Year 35 of the Human Calendar - South Continent Airspace - Antonov
We reached our destination on the same day a new year starts.
[It seems to be an old battlefield]
There are various skeletons, craters and old broken walls.
(Maybe these are the remains of an old city)
[Judging from the vegetation, this conflict was long ago]
The rubble and the skeletons are covered in vines and grass, and in the center of a crater there is a small tree.
[Cleaning will be necessary]
(First thing's first)
I jump out of the flying ship at a height of 200 meters over the surface.
"..." Linjian
And I land without making a sound on the ground by spreading the Earth Manipulation from my left leg to the ground.
The land is too unstable to receive the ship, so little by little I create a landing Earth Platform.
...
As soon as I finished the Platform...
"PLATFORM COMPLETE!!" Cid
I can hear Cid up there.
"LANDING PROCEDURE!!" Cid
The ship's sails are closed while remaining perpendicular to the landing zone.
"FINAL APPROACH!!" Cid
Slowly descends until it touches the ground.
*CRUSH*
And finally, the Earth Manipulators secure the ship to the platform with earth hands.
"LANDING COMPLETE, GOOD JOB EVERYONE!" Cid
(With this, the Antonov is going to sleep for a while)
[Truly a shame]
The first group of the crew disembarked jumping to the ground.
"This place had better days" Shaolan
"But it has potential" Usain
"It is a really big playground" Vivi and Joanna
"The craters are reassuring, that means that they didn't die from some sickness" Fei
"This scene stretches several kilometers" Honoka
"Even if we couldn't save these people, we will make sure this doesn't happen again" Mai
"!!!" Linjian
A welcome party from the natives is coming. I can feel Spiritual creatures from various kinds of insects.
[The Spiritual Repellents aren't working so they must be gold rank]
Are they common in this continent or it is because this is an abandoned city? Anyway...
"Brace yourselves, dozens of gold creatures are coming!" Linjian
They appear at high speed and jump at us.
"Substance Maker..." Shaolan
"Fire Manipulation..." Usain
"Fire Manipulation - Twincast..." Vivi and Joanna
"Cell Duplication plus Caring Touch..." Fei
"Sharpshooter..." Honoka
"Wind Manipulation..." Mai
"Earth Embrace" Linjian
...
...
After the ambush, I created a 100 x 100 meter perimeter of Earth walls with Spiritual Repellents sticking out.
Some guards come out of the Antonov and started patrolling on top of the walls.
"I will maintain The wise giant of the sky in full operational condition, what will you do now?" Cid
"I have a kingdom to build, Thanks for the ride Captain" Linjian
"Thanks for the opportunity" Cid
-First month of preparation-
"How is it?" Linjian
I take some water from the water well and I give the bucket to Fei.
"Substance Maker - Analyze" Fei
"..." Linjian
She nods.
"It is good water" Fei
"That is a relief" Linjian
[If the water had been bad we would have had to look for another place]
(With this and the meat of the spiritual creatures we will have enough supplies to start with)
-Second month of preparation-
The extermination of creatures is taking more time than expected.
[GOLD RANK SPIRITUAL CREATURE DEFEATED, MIND EXPERIENCE OBTAINED]
We have a lot of people but they are more.
[In any kind of fiction, monsters and ruins are always hand in hand]
(Do you have any advice?)
[One day they will run out of numbers, that's all I can say]
(Isn't that obvious? it's not like there could be an unlimited number of them in one place)
[...]
"UOOOOO!!" Mai
[At least it's a good workout for them]
-Fourth month of preparation-
We cleaned a 105x105 km area and with that we started the construction of the walls.
"Hmp!" Mai
[She doesn't like to be a guard]
"I know you want to become stronger, but this is important" Linjian
I talk to her while creating the walls.
"..." Mai
"Remember, what is your dream exactly?" Linjian
"To... become a hero" Mai
"Is being the strongest the same as being a hero?" Linjian
"No... a hero is an ally of justice who fights for peace to help the weak" Mai
"Never forget that. If you do, you will become a hypocrite who punishes people for the same senseless actions that you perform" Linjian
[Just like a cultivator]
"I understood, Master Hero" Mai
-Fifth month of preparation-
The exterior walls are ready but...
[This place is really a mess]
(Before building the interior, I'll have to level the ground and throw the rubble outside)
Luckily I am not alone in this.
"Okay, Lets start!" Linjian
"YES!" Crowd
The non-combat forces of the crew are eager to have their permanent houses.
[No matter how good is the ship, it is not the same as a house of your own]
-Seven months of preparation-
Eight districts were built to support the people of this continent.
The Northwest District, Northern District, Northeast District, western district, eastern district, Southwest District, Southern District and Southeast District.
The insides of Southwest District are now clean and ready to plant crops.
I would love to help, but right now my work as the king is to create basic roads, wells, sewers, basic houses for immigrants, schools and other buildings.
[Do you also plan to build one in this place?]
(Of course)
All of this is possible because of them.
-Twelve months of preparation-
It's a few minutes until the new year.
Everything is ready for this settlement to receive new people.
The land is perfect, the harvest is abundant, the spiritual creatures that remain in the surroundings are only silver ones, and...
"Here, in front of the statue of the goddesses of life and peace, I am proud to present you this song" Mai
In the center of this Kingdom there is a bronze statue of the most beautiful woman carrying the cutest girl on her back.
Even without the Book of Appraisal, I could remember that day exactly 39 years ago. Her last birthday.
That day we went to buy her a birthday gift at the commercial section and while I was buying it, she climbed to the back of her mother and started pointing with her finger a lot of things.
... I bought a lot of gifts that day.
"Song of Mana - I will give you romance"
*♪♪♪*
"Come along fantasy, love, mystery♪"
"Don't hide your youth♪"
"I want something strange♪"
"I want adventure♪"
"Everywhere... everyone is itching to do so♪"
"If you don't give up your meditations♪"
"Miraculous puzzles and such wont be solved♪"
"Wilder and stronger♪"
"Live that way, just try to♪"
"I will give you romance♪"
*will give you*
"I will give you romance♪"
*will give you*
"Show me your true courage♪"
"I will give you romance♪"
*will give you*
"I will give you romance♪"
*will give you*
"For your pounding heart♪"
"I will give you a sparkling shining dream♪"
*♪♪♪*
(Xue...)
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Year 36 of the Human Calendar - The Kingdom-state of Ziyun - In front of the statue of the goddesses of life and peace