Chapter 396 - Building the Fortress (1/2)

Chapter 396: Building the Fortress

Translator: Atlasstudios Editor: Atlasstudios

Even though the mercenaries were still suspicious and curious about Rhode’s orders, they, including Marlene and Lize, obeyed and left shortly after Of course, it wasn’t that Rhode didn’t want them to know his secret After all, he only needed half a day’s tious Fortress Unless one’s an idiot, if not, no one wouldn’t think there’s a proble to build the Fortress in front of them proved that they were his trustworthy confidants As for why he made them leave, partially was for the element of surprise and also for safety reasons After all, only Rhode had access to this construction systeht treat theered around Further up the previous stronghold, so it’s still best to avoid any possible dangers

Rhode focused on scanning the surroundings carefully Right now, he stood at the middle of the hall within the Fortress ruins After the battle last night, this place was severely daround and everywhere were filled with broken tiles which were hard to bear Taking in this disastrous sight, Rhode shrugged his shoulders before extending his arhts

Shortly after, a holographic ae which he used to repair the stronghold, this holographic map not only displayed Rhode’s current location, it even unveiled the borders of the entire Misty Mountains and Twilight Forest The areas that this systeuild had control over

However, siions near Rhode was clear in view, the other regions were shrouded in thick and dark shadohere only mountains, trees, and rivers could be seen It seee

But soon, lines of system prompts appeared before Rhode’s eyes

[Detected Guild Territory Land of Atoneed To repair?]

Nope

Rhode denied the suggestion ed

[Fortress had been dahold?]

Yes

Rhode nodded and presented the finalized blueprint onto the holographic scenery Suddenly, a bright light flashed and a model of the Fortress based on the blueprint presented itself before his eyes

[Fortress had beenFortress requires 7,590,000 gold coins Please confirm]

“…”

This time, Rhode hesitated

He stared at this notification and gritted his teeth After he carefully scanned through the holographic scenery with the materialized Fortressand sturdy There were no concerns for the water source flowing fro natural barriers would prevent ene off their food sources — If the enemies really had such capabilities, that’s when the Su as the Suain direct access to the stronghold in Deep Stone City and didn’t need to worry about problems with transportations of materials

However, an object like the Summon Gate shouldn’t be built outdoors Rhode had instructed Canary to build the Suround second floor in the Deep Stone City stronghold Rhode would also build the Suhtest securities After all, the Summon Gate was a top secret and shouldn’t be known to any ordinary persons

[Please confirm To build?]

The system prompted once more in view as Rhode didn’t make a decision And this tihtly nodded

“Build”

This word caes to the surroundings

The clear skies instantly died in Rhode’s hand Rays of golden bearid-like projection The golden bearound sihold and allowed the beams to scan the area entirely

“…”

The earth let out a deep, loud ruulped This was the first tiame, everyone only could view the Fortress after it was built Even Rhode didn’t witness the building process of the Fortress before Due to this, although Rhodedeep down in his heart with excitement, anticipation and also a little nervousness

“Baot louder and louder before the entire land began to shake Then, a huge, black figure broke through the ground and soared into the sky right before his very eyes

Thick, sturdy walls eround violently In an instant, soil and dust rose rapidly and the wheezing storm forced Rhode to close his eyes Those broken tiles scattered on the ground transfor storm and disappeared to nowhere!

That was all that Rhode could capture

Because at the next an to repair themselves before his eyes Not only that, the walls slowly rose up while the ceiling above hi its shape This entire scene was siramme which Rhode had seen — Humans recorded the construction process of an architecture over a period of hundred days and fast forward it for viewers to adht now, Rhode felt like he was one of those vieitnessing the live ‘fast forwarded’ construction process of this huge Fortress

The navy blue stone walls stopped rising and strokes of floral patterns decorated its edge shortly after Then, the pillar supporting the housing doe its shape and within a few seconds, the utterly broken and rubbish-filled hall instantly turned sparkling clean It’s uniular sand and gravel just a few o Also, no one could accept that a moments before, what stood in place of these solid, thick walls were the tattered, thin walls that could cru with a punctured hole transformed into a perfectly round and beautiful dolass s and brightened the entire hall

The ruradually turned softer and softer In the end, everything fell into complete silence

Up until thatup the stairs located in the center of the hall

The stone-htest flaws Even Rhode itnessed the transformation couldn’t believe his eyes Were these really just built? If this was the power of the system he had, then where did the power of the system come from?

“Why do you even bother yourself with it, Leader”

At this moment, Mini Bubble Gum suddenly spoke

“This place feels realistic to us anyway and isn’t that good enough? Your hair will drop if you worry too ood in it Just look at how beautiful this Fortress is… Think about happier matters and don’t be like the bunch of blockheads in ‘The Matrix 1999and guess what happened to the delicious food and drinking hard liquor, they were still breathing in conta food I really don’t understand what their brains were filled with Savior, my foot! Looked more like masochists to s, Bubble What you said was too extreme”

This ti for the things that they desire… Hmm, whereas the results, they had chosen them by themselves”

“Smart people wouldn’t make such a stupid choice So, I think they’re a bunch of idiots”

Rhode revealed a bitter smile Mini Bubble Gum’s explanation wasn’t unreasonable In the world that Rhode belonged in, this had never happened before Whereas in s do happen If speculations were based on this, then the world that Rhode lived in s weren’t that simple