In that same night, the survivors managed to reach his location. Both Nyx and Nersook were lost to the waves of monsters, Travis hoped that they at least took down the squad that forced him to do this. Ara arrived with a battered body, the abomination took Mira with her Mira was currently unconscious.
Noah, the group's engineer and mechanic was heavily injured. Having encountered the monsters that now plague the forest and the small town that they used as a base.
Travis didn't look too healthy either, with a few injuries of his own. "Those motherfuckers ruined my plans, this is how I decided to get revenge. Before leaving this place, I want you to use your drones to open two more portals let them have a little parting gift. Then and only then will we finally return to my home realm."
Travis was back in his survival mode and if there's one thing about him during this state, it's that he's as petty as petty gets.
The initial portals should have been enough, but upon learning that he could wreak havoc with the portals he knew that he wanted to use them as a deterrent. "If they want to find out more about me in the future then they'll have to do it over dinner. This reality made us far too lax, returning to the old world will do us good. To hell with their shitty fucking treatment... We'll make our own base... I have 5 territory tickets! We can do this shit any day of the week."
Losing the companions that he just gained made Travis even more cynical. "This portal leads directly to Vantak, an island that's away from all of this noise."
Using 2 more portals to sow chaos and 1 to finally go back home, Travis now had 3 scrolls left. With no supplies with them and just the weapons they had on-hand rebuilding would be much harder. But with the credits they earned throughout their short-stint in the new realm, trading credits for decent material through the trade tab was a feasible way to get new stuff.
"Master Travis! It has been a while." Kneeling on the ground, the tall figure of Vantak was something that Travis was delighted to see.
"It has, great work out here Vantak. Am I to assume that this island is now fully under your control?" The injured Travis needed to confirm a few things with the necromancer.
"Indeed, Master Travis. There was once a village at one of the coasts but the portals ran this area to the ground. I have already reanimated most of the corpses and I've exterminated all of the invaders. I have around 500 undead on this island alone my liege, though my main force of 2,000 undead are fighting back in the city of Lindburg." Vantak was his most useful recruit and he always proved it.
"This is the island of Vankfruk, the locals once lived off of fishing and their own sustainable farms. Breeding livestock and reusing the fields should give us something to look forward to. There's only one town in the area and we're 5 hours away from the main city by boat. This is the perfect spot to set up a new territory. Great work Vantak!" Travis gave Vantak the recognition that he was waiting for.
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"Noah, Mira the two of you can rest by the houses. We can think about logistics and setting up the powerline tomorrow. Vantak, I want you to provide a report on the situation back in Lindburg, send it to me through message by tomorrow. We all had a long day, rest if you must." A headache was brewing for Travis, the sudden turn of events that he had a bad feeling about came to reality.
It validated his worries, making the current Travis far too stressed to even sleep. He used the Territory claim ticket while Noah and Mira headed to bed.
[Number of Friendly Units: 0]
[Number of Allied Units: 504]
[Due to the fresh territory the following boons are free for all friendly or allied units (24 Hours): Bolster, Strengthen, Hasten.]
[Buildings are required to maintain and create boons.]
[Number of hostile units: 1]
[No penalties are currently active.]
[Buildings are required to maintain and create penalties.]
[Note: To unlock a building type, the user must have the blueprints.]
The new territory had the entire scope of the island, the lone hostile unit that Travis found on the list was bugging him. "Vantak, all of your units have been blessed with boons so long as they're in my territory. Order them to find the lone hostile target, you missed a spot when you were cleansing this island."
"It shall be done." Vantak quickly mobilized all of the undead, it was a man-hunt for this lone creature.
Travis watched as the number turned from 1 into a 0. "It was a naga sir, chasing it into the ocean is a tall task with my current troops. Not a single one among my soldiers are aquatic."
"Don't worry this will be enough, We have other things to worry about. Once again, great work Vantak."
There were lots of other things to worry about for Travis, like finding blueprints and learning more about the current situation in his home realm. Luckily he had a few assets for both of these, the trade chat would be his best friend once more and it was now time for him to look through the top 10,000 group chat once more.
Strong-armed Magician (Top 15): We have fully taken back a few cities in the Western Soil! Refugees from anywhere can join us! Let these invaders know that we mean business!
Lucky Moonpie (Top 9,117): Congratulations boss strong-arm! I think we should all return to our original earth soon. If we're being honest here even if life seems better in these other realms, they don't welcome us as warmly as we initially thought!
Red Eyed Skeleton King (Top 120): Indeed, the bastards in those Terran realms are fucking crazy. They question every little thing about you and when they find out that you have a rare innate ability they'll kill you where you stand. It's honestly sad, I'm joining the faction in the west. It's best that we pool our resources together, my knights should be a great help to you. Mr. Strong Arm.
Travis scrolled up to try and find what he was looking for, a short exchange about the pricing of blueprints.
Trinoma's Gacha Player (Top 978): I've been pulling way too many dupes on these blueprints! If anyone's interested just message me, I can trade them for Credits or Imperial Coins... fuck just give me something!
Red Eyed Skeleton King (Top 120): I can take them off of your hands if you're willing to trade with just a couple of hundred credits.
Trinoma's Gacha Player (Top 978): DEAL! Send me a personal message!