[Chapter 112 Conditions for Gold Finger Upgrade]
Edwin VanCleef, the leader of the Stonemasons Guild, the founder of the Defias Brotherhood, has been trained by the Storm Kingdom’s Military Intelligence Department and is an excellent assassin, thief, and intelligence officer.
After designing the perfect Winter Fortress, Edwin’s main job is to supervise the progress and quality of the project to ensure that this brand-new, cross-era, and integrated Winter Fortress can be built perfectly.
During the construction period, he had plenty of free time, and he helped the mayor, who had become the Baron of Glamorgan, to monitor whether the group of newcomers had any dishonest behavior. This was not a difficult task for him.
Ceremonial Officer Elias Parker; Guard Knight Gareth Stanton; Guard Knight Floyd; Pharmacist Cordell; Alchemist Pierre Newton; plus ten newly recruited soldiers.
These people are the ones that Edwin needs to focus on for the next period of time.
After David handed over the investigation to Edwin Van Cleef, he never mentioned these things to anyone else. He just asked Eva how the accommodation for the newcomers was arranged.
The two guards knights would live in the big wooden house with the soldiers, and the vacant small wooden house was given to the etiquette officer and the pharmacist.
The old alchemist Pierre Newton was actually a guest and would not necessarily stay in Winter Town for a long time. At present, he was David’s short-term consultant and stayed in Jonah’s hotel.
It was called a hotel, but in fact, like Will’s blacksmith shop, it had a living area dedicated to Jonah. The space was relatively large, and it was not a problem to stay for a few people.
“How did everyone react?”
“Not bad.” Eva carefully recalled the reactions of the crowd: “They didn’t show any dissatisfaction for the time being.”
“You can observe more at ordinary times to see if they show any dissatisfaction in some aspects.” If someone is dissatisfied, David will not feel unhappy, he will only want to find out the reason for the dissatisfaction.
If Winter Town is not doing well in some aspects, it will provide him with a direction for improvement;
if he simply doesn’t like Winter Town, David will not make things difficult for him, and everyone will just part ways in peace.
“I know what to do.”
“How is the village… town during this period?”
“After the temperature gradually rose during this period, the ground is no longer so hard, so Edwin Van Cleef increased the workload of the craftsmen, as if he wanted to complete the basic underground facilities as soon as possible.”
After the underground facilities are completed and the foundation is laid, various buildings will be built: “The foundation of the White… Winter Fortress has been laid, and it may be the first completed building.”
David rolled his eyes, but when he heard that the foundation of his own house had been laid, he began to look forward to this house that belonged to him completely. When will it be built?
“According to the current progress, it may be completed before the end of the year?”
“So fast?” Although the craftsmen are all iron humans, the construction speed is still amazing. After all, this time they are not building an ordinary cabin, but a huge building equivalent to a palace: “Where are the others?”
At present, the most important work of Winter Town is the overall construction project. Before completing various buildings, there is no so-called business to talk about.
So, after asking about the progress of the construction and whether there are any problems, David asked about the situation of everyone.
Eva introduced everyone’s situation in detail. She was usually warm and friendly, and could become friends with most people in Winter Town, so she knew everyone’s situation best.
Peggy Carter was responsible for staying in Winter Town during this period. She reduced her exercise time every day and patrolled around to ensure that Winter Town would not be threatened.
During the time when David was away, no one came to invade Winter Town, so Peggy just killed a few wild beasts that ran out to look for food.
Mark was devoted to learning new knowledge. He returned to the Mars base every day to keep in touch with the Earth. When he was free, he took Squirtle around, just like the first street kid in Winter.
However, with the arrival of spring and the rise in temperature, he would also start the new year’s work. It is said that many fruit seeds have been prepared.
Will was busy in the blacksmith shop every day, mainly using crystal ore powder to make ammunition and repair various tools for craftsmen. When he was free, he would go to Port Royal to meet Elizabeth. After
introducing a circle, Fording and Steve were mentioned at the end.
“Tirion is fighting the Scourge in Hearthglen. He has been coming here occasionally recently to report his safety. He also stopped by Will’s blacksmith shop to get some powerful ammunition.” Eva finally talked about Steve: “As for Steve, he seems to have something to ask you.”
“Has Steve been here today?”
“He left not long before you came back.”
“Oh!” He missed it today. I wonder what Steve wants to ask him about?
However, through Eva’s report, he knew that during his absence, everything in Winter Town was normal, the villagers had no complaints, and his companions were all doing well.
Only Laura’s situation Eva didn’t mention to him, but after looking at Laura who was standing next to him, there was really no need to ask Eva.
“Why did you become darker?”
“I went to South America.” Laura didn’t care about the change in her skin color. It was normal for someone like her to get tanned all day, and her skin color was obviously healthy. “Finally, I got rid of that annoying Trinity.”
“Congratulations!”
The two of them walked to the back of the cabin while talking. Mark, who noticed David’s movements, followed them. Several people came to the back of the cabin together. Behind
David’s cabin, an additional wooden shed was built, in which the crystal ore was stored. After testing, it was found that the crystal ore did not need sunlight, so an additional wooden shed was built to cover it. So to outsiders, this was just a warehouse behind the cabin, and they didn’t know what was here.
Opening the wooden door, David immediately noticed the changes in the crystal ore.
“Huh? There are more crystal ore?”
Except for David, the other three people saw it. From the beginning, only two crystal blocks would grow at the same time, but now there are two more crystal ore, and these two small crystal ore are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. It seems that in a while, they will become as big as the two in the middle.
“Before I came back, did the crystal ore show similar changes?”
“Not at all, I come to check every day.” Mark shook his head affirmatively: “Besides, I just dug up the mature crystal ore yesterday, and these pieces should have just grown.”
According to the conclusion drawn from previous observations, only two crystal ore will grow at a time, and after growing to a certain extent, they will not continue to grow, nor will the number increase, so David would dig up the mature crystal ore regularly before.
There must be a reason for such a sudden obvious change.
“Is this change because you became the Baron of Glamorgan?”
Mark and Laura immediately thought of the biggest change in Winter Town: Winter Village officially became Winter Town; David became the Baron of Glamorgan.
“Maybe…” Because of the clear reference of crystal ore, David concluded that the upgrade of the gold finger does require “certification”.
Thinking back a little, it was only after he got the official certification documents and returned to the village that he found that he could bring people here.
Considering that Winter Town did not have a physical upgrade this time-after all, Winter Fortress did not even finish the foundation, but only obtained the official certification upgrade.
“Official recognition? Or is it a deeper and more extensive recognition?”
In a way, the certification of the Kingdom of Tilan means that it has been recognized by the ‘world’, because the Kingdom of Tilan is a country recognized by all intelligent life on the Brunnia continent. The appointment within the Kingdom of Tilan will naturally be generally recognized.
Not to mention that David is a village here, even if it is still a wasteland, but the official recognition of the Kingdom of Tilan is Winter Town, and other intelligent life on the continent will also recognize it as Winter Town.
If David’s guess is correct, theoretically, David does not have to obtain the reward from the Kingdom of Tilan. If his strength is strong enough, so strong that all intelligent life on the continent recognizes the existence of Winter Town or Winter City, he can also upgrade the gold finger. He thinks his
guess should be correct. If the certification of the Kingdom of Tilan is necessary, is the upper limit of the gold finger Winter City? Will he serve the Kingdom of Tilan for his whole life? He thinks his gold finger should not be so bad.
Of course, when he was weak in the early stage, there was a Kingdom of Tilan in front of him to shelter him from the wind and rain. He only needed to develop and build step by step to upgrade the gold finger, which was also acceptable.
For example, David is now like playing a construction and farming game, adjusting the war threat option to the lowest, and just needs to build and develop the territory with peace of mind.
“No matter what, just work hard to develop in the direction of Winter City.”
When it comes to the stage of Winter City, David’s strength is strong enough and he has enough understanding of this world. At that time, he doesn’t care about the official recognition of the Kingdom of Tilan – at that time, maybe the Kingdom of Tilan will rush to recognize Winter City.
Imagine a bright future, dig out the four mature crystals and give them to Mark to keep, and David takes Laura and Eva out of the woodshed.
Going back to the front, everyone has introduced each other. The newcomers who have been on the road for a day have returned to the previously decided residence to rest. Now there are only acquaintances such as Peggy, Sharon, and Addis.
Without the “outsiders”, these people immediately joked with David, congratulating him on becoming the Baron of Glamorgan, mixed with things like loyalty to the Baron, greetings to the Baron of Glamorgan, etc.
“By the way, are you interested in becoming an official? I have a lot of vacancies here!”
As a result, those who said they would pledge allegiance to him just a second ago shook their heads like rattles.
(End of this chapter)