I Become a Landlady in the Game World-Chapter 808 - 394: Hope Town? What a Nice Name! (Part 2)
"Thank you." Zhou Bai laughed as he took the lovingly prepared meal from his mother.
She was indeed blessed.
Seeing this, Bayer also exited the office directly.
Others might not know, but he knew, the territory’s upgrade required Lord to operate it!
After Bayer left, Zhou Bai immediately devoured his meal, and after eating and drinking to his fill, he promptly opened the control panel.
Displayed on the control panel was the settlement result of the Territory War.
[Dear Host, as the challenger in this Territorial War, you have gained 8684 new residents and achieved a complete victory!]
[Fasal Village has been conquered by Hope Village, with the detection of the Lord’s death. The system will reward Hope Village with the entire territorial resources of Fasal Village, including surrounding resources. Please expedite their placement.]
[...]
[Your settlement rewards are now completed.]
These few lines were much less verbose than the usual Territory War, yet the rewards increased manifold.
Especially with the massive amounts of gold coins, materials, and weapons acquired from Wolf, they constituted the main portion.
Before leaving, Wolf had scavenged the territories’ resources, leaving behind just a shell.
If not for the system’s regulations requiring the warehouse resources to meet a certain standard, Wolf might have dared to leave nothing behind.
Wolf even planned to blow up the territory, leaving Hope Village nothing.
Thinking back, it was truly all thanks to Philaya.
By bringing her along to eliminate Wolf, she reclaimed the items Wolf had taken and brought them back into her pocket, achieving overnight wealth.
To know, the items Wolf carried alone included over fifty thousand gold coins!
Hence, she did not hesitate to give Philaya a ten percent share of the gold coin rewards.
Thinking, with the characteristic of being a money-grubber, Zhou Bai couldn’t help but laugh.
Congratulations to me on getting rich, congratulations to me on getting rich...
Zhou Bai couldn’t help but hum lightly in his heart.
Then confirmed this settlement, inputting the rewards to be distributed to the participating soldiers.
Finally, the system would distribute them reasonably based on their performance in the Territory War.
As Zhou Bai confirmed this, the participating soldiers, mercenary teams, and logistics personnel had already received them.
Upon seeing the rewards, everyone was stunned.
They were so abundant!
Each of them was dizzy with joy.
Zhou Bai, unaware of their reactions, focused back on the control panel after distribution.
At this moment, upon clicking the upgrade button, information unfolded.
[Condition 1: Population of 20,000 (Fulfilled)]
[Condition 2: With 24 territorial buildings (Fulfilled)]
[Condition 3: Lord reaching LV.20 (Fulfilled)]
[Upgrade conditions 1, 2, and 3 are met; the territory can be upgraded]
[Dear Host, would you like to upgrade the Level 3 Village to a Level 1 Town?]
"Yes."
[Congratulations Host for upgrading the territory from a Level 3 Village to a Level 1 Town; the area expands fivefold, and you are rewarded with 1000 gold coins.]
With this notification, the walls of Hope Village expanded outward once again.
The magical fluctuation was even greater this time; all residents perceived it.
Indeed, even without magical fluctuations, they could sense the territorial changes, especially with so much open space suddenly enlarging, not noticing would be akin to blindness.
At this moment, gazing at the now vast town, many couldn’t help but feel a flutter in their hearts.
Wondering, once such a large area is developed, what kind of place will Hope Village become?
As for Zhou Bai’s control panel, the map of Hope Village expanded, revealing a large swath of open land.
Looking at this expanse, Zhou Bai didn’t rush into action.
After all, the upgrade rewards would only arrive post-Beast Tide, acting prematurely would necessitate further adjustments, so it was better to wait for a one-time solution then.
However, the existing buildings, now that Hope Village had become Hope Town, could correspondingly be upgraded.
The Lord Mansion, previously Level 3, could now be upgraded to Level 4, expanding not only in area but adding another floor.
The Task Center, formerly at the village level as basic, could now be upgraded to intermediate, with its overall area doubling, retaining original village-level teleportation channels while adding ones targeting town-level territories.
The Mercenary Center could be upgraded from basic to intermediate, serving town-level territories in the future.
The next in line: Basic Blacksmith Shop, Basic Tailor Shop, Primary Grocery Store, Basic Watchtower, Basic Arrow Tower, Basic Military Camp, Basic Warehouse—all public territory buildings upgraded to intermediate level.
Remaining specialty buildings, lifestyle buildings, and newly constructed buildings specific to Hope Village were left untouched by Zhou Bai, given their complexity, they would be dealt with post-Beast Tide.
Zhou Bai first focused on the currently necessary two buildings.
One was the road, the other the city wall.
As for the road, with the newly added area being wasteland, and the city wall at a distance from the main urban area of Hope Village, navigating for battle without roads was inconvenient.
Zhou Bai directly extended the original main road to the city gates.
[Would you like to spend 10 gold coins and 50,000 units of stone material to place the road?]
"Yes."
With Zhou Bai’s response, the main road of Hope Town was thus laid out.
Next, Zhou Bai’s attention was on the city wall.
Unlike village-level city walls, town-level city walls, regardless of level, were intermediate, differing slightly from basic city walls but not by much.
Therefore, often at the initial upgrade phase, town-level territories would retain the basic city wall, supplementing later.
With ample funds, Zhou Bai wouldn’t skimp.
He clicked upgrade without hesitation.
[Would you like to spend 800 gold coins and 160,000 units of stone material to upgrade the basic city wall to an intermediate city wall?] 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Viewing this substantial expenditure, Zhou Bai chose "Yes" without hesitation.
Visibly, Zhou Bai saw his city wall’s defensive power increase from the basic 80,000 to 160,000.
With the existing concrete’s additive effect, the total defensive power reached 480,000.
In town-level territories, this defense remained an unrivaled presence.
Zhou Bai instinctively glanced at the city wall, finding its overall size similar to before; evidently, the primary enhancements were in magic defense.
After completing all this, Zhou Bai stretched.
Temporarily resolved, now awaiting the upgraded Beast Tide.
Once the upgraded Beast Tide was overcome, Hope Town would genuinely be a real town.
Subconsciously, Zhou Bai recited the new name of the territory.
Hope Town, how nice it sounds!
