Su Yue's dream was hazy and indistinct.
It felt like he had one foot in the abyss again, and he dreamed of Europa's beautiful chestnut hair floating before his eyes.
It felt like I was hugging this archangel girl.
"That feeling again?"
"Isn't this how it feels the first night you sleep?"
Kim Soo-ah stood at the entrance of the council, looking at Europa with a gloomy expression: "Why are you here again today?"
Europa said, "What does this have to do with you?"
The tall, chestnut-haired girl gently rose, seemingly afraid of disturbing the lord's sleep, and placed his arm on the soft, wrinkled gauze beside her. Su Yue was still fast asleep.
Europa said, "You vile succubus of hell, stay away from my lord."
Su Yue was the supreme ruler of the divine lineage.
With his handsome, divine, and majestic features, he was extremely attractive to Europa. She herself was the sixth sister who loved Su Yue deeply but never expressed it to his face. At this moment, she was almost asleep, feeling the long and silent night, like an ancient, deep lake, calm and still.
Apart from the rustling night breeze, Europe was immersed in a land of bliss.
But the succubus interrupted her.
A succubus is a supernatural entity in European and Middle Eastern folklore, typically appearing in dreams and seducing men through unusual behaviors. In modern descriptions, succubi are usually depicted as a "woman who seduces men" or a "charming woman."
Besides being a god-level architect, Kim Soo-ah provided Su Yue with a wealth of advantages and assistance for territory development.
She was also a succubus.
Succubi naturally need to absorb human spiritual energy.
This process of absorbing spiritual energy is something Europa absolutely forbids her from doing to her master, Su Yue. That's why she stays by Su Yue's side—to prevent Jin Xiuer from doing evil to Su Yue!
In her view, she was absolutely righteous.
In Jin Xiuer's eyes, Europa was an archangel on the verge of falling. She laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid that one day you'll suddenly fall, since you're 'guarding' the lord every night like this?"
No, it won't.
Kim Soo-ah said, "You're nothing but a moth drawn to a flame... You don't dare to lay a hand on me, so you can only watch yourself slowly fall into the abyss. How pathetic."
The chestnut-haired angel girl showed no anger; in fact, her eyes held a hint of stubbornness as she resolutely stood guard beside Su Yue.
He wanted to be Su Yue's guardian angel for life.
Even in despair, even in depravity.
They would not hesitate to become enemies even with a powerful figure like Abraham.
Kim Soo-ah said, "Could you please move aside?"
"no."
She picked up a dagger that gleamed silver in the night sky under the starlight.
Europa did not show any disdain.
Because Jin Xiuer was holding a dagger, not to her, but to her own neck: "I am a god-level architect in the territory, and the second member of the council after Lord Abraham. I have an irreplaceable role and value to the lord."
"so?"
Europa felt terrible! This feeling of being threatened made her very nervous.
Kim Soo-ah said, "I want to get close to the lord, just like you, or I'll kill myself in front of you."
"you!"
"Resurrection is useless. The lord will not allow you to use your precious resurrection spell, which can revive hundreds of troops, on me. If you do, you will have made a grave mistake! It will have a huge impact on the lord's plans and the offensive against the dwarves."
Kim Soo-ah said this.
Europa stared in silence at the girl holding a dagger, preparing to commit suicide.
"five."
"Four……"
"two…"
Europa compromised; indeed, she simply couldn't afford such a price. Her chestnut eyes were as calm as a still, cool lake. Jin Xiuer tossed aside the dagger and walked cheerfully and playfully towards Su Yue.
"Why should you get to enjoy the lord's scent all to yourself... The lord is mine!"
She nestled in Su Yue's arms.
Her eyes were like those of a child gazing at the stars in the night sky… The lord is the star in the night, and she is the child illuminated by its light…
"Don't go too far!!"
Europa vied for favor.
Kim Soo-ah: "How did I go too far? I was just rubbing my cheek against yours."
"You!! You damned demon!"
"You annoying archangel... Why don't you try to rub against me too? If you keep talking loudly and wake the lord from his sleep, your affair will be exposed. The lord will know you have romantic feelings for him, and then you'll be socially dead. An archangel, a holy angel of heaven, actually coveting the lord's beauty, how pathetic."
"..."
Europa tightened her grip on Su Yue's arm in anger.
Jin Xiuer remained calm and composed, holding Su Yue in her arms.
At this time.
Our White Horse Lord is slowly turning things around.
Turn over here!!!
Turn over here!
Kim Soo-ah and Europa both became anxious...
"Hmm..."
Su Yue turned over and buried herself in Europa's arms!
Europa's expression changed drastically.
Her eyes shone with tenderness, maternal love, and ecstatic joy! Europa's chestnut hair gleamed softly in the night, the strands disheveled, yet adding to her languid beauty. Her pretty oval face was flushed, her expression full of happiness.
"See? See? I knew the lord loved me the most!!"
"My lord truly loves me the most!"
"I like Lord the most too..."
If Su Yue were to hear Europa speaking in such a mad tone right now, he would be utterly shocked. Was this still the perfect, holy, pure, and kind archangel he knew?
Kim Soo-ah saw all of this, a sly glint in her eyes. Suddenly, a black feather appeared on Europa's white wings, unnoticed by anyone.
This means she has taken another step closer to becoming a fallen angel!
Kim Soo-ah is a demon.
As someone aligned with Abraham, her rivalry for favor could hasten the fall of Europe. Once Europe falls, Abraham can then begin plotting against the Holy See and purging Cardinal Schwarz von Richter. Their demonic power will surely cause rivers of blood to flow within the Holy See!
The St. John's Brotherhood will also pay a heavy price.
There is a great deal of hidden meaning behind Kim Soo-ah's actions, and they are different from those instructed by Abraham.
Europa, the archangel.
That seems a bit too naive...
All she longed for was the love of Su Yue, for love blinds the heart.
...
...
The next morning, Su Yue felt much weaker... as if something had drained his yang energy, yet he also felt very comfortable and had rested very well.
"Why do I feel like I slept on cotton or in the clouds last night? Have I always slept this well? Could it be that after getting 40 attribute points, my sleep improved? But that doesn't make sense either. Why do I still smell like a woman?"
At dawn, the entire territory awoke under the rule of the council.
The farmers got busy, and Su Yue washed her face.
Start facing the challenges of a new day.
Lord's Log: "Ingwof and Gruggien have been burned, and the number of farmers in your territory has increased by 4,482."
Holy crap!
"As expected, the farmers have arrived. Counting the more than 600 people from last night, this is indeed close to the number Abraham predicted." Su Yue was somewhat surprised. Abraham seemed to have a prophetic quality... This time, the territory's development speed will be even faster today.
But that's not what Su Yue was hoping for.
The question is, how many special NPCs are among these 5082 refugees?
"It's so cool to open blind boxes first thing in the morning."
Su Yue vaguely felt his body was weak, as if his mental energy had been stolen.
"strangeness."
"It feels a bit strange. Why is my mind so clear? It's like... like I've had a post-coital cigarette?"
Lord's Log: "You have acquired a Tier 5 special NPC, psychiatrist Brady Carr."
"You have acquired a Tier 4 special NPC, the leper doctor, Gast Todd."
"You have obtained Tier 2..."
Su Yue hadn't had time to look at it closely yet.
Suddenly, I remembered that when Id Ya came back last night, he brought a special building blueprint. "Let's open the blueprint first, and then draw talent from the blind box. A Tier 5 Psychiatrist... What role can this talent play? Help reduce the Sanity-based mental illness caused by Cthulhu Mythos creatures? Right, my 102 Tier 3 Imperial Knights were defeated by Id Ya before, so I can send this psychiatrist to treat these sick cavalrymen."
"Don't be scared to death by the Sanity value being reduced to zero... Idya's strength is terrifying."
Today, Su Yue also hopes to unlock NPC roles like jailers, guards, and interrogators. With these jailer/interrogator roles, Su Yue can start building dungeons.
"We still lack talent; we lack talent in every aspect."
Su Yue glanced at Eric, the fourth-rank "political officer" and internal affairs officer of the council, whose status was listed as "working through the night," "devoting himself to the lord's cause," "extremely exhausted," and "staying up all night." He quickly stopped Eric's work and said, "Go to sleep."
"No, sir, I want to keep working until I die."
"..."
Su Yue wondered if Gregory's effect had taken effect. Were the workers really this motivated? The effect of reducing territory residents' fatigue by 10% and increasing their endurance by 10% was clearly working.
Su Yue said, "Alright, I know you've made a huge contribution to the territory, but you must rest if you can't take it anymore."
"For the Lord's great cause, I am willing to give everything!" Eric said fervently.
The Canaan Territory has unlimited potential, and as a worker, I feel proud to be a part of it.
"..."
He was busy with resettling refugees from night to day, so Su Yue didn't delay him any longer. He sighed and thought, "Talent is truly a valuable thing! Without Eric, his territory wouldn't have been able to take in so many refugees. A fourth-level government official, frankly speaking, he could be a councilor."
Other players simply don't have a talent pool like Su Yue's.
However, let's draw the blueprints first.
"You draw a random blueprint and obtain a special building blueprint: Dragon Fleet Port (Tier 6 Special Building), with fiscal income +100,000 gold coins, trade tariffs +10%, tradable resource production +5%, and ocean territory range +30%."
"Holy crap!!!"
"port!?"
There is a large river right next to Su Yue's side. No matter what the river is called, it is quite large. If a port is built here, wouldn't he be able to develop the fishing industry and the ocean transportation, paving the way for the upcoming Great Voyage expansion?
Even bypassing the northern dwarf fortress by sea wouldn't be a problem, right?
Wouldn't that give the plan to raid the dwarf fortress another new option?
"...This is troublesome. I wasted one of my two free building slots on a Tier 5 resource storage warehouse. I wonder if a Tier 6 building can be upgraded by 1? If it can, wouldn't that mean I'd have another Tier 7 building!"
Id Yali has done a great job!
Su Yue felt that yesterday's dual-line operation with Ideya had yielded some results, but the results were not enough to make him feel pleasantly surprised. Then, a sudden turn of events occurred.
A port that is at level 6, or even possibly level 7 due to the +1 building level of a god-level architect!
This isn't a dock, it's a port!
Even setting aside the trade and economic benefits, a port's strategic value is paramount. With a maritime hub, the reach of the Su-Yue territory would expand dramatically. Wasn't Britain known as the "Empire on which the sun never sets" precisely because of its maritime hegemony?
If Su Yue wanted to become a true hegemon, control of the sea was an absolutely unavoidable hurdle.
"..."
After thinking for a moment, Su Yue glanced at the construction requirements and almost fainted.
"4 million gold coins? Plus 260,000 in various resources? 140,000 in mercury? Why don't you just rob someone?!"
The void in Su Yue's heart is growing ever larger.
"Abraham!!!"
"Sir, what's wrong?"
Fifth-tier knight lord Walter Lawrence immediately ran over. As a surrendered general, he had been unusually attentive lately and could be considered a special NPC within the territory. A cavalry leader who could train knights was also of considerable future value.
“Walter Lawrence, go and fetch Abraham for me.”
"Money, money, money!"
But this time, what Su Yue found somewhat strange was that Abraham, who used to be available at a moment's notice, did not appear immediately. Instead, he seemed to have vanished from the territory.
...
A short while later, Abraham appeared beside Su Yue, carrying two wooden boxes dripping with blood.
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