After a night of bitter fighting, Huang Yu woke to find that the sun had already climbed halfway across the sky.
Without a clock, Huang Yu could only estimate that it was around eight or nine o'clock.
Once his mind cleared, a flood of information alerts came rushing at him.
Unread message: Spartan Training Camp upgraded to Tier Three...
Unread message: Hero Unit Dilios has leveled up to LV10...
Unread message: Your friend Lord Galo has sent you a message...
Served by the butler and maids, Huang Yu finished breakfast and walked out of the castle.
The castle now had three floors. Its main structure consisted of four pointed-tower fortresses connected together, with a Sub-fortress on either side.
Covering an area of roughly ten thousand square meters, it stood atop the hillside, looking imposing and magnificent.
The territory outside the castle had also undergone earth-shaking changes.
Four spacious dirt roads led toward the four directions of the territory.
Houses were scattered neatly along both sides of the roads.
After counting carefully, Huang Yu found that there were a total of two hundred ordinary civilian buildings.
Near the castle, in the area Huang Yu had deliberately set aside for Special Buildings, the newly upgraded Tier Three Spartan Training Camp was the most eye-catching structure.
The Tier Three Spartan Training Camp was a rectangle with an overhead ratio of one to two, covering an area of approximately five thousand square meters.
White stone pillars two meters in diameter and ten meters high supported the double-sloped roof.
The roof was covered in rugged yet artistic carvings.
Halls, chambers, weapon rooms, resting rooms, and other spaces were hidden within the three layers of stone pillars.
At the very center of the building was a training ground.
Huang Yu opened the information panel for the Spartan Training Camp.
Spartan Training Camp (Extraordinary Grade Building) Level: Tier Three Note: Upgrading to Tier Four requires a Tier Four Fire Seed, 70,000 Soul Crystals, 100,000 units of wood, 150,000 units of stone, 25,000 units of Fine Iron, and 100–1,000 units of Special Building Material. Function: Every day, 20 subjects can be trained into Extraordinary Troops—Spartan Warriors—with a 100% success rate. (Currently, only subjects below LV29 can be trained.) For every 10 Soul Crystals paid, 1 additional Spartan Warrior (LV1) can be trained! Among the Spartan troops produced through training, there is a 35% chance of gaining a secondary profession, a 6% chance of producing a Hero Unit, a 0.1% chance of producing a King Tier Unit, and a 0.01% chance of producing a God Tier Unit! In the training camp, Spartan Warriors can rapidly recover their condition, comprehend Combat Skills, increase their potential, and may even break through to become Heroes!
"The daily training quota has doubled!"
"The chance of gaining a secondary profession has risen by 5%, and the success rate for producing Hero Units has reached 6%!"
"Furthermore, in the training camp, Spartan Warriors can comprehend skills, increase their potential, and even break through to become Hero Units!"
Huang Yu was extremely satisfied with the Spartan Training Camp's upgrade.
What caught his eye wasn't the ten extra training slots each day.
It was the huge increase in the chance of producing Hero Units!
A Tier Three territory could produce one hundred subjects every day.
Those one hundred people were now gathered at the foot of the hill, waiting for Huang Yu's orders.
Among the newly arrived hundred people, most still had farmer as their basic profession.
However, there were also two village chiefs, four maids, and twenty gatherers.
Remembering the previous village chief's terrible performance, Huang Yu lost interest in the basic professions.
He immediately arranged for twenty subjects to enter the Spartan Training Camp.
Less than ten minutes later, the training camp's gates opened.
Twenty Spartan Warriors filed out.
With the increase in level, the Spartan Training Camp's efficiency had also improved.
Previously, training a LV1 warrior took an hour. Now, it only took a dozen minutes or so.
Six of them possessed secondary professions such as Spartan Javelin Thrower and Longbowman.
Two of them had even gained a new secondary profession—Spartan Shield Warrior.
However, Huang Yu still failed to hit the 6% chance of obtaining a Hero.
Huang Yu could not help but doubt his luck.
He now had sixty-five Spartan Warriors.
Yet he had only obtained one Hero, Dilios.
"With a one-in-twenty chance, I refuse to believe I can't buy my way into success!"
Huang Yu gritted his teeth, spent 350 Soul Crystals, and once again ordered thirty-five subjects to enter the Spartan Training Camp.
He waited silently for several minutes.
The thirty-five Spartan Warriors had yet to emerge from the training camp.
But Huang Yu received another Hero promotion notification!
Spartan Training Camp: Your warrior Musa has advanced to become a Hero Unit through training!
"Musa has advanced to become a Hero Unit!"
Upon hearing the news, Huang Yu became so excited that he nearly lost his composure in front of the subjects.
A group of Spartan Warriors escorted Musa before Huang Yu.
After saluting, Dilios congratulated Huang Yu.
"Lord, Musa has advanced to become a Hero. Your bravest warriors have gained another commander!"
"Good! Very good!"
Huang Yu laughed heartily as he clapped his hands and opened Musa's information panel.
Spartan Hero: Musa Level: LV8 Loyalty: 100 (Diehard) Potential: Extraordinary (Can be upgraded to LV59) Profession: Spartan Commander Note: Spartan Commander is an advanced profession of Spartan Singer. Although it is not a combat profession, it possesses powerful command abilities! Under the command of a Spartan Commander, the Spartan Warriors will become a single entity and slaughter any enemies blocking their path until they flee in disarray! (Current command limit: 80 people) Skills: Spartan Battle Song, Spartan Battle Formation, Spartan Combat Skills... Motto: When the song begins, it is time for our enemies to flee in disarray once more!
"A commander-type Hero!"
Huang Yu grew even happier.
What he lacked now was a Hero who could bind the Spartan Warriors together as one.
Although Musa's potential was lower than Dilios's, there was no doubt that his role in the future would be no less important than Dilios's.
"Musa, with you, my warriors will become blades I can command as easily as my own limbs!"
Huang Yu spoke sincerely and patted Musa warmly on the shoulder.
"Musa will never fail to live up to the lord's expectations!"
Hearing Huang Yu's words, Musa looked honored and gave Huang Yu a respectful salute.
"Then what might the lord's expectations of me be?"
Suddenly, a voice rang out from behind Dilios and Musa.
Clang!
Dilios drew his sword and spun around warily, only to see a man dressed as a Spartan standing behind him.
The man's build was a full size smaller than that of the other Spartan Warriors.
But the muscles across his exposed chest were perfectly defined, seemingly filled with the power and speed of a hunting leopard.
Thinking of how the man had silently arrived behind him, several beads of cold sweat appeared on Dilios's forehead.
Although the main reason was that he had not sensed any hostility from the other party...
The thought that the lord was only two meters away from him still sent a shiver of fear through him.
Seeing that he had drawn everyone's attention, the man flashed a carefree smile and bowed toward Huang Yu.
"Spartan Shadow Gannix offers his loyalty to the lord!"
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