A deafening chime rattled the wooden window frames of the City Heaven. The noise mirrored the strike of a heavy iron bell and signaled the dawn of the twenty ninth day.
Leo sat at his heavy oak desk and watched his master ledger expand across the viewing room. The blue holographic numbers spun wildly. The divine system was processing the automated territorial taxes.
"Is that an attack warning?" Captain Alden asked. The commander burst through the heavy oak door with his hand resting on the hilt of his runic longsword.
"It is the sound of an empire securing its foundation," Leo replied calmly. He gestured for the captain to step closer to the desk. "The thirty day tutorial concludes tomorrow. The system is finalizing the monthly economic cycles."
Alden walked over and stared at the glow
