Alaric gazed over the land he resided. He was still sitting on the boulder he sat on when he arrived, but now there was a massive fortress standing next to him.
The time it took to create model two automatons was cut down dramatically. He was able to make an automaton in half an hour now if he was focused.
Hundreds of his automatons were roaming the area, and gathering materials, continuing to expand his little kingdom.
He glanced down towards a little rodent that was scampering up to his fortress. He watched it scurry over pebbles and rocks; then, he raised his arm towards it.
A burst of fire spewed from his hand, devouring the small rodent. Alaric didn't want to take any chances about Inian or anyone else finding him right now.
He had ordered his machines to patrol the area and kill any living creature that was not a human. Luckily, there weren't many monsters in the monster lands anymore.