Glasgow Village.

"Hope Village has actually been promoted and is now Hope Town."

“This speed is really too fast.”

"When I looked at the rankings yesterday, it was over 4,000, but today it's over 3,000. I hope the town must have done a good job of building the territory last night."

“Hope Town has become our area

“I hope the residents of this town are very happy now!”

"Why? You want to transfer to Hope Town too?"

"That's not the case. Our territory is not bad. Everything I have is here. If I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have given up here and gone to Hope Town. I'm just expressing my feelings."

"That's true, but the road between Hope Town and our territory will soon be completed. After it's completed, the distance between the two territories will be closer, so it won't make much difference if we're not in Hope Town."

"That's what I thought, but Hope Town is still very powerful! It's only been around for more than three months, right? It's already gone from over 10,000 to over 3,000. At this speed, I'm sure it will be able to be promoted to a city soon, right?"

...

...

"I'm not sure, but it's very difficult to achieve this speed so quickly. Hope Village was able to become a town in such a short time because it has its own flagship product and its strength is improving very quickly, so it was promoted quickly. However, it's not that easy for a town to be promoted to a city. The higher the ranking, the harder it is to make an upgrade each time, not to mention that many old-fashioned level 3 towns have not been promoted to cities for many years."

"We've strayed off topic. Hope the town has just been promoted! He still has a long way to go!"

"Yes, instead of guessing when it will become a city, why not think about when our territory will be promoted to a town???"

“…”

The residents of Glasgow Village chatted and talked, and finally it became their own fantasy.

Most residents maintained a relatively peaceful attitude towards the strength of Hope Village. After all, there was a lot of communication between the two territories, and they even built roads.

In addition, many people’s income is closely related to Hope Town!

They can only hope that the town will be better. After all, they will never find another partner who is so close and willing to pay them.

It can only be said that the thoughts of a territory resident involve the customs of the territory, and are sometimes closely related to the character and personality of the territory lord himself.

At least when Viscount Lancelot heard these discussions in the territory, a relatively relieved look appeared on his face.

"My lord, this Hope Town is really powerful. It experienced two major battles yesterday, one was an invasion of Fasal Village, and another was a beast tide in Jin Town. The combat power is really... not simple." Viscount Lancelot's personal guards couldn't help but speak out after listening to the discussion.

"I didn't expect that they would advance on the same day." After hearing this, Viscount Lancelot responded lightly with a look of surprise on his face.

He was not surprised at all that Hope Village would win the territory war, but it was also a little unexpected that Hope Village would be promoted to a small town on the same day.

Before Hope Village, he had indeed hidden his strength!

It should be called Hope Town now.

Viscount Lancelot was relatively satisfied with the rise of Hope Town. At least Hope Town was much easier to get along with than Benguela Town.

He didn't dare to upgrade Glasgow Village to a town before, and there was also the reason of Benguela Town nearby. After all, the lord of Benguela Town, Earl Orcutt, was supported by a big family. His promotion would only attract the other party's attention, and who knows if they would do something behind the scenes.

Now that we have Hope Town, it wouldn’t be a big deal to have another Glasgow Town.

In addition, he has a good relationship with Hope Town, so if Benguela Town really wants to do something to them, it will have to think carefully.

Thinking of this, Viscount Lancelot ordered his guards, "Have someone prepare, our territory will also be promoted in the next two days."

When the guard first heard it, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. After he reacted, his eyes lit up instantly and he said excitedly, "Yes."

Finally, their village is going to be upgraded to a small town.

Looking at the other party's excited figure leaving, Viscount Lancelot smiled.

In fact, he was very excited too!

After qualifying, he felt more confident when he went to Hope Village again.

After all, both parties are partners, and he is not willing to be inferior to the other. Only by making progress together can long-term cooperation be achieved!

The town of Benguela.

Simmons felt something was even more wrong when he saw the ranking of Hope Town early in the morning.

3366.

They understand very well what such a ranking means.

The current ranking of Benguela Town is 3294. The gap between the two is already very small. You know, Benguela Town is a level 2 town. Even though this level 2 town has just been promoted not long ago, it is also real.

The result! Hope Village had just entered the first level of town, but its ranking was catching up with their territory. Perhaps it would be surpassed soon.

When he and the Lord heard yesterday that Hope Village had defeated Fasal Village, they were already shocked enough. And then they advanced again, which was even more shocking.

When they looked at the rankings yesterday, they knew that the ranking would definitely not be the final one. They just thought that the other party would make a little progress, but they didn't expect it to jump by more than 600 at once.

They all wanted to know what Hope Town had done.

Thinking about it in his mind, Simmons hurried to the manor of his lord.

When Simmons arrived, the air pressure in the manor was obviously lower than usual.

The servants who came and went held their breath.

"Lord Simmons, the Earl is not in a good mood today." Before Simmons entered the main hall, the manor's steward reminded him carefully.

"Yeah." Simmons nodded to show that he understood.

Simmons then entered Lord Olcott's reception room.

"Your Lordship." Simmons saluted respectfully.

"Are you here for Hope Town?" Earl Olcott asked calmly.

"Yes, I want to ask the Lord whether we need to do anything?" Simmons said vaguely.

In fact, he didn't know how his lord would treat Hope Town. After all, according to normal practice, their Benguela Town needed to send gifts, because the lord of Hope Town would soon get the title of earl, which had the same status as their lord.

Earl Olcott listened, glanced at Simmons, and said directly: "Prepare some gifts and send them over!"

When this order came out, Simmons was a little stunned. Could it be that his lord earl would let it go so easily?

"More unexpected?" Lord Olcott raised his eyebrows, as if he had seen through Simmons's thoughts.

“Yes, because this is a little inconsistent with your idea, Lord, and you mentioned before that someone might want to take advantage of Hope Town... If things go on as usual, it seems unnecessary to curry favor with Hope Town?” After all, the aggressive territory that had frightened people before has already set its sights on Hope Town.

"But who caused the failure of Fasal Village? Who made Hope Town so powerful?" Earl Olcott said directly, "The cement and construction teams sold by Hope Town played an important role in the beast tides and territory wars in some territories. Many territories paid high prices to buy a large number of shells from me in exchange for cement from Hope Town. Baron Charlotte's family talked to my family and wanted to do this business well. They even mentioned that if Hope Town needed it, I could provide him with help."

Simmons was even more surprised. "So, the lord's family and Baron Charlotte's family want to recruit Hope Town?"

"Well, they think Hope Town is valuable. If it was still a village, they might not have this attitude, but it defeated and captured Fasal Village yesterday and survived the promotion test, so the information was sent to me last night." Earl Olcott said, looking a little depressed.

He simply couldn't ignore the news about his family, so he couldn't just pretend to obey Hope Town and had to make friends with it.

To be honest, he was really reluctant when he first heard it. After all, he was originally the boss in this area. In the future, as the territory develops slowly, his territory will become the center of this territory. He doesn't need to do too much, and talents and other resources will be tilted here.

But now there is a new Hope Town, and its development potential is greater than his... It is obvious who will have the final say in the future.

Thinking about it later, the development of Hope Town is unstoppable. Even if there are aggressive small town-type territories, will it be easy to plunder Hope Town's resources? No.

In one month's time, with Hope Town's current ability to attract money and the platforms it can face, it will definitely be able to develop rapidly.

No matter what his attitude is, if it can't affect other people's development, why make enemies with him!

As a member of a large family, Earl Olcott's vision was not that low. After weighing the pros and cons, he chose the option that was most beneficial to himself and his family's interests.

Of course, even after making the choice, he couldn't avoid the feeling of being upset that his territory would be replaced by others, so he was so unhappy.

After listening to this, Simmons understood instantly.

In fact, deep down, Simmons still felt a little fortunate.

According to the information he has, it can be seen that Hope Village is really not easy to mess with.

If the two territories confront each other, it would be hard to say who would suffer the loss!

Now that he knew the attitude of his lord, Simmons took the initiative to speak, "Lord, this is our financial revenue this month."

As he spoke, Simmons handed a few pieces of paper to Earl Olcott.

Lord Olcott looked at the paper and was silent for a moment.

In fact, although it is not obvious on the surface, the things in Hope Town have already penetrated into Benguela Town unknowingly, and many people have become dependent on the products of Hope Town in their daily lives.

Their products have even changed many of the world's original habits.

For example, these papers, they used to be parchment scrolls, which were made of some suitable animal skins. After special treatment, they could be used and preserved for a long time.

However, after the paper from Hope Village was invented, it occupied the parchment scroll market with its light weight and, most importantly, its low price.

Thinking of this, Earl Olcott continued to look at the financial revenue of his territory.

After looking at the overall data, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

It is actually more, and it can even be said to have increased several times.

"What... is going on?"

"Because there are more economic activities in the territory, many foreign caravans will come from Hope Village. They couldn't come before due to the distance, but with the mission center, they can go back and forth from Hope Village, which is much more convenient. The number of villages itself is the largest in the Stan Continent. The more silver equipment we sell in our territory, the more tax revenue will naturally increase. As the merchants' income increases, they will be more willing to invest, and the income of residents and professionals will also increase. The overall economic situation will improve." Simmons said analytically.

He also tried to understand the reasons from the huge changes in the territory's financial revenue, and only discovered this after understanding it.

This was also a reason for the prosperity of their territory before, but it had never been studied in depth. Hopefully the small town would bring about such great changes that he would notice this.

It turns out that as long as the approach is right, revitalizing the economy can make money faster than exploiting residents.

Earl Olcott listened and instantly understood what Simmons meant.

In fact, he chose Simmons to be his village chief and town mayor because the latter was good at making money. It can be said that he can take half the credit for the fame of the Silver City.

"I hope that opening the town will bring such great benefits. Otherwise, should we open it as well?" Earl Olcott instantly became restless.

I hope the small town can do it, and they can do it too.

Simmons listened and said helplessly: "It's really not easy for us to open up like Hope Town. Hope Town has too many products to offer, and they are also good quality and cheap. People who go to Hope Town can't resist spending money more or less. Generally speaking, Hope Town will only make money if it opens up, not lose money. We... can't do that."

Simmons spoke the last two words with great force.

Lord Olcott: "..."

Lord Olcott was silent for a moment. "Okay! That's it! Just make friends with Hope Town. It's in the interests of many parties."

Simmons looked at Earl Olcott's expression, and then said, "I have another suggestion. That is, our territory should build a road to Hope Town like Glasgow Village to facilitate the travel of caravans."

Lord Olcott: "...We pay for the repairs ourselves?"

"Yes." Simmons said, "Glasgow Village can build a road to Hope Town, so we can do it too."

"Okay!" Earl Olcott was persuaded again.

By the way, I hope the small town is still quite fun. I didn’t have enough fun the last time I went there!

"I'll leave this matter to you. Let's go to Hope Town together tomorrow. You talk to their village chief... now it should be the mayor. You talk to her." Earl Olcott said.

"Okay." Simmons agreed immediately.

Finally I had the chance to visit Hope Town.

He had been thinking about it for a long time, but his lord was always away, and he had to take care of the affairs of the territory, so he couldn't leave.

Now that the lord has spoken, he can go and take a look openly.

Loviisa City.

"I haven't received any news from Wolfe. I'm afraid he has fallen into the hands of Hope... Town." Knight Carlisle had a strange look on his face as he spoke.

Because what happened was so incredible.

Even if Fasal Village couldn't defeat Hope Village at that time, it wouldn't mean that Wolfe couldn't escape, right?

Wolfe has a lot of good stuff on him, more than enough to protect himself.

Could it be that Hope Village is hiding something that they don't know about?

Although I don't understand it, there is still no news about Wolfe, so it is very likely that something has happened.

In addition, Fasar Village has disappeared from the map, which means that Fasar Village has been completely occupied by Hope Village and has become the world of Hope Village.

Fasar Village, our lord has spent a lot of effort on it, and it’s gone just like that, it’s really heartbreaking!

Marquis Boyle's face was dark, and his tone was heavy, as if he was suppressing his anger, "Really... so useless! Even without the weapons I gave him, he couldn't beat me, but couldn't he escape?"

This is also what Marquis Boyle was struggling with.

He couldn't help but wonder if Wolfe's failure was caused by his failure to give him diamond-grade weapons.

But reason told him, no!

"Go check if there is any backer behind Hope Town, and also check what happened when Hope Town was fighting with Fasal Village." Marquis Boyle said, "I want to see what happened to cause this situation."

"Yes." Carlisle agreed without hesitation.

Then, as if he had thought of something, Carlisle spoke again, "Hope Town is currently ranked 3366. There is still a month until the next territory war, and it may improve a little by then. In addition, Hope Town is open to the outside world. As for Surik, should he continue with the original plan?"

"Let's proceed according to the original plan first. I hope the situation in the town is beyond our expectations and we can't let it develop any further." Marquis Boyle said without thinking.

"But if we change to other territories, we will be more confident..." Carlisle advised subconsciously.

The last time I went to Hope Town, I felt that the atmosphere inside Hope Town was very good and everyone was willing to contribute to the territory.

To a certain extent, such a territory is difficult to deal with.

This is what Carlaid speaks from experience.

Although he felt that the lord might not be able to listen at this time, he still had to say it.

"If we don't deal with him now, who knows if something unexpected will happen later. The town is developing too fast. It has only been more than three months, and it has dropped from more than 10,000 to 3,366. It is best to take action when he just enters the town level, otherwise it will be even more difficult to control in the future." Marquis Boyle said without thinking.

I suffered a great loss once and I can’t suffer it again.

"Okay, I understand." Carlisle sighed helplessly in his heart.

He now feels that Surik may not be able to defeat Hope Town.

Even if the opponent is also hiding his abilities, the ranking is still one or two hundred lower!

"You can give him weapons for city-level territory wars." Suddenly, Marquis Boyle spoke.

"But isn't this expressly forbidden?"

"I'm afraid that by then, no one will be in the mood to care." Marquis Boyle said lightly.

Carlisle listened and was shocked.

Why is it that no one cares? What happened?

He was curious, but Carlisle asked nothing.

Although the lord trusts him, he won't tell him everything.

Ningshan Village.

"3366, it's really a good number! I'm really envious!" Jin Jingxia was a little stimulated after seeing the ranking of Hope Town in the morning.

Why is there such a big gap between people?

Why is the gap between territories so big?

Jin Jingshan's eyes also revealed a bit of envy, "So we have to work harder!"

I hope the town can now be said to be famous on behalf of their new territories, and these new territories will probably also come into the sight of the native territories.

Being seen in advance has its advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that more territories can see you, and then opportunities for territory development will come. After all, there are so many territories, and if you want to be remembered, you must have some abilities of your own.

The disadvantages were also seen by more territories. There must be places like Fassal Village in these territories. There are many complicated relationships in the local territories. Some territories have the support of families. Generally, no one would touch these territories. These new territories with no background and no backing are a suitable choice.

As for the latter, as long as your strength is strong enough, the disadvantages can be turned into advantages!

Therefore, they still choose to be seen in advance.

"Yes." Jin Jingxia nodded, with a hint of determination in his expression, "Then when will you be promoted, big brother?"

"Let's do it tomorrow!" said Jin Jingshan.

"Then I'll come the day after tomorrow. We'll have to endure it on our own in our territory first. If we can't endure it, we'll ask you for help, big brother." Jin Jingxia said.

Although the two territories can help each other, in the long run, individual strength still needs to be improved.

Build a solid foundation when you are at the village or town level, and then when the two territories are combined, your strength will be formidable!

Who dares to fight?

"Okay!" Jin Jingshan nodded. How could he not agree if his younger brother wanted to become stronger!

Besides, his brother's territory became stronger, which was good for both sides.

The combination of their two territories is their confidence in facing the world.

Penglai Village.

"This Hope Village is really powerful!" Zheng Yu, the lord of Penglai Village, saw the ranking of Hope Town this morning and felt a little bit of admiration for Hope Town.

Although he is envious, jealous and resentful, he is capable and it is what he deserves!

"We may not be as good as Hope Town, but we are definitely better than other territories." Zheng Yu's lackey Yue Siming said subconsciously.

As a lackey, you have to know what your boss wants to hear the most.

Zheng Yu listened and was indeed very happy, as he still had this bit of information.

"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile." Zheng Yu said, the smile on his lips almost unable to be suppressed.

"We are all family here, so it's okay to tell the truth." Yue Siming said with a smile.

Watching the two of them going back and forth, Wei Shaocheng on the side couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Then he could only suppress what he was going to say, and after thinking for a while, he reminded: "Lord, although we need to keep a low profile, if we upgrade too slowly, it will be easy for others to target us. After all, if we always defeat the strong with the weak, people will be suspicious. Moreover, after winning so many games, it is still a level 2 village. It is unreasonable. Our territory can also be upgraded."

Don't pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, only to end up being eaten by the tiger.

Especially when Hope Town is so prominent, there will definitely be a lot of attention on the new territory.

"You're right. Let's take this opportunity to upgrade to a level 3 village! Then we can choose better targets and get more things." Zheng Yu said, nodding.

In fact, he also wanted to upgrade the village to level 3, otherwise it would be so embarrassing to go out!

Just like last time, several territories didn't even take him seriously and were unwilling to accept his recruitment. It was really infuriating.

It seems that at that time I can only find a few more brothers with lower territory levels.

However, the cost of such investment is a bit too high.

Oh, there’s nothing I can do about it. This is the difficulty of being the boss!

However, isn't it because he has these little brothers that people take a fancy to him and give him a lot of investment?

If he recruits a few more, giving the other party the illusion that his territory is strong and he has many followers, then his investment will be even greater.

Then, after upgrading to level 3 village, you can give the other party an explanation and ask for more investment.

Yes, that’s it!

"Well, then Lord, please quickly issue the order and make preparations!" After getting Zheng Yu's consent, Wei Shaocheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he was also afraid that if his lord did not get promoted, he would not be able to defraud investors.

"Yes, right away. By the way, I also need to find some younger brothers to play with." Zheng Yu said quickly.

Wei Shaocheng: “…”

——Are you sure it’s for fun and not for helping???

Dashan Village.

"My Lord, there are already territories that have been promoted to towns. Should we be promoted as well?"

"Is it time to advance?" Fang Zonglong, the lord of Dashan Village, was a little caught off guard.

"Yes, it's time to move from level 2 to level 3. When there are more small town-level territories, we will move from level 3 villages to small towns."

"It seems that there are not enough buildings in the territory?" Fang Zonglong took a look at the territory map. It was extremely empty, with only a few places open up for farmland. The few buildings were also lonely, looking particularly desolate.

"Unlock as many as you like! Just meet the upgrade requirements."

"Well, it's unlocked, you can go."

"When the beast tide comes... will you show up, Lord?"

"Same as before, just handle it." Fang Zonglong said calmly.

"……OK!"

The most advanced building in the territory so far is the city wall. Oh, by the way, there are also various offensive weapons beside the city wall.

"Well, I have to go back to bed."

“……” The man was silent.

In fact, he had never expected that he would end up in such a territory.

There are a total of 5,000 people, so many that they can be counted on one hand. They built a dungeon underground with the help of the summoned dwarves, and they hide in their own houses every day to study something.

As the only normal person among them, he was tired.

Perhaps the only good thing is that the dwarves in the territory produce a variety of alchemical products, so even though their territory looks shabby, it is still quite rich, so there are plenty of raw materials to supply the city walls.

But...how can this be considered a normal territory?

Green grassland village.

"Will we be able to be promoted to a small town soon?" Cheng Susu looked at her best friend, Shi Qingzhu, the lord of Qingqing Grassland Village, excitedly.

"That's right." Shi Qingzhu nodded. "After upgrading to a small town, our territory will be larger, and we can plant more fruit trees and vegetables."

“I wonder how we rank?”

"It shouldn't be very high! It must be among the lowest. The combat power of our territory is not strong enough." Shi Qingzhu was very familiar with the strength of his territory.

The reason why their territory is so strong is because of the beautiful boys and girls of the elves.

Without them, she really didn't know how her own territory would develop.

There's no way they can get back to the work they did before the apocalyptic game came.

Plant trees, take care of them, sell the fruits and honey to the elves, and be cared for by them. How wonderful it is!

"That doesn't matter. We're just after the territory anyway!"

Just as the two were chatting, suddenly, there was a noise outside the city gate.

"Why don't you let us in? Why?"

"Because our magic circle prohibits you from joining."

"How do you select people?"

"I'm sorry, this is our territory's secret, I can't tell you. If I say you can't enter, then you can't enter."

"Please, let me in! It's too dangerous outside. We will die if we spend the night outside."

“…”

"Here we go again. He obviously has bad intentions, but he's deliberately playing the victim." Cheng Susu said dissatisfiedly.

"Forget it. There's the elves' magic circle anyway, so they can't get in."

While the two were talking, the man glanced to the side and was about to force his way in.

As a result, the next moment, his body was instantly pierced by an arrow.

With this example, the crowd that had previously failed to pass the magic circle verification dispersed instantly.

The royal capital, San Sebastian.

"Hope Town is really powerful! I was not mistaken." Baron Charlotte said excitedly.

After all, it was he who awarded the Hope Town the honor in the first place, and the town has been climbing up step by step with his cooperation. He really feels like his own child has grown up, and is filled with pride.

Harrington felt helpless when he saw Charlotte like this. "It's not your territory, why are you so happy?"

Having said that, Harrington's understanding of Hope Town has also been elevated to a higher level.

In one day, it counter-invaded an aggressive territory and survived the beast tide that led to the promotion of a small town. It is indeed a territory with great potential.

"It's no different from my territory! Because I got a lot of benefits from Hope Town! Not to mention other things, didn't you get it too?" Baron Charlotte snorted. This was proof of his good eyesight.

"What are you talking about! If it weren't for the hope that the town itself was strong enough, many people would want to grab this benefit directly!"

At first, no one cared about the small-scale business of the commodities in Hope Village. After all, they were just some food and drinks, business items. In terms of money, none of the nobles in the capital would be poor.

With the support of Baron Charlotte and him, the other nobles don't have to get involved. If they are interested, they can let their family members' territories go to Hope Town to trade.

After all, the things sold in Hope Town are really not expensive, and they can also make huge profits from them, so naturally they won’t use too tough measures.

But later, the cement of Hope Village came out of nowhere, and the walls of villages, towns and cities could all be greatly improved from it, and it was physical, without consuming any magic power.

This time, those families were completely focused on him.

Even though shells are hard to find, they are still eyeing them.

But before they could take any action, Hope Town suddenly appeared and reached the 3366th place in one promotion.

Everyone knows this name, and the territory has great potential.

With so many people being targeted, who knows if someone is trying to do good for Hope Town behind the scenes.

Anyway, it’s not like I can’t get it now, so I just gave up the idea.

Yes, to be honest, their two families also had the idea of ​​monopolizing the market at that time. But after hearing Charlotte and him speak highly of Hope Town, and seeing that Hope Town itself was powerful, they immediately changed their minds and gave their full support.

In fact, if they wanted to, it would be easy to recruit a few more families to protect Hope Town.

Under such circumstances, I hope the small town can remain unscathed. It really is the right time, the right place, and the right people.

"Anyway, I hope everything is fine in this town!" Baroness Charlotte said indifferently.

Anyway, he still felt that even if those families took action, they would not end up well.

The battles on the Stan continent are based on territory wars.

This is how relative stability is maintained.

The rule makers behind this are very powerful, so no one dares to break the rules.

As long as people dare not violate the rules, the restrictions on Hope Town will be limited.

On the contrary, it is a setback, and perhaps it will make Hope Town grow faster!

Of course, based on his understanding of Hope Town, they prefer the path of peaceful development.

"Can you attend this award ceremony?" Harrington then asked about the award ceremony.

Baron Charlotte shook her head, "It was taken away by someone. Hopefully the town is popular now, but I plan to go there myself. Do you want to go?"

"Go!" Harrington nodded without hesitation.

He is also very interested in Hope Town.

"I hope this town will not let you down!" Baron Charlotte said firmly.

…

The topics of these territories all revolve around Hope Town, and the changes in them are more or less directly or indirectly related to Hope Town.

In fact, there are far more than just these territories.

The Human Kingdom, the Orc Kingdom, the Dwarf Kingdom, the Elf Kingdom... people are all paying attention.

The emergence of Hope Town can be said to have caused ripples on the continent of Stan.

The ripples will grow bigger as time goes by.

At this time, the people in Hope Town don’t care about the storm outside, they just want to work hard!