The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 374 - 232: Gaining Two Sources of Magic, Source of War Attribute and Sky Attribute Magic! _1

Chapter 374: Chapter 232: Gaining Two Sources of Magic, Source of War Attribute and Sky Attribute Magic! _1

Two weeks had passed. Ivita and the Hearthstone Witch spent one week deciphering the map of the ancient world they found in the temple cemetery. Interestingly, they discovered the location of the treasure they were searching for was less than five kilometers away from the territory Ivita vowed to reclaim from the pirates.

This meant that after Ivita reclaimed his territory, he could expand his borders and forcefully annex this area as well.

During an era where the map-measuring industry was not developed, such undertakings were feasible.

After all, there was no definitive way to settle such matters. The only solution was might makes right.

During this time, Ivita found a seamstress within his territory to mend his destruction magic cloak. With this restoration, the advanced version of the cloak was categorized as destiny magic.

Ivita then spent another week merging the Destructive Energy Sphere with the cloak, followed by another two weeks digesting this destructive source of magic.

He was now only missing the source of magic pertaining to war and sky attributes, and one sky attribute magic, to officially become a wizard.

In the bookroom on the castle’s second floor, Ivita commanded his destruction magic cloak to turn pages for him, testing the strength of this magic while reading.

After receiving the magic source with destructive attributes, a black sphere appeared around the magic cloak.

This fist-sized black sphere, as if a gem, revolved around Ivita who was donned in the cloak. Anything it touched was shattered by its destructive energy.

It seemed to be the result of acquiring the Sphere of Destruction Magic.

Ivita descended the stairs to the lawn. There, he saw the Knight Griffin training six knight attendants from his territory. All of them needed to improve their physical condition drastically before qualifying to officially become knights. Hence, Ivita didn’t need to submit a proposal to city council just yet to request the potion and supplementary potion required for their upgrade.

These potions required fruits from the Alien Flora, especially the Fruit of Life.

Only a few places in Ambros procured such resources.

If Ivita were to request these resources from the Ambros city council, they would inevitably demand support from him.

This was something Ivita couldn’t bear to see.

Security guards patrolled the castle walls, while 200 newly recruited soldiers were trained behind the castle.

Seeing this, Ivita called for his trustee, instructing, "We need to build a training field behind the castle. It should be paved with blue bricks, with a warehouse adjacent to it to store some weapons."

"How much do you think this will cost?"

After some thought, the trustee Akaranda answered, "Sounds like it will cost at least a hundred gold plates."

Ivita nodded. "The training field has to be built. We also need to establish some towers and outposts at the foot of the mountain, utilizing the newly recruited militiamen. I can spare six hundred gold pounds for an estimated addition of twenty towers and ten outposts."

"This will help us protect the assets, citizen, and villages within our territory."

Due to their thriving iron trade, Ivita’s territory was wealthier than ever before.

Yesterday, Ivita checked the treasury within his territory and found that he still had 2,700 gold pounds left.

Considering that his land was prospering, Ivita planned to build more towers and outposts to safeguard his villages.

After all, his yearly expenses for the nine professionals he had hired and the 200 armed guards were 513 and 920 gold pounds respectively. Not an ordinary baron could afford such extravagant spending.

But now, his territory was wealthy enough.

Akaranda smiled and said, "Alright, my Lord."

He was amused to see the small territory thriving under Ivita’s guidance.

"Lord Ivita, news of our territory’s prosperity has spread far and wide. Under your guidance, many of our youths have become blacksmiths, apprentices to blacksmiths, dealers, or artisans. Our population has replenished to over 10,000, as people constantly join our territory. However, as more and more people come to our territory, we lack houses, farmland, and jobs for them. How should we deal with this?"

Ivita pondered over it.

Rise in population meant an increase in strength.

In reality, the more the population, the greater were its benefits. However, a territory could only accommodate so many individuals given its productivity limitations.

With an increasing population, it would be hard to keep up with food reserves, and there wouldn’t be enough work for everyone.

Ivita stated, "Give priority to adult males to settle in our territory. The condition for settling in our territory is that they should be able to afford a house."

"Or, they should be capable of finding a place to live."

In this way, those who joined his territory would either bring money into the territory or be young laborers.

By raising the bar for assets, Ivita effectively improved the quality of immigrants in his territory.

Ivita told the butler, "I’ll sign the legislation for you shortly."

Akaranda let out a sigh of relief, responding, "Understood, Lord Ivita."

All this while, the influx of individuals into the territory had been a nuisance to him as many of them caused trouble.