Chapter 10

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At this moment, there was a commotion behind him. Parker rode the giant wolf and quickly ran over. He immediately said,

“Lord, I found a ruins ahead!”

“But there are a few wolf packs waiting there.”

Parker ran over hurriedly, his body covered in sweat.

“Come, take me to have a look.”

“Wait, we’ll call for more people.”

The ruins were located south of the southern area. It was the seventh area and had just been lit up.

Parker, Tie Dan, Wang Ergou, and two sword-wielding soldiers, a total of six people ran towards their destination.

At this moment, the sun was setting and the ground was dyed in a faint yellow.

Jiang Chen jogged to the seventh area.

He slowed down his footsteps, climbed to the top of a tree, and looked into the distance.

About ten meters away, there was the remains of a building. Only a few broken stone pillars and broken high walls were left.

Green vines covered all four sides.

More than a dozen gray figures strolled within… there were a total of twelve gray wolves!

“This is a bit tricky.”

There were six people on their side, and it was impossible to deal with a wolf pack that was twice as large.

There was no medicine for injuries right now, and injuries in the wild could have a fatal effect.

“If we give up now, we can only wait for tomorrow.”

“I can’t rule out these wild wolves attacking the territory at night.”

Jiang Chen had a vague guess in his heart, and he didn’t have the time to verify it at this moment.

He summoned the system interface in his heart.

“Expand the area of the territory!”

“Please select the area to be included in the territory.”

The system territory appeared before Jiang Chen’s eyes, and he clicked to confirm the area on the map.

“System notification: basic resources-10, the southern region is included in the territory.”

“Basic resources-20. The southeastern region has been incorporated into the territory.”

Expanding an area would cost 10 units of basic resources and expanding an area for a second time would cost 20 units, and so on.

Jiang Chen had originally wanted to incorporate three areas. But now, clearly he didn’t have enough basic resources.

The area of the territory expanded.

As the territory expanded, Jiang Chen felt a warm current run through his entire body.

“So that’s how it is!”

Let’s call it the strength of a Lord for now.

It turned out that an increase in the number of buildings within the territory, or an increase in the size of the territory, could strengthen this strength and turn it into the possession of a Lord!

When he’d been building the union and other buildings before, it might have been because this strength had been too smiling, and Jiang Chen had been wholeheartedly focused on the territory and searching for seeds, so he hadn’t noticed it.

Now that he’d expanded the territory of two regions in an instant, this power seemed to be incomparably surging.

The Lord’s power within his body became even more surging.

It was about twice as strong as before.

“I’ve become stronger!”

Jiang Chen raised his sword and his figure elongated in the dim yellow sunset.

A few gray wolves sensed the enemy and bared their sharp teeth as they pounced fiercely.

Whoosh…

The speed of the gray wolves was very slow in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

He stabbed his sword through the wolf’s mouth. This time, it was even more decisive and clean.

The edge of the sword brought up a pool of fresh blood.

The gray wolves that pounced fell to the ground and rolled.

He had already turned his body away. He raised his sword and blood dripped out. More gray wolves pounced from all directions.

Parker and the others also quickly joined the battle.

What if there were more enemies?

A tactical retreat!

They split up and turned around to run, their speed much faster than the gray wolves.

This was the Plan Jiang Chen had laid down earlier, and now it had a use.

Three gray wolves chased after Jiang Chen.

Under deliberate control of his speed, Jiang Chen suddenly turned around and struck out with his sword at the closest gray wolf.

He slashed out with his longsword, leaving a hideous wound on the gray wolf’s body.

Fresh blood splattered again.

Then, he continued to turn around and flee, fleeing into a small forest not far away.

The two gray wolves were enraged when they saw their companions being ambushed and killed by humans, and they howled.

One in front and one behind, they pursued relentlessly.

But the rhythm of the battle at this moment was already firmly controlled by Jiang Chen.

…

Within the ruins.

PFFT! Tie Dan darted out from the forest, wielding a stone axe that had been sharpened to the point of sharpness, and slashed down heavily.

A terrifying wound appeared on the gray wolf’s waist.

He heavily smashed the gray wolf to the ground.

The two soldiers at the side were also dealing with a gray wolf together.

One man and one sword slashed down with a swipe!

His flesh and blood were a bloody mess.

The valiant soldier Parker rode the giant wolf and was incomparably fierce!

The gray wolves in the ruins slowly showed signs of weakness. The remaining three gray wolves turned around, their eyes fierce and fearful.

PFFT…

Jiang Chen slipped out from the shadows.

His sword slashed out, becoming more and more crisp and clean.

Triple kill!

“Whew…”

The stench of blood entered his nose.

Jiang Chen took two deep breaths.

This was the first time he’d experienced such a bloody battle, but he was completely unaccustomed to it now.

The world was the rule for the survival of the strong.

His current physical fitness was far greater than before, and his breathing was purely nervous.

“Hint : Soul Shard 12x.”

The battle over at the ruins had also ended under Parker’s lead.

Jiang Chen returned to the ruins. He left Wang Ergou and the three soldiers to cut up the wolf meat.

Jiang Chen walked into the ruins and circled around a broken wall.

Entering the ruins.

He discovered that there were pieces of iron here.

This was a scarce resource at the moment!

“Gou Dan, pay attention. If there are pieces of iron, collect them.”

The entire ruin wasn’t big, but the environment was rather complicated.

Jiang Chen circled around and finally found a treasure chest in a corner.

It was black and suffused with a metallic luster.

Black iron treasure chest! It was a level higher than a wooden treasure chest!

Jiang Chen suppressed his excitement and clicked open the treasure chest.

“System notification: iron 4x, mithril 3x, pea seeds 50x, ordinary arrow blueprints 1x.”

The blueprints were entered into the system.

The materials were directly stored in his backpack.

“I’ve unexpectedly obtained some new seeds!”

Jiang Chen was overjoyed. He walked around the ruins two more times and collected another 21 pieces of iron, but found nothing else.

“The harvest is already quite bountiful.”

The sky was about to darken, and he couldn’t stay in the wilderness for long.

Jiang Chen planned to return.

“Triggered building discovered, can be activated (one-time use).”

Jiang Chen didn’t understand.

He lowered his head.

He kicked away a few pieces of rubble and used his longsword to push away some vines and fallen leaves.

He discovered that there was a circular plate that looked like an altar beneath his feet.

It was about a meter or two in diameter and wasn’t very big.

The surface was extremely dilapidated, and one could only barely make out that it was a circular stone platform from the outline of its edges.

Jiang Chen wasn’t in a hurry to activate it.

He pondered over what exactly this circular stone platform was.

He was certain that it was extremely precious.

The system prompt was that it was a one-time use item, so he’d better see what it was first.

However, the stone platform was too dilapidated, and he couldn’t find any valuable clues around it.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and touched the altar with his hand.

Right at this moment.

“Magic summoning altar: able to summon an apprentice mage. Currently damaged and unable to operate.”

“Activation requirements: wood 20x, stone 20x, iron 20x, mithril 2x, soul fragment 3x, crystal 1/3x.”

Jiang Chen was silent.

He could only use it once. Did he need so many materials?! Although his heart ached, Jiang Chen still decided to give it a try.

A mage! Although he was still an apprentice, it would be different when he grew up in the future.

“Activate!”

“Ding! The magic altar has been successfully activated…”

In the dark ruins, on the dilapidated altar. A purple light quietly bloomed.

Then, a figure slowly walked out from the purple light. She was wearing an old gray mage robe.

In her hand was an ancient tree root-shaped staff that was taller than her.

She walked forward and knelt on one knee.

“I have been summoned.. Are you my Lord?”