Volume One: Hell-Level Lord World Chapter 119: The Level Eleven City, Garden in the Woods

Suppressing his speculations about the situation in the Elven City, Chen Gu focused intently on the heart of the city before him.

[Territory Attributes]

City Name: Woodland Garden
Owner: None
Level: Level 9 Large City (Maximum Level 11)
City Attribute: Nature
City Orientation: Natural Creatures (Gigantic)

Residents:
Civilians (0/15,000,000)
Laborers (0/1,500,000)
Guards (0/600,000)
Soldiers (0/300,000)
Officials (0/500)
Leaders (0/13)

Buildings (Constructible):
Blacksmith (Second blacksmith at city level 5, third at level 9)
Farmland (Three additional farmlands can be built with each city level increase)
Barracks (Second at level 4, third at level 8, fourth at level 11)
Warehouse (Second at level 6)
Market (Second at level 5, Black Market at level 9)
Magic Tower (Second at level 7, both upgradable to five floors)
Tavern (Second at level 4, third at level 8, fourth at level 11)
City Walls (Second at level 5, third at level 9)
Garden Cottage (Trains fairies, forest sprites, flower spirits, and other natural spirits; available from level 1 and expands with city level)
Centaur Stable (Trains centaurs and similar humanoids; available from level 1 and expands with city level)
Wild Jungle (Trains wild wolves, lynxes, and other natural beasts; available from level 1 and expands with city level)
Dwarven Hut (Trains nature-oriented dwarves; available from level 1 and expands with city level)
Pegasus Fountain (Trains pegasi and similar creatures; available from level 4 and expands with city level)
Withered Wood Archway (Trains treants, tree spirits, and similar beings; available from level 5 and expands with city level)
Woodland Sanctuary (Trains unicorns, moon deer, and similar creatures; available from level 7 and expands with city level)
Dragon Cliff (Trains elven dragons, chimeras, green dragons, and other dragon-blooded natural creatures; available from level 5, green dragons trainable only after level 9)
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Specialty: None
Training Speed: None
Heroes Visiting Weekly: Eight (All taverns fully constructed)

Description: This is a city heart that has undergone two major renovations. Although it has reverted to its original natural attributes, its original level 11 status has been lost, and it must be rebuilt starting from a level 9 city.

Reading the description before him, Chen Gu finally understood: the gap between a level 9 large city and smaller level 3 or 5 cities was immense. Such a large city boasted four to five taverns alone. The city walls came in three layers, not to mention other buildings. These were features nonexistent in cities below level 5.

It was clear at a glance that once this city heart was buried and supplied with enough building stones, the city could swiftly regain its former glory. Although troops and population would need to be replenished gradually, the construction of various functional buildings would proceed quickly.

The Woodland Garden city suited Chen Gu’s preferences perfectly. Most creatures trained here were natural beings. He could use them to synthesize new pets, enhancing their combat prowess and rapidly replenishing the forces he needed through fusion.

Simply rebuilding the Woodland Garden, even without reaching level 11, would be more than sufficient for him.

Without waiting for his subordinates to gather the materials, Chen Gu took two corpse-eating vines, dragged the city heart, and headed toward the area recently ravaged by the flood.

Kebas had mentioned earlier that he had already cleared the flood impact zone once. Most of the debris had been sorted out. Now, only the building fragments caused by the flood needed further organization; the rest had already been excavated and placed by the roadside.

Seeing Chen Gu approach with the city heart, Kebas quickly flew over, still searching for more materials.

“My lord, what’s going on? This city heart looks different from the one I saw before.”

“We’ve struck treasure this time. This is the city heart of Woodland Garden. After the undead seized it, they altered it and left it here. I took it, cleansed it of the undead aura, and ended up with this.”

“Woodland Garden...” Kebas exclaimed, “That’s the only city that can rival the Holy City. It’s a sanctuary for natural creatures. There, all natural beings live in harmony—wolves roam the woods, white tigers sleep in the trees. Unicorns wander the streets. We once considered living there, but never made it.”

“Things are different now. I plan to rebuild Woodland Garden here. With Crow’s Nest City so close, animals and beings from there can freely travel to and from Woodland Garden.”

Kebas’s eyes brightened at Chen Gu’s words.

“My lord, for that day, I’ll work even harder. By the way, I see many building stones over there. I’ve classified them—some for public buildings, others for ordinary structures. Take a look and see if any can be used for Woodland Garden.”

“No rush. First, let’s find a suitable place to bury the city heart.”

Chen Gu smiled at Kebas’s eager expression.

“Right. My lord, I have a good spot in mind. I’ll take you there now.”

As they walked, Kebas kept speaking.

“This is a great location I discovered. There used to be a small hill here that the flood washed away, but the flood did slow down in this area. See, many things were unearthed here. The place is cleared now, and it’s quite ideal. Look over there—that’s where the undead city once stood. Over here is a river, and beyond that is a vast plain. If we take this place, we won’t have to worry about territory arrangements later. We can claim it outright.”

Chen Gu surveyed the surroundings from Kebas’s indicated spot and nodded with satisfaction.

“Alright, we’ll build here.”