Chapter 456 (1/2)
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My EXP bar filled up dramatically. The experience gained from killing a Level 135 Purple Gold Rank boss by myself was no joke! It was enough to boost my EXP bar to 94%, which also meant that I was within kissing distance of Level 117.
I excitedly scooped up the boss drops before I finished off the remaining Cyan Wolves in the area. After that, I examined the goodies that I had won from the boss.
Two treasure chests. The first was a golden chest and the second was a dark gold chest. Who knew what treasures they would hold!?
I moved to open the gold chest first and it opened with the lightest of clicks. After that, a card floated onto my palm.
Ding!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have obtained a card “Radiant Knight x50”!
……
Radiant Knight? My mind went blank for a moment.
WTF, this was a human castle's Rank 6 unit! Arghhhhhh, what the f.u.c.k is this!? How could the game do this to me? I couldn't use this card because our Dark Moon City was a territory of the undead. It was unable to house the units of any other race! Ahhhhh, is this card just going to rot in my inventory?
I felt a wave of helplessness wash over me as I opened up the dark gold chest.
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have obtained “Umbra Sharpshooter x100”!
A loud buzzing noise filled my head. My mind went completely blank as utter shock coursed through my body. I desperately rubbed my eyes before the elation finally set in. I had really gotten the Umbra Sharpshooters, the Rank 8 units of the Undead Castle!
They were two ranks higher than the Dark Knights, and they were a long-range unit as well, so we could station them in the castle's watchtowers and use them to ward off the attacks of both players and creatures!
I could even bring these Umbra Sharpshooters out to hunt mobs! Though I couldn't use them to kill monsters outside of the confines of the territory, I could use them to gather even more resources and that was good enough for me! Every Rank 8 unit had a transport capacity of 1600, so they could harvest and transport even more resources than the Dark Knights!
I didn't hesitate to use the card and 100 Umbra Sharpshooters immediately appeared behind me. I ordered them to retreat far behind me before giving another order. All 100 of them immediately raised their bows into the air and unleashed a salvo of arrows. The last few Cyan Wolves mewled pathetically as they collapsed to the ground.
Tsk tsk, this isn't bad at all, I got all of the EXP from that attack! Heh, this is one of the perks of being a city lord!
……
Oh, wait, I seem to have forgotten something.
That's right! The boss dropped a Resource Bag too!
I opened the bag in a hurry and discovered that it was no ordinary Resource Bag! It was a super-tier one, one that contained 40000 units of each resource!
Tsk tsk, today's Purple Gold Rank boss was certainly feeling generous. I'd obtained so many things at one go!
Furthermore, the boss and the Cyan Wolves had also dropped quite a few resources when they died. I did a quick estimate as I swept my eyes over my spoils of war.
There were at least 20000 units of each resource lying on the ground, so I quickly got my Dark Knights and Umbra Sharpshooters to start moving them.
I returned to the city ahead of my troops and used the Resource Bag, instantly increasing the city's stockpile by a huge amount. Alright, we now have enough resources to upgrade the city to a Rank 3 Undead Castle!
After I confirmed my choice, the city started upgrading itself and in two hours' time, Dark Moon City would reach Rank 3!
It was at this precise moment that I heard a beep.
System Notice: Player “Stranger of Three Lifetimes” wants to add you as a friend. Do you accept?
……
Stranger of Three Lifetimes? Isn't that Blazing Hot Lips' guild leader? She also seems to be the lord of Vanished G.o.d City's first territory.
Hmmm, this girl will definitely go on to do great things, so I definitely have to establish a good relations.h.i.+p with her. After all, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' greatest enemy is Candle Dragon and their strength goes without saying. If we want to drag Candle Dragon down from the throne, we need to gather together sufficient strength, and we especially need powerful guilds like Blazing Hot Lips on our side.
After I accepted her friend request, the name “Stranger of Three Lifetimes” immediately appeared in my friend's list.
She immediately sent me a message: “Hey handsome, you in your territory?”
“Yup. I'm outside the guild hall right now. Can I help you?”
“Yes, you can! I'll head over immediately!”
“Okay!”
I walked out of my territory and waited right in front of it. A high-level female mage soon appeared and she waved her staff as she walked toward me. It really was Stranger of Three Lifetimes. Her guild emblem and her symbol as a guild master flashed over her shoulder. It was glaringly ostentatious.
I walked forward to welcome her with a smile, “How can I help this pretty stranger?”
“Oh, there's definitely something you can help me with!”
Stranger of Three Lifetimes fished out a card from her inventory and beamed at me brightly. “I'm here to do a bit of business with you. But let's see if it's something Lu Chen wants in the first place! If you do want it, perhaps a trade is in order.”
“Oh, what do you have for me?”
I swiftly scanned the card. The words on the card clearly stated that it was a “Dark Knight x100” card. My eyes grew as wide as saucers as I exclaimed, “A troop card?”