The elite force kept training, and the City Guards graduated and took on their respective roles with great determination. I was genuinely a bit surprised by how dedicated they were being with this new duty of theirs.
Because unlike the 10 guys who had significant prior military experience. Most of these men and women were just ‘regular’ people prior to the Tutorial, yet here they were essentially joining a military.
Life is weird sometimes.
Apart from that, the City was fully functioning now, and a lot of new developments were constantly taking place. Though something that it lacked was night life, and there was already a team trying to turn the wheat we got into beer...
I personally don’t drink beer, and I had no idea how beer was created before this, but people loved the idea, so the Government was funding it. Hopefully a few bars will open up after they successfully make the beer…wait will we have to make a minimum drinking age…sounds like a problem for Richard.
Anyway, people were going about their lives in the best way they could, and things were moving along.
Something interesting that happened was that a few others ended up moving here from City Lord Johnson’s City.
By now, a few weeks later, we had done 1 exchange between our Cities, and it evolved the creation of the MTS.
A small team eventually made their over here to create the thing, and it garnered a lot of attention and interest. Of course, we didn’t allow too big a crowd to gather, but people were excited. I couldn’t blame them, since this was literal teleportation.
Anyway, a small building was built in the facilities district to house the device. It didn’t end up being that big, and it looked a lot simpler than I thought it would be.
Not that I had perfect image in my head, but I was definitely expecting some type of large, complicated device.
Instead, it was literally just a raised black and grey circular platform. It even came with a handling tablet of sorts that would tell you when someone is trying to teleport from the other side and give you the ability to accept or reject.
It was surprisingly very simple and modernized by Earth’s standards.
Roughly two to three people could fit on it at a time, and it had no weight limits of any kind. You just had to be able to fit within the confines of the platform.
Since we expect it to be used regularly, it will cost 5 Copper per person. A sum that should be easily attainable for the members of the City at this point.
A few workers and guards would be assigned to operate and document all uses of the MTS every single day so this will create even more jobs for the City.
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Anyway, once it was up and running, people didn’t waste any time coming to the City to either visit or even to move permanently.
Part of this was curiosity of course, but another part is something Hubert came up with.
It was literally to give a directory of all the members of the City to help anyone looking for friends and family find them if they were living in the other City.
We kind of had a directory already from when everyone got processed into the City, but the other City didn’t, and it would likely take quite a bit for them to do something like that.
Either way, it turns out a few people did end up having friends and family over there and a few of them decided to move here, while some decided to move there.
It was nice to see.
Of course, for most it was likely a bit sad to see.
It made me think about the man I killed in the Tutorial. Is his family alive? Are they looking for him?
I didn’t dwell on these thoughts for long…
Especially not with all the training I’ve been going through as of late.
Elder Zal ramped up the entire process significantly, for some reason, and although she didn’t forsake teaching me the basics, she had forgone a slow and methodical approach for a much more….physical one.
Boom!
My back slammed against the wall of the training room as I failed to dodge a strike from the wooden rod floating around Elder Zal.
“Your movements are sluggish. Low center of gravity and stay on the balls of your feet. Keep your back straight, slightly put your chest forward and be ready to react at moment’s notice.
“Remain in control, maintain your balance and do not move needlessly. Control Raizen. Do not lose control. On your feet.”
I took in what she said and stood up with a groan. I was wearing the Grivs as I calmly walked towards her. Eventually stopping a short distance away.
It actually didn’t even matter where I stood since that rod could reach me from anywhere…as it just floated there ominously…tch.
I got in position, standing as Elder Zal instructed and prepared myself for what was to come.
I was focused. Staring at it intently, just waiting for it to move.
Woosh!
I barely had time to react before it appeared on the left flashing towards my head.
I ducked and immediately repositioned spreading my awareness far and wide as I knew the rod wouldn’t allow me to rest or linger.
I almost missed it as it was moving with conviction towards my stomach and I just barely managed to block it with my spear. The force of the blow causing both the spear and my arms to vibrate. Pushing me back a few feet, then it pulled back and made a sweeping motion towards my feet, knocking me off balance and delivering a blow to my chest, slamming me into the wall once more.
That one hurt a bit.
Okay a bit more than a bit…
My chest and back ached with pain.
It was unfortunate I wouldn’t be receiving a break.
“Again.”
This would go on for months.
Being fed and berated by Mr. White, who seemingly became the impromptu leader of the workers in the City Lord mansion. Signing documents and attending a few meetings here and there for the Government. Clearing the Dead Land Dungeon with the boys.
Watching those same boys and sometimes Eriog put my personal guard through some random exercises as the time flew by was always interesting though…like forcing them to go without food and water for days at a time and having to fight whatever beasts Lirian could capture didn’t seem like a fun time.
But they still didn’t quit.
And when it came to cultivation, by now every single one of them was at the peak of Body Tempering, but if they weren’t preparing to each make a breakthrough to the 6th Cycle, then one of them likely would’ve been the first other Qi Refinement Realm cultivator to appear apart from me.
Instead that accomplishment was left to Brandon, who did it a little faster than Nate, but he didn’t take too long to follow suit.
Richard was still at the 5th, and his speed was mainly limited by his duties, so I kind of forced him to take a break. Not to cultivate per se, but just to have some free time, he could do whatever he wanted.
Anyway, soon there will be enough people in Qi Refinement to allow me to leave the City for longer than a week.
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