A month later.
As the news of the divine temple spread, in just a month, Lister had more than one thousand residents! Even Locke was stunned by the growth rate.
These newcomers, who had just joined the territory, became faithful followers after experiencing the magic of the divine temples of Athena and Asclepius.
After the faith point breakthrough of one thousand points, the power of the two divine temples had risen by one level directly. The density of magic elements and fighting spirit in the whole territory had increased greatly.
And the effect of Temple of Medical God was more obvious. It slowly increased the physique of the people in the territory and even their talent.
However, Locke felt a little helpless. According to the instructions of the system, only the faith point breakthrough ten thousand could trigger the new function and reward.
Since so many people came at once, the original houses were naturally not enough. Locke didn’t hesitate to spend all his gold coins on the construction.
During this period, Asclepius’ fondness towards him broke through the “normal” level to the “friendly” level. He also obtained a level-6 soul restoration elixir.
Soul restoration elixir, as its name implied, could stabilize the soul. It was one of the best healing medicines for people whose soul was damaged.
Of course, this medicine had no effect on Locke. It was directly thrown into the system zone by him.
One day, Locke finished practice and decided to check the situation of housing construction. In the past month, his practice base was still at the peak of the sixth sense. He had a hunch that within ten days, he would be able to feel a breakthrough to the seventh sense.
After a month’s construction, there was another area of beautiful rooms in the territory.
“Respectful Sir Lord.”
At the construction site, an old man with a white beard bowed to Locke.
“Hi, Rowen.”
Locke replied with a smile. Looking at the busy figure of the workers, he turned around and asked, “How is the project going?”
The white-bearded old man was Rowen, the leader of the construction team who came to help Locke build a castle before.
Rowen and the others had come to Lister a month ago. They had made a great contribution to the fast construction of Lister.
In Bone City, they also heard rumors about Lister. Unlike others, they had been to Lister and had a deep impression of Locke. They didn’t think the news was groundless.
They were dubious about the rumor and decided to see it by themselves. When they arrived at Lister, they were shocked. It was hard to imagine that Lister had changed so much in just two months.
In particular, the two lofty divine temples made people want to worship them.
After careful consideration, Rowen, the leader of the team, decided to stay in Lister. A dozen of his team members followed Rowen to stay. They were only the lowest level workers in Bone City, and there was nothing worth their attention.
“Sir Lord, 40 houses have been completed at present. According to the requirements of the drawing, we still need two hundred houses. As for the academy, we have the priority to start according to your requirements. It is almost completed now.”
Rowen sighed and said helplessly, “We have worked overtime, but the workers are not enough now.”
Since receiving the task of building a city, Locke had a bold idea: To build an academy.
If Lister wanted to develop, he had to have a place to foster strong people. Although it would cost a lot of money to build an academy, it was a good deal in the long run.
“I’ll take care of the workers.”
Locke nodded and said to Rowen, “You can also tell everyone that after the project is over, I will give everyone 1.5 times the reward.”
Rowen was overjoyed. He bowed and said gratefully, “Thank you, Sir Lord.”
After talking with Rowen, Locke asked Hansen to recruit workers in Bone City.
In the evening, Locke came to the residence of the bandits he had caught before.
The guards very soon assembled the captives.
Soon, there were a lot of people under the stage.
Although they were all captives, Locke didn’t abuse them. He maintained a normal supply of clothes and food. It could even be said that their current life was a little better than that of residents in Lister at the beginning. Of course, compared to the residents of Lister, they lacked freedom, the most important thing in their lives.
“Everyone, although you were bandits before, I’m willing to give you a chance to turn over a new leaf.”
Looking at the captives on the ground, Locke paused. Seeing that all the bandits raised their heads, he said loudly, “From now on, as long as you work hard and don’t commit any crime in two years, I can give you freedom.”
These bandits used to be the residents in the nearby territory, but for various reasons, they came to the mountain to be bandits. They didn’t deserve to die. As a modern educated person in the 21st century, Locke wouldn’t deprive casually ordinary people’s lives. However, although there were reasons, they should be punished for doing something wrong.
Two years was also a test. If there were still some people who didn’t change and still did evil, Locke wouldn’t be soft on them.
Freedom?
The captives were shocked and looked at Locke in disbelief. What did they hear just now?
Sir Lord said they could be free!
As captives, money was the most useless thing for them. What did they want the most now? It was freedom!
The originally quiet captives suddenly became noisy.
“Sir Lord, do you promise to set us free after two years?” A bandit trembled with tears in his eyes.
Locke nodded affirmatively and promised, “I promise in the name of the Capet family that I will keep my words.”
“Thank you, Sir Lord!”
The bandit knelt excitedly and kowtowed to Locke. The others also knelt with surprise one after another.
After getting Locke’s promise, the bandits worked with unprecedented enthusiasm.
Five days later, the academy under Victory Temple of Athena had been rebuilt, but there were only two separate teaching buildings at present.
Ti Sanga Academy.
In the middle of the academy, there was a huge square for the exchange of students.
In the center of the square, there was a jade pillar carved with irises. The prosperous and fragmented petals were clear and lifelike. The iris was the symbol of the Capet family.
Four lines were engraved in the center of the jade pillar: “The natural human rights”, “born equal”, “brave and fearless”, and “desperate”. The carving was strong and powerful, a masterpiece of Hephaestus.
The reason why Locke chose “the natural human rights ” and “born equal” was that he hoped that the students of Ti Sanga Academy could constantly surpass themselves, break the worldly prejudice and become really strong men.
Wearing a black robe, Monroe walked into Ti Sanga Academy. With the participation of a large number of residents, there were already more than 60 students in the magic class. Today was the first time they had classes in a new teaching building.
“Brave and fearless”, and “desperate” were normal, but what did “the natural human rights” and “born equal” mean?
Looking at the mottoes written by Locke, Monroe was stunned. He felt that his head was buzzing and he almost couldn’t stand. Standing in front of the jade pillar for a while, Monroe smiled bitterly.
In this world where the strong dominated and the noble ruled. This lord really dared to write anything. Locke set Monroe on the opposite side with the world just one sentence. Now Monroe suddenly regretted whether it was a right choice to join Locke.
Of course, this idea disappeared in an instant. Monroe had to admit that Lister was indeed mysterious.
As a mage, he was very sensitive to magic elements.
He was sure that the magic element was getting thicker here compared to when he first arrived in Lister!
What was more amazing was that he clearly found that the speed at which he absorbed fire elements was much faster than before.
He speculated that Lister might have some magic array to condense the magic elements. After all, many magic arrays could condense magic elements and fighting spirits. He didn’t believe in the legendary gods.
No matter what, he was now a member of Lister. It was better for him to teach children well.
Shaking his head helplessly, Monroe strode towards the magic teaching building.
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