[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni":3,"chapter-the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-chapter-17":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Golden Lord has a perverted SSS-rank summoning system!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},188785,399,"Chapter 17: Growth Bonus Card.","the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>\"We’re doomed...\" Ethan repeated to himself, looking at the empty interior of that warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much food was there? Five pounds of dried meat... about twenty pounds of grain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, many citizens had their own personal warehouses, and his own mansion stored some food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, with that miserable amount...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it wasn’t possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan turned his face to Ulric, noticing the calmness on the old man’s face, and even on the face of the attendant in charge of the warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... that was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to check the fields now,\" Ethan declared, a thin thread of murderous intent running through his bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, he was confused as to why Ulric was using these tactics to undermine his power, even at the risk of killing everyone there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because of the priest who warned them of the arrival of the Golden Lords?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes... that was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ulric might be acting so cautiously because, even in this isolated region, an order to exterminate from a priest of the Church would be devastating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wanted to get rid of Ethan, he would have to do it in a way that left no loose ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you wish, my lord!\" Ulric laughed, his face full of amusement as he watched his lord’s bitter expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently, Ethan and Evelyn followed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the houses there had their own personal cultivation areas, but even so, when the Darkwall family formed the settlement, they cleared a large area, creating a field of about 100,000 square meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This field was in a relatively remote part, with a small stream cutting through it and a few workers tending it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The size was insufficient to provide enough food for a small village for the entire winter on its own, but, together with fishing, hunting, and gathering herbs in the forest, it should be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially with how small the current population of the settlement was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are these all the workers?\" Ethan asked, counting three adult men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stopped working when they saw the new lord arrive, watching him with curiosity and a hint of hostility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Currently, yes, my lord. There should be more people here, but we have so few hands and the harvests have been so poor that it’s simply not worth the energy,\" Ulric replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm... Gather all the citizens of the village,\" Ethan ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh? My lord, it’s work time, everyone is-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now,\" Ethan repeated, cutting the old man off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ulric gritted his teeth, turning to the workers in the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you waiting for? You heard the Lord, gather everyone here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding, the workers ran toward the houses, passing the news along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, more than sixty people surrounded the field, watching Ethan and Evelyn with suspicious looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sigh, Ethan took an item out of the system’s warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Growth Bonus Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Description: A powerful growth card imbued with magical energy. Its area of effect is small, but it improves the growth rate of plants absurdly, reducing the need for nutrients and sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Effect: +350,000% growth bonus in a two hundred by two hundred meter area around the user.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duration: 48 hours. ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm... the area and duration aren’t great, but the effect...\" Ethan almost drooled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply incredible, even if the area covered less than half of that entire field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden card in Ethan’s hands quickly caught everyone’s attention as he walked to the center of the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kneeling down, he took a single corn seed from his storage and planted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the soil isn’t ready for planting yet!\" One of the farmers protested, but Ethan ignored him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a smooth motion, he grabbed the bonus card, and then tore it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the world around him began to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana spread across the field in an explosion, and the black earth was overtaken by a subtle golden glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers covered their mouths in shock, retreating with frightened steps as the golden glow dominated everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children threw themselves into their mothers’ arms, and even Ulric’s previously calm face changed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell had happened there? What kind of profane magic was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood up, looking down. Everyone’s eyes followed his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his feet, a sprout appeared, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few seconds, it had already reached five centimeters, and it kept growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was total silence as the minutes passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corn stalk grew taller and taller, soon reaching Ethan’s waist, then his chest. Three fruits appeared on the stalk, developing at an equally frightening speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about thirty minutes, the growth stopped completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan turned his face toward the people, watching a man break through the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over ninety years old, he was the oldest among them, his entire life dedicated to nothing but agriculture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He approached, grabbed one of the fruits with his calloused hand, and peeled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corn underneath was flawless. Perfect. A yellow so pure it looked like gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the largest and healthiest cob he had ever seen in his entire life, and there were three of them on the same stalk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening his mouth, he used what few teeth he had left to take a bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The taste of raw corn wasn’t good, but to him, it was like the most perfect delicacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where had such perfection been hidden for so long?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes filled with tears. And he fell to his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I salute Lord Goldenveil!\" He roared, prostrating himself repeatedly, and the entire population of the settlement followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>",927,"2026-05-29T05:49:25.108Z","2026-06-01T04:29:20.876Z",1,"novelbin.me","8a0fad2941e197178bc9181186fa5fd122928d200f197faab8134bf6d2c5df0e","the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-chapter-18","the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-chapter-16",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-cover.jpg"]