Chapter 4

"What a stroke of luck..."

To get a rare hero at the start, there's no other way besides the Hero Hall.

Bai Bai Xiaowei: "@Su Yu, Great Su Yu, if you have time, take me along. I'll private message you my territory coordinates!"

"You guys shouldn't always @Su Yu. @Su Yu, it will annoy him. Don't just @Su Yu all the time. @Su Yu, Great Su Yu, do you have room for me? I'm begging to join."

An image of an elf appeared in the group, causing a huge stir.

Everyone's attitude toward Su Yu changed completely from before.

A rare hero... This would be a tremendous help at the start.

Recalling how Su Yu had previously sold the random troop trading card for 10,000 territory energy,

Maybe, the great player has other development plans in mind?

Before long, the group chat notifications reached 99+, and the @Su Yu pings kept going non-stop.

He casually turned off the group message notifications.

"What's up, my lord Su Yu, why are you so happy?"

Silve looked curiously at Su Yu, whose face was almost splitting with a grin.

"Hehe, you're too beautiful." Su Yu blurted out the truth without thinking.

As soon as he said it, he regretted it.

Would such a comment be considered too frivolous in the elves' view?

However, receiving praise often depends on who is giving it.

Praise from her lord did not make Silve feel frivolous. She smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for your compliment."

[Due to your compliment, Silve's loyalty +1, current loyalty: 75.]

This... works too?

Su Yu gazed at Silve's stunning face and her curvaceous figure, involuntarily swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

It was said that when the loyalty of peasants, troops, or heroes reached above 90, certain things could happen...

Thinking about this, and looking at Silve's pure eyes, he guiltily turned his head away.

He started to get down to business.

A level 1 lord crystal has a building limit of 10 and a territory area limit of 10 grids.

The method to occupy land and make it your own territory is quite simple.

As long as there are no monsters, and you successfully occupy it for 300 seconds, it becomes your territory.

However, the new territory must be adjacent to an existing one.

Right now, he only had one initial grid of territory, and development could only proceed by occupying land outward from this initial territory.

The initial territory is the grid where the lord crystal is located.

The lord crystal is not a building and cannot be moved.

It is fixed in space.

Apart from using a [Territory Relocation Card], there are very few ways to move it.

The main task of each lord is to protect their lord crystal.

If the lord crystal is destroyed, it means the end of their career as a lord.

Even their life would be in danger, and they might become someone else's slave.

Losing the lord crystal, the lord's soul inside would return to its body, and they would no longer be 'undying'.

They also would not be able to use the territory energy anymore.

In short, losing the lord crystal means being eliminated from the battlefield of myriad worlds.

There is a 7-day protection period for newcomers, during which Su Yu didn't have to worry about the safety of his lord crystal.

He began to occupy territory along the initial territory.

Instead of occupying the surrounding areas, he moved north, extending in a straight line.

He successfully acquired a territory 1000 meters long and 100 meters wide.

"Sorry, Silve."

When they encountered a cliff, Su Yu was once again carried by Silve.

He had wanted to commit suicide and respawn back at the territory through the lord crystal, but Silve refused to let him do so.

"My lord Su Yu, this is what I should do."

Silve smiled slightly and leaped two meters high.

At level 2, her physical abilities and other aspects had improved significantly.

Along the straight line, he occupied 9 grids of territory, turning them into his own.

Logically, this was a very foolish approach because if monsters invaded, he wouldn't have time to defend, and he would lose the territory.

If a monster stays on the territory for more than 60 seconds, that grid of land would revert to wild land,

and all buildings on it would be destroyed.

But Su Yu wasn't worried about this; he was only concerned with acquiring other resources.

"Roar—!"

A gray wolf emerged from the war fog and stepped onto the farthest grid of the initial territory.

However, before it could finish its howl, eight arrows streaked across the sky, shooting towards it.

Instant kill!

The eight arrow towers at the corners of the initial territory defended Su Yu's land.

Under the effect of "Santi Blessing," their range had increased tenfold!

Silve tilted her head, feeling surprised.

She had thought that Su Yu's method of expanding his territory outward was a bit foolish,

but she hadn't expected...

These arrow towers to have such a long attack range??

What was going on?

Even for a mythic-level hero like Silve, hitting a target at 1000 meters would be difficult, especially since she was only level 2.

But these arrow towers...

Suddenly, in Silve's eyes, Su Yu's image became mysterious.

Even she had never heard of a level 1 arrow tower with a range of 1000 meters.

[Because of your mystery, Sylph's loyalty +1, current loyalty: 76.]

"?"

Su Yu, who was about to upgrade the Overlord Crystal, gave Sylph a puzzled look.

However, he didn't think too much about it and began to upgrade the Overlord Crystal.

To upgrade a Level 1 Overlord Crystal, two conditions must be met: 5000 points of territory energy and occupying 10 grids of territory.

A deep blue light flowed around the palm-sized, rhombus-shaped crystal.

Then, the light blue Overlord Crystal visibly expanded by a circle.

[Congratulations, your Overlord Crystal has successfully been upgraded to Level 2.]

[You have unlocked the building blueprints: Wall, Lumber Mill, Mine, Leather Processing Plant, Enchantment Workshop.]

[Your territory limit has increased to 100 grids.]

[Your building limit has increased to 100.]

[Your defensive building level cap has increased to Level 20.]

[Your troop and hero level cap has increased to Level 20.]

[You can obtain 500 points of territory energy daily.]