[You have survived 24 hours in this new world]

[You have received Tier Up Ticket x2]

[From now on, every once in a while, a merchant caravan will visit your Village in random intervals not bigger than a month]

-This is… Incredible…

To think there would be rewards like this. If I received one for surviving one day, will I receive one tomorrow?

-Like a… Daily check-in reward system? Just like those games?

Although that's unlikely, there is still the chance I might get rewards for surviving set periods of time, like a week and month.

-So from now on a caravan will always come? This is phenomenal!

This will keep the gold flowing, boosting our economy!

[A caravan tried to go to your village but due to the poor condition of the roads, it didn't manage to enter and left]

-... NOOOOO!

…

'After a sad breakdown, I sat back in my chair'

-Note to self… Fix at least one road.

I can't afford to lose another caravan like that!

-But now, how do I use these Tickets?

‘I opened the Tab and checked the village inventory.’

-I see, I just need to use them from here. That 's convenient. Yet the question remains, who should I use this on?

The most important task is to fix as many buildings as possible since we already have a stable source of food.

Resources and other things will continue to come as they explore more of the abandoned houses and clear the fields.

-Can I use it on the same person? If I focus both of these on the woodmason, I am sure most repairs would be much faster.

After all, most of the buildings are made out of wood, only houses deeper into the village ruins have stone mixed into their construction.

I could also use it on me, raising my Tier to 3 right? Although that seems to be the most wastfull option unfortunately...

I am useless to the village right now.

-My job is to give orders and collect loot...

-But there is also another option… Use it on the twins.

This would level both of them to Tier-2 and allow them to do all of the jobs of a Tier-1 unlocking a lot of things for me to do.

-However, I would be locked out from the higher ranked constructions for a while… But that isn't that big of a problem, after all, I have barely any materials to fix even some houses, much less construct new things.

-So this is my answer!

[Tier-1 Villager has Leveled up]

[Tier-1 Villager has Leveled up]

Did something change?

Let me see the timer, it has been 5-6 hours since they started working on the houses so according to the timer, there should be 15-16 hours left.

This is because I noticed that the timer continues to go down even if they stop to eat and go to the bathroom

-The timer already makes count of these details.

[10 hours 34 minutes 13 seconds...]

Damn!

Several hours were cut at once!

-Looks like we will have time to even do some other things…

[Warehouse, Tier-0 (Old) (Decaying)]

[30 wood]

-30 wood to fix the warehouse.

Now that I took a good look at it, why is it that this warehouse has a Tier and the houses don't?

The Crop fields are divided into small, medium, large, and big. There might be other sizes but none were ever set up in this village.

A Small Crop field is about 5x5 while a big one is around 70x70.

The only other place with a Tier is the Elder’s House, not only that, it's supposedly Tier-3.

-Although because the previous Elder took a lot of things from here, it decreased the Tier of this place.

This is what I think at least since the house is mostly intact.

-And the book didn't go into details about how the Tier system worked for buildings.

It only said that buildings could go past Tier-3 since they didn't “evolve” like normal Jobs.

-Most of the buildings I got were Tier-0 but I still have some Tier-1’s and 2’s to build.

-Although their requirements are still rather high…

The houses are almost ready to finish, our food problem is soon to be over, and merchants will visit us from time to time.

-But there are still some problems left, I have to fix the Warehouse and roads, and find a way to make the villagers not suspect anything.

-I feel like a con artist…

Let me see how they are doing right now…

…

-Many of the villagers are idle… But I can't really give them orders since most of the materials we have are currently inside the inventory.

-I guess I will eat something for now and wait for tonight. I hope the food will taste a little better this time.

…

-Is everyone here?

‘In front of Jonathan was a crowd of people. Some were visibly tired, but some had expectation hidden in their eyes’

-Look at all of you! I know what you are all thinking!

-And I will tell the truth! From now on, no more cold!

-Those five heroes have successfully fixed all of the houses! Can I have a round of applause?

/Clap clap.../

[You have fulfilled your promise]

[Happiness +25

Reputation +40]

[Territory: Guepas Village (Decaying) (Poor) (Old)

Tier-0 (5) Village

Number of Habitants: 30 (+)

Average happiness: 43

Reputation: 95

Wealth: 10 Gold pieces, 87 Silver pieces, 228 Bronze pieces, 270 Small Bronze pieces

Map (+)

Food supply: 3 months

Materials: 23 wood, 7 rock, 20 cloth,...

Construct: Small hut; Normal house; Dirt road; ...

Inventory: 2 farming kits(Normal), 26 seed bags, Key to the basement...

]

Almost 100 Reputation! Will something happen when I reach that value?

I will probably reach it with this anyway…

-Before we depart for our sleep, I would like to say another thing!

-While exploring this place, I actually found a hidden stash! The previous Elder stash!

/Whispers.../

‘They seemed confused and some even showed anger’

-There is no need to be angry, we should be happy instead!

-In there I found many useful things, including… Two months worth of food!

‘All of the villagers suddenly changed expressions’

-This was probably a hidden Stash that the Elder forgot to bring or didn't see any value in it. But thanks to it, we will prove to him that we are more than just anything… We will survive!

This is so awkward...

/Owww!/

‘The villagers screamed in passion and happiness, looks like Jonathan's word hit deep inside their humble hearts’

[The villagers are Very motivated, and their hope has been rekindled]

[Very motivated

Effects

20% Better work efficiency

20% Less accidents]

[Hopeful

Effects

10% Better work efficiency

20% Faster Tier experience increase]

[Average happiness +5

Reputation +5]

[You have reached the first limit of Reputation]

[You are now Respected as the Elder of the village]

[Respected

Effects

10% Better work efficiency when ordered directly

5% Less chance of someone refusing your orders

0.1% chance of a random Villager ranking up every day

]

Holy shiiit… If I order someone, arent going to have a 40% bonus to their work speed?!

Perhaps I can remove that…

-This isn't the end! In the stash we found a considerable amount of Silver and Bronze pieces. Meaning that we can now effectively buy supplies from other villages!

-So first let me go fetch the money… Richard, can you separate the families and their numbers? I want to be fair here.

-Of course Elder

…

-Please everyone, there is no need to be hasty.

-Over 200 Small and Normal Bronze pieces shall be distributed among you all. And I will give one silver piece to each family.

[Average happiness + 30]

[Reputation + 50]

WHAT?! Giving money has so much of an effect?!

[Territory: Guepas Village (Decaying) (Old)

Tier-0 (5) Village

Number of Habitants: 30 (+)

Average happiness: 73

Reputation: 150

Wealth: 10 Gold pieces, 75 Silver pieces, 0 Bronze pieces, 0 Small Bronze pieces

Map (+)

Food supply: 3 months

Materials: 23 wood, 7 rock, 20 cloth,...

Construct: Small hut; Normal house; Dirt road; ...

Inventory: 2 farming kits(Normal), 26 seed bags, Key to the basement...

]

This isn't that hard… At least it doesn't show we are poor anymore.

As for why I didn't give them that much money… It's obvious.

(That much, this is in fact quite a lot for villagers like them)

They are just normal villagers, giving each one a Silver coin and a few Bronze ones is already enough, I don't want conflicts to arise for now reason.

Although that might've been overkill... I cant go back on my words now. Do I have a save point feature?

I didn't doubt for a moment, I knew they were super rich villagers now…

Most villagers would work with only Small Bronze pieces, much less Silver ones, that's why I only gave each of them one.

I hope this was a good choice, I need to train a guard just in case problems start to rise.

-As soon as the situation is stabilized, I will try my best to initiate trade with some of the nearby villages. I hope you all can support me when the time comes.

-Elder…

‘The Villagers were touched by the Elder’s humble attitude.’

-Good night everyone, from tomorrow onwards there is no need for these reunions anymore as you all have already chosen representatives.

-Be sure to listen to them since they will carry most of my orders from now on.

‘After I finished what I had to say, I left the room under the applauses of the others.’

-This is just the start...