Level Up in Earth Evolution

Hearing the city lord Bernard's words, Li Wei couldn't help but frown a little as he needed these golems to build the city.

More so, he wanted the ones who could be controlled by voice, as they have some intelligence and don't need someone to look over them.

'This will be hard,' he thought to himself, knowing that people who can create or have blueprints are restricted by contracts.

Just as he was thinking about this, Bernard observed his expression, wondering what he wanted to do with these golems.

'Maybe he wants one with weapons, but they are even more restricted than this one's,' Bernard thought to himself and suddenly inquired.

"Li Wei, your level is above 50, right?" he asked.

Hearing him Li Wei was stunned at his sudden question, but he nodded in agreement.

"Yes, its above level 50; does the city lord want to talk about taxes?" he probed, knowing that after level 50 the taxes they would've had to pay would change.

Even if he was exempt from paying doesn't mean he, as a party, doesn't have to pay.

However, Bernard shook his head at him.

"You haven't even registered the party officially, so why would you need to pay taxes, not to mention no one would dare ask from you?" he replied, rolling his eyes at him before continuing.

"It's just that I wanted to remind you not to kill too many monsters now, as it will take a month or two for their respawn cycle to resume. However, if you kill many of them, it will take more time," he reminded.

This was what he was worried about most; Li Wei was at a high level, and these monsters were nothing to him.

So, he might kill them as soon as they respawned, which would make many adventures to leave the city.

Li Wei could guess what the city lord was thinking, so he nodded while chatting about the tax system of this world.

Everyone must pay taxes depending on their level and income. The higher the level, the higher the taxes were.

But the amount for everyone was different as taxes were calculated from quest rewards to selling something and even using the teleportation frequently.

This was all recorded into the guild card, so they just have to scan once, and they will know how much tax they would have to pay.

The average tax a level 100 adventure must pay was 100 gold coins per month. Only people under level 50 had to pay low taxes as they were weak and didn't earn enough.

Nevertheless, it was a lot of money, as the population of a kingdom was in billions.

Just as Li Wei was thinking about this, the giant golem successfully demolished the building and uprooted its foundation.

Watching this, Bernard stopped talking about the tax system and started explaining.

"Li Wei, now that the building has uprooted, it's time to start construction of a new building."

"The first thing is the foundation, which would be connected to the city core's mana lines, sewage lines, water lines, and a few more things," he said.

Hearing him, Li Wei nodded and kept watching the workers who took out big building blocks carved with runes while the city lord kept on explaining.

There was nothing much important here as all the blocks were made before by blacksmiths; now the golems just have to place them before letting mana lines merge.

This will activate the runes on blocks before merging into one solid foundation that can handle earthquakes, floods, and more natural disasters.

The foundation also had a separate defensive function for emergencies, which ran on its own reserved power, so they were very safe.

The next step was nothing different as the workers took out walls and pillars before doing the same.

However, this process was a little slow because every block was different and needed to be placed in the right place.

This was important; if not, the building's defensive and emergency systems would not work properly.

After that, the workers will check everything manually with their magic tools to see if everything is working or not.

This made Li Wei a little depressed because he wanted to learn some skills, but no one was using them, and everything was handled by tools.

Nevertheless, he wasn't sad because the city lord explained everything to him in detail.

In the meantime, the construction of the building was completed. It took about 30 minutes as they were only placing the ready-made blocks.

Now only the design, tiles, painting, and such stuff were left, which could be completed within thirty minutes with the help of golems.

Because the process wasn't important and he had gotten the information he wanted, Li Wei decided to say goodbye.

However, before he could say something, Bernard put on a serious look and spoke.

"Li Wei, do you know about people from earth creating commotion in the city?" he inquired with a deep tone.

Hearing him Li Wei was stunned but he nodded.

"Yes, I heard about them from Miss Ninon," he replied calmly, knowing things weren't simple.

However, it has nothing to do with him, so he didn't care; more so, this kind of situation was better for him if he wanted to recruit people from earth with lifetime contracts.

The city lord didn't know his thoughts, but after knowing that he knew about this, he felt relieved.

"Li Wei, these people are not just here to create trouble but are also demanding to give hero Bai Feng back; maybe you would also be dragged into this."

"Because they are just speaking and doing small protests, the city guards can't do anything, so you might meet them, and they would try to get you back."

"If things were simple, I wouldn't have bothered to inform you, but there is someone from Nova Kingdom pulling tricks, so be careful if you meet them outside of the city," Bernard reminded seriously.

However, Li Wei didn't care and let out a chuckle.

"City lord I honestly don't care about what they want to do or how they use my name, but if they dare to go after my sister or party members, I will kill them," he replied with a smile his emotions not even fluctuating a little.

Watching him like this, Bernard felt goosebumps all over his body.