[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-461":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846416,2449,"Chapter: 463 Elderblood General","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-461",461,"\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked out of the bedroom and saw Shaun waiting outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulation, Lord Silver,\" he congratulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You too Shaun,\" I replied, and man the man smiled. I am not the only one who had leveled-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He too had leveled, and his smile proves I am right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, my expression turned serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has he woken up?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To which he shook his head and disappointment couldn't help but fill my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone is important; the sooner, the woken up. The more relieved, I would feel. I hope the enemies didn't get to know about it, but I won't be able to hide it for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will be able to hide it at most for today before the enemy gets a whiff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any messages?\" I asked, to which he smiled and handed me the stacks of it. I took the cards and began to read them one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill makes reading really fast and with the level-up. I could now, read even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them are Greltheaven, but some are from the other cities. I read through them all and handed them back to Shaun, who burned them immediately and put the ashes in his bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the messages read, I stepped out, but I didn't walk toward my office, but instead to the wing where the stone was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards stopped as we reached the boundary, and only Shaun and I moved ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, he opened the door and cast a spell that made everything visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I looked at Stone. I couldn't help, but become surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bronze energy is covering him far thickly than yesterday. So, much so that not a single part of his body could be seen, only the bronze energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stayed there for a few seconds, before walking away with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, I stepped into my office; Ina was already there, working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Silver,\" she greeted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded before turning to my desk, where there were a lot of files waiting for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have gathered and compiled all the information on the state of the city and its people,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two batches of goods have also arrived, and the third one will reach the city by the afternoon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are also, Mr. Hendriks, Chief Hardt, and others who have come from Greltheaven. They all are seeking your time,\" she informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am not surprised about them coming. I was informed of their intension by Carla and Robin, last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will meet them this evening, but won't give them more than ten minutes on each of them,\" I replied after a moment of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to go out and check the things that had come personally, but I decided to look at the information first. It will give me a clear, idea of what I am dealing with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I turned to files. There are a lot of them, but I know, I have to pick the yellow on the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew my priorities and laid out the files that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked up the yellow file and opened it. It had started with demographic details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The population of the city is forty-eight thousand seven hundred and thirty-two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which is less of than half of its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, 34% are of the age one to five, 32% of them are of age six to twelve 18% of them are of age thirteen to eighteen and only 16% of them are at the age of eighteen and above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have killed and turned over 80% of adults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It isn't surprising. They only turn people to good physical states into undead, which only adults have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are now forty thousand children in the city, with the majority of them in a terrible condition. Sick, starving, living in a terrible condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shuddered, just reading the information. I can't imagine, how much those people had suffered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The conditions were terrible. Many starved to death, while some chose to eat poison with their familiar and even hanged themselves to escape the misery,\" informed Ina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could sense the rage in her voice that, she was barely controlling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I am feeling the deep anger, that I had nearly torn the paper, I was reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a deep breath and controlled myself, before reading further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead give them food, but only enough to survive, not enough to live. I can't imagine why there were so careless. They are not the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping the population healthy and fit are on their first priorities, but here they did the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many are suffering from the deceases. Especially children, most of them, are malnourished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I read page after page, controlling my emotions, before coming to the section where there was information about people, professions, and classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them have a Miner Class, with the second being a Serf or Citizen Class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have finished reading the whole file, before turning it to Ina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is not a place for children,\" I said to Ina. \"It's really not,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are around forty thousand children in this city. With around thirty-two, thousands of them are of age one to twelve, need to be cared most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to send them to Greltheaven, but it does not have enough capacity and resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would need houses, carers, schools, and other things, which are not cheap and quick to establish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, we can only manage a few thousand of them. We do not have the capacity for the tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking them to Greltheaven isn't possible, but keeping them here is bad as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's really a huge problem and I am not seeing any solution to the front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We do not need to do everything at once. We should do it step by step,\" advised Ina, understanding what is stressing me and, as always, right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shaun, message Locke and tell him, that I want to talk to him in fifteen minutes,\" I said to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Connect me to Carla,\" I added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stayed in my office for nearly two hours. Reading the files and talking to people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go,\" I said, and walked out of the office with Ina. A minute later, we were in the carriage moving out city hall compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This new skill of yours seemed quite powerful, Master Silver. What does it do, if you don't mind me asking?\" she asked after a minute of silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am not surprised that she could sense it. Anyone Lv. 30 could sense it and those who are working on public infrastructure, irrespective of their levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Its name is Public Works,\" I replied, and a shock appeared in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood immediately what the skill was and what could it do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, Master Silver,\" she congratulated. I didn't say anything to that, other than smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes, the carriage stopped, and we came out and entered the warehouse building. There are tens of crates holding cannonballs and other ammunition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We used quite a lot of cannonballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the undead had attacked, we wouldn't have been able to attack them as we did when we attacked the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, I walked out of the warehouse and checked other places including the hospitals where more healers have appeared, along with resources that will help them heal better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the carriage had reached the main square of the city, where there was a long line of people with soldiers handing them the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them in the line are children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have set up camps in all areas of the city to provide food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is barely any food in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few months ago, things were a little better, before the undead cut the food nearly every week; in the past month, most people ate barely once a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Silver, Stone had woken up,\" informed Shaun suddenly cutting me from my thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension, I didn't think, I was holding disappeared from my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is the strongest powerhouse, I have, and I need him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without him, it would be hard to hold back the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially here in Panar, where there are no hidden preparations that could save the city against the powerful enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted the carriage to move faster, and it could, but I didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streets are bad, with holes and trash everywhere. In some places, sewage is leaking through the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amellus is coming tomorrow, and he isn't coming alone. He is bringing workers and stuff, that will be needed to fix the city and its infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first one will be the wall, obviously. I need it fixed as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wish I would be able to see it happening. See how my skills work with my own eyes, but it won't happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My skills will remain here, but I will leave. I am here for two days, three at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to return to the Greltheaven. It is not wise to stay away from it for too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If everything goes smoothly, I am going to announce the name of the Governor tomorrow. They will be responsible for all work and well-being of the city and its citizens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the carriage reached the city hall, and I got out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is waiting for you, in your office,\" informed Shaun. I was surprised but didn't say anything and walked toward my office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Silver,\" Stone greeted me as I walked into my office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the man and saw all the paleness had vanished. So is tiredness that was flowing out of eyes yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't even see the slightest weakness from him. He is looking vibrant like a fountain of youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even slightly younger, with a faint bronze sheen coming off his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stone, how are you feeling?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, my lord. I have completely recovered,\" he replied, and making me feel even more relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had expected him to recover fully, but him saying, made it a truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, with you by me. I am confident to face any enemy,\" I said, and the man smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Class Change: Elderblood Commander- Elderblood General]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elderblood General Lv. 35\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elderblood General Lv. 36\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Gained: Generals Command]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap onto read 20 Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",1722,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.600Z",1,"novelbin.me","edd08f4e2c0047977fe500a7051180b241961c1c96659338521ede4806e49625","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-103","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-102",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]