The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 766  Rebuilding The Sprawl

It was nearly dark when the construction crews showed up at the market, led by Karl, who had been nominated as the spokesperson for the construction teams as they cleared the area.

Karl walked behind where Tessa was serving dinner, then lifted himself on a pillar of [Earth Barrier] stone.

”Everyone, your attention, please. Construction is to begin immediately, at the order of the Governor. The first areas to be rebuilt will be the ones surrounding the market. New high rise multipurpose buildings will be erected. There will be four in total, each of them encompassing a quarter of the circle around the market. As for the territories of the groups in the Sprawl, the Governor suggests you not cause trouble. There will be wide scale rebuilding of the Redwood Sprawl to a much higher standard, and groups that seek to stop that progress will be eliminated from the city.

These new buildings will have space designated for shops on the ground floor, as well as the basement levels. There will be a total of twenty levels of apartments above the shops, including two floors with six metre ceilings for larger species.

The housing department will be present from tomorrow to help those who lost homes in the immediate vicinity get registered for new units.

Now, some of the buildings in the area are still partially or mostly intact. Those will all be removed tonight. Please remove all property still inside, and the City Guard will provide security over your possessions until the buildings are completed.”

Karl didnʼt know that all of the surrounding buildings had already been emptied, as they were too heavily damaged for people or business to continue staying in them.

Teams were sent from the construction crews to double-check all the surrounding buildings for personal belongings or residents, and then when the all clear signal was given, a group of Overlord Rank Earth Mages began remodelling the area.

When the Dwarves had explained their vision for the buildings, it was too good to resist. So, the strongest Earth mages in the city had agreed to work with the architects, and they would be able to create the bare structure of the buildings in a single night.

There were eight in total, working in pairs. All four of the buildings were to be identical, except for the main floor, which would make a history of the city in a circular pattern around the market.

For the next hundred years or so, until they were destroyed or renovated, it would be a visible reminder of the cityʼs rich history, ending with the battle against the Undead that had prompted the building of the towers.

As they worked, Karl explained their reward to the rest of his team. The former barracks at the southwest Frostfire District Gate to the city. ”Theyʼre really just giving us a huge house?” Ophelia asked.

Karl nodded. ”Yeah. And once that is up, we will apparently be able to get Guild functions active. I donʼt know what that entails, but there is a Guild Bank function, so storing and transferring funds and items should be easy, and all of you are already registered as members.

We can probably also hire some workers to keep a steady stream of income, even when we move out to see the rest of the continent.

Assuming that we do keep pushing to improve our power levels at the fastest possible pace.”

That was a given to everyone present. The people here were much more powerful, and Royal Rank was not as safe as they had once thought it to be.

In fact, the Royal Rank was much more likely to get called ”Store Manager” than ”Princess” in the city of Drodh.

It didnʼt take long before the rubble of the buildings was cleared, and huge pits were dug with Earth Magic to form the basement levels. Karl could see the excitement of the local casino operators and other illicit businessmen when the basement walls were constructed, revealing multiple underground levels, along with a sloped rear entry for deliveries.

Not only could they work in a secure area, but they could bring large shipments right inside the building? Someone was really thinking of them. Not just their criminal enterprises, but their legitimate businesses on the ground level that provided a veneer of legitimacy.

Layer by layer, the buildings were constructed around the enchanted central metal beams. The mages were going by the blueprints, focusing on the construction in parts so that nothing was missed or misplaced.

While one formed the various spells, the other guided them. That way, the second mage wasnʼt over exerting themselves as they ensured that the new layer seamlessly integrated with the ones below and didnʼt introduce any sort of design issues.

Every few layers, they switched. That let them recover from the heavy workload part of the construction without cutting the pace. The scale of the rebuilding was shocking. But more than that, the buildings themselves were magnificent.

”Monarch Karl, are these buildings just for flying creatures? Thatʼs a long way up.” One of the Demons, a deep red man just under Karlʼs shoulder tall, asked.

”No, there is a magical platform inside to lift residents to their floor without walking.

We planned for the issues of getting things back to your home on upper levels, and the lift can hold a whole group of people, or a few people and a lot of shopping, or furniture as you move in.”

The word quickly spread through the crowd, who mostly hadnʼt been paying attention to the first announcement, other than the part where they needed to get out of the way for the magical construction teams.

Technically, there were two elevator platforms. They were side by side in the building, each two metres wide and four metres deep. Some species were large, and they would need the space to get personal possessions up to their units.

Once they had new belongings, that was. The balconies appeared to be the most popular feature, though. They werenʼt standard practice in the city, and while these had solid exterior doors and bars on all the windows, the majority of Demons could fly. So half the residents could simply fly up to their apartment and enter from the outside for daily use.

There were even exterior doors at the ends of the hallways on each floor, for those in internal apartments without windows or balconies.

Karl had objected to some of those floor plans. However, he was informed that some species liked that, and it would keep building costs down, as they wouldnʼt have to build a central courtyard to create internal windows.

Away from the market, most of the designed buildings were tall and narrow, with just one hallway, and every unit would have exterior windows. It was closer to the existing design of the roads, so they didnʼt need to redesign the whole district to add more homes.

But these centrepiece buildings around the market square would be the crown jewels of the Redwood Sprawl when they were finished. They might not be as shiny and glamorous as the glass - sided high rises in the Golden Dragon Nationʼs Capital, but they were still an architectural marvel.