The hammer's final strike echoed across the territory as Jacoub stepped back from the completed structure.
Dawn light painted the second residential building in golden hues, its stone walls and reinforced beams standing.
'An hour and twenty minutes. They exceeded expectations.'
"Completed, my Lord!"
Jacoub announced, wiping sweat from his exhausted face. His construction crew looked ready to collapse, but satisfaction burned in their eyes.
Ethan surveyed their work with approval. The building matched the first structure's quality while showing improvements from learned experience. It was a slightly better version clesrly.
'Professional work under impossible deadlines.'
"Excellent. Rest for a few minutes, then we begin the territory upgrade."
'Time to see what Tier 3 unlocks.'
The spawn point had continued producing resources throughout the night. Two more harvesting runs had yielded consistent materials, bringing his reserves to comfortable levels:
