Chapter 189: Chapter 168: Exceptional Harvest
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
[Yellow Sand Mage Tower Building Blueprints — Rare]
[Level: 4-stars]
[Characteristics: A strapping mage tower can be built. Hero spells and skills can be upgraded in the mage tower. Magic attacks can be reinforced, and restrictions — can only be built in the desert.]
Gold points required for exchange: 200 points
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[Magic Garden: Rare]
[Level: 4-stars]
[Characteristics: A garden with strapping magic power can be built. Magic plants can be cultivated here.]
[Gold points required for exchange: 100 points]
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[Magic Fountain: Rare]
[Level: 4-stars]
[Characteristics: A fountain with mighty magic power can be built. It can live in the surroundings for a long time. The maximum amount of magic power can be permanently increased. The probability of the birth of a mage hero can be increased.]
[Gold points required for exchange: 100]
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Richard heaved a sigh of relief after he chose three blueprints in the gold points store.
The prices of things related to magic were all extremely high.
If he used the gold points he obtained to exchange, he wouldn’t even be able to exchange for the Yellow Sand Mage Tower. It would cost 200 points.
After he obtained the item, he immediately felt at ease.
The things he obtained after exchanging them for free felt different.
There was still one last chance to exchange for it. After he had chosen for a long time, he traded for another piece of blueprint — transportation machinery manufacturing workshop — rare.
[Level: 4-stars]
[Characteristics: Can be developed here, producing transportation machinery that is suitable for all types of terrain.]
[Gold points required for exchange: 200 points]
[What is the biggest obstacle in the desert — the harsh environment.]
The negative impact of the environment is all-sided, and the most intuitive one is traffic.
To be rich, first, build a road. It is the eternal truth.
It will undoubtedly ma.s.sively reduce the environmental impact if one has the corresponding special means of transport.
And the future of Twilight City can not be limited to a corner of the land.
It was inevitable he would have to conduct business with the outside world.
At this time, transportation was crucial.
There was one more thing he was enormously concerned about — the sandworm.
If he could create a colossal transportation tool suitable for pulling sandworms, wouldn’t it be a desert train or a desert cargo ship?
Even in the future, when he went out to battle, he could use transportation tools to pull them along, unlike now, where he could only walk on his feet.
Although the dark gargoyles were flying troops, they were unfit for troop transportation. A five-meter-tall heavy sword warrior was enough to make them helpless…
After Richard pocketed the blueprint happily, he used up four free exchange opportunities.
Without hesitation, he exchanged the last 21 gold points for a 3-stars treasure — the secret message crystal.
The secret message crystal was divided into 10 sub-crystals and one main crystal. The main crystal could connect to all the other sub-crystals. And could transmit messages to each other within 50 kilometers.
Wasn’t this the fantasy version of the walkie-talkie?
The transmission of information was simply a divine artifact. He directly spent 20 points to buy it.
As for the last gold point, he exchanged it for 100 units of rare resource — sulfur.
At this time, he had exchanged all the points.
Richard began to calculate.
He traded ordinary points for ten elite-level undead troop lairs.
Five rare-level yellow sand mage troop lairs.
A 3-stars broken steel longsword with instant death.
Three-stars building blueprints with magic damage — Hurricane Arrow Tower
Two 3-stars resource treasures, 100 acres of Russian olive seed forest, 100 acres of sand barley, plus more than 1,600 rare resources sulfur, and a small number of ordinary resources.
He exchanged gold points for three hero’s certificates, which could directly convert non-hero units into B-rank heroes.
In addition, there were three 4-stars building blueprints for Mage Towers — Yellow Sand Mage Tower, Magic Garden, and Magic Fountain.
There were also 4-stars blueprints for transportation — Transportation Machinery Manufacturing Workshop.
Finally, there was a 3-stars communication treasure — secret message crystal.
After calculating, Richard felt that he had gained too much this time.
But it didn’t matter. Richard could still withstand this kind of pressure.
It would be fine even if he had more.
But the only thing that troubled him was…
“How many resources did it take to build these buildings?”
He didn’t feel it when he exchanged them, but now that he calculated, he was instantly speechless.
d.a.m.n it, even after Twilight City was emptied, he still wasn’t able to build all these building blueprints.
For example, three magic building blueprints required an utterly large amount of rare resources.
He was currently strappingly poor and couldn’t afford this kind of consumption.
However, as long as the resources were in place, he could start construction. There was no such thing as wasting them.
These treasures tremendously increased the foundation of Twilight City, and their value was immeasurable.
In the past, it was already considered a b.u.mper harvest to be able to obtain one. But now, increasing piles of them were placed in front.
That feeling was too superb.
At this moment, he was in pain and happy.
He looked to the side and waved his hand.
“Gray, go and call Karu over.”
“Yes, Lord.”
After Gray left, Richard stretched his back, walked out of the hall in a good mood, and came to the front yard.
After he took out the military tag from the system s.p.a.ce, he released all the troops.
The residents on the street smiled in surprise when they saw the troops that had left for a month walk out of the Lord’s Mansion in batches.
“The Lord is back!”
The news quickly spread throughout the territory.
The heavy atmosphere in the air swept away, and everyone’s eyes became bright.
After the people’s morale reached 90 points, Richard’s reputation in the territory was beyond the imagination of the other lords.
At this moment, the system notification sounded, which made good mood Richard, a little surprised.
[Ding~ The dungeon has completely ended. The protective shield has been shattered.”
[Ding~ The Lords have pa.s.sed the novice stage. The rules of the [Trading Market] have been adjusted. Each transaction requires a 30% handling fee. Please, be aware, Lords.]
[Ding~ The world is completely open. Territories may encounter all kinds of dangers at any time. Please make preparations in advance.]
Richard raised his eyebrows.
[In the future, there will be a 30% handling fee in the [Trading Market?]
He immediately felt the meaning behind this.
In the future, there would be increasingly fewer and fewer transactions of cheap items through the [Trading Market] on a large scale.
A 30% high processing fee was enough to dissuade many people.
“Perhaps, in the future, a trading mode like the Phoenix-Tail Flower Chamber of Commerce that uses caravans to transport goods might become the mainstream for players.”
In the [Trading Market] increasing high-level rare items might be traded.
When Richard thought of this, he gradually had an idea.
It seemed the transportation machinery manufacturing workshop he chose would be of great use.
Some sandworms were more than a hundred meters long when they reached adulthood. These were the main forces of the future.
“Lord Richard!!”
A surprised voice interrupted his thoughts.
He looked at the person who came and immediately smiled.
“Karu.”
The old white-haired man looked excited, and delight filled his eyes.
After he saw him, his whole face was flushed, as if he was a dozen years younger.
As the magistrate of Twilight City, Richard was not in the territory, so he naturally had to be responsible for all the territory affairs.
However, in the situation where Twilight City did not have enough troops to guard it, the pressure he was under was indescribable.
When Richard returned, the ma.s.sive rock in his heart finally fell to the ground.
After he exchanged pleasantries with this excited old white-haired man for a few minutes, he began to change the topic.
“How’s the development of Twilight City in the past month? Give a detailed report.”
“Yes, Lord!”
When Karu got down to business, his expression became serious.
“The first thing is the population.
“Half a month ago, we found a group of residents separated by the storm in the desert. After we gathered them, the population had already exceeded 1,500 people.
“For this, we built another 20 low-level residential houses. We still need you to upgrade them…
“The second point is in agriculture.
“At the beginning of the month, the Russian olive seed forest had a b.u.mper harvest. We obtained a total of 80,000 units of Russian olives.
“By the end of the month, 100 acres of Russian olive seed forest had matured. The output per acre had reached 1,000 units, and we harvested 100,000 units of Russian olives.
“These two items will enormously alleviate the problem of food shortage.
“Third, at present, the desert crown bees have all gathered in seven nests. We have harvested honey four times this month and obtained 200 units of high-grade honey.”
The more he talked about it, the more excited Karu became. These were the foundations of Twilight City in this desert.
“Fourth, the fire dragon rabbit’s cubs have already entered adulthood. Last week, they started the first round of hair replacement. We harvested a large batch of rabbit hair, and we made velvet.
“After the hair replacement, the fire dragon rabbit has started breeding again. According to the reports of the desert gnomes, all the female rabbits have already had their fetuses.
“It is estimated they could give birth by the end of next month. By then, the number of fire dragon rabbits will show explosive growth. For this, the desert gnomes are already building a second breeding base.
“As for the military, two weeks ago, more than ten bipedal wyverns launched an attack on us. Fortunately, the enemies could not destroy the protective shield outside the territory. Otherwise, we would have suffered heavy losses.
“But after those bipedal wyverns failed, they shifted their target to the jujube forest…”
There was a hint of anger in Karu’s eyes.
“Fortunately, Veteran Xina risked her life to fight.
“When the enemy swooped down to attack, wyverns jumped onto her. Ignoring its safety, it used the wyverns to kill several enemies and forced the other wyverns to retreat.
“Veteran Xena was also severely injured. She lay in bed for half a month before she recovered.
“In this battle, we lost five acres of Rusian olive forest.
“Lord Richard, Veteran Xina said those wyverns might have come from the underground world, just like Gray said.”
Richard’s face turned cold.
Xina was seriously injured, and they destroyed five acres of Russian olive forest.
He was a little scared. Fortunately, Xina could not go into the dungeon. Otherwise, the opponents could have destroyed the entire agricultural area.
Were these wyverns looking for death?