Cthulhu Dragon Fleet Port (Tier 8 Large Port Building, Special, Unique, Mythical) - Increases fiscal revenue by 1.2 million, trade tariffs by 25%, tradable resource production by 20%, and ocean territory range by 80%.

Ragnar and a Cthulhu representative named Dim Maximilian looked respectfully at Su Yue:

“Great Lord of the Old Ones, this is the first period of commercial tax.”

"..."

Su Yue said, "Taxation isn't urgent for now..." This indicated that he wasn't short of money. He was more concerned with the development of the people in the Cthulhu territory.

Lord's Log: "Representative of Barayamakanxulu swears allegiance to you and presents you with 1.46 million gold coins as tax."

Su Yue chuckled, and could only reluctantly accept it for now. He said:

"Are there any development problems in the Cthulhu territory right now?"

Su Yue knew perfectly well that Balayamakan, as a mudflat and the location of the Dragon Fleet's port, would become the future hub of his navy.

Tim Maximilian said, "In terms of faith, we need to spread the 'Dagon's Secret Order' and our faith in you; economically, we need to open up maritime trade routes as soon as possible; militarily, we need Miss Kim Soo-er to build more special buildings for our Cthulhu settlement..."

Lord's Log: "You have received 35 Cthulhu building blueprints for Essex County donated by your Cthulhu representative."

Su Yue stared in astonishment at the architectural blueprints. Beyond the everyday buildings like the Armchair Hotel, Murder Inn, Mad Clinic, Despair Concert Hall, and Horror Post Office; there were also economic buildings such as the Monster Fishing Ground, Shipyard, and Evil Spirit Aquaculture Farm; but what excited him most were the military buildings: a Tier 1 Mad Corruption Lab… a Tier 2 Mysterious Investigation Bureau, a Tier 3 Amorphous Element Lair…

"Is the highest-level military blueprint you can provide right now only Tier 3?"

Dim Maximilian: "Yes, my lord... you may need to obtain the subsequent blueprints yourself."

Where is Jin Xiuer?

Ragnar said, "I'm going to find her now."

Lord's Log: "Your territory has completed the construction of a Tier 5 Rick's Guard Castle. Due to the divine architect Jin Xiuer, the building level has increased by 1, and you have obtained a Tier 6 Rick's Guard Castle!"

"Hahahaha. Is the 14 million 'royal' building finished yet?" Su Yue was absolutely thrilled.

He had been waiting for Kim Soo-ah to make her move, and today, on the sixth day of Turin world time,

She did finish her work.

"Let's go...go and take a look."

—"Rick Guard Castle (Tier 6): The headquarters building of the Imperial Rick Guard. Rick Fortress is an important city of the Empire, and the troops trained there are all Imperial Guard troops. It is also known as the "incubator of the Imperial Guard".

"Maintenance Costs: Rick's Guard Forces Expenses -15% (All Armies)"

Recruitment Cost: Rick's Guard - 30%

"New recruited unit level: Rick's Guard +1!"

"!!!"

Su Yue hadn't even seen the army recruitment notice yet, but he was already looking forward to it. Cthulhu hadn't even started recruiting yet, and Su Yue said to Ragnar along the way:

"Give me my order to the Sphinx Medea."

"Yes, sir."

Su Yue said in a calm but firm tone, "He is ordered to lead 930+ Dark Elf troops to attack all High Elf lord forces outside of Qiwell City, and to conduct guerrilla warfare against the High Elf marine forces near Qiwell..."

Su Yue didn't need to consider the consequences of provoking the High Elf forces at all.

With its towering walls, 1.5+ garrison troops, and top-tier god-level NPC support, Canaan was not afraid of its enemies on land; and with Devil's Reef at sea, the High Elves simply couldn't break through.

—"You have obtained a Tier 8 special auxiliary building—Devil's Reef (Great Harbor): ... All attackers' chance of being blocked increases by 30%, chance of hitting the reef increases by 20%, Special Feature: Your territory cannot be breached by beach landings!"

"I hope to provoke your hatred. Then you'll come and run aground on my Devil's Reef, and I'll salvage your sunken ships."

The advantages of the terrain at sea are no joke.

The area outside Barayamakan is now essentially a dead end, a place where one can only enter and not leave. Unless Cthulhu actively guides them, no one can escape Devil's Reef. That's how domineering and terrifying it is.

This indirectly gave Su Yue the confidence to expand his control of the seas and attack the High Elves.

"Just do it. Take them down."

"yes."

Ragnar received orders to immediately send General Sphinx Medea to lead troops to attack the territory of Ziviel, as well as the port and territory of the High Elves "Remir"... Remir is a strait where a large number of High Elves are stationed and it is also an important stronghold for the High Elves to control the sea.

The "Kwalander" territory, which forms a ">" shape below, is also part of the High Elf Empire.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate, like trapping a turtle in a jar, effectively shutting out the northern sea outlets for both the dwarves and humans.

To describe it accurately, this place is like a large, horizontally lying sieve.

No matter how powerful Su Yue was, he couldn't change the terrain.

On the sixth day of the world of Turin, he issued orders to attack the High Elf naval fleet.

The Innsmouths were already strong in naval warfare, so they weren't afraid of being defeated by the High Elves.

"Damn it, if I can't beat them, I can't just run away? Those Innsmouth swimmers are like propellers. Scattered, they're like stars in the sky; gathered, they're like a raging fire."

"We can take inspiration from the submarine warfare of World War I and launch attacks on all sea creatures."

"If you won't let me out, you won't have it easy either!!"

Having made up his mind, Su Yue immediately summoned Jin Xiuer. He began to develop the naval power of his territory. To put it bluntly, the naval control of the territory depended on Cthulhu.

He also took the opportunity to start a lottery for the blueprints.

"The Shrine of the Gods previously rewarded me with Mythic Cthulhu blueprints. I wonder what kind of buildings I can unlock from them?"

—“The probability of Cthulhu creatures being born in Balayamakan increases by 20%, and you have obtained a random Cthulhu mythological unit building blueprint x1.” With the blessing of the Temple of the Gods, the birth rate, corruption rate of Cthulhu creatures, and Innsmouth people in Su Yue’s Balayamakan mudflats has also increased by 20%, but he cannot see the specific effects for the time being and can only guess and wait.

The feasibility of this effect cannot be immediately proven.

Su Yue immediately started the lottery.

Lord's Log: "You have obtained a random Cthulhi mythological unit building, a Tier 7 Cthulhi Star Familiar Nest (mythological, unique)."

They will lie in the stone huts of R'lyeh, protected by powerful Cthulhu spells until the stars and the earth are ready; then, they will be reborn in radiance.

—H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

"Holy shit!! Holy shit!!!"

Su Yue was utterly shocked. He immediately thought of the terrifying monsters beside Id Ya.

The Tier 7 Demon Overlord of the Dragon Fleet Port and the guardian of the Shrine of Gods, "Shrine Maiden (Deep Diver Innsmouth): Tier 7 unit, 16 in number".

—“Subordinate Demon Overseers: Five Tier 7 Demon Overseers are lurking in your Dragon Harbor, serving as teleportation intelligence agents and route commanders.”

These guys are all soldiers whose units are beyond their control.

The third case is that of Idya. She was just recruited as a hero, and is one of four seventh-tier Star Familiars.

"Besides Xiao Yi, it seems like my territory is about to see an explosion of Tier 7 units? Holy crap, the Rick Empire's Royal Guards were originally only Tier 5, but because of Jin Xiuer's god-level architect +1, they became Tier 6 buildings. The buildings come with two tiers +1... so they come out as Tier 7 Rick Empire Royal Guards..."

"And if we add this Cthulhi, a Tier 7 Cthulhi Star Familiar Nest (mythical, unique), am I just on the verge of becoming invincible?"

"Who would complain about having few cards to play?"

"I have many cards to play, I don't have to use them. I can save them up or even let them gather dust, but I can't be without them."

Su Yue felt a surge of excitement.

That was fucking awesome.

The Shrine of the Gods is the core building located in Canaan at the very beginning of the game. Its purpose is to worship the evil god Cthulhu, and next to it is a statue of Abraham blessing the evil god of the abyss. However, it is not a god-level building.

"...What if I develop my business and suddenly get wiped out by an evil god? Is it some kind of uncontrollable event?"

Su Yue felt a strong sense of urgency.

On one hand, because of Europa, because of heresy, and his relationship with Abraham, he is absolutely hostile to Heaven… On the other hand, there is the threat from Cthulhu's mortal enemy, Hastur, the Wind King… If Su Yue marries Xeira, he will 100% offend Hastur, the Wind King. Because that terrifying evil god, the "Lord of the Deep Space," the "Nameless One," desires to marry his fiancée, Xeira.

Now, Su Yue has mastered the bloodline of the "Old Ones".

The sense of crisis hidden deep within him grew stronger and stronger. "It's not about having a trump card or not... it's about whether I can survive the future conflicts between the gods..."

"My development speed is still too slow."

His newly formed sense of pride and complacency was instantly extinguished.

"There are rumors that the gods will fall, and saints and their agents will walk among mortals in the future..." Su Yue had also heard such rumors and news in Canaan... He didn't know if they were true or false. If they were true, the gods would fall, and saints would walk among mortals?

Wouldn't that completely throw everything into chaos?

The world they inhabit, Turin, is a material plane.

If a saint were to descend.

That must be a completely new version, right?

"...It probably won't be that fast. Before the national war, I don't know if we can make it in time. Every game in my previous life had versions. Like the 'Great Exploration' version, the 'National War' version, and the 'Saint's Descent' version. To put it bluntly, the essence was to stimulate the enthusiasm and passion of players through special historical events and major turning points."

"Otherwise, it's no fun if things stay ordinary... There must be some major events going to happen in history."

"I need to prepare for the version change in the world of Turin."

"We still don't have enough cards to play!"

Su Yue then directly checked the attribute panel.

—"Snail Annihilation Yellow Seal - Goodwill: The host's affinity with evil gods will be permanently increased by 100%, and Cthulhu-related evil gods will have a favorable attitude towards the host."

— "Malice: The host will cause all the righteous gods of the universe to hunt down the ancient gods and hostile foreign gods who are the rulers of the past, and there is a chance that they will launch an attack on the host."

"I almost forgot, the Snail Annihilation Yellow Seal has attributes."

"..."

“Affection level +100%, I can now clearly explain the relationship between Idya, Kshira and me. I always felt a bit vague before.”

Su Yueyue looked at the attribute panel and became increasingly silent.

What else can we do?

The turbulent tide is sweeping in. Even if he is the so-called number one player in the world, the top player on the 7 leaderboards, praised by the forums of Canaan, can he compare to the game's developers?

"In order not to perish halfway, I really have to keep trying..."

"You're more talented than a genius, and you work even harder than yourself... I'm actually quite moved by your efforts."

Su Yue checked the attribute panel. He wasn't going to pay attention to the situation outside right now.

I'll make arrangements for myself first.

"Archangel Europa. Strength: 74?, Agility: 6??, Constitution: 12??, Intelligence: 8??, Psychic: 4?, Charisma: ???. Skills: Aid, Divination, Resurrection, Detect Evil, Reading Magic, Teleportation, Heal the Wounded. Loyalty: 100."

Europa's attributes haven't changed much.

Like Abraham, a super ninth-order subordinate, there are a lot of question marks.

Su Yue is currently most concerned about his own attributes.

His current attribute panel, compared to other players.

It is simply incredibly luxurious.

Extremely domineering and powerful.

Name: Su Yue (Demigod Cthulhu Lord), Bloodline: Outer God Bloodline, Occupation: Divine Lord (S-Rank God-Level Lord - Unique)

Alignment: Great Old Ones, Blessing: Yellow Seal of the Conch (Unique, SSS-level Blessing of an Evil God), Cthulhu's Familiar, Blood of the Great Old Ones (Mark).

Health: 1955, Mana: 920.

Strength: 90, Agility: 60, Constitution: 30, Intelligence: 50, Cognition: 30, Charisma: 30.

"Free attribute points: 141 points."

— "Aberration Cthulhu II, Strength x50, Agility x20, Intelligence x10."

Having received this reward, Su Yue hadn't yet tested his second form as a demigod. Therefore, he now harbored a strong desire to continue launching large-scale campaigns and wars.

You encounter an enemy who can force you into the second phase of a boss fight.

"The main increase is 80 attribute points."

"Adding to the 100 free attribute points I gained from the appearance of Kshira, which affected reality and my body, plus the +10 attribute points broadcast server-wide, I now have a total of 141 free attribute points. If Gu Longqing, Gu Yu, Elie, the players of the elite group, and the official lords of the Dragon Kingdom see this, it will probably cause an uproar."

They felt like mere pawns in their own shock.

But that's not actually the case.

The players' potential is terrifying. Their value and potential as the Fourth Calamity should never be underestimated.

Any underestimation can be overturned.

Su Yue may seem domineering and arrogant, but he actually knows his own limitations.

"The Divine Lord will be recruiting the third S-rank subordinate in a month. Time seems to be passing a little slowly."

He stretches a single day into months for others. Some people's lives are like porridge, while others are like thick milk. The quality of time is different, so the gap between him and other players is extremely exaggerated.

It's fair to say that Su Yue has been working tirelessly ever since he transmigrated to the Turin world, never wasting a single second.

He is someone who races against time.

Strive for one change every day.

"Dark Blue, add some points!"

His strength suddenly increased from 90 points to 150 points. He couldn't distinguish the main attribute before, but now he thought about it from the hexagonal display and chose to stand on the leftmost strength attribute.

"Agility also increased from 60+ to 100."

He felt an immense surge of power coursing through his body, and his speed and agility also increased. Since he was going to unleash his full power and awaken the second form of a demigod in the future, insufficient strength, agility, and basic attributes were absolutely unacceptable. More importantly, Su Yue was afraid of dying, and increasing his strength would raise his health points, which would increase his chances of survival.

This is a very simple principle: when in doubt, prioritize survival.

"It's been a long time since we've fought such a fruitful battle."

Lord's Log: "You have gained the Lord Talent: Aging due to your Strength exceeding 100 points: When you attack, you can age the enemy. Ageed enemies have their attack power reduced by 25%, their melee and ranged defense reduced by 20%, and their speed and battlefield movement halved."

"You have gained the Lord Talent: Pirate due to your Agility exceeding 100: Gain additional combat power in naval battles, Attack and Defense +5, Speed ​​and Battlefield Movement +2."

"You have gained the Lord Talent: Resurrection (Gold) due to your Intelligence exceeding 40 points: After you die, you can resurrect once, restoring 502 health points (calculated based on Intelligence). Cooldown time: one month."

"Holy crap!!!"

"Resurrection?? Top-tier lord talent??"

Su Yue was just thinking about how to survive when he suddenly got a reward of 50+ Intelligence? He had a talent plus sign next to his attributes, but he hadn't had time to activate it because he was too busy. And now he got something good?

"Awesome... Holy crap, if I count Europa's resurrection spell as an archangel, I can resurrect twice now?"

"Isn't this like Death dragged me down there, but I ran back on my own? You pulled me down again, and now I'm being called back? Even the King of Hell can't take me now."

"But this feeling is still quite different from that of a cat, which has nine lives."

Su Yue quickly used the remaining 40 free attribute points.

The points were allocated to three attributes: Constitution, Spiritual Awareness, and Charisma, with an additional 20 free attribute points allocated to Constitution.

Ordinary players in the Turin world would probably turn green with rage upon seeing this.

"Who can add 10 or 100 points at once? Isn't it all about adding points little by little? Why think it over and over again? I'm much better off."

Lord's Log: "You have gained the Lord's Talent: Intermediate Fortitude due to your Stamina exceeding 40 points: Your Fortitude +25%, and your Willpower check success rate increased by 20%."

Previously, Su Yue's Lord talent already included "Toughness: Your toughness is increased by 15%." This is now a new advanced version, which is equivalent to Su Yue upgrading his basic ballistics skill to intermediate ballistics skill.

"That feels good..."

"You have gained the Lord's Talent: Magic Insight: Your magic talent +3 due to your breakthrough of 40 points in Insight."

"You have gained the Lord Talent: Graceful Dance: Your charm value +5, and the opposite sex's favorability towards you +10% due to your charm value exceeding 40 points."

The first skill, Magic Talent, increased, but Su Yue didn't feel anything. It was probably an improvement in meditation efficiency. It was also related to spiritual awareness and intelligence, but the main thing was the influence on perception.

Reaching a Charm level of 40 is equivalent to receiving an additional 5 free attribute points.

Something is better than nothing.

But the subsequent increase in the opposite sex's affection seems to have some merit...

"This attribute can affect contact with Kshira and Id Ya, its value immediately doubles..." He did not underestimate this 10% influence at all. Cthulhu is a god of evil, and cannot be judged by common sense. This 10% favorability may be the difference between an ordinary person's first contact with Cthulhu, which is either death from zero sanity or survival or even being saved.

"Cool!!!"

"It's still better to add something more comfortable."

The key issue with attribute point allocation is that ordinary players, even lords who have developed normally in the world of Turin, do not have that many free attribute points to increase.

In the world of Turin, even the lords can only passively increase their attribute points, unable to actively allocate them. Only players, the Chosen Ones, can obtain free attribute points and allocate them independently.

"Logically speaking, for normal players, it is very difficult to reach 40 points in a single attribute. They must then choose to specialize in a certain attribute such as strength, agility, or intelligence (in order to obtain talent rewards), and then draw lord talents, so it is impossible for them to allocate points evenly at will."

"But I'm different. I can get all the rewards from all the attribute talents. It's like winning the lottery. Others only have one chance to win, but I have countless chances."

"...That was so awesome."

Su Yue laughed. He was the "richest person in terms of attribute points" among all players and chosen ones in the world. He even hoped that the Turin world would create an attribute point ranking list to see just how much his numerical monster crushed others.

"Haha, we're getting further and further away from being a numerical monster."

"There's no technology or operation involved; it's all based on numbers."

"The next stage is the reward for breaking through 100 points."

Looking at his current attribute panel, Su Yue felt like he had evolved once again.

Name: Su Yue (Demigod Lord of Cthulhu)...

Health: 2885, Mana: 1060.

Strength: 150, Agility: 100, Constitution: 50, Intelligence: 50, Cognition: 40, Charisma: 40.

"Free attribute points: 1 point."

His life points surged by nearly a thousand points, and his magic power increased by 100 points, but Su Yue didn't have much time to meditate and practice magic... He had Abraham as his spellcaster, and his dependence on him increased, so he didn't need to do it himself.

The most significant gain was breaking through the attribute point bottleneck of 40 points and then 100 points, which brought the boost from the Lord's Talent.

"Comfortable!!"

"Resilience, an extra life upon resurrection, +10% charm with the opposite sex, 5 points of basic attributes added to naval combat (better than nothing), +2 movement speed (better than nothing), magic talent... Aging Attack, reduces the enemy's attribute attack."

Su Yue took stock of his own earnings and rewards.

They had already come to their senses.

Kim Soo-ah's pretty face appeared before him.

"Master, great news!"

"Xiuer, you seem to have grown a little more?"

When Kim Soo-ah first appeared in his territory, she was a young girl, but now she is becoming more and more graceful and elegant, giving the impression that she was raised in seclusion and suddenly got married.

Could it be that a relationship can really nourish her?

It seems like it really can...

She's a succubus.

"..."

Jin Xiuer said, "Master, I have completed the construction of the Rick Empire's Forbidden Castle... Come here quickly, I will take you to see it."

14 million resources were spent like water, and Su Yue felt he would have to go to the auction house again to replenish mercury, mithril, and other building materials... He hadn't even checked how many gold coins were needed for the subsequent Cthulhu Barayamakan mudflats, plus the Tier 7 Cthulhu Star Familiar Nest (mythical, unique).

"Wait a minute, Xiuer, let me check something."

"ah?"

Jin Xiuer looked at Su Yue curiously, feeling that he had become even more handsome. His already sharp pupils and gaze had become even more powerful: "Master, your strength has increased so much again..."

Su Yue smiled. He had to thank Kshira for the 100 free attribute points and the +80-point boost from the Trial of the Old Ones... His fiancée was really putting in the effort.

I wonder if Kim Soo-ah will be jealous if she knows about Kshela's existence?

Probably not, demons don't have any concept of dragons or koi.

"Tier 7 Cthulhi Lair (Mythical, Unique), Required Gold: 48 million, Required Building Materials: Mysterious Shell x units, Cat Skeleton (Tier 4 and above) x80,000 units, Eerie Glowing Object x200,000 units, Demonic Fungus x400,000 units, Evil Tentacle (Tier 6 Special Material) x2,000, Mercury x2 million..."

"Holy crap!!!"

"!!!"

"What the hell is this?!" Su Yue's face turned green... 48 million gold coins?? This doesn't even include resources. If resources were included, wouldn't it be over 100 million? Logically speaking, the required gold coins and resources should be split evenly... For a 7 million gold coin Dragon Port, you only need 4 million gold coins, and you can use the remaining 3 million gold coins to buy materials.

"This Tier 7 Cthulhu structure is terrifying?"

Lord's Log: "This building is a 'Mythical' building, and its troop strength exceeds that of ordinary buildings at the 8th or even 9th tier."

"Recruiting soldiers as followers of the evil god, the source of the special materials required is unknown..."

Su Yue handed the blueprints to Jin Xiuer: "Xiuer, Xiuer."

"What's wrong, Master?"

Seeing his master Su Yue frown, he immediately jumped over happily, but in an instant, he covered his cherry-like mouth, his expression one of utter astonishment.

She is indeed a god-level architect... but a god-level architect can't conjure up unavailable building materials like a woodcutter cooking without rice; that's called magician, not architect...

"...These special resources? What are they? I've never heard of any of them before?"

Su Yue was stunned. These were probably all special resources and outputs from the Cthulhu Mythos... "What should I do? I thought the Tier 7 buildings were about to take off, but then the Rick Empire's Royal Guards... Forget it, let's not research this for now, let's recruit the Rick Empire's Tier 7 Royal Guards first..."

Su Yue directly offered the excuse that running away was shameful, but it worked.

He sent a message to Gu Longqing, showing him the building requirements for the "7th Tier Cthulhi (Mythology, Unique)".

The meaning is self-evident.

"Holy crap!!"

Even though Gu Longqing had seen many grand occasions, as the president of a top guild in the Dragon Kingdom, he was still taken aback by the construction conditions of Su Yue's building... Now that he had Su Yue backing him up, the Longqing Guild was thriving and showing signs of a bustling atmosphere, with the potential to become a top-tier guild in the Dragon Kingdom... Now, on the forums and among the players, after experiencing the changes brought about by the invasion of the Turin world into reality...

Who doesn't know about the Dragon Green Guild? Its vice president is none other than Su Yue, one of the world's top figures.

Under these circumstances, Long Qing felt extremely favorable and grateful towards Su Yue.

But... "Boss, I'm powerless... I've only ever seen these building materials, these weird glowing objects, and the cat skeletons being traded and sold on the forums at Tier 3. Tier 4?? Even if you let the players kill themselves, they can't beat Tier 4 units right now..."

"Not to mention 80,000 units. What does 80,000 units mean? That's a unit, my friend! How many kilograms is one unit of timber?"

"..."

Su Yue also fell silent.

Gu Longqing said, "However, we can use this as a goal to prepare. Of course, this can only be an empty promise. You can't even raise 48 million gold coins right now, can you?"

He remembered that on the leaderboard, Su Yue's total gold coins numbered only 24 million.

"It's barely enough to make do, but the main problem is the materials, which is quite troublesome."

"What???"

Long Qing was shocked. "You alone are richer than our entire guild, a guild that gathers millions of professional players across the whole Dragon Kingdom?"

In some games, the relationship between top players and guilds is one of mutual "reliance"... But Su Yue is different; he "crushes" them all, crushing an entire guild single-handedly... This is truly a bit too outrageous.

"I will try my best to find the production location of these materials for you, and then make preliminary intelligence preparations..." Putting everything else aside, Su Yue felt extremely comfortable just from Gu Longqing's attitude.

Players from all over the world, including those from China, are very weak.

However, the branch area is large.

Everyone worked together.

Perhaps it can bring the dead back to life...

"Let's take it slow and see how things go. I just wanted to let you know about this. Help me gather the information, and send it to me anytime you have any..."

"Okay."

Gu Longqing said, "What do you think about the deal that the Elite Sixth Regiment asked you to make before?"

Su Yue said, "I'm free now, don't let him add me as a friend, my friend list is full. I'll add him myself. What are his forum and auction house IDs?"

"Ye Lin is not a good son."

"..."

"What the hell is this ID?"

"Young people..."

Su Yue proactively added the auction house ID "Ye Lin is not a good kid" and then sent screenshots of the Tier 4 Dwarven Thunder Shield Warrior (priced at 1200+), Tier 3 Longbeard Heavy Hammer, Tier 4 Dwarven Musketeer, and Tier 2 Dwarven Warrior.

There are level 5 dwarf butchers, but Su Yue can't give them to them.

He gave it to Zhou Zhuo himself.

It wouldn't be appropriate to directly give the things provided to Gu Longqing to their subordinates; that would be rather unseemly. What would Gu Longqing think if they were given Tier 5 troops? He spent two million to buy those troops, only to have Su Yue resell them to his subordinates?

That would cause a bit of a problem.

One should be reasonable in life.

"..."

"Holy crap!!!"

"Boss, are you serious?"

"Otherwise what? Hurry up, don't waste time, I'm very busy here."

"Ye Lin is not a good kid and is initiating a trade with you. He is offering 6.83 million gold coins in exchange for 420 Tier 2 Dwarf Warriors, 57 Tier 3 Dwarf Longbeard Hammer Hands, and 16 Tier 4 Dwarf Musketeers."

"...Boss, I'll go raise more money, wait for me..."

Su Yue browsed the forum. He now had over 31.25 million gold coins. The treasure trove inside the Dwarf Fortress belonged to him. He had a large amount of gold, silver, and materials that he hadn't yet converted into money. In addition, the large number of weapons, armor, and armor stored in the Dwarf Northern Fortress could all be exchanged for gold coins.

Su Yue sold another batch of Tier 4 and Tier 5 armor, earning nearly 8 million gold coins. They all sold out instantly as soon as they were listed...

A series of wails echoed from within the Dragon Green Guild:

"Someone's selling Tier 4 and Tier 5 weapons and armor again?? I missed out!"

"@Su Yue, is that you??"

Su Yue looked at the guild channel: "It's me... Anyone need Tier 5 or Tier 6 armor? We can discuss anything if you have gold..."

Su Yue was increasingly impressed by the value of the player forum, the benefits and impact on the players in the Turin World. This was a huge market with a global population of 6 billion... Even if he put tens of millions or hundreds of millions of his money on it, it probably wouldn't cause much market fluctuation. This was somewhat different from the stock market in his previous life.

The number of players and buyers in the stock market is limited, and some individual stocks can be distracting. However, the forums in the world of Turin are different; they are a necessity for every player lord.

You always need to buy and sell things, right?

You've run out of food, water, and supplies, and your troops aren't strong enough... So you need to earn money to buy resources... Especially after unlocking the real world, Su Yue was very clear about this.

The player's wealth level will then increase exponentially.

Riding this wave, one can leverage the advantage of selling scarce resources to build a strong foundation of wealth—the economic base determines the superstructure.

If you don't have money, don't even mention anything else.

You're building this and that?

Can you afford to maintain the military?

Speaking of military expenses, Su Yue immediately glanced at Rick's Guard's military expenses, "Weekly military expenses? 48,000 per month?? For one soldier?"

"If I raise a hundred of them, wouldn't that cost me 4.8 million gold coins a month in military expenses?"

"This is under the premise of reduced military spending and recruitment costs... Damn, the military cost of an Imperial Tier 5 Dwarven Artilleryman with cannons is not even as high as yours."

Su Yue immediately recruited a 7th-tier Royal Guard of the Rick Empire.

Promotion in rank does not change the name of the unit.

Forget about expecting any fancy or luxurious special unit names, but this Tier 7 unit is clearly vastly different from the one Su Yue fought against when he was fighting the "Imperial Rebels" Webo Jan Dragimier!

Lord's Log: "Because the lord has mastered the Reik Guard Castle (Tier 6) and obtained a royal building, the host's legend level in the entire Turin world increases by 1, making him one of the candidates for Elector (Note 1), and giving him the right and qualification to be promoted to emperor."

"What the hell???"

Lord's Log: "You have successfully recruited Tier 7 Reik Empire Guards (Royal Unit)."

Beneath the deep, imposing, and even extravagantly luxurious castle, Jin Xiu'er stood with her hands behind her back, humming a devilish folk song popular in the Bato Empire, sung by the Dominican Order, a group of devilish cultists: "Dirty hands, touching the sacred soul, leading the human soul into depravity... How happy I am, how happy I am..."

Her voice was clear and melodious.

"Greetings, Your Excellency, the Elector Emperor and Lord of Canaan, Su Yue."

As expected of the royal guards, they speak in such a refined manner.

If William saw this, wouldn't he be terrified?

"Hey."

"Xiao Yi, test his strength."

The towering griffin nests in the Canaan territory also had a more rustic feel to them, thanks to the building materials the griffins brought from all over. The great griffin of the 7th-tier Soss Star swiftly swooped down towards the tiny black dot of humans on the ground.

"boom!!"

The steel Tier 7 Rick Guard monster, with its full-face armor gleaming with a dark silver light, actually withstood an attack from a Tier 7 Griffin and even attempted to drag him onto the Griffin's back.

You have to understand, griffins are large creatures... their strength and physique are completely different from humans...

"Holy crap, that's incredible?!"

"One of them probably can't beat Xiao Yi, but it's still pretty strong..."

It's worth mentioning that because the Griffin Xiao Yi from Sos was saved by Id Ya, his strength was also enhanced by 40% of Su Yue's "Outer God Lord" power.

However, the Imperial troops also have Frederick II's "Soldier King, all Imperial troops' attack power +35%" buff, the difference between the two is about 5%, but Su Yue's Outer God Lord has a more exaggerated effect of +40% to all attributes than the Soldier King.

"So his true combat strength is actually this formidable?"

This is already quite impressive.

The fact that the Elector Marquis caused Su Yue, who was well-versed in history, to feel a chill run down his spine...

"Damn, the construction of Rick Empire Castle even has hidden buffs..."

He immediately spent gold coins to recruit 12 Rick Empire Guards. Because high-tier troops have periodic recruitment restrictions, he could only recruit 13 Tier 7 troops on his first attempt. Each Tier 7 Guard costs 48,000 gold coins per month, so 13 Tier 7 Rick Guards would cost 620,000 gold coins per month...

"This is only 13 troop types. I still have 15,000 troops to support... How can I earn more gold coins and more Bato Imperial Marks?"

Su Yue's face turned green...

The Empire's Tier 5 artillery units are incredibly expensive, with each unit costing more and more than the last. Buildings in the territory also require money; not only does the "Tier 7 Cthulhu's Lair" require gold, but other basic buildings also cost money, and maintenance fees are also required.

If it weren't for the effect of Abraham reducing maintenance fees by 40%, Su Yue wouldn't have dared to develop his territory so extravagantly... But even so, he felt that the money was being burned too fast.

That's right, this money is now described as "burning".

"...There are advantages to being expensive...We need to start the war quickly, otherwise maintaining so many troops will be a drain every day." How can we just hoard soldiers if they don't create value for the territory?

After Su Yue recruited the Rick Guard, he didn't know how much uproar and controversy would arise in the Bathor Empire... Such royal buildings could only be built by the Electors after the Emperor. Su Yue's building did not affect Charles VII of the Bathor Empire in advance, but instead attracted Joanna first.

That's a story for another time.

Now Su Yue asked, "Can your Elite 6th Regiment only take down this small dwarf force? Call over Regiments 1 through 5. I have troops, armor, and weapons to share with them."

"???"

Ye Lin was dumbfounded... He was indeed the leader of the 6th Regiment's elite team, but Su Yue actually looked down on him for being poor?

I'm so rich now, I can spend 10 million gold coins like it's nothing, and you're complaining that I'm poor? I don't want to live anymore...

Su Yue, from the Dragon Blue Guild in the Turin world: "I currently have a large supply of dwarven units below tier 4 and armor and armor below tier 5. The price list is as follows... If any members of your elite guild are interested, come directly to me. If not, I'll sell them off on the forum. The Dragon Blue Elite Guild will receive a 25% discount, and regular members will receive a 10% discount. Time is limited, so hurry and grab them!"

"Damn it, who the hell is the dwarf lord?!"

"Dwarf Lord, am I the Dwarf Lord?"

"I'm an elf player, what should I do? Su Yue, could you sell me some elf units?"

Su Yue: "I wish I could too. My side has a surplus of dwarves, but not many elven troops."

He's frantically preparing to "de-dwarfize" the population, reduce military spending, and make a quick buck along the way—why not?

The Longqing Guild, including Gu Longqing himself, was alerted...

"Boss, Human Empire soldiers?"

"Do you want the 7th tier?"

"What??"

"20 million gold coins for one Tier 7 Imperial Rick Guard. If you get it, you'll be invincible... provided you don't do anything reckless. And if you train this Tier 7 unit properly, with the right bond and circumstances, it might even be promoted to hero..."

Su Yue was right. If a soldier is battle-hardened, has an extremely close relationship with the lord, and has high potential, he could be promoted to a special NPC. Su Yue didn't mind choosing a clever one with high potential and giving it to Gu Longqing.

But Su Yue didn't care about that.

In Gu Longqing's eyes, he owed Su Yue a debt of gratitude that he should kowtow to.

"!!!"

"Is what Yue Shen said true?"

"real."

"Give me five days... I've already been drained dry by you. Once the exchange system is implemented in reality, I'll have a large sum of money in my account." The fact that the currencies of the Turin world and the real world are not interchangeable at this stage is a major bug and a critical point.

Once currencies become interoperable, everything will change dramatically.

Gu Longqing is a super-rich man in the modern urban world.

His assets could be exchanged for gold coins in the Turin world. He could trade with all the poor and gold-farming groups to buy gold coins and exchange them for real-world assets. All the resources and total amount of gold coins in the Turin world would be integrated. The price of 20 million gold coins was really not expensive, but Gu Longqing really couldn't afford that amount of money right now.

"Can……"

"I'll wait for you. When the time comes, you'll be number 3 on the full obedience ranking list."

The second place is an 8th-tier Behemoth from the US, Skant. The third place is a 7th-tier ogre that Su Yue doesn't recognize.

As long as Gu Longqing spends enough money, he wouldn't mind giving him a hand.

"Boss, it's a deal."

"kindness."

"When real currencies are interconnected, save the Tier 7 troops for me... Holy crap..." Gu Longqing was almost crying; he was so moved.

Su Yue laughed; there was a deeper meaning behind his plan.

He not only wants to give Gu Longqing, but also Elise a unit, and then he wants to seize all the ranking rewards on the top 10 list, so that European players and lords like the US, Japan, and Germany will all be kicked off the leaderboard rewards.

"I'm not satisfied with dominating the charts all by myself."

"I want the leaderboard to be filled with the names of players from my Dragon Kingdom..."

Soon, even Zhou Zhuo was alerted by the Second and Third Regiments of the Turin World...

"Boss, do you have any Dark Elf troops?"

"With money, you can have an army."

Su Yue smiled as she read the message Zhou Zhuo sent...

Aside from the two special cases of Gu Longqing (human) and Zhou Zhuo (dark elf), as well as the requests of his own woman Gu Yu, Elie, and the players under his command, Su Yue only sells dwarves.

"Selling dwarves, selling tier 4 dwarf units... and also refugees, anyone want to buy dwarves?"

While Su Yue was frantically working towards the three goals of "de-dwarfing," "reducing military spending," and "earning gold coins," a new crisis was brewing in the world of the High Elves...

He broke the High Elves' blockade at sea and then dispatched the 6th-tier Dark Elf General (Cthulhu race) Sphinx Medea to attack them.

If the High Elves aren't angry, then something's definitely wrong.