The personal messages exchanged with Trinoma's Gacha player went well. Apparently the prices for the trade chat were inflated, since basic blueprints were no longer necessary. No one actually bought the higher priced blueprints and his low prices seemed like a scam to most of the other traders. This meant that his product didn't sell at all, it was a decent deal for both of them.

With just 1,200 credits, Travis got ahold of the following blueprints: Bolstering Statue, Strengthening Tower, Defense Tower (Basic) and the Vitality Statue. Building them required weeks worth of time and the building materials. And the territory, depending on its size could only house one of each. This was one of the many reasons why buying them from trade chat was ill-advised.

Multiple copies of a single blueprint meant nothing, that was why the guy from Trinoma sold them like hotcakes.

"Vantak, gather a few more soldiers for this base. I also need workers under Noah, they will be used to construct these blueprints!" The items that were directly traded to Travis via the chat and trade function would prove useful, but the construction time and actual implementation of them would take weeks.

"According to the territory tab, we can have multiple of the Basic buildings. I'll be looking for more basic buildings in the trade tab. Noah, your role for the coming weeks is as our planner. I know that you're more used to tech but you're the closest thing we have to an engineer." Travis sat across the others, while they all enjoyed breakfast. "Mira and Ara will be on guard duty and I will be training while deciding on our next move."

"The Terran realm was my first experience in another realm, If only they welcomed us and didn't pry into our business... Visiting other realms will not be above me. I still have three portal scrolls, but for now what we need to do is to grow in power. And to do that, we need time and assured safety."

Travis came to a simple conclusion, his initial plan would be followed. It's just that this time around, he could send the other mercenaries to help out Vantak in his mission to slaughter the invaders to provide him with more merit points.

'The materials being simple wood and stone is the easy part, it takes approximately 3 weeks to build any of them even with the amount of hands we have with us. It'll take a while before we get anything out of that list of things done. Not to mention the supplies that we need to buy from the trade tab.' Travis would soon burn out and finally go to sleep. He was back to his overthinking self in survival mode, he now valued his survival and growth more than anything else.

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The Vitality Statue and the Bolstering Statue took priority, they provide a boon for all allied and friendly units so long as they are in the territory. The vitality statue increases both the stamina and the recovery rate for a person while the bolstering statue gives a boon on one's physical and magical defenses. With their construction even the skeletons would feel like they had muscles.

The Strengthening tower, according to the blueprints is a building that can be used as some sort of training center. This came second in the priority list while the basic Defense Tower was a building that he didn't prioritize for now. Attacks on the island were few and far in between and whenever something did get close they would be swiftly taken care of by either Ara or Mira.

The remaining credits that they all pulled together would be spent on quality of life changes and supplies. Solar panels, Diesel-powered generators, comfortable beds and non-perishable food. He also bought seeds for the farm and a multitude of sea-faring vehicles. Two jetskis and a motorized boat. Rounding out all of the remaining credits into nothing. Regaining them would take a while since his only way of getting them at the moment is through selling monster corpses.

Though Travis no longer used the bracelet wallets, he still saw them as useful. 'I just need to note down that the Terran realms are ones that I won't visit for a long time. At this point, with the chaos I left behind it wouldn't be surprising if they gave a bounty for my head.'

With his return, Vantak was finally informed about the title that Travis received. Giving a large boon in Vantak's mana pool. A much needed one that would give him control over much more units, a great buff that will push his rate of efficiency.

Travis who had a taste of the multiverse has become much more paranoid. Now opting to just train while his mercenaries did their job.

Territory management was something that Travis found to be rather stressful. Like any politician in their first few weeks of leadership, he was a mess. Unlike said politicians, Travis had to work from the ground up with no preset government to follow. Gaining a companion that could deal with the logistics and planning for the territory would be a great find.

Though his companions were already competent in their respective fields, planning for their future was a tall task especially for a 19 year old who was living off of weekly paychecks. He now understood the weight of being a leader, he knew that a single mistake one as simple as staying in a different realm for too long could cost him a lot. He lost two companions in the silver-grade just a day prior, companions that he only had for a few days yet their loss was truly felt.

"It's like whenever I get even just a smidgen of joy, an invisible figure...lady luck or whoever it is just decides to fuck with me." He poured one out for both Nersook and Nyx, two companions that were gone far too soon.

"With no replies from Yeram, I think we can assume that she's dead as well. My first Gold-grade, gone just like that. I'll keep the gold units in close proximity next time, I can't afford to lose silver-grades let alone golds. I've been far too stupid, the next few summons will be staying here unless they're similar to Vantak. All I need is... is a bit of time." Downing his last can of beer, Travis stood up to continue his training.