Chapter 637 (1/2)
Chapter 637: Development Plan
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Waking up from the Dream World, Roland sprang out of his bed. Unable to contain his excitement any longer, he draped his coat over his shoulders and hurried to his office. He took out several blank papers and started to write down the missing parts of the periodic table of elements and “Elementary Chemistry” from his memory.
He also concluded some rules from the previous two trips to the Dream World. First, the time passed at a different pace in that world. This was easy to understand, as even a nap was enough for a long, vivid dream. Roland thought it might be caused by the increased response speed of the brain. In a dream, it just needed to pull all the sensory inputs out from the memory and entered them into a dream instead of uploading and processing information from all five senses.
Take the last trip as an example. He had left the Dream World at 3:00 p.m. by falling from a standing herringbone ladder in his bedroom before Zero had come back. Until that time, he had spent eight hours in that world. However, when he woke up in the real world, it was still midnight and the moon was shining high in the sky.
Second, his brain had been so excited in the vivid dreams that traveling to the Dream World did not mean having a rest. This was a tricky problem, as in this way he would be busy for the whole 24 hours of a day. In the day, he had to handle state affairs in the real world, and at night, he needed to make money to raise the family in the Dream World. He was surprised to find that he himself had become one of the model workers of Neverwinter… and the most hardworking one.
By now, he had not yet tried to sleep in the Dream World. Due to the time differences, he guessed sleeping in it would be more efficient.
Third, the Dream World was different from ordinary dream experiences.
This world was clear, stable and had its own rules. This must have been caused by Zero. She had created this new world about which he knew just a little bit.
He wondered at this world, thinking, “Does it have boundaries? How many fragments does it mix? How much hidden or forgotten information will I discover there?”
He waited out the night until the dawn reached. After having breakfast, he summoned all high officials of City Hall to the reception hall of his castle.
He needed to check on the progress of their works after the whole month, and more importantly, he wanted to work out the development plan for the next development stage for the coming challenge.
Now that the church was no longer a major threat, he had to get ready for the upcoming attacks from demons and put his all into the preparation for the Battle of Divine Will.
Roland set his eyes on the other kingdoms.
Barov wiped his forehead and said, “Uhm… you mean we’ll recruit people not only from each domain of Graycastle but also from Everwinter and Wolfheart? Your Majesty, it’s a very big project.”
Roland said in a deep voice, “The news that the church has suffered a sharp defeat will soon spread all over the continent. After that, Holy City of Hermes can hardly control Everwinter and Wolfheart. Seeing the sign of weakness, those local noble men driven to the church by the wars will turn their backs on it soon. This offers us an exciting opportunity to draw their people to Graycastle with gold royals or even violent measures.”
Not being affected by any form of nationalism, people of this era did not care very much about who they worked for, as long as they could bring their families together with them.
Roland continued to explain, “In the next spring, the seaport of Neverwinter will be put into use. All you have to do is to formulate a recruiting plan, rent ships from the Fjords merchants and find places to accommodate the newcomers in the city. I know this will cost City Hall a huge sum of gold royals, but we’ve got to do this no matter what. All of you know it clearly that the church isn’t our ultimate challenge.”