Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Territory Pack
Kisha rushed to the building but no matter where they go, they can't find anyone. There was an ominous feeling bubbling in her heart the longer she walked around the building, in the end, she decided to head and seek Duke.
Hawk led her to the conference room where Duke was having his call with his subordinates. Kisha pulled the nearest chair and sat, she waited for his call to end before she asked. "Care to explain what's going on?"
Duke was silently thinking with both his hands intertwined under his chin. His frown could squeeze a fly in between, he doesn't seem to hear Kisha's question because his brain seems to have come to understand some possibilities of a certain situation.
Kisha repeated her question only after she had gotten his attention.
Snapping out of his spiraling thoughts. Duke answered. "The convoy that was supposed to bring my family here has been intercepted. And we have lost contact with them. Including Tristan." He exhaled deeply and continued. "My people have been looking for clues around.
But because of the chaos outside, our network has been paralyzed."
"When did it happen?" Kisha inquired.
"Last night, I presume."
Kisha remembered that Duke mentioned that he couldn't contact Tristan anymore. She then fell into deep contemplation. If her memory serves her correctly. Duke has never mentioned his family in her previous life and not just that, she could not remember seeing Tristan, Hawk, and the others. Not even once. 'Could it be?!'
"Do you at least have a clue where they were before they disappeared? Or did Tristan leave any clues? Any rendevous location?"
Duke tried to think again to see if he missed some important information or clues. Aside from the last text message Tristan sent him at dusk, nothing else could be used as a clue.
"I have sent my people to the last known location to investigate." He appeared downcast as he spoke.
"I have a suggestion, do you want to hear it?" Kisha said, neither cheerful nor hopeful but informative.
Duke stared at her for a full minute before he nodded.
"Send Sparrow to investigate."
Sparrow who was silently standing on the side, was jolted in nervousness as to why he was called. Kisha continued when she saw Duke's probing gaze and looked at Sparrow. "Have you noticed some changes in your body like getting better eyesight during the day or night?"
Sparrow deliberated in his head before he nodded in confusion. "I have seemed to feel that way." He looked nervously at Kisha, wanting to consult something, he only continued when he saw her nodding in his direction. "I can also feel my footsteps getting lighter."
"Which means?" Duke stared at Kisha, probing for an answer. He had a conclusion in his head but he needs to confirm it with Kisha.
"This change is the indication of his talent and gift."
"His awakened ability?"
"It is greatly associated with his awakened ability. Talent and gift are perpendicular to awakened abilities, but not all awakened have them. It is highly likely linked to a person's potential." She pointed at Sparrow. "In his case, he awakened the wind ability and was also gifted a hawk eye, which compliments his talent in reconnaissance."
Understanding her point and what she wanted Sparrow to do, he answered. "If that's the case, it is indeed our best choice to send him without alerting the enemies."
Sparrow was wondering when he mentioned his awakened ability to Kisha? But unlike him, Duke had an epiphany about Kisha's ability. He did not pry any more than necessary and directly agreed to send Sparrow out on a mission together with Vulture as a safety measure.
He has many enemies and this is sure a great chance for them to strike, his expression doesn't look angry but inside his head, he was already planning how he would skew and torture his enemies so that they would regret that they did not die out there and instead decided to provoke him. He was not called a tyrant for no reason.
Feeling his growing blood thirst, she tapped his shoulder and consoled him. "It's better not to have any news than having bad news, doesn't it?"
Seeing the worry in her eyes and the gentleness in her voice, his bloodthirst dispersed and he returned a smile to assure her that he was now feeling better.
But they did not stop getting busy, they quickly sprang into action to check all possible locations where they could be hiding.
A lot of possibilities and outcomes had already crossed inside Duke's head, his brain was running a few miles in seconds and Kisha felt bad for him. She knew that this must be the tragedy that happened to Duke in her past life. She did not pry much about it because Duke never wanted to reminisce about his past that much, he would always try to avoid the discussion when the topic was brought up.
Who amongst the people who survive the apocalypse does not have a tragic life? Everyone has, and she fully understands it but she doesn't want Duke to experience the same tragic end he had experienced before, this is what she owes him.
She is determined to help Duke find and rescue his family, so she asks 008 to look for an item that can be used to track people without concern about the cost, she would keep the item aside for emergencies. 008 understood how much sacrifice Duke made for its host that's why it did not oppose the idea even when it knew how hard it would be to gain those points back and immediately went into action in searching in his vast sales channel.
After leaving 008 in charge of the item, she excused herself and let Hawk lead her to her room, not forgetting to remind him to keep her updated about the investigation.
Once she felt Hawk's presence getting further, she closed the door and made sure that it was locked before she turned to her system interface. She opened her Territory pack, and what greeted her was a holographic version of the mountain and vast forest, floating in front of her.
She felt the novelty of the futuristic and magical vibe it presents. She savored the feeling for a bit before she started studying it, she could zoom in and out of any place she desired and the infrastructure was very life-like, so she poked it a little, right after her action, a notification popped up.
[Do you want to place the territory in the chosen location?]
Just below the message were the buttons.
[Accept] or [Decline]
After clicking accept, the interface showed a loading page and just after 5 minutes, the holographic map showed a green flag where the building was and it was surrounded by a dome-like grid that expanded to the whole valley which is a hundred thousand square meters in size.
She then tried to click the green flag and another option showed.
[Territory Management]
[Territory Upgrade]
[Relocate]
She giggles like a child as she busied herself getting familiar with her new toy.
As time passed by, her brows started to crease in dissatisfaction. It turns out, that her subspace facilities did not offer 100 acres per facility but it will start from 1 acre and will only increase little by little through an upgrade. So what she saw before was the fully upgraded version and if she wanted to upgrade it over 100 acres, then, she needed to buy the territory upgrade that cost 500,000 points.
"So that's what it meant when it says upgradable?!" She mumbles through gritted teeth. But she could not do anything anymore since she already bought it. She then clicked the
Territory's status window again.
[Territory Pack (Divine Grade)]
1 acre of land (subspace type - upgradable)
1 acre of pond (subspace type - upgradable) Full
1 acre Salt Marine Tank (subspace type - upgradable) Full
1 acre of orchard (subspace type - upgradable) Full
1 acre of rainforest (subspace type - upgradable)
Poultry (subspace type - upgradable) Full
Pigpen (subspace type - upgradable) Full
Cow shed (subspace type - upgradable) Full
Show more ...
As she scanned through the interface, she noticed that some facilities were full so she checked the upgrade requirement, and she was relieved to see that it only required 1000 points to upgrade to level 2, so she upgraded the pond first and was instantly infuriated when it only increases to 2 acre after the upgrade and it was still showing full!
In the end, she used up 100,000 points to upgrade all facilities needed.
[Territory Pack (Divine Grade)]
1 acre of land (subspace type - upgradable)
15 acres of pond (subspace type - upgradable)
10-acre Salt Marine Tank (subspace type - upgradable)
15 acres of orchard (subspace type - upgradable)
1 acre of rainforest (subspace type - upgradable)
Level 12 Poultry (subspace type - upgradable)
Level 13 Pigpen (subspace type - upgradable)
Level 15 Cow shed (subspace type - upgradable)
Show more ...
She inhaled and exhaled deeply as she tried to repeatedly tell herself that it was useful and no need to be stingy with points. Once she had fully calmed down her aching heart, she started looking at the holographic map to decide where she would place the facilities so that others could help her tend to the livestock.
After forming a plan in her head, she started to get busy again while waiting for news from Sparrow and Co.
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Chapter 29: Chapter 29 Work Allocation
A knock called her attention from the territory management. She thought it was Hawk who came to report the update from Sparrow's investigation, so she immediately went ahead and opened the door.
However, who greeted her with a smile was Emma, who was standing with Eric and Ethan. They both have an amiable expression on their faces, without waiting for her to speak, Emma said. "Hi, Ms. Aldens! Eagle led us to our rooms earlier and told us to go directly to you to know our post." Emma had an indescribable feeling swirling in her eye and she kept staring at Kisha's right jawline.
Kisha was confused by her emotional gaze, then she minced Emma's words and thought that it must be because she was worried that she'd have to do heavy work, it is indeed worrying for someone who grew up in an affluent family to suddenly start working around the base. She sighed.
Before she stepped out of her room, she glanced out the window and realized that it was dark outside, which meant, she spent at least a couple of hours fiddling with her territory and missed checking on Keith. Knowing that her little brother would be fine, she faced the task at hand first.
"Hello, Mrs. Evans. I apologize for the delay, I was supposed to be the one to call for a meeting for the work allocation the moment we arrived, instead, you even came to remind me. Please forgive me." Kisha said neither overbearing nor humble.
Visibly flustered, Emma answered without knowing where to place her hands. "Wha-what are you talking about Ms. Aldens?! We heard that you had an important matter to attend to earlier, besides, we were able to rest because of it. So you did us good." She knew that her actions of staring could make anyone uncomfortable that's why she was feeling a little embarrassed.
She knew that it was weird for her family to easily accept what she said about Kisha being their missing daughter without prior investigation or proof, but that's how desperate they were. They've been looking for Eve for 16 whole years without any result. All they knew was that she was kidnapped from the school gate, and every trace was wiped clean.
They used all possible means to look for her but still, everything was for naught. They almost lost all hope, until she saw Eve, she had an uncanny similarity with her and her husband as well as the three little star birthmarks on her jawline arranged in a triangular shape. If only there was a way to do a paternity test, they would do it right away so they could easily explain it to Kisha. But until then, everything is just their speculation.
But Emma was so sure that Kisha was Eve, her maternal instinct told her, and because of this little hope she would sometimes get overwhelmed by how much she missed her little princess. She wanted to hug her, spend time with her, and do other things like a normal mother and daughter would do. That's why she would always look at Kisha with longing and pain which she knew could make Kisha feel uncomfortable.
Emma was pulled from her trance by Kisha's cold and indifferent voice. "Thank you for your understanding, Mrs. Evans."
Emma controlled her pounding heart to calm down and repeatedly told herself to approach Kisha little by little and let her feel comfortable in her company. "Just call me Auntie."
Kisha neither agreed nor disagreed and just smiled a little. "Please call everyone and head to the conference room, I'll be there in a short while."
The quiet Ethan found a chance to speak. "Where are you going? Would you like me to escort you there?"
"No thank you, I'll just check on my little brother."
Ethan's smile froze and turned into a depressed look, he also wanted Kisha to call him brother affectionately but the last time he did, he was shot down right away. He is eager to spend time with his little sister however, he is also afraid to scare her away and thinks that he's a weirdo.
Ethan was in a dilemma for the first time in his life, he had never once felt the need to please anyone before, so he was unsure of what to do to get closer to Kisha. He was racking his brain for an answer when Eric stepped in with a smile, enough to ease the little awkwardness in the air. "We'll wait for you in the conference room then." He then nudges Ethan to leave with him while supporting his mother to follow them.
Kisha somehow finds Ethan's fidgety look a little cute and an unconscious smile surfaced on her lips.
After the trio disappeared in the corner, she launched the territory interface, zoomed in on where she was standing, and started searching for where Keith and her grandparents were.
'This feature is really cool, I can see the miniature version of all the people inside the base and see what they were doing....'
An image flashed in her mind the instant she finished her sentence. And she then slapped her forehead, this is clearly stalking, and doesn't that mean that she can see what everyone's doing, including their private affairs?
Kisha's face heated up in embarrassment the moment the thought hit her. 'This feature is banned!'
Kisha decided to only use this feature when absolutely necessary, or else, she'll see something unmerited. Her hair stood on end and felt like something was crawling on her skin. 'This is kind of scary!'
After composing herself and putting the embarrassing thought in the back of her mind, she went back to her business. In order not to spend too much time checking each person's identity and whereabouts, Kisha clicked the search bar on the upper right corner of the map and typed Keith's whole name, and an arrow appeared on the holographic map which was also displayed in real life, so she directly minimized her map and just followed the arrows around the building.
This conveniently helped her locate Keith, and soon she was standing in front of the door. Just before she opened the door, the doorknob turned and her grandpa stepped out, followed by her grandma. She craned her neck to peek inside but the room's dark so she could only see Keith's outline and hear his even breathing through her heightened senses.
Grandma Martha held Kisha's hand in a comforting manner and said softly. "You don't have to worry dear. Keith's fever has died down and he was just sleeping now. Your grandpa also helped him change to a new set of clothes."
Kisha smiled. "I know Grandma. I was just here to check on him and to call you guys for a meeting."
Grandpa Victor saw his granddaughter's calm demeanor, and he smiled as he urged them. "Let's go then."
Not before long, they arrived at the conference room, everyone was present aside from Hawk and Duke who were busy at the moment. Kisha observed that the spacious conference room was halfway full, with the attendance of the Evans and Blythes families. She walked straight to the very front where Eagle was standing guard, her grandparents sat at the very back of the room.
She first introduced herself and her position in the base and asked everyone to introduce themselves, right, the very typical first-day class introduction if you must say.
After figuring out their previous jobs, she decided on their positions, Ethan was obviously placed to train the newbies and guard the base's perimeter alongside her Grandpa Victor, Elios was tasked to work in the mini hospital, Eliot was in charge of cooking together with Mrs. Evans, Eric together with Mr. Evans would be in charge of supply distribution and allocation And last but not the least, Grayson, Anna, Gretha and Melody will be working on the livestock.
But of course, Kisha would still need to overlook their jobs through her system interface which was connected to the territory. This reminded her of a game she played on her senior year where she could slowly build her village and turn it into a city through repetitive upgrades and commanding each person to do certain work or task to increase the city's exp.
"What was that game again? Right! Medieval Dynasty." She thought and continued with the discussion.
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