Constructs were powerful magical units.
The earliest constructs had been molded from earth and powered by ancient magic crystals.
Later, metal constructs appeared.
After Guardian Spirits appeared, Guardian Spirit Constructs were born as well.
Before I merged into the Curse Fragment,
I had also heard that humans were about to research constructs usable by powerful Mage Gods.
Inside the Lord's Hall,
the Earthbound Spirit described everything it knew about constructs.
"A construct?"
"Then what is this Energy Core used for?"
Fang Yuan asked.
The Earthbound Spirit shook its head.
"I'm not sure, but ordinary construct Energy Cores are generally made from ancient magic crystals with extremely high energy."
"If Lord Fang Yuan gets one, he can disperse the magic runes on the Energy Core."
"Even just the ancient magic crystal itself would be extremely valuable."
Fang Yuan nodded.
"That makes sense."
He looked at the Earthbound Spirit at the same time.
"I hope you didn't mistake it."
"Otherwise!"
"You'll regret it!"
Fang Yuan immediately agreed to the exchange.
Soon,
"Ding, transaction successful. You obtained 1 Broken Black Stone and 1 Purple Barracks Building Card."
Once he had the items,
Fang Yuan took out the Energy Core he had received in the exchange and said,
"It looks pitch-black and feels quite heavy."
"If I didn't know what it was, I really wouldn't have recognized it as a Construct Core."
"Then here's the question: how do I disperse the magic runes on it?"
Fang Yuan looked at the Earthbound Spirit.
"Lord, I'm only a lower-level creature."
"Lord Lilith should know."
Fang Yuan nodded.
"That makes sense."
"Let's wait until Lilith returns."
"For now, we should upgrade the main city first."
Fang Yuan quickly used the Building Card he had just obtained.
He then built the Barbarian Axe Thrower Camp to the north of the main city.
"Ding, Purple Building constructed successfully. Prosperity +500."
Fang Yuan immediately clicked upgrade twice.
Another 1,000 points of Prosperity were added.
"Prosperity has reached 10,800 points."
"The Prosperity requirement for a Level Four main city has been met."
Fang Yuan looked at the main city upgrade option.
Without hesitation, he clicked upgrade.
"Ding, upgrade successful. Your main city has reached Level Four. Prosperity +100."
Name: Wilderness Territory Level: Level Four Faction: Human Strength: Gondor Dynasty Identity: Northern Frontier Lord Durability: 20,000 Prosperity: 10,900/30,000 Population: 750/6,000 Building Slots: 6/25 Castle Buildings: Hero Altar, Hunter Camp, Wolf Hunter Camp, Flame Mage Camp, Glimmering Magic Tower, Barbarian Axe Thrower Camp. Influence: 200 Resource Territories: Stone Spring Village (LV3, +100,000 gold, resources/day) War Territories: 0 Miracle Territories: 0 Upgrade Requirements: 100,000 units of gold, 100,000 units of stone, 100,000 units of wood, 100,000 units of food, 100,000 units of minerals, Prosperity reaching 30,000 points, and at least one White Resource Territory.
"I've finally reached Level Four."
Fang Yuan looked at his main city panel.
He couldn't help feeling a trace of delight.
Generally speaking, reaching Level Four meant that a lord had left the Novice Lord stage behind.
In the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, they would possess a little power to protect themselves.
At the same time, Level Four was the highest level many lords could reach during the novice period.
That was because the resources and time needed to continue upgrading were beyond what they could obtain during the novice period.
The most obvious example was Prosperity.
Upgrading from Level Four to Level Five required a full 30,000 Prosperity.
Many lords would need three or four years just to fulfill that requirement.
By comparison, 100,000 units of resources were nothing.
The third upgrade requirement at this stage,
a White Resource Territory, was practically impossible for lords who did not join an alliance.
That was because Resource Territories were all controlled by alliances.
Fortunately, this was nothing to Fang Yuan.
He already had a Purple Resource Territory in his hands.
Now, the only thing truly limiting his upgrade was the 30,000 Prosperity requirement.
"Six buildings and one Resource Territory in the territory."
"These buildings are nowhere near enough to provide the Prosperity needed for the upgrade."
"If I want to keep upgrading the main city, I need more buildings of higher quality."
"There are 25 building slots in total, and I've only used six."
"If I upgrade all my current buildings by one level, they can only provide 3,200 Prosperity."
"The shortfall is nearly 20,000."
"I have only 19 building slots left."
"In other words, every one of these remaining slots must provide more than 1,000 Prosperity."
"Only then can I gather the 30,000 Prosperity needed for the upgrade."
"That means all 19 buildings have to be at least Red."
"If I take future development into account, I have to reserve some building slots, which means the quality requirements for the remaining buildings will be even higher."
"They all have to be Purple, or even include Orange Buildings."
When Fang Yuan thought of this, he immediately sucked in a cold breath.
"So many high-level buildings."
"Where am I supposed to find them?"
"Damn it, do I have to join an alliance?"
Alliances had alliance buildings, and constructing some useless alliance buildings could also increase Prosperity to a certain extent.
However, the output of Building Cards for these alliance buildings was limited.
They often had to take turns constructing them.
The waiting time between turns would not be short either.
Moreover!
That was not the only trouble Fang Yuan was facing now!
Fang Yuan looked toward the warehouse in the main city.
"Resources and gold are almost depleted too."
"Earlier, I obtained several hundred-thousand-unit batches of resources and gold by selling items and receiving achievement rewards."
"After all these upgrades, especially the upgrade of the Purple Building, the consumption has been enormous."
"Add to that the construction of soldiers and everything else..."
"Resources had already nearly been exhausted."
"The resources I have now aren't enough to upgrade all the buildings to Level Four."
"They're only enough to maintain the daily consumption of soldiers and heroes."
"If I don't get any more income, even the soldiers under my command will revolt."
"I need to expand my sources of wealth as soon as possible."
As Fang Yuan pondered,
a notification sound rang beside his ear.
"Ding, Resource Territory output collected successfully. Gold +100,000, resources +100,000, Tier-One Purple Mobilization Order +30."
This was the output from the Stone Spring Village Resource Territory.
Hearing the notification, Fang Yuan's expression brightened slightly.
"That solves the immediate problem."
"But it's only a temporary relief."
"This Resource Territory produces resources once a day."
"It's needed for upgrading Purple Buildings and Resource Territories."
"And next, I have to find the Golden Flower Family's territory, and I also have to keep producing soldiers."
"A mere 100,000 resources and gold isn't even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth."
"If only I could somehow conjure up some gold and resources."
Just as Fang Yuan was worrying,
another notification sounded beside his ear.
"Ding, your Blessing talent's number of uses has been refreshed!"
Only then did Fang Yuan suddenly realize
that he had already spent his first day in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield.
He looked outside the main city. The weather was still gray and hazy.
There were no rays of light bursting across the sky.
He murmured, "Too many things happened on the first day."
"There's no sun, no day or night. If I didn't check the time on the Lord's Mark, I wouldn't even know that only one day had passed."
"I thought much more time had gone by."
Still, "It isn't necessarily bad for time to pass slowly."
"At least I still have six days!"
"Only after six days will the novice period end."
"That counts as good news."
"But I can't celebrate too early. The 30,000 Prosperity required for the upgrade is far too much, and I can't complete it in a short time. In reality, I don't have much time left. I have to hurry and see whether this refreshed blessing will bring any surprises."
Fang Yuan opened the Blessing talent.
He took a deep breath.
"Luck can't save the unlucky, and spending can't change fate!"
"Blessing!"
The halo revolved.
The next second,
"Ding, Blessing successful. You obtained the Orange Token: Dragon Blood."
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