Chapter 2

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

There was nothing to note about the trading system or the auction system.

This was the platform for the Overlords to exchange resources.

However, there was no support system inside to help the Overlords determine the value of an item. Naturally, this system would not draw any transaction fees.

Anyone could trade a grain of rice for a cannon, or give away sparkling crystals for free. Everything depended on the intent of the Overlords of both sides. The style and method of transaction was entirely up to them.

The same went for the auction system.

The seller could set the base price and admission qualification. If there were no special rules set, the highest bidder would win.

“Open the [Construction System].”

The first few were all ordinary user functions, while the last few were related to the territory’s construction.

Rene opened the page and saw a series of blueprints.

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[Elementary Barracks]: Stone 0/100, Wood 0/100, Summoning Array 1/1

[Elementary Guild]: Stone 0/100, Wood 0/100, Summoning Array 1/1

[Elementary Accommodation]: Stone 0/50, Wood 0/100

[Wooden Fence (per meter)]: Stone 0/10, Wood 0/10

[…]

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All buildings, as could be seen, required different materials.

Therefore, the main progression of the entire game was very obvious. The steps were gathering, building, and fighting.

War was a later objective in the game. It was harder to start in the early stages.

Currently, he was still mainly expanding his territory.

The first mission of the new Overlord was to build a [Barracks] and a [Guild].

This was because for these two construction blueprints, there was already the material, the Summoning Array. He only needed to gather enough wood and stones to complete the construction.

Rene was not impatient. He looked at the other functions first.

All actions had to wait until he understood the specific rules. If he acted rashly, he would only waste limited resources.

There was not much difference between [Creation System] and [Construction System]. They also required materials to create the corresponding tools.

Of course, in the interface of a new Overlord, there were only simple construction blueprints.

If he wanted to build a powerful city defense structure like an arrow tower or a cannon, he had to find a blueprint. With the blueprint, the construction workers could build the corresponding structure.

“Open the [Territory information].”

Rene looked at the main option.

It recorded the entire territory’s situation, including population, buildings, land area, and so on.

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[Territory]: Unnamed

[Overlord]: Rene

[Category]: None (Unlocked after becoming an Intermediate Territory)

[Level]: Elementary Territory (Upgrade requirements unfulfilled)

[Characteristics]: Barren Village (Effect: Worker Efficiency+1%)

[Reputation]: 1 (The higher the Reputation, the more it can attract the attention of passing caravans.)

[Area]: 0.1 / 20 square kilometers (Not yet satisfied)

[Population]: 1 / 1,000 (Not yet satisfied)

[Economy]: 1 / 1,000 (Not yet satisfied)

[Culture]: 1 / 1,000 (Not yet satisfied)

[Military]: 1 / 1,000 (Not yet satisfied)

[Basic Construction]: Overlord’s Hall (1)

[Military Construction]: None

[Monster Lair]: Unknown Lair (1)

[Economic Reserve]: 10 gold coins.

[Resource Storage]: 100 units of stones, 100 units of wood, 100 units of food.

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This was all the information about this territory.

To be honest, these numbers gave Rene a headache. There was basically nothing.

Fortunately, there was still a monster lair in the territory.

With a lair, monsters could be recruited.

Whatever monster it was, it could help him.

Otherwise, it was impossible for him to build this empty territory by himself.

In addition…

There were still some resources in the territory, just enough to construct a basic building. But that required manual labor.

If Rene were to work on his own, it might take days to build.

Thinking of this, Rene gave the territory the name “Cloud Top”, then closed the interface and walked out.

In any case, it was best to check out what type of monster was in the lair. If it was a humanoid monster, the construction work would immediately begin.

…

He went outside the house.

An empty space appeared in front of him. It was dozens of square meters in size and the Overlord’s Hall was sitting alone in this area.

Further out was the dense forest blocked from his vision by unknown trees.

Although there did not seem to be any danger, Rene believed that there were countless terrifying monsters lurking inside. With his weak body, he would probably become food for one of the monsters as soon as he walked out of the territory.

Rene went directly to the only lair in the territory.

It was a cave made of mossy stones. There were no monsters outside, and it was dark inside so nothing could be seen.

Rene stepped forward, checking the information of the lair.

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[Moist Cave] (Rank 1 Lair)

[Quality]: Normal

[Level]: 1

[Function]: A wild lair that can be used to recruit monsters. It can provide 10 rank 1 monsters for free every week.

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In the wild, almost all of the unowned wild caves would be guarded by monsters, and the number of troops stationed would be about ten times the number of soldiers that could be recruited.

In other words, if not for the beginner’s benefit from the system, there should be over 100 rank 1 monsters outside this lair.

Furthermore, there were even more monsters stationed in some of the lairs. There were even situations where there were mixed breeds of soldiers.

To a newly formed territory, these were definitely unbeatable enemies.

Fortunately, Rene did not have to worry about that for the time being. The lair in front of him was completely free of any defense.

[Discovered the Monster Lair “Moist Cave”. Occupy it?]

A system notification popped up.

“Yes.” Rene answered.

[Occupation successful!]

[As this building is in your territory, it will remain in an owned state.]

If the monster lair that the Overlord had taken over was not in his territory, it would become a wild, unowned lair after some time.

At the same time, there would be new guards emerging to protect it. One would have to defeat them again in order to occupy the lair.

Rene used to love playing games so he could quickly get used to the current rules.

[This is a new week, would you like to recruit monsters?]

Another notification appeared.

Much to his surprise, no information about the monster type was revealed.

Rene eyed the lair expectantly as he said, “Recruit.”

The next moment, light blossomed and ten round things jumped out of the cave.