Rosario stared at the Blueprint which looked more like a booklet than a construction drawing. On the cover was a picture of a house that was 3 stories tall and was made of wood. Flipping to look in the booklet he found the name and multiple options inside.
[3 Story Luxury Home Blueprint: 0/100]
[Basic Wood Option: 90 logs of wood, 25 blocks of stone, 25 essence
Sturdy Stone Option: 100 blocks of stone, 15 logs of wood, 50 essence
Ornate Option: 100 blocks of marble, 15 logs of wood, 100 essence]
Looking at his flashing ellipsis Rosario saw a note from the collective.
[Congrats on finding your first blueprint. Blueprints allow you to build the building shown on the print by only collecting certain resources and not having to do manual labor to construct the building. Important things to note about blueprints are as follows:
If there is a number such as X/XX this represents the amount of times the blueprint has been used to how many times it can be used before deteriorating. If there is not number it is a onetime use blueprint. There will be multiple options for some blueprints if the materials for multiple options are present when the blueprint is activated a prompt choosing which option will be available. The units of measurement are as follows: Log = a 10-foot-long log with at least 10 inches in diameter Block = A piece of material with dimensions of 1'x2'x2' (30.5x61x61 cm) Slab = A piece of material with dimensions of 10'x20'x20' (3x6.1x6.1 m) All other items will be specified in units or pounds.
Blueprints work best when utilized by an Architect]
Reading the info provided Rosario was excited to get a blueprint for the first items on his list of needs. Looking up at everyone who was watching him expectantly Rosario did some calculations in his mind. 'If there are 11 of us and we all want a house the basic ones will be 990 logs, 275 stone, and 275 essence.'
Looking back down Rosario looted the remaining 5 deer, he received all the meat and essence stones and got 2 black summoning vellums, along with one more blueprint of a water filtration system.
Looking up at everyone excitedly he motioned for them to move out.
"For now, I will hold all the loot when we get back we will split the essence among us evenly to be absorbed where it is safe, and we can have someone on watch at all times."
Getting confirmation from them all he strode out of the clearing excited for what he would find.
The group hunted until the sun was getting dangerously close to the horizon, Rosario had been marking trees as they traveled, and he always kept the mountain face near him. Unlike his trip to the mountains from the middle of the crater he found the forest to be teeming with life. Enough to stock up on meat for weeks but mainly to get a big juicy pile of loot.
As a man of culture who had played many RPG games back on earth Rosario had to tamp down on his excitement to not look like a little kid who couldn't wait to open his presents. They had to have killed over 100 animals in the forest for their afternoon hunt.
By the time they arrived back at the sad-looking camp, that consisted of one tent, a fire, and a crate to sit on, dusk was just setting in.
Turning around Rosario noticed the others didn't look too exhausted and assumed it was due to them already being used to long hours in their past lives.
Pulling out blankets and the second crate Rosario had everyone sit around the fire as he held back his curiosity to ask Sigurd how surveying the plateau went.
Sigurd, who was watching as Rosario handed Tormund a bunch of meat and water to pass around, gave his observations.
"My Liege, you have picked quite a good spot for a Fortified city. You have the steep mountain cliffs to the back where someone would have to repel or fly down to get in. Facing front and to one of the sides is a cliff that is a sheer drop into the forest below, guards can easily see anyone trying to scale the cliff. The last side that you just came from is the only way anyone can get here without climbing. And to top it off there is a natural water source up the mountain providing us with ice-cold fresh water. However, we will want to boil it first we don't know what animals have shit in it. It would be best if we could build a water filtration or purifier."
With a big smile on his face no one could see Rosario responded.
"I am so glad you brought that up. Speaking of water filtration, we have loot to look through!"
Standing up and moving to the outside of the ring they made around the fire Rosario threw another blanket on the ground before holding his hand above it and retrieving everything but the meat and hides from his ring necklace.
Sitting down cross legged on the edge of the blanket Rosario began happily sorting through the pile of loot, not even realizing no one had come to join him.
After sorting through everything he came to a final tally. They had a total of 105 essence crystals, 15 blueprints, 49 summoning vellums, and one Summoning Gate Crystal.
Broken down for the essence crystals he had:
25 Evo 0, level 3 essence - 375 total essence
32 Evo 0, level 4 essence - 640 total essence
15 Evo 0, level 5 essence - 375 total essence
12 Evo 0, level 6 essence - 360 total essence
6 Evo 0, level 7 essence - 210 total essence
10 Evo 0, level 8 essence – 400 total essence
4 Evo 0, level 9 essence – 180 total essence
1 Evo 0, level 10 essence – 50 total essence
It was a total of 2,590 essence, enough to bring them all halfway to level 2.
Divvying up the essence Rosario was extremely meticulous about not wasting any essence. He ended up having 5 level 4 essence, and 11 level 3 essence left that he stored away back into his ring necklace. What he had given everyone was 200 essence which would get them to level 1 and halfway to level 2. He could have given them another Evo 0, level 3 essence each but he didn't trust them to not waste the essence. He also gave himself 125 essence to get halfway to level 2.
"Before anyone uses the essence I would like to speak with Tormund for a second. I promise I am not asking you to hold off leveling up I just need to ask him a couple questions before we all proceed."
Tormund came over and sat next to Rosario as they both looked through the blueprints in front of them.
"Tormund I am sure you know based on our talks that I was not always a Celestial Asura?"
[3 Story Luxury Home Blueprint: 0/100]
"Yes, I got that when I was the one that had to mention you didn't look human, why?"
"I was human until a couple days ago. I had a mishap and lost a few days of time apparently evolving into a Celestial Asura. Its why I almost missed the threshold for placing my summoning gate."
Nodding as he listened and looked over the blueprint in his hand.
[Water Filtration Wheel Blueprint]
"I am assuming you are thinking of telling me what happened? How you became one? As much as I am curious about it we all have our secrets, and I wouldn't push you to reveal yours. Though I might add you made it glaringly obvious that it has something to do with the cave over there, to me at least."
[Blacksmith Proper Blueprint]
[Alchemical Society Blueprint]
[Stone road Blueprint – Special – Once learned by someone with an Architect proficiency this blueprint will disappear but will be buildable infinitely by the Architect and the Laborers.]
"Your right it does have to do with the cave, but it's not that I want to keep it a secret as I want to be able to share this I am just unsure if I can trust anyone to not betray me."
Tormund paused mid picking up the next blueprint.
"That is hard, you see I had you put on the mask because it's not that I don't trust the others to have the knowledge you're a Prime but there is a myriad of skills out there that can read minds. If this is such a big deal you can have the engraver girl."
"Andromina"
"Yes, her. You can have her draw up an essence contract for the others and myself to sign saying we will not speak of your secrets even upon death and torture."
Seeing Rosario frown he added. "It wouldn't be like the slave contracts we talked about earlier, all it would do is keep us from disclosing the specified information."
[Stick Shack Blueprint: 0/10,000]
[Farmland Blueprint: 0/10 – 100-acre plots each]
[Royal Barracks Blueprint: 0/2]
[Aqueduct Blueprint]
The silence persisted between them as they went through the rest of the blueprints.
[Colossal Wall Blueprint: 0/500 - Special – One section is one "charge", each section is 60'tall, 40'wide, and 100'long. (18.3x12.2x30.5 m)]
[Crenelated Towers Blueprint: 0/10]
[Public Bathhouse Blueprint: 0/5]
[1 Story Luxury Home Blueprint: 0/1,000]
[Military Training Field Blueprint]
[Forum Blueprint: 0/2]
Putting down the last blueprint after looking at it, Rosario sighed.
*Sigh* "I am not a fan but if there is nothing other than the person cannot tell my secrets then I believe that is the best."
Nodding Tormund went to stand to get Andromina, he lost his footing when he heard Rosarios' next words.
"I can make others into Celestial Asuras also."