[Ding! You have received City Steele (Bronze).]
[Ding! You have received Starter Pack.]
[Ding! You have received Scroll of Summoning.]
Rowan opened his eyes to unfamiliar scenery. He was just on a bus on his way to work when suddenly everything had gone black. He was now face to face with trees and dense grass.
"Ugh. Where am I?" his voice surprised him, unusually light and jovial, in contrast to the cold he was recovering from.
Sensing his body, he felt different. It was his body with the same characteristics he was used to and yet... it was not. His muscles were slightly more defined and his breathing was deeper. Although he didn't look like an athlete, he though he could run faster and further than most.
His eyes finally focused on the blue screen in front of him.
'Is this a game?', he wondered. 'Where am I? Where is everyone else? Am I alone here?', he continued, getting more puzzled as time went on.
When he noticed he wasn't going to accomplish anything, he quickly shook his head to clear his thoughts and brought his attention back to the messages he received.
"City Steele?", immediately another blue panel opened up.
[Name: City Steele (Bronze)
Description: Used to start primary stage bronze tier village. Owner will immediately gain control of the village. Can be placed anywhere.]
"Damn it really is a game huh", he was shocked at his discovery. He quickly thought of the other two items and sure enough.
[Name: Starter Pack
Description: Contains --- 100 units of wood, 100 units of food, 50 units of stone, 50 units of Iron, 100 copper coins]
[Name: Scroll of Summoning
Description: Summons 10 subjects to your territory, 2 of which are combatants, their loyalty is automatically set at 80.]
"I guess its time to start but shouldn't there be a tutorial if this is a game?", he mumbled as he got up and looked around for a somewhat open space.
He was in a sparse forest with mostly even ground. He walked around while making sure to remember his journey when he finally found a small clearing with a hundred square meters free of trees.
"Use Scroll of Summoning", he commanded uncertainly.
Suddenly, a small scroll, crinkled on the edges and with no apparent writing came into his hands. The scroll then disappeared in front of him and 10 figures appeared.
Among them were 4 women and 6 men. They were dressed in worn out clothes seemingly from the 1400's or so.
"Welcome everyone, I'm Rowan", Rowan greeted, "and introduce yourselves one by one".
"I'm Nicolas, a cook, sir", one of them said.
"I'm Sofia and I can work with leather sir", another one spoke up.
The introductions continued and in total he had 1 cook, 2 tailors, 2 carpenters, 1 fisherman, 1 blacksmith, and 1 farmer.
Finally he looked at the two special summons who were wearing armor and holding weapons.
"I'm Olivia sir", she had a raspy voice, "I'm an archer but I have experience with daggers as well". She pointed to her bow and pulled out a dagger from her side.
Rowan nodded before responding, "Try to reuse and conserve your arrows, we don't know when we can start producing new ones".
The other combatant also stepped up. "My name is Liam sir", his voice was unusually gruff for someone who looked to be in their 20's.
Then he said something Rowan wasn't expecting, "I'm at the first level of Qi Gathering and my primary weapon is the sword". He glanced at Olivia with a hint of disdain before looking back at Rowan.
"Oh, Qi Gathering?", Rowan's curiosity was piqued.
"Yes my lord, in Ur, cultivators are the main forces of war", he explained. "Everyone's art of Qi Gathering is given by the system. After the nine levels of Qi Gathering are the three fortifications of Foundation Building. I lack the qualifications to come into contact of those stronger my lord, but legends say that the pursuit of cultivation is endless".
Rowan committed the information to his mind and started thinking, 'If the cultivators here are anything like those from the stories, then technology might not be as useful as I thought. Either way it shouldn't affect me for a long time'. He quickly switched back to the task at hand.
'Since this is a game can't I also check their status?', Rowan gained enlightenment before he quickly called out to the system in his head.
[Name: Liam
Talent: Silver
Titles: N/A
Profession: Basic Swordsman
Race: Human
Age: 24
Loyalty: 80
Cultivation: Qi Gathering 1 (Universal Qi Gathering)
Skills: Basic Swordsmanship (Adept)
Equipment: Frail Leather Armor, Coarse Cloth Shirt, Coarse Cloth Pants, Coarse Cloth Shoes]
Rowan mainly focused on two things, 'Talent is silver, he might be a good seed. They include an option for race, so there should be other races here as well'.
"Everyone", he shouted to gain their attention. "We have to work as fast as we can so we all have a roof over our heads by sundown"
"Liam and Olivia, you two will be in charge of scouting and hunting for meat. When scouting, look specifically for enemies and potential husbandry. Be careful".
"Nicolas, Sofia, Emma, and Jake, you four will be in charge of gathering food and firewood. Once you think we have enough to feed us for two days, join the rest in building our homes".
"The rest of you will be in charge of building houses for tonight. Build six houses that can fit two people each". Rowan then handed the starter pack, "Use these".
"I'll be counting on all of you for us to survive this night, so work hard!", everyone started moving after his words of encouragement.