Shard Wraith: A LitRPG Fantasy Sci-fi (Crystal Shards Online Book 3) by Scott Rick

Author:Scott, Rick [Scott, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2018-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27: Building

We gather around the worm hole, watching as Rembrandt’s army of duplicates haul the last of the iron out of the depths and drop it into a pile atop the snow. On my HUD the resource values for the keep adjust as the ingots hit the ground one by one.

I check the total.

Resources:

Gold: 0 units

Food: 0 units

Wood: 1073 units

Stone: 220 units

Iron: 100 units

“Should be good to go now,” Rembrandt says. He dismisses his minions and the clones crumble into nano-dust. “Let’s build this thing and get out of this bloody cold!”

I couldn’t agree more. The wind is whipping and we huddle closely for warmth as the snow continues to fall at a rapid pace.

Maxis scrunches up his face next to me. “What the heck is that smell?”

Gilly laughs. “Ask your brother.”

“Huh?”

I blush a little, but I guess it can’t be helped.

“It’s the smell of hard work,” I say. “Trust me, you guys got off easy chopping down trees.”

“I can attest to that mate,” Rembrandt adds with a grin. “Was not a pleasant job that one.”

Gilly then goes on to tell them the details of my ordeal down in the worm hole which gets a combination of laughs and mock barfs from Val Helena, Maxis and Becky. I chuckle as I shake my head. I have to agree with my brother, though. I do stink. Despite the strong wind blowing, and reproducing my clothes, I can still smell that awful stuff on me.

“I’m starting on the walls and the door,” Gilly says. “Can you do the other stuff, Reece?”

“Okay,” I say and begin scrolling through the build options on my HUD.

I check the keep’s nano reserves.

1000/1000 Nano-Fragments

We each dumped a bit of nano earlier and the keep has reached its max. The process vaguely reminds me of Gilly’s dad back home and I wonder if he’s watching the city’s nano reserves the same way I’m watching the keeps. We need to focus on that next. Our new mission now. Once we get some shelter built, I’ll make a point to bring it up for discussion: getting the nano back home.

That and the monsters.

Gilly queues the walls for repairs and 100 units of stone get subtracted from the total along with 200 Nano-Fragments. It’s hard to see in the snowfall, but the corner portion of the keep begins to rise vertically, just like how we were printed. It’s an amazing sight to see and I have to remind myself I’m actually in the real physical world for a moment as I watch it grow like something out of a cartoon.

I understand now how that Braxus could have built Stormwall up so fast. The stuff is pure magic, but it also makes me worried about what he might have built back in the caldera in only a day’s time. And we need to get past it.

“Working nicely, Gilly!” Val Helena says. “Becky and I will design the kitchen.”

On my HUD a schematic of the galley floats across a grid that represents the inside of the keep.

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