The world turned back to normal, Sam and his group were still sitting inside the forest next to Oakhausen.

Sam's group looked confused. They needed a few seconds before they remembered why they were at this place.

"These changes are awesome!"

" Yeah! Reward points seem cool!" The twins exclaimed.

Linda said " Right, also Sam is not only our guild leader but also the king of Blackstone city! He has the city menu!"

Jack, Linda and the twins looked at Sam, urging him with their eyes to try out the menu.

" I am curious as well, let me try it out." Sam concentrated and a red screen appeared in front of his eyes. The others couldn't see it.

The first category were the stats. The income, outcome, production of reward points and economical areas like taxes, amount of food or birth rate. A massive amount of statistics could be seen but Sam wasn't really interested.

The second category was population. Sam could check the exact number of blacksmiths, stonecutters, farmers and so on. The military was also included, as well as the players. It was showing the people in the city right at this moment, which meant that he and his group weren't listed at this moment.

The third category was facilities. It showed the amount of shops opened and what products they were selling. It included defensive buildings like towers and traps, guild buildings and even outside territories like villages, towers or mines. One of the icons was blinking. Sam tapped it and it showed a new window.

( Woodchester cleared )

Sam could already see information regarding Woodchester which meant he could resettle it and include it into his territories. Oakhausen couldn't be found in the menu. It was obviously not cleared yet.

Sam returned to the main menu and looked at the last category.

Reward Shop!

He wanted to open it but a notice popped up.

( Reward Shop can only be used inside hometown or claimed villages! )

Sam felt frustrated but didn't think about it anymore after he saw the indicator in the top right corner of the city menu.

( Reward points: 20 )

...

" Okay guys I checked it. It's like this, we already cleared and reclaimed Woodchester. I think we should clear Oakhausen and reclaim it too. It will increase our territory and population!

There should be seven to eight orcs left, if we can separate them they shouldn't pose a threat to us. What do you think?" Sam asked the group.

All of them nodded with smiles on their faces and determination in their eyes. They could reclaim cities and villages which meant that they might be able to live a somewhat normal live again, without fighting on the frontline anymore.

They rested for a few more minutes and sneaked back to the gate afterwards. Sam looked inside the village, right into an orcs eyes.

' Fuck!! '

The orcs had instantly spotted him and ran over to attack.

Sam turned to his comrades " I am the only melee fighter, get into the forest and wait for me to lure these orcs over, go now!!"

The others were much faster than Sam and quickly entered the forest. The group of orcs chased after Sam, slowly closing in on him. He entered the forest and the orcs followed. After 50 meters one of the orcs was able to grab Sam at the neck from behind but the orc got pierced by an arrow through the face immediately afterwards.

The orcs stopped after seeing their comrade dying. In the next moment a lightning spear flew by and pierced one orc through the chest.

Sam fought one orc as well while watching the twins fighting. Each one of them suddenly appeared behind their enemies piercing their necks.

Meanwhile one orc had approached the unaware Anna from behind. Nina witnessed that and activated her skill. She changed positions with her sister immediately turning around. Her dagger stabbed into the orcs eye killing it on the spot.

' This skill is definitely overpowered! They will be fearful opponents when they can use this skill more often.' Sam thought after witnessing the skill for the first time. He had already killed his opponent with a stab through the neck.

They took all the equipment before slowly walking back to Oakhausen. Sam looked through the gate again but didn't see anything. They cautiously walked inside.

Sam got an idea and opened the city menu. He tapped the blinking icon

( Oakhausen cleared )

Sam looked at the number indicating his reward points, 100 points!

' It seems we got 80 points for killing the orcs and clearing Oakhausen. I should be able to take a look at the shop now right!? ' Sam entered the menu and chose the shop category.

The screen changed, showing everything he could buy while he was inside this village. He saw villagers and farmers, also different professions like blacksmiths and the townwatch unit.

He looked at the info for the blacksmith.

' It is as I thought, the blacksmith is a low leveled one, only able to do simple works required for village works. I bet the blacksmiths I can buy for Blackstone city are more proficient. I have to check that when I am back home.

Well then, I have 100 points, should I invest them in one of the villages or in Blackstone city?' While Sam thought about that the others had gathered all the equipment. Sam picked the steel breastplate the orc boss had worn and immediately wore it. He felt the increased weight but he also felt a lot safer wearing this sort of heavy armor. It actually gave additional eight points to defense! The others picked some equipment as well changing it with their own. They brought the remaining equipment inside a house hiding it in a little back room.

They sat outside taking a break. They drank some water and discussed about the patch when Sam stood up and looked at them. He asked

" I have 100 reward points right now, I can use them to spawn some NPC's to live here or I use them for something in Blackstone, what do you guys think I should do?"