[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 516

While making contact with the outer barrier of the red Soul Energy forcefield, I'm able to manipulate it by connecting the red energy to my own supplies.

The construction workers all walk through without any resistance. Their gear and building supplies are all in item boxes around their waists.

The prisoners all carefully walk through a small hole that I create in the Soul energy shielding. Once the last one makes it through, I release my contact from the barrier. The hole shrinks until it's gone, converting right back into its natural solid barrier state and we get to work.

I use earth magic to begin the base structure of a trail out into the desert.

Earlier last week, I surveyed the lands and found nearby towns that I see as great routes to make the road near. I won't be making the main trade route within 10km of any settlement, because I don't want to bring any unwanted foot traffic to them. However, once we're out there, I'll be greeting every town with my Flame Emperor's appearance and give them options.

They can come and live in the Crimson City while listing the benefits, or for those that aren't interested in staying in my settlement, I'm giving them the option to come and be trade partners with us instead. If no one in the villages that we make contact with wants anything to do with us, we just won't make connecting roads to their town from the main trade route.

If they want their privacy and isolation, they can keep it. It's as simple as that.

While I head off into the empty desert, slowly forming a long winding path, a small group of workers follow to add fine details, lighting fixtures for nighttime, and signs that show the distance to the surrounding landmarks in place.

A larger group stays behind and works on building up another village outside of the Crimson Barrier.

This consists of many trading posts that will be filled with workers who want to sell and trade their personal gear to outsiders, along with another guildhall that will accept trades buying and selling my crafts and gear directly.

Nearby, outside the barrier, there are also plans to have inns, bars, and even a small short-term stay residential area for people to spend the night if they've traveled a long way.

It is another large-scale project to work on, and we have two weeks to get everything in motion and automated before I leave out of town to attend the B-Class exams.

We get to work.

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7 days pass.

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I make two roads, about 200km each in two directions spreading throughout Sector 2.

One of them stretches toward Sector 3 and the other goes off in the direction of Sector 1.

The trading posts and visitors inns have been completed, and the infrastructure is almost as large as the residential area inside the Crimson Barrier.

It's definitely going to be necessary too.

Making my search diameter over 400km, I've made contact with 7 villages ranging from populations of 25-200. Not a single one declines my offer to connect them to the main trade route via smaller off-shooting roads.

There are 117 new links of loyalty created through my Rising Emperor's Domain, and I've given these individuals transport back to the Crimson City as promised along with weekly aid and a free place to live in the newest residential housing areas.

Most of these new citizens are hunters that are looking for work.

The remaining 40% of the guildhall's orders are filled before these 7 days are even up.