All the stone was finally depleted! Buildings of the Ahreupen Empire consumed large amounts of stone. Now he could only construct buildings made out of wood.
“Construct the Ahreupen Merchant Center.”
A facility for Merchants
Enables access to more trade routes and controls the prices of goods. Will be able to provide foods targeted towards wealthy merchants. Actively involved in the art of trade.
“Construct Leather Goods Center.”
Specialized in the trade of special leather products.
Leather and skins can be made into common household products and traded. Increases the number of skilled tailors and develops tailoring industry. Morata’s sewing in relation to economy has increased by 10. Technology has increased by 15.
“Construct Ahreupen terraced gardens, fruit trees, wells, and wagons.”
He spent more than 500 gold on intensive construction.
The buildings of the Ahreupen Empire were not the only things that were going to make Morata more prosperous.
“Open an accessory store, open a small theater, open a jewelry store, open a furniture store, open a winery, open a chicken farm, and open a sheep farm.”
He did not forget how lucrative users were in Morata.
“The money spent will eventually come back to me.”
He was building all sorts of facilities to extort money from the users. The creation of wineries will provide good wine and the chicken supplies will help towards the sales of pubs and inns. Aside from farming and mining, these were core industries and an important source of income. Of course he had to be careful of running a deficit, but it was worth it to extend its operations all over Morata.
“The square seems a bit narrow…”
From the influx of users and buildings, there open space now felt a lot narrower. In the fountain there was the merchant center and users went around obtaining quests and parties on a day to day basis. Morata was growing exponentially such that users had to wait in lines at store.
“This time I’m going to expand Morata to be larger.”
Weed began to build four more squares at the outskirts of the town.
“Construct the Wyvern Square, construct the Bingryong Square, construct the Light Tower Square, construct the Rover Square.”
It cost 40 thousand gold to have a square built with a fountain but it was a decent strategy.
Gravel was evenly spread along the spoil but it was still very spacious.
It was a much larger area compared to Serabourg, the capital of the Kingdom of Rosenheim. The Statue of Freya was surrounded by five squares in the shape of a diamond.
“Connect them so that you can make your way from one to another…”
He gave instructions to the building of roads through commercial buildings and residential areas. The city was now five times larger than it was before!
Looking from the sky, he could see the five squares surrounding the statue.
“Buy the land now and as the lord I will get money from all of them in the future.”
Reporters from each broadcaster were dispatched to the North. The reason was because there were no movements in the war between the Kingdom of Haven and the Kallamore Kingdom. Because of this, they focused their attention to the clouds of war that were stirring in the Northern region.
“This time, the God of War Weed will taste bitter defeat. It is reckless to think that he would be able to fight against several guilds.”
“Is that so. Are the various guilds of the north truly united? They have temporarily joined in an alliance in name but it was will hard for them to work together.”
Challengers appeared to counter Weed’s large quest.
Public interest was concentrated on the north from the broadcasters and the Internet. They were all thinking about who was going to win the upcoming war in the live broadcast. Many were anticipating seeing the God of War Weed commanding his troops and defeating the unified alliance of guilds. A female adventurer from the CTS Media spent four days interviewing over half of the villages. More than five villages were shown training their soldiers in preparation.
“Is the Styrene Guild really going to invade Morata?”
“Of course.”
The Styrene Guild Master replied confidently.
They were constantly training their soldiers and purchasing weapons and armors from the central continent. They had also gathered enormous funds to sign up several mercenaries and Dark Gamers. CTS Media had millions watching the new because they wanted to know what was going on in the world. At the time, the biggest news was the users and their guilds aiming in the North for Morata.
“May I ask how much preparations are being made?”
“We have roughly armed all of the soldiers and contacted a blacksmith in the Central Continent to create siege weapons as well. After the Protection of Freya ends, we are going to invade Morata.”
The Styrene Guild was preparing enormous amounts to war. Over half of the towns were dominated by the Styrene Guild and almost all of their troops were being used for the goal of occupying Morata. More than 100 thousand troops were being prepared to overwhelmingly occupy Morata.
Pale was maintaining his bow while Surka was looking over her gloves. Zephyr was checking his rod to see if the line was working well. They were hunting in Morata and they could feel the surrounding atmosphere.
“A big war is coming.”
Pale calmly said.
Archers had the opportunity of playing a significant role in the war. They did not fall as quickly as warriors since they did not make confrontation. Pale and the rest of the party fought in the battle against the invasion of monsters. He ran around the walls shooting arrows, aimed at the back of the heads of medium sized monsters. Because of this, Pale had a lot of combat experience and a high level. Hwayrung was checking out her dresses and accessories.
“I think this is going to be a big stage!”
Romuna said.
“This time, I’m going to sweep them all away with my magic!”
For the siege, a lot of money went towards hiring mercenaries to fight. You could drop dead, lose a few levels and items, but if you win then there was an opportunity to earn a lot. However, for Pale and his party, such a thought did not exist and they just wanted to protect Morata. This was because Weed was their friend. They were not even afraid if it was going to be a difficult fight.
“So how you think it’s going to go?”
“I’m sure Weed has something in mind…probably.”
“By the way, where is Mapan?”
Irene asked, to which everyone could only shrug their shoulders.
“I don’t know. I saw him trading near the River of Waling and didn’t see him much after that.”
Merchant Mapan ran a number of profitable stores. She probably knew where he was but didn’t reveal it.
Weed was left with a mere 260 thousand gold left! Morata did not have any defense facilities and could not recruit an army like the other guilds.
“I’ve been trying to live a good life but then you try to touch my rice bowl…”
Weed wet his lips as he said.
He did not know how to use this boiling rage!
At that moment he made a difficult decision.
“Open a military camp.”
On the outskirts of town, he spent 70 thousand gold in order to construct a professional military camp. It was a camp that was made to train infantry, archers, and spearmen. With training, soldiers could increase their levels. There could also be a center to train horses and cavalry. However that cost an enormous 200 thousand gold!
“Heuheuk this is better.”
Weed was alone in his room bitter as he tried to sooth himself.
At that moment he made his most heartbreaking decision since he had become a sculptor.