The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1335 Double The Fun

At the Guild House in Drodh, everyone was working hard to keep the city operational, while the Earth Magic users planned the reconstruction of the city. The situation was far more casual than either Thor or Tessa had expected, given that there were now Dwarves from two different nations here to assist Lord Drodh in the project.

It had started with just the Dwarves of Bara, but their initiative had brought over a delegation from the city of Amunz in Zindab. Dwarven craftsmen were intensely competitive, and the chance to fully redesign and rebuild a city didnʼt come around very often.

It would be a lasting monument to the craftsmanship of the ones who rebuilt it, and that wasnʼt a chance that they were willing to pass up.

The capital of Zindab had taken an attack, but the nation was heavily populated, and there were millions of residents, including hundreds of Mythic Rank adventurers, close enough to respond when the portals opened.

They shouldnʼt have worried much, though.

Zindab was not just home to an enormous population of Hill Dwarves, it was also home to an enormous population of Hill Giants.

The two groups did not get along well, but when someone dared to attack them, they were willing to forego their millennia long rivalry for the day.

The invaders never stood a chance.

Lord Drodh didnʼt mind at all that there was competition to rebuild his city. In fact, they were even haggling down the cost as part of their argument over who got to do the work.

He already knew what the eventual outcome would be. One team would rebuild the Redwood Sprawl, while the other would work on the Forest Gate district and the Foolʼs Walk, also known as the riverfront shopping district.

That was the more prestigious section, and the right that they were currently arguing for.

But Tessa had an idea that might help things along.

”You know, the layout of the city doesnʼt have to be the same after the construction as before.

As long as there is enough housing for everyone who survived, and then a bit more for the next generation, you can completely change it up. Why not expand the shopping district to both sides of the river, and add a few more bridges?

Well, the bridges need repair anyhow, so you could just expand them as well. Our craftsmen from the Darklight Host are already working to rebuild the Frostfire Gate district outside the walls, so there isnʼt nearly as much worry about emergency housing, and you can just focus on making the inner city into somewhere that people would actually like to live.

The two districts that took the most damage were both older districts, primarily occupied by workers, so theyʼll need a bit of everything, and this is a chance to make all new landmarks for them.” She repeated, trying to bring them back on track.

”Right, right. How are we going to work this? On pure visual appeal, structural integrity or something else?” One of the Dwarves asked.

Tessa smiled. ”Oh no, that would be too easy. Sturdy buildings are a given, with you making them. So, we will go on two factors. Visual appeal and... Sales. Whatever team can create a shopping district that draws more customers over the month after completion wins.

Then, we can judge the residential areas separately on efficiency, resident satisfaction, and any other factors you would like.”

That was enough to get the Dwarves going, and within minutes, blueprints were being made and the arguments between the two sides nearly stopped. Other than sporadic insults about the differing design styles of the other group. While they argued, Rae and Karl finished the outer rings of buildings in the new Academy layout, while Leo used his new skills to regrow trees and grass in the surrounding area.

The students needed somewhere to train outdoors, and Leo was certain that they also needed sports fields to help them unwind.

With berserkers, how could they not need contact sports?

From the top of the Trial Tower, Rac examined her hard work. It had turned into a most wonderful web, almost like a glittering glass and steel forest growing up out of the grasslands.

Leo had done his best to reconstruct the areas around the Academy, but a few

of their favourite things were going to need repairs by someone else.

Like the railroad tracks, and Hawkʼs beloved field of earth mice, which were

almost all wiped out by the aftermath of the battle.

A few had survived, but not enough to make for an entertaining route to the Academy this year.

All that was left was one final feature. The Rogue Training course.

The others had left the illusion for that building alone. Rae was the resident

expert on the topic, and not even the dragons they had brought out to help had wanted to mess with her vision.

[Rae, why are you blocking your thoughts?] Karl asked as she got started on the project.

[Itʼs a surprise.]

Karl frowned. He was not the one who would be doing the course.

Whatever. If Rae terrified the Rogues, it could be mental fortitude training.

Inside the Illusionary Domain, Rae formed an eternally dark evening, lit only by moonlight. Then she added a lovely forest, with some less threatening residents, like the steel weaver spiders, some dire wolves and tree pythons.

Then, she added a few replicas of her favourite art installations to remind the students which areas were more dangerous, and started on the interior training

course.

The design of the house was a maze, while the whole place was made to look like a crumbling cabin in the woods, with an extensive underground tunnel and

room network.

Some sections were military style labs, some were monster caves. But the challenge level could be controlled by a teacher from the entrance to the training area, and she put in automatic teleportation triggers as safety

measures.

Some of the traps would otherwise be fatal, so she set them to transport the Rogues to a safe spot instead of letting them splatter on the bottom of a pit full of spikes, assuming they fell that far.

Triggering the trap was only a partial fail if you could stop your descent.

If you triggered it and hid inside, then reset the trap, it was an excellent hiding spot. So, she didnʼt want the trap to trigger the safety too early.