Congratulations for reaching Level 2,you acquired new buildings and features such as:
woodcutter- this new building will generate 10 pieces of wood everyday,you can choose where this building will be located from your throne in a palace
Shrine- here you can make an offering to a god of your choosing to gain the favor,which can sometimes give you a boost to your economy or military.This building will automatically be build in your city,it will be located in the west from your palace.
Library-in this building you can research technologies like aqueduct,stable or archery range.The building will be located in front of your blacksmith in the south.Scholars will be needed to research said technology,you can choose where this building will be located from your throne in a palace .
(Warning due to your weakness "Culture Development" the penalty will slow your research by 100% , and there is a high chance of scholar who could fail research if you got one)
Features:
Advisors- with this feature you can summon Great heroes from the past like Alexander the Great,or Wise people like Aristotle know for his theory of economy and its function and so on.To summon these heroes you need glory,glory is acquired by killing,upgrading buildings,and so on so forth.
(Glory: for summoning you need at least 50,your current balance of glory is 16)
Wheel of fortune: you can spend 1,000 dachmars to potentially win gear,warriors of sparta,materials for construction,or special buffs.Its located in your hero screen under hero equipment.Prizes are refreshed every week,this week you can win things listed below.
Alexios hold his breath when he found what kind of prizes he can win.
- 1,000 Spartan Hoplites
-Zeus blessing: for the following week Zeus will cast a furious storm that will be around your city and smite potential threats
- Leonidas Spear (Legendary)
-New building called bath will be available for construction
-500,000 dachmars
- Research scrolls
"Its very,very tempting,but the fact i finally leveled up is even higher form of ecstasy than this wheel.And i have one skill point!,i must look what i need to upgrade the-",before could finished his thought he heard some weird noise coming from the room where Pirate captain emerged."I can leave this on the way back,now let's see what was that noise",Alexios said with his fixed gaze on the room.Upon entering he could not believe what he saw,piles and piles of gold coins shimmering in the dim lit room,gold bars laying casually on the ground.
"By Zeus! that's a lot of money!,i hope that it will have some value,but why are there gold coins and not silver coins like dachmars?",Alexios pondered hoping that this trip was not for nothing.Alexios walked besides the piles of money and was approaching the place that the weird sound was coming from."H.Help me" these words were filled with desperation and pain,Alexios walked up to the place and saw in the corner a man who was Tall and slender, with narrow waists and long dark hair.
he was wearing purple robe and sandals,Alexios for smooth talk with the man put back his Xiphos.The man who was lying on the ground with bruises and bloody nose looked to the man in armor who was standing in front of him.Covered in blood and his eyes fixed on him he could not help but staring at him in silence,"p..please help me" said the mysterious man lying on the ground with fear in his voice.
"Who are you and what are you doing here" Alexios said firmly,after all he must be careful if this is not a trap."M..my name is Nikolaos and i came from a House Eudaimonos and we were transporting goods to his highness prince Xenophon,but we got ambushed by pirates and my crew got slaughtered and they take me as a captive". Well well well that's convenient so all of this gold was meant for Xenophon eh?,i really am lucky.
But what should i do with him?, i don't trust this Prince and i eventually break free from his chains,and this wealth will help me but what about him?.I can't just let him go out of here,well without a crew or anyone really he won't be getting anywhere.Must i kill him? taking him as a slave will be a bad idea,he would tell his identity and for who he worked for.Leaving him here is not a good option too,he must take all of this coin with him and he would tell the helots who he worked for and demand a superior which was me.
Few minutes had passed and Nikolaos was getting anxious while Alexios stared blankly on him."Forgive me" Alexios whispered and took his Xiphon out of his sheet and stab Nikolaos in the neck.Blood was everywhere and Nikolaos grabbed his neck and his eyes begin to tear,"why? why?!" Nikolaos screamed at Alexios with his face and alexios knew why he make that face and simply said,"nothing personal you was just in a bad place at a bad time,i am sorry".
Silence Nikolaos lifeless body was laying there still with his hands covering his throat.Alexios could not risk this to this day,Alexios view of good and evil shattered."to defeat a evil you must become a greater evil" Alexios said,he put his Xiphon back to his sheet on his waist and was heading out of the cave.
Upon leaving Alexios met his Hippeis right on front of entrance and immediately bowed before him."My king i deeply apologise for not protecting you while you were in the cave" one Hippei said with fear and disappointment in his voice "I just got the information from Kleon who said you wanted to go alone,i am sorry for not coming sooner i-" before he can finished Alexios interrupted him."Its okay,my orders are absolute and what kind of king would i be if a could not kill a few pirates?" Alexios calmly said "B.but my king our duty is to protect you if something happened to you" his head was still directed at ground.
"Enough,i will not punish you or Kleon now let put the pirates and helots to good use" Alexios said with a smile.
Late Afternoon
"We are finished my king" Said one of the Hippei to Alexios who was observing the pirates nad helots loading the carts with golden coins and golden bars on the dirt road."I am pleased that all of the gold is loaded,i hope those good for nothing pirates have some strength for pulling the carts" Alexios said with smile on his face,he could not wait to upgrade and build those buildings and to try the wheel of fortune.Question is how he would spent the dachmars without raising suspicion.
"something interesting in those triremes?" Alexios said with hope that more gold was onboard "no my king,nothing worth mentioning,we captured 82 Pirates i don't think they would try anything" Hippei answered
Dachmars suddenly disappearing from the treasury without a trace is thought nut to crack,but Alexios would leave the trouble for his future self."I hope this gold is not going to be useless,tell me my dear warrior why is it that only silver coins are used here and they have gold?" Alexios said in confusion,he was worried that the gold can be used everywhere but his doubts got the best of him.
"Don't worry my king,this acquired wealth is not going to waste,its true that only south region used silver coins as currency but this gold is certainly very valuable,the rest of the continent use gold because they are wealthy,but it will be suspicious for other foreign merchants how we get this gold" Said Hippei with proud voice.
Alexios fear this because if the word got out they would be seen as a potential threat especially Xenophon."Very well we begin the march right know,before moon i want this over with,there are pressing matters right know and time is of the essence" Alexios said and give the command to begin to march,he was sad to abandon those 2 triremes but one day he will need them and will hope that day would come soon,and he know knew the name of one of the hippei so that's good knews.
Late evening
Alexios could see the city from the edge of the forest and was relieved that he is finally home in this strange world.Pirates were not even tied up by rope or anything,they were too scared to do a thing while 25 Hoplites and 4 youths were present,this will haunt their dreams for lifetime.Upon arriving in front of the gate the guards immediately begin opening the gate with iron bars leaving their line of sight and began to lift upwards."Everyone is at sleep huh? well no surprise here" Alexios said while walking to the streets,he could hear the slaves grunting in pain while drag the carts full of gold.
"My king! i am glad that nothing happened to you and your men" said Elder Cleomenes who was standing beside the gate "ah esteemed elder Cleomenes i am thankful of your words but why are you doing here this late at night?" Alexios said with hint of worry,after all Cleomenes was not a young and full of energy."Haha My king i was just about to head to bead but i heard one of the guards shouting you were arriving,i could not waste this chance to look what kind of treasure you bring and i must say this more than i anticipated" Cleomenes with a chuckle answered to Alexios.
"Heh,well with you being here can i ask you to solve the housing for our new workforce and the transportation of gold? i am really tired" Alexios lied at the end he was full of energy and wanted to open the City-state system and and hero system as well."Of course my king leave it to me there's big day ahead of us and you must get good sleep" Cleomenes said with smile "Thank you esteemed Elder,now please excuse me" Alexios said while heading to his palace,the upcoming battle looms near.