Personal Panel

Name: Nord Isaac

Class: Lord LV1 (0/100)

Attributes: Strength 8, Agility 9, Intelligence 10, Charisma 9

Skills: Iron Bones LV1, Power Strike LV1, Riding LV2, Weapon Mastery LV2, Shield Defense LV1, Running LV1, Tactics LV2, Persuasion LV1, Leadership LV2

Weapon Proficiencies: One-Handed Weapons 96, Two-Handed Weapons 62, Polearms 57

Nord looked over his personal attributes and felt that they were decent across the board. It was probably the result of the original owner of this body training since childhood. Compared to the physical fitness he had possessed as a university student, it was hard to put into words.

When Nord had first transmigrated into this body, he had already felt that its original owner was well-trained. Whenever he wielded a one-handed longsword, it felt as natural as using his own hand. However, the system's attributes had not been unlocked at the time, so Nord had not undergone any focused training. Now that the panel was open, he could rapidly improve his strength through training.

Comparing his own attribute panel with the butler's, Nord found that his panel more closely matched the attributes from the original Mount and Blade game, while the butler's was somewhat different. He did not know whether that was a mutation caused by transmigration, but judging by the butler's knowledge of this world, it was more likely that the system had integrated this world's knowledge.

Nord lay in bed and thought for a while before suddenly remembering that he had completed a Daily Quest and could claim its reward. He immediately muttered in his heart, Claim reward.

Quest completed. Distributing rewards...

Experience ×100 claimed. Personal Panel Bread ×10, Gold Thaler ×10 distributed to the butler's Item Space.

Lord LV1 → Lord LV2. Obtained Personal Attribute Points ×1, Skill Points ×2.

Item Space? Item Management could grant Item Space? That really was a godly skill. After thinking for a moment, Nord allocated his newly gained points: Strength 8 → Strength 9, Iron Bones LV1 → Iron Bones LV2, Item Management LV0 → Item Management LV1.

After allocating the points, Nord felt a warm current surge through his entire body. Then a tingling sensation came from his bones, as if countless ants were crawling over them. He wanted to scratch, but there was nowhere he could exert force. He could only grit his teeth to keep himself from crying out. Fortunately, the sensation came quickly and left just as quickly. Before long, the warm current vanished without a trace.

Taking a deep breath, Nord found his entire body soaked in sweat. He sat up forcefully and felt as though he had endless strength. When he stretched out both hands, his bones crackled, and all the exhaustion from the journey disappeared.

Nord remembered that he still had Item Space! Although he now had a system, the wonder of spatial storage still fascinated him. He thought about how to open the Item Space, and ten empty slots resembling wooden crates immediately appeared in his mind. Just like the system, it could be opened simply by silently willing it.

Feeling the marvel of Item Space, Nord could not resist finding something to test it with. He got up and looked around for an object he could place inside. When his gaze landed on the one-handed sword at his waist, a thought crossed his mind, and the longsword instantly vanished from his belt. One of the ten Item Space slots in his mind was now occupied by the icon of a one-handed sword. Focusing his thoughts on it, he saw two lines of data appear before his eyes.

High-Quality One-Handed Longsword

Sharpness 43, Sturdiness 50, Durability 46

Those values had not appeared when he wore the longsword before. It seemed that placing an item in the space displayed its attributes. The space apparently also came with the ability to appraise items. Moreover, these values differed from those in the original game. He wondered what other unique functions the system had. It seemed he would need to explore it properly.

Nord then turned his gaze to the wooden bed he had just been resting on, wanting to test whether Item Space had any limitations. However, no matter how strongly he imagined putting the bed into the space, it remained in the corner of the room.

Nord frowned and thought for a moment. Could it be because he was not physically touching the bed, so he could not place it in the space?

Nord walked over to the bed and placed his hand on it. At once, the wooden bed entered the space.

Ordinary Wooden Bed

Sturdiness 35, Durability 31

The wooden bed had fewer attributes than the one-handed sword. Nord did not know whether that was due to the item's value or practicality. The space also had restrictions: it could only store items he was touching, not collect them from a distance.

After taking out the one-handed sword and wooden bed, Nord planned to test other items, but the system suddenly issued a quest.

Construction Quest: Noble Estate

Quest Description: As a Lord, how can you not have an estate of your own? Build a Noble Estate to serve as your residence within your territory.

Quest Reward: Experience ×200, Salt ×100, Gold Thaler ×100

Looking at the quest issued by the system, Nord could not help thinking that great minds thought alike. He had originally planned to build a new estate as his foothold, but the funds he had raised by selling off assets for the sake of obtaining the territory had already been mostly spent. He had only intended to construct a small estate, but now the system had issued a quest. Together with the Daily Quest rewards, he now had just enough food and money to build the estate.

With that thought, Nord called the butler from next door.

"Abel, have the bread and gold coins from earlier arrived on your end?"

"Yes, Young Master."

Abel bent over and held his hands out beneath the air. A wooden crate appeared on the floor. It was crudely nailed together from wooden planks. When the crate was opened, a row of bread was neatly arranged inside. The bread seemed to have been baked from wheat. They were large and round, each about the size of an adult's fist. When Nord picked one up, it felt rather hard, nothing like the soft bread of the modern era.

"Each unit of bread contains thirty loaves, for a total of ten crates. There are also ten Gold Thaler, equivalent to one hundred thousand Copper Be. In addition, we have fifty-eight Gold Thaler and thirteen Silver Thaler remaining from Beron City."

"One unit of bread contains thirty loaves, so we have three hundred loaves in total. Will those supplies be enough to build an estate?"

Nord had not expected one loaf of bread in the game to be a whole crate here. Ten units of bread could last for quite some time. This way, he could gradually develop the territory through quest rewards.

"Young Master, our current funds are more than enough to build an estate, but we do not have enough food. Stone and timber for construction can be quarried and harvested locally, but there are probably not many villages left. If the villagers are made to work heavily every day, what they need is not money, but food. Ten crates of bread can last at most half a month, while the estate will take at least two to three months to build."

Nord gave a bitter smile, realizing he had thought of things too simply. This was reality, not a game where facilities could be quickly built as long as there was gold. There were many things to consider in reality. Food truly might be more precious than money in an age like this.

"Then tomorrow, take some people from the village and go to the nearest Crison Fort to buy food supplies."

"Young Master, the village likely does not have many tools for building the estate either. We will need to purchase quite a few things, so we should prepare wagons in advance."

"I understand. Use our two horses, and think about what else we need to buy tomorrow."

Knowing was easy, but doing was difficult. Nord finally understood that principle. In his previous life, he had only been a university student. He understood many principles, but lacked practical experience. He suspected that tomorrow's procurement would not be simple either.

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