Desolate World

Ace predicted his family would earn millions only by selling blueprints. As a limited number of people who could draw them. The people usually got them from defeating monsters, a quest's reward, or buying by the auction.

He then checked all of the three items' information.

Ace widened his eyes. He couldn't believe that he got really good things. It even made him speechless for a few seconds.

"Jackpot!!!" He said. Ace then clenched his fist and he couldn't help but show a wide smile. He felt his lucky streaks had reached new heights.

He then remembered that it was all because of Cloud's analysis. After getting the village construction quest, she expressed her doubt right away. She said that the quest's content and reward didn't seem right. 

Because the quest talked about the contribution, but the rewards were fixed. She then said that there was definitely a hidden configuration in the quest. The keywords of the quest were 'contribute' and 'level 1 village'. So, she said, the bigger the contributions that we could make, the bigger the chance to get more rewards. And if the settlement reached a higher level when it was formed, they seemed to receive more rewards.

Ace and the rest thought it was reasonable. Then they decided to work all out in constructing the settlement. So, Ace, Sofia, and Sampson planted what they should do.

First, Sofia decided to reveal her card to Aria, the angel that would take responsibility for the construction project. Maybe, by doing so, she could help her design a better layout of the settlement. As with the knowledge that she could dig from the library, she was sure she could help the angel more.

She also wanted to seek some advantages for their future guild. As they planned to build a big guild in the future.

Sampson then expressed his intention to build relationships with the villagers, while helping to build the village. Because, in his opinion, the best support for an organization was actually not from the government, or some wealthy and influential people. But from the ordinary people. The reason the Human Union could exist to this day, because of the support of ordinary people.

He said, all these years, some wealthy and ancient families tried to shake the foundation of the Human Union, but their attempts were for naught. Because they didn't have the support of the people. 

Because of this, Sampson wanted to gain the trust of the villagers, so they had a strong foundation in the settlement. Ace, Sofia, and Cloud must agree to Sampson's opinion, because their family wanted to settle down in the settlement.

As for Ace, he would focus on searching for the refugees. Because this settlement needed two more races besides more humans to complete the requirements of building a settlement with the city core that Aria had developed, someone must actively search the refugees. And Ace with his high agility and superior senses was the right person to do it.

As for Geo and Cloud would act as supports. As Geo was too young to hold responsibility and Cloud just wanted to watch over Geo, her beloved grandson. Cloud was consistent with her decision to retire from troublesome things.

And the result of their plans that day, extremely successful.

Ace had become one of the elders of Laketown. He was also trusted to hold a strategic position as the director of night guards. In influence alone, Ace was only lost to Mars, the most powerful creature and the lord of Laketown. His strength had become the moral support of all townsmen, including Ace.

As for Sampson. He was really popular among common people. His coarse words and open personality made him gain many friends not only among humans, but also other races. Ace's position in the town also made many townsmen want to approach his elder brother. And Sampson appeared not to mind about the attempts. 

Of course, Ace knew his brother wasn't influenced by them at all. Who was Sampson? He was an elite soldier of the Human Union. No weak-hearted people could be chosen to be a part of one of these most elite units. On the contrary, maybe his brother himself, who influenced the people around him.

As for Sofia, she made many friends. Aria, Avril, Andrea, Aprilia, and many more. The grand banquet also made her known widely among the women in the town. She also knew the personnel of the town hall well. Aria often communicated and even sought her help when she had difficulty, as she knew Sofia's secret.

As the manager of the guild, surprisingly she could do really well. Managing the personnel of the guild that was more than 100 was not an easy task. As all of them were divided into some workshops and a combat team, so their needs were different. And, Sofia's task was to make sure that each of them got what they needed. In the end, she became the bridge between the guild and the town hall to buy the materials. As, every material was held by the town hall before the city core was activated.

As for Geo. Although this child didn't deliberately do anything wonderful. He had caught Mars's and Many elves' attention. His talent to communicate with monsters made many elves envy but also regarded him as their own. It could be seen by the approach of Avril's family to him. How could Ace say it? They were too 'familiar' with his son. 

Then last but not least, Cloud. His mother-in-law could be said to be playing as an adviser to the family. She was often or if not always rebuked anyone that she thought made mistakes. Well, especially Sampson. As for towards Geo, she spoiled him too much, making Ace and Sofia feel hopeless about how to scold him without making Cloud scold them back.

But, Cloud's influence couldn't be called nothing to people who had met her. Everyone could feel that she was not an ordinary old woman.

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