Chapter 16 - The Death of Alto Village

The previous night, Damien and his soldiers found a 2 story inn in the village called 'The Soaked Bucket' to sleep in for the night. There was a bar at the far end from the door. A few barmaids who looked to be in their early 20s serving food and taking orders from a few townsfolk who looked liked they frequented the bar.

With about 12 wooden tables surrounded by 4 chairs per table. A large heavy set woman with red hair and a massive bosom who worked behind the counter of the bar who screamed at the patrons who were regulars at this village. Even at the lowest point of a town, the tavern is the last place to go down usually.

Damien had always read in fantasy novels that inns and taverns had weird names but, the soaked bucket kinda made sense seeing as after drinking the watered down mead. A new brewery from the system was the top of the list. Better ale had be made because this was crap!

If I couldn't make my own gold I could get paid a king's ransom just for curing hangovers". Damien thought out loud relived sigh as he cast divine healing on himself and recovered good as new from his massive hangover.

The townspeople wanted to celebrate their liberation and finally being free of Eulan Alto. Many of the townsfolk wanted to celebrate their new found liberation and the need to drink the stress away so Damien abliged the night before.

"I do remember them saying how generous I was with my coin and how I emptied a few of coin purses. Yet, for the life of him Damien couldn't remember what I spent the coin on besides the cheap ale. The barmaid said I kept screaming "make it rain" and threw handfuls of hard coins at the roof and angered many of the patrons as they feel from the ceiling. Who would have known a bunch of hard pieces of metal falling from 12 feet in the air wouldn't anger people, Damien thought sarcastically.

Some negative past practices should definitely on earth. Even though many people didn't like it, the coins were gold and silver so they didn't complain too much and pocketed most of the wealth that many of them wouldn't see for months and years of their lives.

Sighing from embarrassment, Damien went to the town square while the sun had still had not risen yet. Most of the town had been partying all night and were asleep, beside his troops who were training.

Bartus and Attis were still drilling Selene. Dulan and the ranged units were scouting the surrounding village for any potential threats and also hunting game and collecting any plants that could potentially be used for eating or combat.

Damien needed to deal with the population and getting them healthy. He needed the people of the town to open up the shops and the ones that he didn't have businesses he would use them as well to further his agenda.

Damien never forgot his focus for being there so he needed to get the population on his side. Forced people weren't followers, they were slaves. He needed to give these people hope then something to rely on.

Today he would feed all the starving people and heal the sick when everyone wakes up but for now, he had work to do for his audience.

He conjured 500 stone tables and benches from the center town hall building to nearly the front gate.

For now, Damien still had tons of iron ore to work with from his previous find. He conjured stainless steel cups plates forks and spoons and spread them out with his earth magic for all the townspeople. He created stone covers above the tables for shade. He took out a hundred pelts and created a couch cushion for the bottom and the back of every bench.

He overturned the earth on the road before doing so to get rid of the smell. The people would throw their household waste outside in man-made gutters next to the road and the smell was unbearable. Damien went past every road and upturned the earth and then packed the road with gravel and stone to harden the ground.

He had simultaneously created a privy system by using his earth magic and split mind skill. Damien created a function privy in every household and business in alto while everyone was still asleep. He ran stone the pipes underground using his earth manipulation and a flushing mechanism with water manipulation.

He created other household good from the modern world. Dispite not having the hero rank to use divine points, he was able to perform the function with his mana after purchasing blueprints from the system. At cost of mana, he was able to create many modern amenities for the villagers for only a single divine point. The divine points he uses would also benefit himself with each blueprint he used so he wasn't upset.

Then he sent his senses into the forest to the north of the town, towards the mountains and overturned the earth to make a manhole 4,000 yards long and wide for the waste to drain off too. He did all of this by creating a sewage system deep underground from all of the homes. He would have his subordinates assign someone to burn the waste for a few daily so that they wouldn't have to worry about creating litter and pollution.

With his travel on the road, his Earth magic proficiency level had improved by leaps and bounds over the months. Damien's speed from enhancing his body and mind and with the new mapping system helped. He was able complete all of the work in the town within a few hours of work over night.

Next, Damien walked to the worn village wall and used his earth magic to construct a 1,000 foot wide and 100 hundred feet deep ravine to the the town and lined the deep hole with rock and stone from the earth with his elemental magic. After countless breaks he was able to finish the large project.

Then, Damien used his drip spell with his powerful water magic and and fresh water rose out of thin air as though there was an invisible faucet turned on.

Damien planned to make farmland next to the massive body water to create irrigation tunnels to supply the crops and a freshwater system that used thin pipes at the bottom of the lake to simulate water pressure to be able to make faucets to the sinks of the village.

He created alloy faucet pipes that appeared outside front of all homes and smooth stone benches next to the tables so that the people could fill their cups with water as they ate. Whenever they were thirsty.

Damien would begin healing people before they begin eating by long by lining everyone up, instead of going house to house. He was sure people wouldn't care about their meal getting interrupted if he was walking by saving their lives or the lives of their friends and family.

He was going to try to save as many as possible to convert followers. In front of the town hall, Damien used his mana tether to grab out many fruits from his inventory and put them on all the plates that were on tables.

He had filled all the cups on the table with his water magic. He took out one of the boar meat from the melting ice block. With the systems help, he was able to cook the meat in minutes without burning the meat with his fire magic.

Again he used his tethering magic to slice placed large pieces on every plate at the many tables. He created an enormous fire pit with a giant spit over it to make it look like he cooked the meat himself.

They didn't need to know about his creation magic just yet. Them thinking he is an archmage is one thing. Them thinking he is a god is another. He needs to do this slowly, Damien thought.

Although he was sure he most likely went overboard with his powers."First impressions are everything" as the saying goes.

His group had just watched him murdered 40 people in less than a second. He was sure most of the village was terrified of him. This would hopefully calm some of their fears and uncertainty.

Today we will feast. Tomorrow we would begin preparation to protect the village and teach these people how to protect themselves. Damien used his tethers to create a funnel and used air magic and mana to project his voice throughout the town.

"People of Alto please come out of your homes and come to the town center!!" The voice projection worked too well because the voice came out like a voice was coming from the heavens.

"Oops," Damien said to himself. He hoped he didn't destroy any eardrums. He was still working on his control over different spells.

People came running out of home with a terrified loom or holding their ears with some barely able to hear one another. When it seemed like the whole town had gathered in the town square area. Everyone forgot their fears when the amazing smell assaulted their noses and all they could do was just stared at the feast in front of them.

Speaking much quieter this time, Damien spoke to the towns folk.

"People of Alto, I am sorry for what you have endured even though it was not caused by me or my men. Your hunger, your fears, and your hears were ripped away from your families. I stand here before you to tell you that it is over. You will no longer hunger or suffer without a fight under my care. You will not give your children away to monsters to be slavesbor worse. You will no longer be among the poor but will be among the richest of all the lands on this continent of we stand together!

Damien smiled as a wild applause followed his words.

I stand before to let you know that not only will I fight for you but I will teach you how to fight for your own lives, I won't just heal you, I will teach you how to heal yourselves and your families. You won't just be fed, but you will learn how to feed yourselves and never go hungry again!"

"Today! This is our first and last meal. Alto village is gone. The Alto family and it's decents died last night with a son that sold away the village for lust and greed but that evil has been destroyed by this village new protectors. Today this village be known as Sorlen City!

Sorlen will be the capital of the new Kingdom of the wilds, NUMERA! Since this village has my name, it also forever has my protection!"

The crowds went wild, they shouted, fell to their knees and cried. Some were still stunned, only hours ago they were doomed to be slaves to bandits and resigned to death. Many of their families were all at deaths door. The wanted to have hope again desperately, so they clinged to their savior. Damien heard a chant begin in the crowd.

"For Sorlen village! Someone exclaimed.

"For Numera!"

"Lord Sorlen! Lord Sorlen!" All but a small group of people exclaimed.

"Today your pain will end and you will HEAL!" To emphasize his point, Damien walked near the first person and healed them with divine healing. It took only 30 seconds and the random woman shone with a transparent golden light.

AHH!! The healing light stories the woman.

The women became healthier to the naked eye, gain muscle instantly, the woman's noticeable scars she had on her body had instantly disappeared. Her disfigured bones in her arm from a bandit attack had healed with lod popping sound aof bones and unknown wounds she had. The people at the table around her gasped.

"Now my people. Let me heal you and then go EAT in peace!"

People in the crowd cried and jumped for joy and forgetting their fatigue. Damien did this from morning until late in the afternoon for these people.

After his actions for their home and this meal, each person looked at him like he was a god walking on the planet.

During the celebration as people are, He healed everyone he could find. Even ailments people were born with were cured almost instantly.

For Damien, his divine healing rose a whole tier which sped up his healing drastically, it was for this reasonhe was able to heal over 1000 people in half a day. These powers granted were truely god-like so it wasn't heard for home to speak with such fervor.

When Damien finished, he received many notifications but he ignored them until he was done spending time with the villagers getting to know them.

Damien walked the tavern cook he paid the Tavern owner a handful of gold to bring out his best wine and ale for the people. The owner insisted that they didn't want the coin and it was too much, but Damien made sure the tavern owner kept it.

Damien planned on sparking the economy of this village as soon as possible, so he needed to put money back into these businesses. Damien also noticed the people who weren't celebrating, even after being healed. He made sure to map these people as neutral mentally on his map and stopped worrying about them for the time being. He would try to give them time to come around. If not, they were a liability.

Damien smiled all the way to his new residence and walked into the former town hall building after having his subordinates clear all of the blood out. He fell down on a large comfortable sofa and checked his messages from the system that he noticed previously after all his hard work.

'Congratulations on healing 200 people. +50 DP. 9,070.

Congratulations on healing 500 people. +100 DP. 9,170.

Congratulations on healing 750 people. +500 DP. 9,670

Congratulations on healing 1,000 people + 1000 DP. 10,670'

Congratulations for establishing you first village. + 2,000 DP. +12,670.

Congratulations for gaining 1,000 followers. +10,000 DP. +22,670.

Congratulations on raising hero level to level 3 this is a major milestone. DP and free buildings and units are available. Check Kingdom building tab to access the 'Sentient Creation' Tab for more options. + 20,000 DP. +40,670.

Host has made it to hero level 3 and has reached an important milestone. New map options are available. The map now expands to 10,000 miles outside of host locations.

When hostiles are within 25 meters or less Host will now receive a notification alert. The host can mark resources and landmarks on the map at hero level 3. The host can create mythical beings and specialized troop added. Review the Sentient and Creature Creation tab for more options.

Damien was rolling in divine points but that didn't mean he had all the answers. The more points that he had, the more problems that he needed to solve his new town.

"Okay. I have to be honest with myself at this point and have to admit when I am in over my head. Do I build an army or do I build up the village and train the people? I have a few ideas from books that I've read, but I don't really know where or how to start in reality.

Damien spoke his thoughts out loud. The system said that it's there to help me in any way that it can, maybe I can skip having to find a mage academy.

After the world notification, that seems out of the question. Damien was supposed to be an already established archmage. Going to a mage academy to learn spells seems like it would be a very strange request and would raise many questions that I'm not equipped to answer just yet.

Not to mention, Damien had no idea how the political system was in this world worked. Algaria refers to itself as an empire and not a just kingdom which means it had city state it its own countries altogether.

He couldn't help but have ominous thoughts when he thought of ths city but would have to see this city completed for himself before he made assumptions on it though.

Damien thought about the pros and cons of all of his thoughts. He figured out a place to at least start at luckily. He'd have to prepare for the bandit threat, but he has to increase the standard of living for these people also.

He needed to create farms, food, walls, and different structures that help make a village run smoothly. I'll start with a wall and outer defenses first and then soldiers. System, can you give me a recommendation on military structures.

'Yes, here are the structures that you can currently purchase. Remember that structures purchased with the systems are stronger than their counterparts that are built by hand or with a mage from this planet. Defensive Structures include:'

Defensive Structures
Wooden wall 20 feet in height (Can alter the height and width with DP) - 3000 DP.

Wooden wall 20 feet in height by 10 feet in width (Can alter the height and width with DP)-2,000 DP.

Stonewall reinforced with steel 40 feet in height by 15 feet in width (Can alter the height and width with DP)- 7,000 DP total.

Steel Wall 60 feet in height by 20 feet in width (Can alter the height and width with DP) 50,000 DP.

Titanium Wall 100 feet in height by 50 feet in width (Can alter the height and width with DP) 1,000,000 DP, *can be adjusted to higher levels.

*Large wooden gate w/ wooden portcullis- 200 DP.

*Stone Gate w/ wood and steel portcullis - 500 DP.

*Steel Gate w/ steel portcullis- 1,000 DP.

*Titanium Gate w/ Titanium portcullis- 100,000 DP.

Wooden Drawbridge w/ manual pulley system 200 DP.

Stone Drawbridge w/ manual pulley system 500 DP.

Steel Drawbridge w/ an automatic pulley system 1,000 DP.

Titanium Drawbridge w/ an automatic pulley system 5,000 DP.

Wooden Drawbridge w/ lever automatic pulley system 500 DP.

Stone Drawbridge w/ lever automatic pulley system 700 DP.

Steel Drawbridge w/ lever automatic pulley system 1,200 DP.

Moat 30 feet deep without defenses-300 DP.

Moat 30 feet deep with defenses(Spikes, carnivorous fish, carnivorous beast) 1,000 +100 per defense, DP.

Siege Weapons:
Ballista- Fires 4 foot arrows - 200 DP
Cannon-Fires large balls of solid stone or steel using an explosive material as a propulsion method. 500 DP

Long range:
Catapults- 500 DP
Trebuchets- 600 DP
Siege tower with midrange siege weapons- 750

Defensive Structures:
Training yard- equipped with alarm bell tower, training dummies, obstacle course, archery range, weapons and armor shack with racks for them, large storage shack large, 200 unit barracks yard. 1,500 DP

During the night, Damien walked outside of the former town hall building once he had gotten his thoughts together. Checking his map he could now see further than ever. Damien had the map single out mining locations nearby.

On the map, a spot lit up like a rainbow to the Northwest of the town. It indicated that multiple types of gems and precious metals were nearby and that was the good news.

The bad news is the large bandit camp was in the path of the mine he had to reach and the distance was too far for his magic to be able to control the earth. He already knew that he had to eliminate the bandit threat, but the time table had definitely moved up. He had only weeks or a couple of months at most for the bandit camp to figure out there was no enemy to the west of their camp.

From what Selene had told him previously they will be targeting his village soon to replenish the of men that they lost after his last attack, soon.

Damien walked out to where he was going to build his farmland. Walking to the southern end of his town, using his earth magic and a flick of the wrist he moved created a path to walk through. He walked in front of his man made lake and visualized where he wanted his wall. Walking into the woodline a quarter of a mile Damien stopped and turned around to look back at the village to see if he was far enough away.

Damien needed to build his wall and create his troops without the townspeople seeing him. He still needed to learn if the townspeople are fully trustworthy. Damien sent a mental command for all of his troops to see if they were satisfied with the diameter, of the village.

"System, from this distance, I need a stone reinforced wall created around the village with an additional 10 feet of wall underground bringing the wall to 50 feet total. Create 3 steel gates with steel portcullis wide enough for three horse drawn wagons to ride abreast and 2 story gatehouses that can fit 5 to 10 soldiers at once."

"Make one gate on the North towards the mines, one to the West towards the road to Algaria, and one to the South in the direction of the farmlands. I need a 30 foot deep by 15 foot wide moat without defenses in the water, to surround the entire wall."

In addition, I can add in the moat defenses with my creation magic. I need 3 stone drawbridges with levers connected to an automatic pulley system with stainless steel wires, that crosses the entirety of the moat. On top of the wall I want 15 ballista and 4 cannons above each gate and one on the western side of the wall. I need a full training yard on the western side of town that's abandoned. That's all for the defensive structures system." Damien thought to the system.

'Affirmative tallying request...25 feet wall-7,000 + 100 Per foot DP. 3 Gates w portcullis and a gatehouse- 3,000 DP.

Moat 30 feet deep without defenses- 300 DP.

3 Stone Drawbridge w/ lever automatic pulley system 2100 DP
15 Ballista - 3,000 DP
4 cannon-2,000 DP
Training yard- 1,500 DP
Does the host confirm this request ....

"Yes" Damien thought loudly.

...Host has 21,670 DP remaining. All organic matter including wildlife will be put inside of the host's inventory, to complete the request. The wildlife will be put into stasis section of the inventory for future use.

When the system was finished with its response, a bright light golden light surrounded Damien and appeared all around the whole village. One second there was a dense forest surrounding Damien covered in a blinding golden glow. The next few seconds a giant 40 foot white stone wall appeared out of thin air. In front of Damien was the closed southern gate. On either side of the gate were levers to lower and raise the gate. To the right of the lever was the gatehouse.

Damien walked up the stone stairs to the top of the gate and wall. The large cannon stood a few paces from the stairs and a few paces to the left and the right of the cannon were the ballista. The 15 ballistae surround the wall at exact intervals apart and he could see that the large cannons were in place.

Turning his attention back to the forest, the trees were still large where Damien was looking from, but not as large as the ones in the grove where he was transported. He could see at the top of these trees. He was going to have to clear away many of these trees in the future. He could pay the townspeople to be loggers to clear trees and their trunks and store the wood away.

Damien stopped himself from thinking too far ahead. He needed to focus on defense. Turning around, Damien could see the town in the distance and smiled this wall was perfect. It was also far enough away from the town that flying objects would be pressed to reach the civilians. At least, with the current size of the town. That was destined to increase once he sent for resources to the nearby villages and towns then into the cities.

He would set up a way to make sure people were loyal to the village of Sorlen and its people. Thinking about other structures, Damien figured that he could build anything else from this point with is elemental magic He would begin to work on making glass and sculpting with his magic. This brought Damien to his next plan before he summoned his soldiers.

"System, open up the Divine Shop I need access to spells."

-STATUS-

Host: Damien Sorlen
ALISES: Lord Donte Sorlen

Hero Rank: 3 (Up 1)

Level: Master Archmage (T: 2) R: 3 (TIER UP)

Divine points per day: 1,151
Divine Points: 41,070

Skills:
=Earth Magic (T: 5) R: 1 (TIER UP)
=Air Magic (T: 4) R: 3 (RANK UP)
=Water (T: 4) R: 6 (RANK UP)
=Fire Magic (T: 3) R:2 (RANK UP)
=Life Magic (T:1) R:2 (RANK UP)
=Arcane Magic (T: 2) R: 7 (RANK UP)
=Multicasting (T: 3) R: 1 (New)

*System Skills*
=Divine Touch (T: 8) R: 1 (TIER UP)
=Divine Transmutation (MAX)
=Divine Skill Imbue (Hero Level 3)
*(3 Skills and up to 3 Attribute)
=Divine mental link (Hero Level 3)

Combat:
ARCANE
=Mana Bolt
=Mana Shield
=Arcane Tethering(Max)
WIND
=Gust
=Wind Blast
=Wind Step
EARTH
=Soften Earth
=Earth Spiked Trap
=Stone Bolt
WATER
=Aqua Drip
=Water Shot
FIRE
=Firebolt
=Fire Stream
=Fire Ball
LIFE
=Cleaning

Skills:
Arcane Enhancement Spell (MAX)
Arcane Tethering (Max)

Passive:
=Absorption (Max)
=Mana Recovery (T:4) R:1 (TIER UP)
=Arcane Strengthening (Max)

Titles:
Archmage
-50% Reduction in all Elemental Damage.
+5% to all spell damage.

Boons:
Touched by the Arcane Divine: This Boon a gift from the great God for being summoned by divine means to the world and given a Divine System +10% to magical potency and +50% to learning speed and increased brain functions.

Wonderous Elemental Archmage: For mastering all branches of elemental magic (Earth, Fire, Air, Earth, and Metals) to become the first of your kind on this planet.
+20% to all elemental spell strength.]]

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