Trade, Exchanged for a Magic Tower

A Lord's role is more about commanding the overall situation, strategizing within the command center, and achieving victory from a thousand miles away.

Furthermore, once a Lord leaves their territory, they automatically lose the protection of the Lord's Core.

They also lose the buff of immortality, making them easy to kill.

Therefore, very few Lords personally lead their troops into battle.

This is because, often, doing so only ends up causing more trouble.

When facing an army led by a Lord, victory can often be achieved simply by eliminating the Lord.

This is a fatal weakness on the transcendent battlefield.

So, even in the late game, after Lords gain professions and possess some magical powers.

They rarely actively engage on the battlefield.

They even seldom leave their Main City.

This is because, within the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, various curses and assassinations targeting Lords are endless.

And if a Lord falls victim, the consequences range from becoming a slave Lord at best.

To dying on the spot at worst.

Once a Lord dies, their subordinates lose their object of loyalty and will choose to defect.

So, when Fang Yuan stood on the city wall of the Main City.

Watching Lilith and Christian lead their troops away.

Although a thought of personally leading the charge surged in his heart.

It was quickly suppressed.

"Every man has a dream of being a general."

"But right now, I'm clearly more suited to being a king who guards the realm."

Besides, as someone who had received a modern education and lived two lives, Fang Yuan had a clear understanding of himself.

He hadn't even killed a chicken, so asking him to lead troops into battle?

Wouldn't that be a case of an incompetent general exhausting the army?

With the development of productivity in modern society, many people have come to understand a simple truth: let professionals do professional tasks.

When it comes to leading troops and killing people, Lilith and Christian are clearly more professional.

One was a former Forbidden Spell Archmage.

The other was one of the most powerful melee Holy Knights of the Templar.

Fang Yuan had enough confidence in them.

All he needed to do now was to stay in the city honestly and wait for the good news to return.

Outside the Main City.

After the figures of the two heroes leading their troops disappeared.

Fang Yuan secretly planned in his heart.

"A new Hunter's Lodge has been constructed."

"This has pushed the total prosperity to 2700 points."

"However, upgrading the Main City to level three requires a total prosperity of 5000 points, so I still need 2300 more prosperity."

"In about an hour, I should be able to receive the rewards for the Winter Spring Village rescue quest."

"If it's just a red-quality Building Card, the prosperity provided by two level upgrades won't be enough to meet the upgrade requirements."

"I'll need at least one more red-quality Building Card."

"The only channel left to acquire this type of Building Card now is the Spatial Trading market."

Fang Yuan's thoughts stirred.

He entered the trading market and began searching for Building Cards.

After his last sale of the Demon Wolf Corpse, he quickly became familiar with the market's trading rules.

Although the items in the market seemed chaotic.

As long as one made good use of the search function and set the characteristics of the items to be retrieved.

Finding what you want wasn't difficult.

He typed in a keyword.

"Red Building Card."

Clicking search, the results displayed countless product interfaces.

Many of these were not Building Cards, but rather items that Lords had intentionally set their search keywords to in order to increase product exposure.

"Damn, all from Earth, they really understand that Pinduoduo e-commerce stuff."

"Then we'll need even more unique keywords."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment.

Advanced building cards often provided a very high increase in prosperity.

He decided to try searching from the prosperity angle first.

This time, he entered the option to upgrade buildings with a prosperity of no less than 500.

These were at least purple-tier.

If he didn't find anything, he'd lower the requirements a bit.

Immediately, Fang Yuan clicked search.

This time, it was like switching from a fuzzy search to a precise one.

Soon, a catalog of nearly a hundred items appeared.

While still a considerable number, it was much better than the exaggerated quantity before.

Fang Yuan began to open and check them one by one.

After a moment.

His brow furrowed slightly.

"Many don't meet the requirements, and some are listings for already sold items."

"Only three are left that fit the criteria."

"Mermaid Guard Building Card, Tree Shepherd Barracks Building Card, Griffon Camp Building Card."

The Mermaid Guard was a water-combat unit, distinct from Murlocs.

Murlocs were units of the Beastmen faction, while Mermaids were Human units.

Another characteristic was that Mermaids were essentially mermaids, possessing high intelligence and magic damage, unlike the lower-tier creatures like Murlocs.

Tree Shepherds looked somewhat like Druids, capable of animating large trees into tree soldiers for combat, and were magic units.

Griffons, needless to say, were aerial combat units.

However, all three of these building cards were orange-tier.

The sellers had not listed any prices, only stating "negotiable."

Fang Yuan, with a "might as well try" attitude, privately messaged the three sellers.

The result was tragic.

The messages to the first two sellers failed to send.

A prompt appeared:

"Ding, your trading level is too low. The other party does not accept private messages from Lords with a spatial trading level below ten."

Seeing this message, Fang Yuan realized there was a level system here too.

The sole condition for increasing one's level was the value of traded items.

To go from level one to level two required two million gold coins.

He was currently only just level two.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan couldn't help but think resentfully.

"Thirty years east, thirty years west, don't bully a young man for being poor!"

"When I take off, I won't even sell to you if you beg!"

After that, he looked at the last seller.

This time, the other party didn't refuse but replied directly.

"Equivalent exchange. Barracks for barracks, regardless of race. Orange-tier is fine."

Fang Yuan scratched his head.

"Looks like I can't buy anything."

"It's just strange, why aren't there any purple or red ones on the market?"

"Could they be too popular?"

"Snapped up as soon as they appear?"

He thought it was quite possible.

Fang Yuan shook his head helplessly.

"Forget it, I'll just wait for Lilith's news. Maybe the Earthbound Spirit will have some leads."

"It'll just delay the city's development."

Just as he was preparing to leave.

At this moment, the Lord selling the Griffon suddenly sent another message.

"Hmm."

"Looking at your transaction history, you previously sold a batch of orange Mutated Demon Wolf Corpses."

"How about you trade the Mutated Source Crystal and the Demon Wolf Skull Curio for it?"

"Besides giving you the Griffon Camp, I'll add a purple Building Card, five hundred thousand gold, and resources."

As he spoke, he sent over a purple Building Card.

Fang Yuan looked closely.

[Glimmering Magic Tower Building Card]: After construction, the magic tower will provide an amplification aura, increasing the mana recovery speed of spell units, amplifying spell power, and amplifying spell damage. It can also store three illumination lamps to dispel fog, scout the wilderness, and break the stealth effect of lurking units.

"Hiss, I actually need this thing myself!"

"It's practically a defensive weapon."

"It's perfect for me!"

"Yes!"

"I want this thing!"

Fang Yuan yelled in his mind.

But upon seeing the conditions the other party proposed.

He sighed again.

"It's a pity that the Mutated Source Crystal and the Curio have already been used."

"Moreover, the first time I fought a BOSS, I triggered a nest mutation."

"If it weren't for Lilith being strong, I might have been GG'd."

"I don't dare to try again for now."

"It seems this thing has no fate with me."

Fang Yuan replied to the message.

Unwilling to give up, he asked again.

"Can the magic tower be sold separately!"

Just when he thought the other party would refuse.

Unexpectedly, the reply he received made him ecstatic.

"The magic tower? Yes, it can be."

"But this one isn't for sale either; you need to help me with something."

"If you get it done, this thing will be yours."

Seeing the reply, Fang Yuan's heart trembled slightly.

"I'm afraid it's not a simple matter."

"The danger level must be quite high, after all, this magic tower is a rare building."

"I'll ask what it is before deciding."

.

Fang Yuan sent the message.

And the other party replied very readily.

"Pioneering!"

"My territory's development has reached its limit."

"I'm preparing to take down an orange Monster Territory."

"However, I don't have enough troops on hand."

"If you're willing to provide me with 1,000 troops with a quality of purple or higher, and a strength no less than fifth tier."

"I'll give you this building for free!"

"But to be clear beforehand, I can't guarantee the safety of your troops."

"And after these troops die, you'll have to replenish them free of charge until I complete the pioneering."

This condition from the other party, in Fang Yuan's opinion.

Was treating him like a large barracks.

If the war could be concluded in a short period, this exchange would be very worthwhile.

But obviously, that was impossible.

Should I accept it?

"I can accept, but we can negotiate the terms."

Fang Yuan replied after a moment of thought.

"If the terms are too harsh, and you fight for a lifetime, I'll be tied to your territory for a lifetime."

"If you use my troops as cannon fodder, I'll go bankrupt trying to supply them."

"Unless the war can't last longer than thirty days."

"And the reinforcement limit can't exceed 15 times."

"If that's possible, I'll agree to cooperate."

If these terms were met, Fang Yuan would be making a significant profit overall.

However, the other party wasn't foolish.

After some bargaining, the reinforcement limit was changed to 20 times.

Finally, both parties reached an agreement and signed the contract.

When the contract took effect, the other party suddenly sent another message.

"Huh, your name is Fang Yuan."

"Brother, you should be careful."

"Someone posted a bounty with your name at the Mercenary Hall recently."

"It's said to have already been accepted."

"Oh, right, the pioneering war might be in half a month, or maybe a month. I'll notify you when I'm ready."

Fang Yuan looked at the message the other party sent, not even bothering to look at the Building Card he had just received.

"A bounty?"

"I just arrived at the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield?"

"To have an enemy so soon?"

After much thought, Fang Yuan could only think of the Artisan Alliance, with whom he had a previous dispute.

"Could it be them?"

"It should only be them."

Knowing his enemy, Fang Yuan clenched his fist.

"Thirty years east of the river..."

"You just wait!!!"