Frostbound

Time was a funny thing. It could, at certain points, feel like it moved at a snail's pace, like how the three months of the tutorial had felt like 3 years. Or, at other times, fly by faster than you thought possible.

With the bare necessities taken care of and our pylon placed, there wasn't much we needed to do with great urgency. We were where we were supposed to be, our travel was over.

What came now was the hard part.

The construction effort wasn't a speedy process by any means, and I wanted to make sure it was done right. No corners would be cut and everything would be done to the utmost perfection.

One thing I refused to do was conjure the walls from the ground like I had seen Tracy doing. Buildings made that way weren't as strong as ones made of natural stone and I didn't come all the way North with dreams of a Castle to create something not as strong as it could be.

Using that method also wouldn't take Runes or Formations as well, making them significantly weaker to attack. Also something I refused to let happen.

Instead, I had all Earth affinities who were willing to do so out searching for a good quarry site. It wasn't hard to find decent stone but I wanted the best.

As we grew in strength and received better skills or better techniques, our current methods would be obsolete but that wasn't an excuse to not build something to the best of your ability now.

It would be years before people reached D-rank and while it would be a hassle to redo everything, I was willing to do it.

An attack wouldn't come with a warning that would give us time to change it.

Either due to luck or general availability, a massive vein of Granite was found which was perfect for our tasks. It was the hardest stone in the world and would make for perfect fortifications.

It also took strengthening enchantments well which made future Formations that much better.