After finishing his daily swordsmanship training, the vampire lord returned to his office as usual to review the territory report compiled and submitted by Mirian, the governor.
At this stage, Transia's focus was shifting from driving out enemies to stabilizing and developing the territory. The construction of residential areas and communal farms was especially important, and Knight Palien had set off for Batasin City once again.
She would receive the 6,000 armed blood thrall prisoners soon to "arrive" there, while Maxim had also been sent to keep things under control.
The governing structure of the Earl of Xico's lands had yet to be established. Even with the support of the young Earl of Xuelun and the winged cavalry, Murphy still didn't have enough people under his command to get the job done in the short term.
So Murphy planned to select a few Witch Hunters with management experience and send them to Xico to help him gather personnel. They would serve as a "stopgap" until his administrative players had grown into their roles.
The first armory, which was soon to be built in the Andmar Hills, also needed careful attention. However, Murphy had already decided to make the area a "base" for a player territory. All he needed to do for now was keep a close enough eye on things to determine which player faction was capable of independently building and managing a territory.
Now that the story had reached this stage, he could no longer treat the little players as individuals. Their numbers were growing so quickly that Murphy was certain that, sooner or later, he would have to consider player affairs in terms of "guilds" as the basic unit.
That meant different organizations and factions would emerge among the players, which was no bad thing for either them