813 Chapter 494: Crimson Rising [1/2]
The attributes of the troop lair piqued Richard’s interest when he saw them.
This soldier type was remarkable.
A force would absorb the soul energy of a soldier who died and become a new soldier.
But that wasn’t effective as recruiting new troops directly.
However, it would enormously increase the war potential of Twilight City.
This troop was a bottom-up troop.
Its existence could vastly increase the war potential of Twilight City.
In the past, so be it for a troop that died.
They could only recruit from the initial troop lair if they wanted a new reinforcement.
However, the production of the troop lairs was limited and fixed at this amount every week.
They couldn’t recover quickly from a loss once they suffered heavily.
However, this lair had the effect of dragging the ground.
The more people died, the more troops they needed to recruit.
The number of souls below the crown level would increase tenfold for every lower level, although three souls could recruit one.
But even so, Richard couldn’t ignore its effects.
This troop lair wasn’t much more valuable than a transcendent-level lair.
Good treasure, good treasure!
The smile on his face was exceptionally bright.
Richard placed all the remaining antique oil paintings on the ground into the system space.
The system space would increase with his level. The system had already reached 200 cubic meters, the size of an ordinary warehouse, when it reached level 15.
Just as Richard was about to leave in a good mood, he caught sight of the residents who still busily moved the supplies.
Last time, the lord of the dunes had joined forces with the kobold god to launch an attack on Twilight City. That resulted in the fall of more than half of the city. The attack slaughtered seventy percent of the troops and destroyed many buildings.
That meant that the defense of Twilight City was far from impregnation.
The situation was unclear this time, so he had to prepare for the worst.
Therefore, he stayed active even after he obtained the holy land.
He asked Karu instead to arrange for some people to build various facilities inside as a backup.
It came in handy now.
He looked from afar, and the ground took shape already.
Only 30 to 50 of the construction were facilities, although most were residential. That was pitifully small to suit the 7,000 population.
But at least there were basic shelters. So everyone would not have to sleep on rocks and soil.
Richard didn’t say anything after a moment. He turned around and left the new plane.
A warm place to stay was enough.
Richard could invest more resources to build a city when the storm tamed.
Richard wouldn’t hastily return to Twilight City aside from the holy land. He stepped out and entered the two-way portal to the underground world instead.
It had been more than half a month since the last time he had harvested Bloodhoof City. They must have accumulated weapons the underground creatures forged.
It was time to go again.
The Bloodhoof City welcomed their ruler once again.
Richard didn’t waste any time this time. He didn’t inspect Bloodhoof City, which had become lively without any worries.
He asked Sel, the leader of the barbarians in the dungeon and the City Lord of Bloodhoof City, to gather the weapons collected from the other tribes during this time.
Richard took advantage of the gap. He opened the [Trading Market] and carefully examined it.
The current weapons business was just as he had expected.
As time passed, the strength of the players increased rapidly.
The broken weapons he initially obtained from Bloodhoof City were popular. Now, no one cared about those ruined weapons.
They could no longer sell well the ruined elite weapons.
The soul-wrenching players would naturally develop their strength, and forging weapons was paramount.
They had actually eliminated inferior weapons.
Richard sensed the change in the market, and that relieved him.
That was why he highly valued Bloodhoof City’s reinforcement of the forging technology.
They eliminated the ones that fell behind.
That was an eternal truth.
Fortunately, he had planned ahead and successfully established the Blacksmith’s Association. Several other tribes and forces daily enter Bloodhoof City to exchange and learn.
That was because the Blacksmith’s Association had set a condition–one’s qualification to learn knowledge is to share forging techniques and secret arts.
Therefore, Adele had only established the Blacksmith’s Association for a month. But it had already accumulated rich forging knowledge.
However, the mutual communication and improvement atmosphere became increasingly intense after everyone enjoyed the benefits. The improvement of forging techniques was rapid.
The entire blacksmith industry rapidly developed towards the high-end.
His plan of turning the entire underground world into a troop factory gradually materialized.
He still traded food to those underground tribes. That was interesting.
They inevitably still couldn’t eliminate the food crisis in this land, although they had eradicated the gray-colored dwarves, and Bloodhoof City became the overlord.
The underground world wasn’t suitable for growing food. So creatures couldn’t improve their lifestyles.
They still had to use the weapons they produced to exchange for food at Bloodhoof City.
Only then one survives.
However, one couldn’t perform this kind of operation on the surface. It was only easy to control in the underground world, but it even made those tribal forces fill with gratitude.
It was too comfortable to have a full meal.
They didn’t know much about other things, but at least now, they didn’t have to go out to look for food and suffer hunger and satiety.
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