Winterseed Vige is one of the smallest viges in the southern region. In the past, despite its size, it was popr among other viges for its vast supply of fresh food and the strength of its defense against savage monsters. Nevertheless, this fame ended when the previous vige head left to get milk and never returned.
It was the bright hours of the morning, the gentle morning sun had risen, providing a bright, calm light over Winterseed vige square where arge number of youths and middle-aged men had gathered around Rowan Winterseed, their vige head who had miraculously recovered.
The vige square was arge expanse ofnd, purely covered with greenwn grass. Every important meeting is held in this ce. In the middle, Rowan stood, surrounded by his guards and Brandon.
Rowan observed the men around him with a slight frown on his face, ''They aren''t that many in number, around five hundred or so. If we should fight Glenwood, we would be at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.''
"Is this everyone?" Rowan asked, scanning the gathered men.
Brandon nodded. "Yes, sir. These are all the men fit for fighting. The rest are either too old or too young."
"Hmm," Rowan nodded.
While the numbers weren''t that many, adding those men Brandon mentioned would be a waste of time.
"Alright then, we will work with the men we have."
Rowan turned to the men who gazed at him with respect and admiration.
"Great men of Winterseed, thank you for heeding my call and leaving thefort of your homes to present yourselves today. I promise the meeting will be worth it," Rowan began by giving a long speech of appreciation.
If the game mechanics work the same as the online game, a reward would be given for triggering the emotions of his soldiers.
"Our vige has fallen into the hands of those bastards who harshly treated our people. But that will end now as I have returned. We will im back ournd and theirs and make their people go through the same fate!" Yelling thest part, Rowan lifted his hands and gazed upon the expressions of the men around him.
"Yeahhh!!"
"Lord Rowan has grown! Our vige is blessed!"
"We will fight for you, Lord Rowan!"
Reacting to his speech, the men cheered with determination and happiness.
[ Goal: Motivate more than 500 soldiers has been achieved ]
[ Reward: 500 evolution points ]
[ DING! 100x reward activated ]
[ 50,000 evolution points have been rewarded! ]
[ DING! You have an impending repayment. 50,000 evolution points have been deducted.
(Remaining: 50,000) (Evolution points: 0) ]
A series of prompts popped up before his eyes.
''It worked...'' Seeing the initial prompts, a smile crept on his face. But noticing theter prompts, the smile on his face disappeared faster than it had appeared, ''Fuck, it didn''t even wait a second before collecting the ones I owe, and I still have more to pay!''
Rowan let out a short sigh and waved at the men to calm down.
"For those of you who havepleted your military training, proudly step out so I can identify you," he announced.
Following his words, five middle-aged men from the crowd walked aside. They were tall and muscr, which disyed the evidence of the training they had undergone. After walking out, the five of them bowed their heads slightly before Rowan, who then nodded and proceeded.
"Starting today, you five are our new captains," Rowan dered. "Your job is to train the untrained and turn them into soldiers."
"Thank you, Young Lord," one of the men said, clearly moved.
Rowan smiled at them, "You all deserve your new titles. Make good use of this and make our vige strong again."
"We will," they replied with emotions in their voices.
"That is all for today. A lot of development will take ce in the vige and details of it will be passed to everyone. When you return home, pass the news that your vige head is alive and is ready to conquer our enemies."
***
Two hours after the meeting, the news of Rowan recovering reached every nook and cranny in the small vige. It was a thing of joy, as finally, a leader would be able tofort them in this hard time.
However, while they were joyous, they couldn''t help but wish the vige head would act faster.
In a small hut, a woman with tattered clothes could be seen holding a baby wrapped in rag, but of better quality than the rag she wore.
"Darlin, are you sure the vige head would save us?" The woman asked her husband with worries in her tiny voice.
The baby in her hands looks malnourished and hungry, it started to cry and the mother patted its head with tears in her eyes.
"I believe in the vige head, he is active now and is ready to im back our vige from those devils. I, as one of the new captains, will fight for our vige," the husband replied. He is one of the new captains Rowan had elected today.
While his words wereforting, it didn''t hide the starvation of his wife and little kid.
However, seeing their condition, he became even more motivated.
***
Rowan was sitting inside his small room alone at this moment, his mind was active as he plotted out all strategies avable from his game experience.
"System.. is the ''nner'' feature avable for use in the real game world?" Rowan suddenly asked the system.
nner is a special feature avable for gamers in his previous life, it helps them input their goals and the system keeps track of it, informing them about every improvement and decrement.
[ Positive ]
[ nner Lv. 1, Cost: 200,000 evolution points ]
''Crap,'' Rowan cussed inwardly but he already expected it as this feature costs over two thousand dor in his previous life.
''I need to evolve my skills and my power, I can''t borrow evolution points anymore,'' Rowan sighed.
As he fell into a deep thought once again, the wooden door pushed open and Brandon ran in.
"Young Lord! Soldiers from Glenwood are arriving from the south!"