Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor
Chapter 113 - 42_2

Chapter 113: Chapter 42_2

Upon finishing her words, she lowered her head again, carefully tying a thin red bracelet around Lin Rui’s wrist before her.

Lin Rui sighed and said, "Have you never thought about it? You’re always by my side. If a situation arises that I can’t control, we wouldn’t even have a chance to run separately."

"Ah? Doesn’t that mean this bracelet is completely useless? Haha, forget it, let’s just say it represents a nice sentiment. You’re not allowed to take it off."

With that, Audrey propped her chin up and gazed outside the tavern, wistfully sighing, "I wonder how Lundestadte’s advancement is going? He’s constantly gloomy, and even advancing a level seems so difficult, it’s worrisome."

After all, not everyone is as lucky, blessed by the Divine Spirit. To become stronger, one must fight desperately.

In this terrifying world, everyone has to climb upwards and strive hard.

All Lin Rui can do is create a peaceful and harmonious sanctuary in this frightening world.

So, taking advantage of the rare opportunity when there was no expedition, Lin Rui asked Soro, who was sitting opposite him, "How is the situation in the territory?"

Soro replied, "My Lord, the territory is making every effort to construct the Golden Pansy Manor, but the problem now is that after the divine sacrifice, resources are almost depleted. I suggest that you strengthen the Elf Treasures, the Bread Fruit Tree, and the Miracle Building, the Jilun Tower. These two buildings can significantly boost the territory’s internal development."

It’s unaffordable to enhance them.

Lin Rui lamented that the Miracle Building, the Jilun Tower, requires millions of resources for each enhancement, consuming a hundred thousand gems.

Miracles can ruin a nation!

To upgrade a miracle of this scale isn’t something a small territory can bear. There might be a way to enhance it, but Lin Rui didn’t want to recklessly exploit resources. He needed to use them for grand plans and gather a strong foundation from other Main Gods.

So Lin Rui simply said, "Go ahead and build the Jilun Tower."

Soron nodded and said, "Constructing the Jilun Tower requires a thousand Tier One Spiritual Gems, a thousand crystals, a thousand units of mithril, a thousand Spirit Crystal Coins, a thousand units of wood, and a thousand units of stone."

"The Spirit Crystal Coins, crystals, wood, and stone are already sufficient, but the territory only has 892 Tier One Spiritual Gems, lacking 108. The territory also has only about 80 units of mithril, which falls far short."

Lin Rui nodded and said, "I’ll head to the market later to trade for some supplies."

Soron appeared a bit worried, "My Lord, although territories should exchange with each other, constantly going to the market for temporary purchases is not a solution. The territory needs a stable source of income to support construction needs."

"What you say makes a lot of sense." Lin Rui’s eyes showed appreciation.

The reason every Explorer is given a territory is that the construction and prosperity of a territory can provide Explorers with a steady supply of resources.

Otherwise, we might as well just have Explorers fight battles everywhere. Why restrict them near the territory?

While military conquest can bring temporary strength, it cannot build a strong and prosperous civilization.

But any construction and large-scale efforts require considerable initial investment.

The territory must find a stable resource source to continuously accumulate goods.

"Do you have any good suggestions? The beastmen and beast hordes near the territory have almost been cleared out by the army with me. Relying on the spoils of war is clearly not enough to meet the territory’s construction needs."

"My respected master, I suggest you temporarily halt other sacrifices and first enhance the territorial treasure, the Elf Bread Fruit Tree."

[Elf Bread Fruit Tree: The Elf Race are natural masters of plant cultivation. When humans were still extracting starch from wheat, the Elves had already cultivated trees that produce bread directly. A mature tree stands 16 meters tall and produces 2000 units of food daily.]

This attribute surely qualifies it as a strategic-level treasure for the territory.

An apple tree on Blue Star has a maximum yield of 1000 pounds, but that’s only once a year.

The Elf Race’s Bread Fruit Tree produces 2000 units of breadfruit daily, no wonder elves don’t worry about food, only thinking about how to reproduce and multiply.

However, strategic-level treasures require tens of thousands of resources for upgrades.

For a territory with less than a hundred people, supplying such a massive demand is truly a bit overwhelming.

Though the territory lacks resources, Lin Rui was not overly pessimistic but optimistically said, "This world is inherently cruel and hopeless. For the territory to be thriving and vibrant today is already the result of everyone’s collective efforts. I believe everyone working together, the territory will certainly have a more prosperous future."

Then Lin Rui took out a dozen treasure chests from his backpack and said with a smile, "Do you want to try opening treasure chests?"

These were the results of last night’s battle, a total of four Silver Treasure Chests, eight bronze treasure chests, three Beastman Warband Wealth Chests, and four "Magical Boxes" previously obtained from treasure chests; they have unknown effects.

Lin Rui planned to open them all in one go.

Audrey was wary of the Beastman Warband Wealth Chests, so she decisively chose a Magical Box and handed one to Silver Moon.

"Come on, Silver Moon, let’s test our luck. Haha, the loser buys the other a piece of clothing."

"I advise you not to compete." Lin Rui glanced at her.

"Haha, is the Lord worried that Silver Moon won’t have money to buy me clothes? No worries, I can let her owe me."

"..." Silver Moon looked at Audrey, wondering what kind of master she’d contracted with. Letting the follower accrue debt! Have you no shame?

Lin Rui couldn’t be bothered to deal with her further.

The Magical Box was already opened. A puff of black smoke emerged from Audrey’s box, and a black raven flew out.

[Ding, the raven is a messenger from the Netherworld, traveling between realms of life and death, extracting the life of the living to nourish the souls of the dead. Your Life Value ceiling permanently decreases by 100, and Soul Value +1.]

Hmm?

Is this good or bad luck?

A permanent -100 to Life Value ceiling is absolutely a heavy burden for ordinary people.

A Tier One Level One Woodland Fairy only has 80 Life Value points.

Even a Knight at Tier One only has around 400 Life Value points.

These Magic Boxes are low-tier items opened from the bronze and Silver Treasure Chests. If a Tier One loses 100 Life Limit, it’s simply unbearable.

But Audrey is now Tier Two, and losing 100 Life Value is still acceptable to her, while the Soul Value is her core attribute, crucial for her prowess.

So, it’s hard to say whether this black smoke is good or bad for her.

But Audrey had already automatically categorized it as beneficial to her, her eyes smiling: "Haha, indeed, absorbing some of the Lord’s Primordial Energy brings good fortune. Hurry, it’s your turn, Silver Moon."

Silver Moon opened the Magic Box, and a thick, blood-colored smoke emerged from the box.

[Ding, you are corroded by the will of the Blood God. Close combat slaughter is your most direct belief, any deception erodes your will, making you wail in pain. Spiritual Energy Value ceiling permanently -10%, Close Combat Damage permanently +10%.]

Demon erosion! Everyone at the table looked nervously at Silver Moon.

But Silver Moon sat steadily in her chair, her silver, water-like eyes calm, even nonchalantly looking at everyone: "What are you all looking at me for?"

Pain? Wailing?

You’re talking to a woman who tears her clothes in a frenzy and goes berserk. Preaching deception? She already advocates slashing aggressively, and even loses her mind during berserk, only knowing how to slash!

This is no erosion by the Blood God; to her, it’s clearly a blessing from the Blood God.

This duo of master and servant was seemingly down on their luck to the extreme, even provoking such a fearsome Evil God like the Blood God, but in the end, they both benefited.

Who won the competition between them seemed to entirely depend on who was more unfortunate.