Chapter 5 The imagination of sand sculpture players
"Lord, when we went out to search for food, we found three resource points
One of them is a logging site, one is a quarry, and the other seems to be an iron mine, but we dare not get close and have not confirmed it.”
Hearing the old man's words, Richard immediately cheered up.
Resources are the core of "Age of Glory".
With resources, you can purchase troop nests, buy food, recruit troops, and upgrade your territory.
The first task now is to occupy the surrounding resource points, obtain resources, and make the territory stronger as soon as possible.
"Glory Era" is not a safe world where all races compete for hegemony. This is the main theme from now on.
Not to mention the 20 billion players, there are still powerful indigenous people in this world, and there are even countless dimensional planes outside the main plane.
Demons, angels, dragons, Titans. There are many of these legendary beings.
"Is there a map?"
He asked casually, but unexpectedly the old man actually took out a map.
Although this charcoal map looks very crude, several key points are marked.
"Ding~ You got a rough map, have you synchronized it to the system map?"
oh?
Is there this function?
Richard was overjoyed.
synchronous.
After making his choice, a system map with most of the area shrouded in fog appeared in front of him.
And the several points marked on the rough map that the old man gave him appeared intact on it.
"Very good, you did a good job."
"I don't know your name yet."
The old man said excitedly.
"Dear Lord, Karu is always at your command!"
Richard nodded. At a glance, this old man knew that he was a very prestigious talker among the hundreds of people.
Somewhat curiously, he opened the other party's properties panel.
Carew
[Level]: Level 3
[Potential]: D level
[Skill]: Internal Affairs (Level D, able to handle more efficient territorial affairs)
Management (D level, can better manage subordinates)
Persuasion (Level D, speaking can persuade others more easily)
[Racial Talent]: Can learn the knowledge of other races.
[Bond]: When responsible for internal affairs, work efficiency increases by 30%.
[Introduction]: It was once a powerful heroic unit. After getting old, its strength has deteriorated and it has lost the power of a heroic unit.
Richard realized this after seeing Kalu's introduction.
Unexpectedly, the other party was once a hero.
It’s a pity that I’m old now
But no matter how you say it, at the beginning, this can be considered a good talent.
His face became serious, and he said seriously in front of all the residents.
"Karu, in the name of the lord of Twilight City, I appoint you as the political officer of Twilight City."
"When I am away, you are responsible for managing other residents and guarding the safety of Twilight City."
Karu was stunned for a moment, then raised his head in disbelief, and his aging body seemed to be young again.
He said loudly with a trembling tone.
"Lord, thank you for your gift, I will defend your glory with my life!!"
Richard nodded.
"Let them disperse, and you can walk around the territory with me."
"As you wish."
After the crowd dispersed, Richard and Karu inspected the Twilight City under the protection of the mummy.
There are currently very few buildings in the territory, with only a few types - the lord's mansion, residential buildings, blacksmith shop, and barracks.
In addition, there are only 10 empty spaces left.
Open space is the basis for building new buildings in the territory. Without open space, new buildings cannot be built. The area of each grid is 10 meters * 10 meters.
Depending on the building, the amount of open space occupied varies.
Lord's mansion (30 spaces), residence (1 space), blacksmith shop (4 spaces), barracks (20 spaces).
When constructing a building, it must occupy a specified number of spaces.
Because subsequent upgrades will expand outwards.
If the open space does not meet the requirements, subsequent buildings cannot be upgraded.
This is detailed in the public information of "Glory Era".
The number of spaces in the territory will increase as the territory level increases.
You can also use treasures to expand the area of your territory and increase the number of spaces.
In the center of Twilight City is the lord's mansion. After exiting the gate, to the west are 10 residential buildings.
To the east is the blacksmith shop →, and behind the lord's mansion is the barracks ↓.
The 10 open spaces are located in the blacksmith shop area.
When Richard came to the blacksmith shop with the door open, he found that it was full of dust and had not been used for a long time.
Blacksmith shop (occupies 4 spaces)
[Level]: Elementary (upgrade requires 1000 units of iron ore, 1000 units of wood, 1000 units of stone)
[Features]: Forging efficiency increased by 10%
[Capacity]: Minimum 2 people, maximum 10 people
[Introduction]: An ordinary blacksmith shop, where you can forge farm tools or low-level weapons.
The upgrade requirements of the blacksmith shop are obviously higher than those of residential buildings, and they also come with special attributes.
"At least two people, it should be at least two people to make the blacksmith shop run."
Richard became a little curious and looked at the properties of the lord's mansion and barracks.
Lord's Mansion (30 spaces)
[Level]: Elementary (upgrading requires 2000 units each of gold coins, stone, wood, and iron ore)
[Features]: Efficiency (efficiency increased by 10% when working in the mansion), physical recovery (physical recovery speed increased by 20%)
【Capacity】: 30 people
[Introduction]: The core building of the territory has special powers.
Richard was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the lord's mansion had two features, and both of them were very practical.
He looked towards the barracks with some expectation.
Barracks (20 spaces)
[Level]: Elementary (upgrading requires 1500 units of gold coins, stone, wood, and iron ore)
[Characteristics]: Training (units trained here have a very small chance of learning F-level skills)
Strengthen your body (increase exercise effect by 10%, can slightly improve physical fitness)
【Capacity】: 100 people
[Introduction]: Ordinary barracks.
Yes, in addition to residential buildings, other buildings have corresponding characteristics.
However, these buildings have a lot of resources to upgrade.
After recruiting 14 mummies, the resources in his hands were reduced from four thousand to more than two thousand.
I'm afraid I won't be able to upgrade in a short time.
"Karu, go immediately and select the blacksmiths, tailors and other talented people among the residents. I will be of great use."
"When new residents join in the future, similar statistics must be prepared. You are fully responsible for this matter."
Karu, who was following behind, immediately nodded respectfully.
"As you wish, Lord"
After a few more explanations, Richard asked Karu to leave.
He thought for a while and opened the forum again.
I don’t know what other people’s progress is for this hour.
The moment he entered the chat channel, he seemed to have returned to modern times.
All the comments are made by sand sculpture players.
"Damn it, there are three hundred refugees coming from outside my territory!! Mad, all of them are like beggars. They insist on taking refuge in me. How can I give them food? I can't even feed them!"
"Hahaha, I recruited a hero from the residents! She is also a cute girl, so cool!! I will definitely research stockings in the future and cultivate an army of cute girls with stockings and high heels!"
"How do I get food? My territory is almost out of food and can only last for two days. Is it too late to go farming now?"
"Everyone, please don't leave the territory!! I'm also out of date. The territory has a one-month protection period. If you leave the territory, the protection period will be reduced to seven days! Mad, this garbage game is ruining my life! ”
"I don't believe that the official will ignore us! Anyway, there is a protection period, and I won't be able to leave this month if I'm beaten to death!!"
"I'm going to vomit. The monsters outside are so powerful! My 10 human swordsmen were wiped out by a fucking ogre. It's really a waste! I have all my resources to buy food, and I have nothing to recruit new ones. What should we do now?”
"Why are orcs so good at eating? All the food in my warehouse was wiped out in one meal. Mother, where can I get so much food to feed them!!"
"Gah ga ga, it's still great to be undead. You don't need to think about food at all, but just looking at the bones and dregs all the time is a bit annoying, and you can't raise a maid. It's bad luck."
"Hey hey hey, there are so many elf brothers, I'm going to die~Ahhhh, I won't go back even if you beat me to death! This queen wants to bring all the elf brothers into the harem! I want to sleep ten of them a day!!"
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Many lord players on the forum have come out of their initial confusion and started discussing how to develop their territory.
There are some big-hearted people who are already preparing to raise a harem
But they also encountered various problems.
The most common complaints were lack of food and unsafe conditions outside the territory.
After watching it for about ten minutes, Richard had an idea.
It seems that food issues are a common problem and not unique to him.
The protection time provided by the system that many people mentioned also made him think deeply.
There is a one-month safety period if you don't step out of the territory, and this safety period will drop to 7 days if you step out of the territory. Is the same true for his territory?
If everyone is the same, then the choice given by the system may become a watershed
(End of chapter)