Give Me Twentyfold!

Stone Spring Village!

A purple-quality Resource Territory!

"I never expected the reward to be this generous!"

Fang Yuan murmured after hearing the notification chime.

As the saying went, before the troops moved, provisions had to go ahead.

On the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, the most important building for every lord was undoubtedly a Resource Territory.

With a Resource Territory, resources could be produced continuously to support the development of one's territory.

They were the means of production belonging to a lord.

However, Resource Territories were not easy for lords to obtain.

Especially for a Novice Lord like him who had entered later.

That was why most Novice Lords were very poor.

To obtain a Resource Territory, one had to wait until one's main city reached at least level five.

Moreover, the quality would not be high—at most, it would be white quality.

Even after obtaining one, it would take a long time to cultivate it before it could generate positive returns.

Yet even white Resource Territories...

Most of them were occupied by the major alliances and distributed first to their allied lords.

As for the many unaffiliated lords—

They either had to be powerful enough to seize one, or they would never obtain one in their entire lives.

Another option was to go to the Northern Frontier Territory.

The land was vast and sparsely populated there, so unaffiliated lords had a chance of obtaining a Resource Territory.

What Fang Yuan had not expected was...

The Northern Frontier was actually this desolate.

He had even managed to find a purple Resource Territory that had been overlooked.

One had to know that a level-one purple Resource Territory could produce 10,000 gold coins, 10,000 units of each of the four major resources, and ten Purple Mobilization Orders every day.

As its level increased, its output would grow geometrically.

It was a territory that lords called a strategic force.

Among the territories in the central region of Ganto.

A purple Resource Territory was enough to trigger a war between alliances.

Yet he had actually obtained one easily through a single quest, simply because of his good luck!

Fang Yuan could not help sighing inwardly.

"Looks like the Northern Frontier Territory really is desolate!"

"Even purple Resource Points can be found here!"

"It really is vast and sparsely populated!"

"But this works out perfectly. In the early stages, I can use a small number of troops to occupy Resource Points."

"Then I won't have to worry about Resource Points being stolen and be forced to station a large number of guards, tying up the resources needed for early development."

Fang Yuan then looked at the option box that had appeared before him.

He quickly made his choice.

"Ding! You have chosen to occupy Stone Spring Village. Prosperity +1,000. Influence +100."

Fang Yuan opened the map and found Stone Spring Village.

After bringing it under his territory's administration.

He could view Stone Spring Village's attribute panel.

Name: Stone Spring Village

Level: 1

Durability: 10000/10000

Output: +10000 gold coins/day, +10000 wood/day, +10000 food/day, +10000 ore/day, +10000 stone/day, +10 Tier-One Purple Mobilization Orders/day

Garrisoned Hero: None

Garrisoned Army: None

Upgrade Requirements: 10,000 gold coins, resources, and a level-two main city.

Its level-one output had already reached 10,000 units.

Purple quality generally seemed to provide a fivefold increase.

In other words, after upgrading the level-two Resource Territory, it could produce 50,000 units of various resources per day.

"Hiss..."

"Fifty thousand a day. These resources are enough to support my early development!"

Fang Yuan no longer hesitated. He opened Stone Spring Village's upgrade option and directly selected upgrade.

"Ding! Upgrade requirements met. Upgrade permitted. Resource Territory Stone Spring Village has reached level two. Territory output increased fivefold."

"Ding! Prosperity +1,000."

After the notification, Fang Yuan glanced at his main city panel.

"Now the Prosperity requirement for upgrading the main city is met too."

"The main city can reach level three."

"But I'll put that off for now."

"Occupied Resource Points don't have an invincibility protection period."

"After I occupy them, monsters will attack."

"To defend them, I'll have to station troops there."

"It would be best to send a Hero."

"After all, a Hero stationed there can also increase resource output to a certain extent."

"And the higher the Hero's quality, the greater the increase."

He currently had two Hero Units under his command.

Christian and Lilith.

Lilith was gold quality. If he wanted to maximize output, he should assign her.

However, Fang Yuan shook his head.

"Lilith has to stay by my side so I can slowly raise her favorability."

"She also has to protect me."

"Christian, on the other hand, will do. The Wolf Hunters under her command are also suited to using this place as a base to explore the surrounding map."

With that thought, Fang Yuan looked toward Christian inside Lord's Hall.

"Christian, I'm appointing you as Stone Spring Village's warden."

"Take the Wolf Hunters and station them there immediately."

"Bring Lilith back!"

Christian bowed. "I will obey, my lord!"

After completing the appointment, Fang Yuan looked toward the Earthbound Spirit floating in midair.

"Stone Spring Village was the first stage of the quest, and it already rewarded me with a purple-quality Resource Territory."

"The Earthbound Spirit has given me the second stage."

"The reward after completing it definitely won't be poor either!"

"Although benefits and risks coexist."

"But coming to the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield was already a huge risk in itself."

"The greater the risk, the greater the benefits."

"Besides, with Lilith, a forbidden-spell archmage, backing me up, any danger is worth trying!"

With that thought, Fang Yuan did not hesitate any longer.

He once again chose to accept.

"Ding! You have accepted the quest Earthbound Spirit's Commission."

"Please find the Golden Flower Family's Pioneer Territory within thirty days and rescue the Golden Flower Frontier Lord's family from the territory."

Upon hearing the notification, Fang Yuan's brows drew together slightly.

The quest duration had increased, and so had the difficulty.

The first stage, Stone Spring Village, had even provided the quest location.

This one required him to find the quest point himself.

Fang Yuan looked at the Earthbound Spirit before him and asked directly.

"You don't know where the Pioneer Territory is?"

After seeing Fang Yuan accept the quest, the Earthbound Spirit's favorability toward him had risen greatly.

It answered readily.

"Too much time has passed. I forgot long ago."

"However, my lord..."

"I only remember that when I escaped from the Pioneer Territory back then, my little master had a map with him."

"If you find his corpse, you might be able to find the map."

Hearing the Earthbound Spirit's answer.

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned.

The little master the Earthbound Spirit mentioned should have been the younger son of a noble from the Golden Flower Family.

How many years had it been? Where was he supposed to find its little master's corpse?

Unless it had also been corrupted by the War Mist.

Otherwise, forget the corpse—even the bone fragments would have disappeared by now.

Fang Yuan could not help feeling troubled.

However, there was no solution for now. He could only take things one step at a time.

He would ask Lilith after she returned.

He then looked toward the Earthbound Spirit again.

"You're already bound to the Book of Curses and have become one with it?"

The Earthbound Spirit nodded.

"Yes. I'm completely unable to separate from it now."

"The power of the curse has already taken deep root in my soul."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment before asking.

"You can mobilize the power of the Curse Fragments?"

The Earthbound Spirit nodded again.

"Yes. Moreover, the power of the curse can only be mobilized when I'm willing."

"If I'm unwilling, using the Book of Curses without permission won't hurt the enemy. It will only hurt me."

Hearing this.

Fang Yuan said bluntly.

"Good!"

"Now I want to cast a curse!"

"Will you help me or not?"

The Earthbound Spirit was also loyal. First, Fang Yuan had accepted the quest. Second, Lilith's terror and Christian's ability to restrain it had been obvious to see.

As the lord of two Heroes.

The Earthbound Spirit knew that those who understood the times were wise.

"Please give your orders!"

"However, casting a curse consumes energy."

"My body is weak right now, so I can't cast many curses."

"If my lord wants to cast a powerful curse."

"I hope my lord can replenish my energy."

Energy?

Fang Yuan thought of source crystals.

He immediately took out a white one and handed it over.

"Will this do?"

The Earthbound Spirit was overjoyed.

"Yes... yes."

"For every additional one, the power of the curse will double."

Fang Yuan nodded.

Then he took a full twenty white source crystals from his pocket.

"Give me twentyfold!"

"Hit me with the most vicious one!!!"