Building a World Class Empire in another World

Aric ran out of the house, his face fully flushed red. He was the one that initiated the kiss, so why was he the one acting all flustered?

"Calm down, Aric, calm down. It was just a kiss, nothing more," he said to himself, trying to clear his mind.

The door of the house opened, and Ariel walked out with a smile on her face.

"She seems happy," one of the lesser spirits said to Aric. Because of the kiss, he had even forgotten about their presence, so hearing their voices made him realize they had been there even when he kissed her.

Ariel walked to Aric's back, looked down at him, and spoke. "So, what are we doing today?" she asked.

Aric refused to turn and look at her. He kept his head facing down and spoke, "There's a lot I want to do today. This cabin was only a makeshift place to stay in. I'd like to start really constructing this place," Aric said.

"Hmmm, I'll help you, but will the both of us be enough?" she asked.

"Well, for now, yes, but I feel we will need more hands soon. I have a plan for that already, so don't worry too much," Aric said.

"Also, I want you to know that was my first," she said and turned to leave. Aric's face got flushed again after he heard that. He didn't understand why this was making him flustered this much.

Aric got up, looked at the land they had cleared, the logs of wood, and the tools lying around. He tried to picture what his next step would be, but for that, he needed to know the exact amount of his gold.

[Host: Aric]

[Race: Half-Elf (Human-Elf Hybrid)]

[Age: 17]

[Title: Exile]

[Class: Tamer]

[Level: 10]

[Exp: 50/1000]

[Health: 150/150]

[Stamina: 100/100]

[Mana: 100/100]

[Gold: 51,000]

[Affinity: Spirit Magic]

[Attributes]

Strength: 11

Agility: 11

Endurance: 11

Intelligence: 15

Charisma: 10

Luck: 5

He checked his stats again. He had fifty thousand gold—that was a huge amount, even with the way the system made things expensive.

"This place is reasonably dangerous. The fact I have managed to stay this long is already a miracle. We need to make a clear boundary and defense," Aric said to himself.

He was about to leap into the process of thinking about what defense to use, but then he remembered the lesser spirits. He needed to put them to work, or they would just fly around him bantering.

"Hey spirits, I need you guys to do me a favor," Aric said, and as expected, what followed was banter.

"A favor? What favor?" one asked.

"Shut up and allow him to talk first," another spirit said.

"What if the favor is dangerous?" another asked.

Aric let out a tired sigh. He waited for them to finish, and after a few minutes, they finally rounded up their argument and faced him.

"We will help you with this favor," one said.

"So, what is it?" another asked.

"Well, you see, I have very little knowledge of this forest, so I need you guys to go collect information for me—beasts, unusual happenings, anything that you all deem worthy of reporting," Aric said.

To his surprise, the spirits didn't banter. They all agreed in that instant and flew off into the forest, going to gather information for him.

After they left, Aric decided to focus on his defense. The first thing that came to his mind was a wall. He decided to clear a space around five hundred meters and create a wall.

He would take from the other side of the stream and his side as well, making the stream the center of the space.

If he went in five hundred meters, that would be two hundred and fifty meters on both sides. That would probably touch the territory of other beasts, but he was willing to take the risk.

After deciding that a wall was his move, he started thinking about the length of the wall. A taller one would offer more coverage, but it would take far more material to make it come through.

It would need to be sturdy and well-planted to make sure it could not be toppled. He was estimating a wall that stood at least six to seven feet tall.

The wall would probably be made of wood, but Aric wanted it to be very sturdy. He had seen some things like this in movies. The first idea he thought of was using full logs.

But that method would take a lot of materials, and even though Ariel could cut trees down very fast, it was still too time-consuming to use full logs.

So after a good amount of thought, he decided that he would go for planks that were about half a foot thick. That was thick enough for what he wanted.

Aric wanted to make this wall by himself. He didn't want to spend a huge amount of gold on the system to get a blueprint. His woodworking skills and experience from building the house gave him enough insight into what to do.

"The planks need to go deep into the ground, probably three feet deep into the ground," Aric said. He started imagining the placement—seven feet above the ground and three feet into the earth.

It would be deep enough to stand strong. They would be held together by long pieces of wood, nailed and glued horizontally in three places: the top of the wall, the center, and the bottom.

Right now, Aric was pushing his imagination and memory to the max to try and create the perfect wall that would hold.

He looked at the mental image he created, but it didn't feel good yet, so he started brainstorming again. After a while, he finally got the last piece.

He needed leaning pillars—large pieces of wood bolted to the wall. They would be in an inclined position and placed along the whole wall with some space in between.

These pillars would press against the wall, so even when someone attacked, the walls would take the hit without an issue. Now that Aric had gotten the picture, it was time to work.