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"How many did you say?" in his tent, the Chieftain was listening to the reports of all his advisors. Right now, he was listening to his military advisor who was responsible for planning and executing orders.

In a village such as this one that had a large population and not an overabundance of resources, it was difficult for a single leader to oversee every single area of operations. Therefore, the Chieftain could only rely on these advisors to handle the execution of his orders and plans for the village moving forward in a day to day manner.

"Chieftain, almost all of our warriors in the past three months have been able to at least grasp some of the basic abilities within the books that Leo individual donated to our village. Not only that, but the librarian claims that over one hundred volumes have also been created." The military advisor told the Chieftain.

"I believe that if we give it another year or so, we could easily overpower those bandits that are hiding in the mountains just with our raw strength alone. However, we would still be risking quite a handful of casualties if we choose to attack them any time soon." The military advisor said as he bowed towards the Chieftain before sitting down.

"I understand that you all may be wondering why I am trying to press the matter of handling the bandits in the mountains when we only just began to build up our military strength to a new level." Eyeing everyone in the tent, the Chieftain felt that something was in the air and he needed to explain to his reasoning to his advisors, so that they could continue to serve him without worrying about any of the negative results.

"The main reason that those bandits have existed for this long, is because they feel that our village could offer them nothing more than additional resources. If this was three months ago, it may have been the case to a degree. But we now have even our average warriors growing at such a pace."

"If we can overpower them with just using a handful of our warriors with me leading, it may be possible to absorb the bandits into our ranks and with the population increase alone, we would be able to successfully overtake the Spider Queen next."

"The end goal has and always will be to become a city level existence of our own on equal grounds with the other one in our region. Like everything else we face today, every problem has a solution and in order to reach one goal, we must finish several before it. Remember this, I will bring our village into a new age whether I need to shoulder it all myself, or with you all lending a hand."

As he said this, the Chieftain chose to slowly stand up and walk away from the table where the rest of his advisors sat. After making such a full-hearted statement, the advisors all looked on curious about what he was planning, but they all felt even more determined to make the Chieftain's dreams come true in this moment.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the tent changed as the Chieftain lifted both of his hands, stretched out on his sides as his lightning element started to release from within his body. Once he did this, all his advisors froze as the tent was in complete silence except for the sparkling noise of the Chieftain's aura.

They were all shocked currently, as the Chieftain was clearly releasing the power of an Executive level warrior. Trapped at the same power level for so long, it seemed as if the Chieftain would never make the final step into the Executive level. This has of course changed completely once Leo arrived with several lightning element skill and technique books.

Using the books that Leo brought to understand how to use his lightning element and how to control it, the Chieftain was able to easily make the final step and was now looking like an even more determined and heroic leader of the village. Though they were unsure whether the leader of the bandits had also stepped into the Executive level of power, the advisors were still excited for the future.

"In two months, I will take the strongest warriors in the village with me and we will strike at the bandit camp with our full force. Do not spread word that I have reached the first step of the Executive level to the rest of the village, but make sure that the warriors are prepared to end this war. The last Chieftain was unable to finish the bandits off, but I will!

Sitting back down, the Chieftain continued to ask for each advisor's reports concerning different matters concerning the village. Each advisor reported many different types of growth in each aspect of the overall state of the village.

Though he was still treated like an outsider by many of the villagers, mainly just because he did not grow up within the village, Leo was able to help the village advance to a more modern level. Combining water and a special type of dirt, Leo showed the villagers how to create clay and to use it to build more sturdy homes and buildings.

Leo then proceeded to help with creating small inventions to help day to day tasks of the villagers. Slowly but surely, Leo was aiding the village in expanding their horizons in many different aspects. With his contributions, the village seemed to now be entering a golden age. And this meant that those who were not convinced by his earlier donation, were now having their minds changed.