Once we arrived at my Mushroom Castle, we quickly decided to set up everything for a feast with all the fish we caught. I used my Cooking Knife to filet all the fish, while leaving some fresh ones after taking out their guts. Those were stuck to large metal sticks and grilled after being covered in a lot of salt.
The others, I decided to make them into a variety of ways, the biggest ones were cut into filet-sized pieces, covered on egg and bread crumbs and deep fried into crunchy fried fish filets. I also made some fish stew with potatoes, carrots, onion, and some more seasoning.
Lastly, I packed a few dozen of them inside large leaves with onion, seasoning, and salt, and placed them above the fish stew lid, the steam coming out of the boiling dish slowly cooked them inside the leaves.
As for the rest, I stored some inside my Inventory, while leaving the rest for Nieve and Florie, who could store them inside their Inventory as well, some were frozen and handled to the Fairy Queendom instead.
And as the food was being cooked with the aid of my friends and various Cooking Spirits, I decided to spend this free time on upgrading some buildings. I had enough community points and materials for it, so I decided to prioritize the construction of a new watchtower and also the level up of the walls.
I put to use my new wings and with the aid of the Wind Spirits, I flew into the skies and reached the outskirts of the Territory, in there, I quickly designated a large area for the construction of the Tower.
"Construct [Wooden Watch Tower] Immediately Level it up to Level 4."
Ding!
[You have activated the [Territory Management System], the [Blueprint: Wooden Watch Tower] has begun construction!]
[You have exchanged [10000 MP], [x3500 Large Stones], [x5000 Wood Pieces], and [10000 Community Points]!]
The Watchtower began its materialization immediately, however, I decided to alter its creation by extending a large root coming from my Yggdryad body and merging it with the tower as it was being made, alongside several wandering spirits, especially Light and Wind Spirits.
FLAAASH!
The tower appearance changed immediately, growing larger and resembling a giant tree with the slight shape of a watchtower, I even grew a single, golden jewel in the middle of its bark, resembling a big eye glancing into the horizon.
It grew branches upwards, and connected itself to my own roots, it felt as if I was now able to share my own vision with it temporarily, this meant it could now send me signals whenever it detected something anomalous.
Ding!
[The [Spiritual Tree Watchtower: Lv4/5] has been constructed!]
[Spiritual Tree Watchtower: Lv4/5]
[Building Type]: [Watchtower]
[Building Quality]: [A]
[Level Up Cost]: [12000 MP] [x2500 Large Stones] [x4000 Wood Pieces] [10000 Community Points]
[Effect]: [Spiritual Eye] [Magic Tower] [Small Fortress] [Eyes of Yggdrasil] [Advanced Magic Detection]
[Description]
A gigantic tree-shaped watchtower that is directly connected to the Yggdryad's roots themselves, working as a sort of physical eye to this entity, who doesn't naturally possess eyes themselves. It can alert of any danger approaching within its vicinity, and it is also capable of glancing farther away into the distance, detecting anomalies and predicting dangers such as enemy attacks.
[Spiritual Eye]: [This watchtower is a "living being" and can watch things by itself and report them to its master, the Yggdryad, at any time. It also can see things within the Spiritual Realm that normal eyes cannot.]
[Magic Tower]: [Due to its composition, the watchtower is now capable of storing Mana within its entire body and empower its master with it, supplying them with extra Mana they had accumulated before. Enhances the master INT Stat by +15% and Spell Damage and Range by +25%. Mana Storage Capacity: 0/40000]
[Small Fortress]: [Thanks to its sheer size, the watchtower can also work as a small fortress, protect the territory with its robust and large body, and also those it can store inside of itself. Increases Subjects Defenses by +10% when they're around the Watchtower.]
[Eyes of Yggdrasil]: [This watchtower can directly connect to the mind of the master, the Yggdryad, and work as the tree's only eye, which can glance around and even work as an extension of their body. Additionally, by gathering Mana into the watchtower, it is possible to shoot deadly Spirit Lasers at foes within range, dealing up to 250% Spirit Damage.]
[Advanced Magic Detection]: [The watchtower can expand its field of vision and detection through the usage of Mana, tripling its range temporarily.]
It was much better than I had expected! And its set of abilities were amazing too. It could even shoot a powerful laser by utilizing accumulated Mana, and it can accumulate up to 40k Mana too! To make things even better, it work as a third eye of mine.
It even comes with supporting abilities, enhancing my magic power while I am within territory range, my spell power and range too, and it even protects subjects that are near it.
"I guess I should also upgrade the walls."
I concentrated my Mana into the air and then started absorbing all the surrounding Mana that I couldn't properly use as mine, slowly gathering it into the Tower and keeping it in there, like that, my Mana had magically increased by +40k as long as I am within my Territory.
And now, I can even upgrade this thing that requires a ridiculous amount of Mana with ease.
Ding!
[You have exchanged [x100000 Large Stones] [40000 MP] [15000 Community Points]!]
[The [Spiritual Stone Walls: Lv3] have begun upgrading to Level 4!]
FLAAASH!
The walls quickly grew a few more meters into the sky, became even more fortified with several new layers of stone, and its spiritual power seemed to have taken a great boost as well. Oh, it even grew sharp spikes on top of its walls.
Ding!
[The [Spiritual Stone Walls: Lv3] have been upgraded to Level 4!]
[The [Spiritual Stone Walls: Lv4/5] has acquired a new Effect!]
