章節 2: Leading In Base Points, Cicely The Elven Empress!
編輯: Atlas Studios
Although the Elven Empress he had recruited wasn't an Adult or Perfect Form like what he had hoped for, Gale was still fairly satisfied.
After all, he was the only one who could recruit a battle unit like the Elven Empress that was not only already God Tier as an Adult, but was also a unique battle unit.
A unique battle unit's Loyalty Meter was locked and would never drop!
He didn't need to worry about battle units' Loyalty Meters dropping because of injuries, bad conditions, and other negative circumstances, ultimately leading to even backlash.
At the same time, he could also recruit other kinds of powerful battle units. He wasn't limited to just one starter battle unit.
One could say that his base points had already surpassed everyone else's because he had the Random Battle Unit Pool.
Gale shifted his attention away from the Elven Empress and looked at the virtual menu in front of him.
There were various function bars on the menu.
Including [World Chat], [Trading Channel], [Personal Panel], [Friend], [Inventory], etc.
"Speaking of which, I wonder what kind of battle units other people have. Is there more information about this world…?"
He wanted to quickly get an idea of how dangerous this world was, so that he could establish an action plan for the Elven Empress after she left the light screen.
Gale opened [World Chat] first.
The [World Chat] could be said to be very lively at the moment.
Large amounts of chat messages flicked by at high speed.
Everyone was only allowed to say one sentence a day in [World Chat]. The huge amount of chat messages were enough to show just how many people were gathered here.
Among them, the one that caught people's eyes the most was located at the top: [World Announcement]!
[World Announcement: Billions of people from Blue Star, welcome to the Endless Land where you become a Castle Lord and participate in the race for supremacy!]
Gale glanced over the announcement and looked at the chat messages.
[What exactly is happening? Somebody, please tell me!]
[What's there to say? Didn't they already tell you everything when you became a Castle Lord and in the announcement?]
[I've become a Castle Lord? It seems that I can start my road to supremacy now!]
[The one above used to suffer from grandiose delusions. Appraisal complete.]
[…]
Some people were sending useless messages.
But soon, Gale found useful information.
[There's only a seven-day protection period for newbies, and we'll have to face our first trial once it ends. Does anyone know what the trial is?]
[The trial or whatever is not what we should be thinking about first. What we should be thinking about now is how we can improve our strength, right?]
[Great! The starter battle unit I recruited is a Pegasus, a flying battle unit. Its Perfect Form can reach Tier 8.]
[The one above is really showing off. My starter battle unit turned out to be crap like the Goblin. On top of that, its highest upper limit is only Tier 4!]
[There's no hope for the one above. You can just wait for death. By the way, my starter battle unit is Mountain Rock Bear. Its Perfect Form can reach Tier 7!]
"The Goblin recruited by that Castle Lord has an upper limit of Tier 4 while my Elven Empress already has Tier 4 strength when she's just an Infant…
"As expected, I was lucky."
Gale was glad that he wasn't like that castle lord whose starter battle unit was a Goblin. With a battle unit like that, the Castle Lord was doomed to mediocrity.
In fact, who knew whether or not they could even survive in that mysterious trial seven days later?
[Attention! Attention! Everyone, you must be careful of the monsters outside the castle!]
[I agree! When I got my Tier 1 Flame Dog to go out and gather some wood, it had only gone a few meters outside of the protected castle area when it was attacked and killed by a Tier 1 monster in the forest!]
[What the f*ck! My Wind Speed Wolf was torn apart by a Flaming Lion in one slash. My heart is bleeding!]
[There's a colony of vampire bats lying dormant near my castle. Is there any kind soul who can help?]
[No. Next!]
[A giant crocodile in the lake near the castle has set its sights on me, and our eyes even met just now! I'm scared, Mom!]
[I'm so f*cked! Aren't the monsters outside too strong? My Flame Gorilla can reach Tier 7 in its Perfect Form, you know! But he fled back covered in wounds only one minute after going out. Moreover, its Loyalty Meter is dropping madly… Can I even continue to play this?!]
[…]
After reading for a while, Gale summed up a lot of the information. At the same time, he also became more vigilant of the deep, dark forest outside.
From the conversations, one could see that the monsters in the wild were very powerful. In fact, they could crush some of the starter battle units even at the same tier.
"The world outside is very dangerous. I may be attacked any time.
"It's still unknown what the first trial is. I need to improve the castle's strength as soon as possible!
"Open the personal panel!" Gail said silently in his heart.
[Personal Panel: Gale]
[Race: Human]
[Identity: Castle Lord]
[Strength: Tier 0]
[Castle Level: Elementary Castle]
[Military Barracks: Random Battle Unit Pool (Unique)]
[Recruited battle unit(s): Elven Empress (unique battle unit)]
[Inventory: None]
Gale wasn't surprised even after seeing his own panel. Based on how he felt about himself, he knew it was impossible that he would be of a high level.
Even so, Tier 0 was still rather low, though.
"The Random Battle Unit Pool can be said to be very important in order to improve my strength.
"And to upgrade the Random Battle Unit Pool, I'll need Origin Edges and Origin Crystals. At the same time, if I don't eat, my condition will also worsen…
"Origin Edges can be obtained by killing wild monsters, magic beasts, enemy battle units, etc.
"Origin Edges can be obtained by capturing enemy castles.
"There is a certain chance of obtaining Origin Crystals when you kill powerful monsters."
Enemy forces weren't involved yet. Thus, this method of obtaining Origin Edges wasn't part of Gale's considerations for the time being.
After thinking about it for a while, he expelled a long breath. "As expected, whether it's for the collection of materials, the demand for food, or the conditions for upgrading the military barracks, I need to leave the protection of the light screen and go outside.
"At present, I can only depend on my battle unit."
Leaving the protection of the light screen meant that he would be in a position where he might be attacked. At a strength level of Tier 0, Gale wasn't going to personally go out himself.
Everyone was afraid of death, and he was no exception.
"You don't have a name yet?" Gale asked, looking at the Elven Empress, who looked like a young girl, in front of him.
"Yes, Master."
"In that case, your name shall be Cicely."
"Thank you, Master." Cicely smiled with satisfaction and joy.
Her full Loyalty Meter made Gale the only person reflected in the Elven Empress' eyes and heart.
"Now, go to the forest and destroy the enemy."
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