Chapter 15

Home Sweet Home

Rex Lopiz

3/1/26 1:03pm

We have been walking for about two hours, we have been taking breaks every so often for the civilians, we finally came to the actual bottom of the mountain.

The mountain was visible for probably hundreds of miles. It was massive, we had found a nice little area near the mountain, it was a open little field and all around was thick forest, nothing crazy, mainly oak and birch and some other trees, there were fruit trees growing all sorts of fruits.

We had apples, oranges, pears, peaches and even citrus fruit, this forest was filled with all sorts of vegetation, there were lots of wild fruit trees all throughout the forest but the ones I mentioned seem to be common in this small area of the forest.

I had the family of 5 collect the fruits such that they were farmers beforehand, they went and began to collect the fruits, I had two of the orc's from Trek's bodyguard group to protect them, they headed off to catch up with the farmers.

I then took in the Little area, it was about 10 acres of forest and grass plains with the mountain being about a 5 or 6 hour walk, this is where the construction of our camp will be.

"Alright everyone listen up!" I yelled to everyone else who had been told to collect fruit.

"We will begin construction here, this is a large plot of flat land and we have sustainable food around us for a while, we will build a house for everyone unless they want to bunk together." I said as I kept looking at the area of land.

Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, well besides Max, he was always happy to follow orders.

"The houses will need to be able to fit a bed per person and any basic essentials, while we will build a large outhouse for people to use the bathroom, we will have some sort of chimney that way people can have fire pits inside to keep them warm and to cook." I said with confidence.

One person finally spoke out .

"Who will build this? I don't think any of us know how." I stopped and looked at them.

"Max, do you know how?" I asked.

"I'm not a builder bot, sorry captain." Max said.

"Max, how far is the goblin's camp?" I asked

"with just me for 1 hour at full speed." He replied.

"Everyone will stay here and make temp homes with whatever you can get, I will go with max to get the required work force." I said.

I walked slowly as I was still injured, Max picked me up in a princess carry again and he ran at full speed towards the direction we came from, he knew which route was the fastest and took it.

3/1/26 2:04pm

We did make it to the camp the bodies still laid dead with some wildlife eating from them, we scared the wildlife away as I prepared to cast my spell, this time I'm no longer doing large numbers I will stick to a small number of goblins, I don't want to die by over casting.

"COME FORTH AND RISE AGAIN! ~Raise Undead~

Found 55 Goblin Bodies. . .

Do you wish to raise all 55?. . .

"No just the ones in good condition" I replied

Raising 23 Goblin's bodies who are not heavily damaged

As it said that I Casted the spell as black mist went to the 23 bodies and they began to spring to life, it took about 3 minutes for them all to get on their feet, they looked normal besides a couple of stab scars.

"Out of the 23 of you how many can build houses?" I asked.

2 goblins raised their hands and they were much smaller than the other ones, I then nodded.

"The two of you shall build houses for me as well as teach others how to build, now all of you follow me" I replied as Max picked me up again.

We then ran back with the 23 goblins, they were able to keep up with max, the goblins were fast they were able to outrun Max if they wanted, but stayed behind him by a few steps at most.

We were on our way back to the group as we continued to keep running.

3/1/26 3:06pm

Once we arrived back to the group we saw them all gathered and once they noticed that we returned I was able to see what they were gathering for, it turned out that the farmers returned from gathering fruits from the trees and there was now a decent pile of fruit on the ground.

There was a variety of each of the 5 fruits but there were more apples gathered from the looks of it.

"Everyone welcome the newest members of the workforce, they will be in charge of building our camp, these two here know how to build houses they may not be the best but it should be fine for now, the rest of the 21 goblins will be learning how to build as well, if any of you want to learn how to build just watch these two and ask to help, that is all on this topic, the next topic is work the farmers will be in charge of food the rest of you should be doing something to help as well." I paused as I looked at everyone.

"I will be keeping an eye on all of you in order to make sure you are doing something, I will also be in charge of human resources, because I’m a necromancer as well as a robotic engineer." I said to everyone.

"Actually this will be better, The orcs are in charge of protection of the camp, you will make sure the farmers are safe and the camp is as well, Max will be my second in command everything he says must be done, Max you will be in charge of defense and eventually our fighting forces I will manage like I said Human resources mainly the recruiting part." I paused as I continued

"Hailey you will be in charge of everything that involves medical, you will manage the medical supplies for example and teaching people how to perform basic first aid if needed and making sure anyone that gets hurt gets better and so on." I said while looking at Hailey.

"Nick, you will be in charge of management of the camp like overall supplies, our amount of food and making sure everyone has a job to do if they don't have the skills for the required job, bring them to someone who could teach them the job." I said while looking at him then turning to the next person.

"Giruk, I have no clue how you shrunk but you will be with the goblins helping them lift the supplies and hauling anything that needs to be hauled, Aidan you will be with the orcs such you have experience fighting, Trek you will also be in charge of teaching any new person how to fight with melee and formations, same with you Max teach the new people how to use weapons like ranged weapons and tactics, such you are a robot you have more information regarding modern tactics." I said as I finished

"Do you all understand your roles." I said looking at the small crowd.

Everyone nodded as I dismissed them, the goblins got to work as the two who knew how to build gave out orders and taught the other goblins, Max and the orcs started to discuss the arrangement of patrols and how they will switch guards during the night, the farmers walked over to me as the older man spoke.

"Why did you bring the goblins here, and how are they alive again?" He said, looking angry at me.

"I can bring the dead back as undead, and I brought them here because they are now a part of my force, is there a problem?" I asked, looking at him.

"They killed our hired guards and were about to kill us, how could you bring them here!" He yelled.

I smirked as I laughed, I then responded.

"I told you before you chose to follow me that I have strange powers, and this is my power, this is how I do things if you don't like it then you can leave." I said cold heartedly as I turned away.

"I understand, are you sure they won't harm us?" He asked.

"Yes they have to follow every word I say if I choose so plus you are not trying to kill me so they won't react unless I tell them otherwise." I said as I walked to the middle of the field.

They looked relieved as they went back to gathering more fruits, I then thought about Robotic Designer, the tablet appeared and everything was missing like the first time I used it, I had to select a factory and a storage area.

This time however said to choose a location to place the factory, that meant the factory was able to just be placed from the looks of it, I chose the open space that would be the middle of the camp and confirmed the area for the factory, as I confirmed the placement a bright blue glow formed where I chose as the spot of placement.

Everyone looked over as the glow was soon gone and a small metal factory replaced the glow, it was the same one from the camp but this time the outside was also made out of a kind of metal instead of the camp building, everyone looked confused as I then looked at the storage area and selected the factory as the storage as well and sure enough it worked.

I then looked at the tablet to see what it requires to make a worker droid and it gave me multiple options I chose the basic one a CWA1 also known as Construction Worker A1 it had a picture this time, it showed a small humanoid that was about the same size of a normal human, it had two arms, it also had a backpack attached to its back but way that it could grab its tools for the job.

I read the requirements needed

Construction Worker A1 - Requirements

X1 Robotic Core

x250 materials for body (Any)

Hours passed as everyone was around a fire besides myself and the goblins, they talked and laughed as they ate fruits, I had the goblins eat and they brought me some fruit as well, the orcs who came back from patrol ate as well, while the orcs who were not on patrol began to replace the orcs who returned and went on patrol, the day was good nothing bad happened and we so far had a hut for everyone while the goblins and orcs had barracks they were just bigger huts that could fit all of them instead of a small hut for them.

they could one person in the normal hut the large hut could fit the farmer and his family all inside, and Giruk's hut was by far the biggest one mainly because he was a troll, max had a hut as well but it was mainly for him to rest and whatever it is he does, while the orcs could have all 5 of them and the goblins can have 30 even though we only have 23, we had piles of grass as makeshift beds in each hut this was the layout of housing so far.

Orc's barracks Factory Trek hut Aidan's Hut Fire Nick's hut Goblin's barracks Rex's Hut

Max's Hut

Hailey's Hut

That was the layout of the camp so far, on the right side had the forest where the farmers gathered fruits and the left had the forest where the tree's were being cut down, we left any fruit tree for food, while on the other two sides were mainly grass areas with trees but not as dense as the rest of the areas.

I kept getting wood, I told the goblins to help me in order to make the core and the worker bot, I have no idea if it meant it needed 280 logs or not but I was able to figure it out once I brought the first log inside the factory, each log counted as 5 for the most part some counted as less if they were smaller or more if they were bigger but the average was 5.

I continued to work on cutting down trees I was no longer having pain from being brought back to life so it was not hard to do work, as most people began to head into their huts while the orcs and Max kept on guard while we kept getting wood Giruk was getting tired to I told him he could sleep, he left as I had Max help carry the logs, it was risky but this needed to get done, if I can make one construction bot it could make better buildings then simple huts.

3/2/26 2:07am

as the last log was brought into the factory it was picked up by a robotic arm and lifted onto one of the many conveyor belts and it was moved along the belt to the different machines, the goblins kept gathering wood such they were undead they needed no sleep, I had them bring it to the factory that way we can make more robots, as the last log was processed the arms moved as I selected the Robotic core.

Soon enough a small round wooden sphere was made as it came out of a machine and carried on the conveyor belt until it reached the end of the belt, I then casted the spell.

"Robotic Core"

That was all I had to say for the spell to work, it seemed that I no longer had to chant the long sentence to use the spell no more, I had no clue why this was, but I prefer this way more than the long chant.

The sphere was then turned see through but you could still see the wood frame as the light blue glow flowed in the core, I then selected the construction robot and the core was picked up as the body of the new worker bot

was made, the logs were turned into parts for the body and soon enough there was a humanoid robot standing where Max stood, it was the size of an average human this time.

The core was inserted into the robot as it came to life the body was made out of logs but it was able to move like Max, the only difference was the body was not made out of a kind of metal, it did not look like max instead it was designed with a construction helmet for its head instead of a combat helmet, and the body was that of a construction worker's uniform just made out of wood, it also had the backpack and it then began to walk out of the pod like area.

"My name is CWA1, Reporting for duty.' The worker bot said in a robotic male voice.

It stood about 5'9 as it looked at me in a salute like Max did, It was amazing how it worked and I'm happy that it worked.

"At ease, your new name will be CW01, you will be in charge of building this small camp to that of a fortress, your first task is to build houses that have the basic necessities this include room for beds as well as places for fires and a chimney to vent the smoke, you shall also build some barracks that are made for different races, one for the goblins and one for orc's, once you complete that make a barrack for robots where they can rest on free time." I ordered.

"Yes Sir! I shall start the construction of the buildings using nearby resources." CW01 said.

"The goblins are at your Command and teach them well." I said as I watched CW01 leave.

I then went to my hut to sleep.

3/2/26 11:03am

I was woken up people chatting, I got up from the hard grass floor, my body ached as I stood up, this hut sucked how can goblins live in these they were easy to make but I felt everything inside of the hut, you could feel the cold, and even bugs still got in.

I left the small hut and saw there was new buildings in process of being made, some of the people were watching as CW01 was placing logs and was watching as it reached its hand into the backpack, once his hand came out the hand was now a tool it was a saw blade and it cut into the log and it kept using both hands and kept switching the tool of the hand.

It soon turned the log into planks and each one was made perfectly, he placed the planks inside of the log outline as goblins kept chopping trees or were destroying the huts, CW01 made perfect planks and even made support poles to keep the house from falling apart.

The size of the building could fit around 2 people and has a small living area for a fireplace and a table with chairs, he placed the planks upwards for the wall he then had a goblin bring him a small stone, he then changed the hand that was not holding the plank into a blade as he made the small stone sharp at the end as he then had 3 goblins hold the wall as he switched his hand into a hammer as he whacked the sharp stone into the plank.

It kept the plank form moving and this process continued , but he then made a bunch of sharp stones first and had the goblins hold the walls as he hammered the stones in, the planks meant for the walls were thicker then the floorboards and he used logs for the frame of the small house.

The roof of the house was planks going at an angle that way the rain would slide down and not rot the wood, there were about 5 houses standing already made and the huts were all gone besides mine and max's that was being removed by goblins.

This went on till there were 10 small houses and 4 barracks with one large house for the framers as well as a special one for Giruk, as I went to ask CW01 which one is mine he simply said.

"Sir, your house is going to be made on top of a small hill that way you can see everything." CW01 said as he went to a distant hill that was a little but further.

I followed him with the goblins as I got close, I saw the outline and it was huge, he had logs placed on the floor, it was 2 of the large houses connected.

"Why is it so big?" I asked.

"We all agreed you deserve this in order to show people that you are in charge." He simply said.

I nodded as he began building and I walked back to the other buildings and saw that they all had simple bed frames and mats made out of grass so we were no longer sleeping on the floor, at the very least each house also had a chimney and a small fireplace.

After looking around and check the barracks which could fit 50 goblins or 35 human, orc or robot,

there was plenty of space one barracks had small beds for goblins while 1 had beds for humans and the other two had pods for robots like the factory it seemed that they were simply given after making a barracks for the robots, I was not about to complain at least they can come here to rest or get repairs then.

The robotic barrack was taller than the other ones standing 16 feet in height and the pods inside reached the roof almost but it seemed that if I ever get a large robot they will be able to use the pods at the very least.

I left the barracks as I looked at the small camp that was now being turned into a small town and smiled, the next objective will be to gather a small fighting force and get info on this area, especially on the Holy Empire that is possibly nearby.

Rex Lopiz Information (Note: this is what Rex Has or is under his control)

Rex Lopiz Money $0 Robotic Creations: 2

x1 Heavy Soldier A1

x1 Construction worker A1

Raised Creatures: 23

x23 goblins

Spells known: 4

Simple Undead

Simple Robotic Core

Robotic Creation

Summon Simple Bone Spear

Blueprints: 2

Simple Robotic Parts

Simple Robotic Roles

Food To Water: 140/140

consumes 34:34 minimum

x30 pears

x57 apples

x23 citrus

x17 peaches

x13 oranges

Equipment: 85

Book Of Knowledge

Robotic Designer

x30 wooden clubs

x20 short iron swords

x10 short wooden spears

x23 daggers

Equipment Currently Being Used: 0

Missions/jobs Assigned : 0

Resources: 83

x53 logs

x30 small stones

Property owned: 1

Camp near the mountain

x1 Manor in construction

x1 factory

x8 small houses

x2 large houses

x4 barracks

x1 fire

Creatures/robots/followers of Rex's force

Hailey - Human medic

Nick - Human LTC

Trek - Orc Leader

Giruk - Ogre

Aidan - Human Marine

Max - Heavy Soldier A1

x5 Orcs

x1 CW01