vrcanaries Chapter 27: Advancement of Nobility and the Fountain of Life
Chapter 27: Advancement of Nobility and the Fountain of Life
After Lin Chuan returned to his territory.
Only when counting the loot did I see this orange jewelry piece.
【Name】：Knight's Bracelet
[Quality]: Orange
[Enhancement Level]: +1
[Attribute]: Stamina +500
[Skills]: Riding skill +80, Knight's sword skill +50, Knight's lance skill +60
[Note]: Rare orange equipment. Wearing it will automatically grant you riding skills, knight sword skills, and knight lance skills.
nice one.
Especially after Lin Chuan witnessed the costs of upgrading riding skills.
This made him realize that heroes' skills don't need to be upgraded; they only need to keep fighting to increase their skill proficiency.
However, for some skills that haven't been mastered, the cost of proficiency is truly high.
Even millions of gold coins can lead to bankruptcy due to these skill upgrades.
With this equipment, everything will be completely different.
What was originally a sword and shield infantry hero unit can now become a skilled knight.
That's right, we're talking about Arthur.
Lin Chuan gave the knight's bracelet to Arthur.
"Your Mightiness."
"This equipment is too precious."
Lin Chuan also knew that it was worth two million on the market.
But Arthur's value is far greater than two million.
At Lin Chuan's request, Arthur equipped himself with the bracelet.
Lin Chuan then went to the market and spent 50 gold coins to buy a batch of high-quality warhorses.
Arthur also progressed from a pure infantry commander to a mounted commander.
However, he was not good at commanding cavalry.
Lin Chuan took out the summoning token he had obtained from the mission.
"Ding-dong."
"You have acquired the new unit Daenerys."
Name: Daenerys
[Level]: LV1 (0/100)
[Stamina]: 100
[Energy]: Not activated
[Talent]: Advanced Riding Skill Mastery
[Skills]: None
[Equipment]: None
[Note]: A girl from the grasslands, she has mastered advanced horsemanship and is very good at driving horses. She also seems to be able to communicate with other creatures, and perhaps she will be able to control other creatures in the future.
"A cavalry hero unit has appeared."
"But this name sounds similar to the female lead in Game of Thrones."
"They all come from the grasslands, so could they possibly ride dragons in the future?"
Lin Chuan had a vague feeling that it was possible.
Upgrade the level of the new unit.
"Ding dong, Daenerys' level has increased to LV10."
"Daenerys has completed her first awakening."
After the upgrade, Daenerys gained new skills, the core of which is the aura skill Inspire Aura.
[Inspiring Aura]: Passive effect: grants a movement speed bonus to units within range. Active effect: increases the charge speed of all soldiers by three times.
Pure cavalry-type aura skills.
In addition, Daenerys' other minor skills are also cavalry-related, such as Double Slash and Charge Slash.
Daenerys can train 100 steppe scimitar archers as her guards.
One is worth 500 gold coins.
The price is acceptable.
Compared to those trained in military camps, the guard units that these heroes bring with them offer the best value for money.
Lin Chuan invested 50 gold coins and received 100 cavalrymen with curved swords and short bows.
At the same time, Lin Chuan received a notification.
"Ding-dong."
"Legion combat power exceeds 1000, reward: Achievement Chest *1"
The previous achievement chest was not opened either.
Both are activated simultaneously.
"Ding-dong."
"Open Achievement Chests *2"
"Received a reward of 1 Advanced Residential Building Blueprint".
"Obtained 1 Granite City Wall Blueprint".
Advanced architectural blueprints.
A single high-class residence can accommodate 500 people.
There are currently four residential buildings in the Linchuan territory. After the upgrade, the population of the residential buildings alone will reach 2500.
Including the town center, the population is already several times that of an ordinary lord.
"upgrade."
A high-class residence is worth 10 gold coins, and there are plenty of other resources.
The resources in Lin Chuan's warehouse are only enough to upgrade these few high-class residences.
And then came the granite city walls.
Calculated based on the current city walls of the territory.
Upgrading everything will cost a million gold coins.
"That's really expensive."
"If it weren't for the fact that we can harvest gold coins from the secret realm."
"I'm afraid even if the lord has these blueprints, he won't have enough resources to upgrade."
Having just returned from the secret realm, Lin Chuan's equipment alone was worth over three million gold coins, not even counting other items.
After selling these items, I had enough gold coins to upgrade, and then spent a lot of gold coins to buy more resources.
"Ding-dong."
"Upgrades to the granite city walls have begun."
Compared to the previous stone city walls.
The granite walls are more durable and reach a height of 10 meters. In addition to arrow towers, there are also defensive facilities such as hidden troop tunnels on the walls.
Its defensive capabilities have increased significantly.
Lin Chuan then opened the title item (Knight's Sword Oath) and chose to use it.
"Ding-dong."
"Awarded the title of Knight Lord".
"Family Reputation +1000".
"The territory's well water gains the Light of Life buff, and the Sweetwater Well evolves into the Fountain of Life."
Once the title of lord is acquired.
The biggest change is in territory, where you can gain a buff.
Lin Chuan had previously thought it was a halo-type item.
I only realized now that it was an upgrade for a building to achieve a special effect.
"Sweetwater Well".
"I didn't expect it to be this building."
【Fountain of Life】: The spring water produced has a powerful healing effect, producing 50 portions of high-grade healing spring water, 100 portions of medium-grade healing spring water, and 1000 portions of low-grade healing spring water per day.
Different grades of healing spring water have different therapeutic effects.
The higher level can instantly restore injuries and physical strength, and restore a small amount of magic power.
It can restore injuries and stamina within ten seconds, but cannot restore magic power.
The basic version heals injuries within thirty seconds, but does not restore stamina.
"Higher and middle grades are for personal use."
"The low-end ones are put up for sale in the market."
Lords are now exploring secret realms at an increasingly faster pace.
However, there are not many tools available for treating injuries.
Low-grade healing spring water is bound to be a best-selling product.
"Leah."
"Yes, Your Excellency."
"Pack up the inferior healing spring water and hang it in the market for sale."
"Only trade magic cores."
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Lin Chuan then checked the nobility and reputation.
"Your initial reputation is 1000. You can gain reputation by attacking monster lairs in the wild, and you can also gain reputation by killing other civilization lords."
"And reputation is a prerequisite for upgrading titles and expanding territory."
Starting from LV7, if a lord wants to continue upgrading their territory, a prerequisite reputation condition must be met.
To expand and occupy territory, one must first achieve the corresponding level of prestige.
Correspondingly, a certain level of prestige is required for a title to be promoted.
From these conditions, Lin Chuan keenly realized that after a lord reaches LV7, he would likely have to face lords from other civilizations.
"The real danger is coming."
After a slight chill, I selected the town center and leveled up to LV7.
"Ding-dong."
"Territory level upgraded to LV7, unlocking intermediate barracks, intermediate arrow towers, and market buildings."
The first two are upgrades to the original buildings.
It can be upgraded to a mid-level militia camp or a mid-level longbow camp, producing soldiers with stronger combat capabilities.
At the same time, its production and consumption are not high, making it a very good cannon fodder unit.
Lin Chuan has leveled up.
The intermediate arrow tower is an upgrade from the original tower base to an intermediate megalithic arrow tower. It fires stones at short range, deals high damage, but has a slow rate of fire.
Lin Chuan felt it wasn't cost-effective.
However, this arrow tower can be upgraded into a mobile catapult, making it an essential building for siege warfare in the wild.
This creates a need for construction.
"With catapults, we have a powerful weapon for sieges."
Lin Chuan built ten backups.
Waiting for Raya to return, they found the monster's lair on the new map, and the next round of war was about to begin.
The final market building, once completed, will produce merchants and caravans for trade with other lords.
These merchants will automatically generate revenue for the territory.
Of course, there is also the risk of being attacked in the wild.
Normally, fixed trade routes are set up.
At present, Lin Chuan believes that businessmen are not very useful.
He was interested in the horse-drawn carriages in the market building.
"This is a valuable item; it can be brought into the secret realm."
"The cargo space of a horse-drawn carriage is ten times that of a person."
Next time we enter the secret realm, we'll bring more carriages and scavenge all the resources in the entire realm.
This is the reason why Linchuan is building the market.
"Ding-dong."
"Start training 10 market freight wagons."
Ten cars, please.
Next, upgrade all the buildings in your territory to LV7.
After upgrading and training.
The resources in Linchuan's warehouse were completely emptied.
"The wishing tower is still accepting requests for today."
"Do you want it or not?"
"never mind."
"The opportunity to make a wishing tower should not be wasted on such ordinary resources."
The primary healing spring water has already been listed on the market.
A large amount of gold coins will be sent back soon.
The funding shortage will be alleviated soon.
Let's first look at the requirements for upgrading from LV7 to LV8.
For a lord, the higher the territory level, the stronger he/she becomes.
In terms of population alone, higher-level territories can easily overwhelm lower-level ones.
Therefore, the level of town center is fundamental.
[Condition 1]: Reputation reaches 2000
[Condition Two]: Defeat a foreign lord within the secret realm.
【Condition 3】: Conquer a monster's lair with a population of 1000 or more.
"It's quite difficult."
Conditions one and three are easy to explain.
Only the second one.
Within the Snow Wolf Secret Realm, you will only encounter lords of other civilizations when you enter the Hard difficulty level of the secret realm.
Lin Chuan's current strength is decent, but he is still somewhat hesitant to enter the difficult secret realm.
"Complete the first two first."
Just then, the howling of wolves came from outside.
The soldiers guarding the gate ran over.
"Your Mightiness."
"Lord Rhea has returned."
"Their condition... seems a bit off."