Su Yue was unaware that the sixth brother, who belonged to Europa, was currently doing something to his half-asleep body.
He opened the forum and found that the players were in a worse situation than he had imagined.
"The problem of displaced people is unsolvable! There's no food today, and a dozen or so of them have rioted! They want to overthrow my rule over this territory!"
"Am I the first lord in the world to be overthrown by refugees?"
"Damn it, my companion servant was killed while gathering resources! A second-tier centaur warrior, what a gruesome death..."
"The difficulty of the game 'Turin World' is too high, it's almost too close to reality. My second-tier slinger dwarf was actually killed by a first-tier rogue due to exhaustion..."
Su Yue looked at the forum message and shook his head.
Players who treat the world of Turin as a simple game are making a grave mistake. Neither humans nor their subordinates are perpetual motion machines; even the ninth-rank archangel Europa has a hidden stamina system.
"As expected, they still made a mistake. In the past, there were many lord players who ruthlessly exploited their subordinates and eventually reaped what they sowed."
A post appeared on the forum with the following message:
"Don't exploit the refugees too much, or they will riot. Subordinates also need rest..." Initially, this post wasn't very popular, but with many precedents to follow, its popularity gradually increased.
...
"How do we acquire weapons? The territory expansion speed is too slow... It's always either a lot of horde (50-99) or a large group of throng (100-249). This difficulty is terrifying!"
"Yeah, I went to check out the logging camp before, and there were at least a hundred cavemen inside. We couldn't possibly defeat them!"
Unlike Su Yue's angel Europa's expedition, where the morale of lower-level creatures collapsed under the pressure of the divine aura of high-level ninth-tier beings, leading to slaughter; however, ordinary players struggle to even deal with the problem of refugees in the early stages, let alone more than 100 cavemen.
"Holy crap, so you're saying there are over 80 monsters at the iron mine next to my territory? We haven't even dealt with the refugees yet, how are we going to deal with them?"
"I envy the big shots who are third-tier subordinates."
"Don't envy the third-tier subordinates, the real envy should be for Su Yue! He's a ninth-tier subordinate, a god-level territory, and a god-level NPC!" Many Dragon Kingdom players felt a mix of jealousy and pride as Dragon Kingdom players when they thought of Su Yue.
"There's no Su Yue boss on the foreign servers!"
Looking at the scene, Su Yue smiled slightly. He was indeed far ahead of all the players in the Turin world. However, he couldn't afford to be complacent. Once a person becomes arrogant, one is already halfway into the abyss. He needed to use this advantage to further expand his position.
Moreover, the Tier 3 territory and the Tier 3 base council have brought a new problem.
That means too many resources are needed.
Despite Su Yue having two free building opportunities per month (the Shrine of the Gods), and despite his special councilor effect of -40% territory maintenance, the resources required for a Tier 3 territory are still extremely high. He roughly calculated that the resources needed to develop a Tier 3 territory are more than ten times that of a Tier 1 territory.
It would probably be even more difficult to upgrade to a fourth-tier university.
Su Yue hasn't truly unlocked the special features of the three books yet; what he's most envious of is actually the Griffin's Nest building!
"Once the Griffin's Nest is built, you can recruit baby griffins. Tier 4 bases recruit giant griffins; Tier 5 recruits royal griffins; Tier 6 recruits griffin knights; and Tier 7 recruits griffin king knights. Subsequent unit types are not within my consideration for the time being."
"We need to get the resources first, and then build the griffin's nest."
Because the 1,056 farmers in the territory had worked hard all day and needed sleep and rest, Jin Xiuer, the god-level territory architect, would also rest tonight. Su Yue estimated that all 400 refugees would be converted into farmers by tomorrow, and the construction of the tavern would have to wait until tomorrow.
"Now that the tavern is built, we can recruit heroes. I wonder what the quality of the first batch of heroes will be?"
The recruitment of tavern heroes is entirely random.
With Su Yue's strategic location planning, placing the tavern next to the Temple of the Gods, the probability of encountering heroes with the "K" attribute will greatly increase.
Thinking of his former allies, Su Yue felt very curious about the heroes he would recruit later.
Europa was not a hero after all!
So they only brought back about 300 cavemen, thieves, and big-eared monsters. If they were heroes, they would have gained much more.
"That sixth brother, Abraham, he's a devilish hero, or maybe the Grand Lord of the Silver Palace, but this sixth brother doesn't listen to orders at all now, and often acts on his own..." Su Yue also wanted to avoid getting involved with this devilish sixth brother. But unfortunately, there were many things he really had to rely on.
"I wonder what exactly the Silver Palace is? What's the situation with Abraham's territory?"
The dwarf crisis and the interdimensional portal within his territory remain unresolved for the time being, meaning Su Yue still has many concerns and room for development. After all, the world of Turin is still in its early stages of development, and no matter how many ideas he has, putting them into practice will take time.
"But I need to use this time to sleep to acquire resources."
On the forum, players were engaged in heated discussions.
"Weapons are too hard to obtain, monsters are hard to kill, and we can't overexploit the refugees or they'll riot. A whole day has been wasted."
"I envy the players in the big guilds... They have other people supporting them with resources, and they can recruit players on a large scale. I also want to be a young master player." Long Qing, the guild leader of Long Qing Guild, looked at the messages on the forum.
His own post about buying weapons went unanswered.
Zhou Zhuo said, "Boss, the fact that we have information about Boss Su Yue hasn't been exposed yet. Are you going to sell this intelligence?"
Long Qing shook his head and said, "We value long-term interests and shouldn't do anything foolish in the short term."
Zhou Zhuo said, "But I clearly saw Su Yue. I still have him as a friend. It seems he hasn't added anyone else as a friend except me. He's too awesome. He's a ninth-tier subordinate, has a god-level territory, and has an NPC who seems to be a high-ranking noble supporting him. That noble is incredibly handsome and has a very strong presence. It's like he's met some important person. In the end, he bowed down to Su Yue."
"oh?"
This was the first time Long Qing had heard of this information. As an elite player of the Long Qing Guild, Zhou Zhuo was revealing unique information unknown to the outside world.
As an A-rank lord known as the "Knight of Apocalypse," Long Qing is accompanied by three fourth-tier Plague Knights and a 100-man cavalry regiment, making him incredibly powerful.
He was also among the first players to establish territories.
Looking at the sleeping refugees in his territory, Long Qing said, "My cavalry needs weapons, armor and armor. The purchase notice has been posted since then, but no one is selling weapons. We need at least a hundred sets of armor and a hundred sets of weapons to have any chance of defeating the nearby Centaur Temple."
"With the support of the centaurs, I now have a ranged archer force. However, the garrison is composed of over 200 elite centaurs. Moreover, they have already dispatched an exploration team to harass my territory today. If I don't want my territory to be destroyed, I have no choice but to eliminate them in advance."
During the day, the centaurs harassed his territory, killing four refugees with long-range shots.
This caused Long Qing great distress.
He is now facing a life-or-death crisis.
Territory development depends on the environment; some players' territories are right next to troublesome areas.
If attacked by the demon plane.
Choosing the wrong location for your territory—if you infringe upon dragon territory, haunted buildings, or are near monster camps—will almost certainly result in a monster attack. Many players in the past have suffered total defeats at the start of the game because of poorly chosen territory locations.
In order to protect himself, Long Qing needs a large number of weapons and equipment.
"Weapons can increase lethality, while armor increases the chances of the knights' survival."
The death of even one of these hundred knights would break Long Qing's heart!
Therefore, weapons and equipment must be procured.
How to raise the funds?
Naturally, the transactions were conducted through game player forums.
Long Qing was browsing the forum at this moment, feeling helpless. The current players were too weak, barely able to protect themselves, and it was difficult for them to offer any special resources for trade. Even if they did have some, they mostly kept them hidden.
"It's only the first day. Expecting to collect a large number of weapons is probably just wishful thinking." Long Qing looked at the forum helplessly.
Just when he felt desperate.
A transaction notification from an auction house left him stunned!
"150 Tier 1 weapons, 150 sets of Tier 1 armor, including gauntlets, arm guards, gloves, armor, and boots. Each set of armor/weapon can be exchanged for 1000 gold coins, or 800 of various resources, or 500 of rare resources."
"It's so dark!"
Long Qing let out a wail; he was utterly bewildered by the selling price.
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