The Lord Is Really Nice

The spacious Underground Training Ground was brightly lit by large lamps, making it as bright as day.

Mu Yuan stood in the middle of the Training Ground and lightly tapped the empty air in front of him.

Buzz—

Mysterious patterns outlined an ancient-looking gate.

The gate creaked open, and a round figure rolled out from inside, landing face-first.

"Gurgle?"

It froze for a moment before noticing the glittering lights all around it.

So sparkly!

"Wait, you can't eat those."

Mu Yuan grabbed the glutton and pointed toward the steel bars piled on one side of the Training Ground. "But I prepared you a sumptuous dinner today. You can eat your fill."

The steel bars also glittered brilliantly under the lights, and Duolai immediately fell in love with them.

It liked glittering, valuable things, and it also liked to eat huge amounts. This was double the happiness~

It hopped over to the pile of steel bars, shaped a pair of arms, and picked one up.

"Gurgle?" Can I really eat it?

For real!

Duolai began hugging the steel bar and shoving it into its mouth with crunching sounds. As if it were eating spicy strips, the steel bar visibly began to shorten the moment it entered its mouth. Before long, one spicy strip... no, one steel bar had been chewed up—or rather, swallowed—completely.

After Duolai had truly awakened its talent, this was the first time Mu Yuan had seen it devour something again.

It was really fast. Unlike back then... just a few days ago, it would choke on a little scrap. Since that was the case, he no longer needed to worry about whether Duolai would suffer indigestion from eating steel bars.

After all, as a creature of the Eternal World, Duolai was supposed to devour minerals from there, such as Black Iron Stone. But Great Lord Mu couldn't afford to support it.

So he chose cheap steel from the real world, focusing on cost-effectiveness.

He had to manage the household, after all.

After eating one steel bar, Duolai was still unsatisfied and cast him an inquiring look.

Mu Yuan nodded firmly. "Eat. As long as you can fit it all in, you can eat all of it."

Really?

Incredible light sparkled in Duolai's huge eyes. The lord really was so nice!

"Of course. Once you're full, you have to work hard. Go outside and collect more materials to bring back, and help add bricks and tiles to the territory's construction. No problem with that, right?"

Duolai compared the two.

The Soul Sand was only a tiny piece, while the steel bars were huge. The lord really was so nice!

It hurriedly nodded again and again, its eyes clear and resolute.

In the end, Duolai still couldn't swallow all the steel bars. After all, it was only a Level 7 baby.

It would probably need some more time before it could truly digest all the materials it had devoured.

Mu Yuan wasn't sure whether it would be effective. In any case, the materials weren't too expensive, so he might as well let it try some.

When he asked Duolai what it felt, all he received in response was a pair of confused, doll-like eyes.

"Let Deathbone communicate with Duolai instead. That should also help the territory's commanders get along harmoniously."

Mu Yuan gave himself a thumbs-up.

He had really exhausted himself worrying over this family.

Over the next few days, Duolai continued serving as the Transportation Captain while constantly devouring steel bars and training in Liquid Shaping.

Its progress was astonishingly fast. Not only did its shapes become more refined during shaping, but its range of transformation also improved tremendously.

Perhaps one day in the future, Duolai might be able to cover the sky with a gigantic palm and suppress everything.

Moreover, its Steelization Power had begun to show its edge. It could use it to create sharp weapons, and when necessary, it could also turn its body from hard to soft. However, it still needed to practice before it could switch freely and skillfully.

"Over the past few days, none of the teams that went out exploring have encountered Goblin elites again. It's as if they've vanished without a trace."

Of course, Mu Yuan hadn't forgotten the grudge over that arrow from the Goblins. All the exploration and subjugation plans he had arranged these days had been heading north.

They cleared out the monster groups blocking the route one by one, preparing for the subjugation plan.

At the same time, he had obtained quite a few treasures from his repeated explorations outside.

His daily income from Remnant Souls and Soul Sand added up to more than a thousand, but his expenses were also substantial. The cultivation costs of his various troop types alone amounted to several hundred, not counting daily equipment maintenance or the troops' food and drink.

Even the skeletons, who didn't need to eat, still required energy intake to keep their soul fires burning.

Compared with the guard Archers, who needed to eat, drink, and relieve themselves, the skeletons certainly had lower needs and were more convenient to maintain.

Besides that, Mu Yuan had also received quite a few treasures.

Crimson Blood Fruit, Abundant Fruit, Mind Calming Grass... He harvested the various cultivation treasures one by one, but unfortunately, the territory still lacked the conditions to grow them.

He had even obtained more than twenty pieces of Black Iron Stone from a Cave Dweller's cave.

That saved him a sum of Contribution Points.

As for some materials that had reached a grade but weren't particularly valuable, Mu Yuan couldn't be bothered to materialize them in the real world and sell them. He either piled them in the warehouse for emergencies or fed them to Duolai to devour and absorb.

Over the past few days, he had also obtained three rare-grade materials: the Transformation Crystal, Green Radiance Gem, and Light-Guiding Tetrahedron. Unfortunately, he still hadn't found the Elemental Orb he needed most.

He couldn't bear to sell them, either. What if he obtained a rare blueprint requiring these materials one day?

As soon as he entered the game, Mu Yuan saw several war falcons soaring through the sky and crying out. A few others were also traveling outside, bringing the territory first-hand intelligence.

He raised a hand and beckoned. War Falcon One, "A-Sun," swooped down with a flutter of wings, its majestic body coming to a stop before him.

In the next moment, Evolution Power enveloped it, and the first falcon-type troop to enter the rare grade was born.

Hurricane War Falcon (Rare ★)

Level: Tier 0, Level 7

Skills: Shared Vision, Wind Speed

A magnificent bird, its body seemingly wreathed in faint blue-green streams of light, slowly emerged amid the white radiance.

It had gained a new skill, Wind Speed. It could control hurricanes to increase its own flying speed, and could also disrupt enemy formations.

"Very good."

"The Hurricane War Falcon is already a troop renowned for its speed. Even at full speed, it can leave a Gargoyle far behind. With Wind Speed, it'll be able to experience the thrill of going biu. Since that's the case..."

Mu Yuan turned his gaze toward the North Side. Beyond the mountains shrouded in dense mist stood the enormous Goblin Camp, whose exact situation he had never managed to scout clearly.

Half a day later,

Flap—

After a period of practice, the Hurricane War Falcon, now familiar with its new skill, spread its wings and shot straight into the sky like an arrow.

In the next moment, its Shared Vision opened before Mu Yuan.

The Hurricane War Falcon was incredibly fast. Having just evolved, it soared with wild abandon, as if it were invincible in this world.

Whoosh—

Three vicious Harpies appeared. They launched a dishonorable sneak attack, but the Hurricane War Falcon accelerated and whipped up a gale, sending the three Harpies flying out of sight before Mu Yuan could even see the details clearly.

A-Sun was no longer what it used to be!

Before long, the Goblin Camp standing atop a stretch of high ground appeared in the distance within the Hurricane War Falcon's field of vision.

There weren't many trees here. It seemed the Goblins had cut most of them down, leaving the surrounding terrain open.

However, countless Sentry Towers rose around the camp. Even though these Sentry Towers weren't Miracle Buildings, Goblin Spearmen standing atop them could still gain a tremendous advantage by surveying the surroundings from higher ground and throwing Wooden Spears.

During the previous attempts, the war falcons hadn't even dared approach. If they flew too high, the dense fog would prevent them from seeing clearly.

A few days in the east, a few days in the west.

A-Sun was back.