Chapter 346: Estate Level (1/2)

Arthur clicked the different functions of his Lordship, and he was overwhelmed by the number of new functions. His Legacy had three primary functions for his Lordship, and each of those had sub-items.

[Lordship Stats.]

-      Estate Level: 0.

-      Estate Size: 0.

-      Residents Numbers: 102.

-      Overall Satisfaction: 12%.

-      Lordship Points: 0.

[Lordship's Creation.]

-      Build!

-      Blueprints. [Locked.]

-      Revenue. [Locked.]

[Lordship Residents.]

-      Professions.

-      Potential.

-      Loyalty.

Arthur had a sense of alienation, as if something had slipped his mind without him realizing it. He tried to think of what it was, reaching out to grab it, but it slipped away like smoke.

'Well, if I can't remember it, nothing I can do about it. If it were important, I wouldn't have forgotten it.' He tried to dismiss it because it would keep bugging him.

He turned his attention to his Lordship, feeling like his Legacy was waiting for the chance to introduce it. His Legacy kept introducing functions when he needed them, but Arthur didn't feel like he made the best of them. He didn't obtain any runes from his skills until now, only evolving some of them. He also didn't study enough to evolve his runes.

Things will be different, as he would have the time and resources to focus on his growth in these three months. As the three of them walked back, the uneasy residents of the city greeted them.

”Seika, I think they need to hear a few words.” The Knight of Courage whispered, but Arthur looked at her, speechless.

”A few words with me looking like... this?” He gestured toward himself, who was bloodied from head to toe, making the Knight of Courage smiled awkwardly. ”Hose me!” He spread his right arm.

”Well, you asked for it.” Courage smiled and pointed her finger toward him. A water ball appeared on her fingertip, and the stream came gushing out. The water washed Arthur's body, cleansing him of the blood and dirt. When she stopped, Arthur was soaking wet.

”You enjoyed it too much,” Arthur grumbled as flames appeared beside him, evaporating the water. He tied his hair back and began walking toward the residents.

”Seika, are you alright?” Ma asked with worry as he saw the several wounds on Arthur's body.

”I am,” Arthur nodded and turned toward the people. ”Everything is fine. The Ogre tribe tried attacking us as expected, but they failed.”

Hearing his words and seeing his wounds, the people can deduce for themselves that Arthur was the one who fended off the attack. For the Lord of the new city himself to defend them, the residents felt touched.

”As long as I'm here,” Arthur looked at every salesperson, guard, blacksmith, and potion master that they brought along. ”None of you will get hurt. I brought you here to build the greatest city this world had seen, not to throw away our lives in a godforsaken land.”

As he said so, Arthur turned away and walked toward his house. The people looked at each other in silence before they cheered, some of them clapping. The cheering wasn't loud with how few of them there were, but it was a start.

***

'How do I raise the level of my estate?' Arthur asked as he leaned back in his chair beside the bed that he placed in one of the rooms.

[Estate Level is a measure of your land's development and your residents' satisfaction. The level rises when with the improvement of your economy, industry, military, agriculture, citizen's standard of living, authority, and other aspects of your estate.]

'So, just improve everything.' Arthur sighed as his eyes dropped toward Lordship Points. Stats, Legacy, and Lordship points. Things were getting hectic.

The rest of the stats were obvious. When Arthur clicked on the only unlocked choice on his Lordship's Creation menu, greyed-out items appeared.

They included things like houses, barracks, farms, wells, resorts, shops, auction houses, smithies, parks, streets, and other things that could solve any construction issues he might face.

”This will be easy.”

He noticed that every item needed Lordship Points to construct. He guessed that leveling up his estate size would reward him with points, so it was a loop of improvement.

Blueprints and Revenue were locked, so he guessed that his estate needed to reach a certain level for it to be unlocked. On the other hand, whatever they included should be pretty exciting and rewarding.