Once I had chosen the name, old man Hus brought out a long piece of wood. He took out a goblin knife and I wrote down the name HavenFall on the wood. Howard and David picked up the wood and went towards the gate. Placing it between the gaps of the wall above the gate. Our place now had a name and anyone that comes near it can tell that this place is HavenFall.
Oscar and Luke rested up chatting near the fire while Robin and old man Hus were discuss about improvements to her bow and arrows. Owen went down to the river to catch some fish for dinner while Lucina went into the forest to forage for more vegetables and fruits. At the same time, Howard and David were building another mud house next to the first mud house. Everyone was moving forward towards a goal or relaxing making me happy inside since I did not need to tell them to do anything allowing me to get to my own devices.
I hold the Goblin Spawn orb and walk towards the corner of HavenFall. Near the edge of the cliff and next to the wall I place the orb in the ground as per instructions. It shines blue before melting into the ground. The orb turns into a blue liquid which starts to spread out covering a rectangular area. I step away from the area and after a few moments, the edges of the rectangle start to move upwards towards the sky. It forms a dark blue box before bursting into blue smoke.
Once it clears I see a small wooden cylindrical structure. It had a red curtain covering the front a grey animal skin as the roof. It was the same height and about twice the size of my body. I reach my hand out to grab the red curtain to look inside when a system message appears in front of me.
[ Goblin Hut
Spawns 1 Goblin a day.
23 : 59 : 59 ]
The red curtain seemed to be immovable and the hut itself looked very run down. Thinking about it a bit more I went to Howard and David and asked them to make a smaller version of the mud house next to the Goblin Hut. They were confused with my request since they never heard of a Goblin Hut so I brought them to the location.
"How does that make goblins?"
"Not sure Howard I got it from the encampment. The goblins that come out of it will however be friendly. I will explain it more at night when we have dinner with everyone."
Howard and David ask a few more questions before I left them to make the house.
Now it was time to plan for HavenFall.
At the moment HavenFall only had a storage house (shelter), a mud house, a fence next to the cliff, a mud wall, a wooden gate that looked like a couple of logs between the wall and the Goblin Hut. There was a lot of space since the area of HavenFall was very large. Currently, the houses were closer to the cliff and the wall was only 2 houses from the forest which was on the other side of HavenFall. It takes about 10 minutes to walk from one side to the other side.
While HavenFall was very long it was not the widest place. Only able to fit about 10 houses between the mountainous walls that surround HavenFall. I walk around the whole place thinking about what to put and how to improve HavenFall. Some problems I thought about were food and defenses. Our source of food at the moment was fruits and wild vegetables from the forest and fish from the river. While it is readily available now there will is a chance that this game has a seasonal system. Once winter arrives in the game then food will become harder to acquire. A reliable source of food is need something like potatoes or onions.
Lucina has harvested some variations of potatoes from the forest so maybe we can start a farm. As I walk along the edge of the cliff I find the location is good for a farm. It had a lot of sunlight and since the river is only below so obtaining water for the crops would be very easy. After plowing the ground and maybe adding soil from the forest the place would end up being a farming district but that would require a bit of time.
As for our defense with only a wall, there really wasn't much of a defense. As I walk towards the wall I think about ways to improve it. I think back to other games I played before that had castle defenses and thought about building a moat or a trench in front of the wall. I also thought about spikes placed in the trench and along the wall.
I walk past the gate and look back at the wall from the outside. I see the hard work put into the wall. Each brick is placed into the wall made by hand and another layer of mud on the outside to smooth out the appearance. A roughly build gate bridging the gap of the wall with a sign above it displaying the name. It looked like a cheap impersonation of a gate but I felt warm looking at it.
I need to replace the gate with a proper door or even a draw bridge if I decide to create a trench although the more I look at the wall from the outside the more I feel creating a trench would benefit HavenFall. Creating a deep hole would make it harder for enemies to attack HavenFall. At the same time, it would make enemy attacks be more focused at one point rather than spread out since there are not enough people to defend the whole stretch. In the trench could be spikes or water or even both.
Behind the wall, I think having some watchtowers would benefit as well. Having a place snipe from would help Robin when she uses her bow. I can see a couple of possible locations for a watchtower. Having 2 at the gate would pose as an immediate threat and having one at each end to take care of the flanks.
I had a lot of ideas in my head for improving HavenFall but after walking around the place the best thing to implement is a farm and then the trench. I walk back towards the fire outside of the mud house and see everyone already gathered walking for fish to be cooked. Lucina was also cooking a vegetable soup over the fire steering the pot full of various kinds of vegetables.
Since everyone was gathered here I start to explain about the Goblin Hut and my plans for the future. I asked Lucina to gather the potatoes tomorrow morning in order to sort them out at the same time I asked her to see if any other vegetables could be replanted. I explained to men about creating a trench at the wall. I also explained that the goblins that come out of the Goblin Hut will be another addition to our family and there will be no discrimination.
Everyone slowly took in the information and accepted the plans making me relieved that there were no objections. I can only wait now until tomorrow for the goblin to spawn and see its capabilities.
Not the most action-packed chapter but it shows the main character thinking about the future.
The next morning arrives and I wake up to a beautiful sunrise. The golden rays illuminate the canyon below glittering off the surface of the water. Another day in Settlement and another day closer to civilization.
After a bit of time, everyone else starts to wake up and they start doing their daily works.
"Ian, do you want to come with me to look at the vegetables. I also told old man Hus to make some hoes in case we are making a farm."
Lucina walks towards me while pointing towards the storage.
"Yes, lead the way."
We walk towards the storage and I could see a couple of wooden pots next to each other. Lucina bends down and lifts the lid of the barrels showing me the food inside.
"There are only 4 wooden barrels with food inside them. The first one has mushrooms that Oscar harvested further from the edge of the forest. The second contains root vegetables a few potatoes and wild carrots. We usually eat this in the vegetable soups I make for dinner. The third and fourth are fruits food on trees. I am unfamiliar with a lot of them but most of them have been sweet and juicy."
"Well from what we have we can potentially replant the root vegetables and we can try planting the seeds from the fruit and see if they will bear fruit. The place in the corner of HavenFall near the fence looks like a good place to start a farm. We would just need to build a more secure fence maybe another mudwall near the edge for safety. Then we plow the ground and mix soil from the forest into the ground. How does that sound Lucina?"
"It sounds good but I'm not sure how to proceed with the planting process."
Lucina had a worried expression as she told me about her problem.
"It's fine for now keep finding more vegetables I will get Howard or David to start on the mud wall while I wait for old man Hus to make me a hoe. I will start tilling the field once I get a hoe."
Lucina nods her head and heads off with a woven basket in her hand towards the forest. I also see Oscar and Luke walk towards the forest accompanying Lucina. The two boys seem to have grown closer together after the goblin encampment incident at the same time I also see Howard and David making mud bricks off to the side. I had previously told them to make a small mud house for the first goblin companion and they were diligently creating mud bricks and placing them on the side to harden up in the sun. I walk over towards them and started to help out while waiting for the log-off screen.
....
Morning in the real world. My routine is still the same. Morning jog, breakfast and check the forums. The forums have mostly been about random things in the game from talking about an animal or a flower to about an NPC's stats. The forum is flooded every day with new players talking about their daily deeds.
I turn my computer off and decide to go on a walk since today was my day off. I live in a suburb in New Straya, a country part of New Oceania. Earth had now become 4 nations, New Oceania, EuroNation, Asiafreeca and Ameri. New Straya is part of the 4 states of New Oceania. It is a new state with a lot of construction in the works. If you move closer to the middle of the state there are more cranes and more skyscrapers. I live on a more humble side of the state with only a one-story house and quiet streets.
Deciding to do something different I walk towards the train station and board a train to the city. The train ride was quiet with only a few other people sleeping or on their phones. I decide to lean back into the seat and close my eyes thinking about the next steps in Settlement.
After an hour's train ride, I arrive at the city. Stepping outside of the train was like stepping into another world. The hustling and bustling of the platform overwhelmed me. People were pushing and shoving each other trying to get onto the train before the door closes. I squeeze myself through the crowd and escape the train station. I rarely leave my suburb and have never gotten used to the chaotic scene of the city. The front of the station was as crowded as the platforms for the trains. Hundred of people crossing the streets, constant chattering everywhere and the sound of horns and exhaust pipes.
I walk towards a gaming store 2 streets down the main road. As I turn the corner I was finally able to escape the main bulk of the crowd and with fewer people around me, I could finally breathe more freely. I walk inside the store and then I see a huge display at the front for Settlement. A whole wall dedicated to the game with various mythical creatures that were shown in the trailer around the title of the game. I could see a group of people crowd around the side of the wall talking to each other.
"How's Settlement for you?"
"Did you clear the second event?"
"Who is SAMurai?? He topped the leaderboard twice in a row!"
"I came top 50 this time!"
"NO WAY! What were the rewards??"
"Increase one random stat by 1 to 5. I got Strength increased by 2."
"Man, I wish I can see the elves."
I stood near them placing my phone to my ear eavesdropping on the group. I was not sure if I should approach them or talk to them even though. However, that last comment made me wonder if one of those people was Elves_or_Nothin.
As I stood there contemplating whether I should approach them another customer entered the store. A girl with long crimson hair tied in a high ponytail wearing a scarlet tank top, short denim shorts and white sneakers. She was sucking on a lollipop as she looked around the store with a lazy expression.
"Over here, Sabrina!"
The girl looks towards the voice and her expression changed. She storms over and kicks a tall lanky guy with brown hair and glasses.
"Don't yell my ign like that you elf-loving dumbass!"
"OWW! Don't kick me, you idiotic witch!"
"HUH?? I guess you want to be beaten up."
The pair start to curse at each other and from the way they acted I could tell they were part of the top 10 in Settlement, Elves_or_nothing and Scarlet Witch Sabrina.
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