Now I have everything that I need to upgrade the lord's hut and install the summoning gate. Knowing this, I stood up and made my way back inside into the hut, walking past Alvin who was still bowing in the same place.
Walking to the centre of the hut, I reached the altar holding the blank book. Reaching out my hand to touch the pages, causing the same screen from last time to appear again.
[Lord's hut:
HP:100/100
Abilities: None
Upgrade requirements:
Wood:100
Iron:10
F Grade Monster essence]
[All materials acquired. Would you like to upgrade the lord's hut?
[Y/N]
Looking at the screen before me I only hesitated for a second before pushing yes. At first, nothing happened, but suddenly the floor began to shake, causing dust to be stirred up in the room. New walls appeared in the room and the space began to expand. Finally, after a couple of seconds, the room stopped expanding, reaching around 4 times the size it was before. Looking around, I found three doors, one of which I knew was the door to go outside.
[Congratulations you are the 98th human lord to upgrade their lord's hut to level 2.
You have acquired the title [Early Riser]]
Noticing the title, I decided that I would check it out after I looked at all the new stuff in the hut.
Still in front of the altar, I once again reached out my hands to touch the pages.
[Lord's hut:
Level: 2
HP:200/200
Abilities: Blueprints
Upgrade requirements:
Wood:200
Iron:20
5x F Grade Monster essence]
[Ability: Blueprints
Effect: There is a small chance that the monsters that are killed by the lord or their subordinates can drop blueprints for different kinds of buildings.
Note: For some blueprints, you will need a subordinate with the appropriate professions.]
Looking at the new ability of the hut, I was mildly disappointed, but it'll do, at the very least it'll help in the development of my territory, but I was expecting something like a world-destroying laser cannon.
My browser furrowed when I looked towards the new upgrade requirements that had more than doubled from the previous level, even now I only had 2 F rank monster essences and 1 E rank.
"Oh well, it is what it is." That's all I could say. Not having anything else to do with the book I decided to check out the 2 new doors that appeared in the hut.
Walking to the door on my left, I opened it to find an old-looking bed with a worn-out blanket and pillow. I almost yelled out in happiness. I don't have to sleep on the floor again tonight. Happy with the new addition, I made my way to the other side of the hut to find that the other new room was a toilet, but it was made out of wood and had a pit under it, so really it was an outhouse. It's better than nothing.
With these new additions, my life in this new place has become a little bit easier.
Not having anything else to do for the night, I decided that I may as well have a look at the lord chat before going to sleep in my not-so-new bed. But first I'm going to check what this title early riser is.
[Profile:
Name: Knox Wilder
Title: Early Riser
Job: None
Talent: Devour (SSS)
HP: 90/90
MP: 20/20
STR: 20
VIT: 9
INT: 2
AGI:19
Skills: (Flame coat lvl 6) (Flame claws lvl 1)
[Title: Early Riser
Description: A title given to the lords who are within the 50th and 99th place to upgrade their lord's hut to level 2 within their race.
Effect: The holder of this title has a 25% chance to summon an extra subordinate]
Reading the effect of the title, I was pleasantly surprised, but I was truly disgruntled with the number of people who beat me, one of whom I know is the Lord of Knights, who provided me with all the materials to upgrade my hut.
Closing my profile, I finally lay down in my bed, then opened the Lord's chat and began to scroll. After an hour or so of reading the messages, I finally succumbed to sleep.
The next morning I awoke to a piece of timber from my bed sticking into my back, causing discomfort. Standing up I walked over to the glorified outhouse and did my business.
Walking out of the hut, I found Alvin and Thorn sitting around the left coals of the fire, eating leftover meat from the previous night.
Noticing that I was awake, Alvin immediately stood up and stepped to the side whilst Thorn simply stared at the ground, not touching his food. He is obviously still scared of what happened on the first day.
Looking at the two of them, I spoke out, "You two will go together to hunt. Try and kill as many as you can." After saying this, I didn't wait for a response, I just started walking in the opposite direction, then yesterday in search of today's prey. But today was going to be different, I'm not just gonna search the edge of the barrier for some monsters to kill, no, today I'm gonna leave the barrier and search the outside area.