Not only were the occupation halls for the future players, but they were also for the current NPCs.
The teachers working there were all Elves under his command.
There were many professionals in William's town, most of which were normal professionals.
He wasn't in a rush to get the teachers he was missing. He would only recruit those teachers he really wanted.
After all, for most NPCs and players, it was sufficient as long as their teacher's level was slightly higher than theirs. They didn't need to be ridiculously stronger—simply speaking.
Just the copious numbers of those skills and manuals alone were enough to make people feel embarrassed about their collection…
"My Lord, 30 Knights, 20 Warriors, 20 Witch Bladers, and 30 Rangers are ready!"
William nodded at Nox before he turned towards Odom, and said, "I'll hand the town expansion mission to you for the next few days. Lautner and I will be back soon. If we can develop a trade route, we will choose to trade mythril at a fixed time."
"Please be rest assured, your Honor. I will use my life to protect the territory!" Odom Heavyhammer had fled for so many years that he had learned to cherish a stable life now that he finally had one.
Also, there definitely wouldn't be a mutiny from his men because William had led his soldiers to save them.
As for handing him the town expansion mission?
The corners of Odom's lips couldn't help but twitch. When did this Lord ever take charge?
"I'll be depending on you then!" William nodded shamelessly before he jumped onto a white horse and left with his party.
…
The majority of the Blackleaf Forest was still in its natural form, so there were barely any wide paths. Even if someone made a mountainous road, it would slowly be covered with plants and return to its original state if no one walked on it for a long time.
However, there was something that was fortunate…
As the Lord, William could watch his men clear the path in front of him, while he rode his horse and drank fruit alcohol, following behind slowly…
As the Executor and also William's greatest bodyguard, Lautner was following behind quietly as well. He needed to preserve his energy, instead of doing the hard work.
However, as he watched William, who was immensely enjoying the process, he felt as if William seemed to have made use of his power as the Lord to its best.
An example was that William had thought to add entertainment facilities that many towns didn't have when they were building the city.
For example, there were 3 casinos. Why would such a small town need so many casinos? Apart from gambling money, they could even gamble their equipment. How many idiots would do such a thing?
However, he heard that William planned to get some good material and get Odom to make a piece of Epic level equipment for the casinos.
Thinking about that, even Lautner wanted to try his luck there.
There were 5 bars… Was this too many for a town? Lautner thought it was, but he had no say in it.
As for brothels, William had secretly built 3 of those…
Lautner could not help but think if their Lord had matured too early and was in his mating period?
After all, Elves needed to be at least 30 years old to be sexually mature.
While Lautner hadn't visited one, he still knew how brothels worked. He wouldn't underestimate the business of brothels. In the slightly larger human towns, a brothel's profits were even higher than two bars combined!
However, the prerequisite was that William wouldn't force women.
William glanced at Lautner silently. He had a feeling that this man was judging him silently, so he said, "This isn't the way to go either. We need to make a road between the town and Blue Moon lake. Think about how many boxes of gold coins we would get from selling the secret iron.
"There isn't a smooth road, so do our men need to carry those boxes back? We have to use horse carriages.
"Also, the longer it takes, the more danger we will be in. Although we are trading with Elves, they aren't the only ones living in the Blackleaf Forest."
"I understand. Your Honor doesn't have to explain to me." Lautner naturally understood the reason. However, he couldn't understand one thing. Why did his Lord suddenly seem to think so highly of him?
"Hm, it's good that you understand. The key part about this journey still depends on you, Uncle Lautner!" William smiled kindly…
"Are you calling me Uncle again?" Lautner turned around and murmured. Every time William called him Uncle, he had the feeling that he would have to do something again.
Such as…
That fight with the pale Orc…
Such as…
When he gave William the Watchman of Dawn inheritance scroll…
There was no other way.
William was such a truthful person. Since he was still young and weak, he really needed a strong and capable man to defend him on such a dangerous, wild journey.
A hundred kilometers didn't seem too far.
However, they were in a natural forest and needed to clear a new path, so it wasn't that easy.
Without any accidents, even professionals would require three to five days if they used their battle energy to clear the paths.
He had too few mages under his control and the ones he had were mostly at the Intermediate-level. Clearing a path would be a lot simpler if he had some earth elemental mages or wood elemental mages.
The return trip would be a lot faster. As long as nothing happened during the journey, they would be able to return to his territory within half a day.
…
The size of the Black Lava Dukedom was about the same as the Heilongjiang province in China.
The nation's capital was Black Lava city.
All of the buildings were made with a type of black lava stone. At night, if they didn't light up the streets with magical lamps, they really wouldn't be able to see anything…
However, black lava stones like this were extremely strong and worked rather well with a certain level of magic. As long as a mage worked on it day and night, they would be able to strengthen the defense level. This was the main reason they chose the stone as their building material.
On the wide main street, Curry was wearing a luxurious outfit, looking a lot better than the terrible state he was in a few days ago.
It was very clear that he really was a nobility in the Black Lava Dukedom.
Although he was already an adult, he didn't have any territory.
Because the Black Lava Dukedom had limited land and a large number of nobles, there wasn't any land left for him now, unless he conquered new land. However, how many nobles would do such a tiring thing?
Now, the only benefits Curry could get were his father's Duke title and territory.
However, he had an older brother…
According to the inheritance rules in the Legendary Continent, if there were no problems, a title would usually be passed on to the eldest son. He didn't have a good relationship with his brother, so the results were predictable.
Understanding his fate early on, Curry had used the inheritance his mother gave him before she passed away, to set up a merchant team. After around eight years of hard work, his merchant team had expanded a lot. Apart from his own team, there were five smaller teams that could earn a significant amount of gold coins every year.
He used these gold coins to recruit several professionals into his team, planning to use the time his older brother went hunting in the Blackleaf Forest to get rid of him easily!
"Hunting in Blackleaf Forest." Curry strolled around Black Lava City before he finally entered a dark alley.
However…
Only a short time had passed when he walked out with a dark expression.
"The price the Dark Assassins asked for… they're really dark-hearted!" Curry liked to be properly prepared, especially when it was for his future, so it wouldn't hurt to be over-prepared.
However, as the top assassin group in the Legendary continent, the price the Dark Assassins asked for was usually too high.
"However, if he's hunting in the Blackleaf Forest, then… Can I go talk to that Prince? After all, the hunting day will be in ten days' time and it won't be too far away from his territory."
Curry really didn't have that much money. He was only a small nobility. With the high price the Dark Assassins were asking for, he wouldn't be able to give his men their allowance after he had paid the Dark Assassins.
And it was precisely because of this that he thought about that arrogant, greedy Lord of Border Town!
"You like slaves? Then I'll bring more to you." Curry raised an eyebrow, having made his decision.