Chapter 157

'I told you my lord that I can't change the rules of my space once I set them except after the passage of 14 days.'

'That's not what I meant. I want to know if you can use your ability and set another space with the same rules.'

Gozline kept its silence for a while before it said again in wonder:

'Why would my lord want to set another space? No one else but you can use this space. Can you clone yourself into two?'

Ibro laughed. From her question just now he got his answer. He said immediately:

'No, I can't clone myself and I don't need to do so. I guess you can use your ability again, right?'

'Yes, but I can't use my other ability by then. My power now is only sufficient for me using two abilities at the same time. So if I used my ability again I couldn't use my first ability again in 14 days.'

Ibro smiled and then said:

'No problem. Now get me outside of here. I need to arrange things first then I will tell you what to do.'

Ibro got out of the space and returned again to the market. He really had a plan in his mind but he would lose so much time in this period. He needed to finish some important things first.

The first thing he needed to do was the next strategy of his village. He would disappear for 14 days. This wasn't a small period at all. He also will disappear for equal periods later for every supreme energy he needs to train at.

He moved rapidly back to his manor and entered the administrative building. There he found Hoden and Mamor easily. Both of them were in a meeting with many generals and high officials of the village.

Once Ibro appeared they all stopped what they were doing. Ibro moved to sit on the empty throne in the middle of the room and then he said:

"I have some important tasks to do in the next 14 days, so you won't be able to see me in this period."

Hoden sensed the strangeness of Ibro so he asked immediately:

"Is there something wrong my lord?"

Mamor didn't wait for Ibro to reply as he rushed saying in a loud tone:

"If there is any danger you can order me and my boys to eliminate it."

Ibro smiled and said with a calm tone:

"Who said there was something wrong? I have some responsibilities that I need to do. These responsibilities will take at least 14 days. This won't be the first or the last time I will disappear from the village for such a period.

You need to get used to this. I'm not a lazy lord who sits down in his mansion and doesn't try to upgrade himself or his power. I'm here to notify all of you about my departure and also to arrange the future policy of the village in this period."

Ibro didn't raise his voice but his tone carried dissatisfaction towards their behavior. They both knew how independent and revolutionary their lord would be in his actions.

Ibro wasn't a small reckless kid that needed their attention and care all the time. He might be reckless but he wasn't a kid. Ibro then issued his next orders:

"The target of the village in the next 14 days is to raise its power to the maximum. We need to finish all the buildings in the two zones of the village.

The third zone may take a while to finish so take your time in it. I need you all to raise the level of the building to the available limit.

Regarding our army, as I said before, any villager who doesn't work in a lifestyle profession must join the army. I don't care if the villager was he or she, our enemies won't differentiate between any when they kill us. I want you to raise the level of our troops.

All the underground forts around us must be cleared in these 14 days. When I return you must be successful in conquering at least 50 more areas down there. All the surrounding surface strongholds in the vicinity of our village must be cleared in this period."

Ibro kept silent for a few moments waiting for his villager pillars to understand his intentions. He was building a mighty nation and without enough power to defend it he wouldn't be able to protect it.

"May I ask about the trophies we got from these forts and strongholds? Should we use them or wait for your return, my lord?"

Ibro looked towards Hoden and said:

"Wait for my return. Our troops today are more than enough for a big town, not even a small village like us. These huge armies must work for their food.

I want our warehouses to be full of food and monster meat. I want our treasury to be full of treasure boxes. I want our blades to reach as far as possible."

Mamore asked this time:

"What about the navy plans?"

Ibro thought for a bit. Back at Rioneed, the seas were the true stage of the game. He believed this was the case here too. He needed to maintain his superiority he had so far in the sea world as well. He also needed to be cautious. He didn't know the true nature of the sea world.

"Follow my previous orders. Just scout and keep your distance from any danger out there. I also need a detailed map of the area around us. You need to finish this task as well."

"We will follow our lord's orders."

"The last thing is about a new approach I will take in the future.

I will try to establish a guild of players, or even own multiple guilds at the same time. In the near future, some players might come here and ask for your assistance. The code name I will use with these players is 'Pnro'. If they use this name you must help them."

Hoden exchanged looks with Mamor. Their lord had something different than usual today. Hoden expressed his own thoughts by saying:

"Why will my lord take such a risk? Dealing with players is always risky. Also, this game has evolved and now guilds aren't the main focus of the game."

Ibro smiled. He knew better than Hoden how difficult it was to deal with players. He also understood the logic in his words, but he was neglecting a very important thing.

The game really had evolved towards the lord mode but the majority of players were used to play in the guild mode. He needed to throw his net and control as many players as he could.

Now was a golden chance when everyone was focusing on the lords and villages. The huge pool of players was neglected right now and no one would compete with him over this huge number of players.

Players were like villagers but with more ambitions. This came with odds and cons. For Ibro, he didn't need them now but in the near future, his advantage would be neutralized by the long time he needed to upgrade his village.

This time he might need 5 fortnights to raise his village to town grade. But what about the next stages? How many days would he lose in contrast to other lords?

He needed to create a buffer zone formed by players to shield his village. if they didn't help him much, they wouldn't harm him a lot. This only was enough for Ibro right now. He said in strong tone:

"Don't worry about this. I only need you to be ready to deal with players in the near future."

"But…"

"I'm not taking your opinions here Hoden. Just do as I say."

Hoden swallowed the rest of his words. He didn't know what happened to his lord to be so impatient like that. He felt Ibro was trying to push things with a hast.

He didn't realize how narrow the time Ibro had now was. He couldn't imagine how narrower it would be in the future. Ibro then moved to leave the place when he noticed the appearance of his two bodyguards. He stopped them and then ordered both:

"You will stay here and start to train my personal army. I want my personal army to be a notch higher than the regular army in the village. this will be your responsibility. If you can't do it then tell Mamor and he will replace you."