18. Land expansion

Reincarnated as a Castle – Day 60

[Status]

• Points: 342

I had to admit it. I was an idiot!

Instead of releasing those goblins, I should have taken them prisoner and slowly tried to domesticate them!

For example, I could have left them hungry for days and then started bribing them with food. It was an extremely evil method, I know, but at least it had the highest chance of success. And even if it didn’t work, I would have gained another hundred points for upgrades by selling the corpses!

Yeah. Anything would have been better than this.

No more goblins coming. Meaning: No more easy point farming. My point generation had returned to an abysmal one Point a day.

Fortunately, I already had another plan in mind.

If goblins weren’t coming anymore, instead of hoarding Points, I would upgrade my other shops. Since Points seemed to be the blood of this entire system, the most important thing right now was to improve my passive Point generation.

And I could do that by upgrading my Castle Core.

UPGRADE CASTLE CORE TO LEVEL 2

• Upgrade Cost: 200 points

• Unlocks: Point generation level 2 (10 points/day)

The reason I hadn’t done it yet was because I was focusing so hard on obtaining my first citizen. But now, the priority had clearly shifted.

(Alright, System! Upgrade my Castle Core!)

[Ding!]

[Purchasing Castle Core Upgrade… Success!]

[Initiating Castle Core Upgrade Process…]

As the upgrade started, I felt my core heating up again, growing warmer and more energetic.

Soon, I slipped into hibernation. Reality blurred as I lost consciousness.

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Reincarnated as a Castle – Day 61

As I regained awareness, I saw the sun rising over the forest, signaling the start of a new day. The day counter had already changed to Day 61.

I checked my core status immediately.

[Status]

• Castle Core: Level 2

• Point Generation: 10 Points/Day

(Nice!)

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And not just in the status screen — I actually felt more powerful as well! The size of my core had increased from a tennis ball to a small bowling ball, now pulsating with noticeably stronger, denser energy that flowed more vigorously through every wall and floor.

Honestly, 10 Points a day wasn’t too bad! I would literally get my investment back in just 20 days! And most importantly, I wouldn’t have to rely on random goblin visits for Points anymore.

Though, I hadn’t entirely given up on getting my first citizen yet.

The biggest immediate problem was that skull-marked stick the elder goblin had left in front of my gate. It was outside my territory, which meant I couldn’t touch it or interact with it at all.

But after a few minutes of carefully looking through my skills and options, I found the possible solution to fix it.

There was a skill I could obtain if I upgraded one of my other shops:

[Upgrade Construction Shop to Level 2]

• Upgrade Cost: 100 Points

• Unlocks: Land Expansion, Building Construction

It was Land Expansion!

Oh yeah.

If I could expand my land, I could just yoink that stick!

Currently, I had 143 Points left. This was more than enough to upgrade the Construction Shop!

…

[Ding!]

[Construction Shop Upgrade Successful!]

[-100 Points]

[Construction Shop Level 2 Unlocked!]

[Skill: Land expansion unlocked!]

[Skill: Building Construction unlocked!]

Points remaining: 43

The upgrade went smoothly and without any issues.