“Askar, what exactly are we doing here,” said Arthur.

They were sitting in a bar and having a drink. The raider who went to Dungeon to check would be back this evening. The team was seriously planning to build a town. Arthur didn't expect his casual question to inflame the team so much.

"We're clearing your mind," he said and continued.

“Since you came here, you have been constantly faced with death. I am trying to show that this world is not just about death,” Askar said as he eyed a human woman.

“We need to talk about building a town with the team in the evening”

"Yeah in the evening, just relax, man"

Showing the female adventurers around.“Try your luck and have fun.”

Arthur couldn't bear the Askar's words any longer. He got up from the table. And walked over to the table where the 2 Elves were sitting. One of the elves was blond and the other dark-haired. It seemed like the only way to please Askar. “That's the way,” he heard Askar say behind him.

“Hi, can I sit with you a little bit? At least until my friend shuts up,” he said, pointing to Askar.

They smiled and pointed to the chair next to them.

“By the way I am Arthur,” said Arthur as he sat down in the chair.

“Your friend seems pretty eager to see you with someone,” the blond elf said, then remembered that she had forgotten to introduce herself, and pointed to herself.

“Lyda and my friend here is Iris”

“Nice to meet you,” said Arthur. and continued

"Let's say worried for me, our last mission was a bit dangerous for me"

“What happened,” said Iris.

“They were on a bandit hunt and I was on the hill as a lookout…” After Arthur told the story, the elves' eyes widened.

“It was very brave,” said Lyda with interest.

“What are your class”

“Mage but I am just starting to learn”

“Just starting? How come you are here?”

“Well let's say I am a very unlucky person,” Arthur said, trying to put a forced smile on his face.

Everyone had secrets when the elves noticed to he didnt want to tell them,they didnt asked

“How come you are here,” said Arthur, trying to divert the conversation towards them.

“We are adventurers too, we tasked to find some alchemical herb for one of the mages by the kingdom of Runera”

“Did you guys find it what you looking for” Arthur

“Yeah we find it near Endless river and we are on the way back for Runera”

“Endless river?” Arthur asked.

“Don't you know? Well, north of here, there's a big river that runs almost from west to east. Nobody knows where it started.”

“Was it dangerous?”

“The river itself is not dangerous, but we encountered a few monsters around it.”

The other continued, "It wasn't something that gold plates couldn't fix," the other elf said.

“Wait you guys gold plate”

They seemed to be waiting for this question. They nodded.

“my team has a silver plate on,” he said. After collecting himself.

“silver plate? Do we know?” said the elf.

“Hmm we have Elda as an elf on the team,” said Arthur.

“Wood mage I heard her joining different species team”

“You know her?” said Arthur, surprised.

“We went to the same academy.” said.

“Oh really, how was she at the academy.”

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“I didn't know her personally but she was always in the library I guess. I was quite surprised when I heard that she had joined a team of adventurers.”

"Why," he said

“I expected him to stay in the academy more. I heard she was pretty good at researching spells,” the elf said.

After 30 minutes Arthur stood up from his chair and

“Ladies, we have a meeting with the team and I have to leave. I really enjoyed our conversation,” said Arthur.

"We too," said the elves.

"Maybe we'll meet south of the mountains, Arthur," said the elf.

“Yeah have a safe journey.”

Arthur left the elves and went to the Askar. Askar was chatting with an avian.

“We have a meeting with the Askar team, we are running late.” said

“You are as much of a killjoy as the others, Arthur, you fit the team perfectly,” he said, and after saying something to the lady next to him, they set off for the Golden Ale.

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Afternoon Golden Ale's lobby was empty. It was usually full in the evenings and there was no place to take a step. Arthur and the other members of the team were going to talk seriously about building a city. It was probably like our plans to open a bar in the world. But Arthur being an architect and finding the money to build it made things serious.

Mefzar took a sip of his drink. And ” Guys what do you think.”

“We definitely need to build a city, or we may not get this opportunity again. You never know what the kingdoms will do," said Askar.

“Yeah I agree with him It is a golden opportunity,” said the bill.

“We risk our lives for very little money. By building a city, we can earn a lot more,” said Darkis.

Elda nodded as well.

“I'm an architect and my ability is best for building,” said Arthur.

"As long as everyone approves, let's get into the details then." said

“First of all, where should we build it?”

“The most important factor in the growth of cities is accessibility,” said Arthur.

“The Gateway is already surrounded by many cities,” Elda said.

“Is there a map?” said Arthur.

Elda took out a parchment from her enchanted pouch and laid it on the table.

Arthur looked at the Map.

“Is it safe to travel across the oceans?”

“Yes for a skilled captain,” Mefzar said.

“Well, why there are no cities on the Shores so the Gates closing won't be a problem,” said Arthur.

“As everyone uses the Gate, Adventurers have identified the dangerous places. The Shores And The Outlands Adventurers have not been exploring for a long time." Mefzar said.

“Besides, the transportation is a problem, on shores, if something happens there will be at least ten days wait,” Mefzar said.

After thinking for a while, Arthur pointed to a place on the map with his hand.

“I think this is the best place for a city,” he said.

The team bent over the map and looked where Arthur was pointing.

“How so”

After a small cough, Arthur began to speak.

“First of all, accessibility, adventurers will be able to cross south even in the winter”, pointing at the 3 islands east of Alwati, “secondly, merchants will be able to reach academies faster” and finally “using the river, we can establish a transportation network up to the interior of Alwarti”. The team listened to Arthur's words with interest. These were features of a large city.

"But uncharted lands harbor danger, so we must take a big risk," he said.

“If this place is as important as what you say, I'm willing to take that risk,” Askar said to the team, nodding.

“It will be difficult to persuade the workers,” Mefzar said.

“Why don't we give them free homes? That is after they built the City Walls,” he said. Arthur

" This might work," said Mefzar.

“But first we have to go south of the Mountains, and a three-week journey awaits us,” he said.

“Then we must arrange the workers, merchants, and craftsmen by Spring”

“Of course, after we get our money,” Askar said.

"Hey Arthur, I want you to build the world's largest colosseum," said Bill, stepping away from the truth.

“Of course,” said Arthur, smiling.

“And the biggest Casino,” said Askar

“Library,” said the Elf

“Orphanage,” said Darkis, after that team gets a little bit gloomy.

“Yeah I am going to build the best and biggest Orpahanege in the world,” Arthur said while turning towards Darkis.

Darkis looked at Arthur and said, "Thank you."

Then a young Avian came to their desk and said, “Dungeon confirmed. The Manager asked me to tell you the money was deposited in your merchant's guild account.” said

Mefzar took out a silver coin in his pouch and handed it to the boy and said, "We are going to drunk tonight," with a big smile on his face.

The first part of the plan had been successful and the money had arrived.

“Let's drink like no tomorrow,” Askar shouted.

The innkeeper, who was watching the team, took advantage of the opportunity and sent the drinks. The faces of the team were smiling.

Adventurers wouldn't have a home. They would go there wherever their mission was and lie outside without saying anything in rain or cold.

The team will eventually have a house. The house they built with their own hands was exciting for the team.

Arthur fell silent as he sipped his beer. He had been through a lot since he'd been here. He hadn't even had a chance to miss his family and friends.

But oddly enough, he had become like a family with his new team. For the first time in this world, he didn't feel alone and alien. Maybe he was going to do the biggest graduation project Oxford University had ever seen.” I am going to build a fucking city in a different world.” he thought to himself. Then he imagined the professors scoring points in the city they didn't like. He laughed to himself. And he joined the team's enthusiasm.

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The Sunrays were hitting on Arthurs's head in the morning and his eyes flickered then opened. The headache left his head throbbing and the inside of his mouth was dry. He reached for his enchanted pouch on the nightstand next to his bed. He took out a canteen and drank the water in huge sips. "You're a wonderful thing," he said. He stared at the enchanted pouch. Then he looked back, Bill was asleep. He was used to his snoring now and was unaffected.

Neither fire nor earth manipulation could work yesterday. He also had to learn word spells from Elda. Elda had said she could teach as much as she knew.

Darkis knew nothing but a few useful word spells. Elda had made the same offer to him in the past, but Darkis refused because he wanted to focus on the fire.

Arthur tried to lift the walnut-sized stone in his hand. He could only lift it half an inch from his hand. After repeating the same thing for a long time, the fire passed, and he tried to carry the flame further over his hand and continue to burn there.

His mana control was getting better and better.

“Arthur Bill, let's go-to breakfast.” came a voice. It was Elda's voice. Arthur woke Bill up. He handed the flask when he saw that his head was throbbing from alcohol because of his face.

“Thanks, man,” Bill said.

“We're going down for breakfast, Bill,” said Arthur as he made his way to the door of the room.

The lobby of the inn was full of adventurers having breakfast.

He searched the table where Elda and Darkis were, and saw that they had managed to get a table in the corner.

“Good morning”

“Good morning,” They both say at the same time.

“Where are the rest of the team,” Arthur said.

“They will come... Probably everyone wasted last night.” Elda said while smiling.

“Yeah, my head hurt like crazy.”

Elda took a pill-like substance from her enchanted pouch and handed it to Arthur.

“What is this?” Arthur asked, looking at the pill he had taken.

“For your hangover,” said Elda.

Arthur swallowed the pill. Within 30 seconds, the headache was gone.

“This is magical,” he said in surprise.

Arthur was seeing different and magical things in every corner of this world. His reaction managed to make the ladies in front of his laugh.

First Bill came, then Askar and Mefzar.

They all seemed to know about the pill Arthur had just taken, and they looked normal.

When the food came, they started to make a plan of action.

“Let's leave Bardall in two days,” Mefzar said.

“Our next destination is Riverdown.”

After breakfast Arthur wanted to explore the town a little more. Arthur and Bill began to walk the streets of the Town. Goblins caught Arthur's attention. Almost all businesses were using goblins. Goblins had a very tragic story. They were the natives of Alwarti. When the fog cleared, the whole world suddenly swooped down on them like a greedy wolf.

A long time ago, before the leveling event came, they might have had a chance against other countries, but leveling up had changed all the balances.

From what he heard from Elda, before leveling came the kings of the world were mages.'But why, why Gods leave all the sudden, why Goblins cant level and why he is here' Arthur thought while scrolling around the town.