Attribute Increase Again [Seeking Recommendations and Collections]

Zong Shen was lost in thought, and before he knew it, he had returned to the outside of the small courtyard.

He reached out and patted the large head of the Old Travel Horse.

Its fur was smooth, and it felt very nice to the touch.

"Smart old guy."

The Old Travel Horse snorted, turned its head slightly, and fixed one of its large eyes on Zong Shen.

From that gaze, Zong Shen saw emotions of friendliness, intelligence, and harmony.

They say an old horse knows the way, and that saying is absolutely true.

In Zong Shen's view, this Old Travel Horse was actually much smarter and more sincere than the three foolish farmers.

Zong Shen vaulted off the horse, tied it to the courtyard gate, and let it graze on its own.

At this moment, Luna and the others had not yet returned.

Among the three buildings, the construction progress of the [Level 1 Thatched Hut] was already more than halfway complete.

If he had sufficient resources and population on hand, it would be built up to a preliminary state very soon.

Tomorrow's goal would still be focused on gathering resources, and Zong Shen planned to divide the farmers into groups.

Each group would be responsible for different resources to increase efficiency.

With the increase in gathering teams and the expansion of the gathering range, one of either Colby or Luna must remain behind to protect the gathering farmers and help transport resources.

The trees and resources here were too scattered.

If he could find a forest or a mine, Zong Shen could directly build a [Tier 1 Lumber Mill] or a [Level 1 Mine] nearby. Once the farmers finished gathering, they could put the wood and ore directly into them, and they would be converted into various resources.

There would be no need to transport them back to the small courtyard, which would save a great deal of efficiency.

Zong Shen plopped down onto the Territory Storage Box; he had already started treating it as his lord's throne.

"Next, let's put on the new equipment. Also, after taking out those bandits earlier, I leveled up twice, so I should allocate my skill points and attribute points as well."

Zong Shen muttered to himself.

He immediately opened the [Personal] function.

And began to allocate his points.

After leveling up twice, he had 2 attribute points, 2 skill points, and 10 weapon proficiency points available to distribute.

The Excellent-grade equipment Zong Shen had previously obtained, the Emerald Legguards, required 8 Agility to equip, and Zong Shen was still one point short.

Therefore, he decisively added 1 point to Agility.

He hesitated between Strength and Intelligence for the remaining point.

Strength would increase his personal combat power.

Intelligence would increase the team's overall capability.

Furthermore, the four main attributes determined the level caps for his skills.

The level of a passive skill could not exceed one-third of its corresponding main attribute.

Zong Shen's current Intelligence was only 7, meaning all Intelligence-type skills could only be leveled up to 2.

Unless he could cultivate an Intelligence-type hero to be responsible for overall expeditions and internal affairs.

Charisma was also important, as it determined his command cap.

This really left Zong Shen feeling conflicted.

Strength and Agility leaned toward the individual.

Intelligence and Charisma leaned toward the team.

Just as Zong Shen was struggling with the decision.

The golden Strategy Guide appeared once again.

(There is no need to struggle; focus on development in the early stages. It is recommended to add points to Intelligence and Charisma. I will emphasize this again: do not worry about your early-game stat allocation. Once you have heroes capable of holding their own, you can allocate points according to your preferences. Additionally, a lord can also strengthen themselves through learning or changing classes.)

Looking at this strategy, Zong Shen finally had a clear idea of what to do.

He added the other attribute point to Intelligence, which also increased his available skill points by one.

He now had 3 available skill points.

Zong Shen had intended to add them to Engineering, but Engineering had already reached its cap.

Consequently, he distributed the 3 skill points into First Aid, Item Management, and Pathfinding, one for each.

His next goal was to raise his Intelligence to 9 as soon as possible, which would allow the cap for his passive skills to increase to level 3.

He did not regret choosing a Strength-based build at the start.

Now that he had changed his equipment, his combat power was still quite impressive.

If he had chosen Intelligence and Charisma as his starting attributes, he might not even be able to kill that juvenile Grassland Wolf right now.

Being cornered by a wolf at his home base, he wouldn't be able to explore as freely as he was doing now.

Next, he invested all of his weapon proficiency points into one-handed weapons.

After finishing his stat allocation, Zong Shen equipped the Emerald Legguards, and his attributes increased by another notch.

He opened the Lord Profile.

Zong Shen's attributes refreshed instantly.

[Name: Zong Shen]

[Age: 21]

[Race: Earth/Human]

[Level: LV3]

[Experience: 55/455]

[Health: 182]

[Command Capacity: 14/39]

[Strength: 12]

[Agility: 8]

[Intelligence: 8]

[Charisma: 9]

[Remaining Attribute Points: 0]

[Remaining Weapon Proficiency Points: 0]

[Detailed Attributes: (Click to expand)]

[Weapon Proficiency: (Click to expand)]

He expanded the detailed attributes directly.

[Lord: Zong Shen]

[Equipment: [Disheveled Leather Tunic] [Emerald Legguards] [Tattered Leather Boots] [Sharp Germanic Sword] [Hunting Crossbow] [Bent Crossbow Bolt] [Dented Simple Kite Shield]]

[Head Armor: 0]

[Upper Body Armor: 13]

[Leg Armor: 37]

[Magic Resistance: 13]

[Skills: None]

[Territory Level: 1]

Zong Shen waved his hand to dismiss the system subtitles in front of him.

He was very satisfied with his current attributes.

In terms of pure slashing attack power, he was comparable to a Wolf Cavalry.

It was just that he didn't have as many skills as Colby and Luna.

"Not bad at all."

"At the very least, I can consider myself to have the power to protect myself."

Zong Shen stretched his body.

He was very satisfied with his current attributes.

After all, today was only the first day since landing.

The future is full of hope!

Let's go!

Zong Shen clenched his fists, pouring himself a bowl of chicken soup for the soul.

It was now five o'clock in the afternoon.

The sun was setting behind the western hills, and the sunlight was no longer dazzling, beginning to turn soft.

Luna finally returned to the territory with eight farmers.

Colby had not yet returned.

This seemed to be a bit later than the agreed-upon time.

However, Zong Shen did not see any system notification regarding Colby's death, so there shouldn't be any major issues.

He stood up to welcome Luna.

"Luna, thank you for your hard work."

Next, he addressed the eight farmers.

"You are lucky; there isn't much work for you to do today."

"Now, go outside the courtyard. There are two [Level 1 Thatched Hut]s waiting for you to build, and there are also six iron axes and six iron pickaxes."

"The territory is currently very short on wood, so gather as much as you can."

"You can rest once it gets dark."

This group of farmers had been held captive by bandits for several days, and their physical condition was poor.

However, Zong Shen was no philanthropist; the value of a population must be realized through labor.

Every bit of progress made was another layer of security!

His words caused some grumbling among the farmers, but their loyalty did not decrease.

Obediently following his instructions, and led by the farmer San Pang, they collected their tools outside the small courtyard and went off to gather resources.