Rebuilding Golden City proved easier than expected.
Under Lusek's command, not only the former slaves but also Golden City's original residents and the prisoners joined the reconstruction work.
The slaves and original residents volunteered after being promised the status of free citizens.
The prisoners, made up of bandits, brigands, smugglers, and slave traders, chose to submit at swordpoint.
Burning Dawn's elite cavalry might have been few in number.
But inside the palace deep within Golden City stood someone who inspired fear so profound it became despair.
One man against ten thousand.
One man against an entire city.
A figure straight out of epics and legends was right there.
Even the most devious among them dared not make a rash move.
As a result, the repairs to Golden City progressed rapidly.
After just a few hours, their efforts had already begun to show results.
The largest undertaking was the city wall and arrow towers that Qin Ran had demolished with Flame Impact.
They first filled the breaches in the wall with large chunks of rubble and earth. The remaining work, including rebuilding the arrow towers, required the help of craftsmen.
There was no way to finish it in such a short time.
So the repair crews turned their attention to the interior of Golden City.
There were not too many places inside Golden City that needed repairs, but there were certainly not too few either.
Soon, the repair crews broke into smaller groups and got back to work.
Standing atop the city wall, Lusek inspected the repaired section.
After these simple repairs, Golden City still fell somewhat short of being an impregnable fortress, but it could withstand a certain degree of attack without any trouble.
Yet this did nothing to ease Lusek's mind.
As he stood on the wall watching the