The Next Morning:

Khush: "So, have you decided who will receive the 2K for the messaging service?"

Father: "Yes, Christine will receive it as she's the one who tells us about monsters, and Shrasti is still ill."

Khush: "Great, let's convert the shards into coins. Dad, you can keep the blue one, it's worth 10K. I'll keep the rest and exchange them into coins to transfer to others."

Father then exchanges the blue shard for 10K coins, and I exchange the rest for 14,060. I transfer 6K to Christine and 2K each to Mom and Sister, and kept the rest for myself.

After that, I remind Dad to upgrade his skills, to which he says he will do in a minute.

After transferring the coins to Christine, she upgraded her skills from 'F' to 'F+'. This upgrade allowed her to not only control a fly for a longer range but also to instruct it to perform tasks.

Khush: "Wow, Christine. You can even order a fly to do things now?"

Christine: "Yes, do you want to test it with me?"

Khush: "Sure. What should we order it to do?"

Christine: "I don't know, you tell me."

Khush: "Let's instruct it to spy on the monster base and inform us if any monsters leave and head north."

Christine: "Okay, sub-skill – Feral Command, target – 1 fly."

*Order: Spy on the monster base ruled by red orcs and inform master if any monsters leave and head north.*

Christine: "And done."

Khush: "Wasn't your skill called 'Feral Vision'? Why 'Feral Command' now?"

Christine: "It's a sub-skill of Feral Vision."

Khush: "And how did you know how to use it?"

Christine: "It shows a window every time the skill is used, but only I can see it."

Khush: "Oh, okay."

Christine: "Where did you use your coins though? You never told me what skills you have."

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Khush: "I haven't decided yet."

Christine: "Oh really, then what skills do you have?"

Khush: "I only have passive and taunt skills."

Christine: "Like?"

Khush: "Well, my first skill is called-"

Father: "Khush, come here for a minute."

Khush: "Coming, father. I will tell you my skills later, Christine."

Christine: "Okay, sure."

*Then I left Christine alone in the room and went to meet dad.*

Khush: "Yes, dad, you called?"

Father: "Yes, come here. I received this system window after I upgraded my skill. Can you explain it to me?"

Khush: "Of course, can you show it to me?"

Father: "Okay, come here."

*Then father shows me the system window, and it states:

"Congratulations for upgrading your skill 'Property claim' from 'F+' to 'FF'. As of the upgrade, each house comes with 8 turrets. Also, now you can choose one person in your 'Family or Clan' to control a custom turret, which can appear anywhere in your claimed properties. The turret can fire Mana bullets ranging anywhere from 0.01 to 0.5 Mana. You can now also claim properties more than 65 feet in length and 30 feet in width."*

Father: "You done reading it? Can you explain it to me now?"

Khush: "So, what it basically says is..." *I then explain what it says to him.* "You got all that?"

Father: "Most of it."

Khush: "Good, so choose me now."

Father: "Okay, sub skill - Turret Guardian, I choose family member 'Khush'."

*Then a window pops up for me: "Your family leader wants to choose you as a turret guardian in his territory. Do you accept?" I then pressed 'Accept'.*

*Then a light engulfs me for a few seconds.*

Father: "You okay?"

Khush: "Yes."

Father: "Try to use the turret now."

Khush: "Okay, how should I? *Then suddenly a window appeared telling me what to do.*

*Following that, I made a gun with my hands, which caused the turret to appear on top of our house, accompanied by a faint shimmering sound, and a window also appeared on my left side showing the turret's point of view with a soft chime.*

*Then I turned around and aimed the turret at the monster camp and squeezed my eye, which caused the window on the left side to save and appear right in front of me, and it started zooming with a subtle hum as the view magnified.*

Khush: "Fire using 0.1 mana, bang!"

[SFX - subtle hum as the turret charges, followed by a magical "baaaaaaang" as the mana bullet is fired]

*The mana bullet started making its way to the camp *

*20 minutes earlier *

[SFX: The faint howling wind outside the window, the distant echoes of mining activity, the clattering of construction work, and the occasional distant scream.]

???: "Second big brother, it's been over 20 hours since Gorgrak left. Yet there's no trace of him nor his army."

???: "Yes, I think we should prepare for the worst. Gorgrak is naive, not stupid. He knows that he is not allowed to be away from home this long."

*Durotan makes his way to his two younger brothers, his heavy footsteps shaking the whole building.*

Durotan: "So, what do you suggest, Mogor? Should we tell big brother Grommash that his favorite brother is dead? And you, Thraug, you are the smartest one in our family. So, what do you suggest? Tell me, tell m-"

[SFX - knock, knock]

Durotan: "Who's there?"

??? "It's me, Gorefang, your butler, sire."

Durotan: "What do you want, Gorefang?"

Gorefang: "I just came to tell you that Prince Grommash is calling you and young Prince Mogor, Thraug."

Durotan: "Tell him we are coming in a minute

[SFX: The faint howling wind outside the window, the distant echoes of mining activity, the clattering of construction work, and the occasional distant scream. The ambiance is filled with the sound of a crackling fire, emphasizing the tension in the room.]

Gorefang: "Yes, sire."

Mogor: "What should we do now, brother? When our eldest brother finds out that his favorite brother is missing, he's going to kill us both. We are so dead, big brother."

Durotan: "Mogor, he's going to kill you, not me... because I am running away."

[Durotan attempts to escape through the window, but Mogor catches his legs, refusing to let go.]

Mogor: "Don't leave me alone, brother. Take me with you."

Durotan: "Mogor, take one for the team and let me go."

Mogor: "Hell nah, big brother. Either take me with you, or we're both dying."

Throug: "What the hell are you two doing? Do you think our brother doesn't know? If he wanted to kill us, he would have marched here right now. It's something different. Now, let's go."

Durotan: "You're right, Throug. Let's meet him like men. Dad didn't raise no cowards. Let go of my leg, Mogor."

Mogor: "First, promise me you're not going to run away."

Durotan: "Let go of my leg if you don't want to be taken down by me first."

[SFX: The sound of the window rattling as Durotan struggles to break free, accompanied by the desperate grunts of Mogor trying to hold on. In the background, the mining activity, distant screams, and construction noises add to the sense of urgency and chaos.]

*Mogor finally releases Durotan's leg and stands up. The three brothers start making their way to meet their eldest brother, the ambiance now filled with the echoing footsteps, the crackling fire, and the continuous sounds of mining and construction*