41 Upgrade! Level 2! (1/2)
It was already dusk when they returned to the camp.
Caleb's excitement was doused with disappointment as he didn't expect that their base is actually a walled camp, he wasn't even surprised seeing the high walls as he had already seen numerous castle surrounded by walls made of stone when he was still a knight.
What cause his disappointment more is the survivors living inside are only ordinary people with some are former soldiers, it's because he was expecting that there would be others like Leo and Alex here, sadly for him that there aren't like others like Leo or Alex existing in their current time.
So, he just went to get some rest as ordered by Leo and didn't decline as he knows that he's too weak to do anything right now that even walking is already taking a toll on him.
Currently, Leo is standing in the wall just beside the gate and on his hand is the Level 2 Blueprint, required for upgrading the Stronghold. Leo was looking at the pop up that appeared before him.
[Do you wish to upgrade the Stronghold to Level 2?]
[Cost: 30000 Lumber, 25000 Stones, 15000 Iron]
Leo pressed the ”Yes” button on the screen as the rolled paper on his hand that looks like an old scroll turned into an orb of light as it shot towards the sky before bursting into light particles as they slowly descended below.
The people doing their chores below gasped in surprise when they saw that burst of light as they started exclaiming aloud.
”What was that? It looks a fireworks but it didn't produce any sound!”
”It's so beautiful!”
”I think it was Boss who did it! I saw him earlier holding what looks like a ball light that shot upwards and burst itself, producing that!”
”But isn't that dangerous? What if some group of malicious people saw that and make their way here and cause trouble here?”
”Ha! If someone really comes then we'll let them taste their own medicine! With Boss Leo and the former soldiers here, I doubt anyone can even put up a fight with them!”
All of them stopped what they were doing and started talking among themselves but unfortunately for them, the surprises isn't over yet.
”What the heck! The buildings are glowing!”
”My god! What heck is happening now!?
”This is freaking awesome!”
”It's the work of god!”
”Shut up! It's boss's doing!”
”Don't tell me to shut up brat or I'll give a good beating! And Leo doesn't have that kind of ability!”
”Yeah right! You already saw what he can do back then when we were still at LA! I'm telling you, his an Immortal Cultivator so it's not surprising that he can do this!”
”Grow up! What Immortal Cultivator!? They don't exist!”
”Then how do you explain the things he showed back then, huh!?”
”Errr..”
”Yeah, you can't explain it old man, Tsk!”
”Shut up Josh!”
Upon contact with the particles of light, the buildings slowly got covered in a mantle of light and the people started another commotion again that the debate between Josh and Tom even reached Leo's ears as he didn't know if he should laugh or cry.
Looking at them, Leo saw mixtures of expressions from surprise, curiosity, proud and even
annoyance, wore by someone named Tom.
Leo then noticed that the lights covering the buildings are slowly disappearing, revealing significant changes towards the buildings.
The buildings that were made from logs, now are mixed with stones and logs and they became more spacious and a bit bigger especially the Main Hall, that it's lower floor is now all made from stones but the upper floor is still the same.
”This is absurd! Look at these, they became stones when they were just logs earlier!”
”This is seriously amazing and weird at the same time, does Leo possesses some kind of an alien technology?”
”Maybe, maybe not. Boss must have some kind of a high technology that far surpasses our time. Well, maybe it's really an alien technology”
”Damn, should we ask him?”
”Why don't you go ask him then? Let's see if he tells you”