While Fang Yuan waited for the Ranger Hunter to return with news.
On a hillside several hundred kilometers from his main city.
As flashes of light from successive upgrades flickered.
Walls, watchtowers, and barracks suddenly rose from the ground one after another.
As the white light faded.
An Outpost Camp Stronghold occupying roughly fifty mu was quickly completed.
It was clearly a Military Stronghold built at breakneck speed.
To upgrade buildings so quickly.
The lord who built this stronghold must have used quite a few Mobilization Orders.
This thing was a rare item that could only be produced at high-level Resource Points.
And the output was limited.
Its purpose was to shorten building upgrade times and reduce the time needed to produce troop units.
Mobilization Orders also had different qualities. The higher the quality, the lower the output and the better the acceleration effect.
They would only be used for special operations involving external expansion.
Otherwise, few lords would be willing to use high-quality Mobilization Orders to upgrade a stronghold.
Judging from the level of this completed stronghold.
It was definitely no lower than level five.
To upgrade every building in the stronghold to level five in such a short time.
The number of Mobilization Orders consumed must have been considerable.
However, this place was in the northern frontier, where there was no beginner invincibility period.
The surrounding monsters simply would not give a human stronghold time to develop.
What was strange was.
Why would anyone choose to build a stronghold in this desolate wilderness of the northern frontier?
And on the edge of the most dangerous Gloomy Forest at that.
Just then.
A sound came from the sky.
Immediately afterward.
A formation consisting of ten Griffins and ten Wyverns descended inside the stronghold.
Soon after.
Two familiar figures walked out of the stronghold's Teleportation Array.
They were none other than Third Brother and Fourth Brother from Blondie's group, who had previously accepted the bounty.
Back on Blue Star, the four of them had been Ghost Fire Youths who naturally gravitated toward one another.
After entering the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, not only had they survived by sheer luck.
They had even joined the fairly powerful Crimson Flame Alliance.
The group's leader had even risen to become a minor administrator and had made quite a name for himself in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield.
It was far better than being looked down on every day back on Blue Star.
Because of this, after gaining a little power, the four became even more brazen.
With no laws to restrain them in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield.
They had committed all kinds of despicable acts and often even accepted assassination jobs.
When the Gandor Branch Alliance of the Artisan Alliance had issued a mission targeting Fang Yuan, they had been the ones to accept it.
However, Third Brother and Fourth Brother had come to the northern frontier mainly for another reason, not to deal with Fang Yuan.
They had received a mission from the Crimson Flame Alliance's main alliance.
They were to travel to the northern frontier and search for intelligence about the Golden Flower Family Frontier.
Apparently, it was related to a high-level chain quest.
Once they found it, the minimum reward from above would be one Orange item.
Wealth could move the heart.
The greatest characteristic of the Ghost Fire Youths was that they were bold and unafraid of death.
Without caring how dangerous the northern frontier was, they had accepted the mission outright.
Seeing how readily they agreed, the main alliance had even provided ten Orange Griffins and ten Wyverns as reinforcements.
At this moment.
After walking out of the Teleportation Array, Third Brother and Fourth Brother opened their Lord's Marks and activated a holographic communication.
"Big Brother, the Outpost Camp has already been upgraded to level five. We brought the Griffins and Wyverns in with us."
The leader of the Ghost Fire Youths was called A'ming.
His face looked rather fierce, mainly thanks to the sinister scar at the corner of his eye.
However, the scar had not come from a fight. He had gotten it by falling off an electric scooter.
Upon hearing the news, A'ming looked delighted.
"Third Brother, Fourth Brother, you did well. A level-five stronghold is enough to withstand attacks from ordinary tribe-level monsters."
"But this mission concerns our future. How about this? I'll allocate another three hundred thousand gold coins, three hundred thousand resources, ten Red Mobilization Orders, and thirty Blue Mobilization Orders. Upgrade the walls by one level as quickly as possible. At the same time, produce at least one army of two thousand troops, mainly of Blue Quality, supplemented by some Red troops as the core force."
"Once the army is ready, I'll teleport over a Purple army led by a Purple Hero as reinforcements."
"With this strength, we may not be able to run rampant, but searching for information in the northern frontier shouldn't be a problem."
"What do you think of this arrangement?"
Third Brother pondered for a moment before asking.
"Big Brother, finding the Golden Flower Family is a long-term mission. There's nothing wrong with your arrangement."
"We also have another mission this time."
"Find Fang Yuan!"
"According to your plan, upgrading the walls to level six and producing two thousand troops would take at least half a month even with Mobilization Orders."
"If we wait half a month before taking action, that little lord called Fang Yuan will probably be nothing but bones by then."
Fourth Brother spoke up as well.
"That's right, Big Brother."
"And if we want to obtain the Talent Scroll as quickly as possible, it would be best to find him before he uses it or sells it."
"Otherwise, once he uses it or sells it, we'll probably have wasted our effort."
A'ming nodded repeatedly at these words.
"That makes sense. What do you think we should do?"
Third Brother and Fourth Brother exchanged a glance before looking at Second Brother, who had not spoken a word.
That was Blondie.
"Blondie has a Purple Quality Ranger Hero."
"That happens to be perfect for finding people in the forests of the northern frontier."
"Besides, Blondie has the only Slave Hunter Troop among us."
"They're also skilled at operating in forests."
"Send his Hero and troops over first and have them enter the northern frontier to search."
"While looking for Fang Yuan, they can also help map the area."
"That'll make it easier for us to find the Golden Flower Family Frontier later."
Third Brother and Fourth Brother directly dragged Blondie into the discussion.
Blondie, who had originally only been watching the show.
Was now filled with shock.
He knew exactly how dangerous the northern frontier was.
His territory only had one Purple Unit and one Purple Hero in total.
The Purple Unit was one thing.
But if that Purple Hero died.
He would have nothing left.
Blondie was reckless, but he wasn't stupid!
There was no way he was going!
He opened his mouth to refuse.
But A'ming, the leader, spoke first.
"That makes sense."
"Blondie!"
"You know what the Talent Scroll means, don't you? It concerns the future of all of us."
"With a talent, we'll be able to go farther in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield in the future."
"How about this? Whether or not you find him this time, I'll give you a Purple recruitment material later."
"Besides, the danger of the northern frontier is all just hearsay."
"It isn't actually that dangerous. Don't be afraid!"
"Your Ranger and Slave Hunter Troop are suited for that place. Teleport them over now."
As the leader, A'ming's word was absolute.
The other Ghost Fire Youths were also exceptionally loyal to him.
Upon hearing their leader speak.
Blondie opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but finally nodded helplessly.
"All right. For the Talent Scroll, I'll risk it!"
Unfortunately, they did not know that the Talent Scroll they longed for had long since become Fang Yuan's talent—and not just any talent, but the only Dark Gold Talent.
He had even completed the prayer and obtained the Golden Curio.
And recruited a Golden Hero.
If they knew this, wouldn't they vomit blood?
Still, it probably would not take them long to discover it.
Searching from here to Fang Yuan's main city.
If they fully mobilized their search forces.
They could find it in at most three days.
Even if they were slower, it would take no more than five days.
They would be able to discover Fang Yuan's main city.
After all, the Purple soldiers in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield were all supernatural units with high movement speeds.
Of course, that was only the theoretical speed. In an actual march, various terrains, monsters, and other unexpected factors would also come into play.
The time required would inevitably be longer.
However, given Fang Yuan's strength at this point.
By then, Fang Yuan!
When they found him.
What awaited them would not be a huge surprise, but a terrifying shock!!!
Just as Blondie slowly sent his troops through the Teleportation Array and into the Outpost Camp.
Inside Fang Yuan's main city.
The Ranger Hunter who had gone scouting finally returned.
"Report!"
"Lord!"
"We've uncovered the intelligence on the Grim Gnoll Tribe!"
Headache and coughing, especially the headache. I have to stop every so often while writing.
I should be fine after resting for two days.
Before you continue