Chapter 3: The System I Designed Myself

The events that occurred within Wushan Fortress are bound to sweep through the entire Wushan Territory like a storm in the coming days.

While people mock or lament Ronin Wushan losing his right of inheritance, they will also be adjusting their attitudes toward the Haide Family.

The status of Border Count, combined with being the maternal grandfather of the Wushan Territory heir, elevates the already prestigious Haide Family even further.

Ronin does not care about the discussions and finger-pointing from the outside world.

After seeing Lulansi out of Wushan Fortress, he returned to his small building without stopping, first to familiarize himself with the golden finger that had already been activated.

Following his call, five interfaces appeared in his field of vision.

Looking at the Monthly Sign-in, Seven-Day Login, First Recharge Gift, Achievement Task, and Attribute Panel before him, Ronin fell into deep astonishment.

"Damn it, isn't this the system I designed?"

On Earth, he was a game planner who participated in the development and production of a card game, and his main task was to design some of the systems within the game.

Ronin did not expect that these things he had worked overtime to create would actually follow him through the transmigration and become his golden finger.

He began to browse these interfaces one by one, starting with the Monthly Sign-in.

This interface is divided into four rows and seven columns, with a total of twenty-eight small grids, which exactly corresponds to the rules of twenty-eight days per month and seven days per week in this world.

Ronin took a look; the rewards in the Monthly Sign-in cycle every seven days. The rewards for the first six days of the seven days are all +1 Attribute Point, while the seventh day is a Warm Gift Box.

Besides this, there is a prompt at the bottom of the interface: Increasing your noble rank can increase the multiplier of sign-in rewards (currently no extra bonus).

Looking at this interface, Ronin felt somewhat helpless.

This was how he designed it when he created the sign-in system: he had to give players some sweetness without giving too many resources, so he gave some gold coins for the first six days, and on the seventh day, he gave some gold coins plus some jade, packaging it into a gift pack.

Thinking about it, this "Warm Gift Box" is likely something similar.

As for the subsequent amplification, he had linked it to VIP status when he designed it; for example, when reaching VIP2, the sign-in reward is twice that of VIP1.

"If I had known, I would have made the rewards for the sign-in system more generous instead of being so stingy like this..."

With a touch of regret, Ronin looked at the second interface, the Seven-Day Login, which had more generous rewards than the sign-in:

Day 1: Reward one Knight with Gold Talent;

Day 2: Reward one Classic Gift Pack;

Day 3: Reward one Space Ring with 10 cubic meters of storage space;

Day 4: Reward one Premium Gift Pack;

Day 5: Reward one high-quality weapon, Liuyan Sword;

Day 6: Reward one precious Magic Scroll capable of signing a Master-Servant Contract with a Magic Beast;

Day 7: Reward one Light Mage with Great Archmage aptitude.

From the perspective of a card game, these Seven-Day Login rewards provide two character cards and some development materials, which can help a novice get through the early stages of the game;

From Ronin's current perspective, it also happens to solve the problem of having no one under his command.

Upon arriving at his own territory, he must have some trusted aides, and the Seven-Day Login provides him with a solution.

But Ronin still felt unsatisfied.

"I should have put a few of those cards with the strongest aptitudes in there!"

The ranks for Knights and Magicians in this world are—

Nine ranks of Knights: Primary, Intermediate, Advanced, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Meteor, Silver Moon, Sun-level;

Nine ranks of Magicians: Primary, Intermediate, Advanced, Great Mage, Chief Mage, Magus, Great Archmage, Archmage, Grand Archmage.

The best character given in this Seven-Day Login is only of 7th-rank Great Archmage aptitude.

Although a Great Archmage is already considered a powerhouse in this world, Ronin still regretted not putting better ones in.

If the Monthly Sign-in and Seven-Day Login systems made Ronin feel some regret, then this First Recharge Gift made him feel extremely pained.

Recharge 6 Magic Crystals: Reward one Fire Attribute Knight with Sun-level aptitude and one Luxury Gift Pack.

Sun-level, that is an absolutely top-tier existence; at least the original body had never seen any Sun-level Transcendental with his own eyes while growing up.

Such a reward is absolutely luxurious, but the price to pay to obtain it is not low!

Magic Crystals are precious magic materials in this world.

One Magic Crystal is worth about 100 gold coins, so for Ronin to obtain this Sun-level subordinate, it is equivalent to needing to take out 600 gold coins to recharge.

600 gold coins is not a small amount.

Ronin rummaged through his drawer, and his pocket money added up to only 23 gold coins.

"If I had known, I should have lowered the requirements for the First Recharge reward and just made it a one-yuan recharge!"

That way, he would only need to consume one Magic Crystal to obtain this generous gift.

Sigh, I regret it now!

"Damn game planner!"

Ronin did not know who he was cursing, so he turned his gaze to the Achievement Task interface.

In the game, the main purpose of the Monthly Sign-in and Seven-Day Login is to retain players, the First Recharge Gift is to increase the payment rate in new servers, and the Achievement Task system is to give players a goal to strive for.

At this moment, the "Achievement Task" interface clearly displayed five achievements:

【Famous Throughout the World】: A noble title is both a symbol of status and a manifestation of strength. Please strive to become a Viscount. Reward: +200 Attribute Points, +400 Energy Essence.

【King of Slaughter】: Kill any unit alone. Reward: +10 Attribute Points, +20 Energy Essence.

【Population Prosperity】: The registered population of the territory reaches three thousand people. Reward: +30 Attribute Points, +60 Energy Essence.

【Gongchengluedi】: Own 1 city. Reward: +200 Attribute Points, +400 Energy Essence.

【Wealthy】: Obtain 500 gold coins at once. Reward: +20 Attribute Points, +40 Energy Essence.

Through the Achievement Tasks, Ronin basically determined his future development direction: improving strength, managing the territory, earning wealth, and then conquering cities and lands.

He moved his gaze to the last interface, which was the game character's Attribute Panel, which currently recorded his attributes:

【Name】: Ronin Wushan

【Title】: Baron

【Constitution】: Dou-Magic Dual Cultivation (your two profession levels must break through simultaneously)

【Affinity】: Wind, Fire (Super Grade)

【Level】: Mortal (0/10) +

【Attribute Point】: 1

【Energy Essence】: 0

After seeing the content on this interface clearly, especially after seeing the plus sign behind the level, Luoning was instantly full of energy!

In this extraordinary world possessing Battle Qi and Magic, Luoning was naturally unwilling to be ordinary.

This Attribute Panel brought him a way to cast off the ordinary and enter the extraordinary—adding points.

This was the function of the Attribute Point.

After looking it over, Luoning's mood became quite good.

Now he only needed to find a place to develop steadily, and he could become strong by relying on the Monthly Sign-in system.

"Right, Shanlin Town!"

Luoning's eyes lit up; he remembered that when he was at Wushan Fortress, Weijinsi said that he would become the Baron of Shanlin Town.

"I wonder where Shanlin Town is?"

Luoning hurriedly rummaged through the drawer and took out a rough map of Wushan Territory from the very bottom.

As the map was spread out, a faint fishy stench rushed toward his nose; this was the unique smell of parchment, not pleasant at all.

Luoning searched for the location of Shanlin Town on it.

"Remote area..."

According to this clue, Luoning accurately found Shanlin Town in the northern part of the map.

"This location... it actually looks quite good?"

Shanlin Town was the northernmost small town in Wushan Territory; apart from mountains, there were no other cities further north.

"Doesn't that mean the entire north is mine?" Luoning thought happily.

Knock, knock, knock~

The door was knocked on.

Luoning withdrew his gaze from the map and cleared his throat, "Please come in."

The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man wearing a Steward's uniform walked in and bowed politely toward Luoning:

"Huoerhuate greets the young master!"

Although Luoning had been stripped of his right of inheritance, he was still of the bloodline of the Wushan Family and was still a noble.

Huoerhuate was the Steward of the Marquis Mansion; although he had a certain status, he was ultimately a family servant, and his respect toward his master was still impeccable.

"Is there something, Mr. Huoerhuate?"

The Steward walked up, placed the box in his hand on Luoning's table, and said politely:

"Young master, this is the appointment letter the master just finished writing; he had me bring it over to give to you. He also asked me to tell you that he hopes you will set off for Shanlin Town within two days."

Luoning's eyes twitched; this father of his predecessor really couldn't wait for him to leave sooner.

He opened the box, unfolded the appointment letter, and the appointment details were written on it.

"Eh, why is my surname missing from my name?" Luoning asked.

He only saw the two characters "Luoning" where his name was on the appointment letter; the surname "Wushan" was not written on it, it was blank.

"The master said that after you move out independently, you can have your own surname. If you haven't thought of one, you don't have to fill it in; just fill it in when you have thought of one, inform him, and register it."

Luoning chuckled in his heart.

Good fellow, this cheap father of his actually removed his surname.

Nobles can indeed change their surnames, but this usually happens when a family and two forces are evenly matched, making it easier for the outside world to distinguish them.

However, even if they change their surnames, these two groups of people still recognize each other as one family for at least a few generations; the bloodline does not change, and they will not deny it.

Weijinsi doing this now was purely to vent the unhappiness in his heart toward Luoning.

"This guy is really irritable and willful."

Luoning wasn't angry; he had transmigrated anyway, so any surname would do. He was even happier to be able to choose a surname for himself.

He pondered for a while, placed the appointment letter on the table, and then picked up a pen and wrote down his surname.

(End of this chapter)