segment. (The Walls are shaped in a Square, this isn't a Star Fortress... yet)

I put my fingers on my temples like I was having a migraine, and begin to focus, when there was only one thought in my mind, 'I must look stupid in this pose...' I open my eyes, with an information box before me.

{Level 4 wall, INFO: Brick walls roughly two stories high, can survive multiple hits by a Tortoise. Cost, 1,000 Magical Essence Each. Units Purchased, 40. Would you like to upgrade this unit into a Level 4 Gate? Costs: 5,000 Magical Essence}

I click {Yes} and a burst of light a gate appears. Looking the rest of the walls, except that unlike the other its bricks formed two towers on either side, giving one archer slit at each side, and the gate was a reinforced spruce door, roughly 3 meters tall and 2 meters wide, and since it was wide open you could see how thick they were, roughly half a meter thick.

And finally inside the walls lay the building I ordered, the size of a maybe two townhouses and a little lower than the walls. (Which are two stories tall)

<Inside that building you may erect any walls for free, as well as have basic furniture. Like Beds and Closets. Sinks are not included.>