What Ibro could use personally was the cloak and ring. Any player could use any equipment as long as its conditions were met. The ring would be a perfect fit for him, as Intelligence was the currency magicians. The cloak was also useful, but it increased Strength and he did not need it. The best lass that could use the cloak in his opinion would be the sword players. He threw the three items into his Inventory and then started reviewing the alerts that came during battle. Most of them were System Prompts about killing monsters of different levels and grades plus System Prompts for his success in upgrading to level 9. This was not strange, as he was able in this battle alone to kill two hundred and twenty monsters. These monsters levels ranged from 10 to 15, their grades were from Elite to Boss monsters. He needed about a million XP until he could upgrade to the tenth level. He distributed points to Vitality, Intelligence and Agility as usual, then slowly moved towards his last goal. Although he managed to kill many monsters, he had not yet destroyed the stronghold. He swiftly moved back towards the stronghold. What was new was that the stronghold was free from any monster and this was normal, as he destroyed all the monsters in the last battle. He moved towards the wooden gate and pushed it by force. He was not afraid of the loud sound that accompanied its falling on the ground, as the stronghold was completely empty. He move with ease crossing the gate to the inside the stronghold. The stronghold was occupying the whole entrance of the valley. The houses of the monster inside the stronghold were completely random, making the word streets completely invalid. He moved towards the nearest house and pushed his door open to find a complete mess. The bed was in the middle of the room in front of the door and the dining table was on one side of the room. As for the room itself, it was full of many things scattered, as if a fight had just taken place here. Ibro was not surprised by this situation, as the houses of all the monsters were characterized by this strange chaos. When you found an organized house in the Monsters residential area, you must feel suspicious. He started looking in the house about any valuable things. His memories helped him to find a bunch of copper coins hidden somewhere in that chaos. He left the house and started looking around every house in an orderly fashion. Within an hour, he had almost finished collecting all the monsters money. What remained was only the main house of the leader of the monsters. As soon as he entered it, he found a standing stone that glistened faintly. This stone was his primary goal. Before heading towards it, he began looking for any valuable items. After he finished he felt happy. It seemed that these criminals were blocking the way of the merchants. He found nearly 500 gold coins, in addition to many copper and silver coins. In addition, he found three special items that were invaluable. The first of which was the stone of establishing a dark gold grade alliance. This was considered the first stone to create an alliance in the game at all. He knew from the past that the first global game alliance would not appear until at least two months from now. Two months, in real time, not in game. Unfortunately, there were not enough players in the Egyptian domain, otherwise the value of this stone would become priceless. As for the second item, it was part of a treasure map, a treasure map of Skminin-Ra. The map was numbered as a second part out of three. Perhaps it was a treasure map or might become a dungeon map like that Tutankhamen dungeon key that he had in possession. The third item was a design about how to make a full set of weapons. All weapons made by this design were above level 20, and they were all silver-grade at least. If he could find someone to make these weapons for him, it would be a great source of income for him and those who followed him. The real gain in the leader house was that stone that stood tall in the middle of the room. He slowly moved towards it and then placed his right hand over it as he had heard before. This was his first time to destroy a stronghold in the game. A loud bell sounded, accompanied by a soft voice saying:
“System Prompt: Congratulations, player won Polrad Stronghold. You can choose to capture it, transfer it, or destroy it completely. Which options do you want?”
“Destroy it completely.
“System Prompt: Player has completely destroyed Polrad Stronghold. The stronghold is of a silver grade. Player will get fifty percent of the stronghold resources.
System Prompt: Player got a thousand gold coins.
System Prompt: Because player is the first player in the game to destroy a stronghold, you will receive a special reward from the game. To receive this reward, you must announce your achievement to everyone. If you refuse, you will not get the game reward.”
He was a contemplated a bit and felt that he had already revealed himself to everyone. If he wanted to protect himself, he should turn himself into force not to be reckoned with. He anticipated eagerly the reward he would get now. Without hesitation, he chose to approve the announcement.
“Local Announcement: Congratulations to the Egyptian player, "Ibro", for his success in destroying Polrad Stronghold completely. As the first player to destroy a stronghold in the game, he will get a reward of 100 gold coins + 300 reputation in the city of Memphis.
Regional Announcement: Congratulations to the Egyptian player, "Ibro", for his success in destroying the Polrad Stronghold completely. As the first player to destroy a stronghold in the game, he will get a reward of 1000 gold coins + MANA recovery formula.
Game Announcement: Congratulations to the Egyptian player, "Ibro", for his success in destroying the Polrad Stronghold completely. As the first player to destroy a stronghold in the game, he will receive a reward of 3000 gold coins + 10 world reputation + Village Founding Stone.”
Ibro did not care about the gold coins that began to flow in his account in the game, and he did not care much about the formula. Despite its importance, he first needs to find an alchemist to make it. Now he needed an alchemist and blacksmith! His list of requirements was increasing day by day! What he really cared about was the village founding stone, as this was the first time he had heard of such a thing in the game.
“Village Founding Stone: Stone of platinum grade. Stone that can establish a village anywhere player desires. If the player is an alliance leader in the game, the village will become part of the alliance, and its features will be shared between both. If the player is free or affiliated with any rank other than the leadership rank in the alliance, then the village will become independent and subject only to player control. As for the rest of the details, the player can explore it himself.”
Ibro stared toward the stone in his hand. Will this stone give him the opportunity to play in the style of lords? But what did the explanation mean about the property of a village under an alliance? He also owned the founding stone of an epic level alliance. Was it better to establish the alliance first and then the village or vice versa? His memories this time was not able to help him to take a decision, so he felt very puzzled. His confusion did not last long, as a bell rang in his ears to warn him of a communication attempt by Oya. He looked at the call in astonishment, how did he forget her? Didn’t she build and develop a village until it became a strong kingdom in the past? He quickly pressed the answer button to find Oya in front of him saying in an angry tone:
“I leave you for a few minutes and come back to find you filling the world with your name! It seems that you are fond of fame!”
