Advancing to rare elite

Xiao Yu looked around, and one corpse caught his attention. It was the goblin chieftain, Kerrigan Big Stick, lying on the ground with his head severed from his body. Beside him was the corpse of Shrek, the goblin champion. The loyal fellow had faithfully carried out his duty, defending the chieftain to the very end.

Suddenly, something glowing green on the ground caught his eye. That thing-could it be?! Xiao Yu rushed over and snatched the staff off the ground.

System notification: Obtained Goblin Chieftain's Scepter. This item is exclusive to magic classes. Class requirement met; equipping permitted.

Xiao Yu chose to equip it.

System notification: Goblin Chieftain's Scepter equipped. Race requirement met. Accept the title "Goblin Chieftain"?

"Yes, definitely yes!" Xiao Yu immediately selected yes.

System notification: Player Eric (goblin diviner) has obtained the title "Goblin Chieftain."

System notification: Story event completed-Assuming the Chieftaincy. You have successfully become the leader of a monster faction and gained 100 reputation points. You can now control the entire camp from the camp hall.

System notification: Player Eric (Goblin Chieftain) has met the advancement requirements. Monster template advanced to rare elite template.

Rare elite template: Maximum health increased by 50%, damage dealt increased by 10%, and damage taken reduced by 10%.

"Wahahaha, this is awesome!" Xiao Yu waved his staff and shouted excitedly.

He looked at his attributes.

Eric (Goblin Chieftain)-

Monster category: Humanoid (rare elite).

Faction: Mud Pit Camp (goblin wanderers).

Monster level: Level 8.

Monster talent: Cower (passive).

Health: 225 (+75).

Mana: 60.

Strength: 9.

Endurance: 10.

Agility: 7.

Intelligence: 7 (+2).

Spirit: 6 (+2).

Skills: Campfire, Lesser Fireball, Lesser Heal, Summon Goblin Whelp (equipment skill).

In truth, compared to a major boss like the Flame Demon Lord, a goblin chieftain's rare elite template was worth jack shit. But he hadn't advanced again since becoming a Flame Demon Lord a year ago, so even this little bit of progress had gotten him unusually excited.

"Congratulations, congratulations," the goblin scout said, though the envy, jealousy, and resentment on his face made his feelings perfectly clear. The goblin warrior, however, said nothing and began searching the area instead, apparently hoping to pick up something good himself.

"Ha, don't feel too bad about it. Even if you'd gotten this thing, you couldn't use it. Didn't you see the equipment requirement? It's exclusive to magic classes. I'm the only one here who can use it. Now that I'm here, this tribe won't be wiped out. If you follow me, I wouldn't mind making you each a minor chief."

"Haha, then we'll follow you from now on, boss," the goblin scout said, immediately putting on a fawning expression.

This guy's obviously a lazy, scheming type. I can't entrust him with anything important, Xiao Yu thought.

At that moment, the goblin warrior finally found what he was looking for and picked up the huge cleaver from the ground.

System notification: Player Invincible Hero has become the Mud Hole Tribe's strongest warrior and obtained the title "Goblin Champion."

As it turned out, only the strongest goblin warrior in the Mud Hole Tribe could obtain the Goblin Champion's Blade. Now that Invincible Hero was the only goblin warrior left, the title of Goblin Champion naturally fell to him.

Ignoring the jubilant Invincible Hero and the dejected Killer Codename 38, Xiao Yu glanced at the goblin corpses scattered all around them. Sure enough, a general's glory is built on ten thousand bones. A whole bunch of goblins had to die so I could rise to the top.

Although everything had started because of him, Xiao Yu felt no guilt at all. Back when he played monster templates, he had often lured adventurers into killing his own boss so he could take advantage of the chance to rise to power. By comparison, today had been nothing more than an accident. He had barely done anything on purpose, so he had been decent enough.

"Come on, stop getting so worked up. We still have things to do."

With that, Xiao Yu took the Goblin Chieftain's Scepter and headed straight for the tent.

If his guess was right, that tent should be the goblin camp's camp hall.

Sure enough, the moment he entered the tent, he heard a system notification.

System notification: Entered the camp hall. You can now construct camp buildings here.

The camp construction interface appeared before him.

Mud Hole Tribe camp (goblin camp).

Monster faction level: Level 1 camp.

Monster faction category: Goblin wanderers.

Existing buildings-

Chieftain's tent: Provides a population cap of 10 for the camp and allows territory control. Can recruit special units-goblin trainer, goblin overseer.

Breeding chamber: Can produce units: goblin whelps.

Mud pit: Produces food.

Goblin shack ×9: Each goblin shack provides a population cap of 10.

Wooden palisade (damaged): Provides defense; can be upgraded.

Stored resources: Wood ×287, hides ×74, stone ×132, gold coins ×75, food ×2378.

Population cap: 9/100.

(Goblin whelps use 1 population; goblin warriors/laborers/scouts use 2 population; goblin chieftains use 5 population.)

Ah, this feels so familiar. Looking at the rows of data before him, Xiao Yu felt a wave of nostalgia. The camp didn't have many resources in reserve, but they were enough to get started. Luckily, those adventurer players seemed quite wealthy and hadn't even thought of looting the goblin camp's resources. Otherwise, even these supplies wouldn't have been left.

"Boss, what are you doing?" Killer Codename 38 asked curiously. They couldn't see the camp control interface. Xiao Yu turned and saw that both goblins behind him looked puzzled. I guess these guys are newbies who've never been bosses before. Fine, I'll do them a favor and teach them the basics.

"Controlling the camp, of course. You probably don't know how it works, but that's all right. I'll explain. Once you become the leader of a monster faction, you can activate Lord Mode by entering that faction's town hall. In this mode, you can build up the camp, recruit new troops, train forces, research technology, and issue quests. Simply put, it's like a real-time strategy game. Ever played Warcraft? Right, it's pretty much like that.

"Camps have levels, too. The lowest is a level 1 camp. If the requirements are met, it can be upgraded to a level 2 stronghold, followed by a level 3 fortress, a level 4 city, and a level 5 kingdom. As long as the requirements are met, the monster faction's size and strength can keep growing."

"Holy crap, doesn't that mean you can keep upgrading, recruit a massive army, and eventually conquer the world?" both goblins exclaimed. The way they looked at the Goblin Chieftain's Scepter changed at once.