Chapter 14[Volume 2]
Jon looked intently at the console, his options apparently changing since the dungeons were conquered.
{Resources
Defense
Zones
Map
Improvements
Dungeons
Users
Checkpoints}
The boy examined the buttons and pressed them one by one.
{Resources:
Valyria currently has Economic and social resources.
-A total of six thousand tons of gold.
-Seven hundred kilos of precious stones.
-7 food storage units (Enough to last a year)
-2 Wine cellars
-Thirty Valyrian steel armor sets.
-Ninety Valyrian steel weapons.
-Twelve fields with two hundred horses, three hundred sheep, six hundred cows, and nine hundred chickens.
-fields have been explored, and animals of different species abound.
-The ports have been automated with fishing boats, a total of six hundred kilos of fish have been collected.}
The boy read curiously, it was a summary of current resources.
He continued with the next button.
{Defenses:
-Automatic defenses are active.
-Automatic defenses warn of possible dangers, unknown whether animal or human in the vicinity, it is also possible to activate automatic defense attack mode, which involves using control towers with soldiers to prepare a defense against a specific attack.
-Valyria currently has 8,000 soldiers.
-4000 in ancient Valyria.
-2000 in Tyria.
-2000 in Oro.
60 fully armed defense towers.
-40 in Old Valyria
-20 in Tyria.
-20 in Oro.
-In Valyria there are a total of 2,000 soldiers in their towers, 1,500 reinforcement soldiers in barracks, and five hundred soldiers on patrol.
-In Tyria, there are a thousand soldiers in the control towers, seven hundred reinforcement soldiers in barracks, and three hundred on patrol.
-In Oros, there are a thousand soldiers in the control towers, three hundred reinforcement soldiers in barracks, and three hundred on patrol.
-The rest of the soldiers are in the training camps, helping to train troops.
-Valyria automatic defenses activated.
-Valyria has defenses against specific attacks disabled.
-Tyria auto defenses activated.
-Tyria defenses against specific attacks are disabled.
-Other automatic defenses activated.
-Other defenses against specific attacks are disabled.}
The boy nodded.
{Zones:}
Jon looked at the areas and noticed that it was a summary of the three islands, marking ports, towns, fields, noble areas, commoner areas, etc. He continued with the map, which marked the areas on a plan and made improvements.
{Improvements:
-The more resources the greater the improvements will be.
-The creations Valyria gets to evolve and improve.}
He didn't stay long looking at it, he had to upgrade it with his builders later, and he would receive points for using them.
{Dungeons:
-There are ten conquered dungeons in Valyria
-These can be redone if the user so desires to train his men in the arts of war.}
Jon looked curiously at this, possibly it would be suitable for his men in military training.
{-Users said the same before, so I stuck with the last option.}
[T/N: WHOA! WHOA! WHAO!]
{Checkpoints:
-The checkpoints are the computers of Valyria and other cities, they must be activated to improve cities, and by the user.
-By obtaining control points, one can move travel between computers, making the trip short.
Current checkpoints:
-Old Valyria
-Tyria
-Oros}
"interesting" he whispered.
He felt that he had moved and realized that he was in the white room, the boy smiled, he assumed that his men had obtained more experience points for him, he did not know how, but the more men he put, the faster his experience points rose.
He went to the computer and saw that he was level 23 with 2 skill points.
"Are you done? " he heard and turned to see Arya.
Jon raised an eyebrow.
"I'm hungry," She explained.
Jon sighed.
"Come on"
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Bran walked slowly through the halls, Ossa had slept with Theon as a distraction and waited for him to be asleep to flee with the children.
Bran watched as the woman moved with a spear, he still didn't understand why she was helping them, possibly she had become fond of Rickon, her little Lord as she called him.
An Ironborn appeared in a corner, and Rickon's wolf Hairy eliminated him, much to Rickon's surprise.
Rickon looked from side to side, confused, seeing himself in a white room completely alone. There was a strange black mirror at the back of the room, the boy remembered that Bran told him about this.
"The magic room" he murmured and approached the mirror.
{Welcome player!
Press next to go to the selection of options.
NEXT/BACK}
Rickon looked a little intimidated and put his hand on the next button. The letters changed.
{Options:
-Frequently Asked Questions/FAQ
-Character menu
-Objects
-Go out}
The boy pressed the character menu.
{Name: Rickon Stark
Title: None
Skill Points: 1
Level: 1 (0/20)
Health: 100/100
Mana: 50/50
Attributes: Low
Skills: None
The boy pressed back and chose skills.
Rickon started to think, he would like to use magic like Bran, but they also needed someone with physical abilities, but he was too young to use swords, they were too heavy for him.
The boy pressed one of the skills.
Do you want to spend a skill point and gain the light weapons skill at level: 1?
Yes/No}
He pressed yes.
{Light Weapons Level: 1}
Rickon gasped as he felt his muscles explode in pain, dozens of images appeared in his mind, short-range weapon movements, attack, and defense, the boy let out a sigh of pain and looked at the screen.
{Light Weapons Level: 1
Cost: 10 mana
Vital point: You can see your opponent's vital points for one minute.}
The boy nodded and left the room.
"Rickon? " Bran asked, seeing him so anxious.
"Bran, I went to the room," he told him.
Bran looked at him in confusion before understanding.
"Oh, that will be useful," said his brother.
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Jon watched the harbor as a ship pulled into shore, many of their merchants traveled all around the area surrounding Valyria, buying goods, resources, or information. Jon didn't mind what they did, they were smarter than him.
One of his merchants approached.
"King Jon, I have news," he said.
Jon still wasn't used to being called king, it was uncomfortable.
" News? " Jon asked.
"From the north of the west," he said.
Jon sighed and listened to what he had to say, nodding when he finished, he was nervous, even angry, he had forgotten about Robb for a few days.
He headed to the noble quarter of Valyria where his family was staying, and arrived at the garden of a palace to see Arya attacking a wooden dummy with her sword, practicing fencing.
"Jon?" She asked when she saw him.
"Arya, we must speak with father," he said.
She arrived at a room and saw Sansa laughing at something one of her ladies-in-waiting had told her. They were peasant assistants who helped the girl dress, bathe, or make friends.
They bowed when he entered.
"Sansa, news from Westeros, we must see father," he said.
The girl stopped smiling and nodded.
They reached the room where Ned spent his afternoons, a small place with an office, where the Stark had spent his afternoons, making business plans, merchandise work, and his temporary position as master of coin.
The man looked at the entrance when the door slammed, and saw his children enter, he raised an eyebrow at the tense looks on Arya and Sanas' faces, and looked at Jon.
"News from the West," said his son.
Ned sighed.
"From your faces, I can imagine that things are not going well," he said.
"Nothing is certain, but it is as we thought, Robb did not hold back," he said.
Ned sighed tiredly.
"How bad? " he asked.
"Nothing is certain, the news does not give details, but it is known that the standard-bearers arrived in the Riverlands months ago and Robb fought the Lannisters with them," he said.
"I was hoping we'd have more time, he's not able to head north yet," Ned said.
Jon nodded.
Robb was a good swordsman but he lacked experience in war.
" Are we going back? " Sansa asked nervously.
Ned shook his head.
"No... Not everyone, I'll go alone" he said.
Arya started to complain, saying she might as well fight.
"Fighting and leading a war is different Arya, plus they know why we are here, that mission is as important as the war itself," said Ned.
They were in Valyria preparing to withstand the northern houses, a last resort option if things went wrong in Westeros.
Jon himself had had that idea, and so he focused on improving Valyria rather than returning to Volantis.
Jon nodded.
"For the moment, the construction of Valyria is essential, but you will not go alone father, I will give you 5,000 soldiers to go with you," he said.
"Five thousand? That's more than half of what you have? How will you defend yourself from attacks?" Ned asked with a furrowed eyebrow.
And it was the plain truth, Jon could obtain soldier summons if he wanted to, that was true, if he rested and regenerated his mana, he could obtain a large army, but unfortunately things were not that easy, the boy chose to have twenty thousand soldiers in Valyria, it was a necessary resource to protect all his areas, but his maximum was nine thousand, supposedly as he understood it, the number of summons increased as he leveled up and obtained improvements, but even so, nine thousand is the maximum he had current soldiers, not counting, of course, his summons of Farmers, Architects, Hunters, Blacksmiths, Miners, Trackers and Craftsmen, which were around two thousand.
Jon boasted that he could summon a thousand summons per level, perhaps a little more if they had upgrades, but the mana expenditure would make him have to spend months of time to summon them all, but for now, he was at his limit.
"There is no choice, the soldiers are there to protect Valyria, but the North needs more men, and we have not yet opened ourselves to the world, and no one knows about the reconstructions that are being done" Jon clarified.
Ned sighed, looked at Jon, and nodded.
"Remember that they must remain anonymous, Essos is not Westeros, it is more... Wild, the rules of Westeros do not affect the cities here," he said.
Jon nodded.
"I know"
[T/N: Agh...This chapter was kind of a slog to do. But it did allude to hopefully exciting times coming up. If you like this chapter then write a comment, drop some stones, and leave a review. If you want access to some advanced chapters then check out the Patreon.]
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