Chapter 18: Village Upgrade.

Black Moon village,

Alex stood before the completed ware house with a stern expression as he watched his villagers approach his location.

'System, quickly scan the new building to confirm if it is eligible to be the village's store house'

Tring!...[Approved], the system quickly responded,

He quickly opened the village's status page

[Ding!]

Village Name: Black moon

Level: Basic (3966/3000) <Upgrade>+1

Village Area: 1 square kilometre

Village Territory: 33 square kilometres

Residents: 151/1000

Soldiers: 60/300

Guards: 11/50

Landmarks: Black Moon lake, Cold Valley.

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On the page, there was a new upgrade button that kept flashing, there was even extra exp that developed after a few days. With a Nod, he looked at the now gathered residents and brushed his hands over the short curly Afro like hair on his head. Almost all the black moon village residents who were in the Order of the first circle had black hair growing out of their head, and it's length determines the time they joined the tribe. That was the trend now, even Torrelsav now had a few strands on his head. The Original Orcs, as Alex chose to call it, had more hair than anyone, which for some reason made the goblins and Kobolds feel awe.

Of course their Hair still wasn't as impressive as Alex's, The moment he did, gasping sounds could be heard but Alex wore a stern expression and focus his gaze on them. The oppressive feeling made everyone quiet that instant.

So Alex began his speech,"I've called you all today, to officially welcome you all personally into our Clan!!".

There no response from the crowd so he continued,"I'm sure you all have heard of or aware of how this mark came to be and those of you who have yet to receive it must be wondering why you haven't...well let me answer your question, it is because I had not acknowledged you as my people but from this day forth...". Alex paused to build up a little suspense before saying,

"I shall take you all as my people, we will be one tribe, never to be broken!!" At the same time he said this, Black ink mysteriously crawled up their arms before moving all the way to their chests.

"Waaaaa!!!"

"Look, LOOK!!"

Noise broke out in the crowd as soon as they saw this scene. Unlike the others, Torrelsav clearly felt the changes brought by the tattoo and couldn't help thinking, 'So this is what the Elders and Chief had been...terrifying.'

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Alex had no Idea that most Great Orcs are very selective of whom they grant their Sigil to as they had to bear the full brunt of the mana exhaustion despite the benefits they would receive in return.

The number of bearers showed the symbol of power of every Great Orc, so you would never see any great Orc who would have his whole village having one, it was simply too extravagant. Presently, the reason for Alex's case was because the system was actually bearing the cost as it had tied the mana cost to the village itself but all this was a story for another day.

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Alex had no idea that this act had made a few of his citizen feel more dread from him, So he lifted his arm while clicking the Upgrade button with his mind and a high note-tune that seemed to have been produced by a flute suddenly silenced the crowd.

[Ding: Detecting Black moon Village upgrades conditions…]

[Minimum population of 100 people; Population is over the limit and has met the requirements!]

[Basic infrastructure required such as Village Hall, Resource storage, specialized workshops such as Smithy, Fabric station ...has met requirements!]

[Proceeding with Upgrade...]

Time seemed to have been frozen as a gentle yet strong wind passed through the village area in full force, The messy wooden fences straightened up and became much sturdier, the smooth earthen floors increased in space, the residential building changed to the green themed thatch cottages. A ripple of light came out from the ground and expanded from one kilometre to two.

At the same time, Alex was bombarded with notifications upon notification...

[Village hall is now the Lord's Manor]

[Black moon village is now a Basic Lv2 village, you have received three random rewards!]

[System Warning!!!]

[Goddess Ayaseh is Intrigued]

[Goddess Ayaseh has blessed this land!]

[Error!]

[Divine Mana cannot be used to upgrade basic village]

[Computing countermeasure...]

[Divine Mana shall be used to erect Temple instead...]

Immediately, the earth began to quake as a stone building crawled out into view behind the 'Lord's Manor', it gave a serene and solemn vibe but Alex was in panic. It was obvious the Goddess had just performed some kind of experiment.

What he was worried about was that, this result would only attract her more!!.

What he remembered from the Novel about this Goddess was that, She was the Only God that was born Naturally!, the rest evolved into their positions. The problem was that she had a naughty character, which was what Alex was worried about.

Now this temple would just give her license to visit, destroying it wasn't an option either,as that would just be making an ultra powerful enemy in an instant.

Alex's thoughts were reeling as he looked at the new building that was standing conspicuously in the village 'I guess i'll just feign surprise and use a 'wait and see attitude', perhaps enter the temple later tonight.'

[Temple complete...]

'Temple complete your head!! argh!!'

[Would you like to use the excess Exp(Mana) to upgrade your villagers?]

[Yes or No]

'Yes'

With a glaring flash of light, Alex and the others leveled up while the ones Evolving passed out immediately. Alex was to lazy to talk to anyone and immediately headed to the Lords Manor, He was worried about what this Night goddess would want.

Within the Lord's manor became more spacious, the number of chairs below the throne increased to six from four and the Bamboo pillars became four. Alex skipped this part and headed for the inner chamber which was meant for him and proceeded to look over the remaining notifications.

[Ding!]

Village Name: Black moon

Level: Basic Lv2 (966/5000)

Village Area: 2 square kilometre

Village Territory: 44 square kilometres

Residents: 151/1000 (A/N: minimum population requirement for Lv 3= 200)

Soldiers: 60/300

Guards: 11/50

Landmarks: Black Moon lake, Cold Valley.

Existing structures: Lord's Manor, Village wall, Wooden Residential buildings x30, Smithy, Basic Logging(poor), Farmland(78%), Advanced Mining Field(98%).

[Do you wish to with draw your random rewards?]

[Yes or No]

'Yes'

[Ding!]

[Two Cultivation manuals, Black furred battle cloak, Jur'l(Great sword)]