[{"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-75":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},188843,399,"Chapter 75: Being a Lord is hard","the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>\"What did you do to us?\" Evelyn asked, looking at Ethan with a puzzled expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was acting strange...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing much, just trying out some new things,\" Ethan smiled in response, letting go of them as the sweet smell of roasted meat filled the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Predator meat wasn’t usually the most delicious, but mana beasts had extremely rich meat, with a unique flavor very different from that of ordinary animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, even though it was a mana beast, the meat had the ability to restore both mana and aura, which further increased its value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in a chair, Ethan simply watched as Alice removed the large piece of roasted meat from the oven, the hot, greasy aroma filling the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ethan and Evelyn standing side by side, visibly drooling with hunger, made Alice very pleased with her culinary skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt good to make her husband and her best friend happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a big smile on her face and her pale cheeks slightly flushed, Alice carved the meat and served herself, Ethan, and Evelyn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn was the first to take a bite, her eyes sparkling as the sweet, juicy flavor flooded her palate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was a corrupted beast, the corruption was practically limited to the mana core, leaving the meat completely free of impurities caused by demonic mana, and the result was simply delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan also tasted it, his eyes shining just like Evelyn’s, but for very different reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have consumed beast meat rich in aura and mana; your aura reserves increase slightly. Aura: 950 -> 1000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, he took another greedy bite, but to his disappointment, no further improvement appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was kind of obvious. It had probably just been a stroke of luck, and to repeat the feat, he would need meat of superior quality or an absurd amount of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Ethan was satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still far from Alice’s mana reserve, which was likely around three thousand, but little by little, he was building his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after eating, Ethan went out for a walk around town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inspected the training of the new guards, made sure everyone was well-armed, and then went to visit Goldenveil’s blacksmith, Roderik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a devoted woman now living with him, the once-abandoned and dusty blacksmith’s shop had taken the form of a legitimate establishment under her care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, with his spirits high, Roderik worked much harder, his eyes filled with gratitude whenever he saw Ethan, the one who had given him a second chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ethan entered the smithy, Roderik immediately stopped working and bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord. What brings you to my humble establishment?\" Roderik flashed a bright smile as Ethan motioned for him to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just taking a look... is this the shield design Doran chose?\" Ethan asked, noticing a finished shield in the corner of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a simple design, made of wood and teardrop-shaped, with small metal rods reinforcing the sides and center, creating a firm grip for the hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Large enough to defend against arrows, yet light enough to be handled with ease in both large formations and one-on-one combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t made from any special mana-conducting material, but even so, it was undoubtedly a high-quality, Rank D shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering it was equipment intended for mass use in an army, this was excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should be able to produce about two hundred with the current amount of steel, but it’ll take quite a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need that many; about sixty should suffice for now,\" Ethan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to expand the guard to fifty soldiers before the goblin attack, which would take place in three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after that, if there was no danger in sight, he would halt the guard’s expansion entirely, and the reason for this was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if guards could take on civilian work occasionally, that was not, at heart, their duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They needed to train, patrol, and sharpen their weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a professional, standing army, soldiers were soldiers, not farmers, and this created a serious problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Goldenveil’s current population, fifty guards meant that twenty-five percent of the inhabitants would be warriors, something entirely unsustainable, especially since most of the younger men were joining the guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, it was possible to maintain this ratio thanks to the large food reserves they had, but all it would take was one winter for that to change completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goldenveil’s population would continue to grow, and by the following year, their dry grain stores would likely already be empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that time came, Ethan wanted to keep the number of soldiers at no more than five percent of the population, even lower in times of peace, if possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, however, he needed every man capable of fighting, with those not joining the guard still receiving limited training to assist in the toughest battles, serving as a militia that could be called upon when necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... being a Lord is hard.\" Ethan shook his head, motioning for Roderik to get back to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were so many accumulated problems, and he still needed to establish a functional economy if he wanted any chance of building a prosperous society in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forming a strong army was easy: gather men, hand out weapons, train them, and secure their loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Building a functional economy and society, on the other hand, required much more than just men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would need merchants, infrastructure, systems for tax collection and wage payments, as well as a central governing body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this was far beyond Goldenveil’s current capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, if only there were someone with solid administrative and legislative knowledge to help him resolve these issues, everything would be much simpler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, even among the characters he had summoned, all were focused exclusively on combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ah... I’ll have to take a closer look at the newcomers from now on... there must be at least one with administrative skills.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sigh, Ethan simply left the forge and went to check on John’s work with the wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If everything went according to plan, he’d be filthy rich.\u003C\u002Fp>",1013,"2026-05-29T05:49:25.142Z","2026-06-01T04:29:20.876Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f17475a948bd85226af50b9633d33343b0cf93a8c57f3b0d9cbf3a2249902a0","the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-chapter-76","the-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-chapter-74",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-lord-has-a-perverted-sss-rank-summoni-cover.jpg"]