Chapter 18 - Toy City

The forest is not easy to navigate through but I am in a hurry. There is a hovering skateboard I decided to make use of for myself and ten of my golems, the rest can run up the mountain after us.

The mountain is large and stip, in the novel, this mountain stone mine was the envy of all the other bases. I will not let it fall under anyone's hands but mine. After a while of search I found a way into the cave. The sight of glistening stones even as they are still covered in dirt is very beautiful.

I am surprised no one has found this place since it should be leaking a lot of mana residue. I immediately send all my golems to search and chase away anything alive out of the cave.

I have come here to chase away all the animals near this place since I will be starting a project tomorrow I need to keep the workers safe. I took out a fluster of mixed herbs and set it of fire.

Because it is not dry, a thick smoke is created from it and it quickly spread outwards. We used this mixture to chase away anything with a nose in at least 3000 square meters in area. This is because my base is going to be at leat this big, the mountain alone is colossal.

Home to tens of powerful creatures. I am in luck because the presence of these beasts means large numbers of other animals had fled this space. When I chanse them away, these beasts are intelligent enough to move deeper into the forest and not run to the human territory.

The smoke will stay in eveything it touches and will last for 12 hours. I will need to lite it twice a day for the construction to go on without any problems. Most importantly all animals around the mine will run off leaving it from harboring evolving beasts who will cause a headache later.

I used the night to mark the places I want cleaned up for the foundation of a city wall, and instructed my golems to uproot any obstacle in these areas. Because I have suddenly decided to make a base of my own, the area is going to be very big compared to the initial plans.

My job is to add the wall models I had previously made to now encompass an even bigger area. I had used boiler equipment to bend some of the steel from my weapons.

My weapons were originally toys, their steel is an ideal fantastical strong material that can be improved further by my power.

I used tools to cut and shape them into a several piece that make for a round shape when put together. I then cover the pieces with molten stone that is smooth like marble but harder.

I had discovered a way to make a ridiculously strong concrete from an experiment long time when I had decided to embrace my destiny as the despised twin.

That led to the strongest structures in the current world. All because I had many things to hide, and many enemies to hide from. So I built a nearly indestructible bunker.

I made 12 piece of the wall and I will still need to make more to cover the entire city including the mountain with the mana stone mine.

I have decided to paint every pieces in a different color. I am making a toy city after all.

While I am inside my space, the golems have been fed crystals and are removing the marked trees from roots piling them into a small mountain. They have done a job that requires 300 men although they have only done less than one third of the work.

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When the morning came I have already connected the stoves and gas for the cooking. The ladies came inside the factory, amazed by the large wall around the factory that showed up overnight.

They made rice porridge with chicken fillets. 2 hours later the workers filled in the place. They ate and I introduced the work to them. My several toy soldiers will take care of the security while they work.

There will be a storm at some point in a near future so I made them work hard. The trees have been removed when they start digging. I will add builder type toys to speed things up.

The second day I had double the amount of workers and more than triple that number on the third day. This way the work is faster than I anticipated.

On the eighth day one of my foundation was complete with concrete waiting for the piece of the wall to be put in. I had my builder golems work throughout the nights while the humans would come and ensure the measurements were correct.

The addition of builder golems didn't take work away but made things easier for them. Three weeks and the area has been cleared of any threes and bolders in the way.

Even the unfavorable terrain of several areas was leveled and in the end although the place was not straight, it can be navigatted easily enough.

The wall I put in place is in several pieces that will cover an enormous amount of land. This plan is way better than taking over the downtown in the central city. When the first wall piece went up there, it turned out to be over 30 meters tall and 12 meters wide.

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It is so large I am sure the people in the high rise buildings in the city could see it. It towers over all the trees and mountains. I needed it to be this big to account for covering the biggest mountain of them all.

The workers finally understood why I dared venture into the forest. Because it will take me no time to finish any construction. After they had dug out several places I asked them not to fill the concrete.

The concrete I made the foundation with is the recipe of the molten stone. It is sturdy enough, infact it is overly so because it is made from a solution powder whose recipe I created myself to counter the weakness of my power.

As someone who materializes buildings and structures it is perfectly normal for people to doubt the sturdiness of these sudden structures.

With this concrete powder recipe I have managed to do the impossible. Because I was at odds with the blood clan even kidnapping and torturing a general's son, I had to come up with something that can resist artifact weapons they carry around.

The point is that my concrete powder when mix with water will harden to the extreme. Therefore I have no worries about my wall suddenly collapsing due to unsteadiness.

There is a small catch, I need to replenish my essence drops after every wall piece is put up. It empties my reserves everytime. This is why I had delayed putting in concrete for the rest of the foundation all at once.

I have to move into the mine or into my space to meditate and draw in mana essence to form my drops after putting up each wall.

This extended the work that was to be done under two weeks to stretch on to two months. But it was not all without benefits.

Apparently emptying one's power reserves often results in the size and quality of the drops of essence increasing steadily. This also improved my body stats and increased the power I can hold into my body at one.

Because of this turn of events, what was once as big as a a toenail turned bigger than the entire toe. My mana palace also grew in size. Even though I still had just 9 drops of mana essence, I now hold three times the power of an ordinary level one human mage.

After putting up the wall I had also made watch towers, heavy and small gates. I tried to make the towers look morden. The workers put the gates in and then when the work was done, I told them to start the inside of the city.

By now I have hundreds of golems. They are able to do the heavy lifting and risky tasks around the construction site.

First they needed to make several foundations for the buildings I had already prepared for the city. Some were able to uproot and open a large area around the city all so I can see an upcoming attack easily.

Soon enough several meters around the wall is cleared and I can finally work on the interior of the wall. After that I decided to start with the residential buildings for the people working under me.

I had previously made several high rise buildings with metal walls encased in wood but then covered with my special stone. This is so the structure doesn't fail just because it is a building put there through magical means. I don't forget to put floor heating, electricity and water pines.

When I materialize the building, it will be possible to charge electricity with my power or the crystals I charge with my power, so that even if the power station is attacked or hasn't been built doesn't affect the lives of everyone.

That is why I am spending so much time installing the air conditioner, stoves, and water boilers in all the buildings. I am only able to do so much work because of the time given to me by the space.

Although I am not painstakingly making mini air conditioners, ovens and fridges, as long as I intend for it to be an electrical box providing electricity to a single flat, that is what it will turn into when I materialize it into normal size.

I couldn't do it like this when It came to the wall because I wanted it to be in a specific material. The vampires called it a summoning spell. Instead of the legendary companion beast summoner I have the ability to make items.

They said if I am allowed to grow stronger, I wouldn't need the toy size items to materialize things I desire. I can just imagine the item in my mind and it will appear infront of me. Like a creation spell but without incantation, magic circles or hand gestures.

The workers had already poured concrete on the new foundation several meters wide to cover the construction of the first building. This building has ten floors but it has a wide structure able tto accommodate nearly 9 thousand people.

There are three liffts, staircases and several canteens in this single building.

The land prepared for it has to be wide enough to not only accommodate the the main building, the underground parking, but also the yard with artificial grass, outdoor pool, lines for drying laundry, the conservative tank and lastly the fence around the building.

I have to make all these while it is still in the model form so the space prepared should be large enough. The ground must be concrete to put the artificial grass. This is the first building a good distance away from thee mountain where I plan to build a mansion for myself.

The land immediately after the mountain will be reserved for public structures. The first one is the school, an orphanage and a library. I have decided to build the hospital in the heart of the entire city. I still put forth the instruction To put the foundation for the 8 high rise residential buildings first.

Those living in these 8 colossal residential buildings will be the backbone of my city. After the first four I make space for the road and shopping districts.

A supermarket, a tools and furniture shop, clothing shops, restaurants and lastly several entertainment facilities were you can buy alcohol but I do not build them instead I push for the foundation of the last four high end buildings.

I put them all down and then go back to put the public facilities. I started with the one I am most excited about. The orphanage.

When the colossal structure of two buildings in bright themes of Mickey mouse and Barbie dream house appeared, it sparked curiosity and judgment on the workers but I didn't pay them any attention.

The fact that all my buildings so far are fitted with basic furniture and bulletproof windows has made everyone very surprised. The orphanage has a large playground covered in a large round glass so they can play even if it snows. The place has air conditioning that can be charged.

It is obvious I put a lot of work into designing this place. Children from downtown will be the ones to be street rats in the base. I want them all to live here instead and go to the school I will make in the future.

Currently I have 8 high end residential buildings and an orphanage. I made my golems put the several beds, floor carpets, dining tables and chairs into each of the eight buildings and the orphanage. Even curtains were fitted. I have nearly emptied my stock of furniture but at least my most important residents will have all they need.

I have planned for 11 buildings used for residential purposes of regular people. The size is also very large and can accommodate many people but each of these buildings lack the entertainment centers that can be found in the original eight. There are canteens that will serve cooked food like restaurants inside but that's about it. And like the others, I put bulletproof windows onto them.

The main difference is the lack of extravagant training facilities, the indoor and outdoor pools, the game rooms, bars, high end restaurants and casinos found inside of the eight buildings.

Each of the eight buildings is like a tourist destination.

Three more months went by I have been going to the city to stock up on furniture, generators and water purifiers. I even cleaned up the entire city book stores.

The important thing is that after the 'construction' of those 11 residential buildings I have allowed the workers to live and rent a flat inside the city. The currency is blood crystals mana cores and mana stones.

The first time they entered and saw the marble floors and beautiful internal structure of the buildings they all wished to move in and live here.

They saw the canteen with full cooking equipment, fridges, and a variety of windows where they line up for different food.

There is an open area with dining tables for them to seat and eat. Each detail does not appear to have been made for the sake of quickly housing people but a place where living inside is an enjoyable experience.

The 11 buildings are far apart from each other has underground parking and several outside a small city of sort that will serve the residents with mini markets, restuarants and bars for entertainment.

The base is very big so people will have many places to choose from. What I did was to design these places in high quality and beautiful visual effects. In the future others will rent the space to run their business operations and all I have to do is collect richies.

To show the differing value I designed high end quality buildings with beautiful interior design, state of the art cooking equipment, furniture and decorations. Has private rooms and open dining areas of the most splendid appearance.

I did this in each of the 11 locations using different styles and colors. Then I made regular high quality buildings then regular quality buildings then finally I made a wide but cleaner street market. With outside dining tables in the middle of the stall market. These stone chairs and tables are uniform in color and design.

An area miles away from the bustling streets and the 11 buildings, I made a villa area with tall villas that regular rich people can live with their families. These are the several business men and women hiring others in the city.

The 11 buildings were put mostly for the regular army soldiers and those working in the city. When I am sure to put a pause on my buildings construction for the time being, I push forth the construction of the main road.

Instead of making the entire thing by themselves, I had them dig up the ground and put the hardening concrete solution. I used my power to put down several pieces of concrete road all around the city. The workers only had to put the finishing touches to join all the concrete slabs I had materialized.

Hundreds of children in the city who lost their parents and have no where and no one became new residents of the orphanage. This opened work opportunities for people to take care of these children.

Downtown slowly became the ground for the several gang members but familes, children and other hardworking people who were previously suffering in this new world became my city people.

My trips to get furniture and other resources is successful unless I am looking for food.

The city is soon quickly filling up with several more buildings after we finished filling the 11 buildings with furniture, lighting and running water.

I put an office building for my administration workers near the city's main entrance. Which is on the side nearest to the the path going to downtown. There are no residents near the entrance so that at a certain time this place will be completely empty with only security patrolling.

By now the neat arrangement of the city is already clear. Residential building, public buildings, office buildings and the city where you find stores, hotels and entertainment facilities like bars and game rooms.

 

My workers have moved into one of the buildings with all the furniture. Currently a little over 1200 humans live in my city working in construction, making furniture mostly in the toy size because of lack of materials. Then I would use my power to enlarge them into normal size that can be used by humans.

The women who were lost on what to do in order to earn a living in my city were thrilled when the news came that I wanted toy size Items sawn and I will reward those who made the most beautiful ones.

 

And just like that many people from downtown moved into the toy city as I am calling it.

I hired a team for everything from managing jobs to ensuring no labor goes wasted to proper remuneration for work with credits and then those credits can be used to redeem food and other items from the stores in the city.

 

This news encouraged others to hunt the vampires to buy luxury goods and pay for electricity and water.

A separate area is set aside for the construction of factories for canned food processed from meat that is hunted by the brave hunters outside.

Animals mutated but not all of them. The mutated meat is delicious, some are infected and this meat can not be eaten. There is a simple way to check for infection.

A large patch of land was dug up and concrete floor was made then I filled it up with soil from my space. I made a row of glass houses for planting food in the future.

Because of my power, these places will be completely safe even if there is a down pour. The glass if hard bulletproof glass. The administration staff took care of the hiring process and soon food is being planted from the seeds I took from the city before.

The main city finally started moving now, they are constructing a city wall but the storm is just about to begin. They have many people but those of the experienced downtown area are all in my city.

I have started recruiting soldiers for the city. People with prior police experience are given first priority. I already have 600 golems patrolling the city with full gear. The watch towers are given to both humans and golems.

The humans lucky enough to awaken offensive powers are drafted into the city's army and regular training is required. Although there are no instructors, I told them level four and above will live in the eight buildings.

These are power houses that can turn the tide in a battle. They must hunt and increase their power levels as soon as possible. Residency in the eight buildings is not acquire through unscrupulous means or by connections. You haveto be a powerful ability user that is useful in war.

 

This is what I had wanted, for the dregs of the base they neglect to rise and be at a position better than them.

All the main doors of all the buildings are made to perfection in a sense that water from outside will not come in once the doors and windows are closed.

I am preparing for the upcoming storm. The ground around the city is now in coble stone and obsidian concrete looking particularly dazzling, the fourth month quietly went by and the signs of a storm finally came.