Free Web NovelChapter 49: Chapter 49: Velaris Village Awakens
The moment Iris selected the Territory tab, the interface shifted.
The translucent screen expanded before her eyes, becoming clearer and more detailed than before.
For the first time since claiming the territory, she was looking at the complete information of her village.
[ TERRITORY STATS
Name: Velaris Village
Status: Village LV1
Area: 3,142,000 SQM
Residents: 14
Total Population: 14
Base Resources:
Wood: 5000 / 5000
Stone: 3000 / 3000]
Wealth: 11,711 Gold, 7,969 Silver, 15,287 Copper
Reputation: 0
Buildings: None
Building Slots: 0 / 5]
Iris stared at the panel, then she blinked.
Once.
Twice.
Her gaze slowly drifted toward the wealth section, a strange expression appeared on her face. Her money had become territory money.
No.
That wasn’t entirely correct, after reading the description hidden beneath the wealth section, she realized the territory wasn’t taking her money. Rather, as the lord, her personal assets and the territory’s assets were currently linked together.... For now.
That meant every gold coin she spent on construction would come directly from her own pocket.
"..." Her lips twitched.
Suddenly, Tobias’s obsession with collecting resources made a lot more sense.
At the time she had assumed he was simply greedy.... Now?
Looking at the empty territory and the intimidating construction requirements that undoubtedly awaited her, Iris wasn’t so sure anymore.
She shifted her attention toward the resource section to the Wood and Stone. Unlike wealth, both had additional descriptions. After opening them, several lines of text appeared.
[Wood Resource:
Standard Measurement Unit: 1 Unit = 1 Cubic Meter]
[Stone Resource
Standard Measurement Unit: 1 Unit = 1 Cubic Meter]
Iris raised an eyebrow, One cubic meter?
That was significantly more than she expected, at first glance, five thousand units sounded ordinary. Now she realized it was anything but.
Five thousand cubic meters of wood and Three thousand cubic meters of stone.
Those weren’t numbers she could casually pile somewhere inside the valley. Fortunately, the territory seemed to possess its own storage mechanism.
Otherwise, she’d have to start worrying about where exactly several thousand cubic meters of materials were supposed to fit.
Her eyes lingered briefly on the resource cap. Five thousand, Three thousand the current numbers matched the maximum. Which meant the territory inventory had already reached its storage limit.... Interesting.
She filed that information away before moving on.
The next tab she opened was Residential.
Several holographic building models appeared in front of her.
Small houses, Larger houses, Manors and then she was a castle-like structure positioned at the very end.
The models rotated slowly in the air, allowing her to inspect every angle.
The longer she looked, the deeper her frown became.
The buildings weren’t ugly that wasn’t the problem the problem was that they felt...
Cold and rigid but functional.
They looked like structures designed to meet the minimum requirements for survival and nothing more.
For some reason, they reminded her of King’s Territory.
The same cramped feeling.
The same uninspired design philosophy.
The same attitude of "good enough."
A description appeared when she focused on the most expensive option.
[Lord’s Castle
Cost: 1500 Wood, 800 Stone and 300 Gold.]
and it Occupies 1 Building Slot?
Iris stared at it for several seconds. Then her expression became even stranger.
Three hundred gold... For this?
No wonder Tobias’s territory looked the way it did. If these were the options available to him, perhaps his terrible taste wasn’t entirely his fault... Almost, she still blamed him a little.
To be honest, she couldn’t stomach spending a building slot on any of them. This would be their future home their actual home. Not a temporary campsite or shelter.
But their home.
If she was going to live here for years, perhaps decades, there was no way she was settling for something she didn’t even like looking at. A lord token existed for a reason.
Surely there had to be a better solution.... There had to be.
Refusing to make a decision she would regret later, Iris closed the residential menu without selecting anything.
The houses vanished.
The floating models dissolved into particles of white light. Then she moved on to the next category. The Shops tab.
The moment the Shops tab opened, the interface transformed again.
Rows of floating holographic buildings appeared before Iris, each accompanied by a small rotating model and detailed information.
Looking at the layout, the earthy color palette, and the neatly organized categories, Iris couldn’t help feeling that it resembled online shopping.
Just... For an entire civilization.
The first building she examined was a restaurant.
A miniature structure slowly rotated before her eyes while its requirements appeared beside it.
[Restaurant
Cost: 100 Wood 50 Stone, 50 Gold]
Her expression immediately became subtle.
The system truly had confidence in its own products.
Unfortunately, she didn’t share that confidence.
The memory of king territory’s restaurant surfaced instantly.
The dry bread that tasted like compressed dust, the mediocre soup.
The food that barely qualified as edible. For people who had no alternatives, perhaps it was acceptable.
But for Iris?
Not a chance.
The bakery wasn’t any better. Neither was the barbecue store. The soup shop followed shortly after.
Each building required similar resources, varying only slightly in cost, perhaps they would become useful in the future.
Perhaps...
But right now she couldn’t justify spending precious resources on food she wasn’t even sure people would enjoy.
Like the Residential Tab, the Shops Tab was ’temporarily’ skipped.
Her attention shifted deeper into the category, a different set of buildings appeared.
This time her eyes brightened slightly.
A weapons Store and armory!.
Unlike the restaurants, these immediately caught her interest. Their costs were nearly double that of the food establishments, but Iris barely noticed.
[ Automatic weapon production.
Automatic armor production.] The moment she saw those words, several possibilities flashed through her mind.
Even on Earth, manufacturing required expertise. Here, they had nobody capable of consistently producing high-quality weapons.
That weakness might not be obvious now, but eventually it would become a serious problem.
An armory and weapons store solves that. Even better, the introduction mentioned additional products becoming available after upgrades.
Her interest rose considerably.
Those immediately entered the "build later" category. Several other structures remained grayed out.
When she attempted to inspect them, only a simple notification appeared.
[Village Level Insufficient]
"..."
As expected... A Level One village clearly wasn’t meant to access everything immediately.
After memorizing the more useful options, Iris moved to the next section. Production.
Only a single structure was currently available.
A farm.
Compared to the previous categories, the holographic model looked almost laughably simple. Yet the description caused Iris to pause.
[Farm
Area: 600 SQM
Production Increase: +20%]
A twenty percent increase, at first glance it didn’t sound impressive.
But Iris remembered something... back in the cave. freēwēbnovel.com
A few plants were growing at the entrance of the cave she too a few samples to test its components in her PL(portable laboratory). By the next morning the plant was there again... rapid growth.
The impossible regeneration speed of resources in Eldilon surprised her...
Suddenly the number became terrifying, twenty percent on Earth was useful.
Twenty percent in a world where plants seemed determined to grow at absurd speeds?
That was an entirely different matter, her eyes dropped toward the cost.
Ten gold per field.
No wood and stone required, Only gold.
It was expensive... Very expensive.
Especially for new lords. She couldn’t help imagining someone like Tobias opening this menu for the first time.
Would he purchase it?
Would any other lord purchase it?
Outside the territory, resources practically covered the world.
Most people would probably choose immediate gains over long-term production.
Then again...
That line of thinking was exactly why future shortages will happen.
Iris quietly filed the information away It was not urgent, But it was definitely important.
The farm might not look impressive now, yet she had a feeling it would become one of the most valuable buildings in Velaris sooner or later. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Taking a slow breath, she shifted her attention to the next category. Administration.
Almost immediately, her expression changed.
