The Legend of William Oh - Epilogue

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Dear Honored Lord Ghoul,Circumstances have prevented me from passing back through and giving my thanks personally for all the help you have given me, and so I thought I would make this the first letter I send as a Lord.That’s right, Lord William Oh, master of a burned down Stronghold, a poisoned well, salted fields, and about twenty-two hundred starving civilians who were bussed up. The Paladin kept the Key Sites meticulously clear, so it’ll be weeks, maybe even months before monsters move in and The Tower makes a Key Site clearing quest.…That bastard.I know that as a Lord, I can request Doors now, but the cost is outrageous, and I certainly couldn’t send everyone back down a Floor with one Door.…I also know that I could send you a letter through The System, but like I said, XP is tight. I’m saving up to pay off the bounty and remove the restriction on travel.I’ve just enough to send Mason down to buy up all the meat in the 9th Floor. Once our logistician gets up here, he’ll be spending more time preserving monster meat than actual recordkeeping.I see the plan now. These people are quick-drying concrete. Right now, they’re displaced, with nowhere to go, refugees in a liquid form, ready to go wherever they must to survive. But if I help them survive, they will build houses, families, farms, businesses. They will harden and set in place around me. By the time a Door or Key Site becomes available, they may no longer wish to leave.I know the intent is to bind me to these people through habit, shared struggles and a Lord’s Obligation, but I see this an opportunity to catch my breath. There are certain things I need to study before I head deeper into the Tower.…That brings me to the actual purpose of this letter, even though in retrospect, (...)