Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

[Ding, congratulations to Zi Liyuan for becoming the first Lord upgraded to Level 1 in Realm Territory 99, reward: Spirit Crystal x100, Random Treasure Chest (White) x1, 10 points of prestige in Realm Territory 99!]

Enjoy new adventures from empire

[Ding, the Lord’s Mansion has been upgraded to Level 1, territory has expanded by 100 square meters, at the same time unlocked buildings: Smelter, Blacksmith Shop.]

A beam of golden light descended from the sky and enveloped the Thatched Lord’s Mansion.

The drafty thatched shed began to change bit by bit in the golden light until it became a thatched cottage.

"Damn, a thatched cottage? Are you really grinding the grand Lord image into dirt!"

As the golden light gradually faded, the thatched cottage with walls on all four sides seemed barely habitable.

Zi Liyuan cursed inwardly and opened the Lord interface to check the upgrades.

The area had expanded to 200 square meters.

The number of subjects had also increased from 100 to 200, though the population number was still glaringly in red, indicating a severe overpopulation.

There were additional buildings to construct: the Smelter and the Blacksmith Shop.

[Requirements to upgrade the Lord’s Mansion to Level 2: Stone (White) x2000, Timber (White) x2000, Fine Stone (Green) x200, Fine Timber (Green) x200, Iron Ingot (White) x100, Energy 200.] n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

To upgrade the Lord’s Mansion to the next level, the required resources had doubled, and now included a demand for Iron Ingots.

Luckily, within the southern mountain range, there were iron ore mines; as long as it was transported back, it could be smelted.

"First, I need to build the Smelter and the Blacksmith Shop, then take the skeleton brigade to mine the iron ore."

The location of the iron ore was quite far from the territory, right on the edge of the "Elemental Map" detection at over five thousand meters.

One could imagine that the stone mountains must be hiding many monsters that needed to be cleared out first.

It was a dilemma; the Little Skeleton mining squad was all Level 1 subjects with no combat ability. If they encountered even a minor monster, they would have to raise the white flag and turn into a pile of bone fragments.

However, there was good news. A Level 1 Lord’s Mansion allowed the recruitment of combat units to break through to First Order strength.

This meant that the Skeleton Warriors’ levels could be pushed to a First Order Level 40.

Even if their template hadn’t been strengthened and they were still ordinary white-quality, serving as patrol soldiers to protect the mining brigade wasn’t a problem.

The current frustration, however, was how difficult it was to acquire experience points!

After killing nearly two hundred monsters, there were only 1284 experience points accumulated in the Lord’s Mansion’s experience pool.

Skeleton Warrior Number One, upon receiving the experience injection, shot straight up to Level 20, and then to level up to Level 21, the experience needed became 200 points per level.

This move had depleted the experience pool, and it was disappointing not being able to strengthen even a single First Order Level 40 Skeleton.

Zi Liyuan shook his head and glanced at the first person’s upgrade reward.

He never expected that he would be the first to upgrade the Lord’s Mansion to Level 1, and even received a Boundary Sea Contract reward.

Spirit Crystals were of little use right now, Prestige was the attribute needed for the final struggle for a large Lordship, the only thing that piqued his interest was the Random Treasure Chest (White).

Theoretically, this chest could contain any white-quality item.

"Goddess of Fortune, my love, give me a treasure that will add experience to the Lord’s Mansion experience pool!"

Upon opening the lid of the Random Treasure Chest, three white glows appeared before his eyes, while the chest went from solid to ethereal and finally faded away, leaving only three white glowing orbs floating in front of him.

He scooped them up, and three white cards appeared in Zi Liyuan’s hands.

[Experience Card (White): A one-time use item, that upon use, adds 10,000 experience points to the Lord’s Mansion experience pool!]

"Excellent!"

With 30,000 experience points added to his account, he immediately opened the property interface of Skeleton Warrior Number One and frenziedly clicked the upgrade button.

A surge of strong black death energy burst forth from Skeleton Warrior Number One, enshrouding his skeletal frame.

After one second, the death energy dissipated, and Number One’s level had reached the current First Order Level 40.

[Skeleton Warrior Number One (White): Level 40, Physical Damage 81, Health 810, Skill: Hack]

Six thousand experience points were enough to upgrade a Skeleton Warrior to first-order level 40.

Zi Liyuan didn’t hesitate to upgrade four more, once again depleting the experience pool.

He didn’t bother with number one and let it continue patrolling and exploring the forest.

Zi Liyuan then went to the Stone Altar where he summoned forty Little Skeletons and sacrificed two with basic smelting wisdom and two with basic blacksmithing wisdom to work at the forge and smithy that were under construction.

Afterward, Zi Liyuan called over a White Jade Skeleton specialized in construction and used the surplus Fine Timber (green) to craft a palanquin which could be carried by four.

Although running on his own was fast, a dignified Lord walking on route 11 was quite a loss of stature. Of course, it was more prestigious to have underlings carry him instead, right?

So, he sat in the palanquin like a noble lord, and under his command, the newly upgraded numbers two through five lifted the palanquin and headed towards the Stone Mountain Range.

With Skeletons carrying the palanquin, Lord Zi finally recaptured that feeling of being an idle fish.

They moved through the Stone Mountain Range with ease and then proceeded deeper into the mountains.

It must be said, after being transformed into Skeleton Warriors, it wasn’t just their strength that improved slightly, their intelligence had also made significant progress.

Now carrying the palanquin, even though the Stone Mountain Range was uneven, they moved as if on flat ground and the speed wasn’t slow either.

One man and four Skeletons swiftly passed through the safe area previously left by defeating the stone creatures, and then headed deeper into the mountains.

With "Elemental Map" and "Death’s Eye" two detection skills at hand, a map within a five-thousand-meter radius was all displayed in Zi Liyuan’s mind, even marking the locations of monsters.

It could be said that the overlapping effects of these two skills were like having a small-scale detection map.

Therefore, Zi Liyuan was able to direct the Skeletons along the best route, heading straight for the area where the iron ore was located.

While on the move, he opened the Sea of Realms chat channel that was activated upon the Lord’s Mansion reaching level 1 to check.

The current chat interface only showed a 99-numbered new Realm Territory sub-interface, which further divided into several smaller interfaces.

The first was the World Channel for the 99-numbered new Realm Territory, the second was the 10086-numbered town-level area channel, the third was the Blue Star Human Race channel, and the fourth was the friends channel.

At this moment, all channels were blank; not a single person had spoken.

The first channel, the 99-numbered World Channel, allowed only three messages per day with a reset at midnight.

The second, the 10086-numbered Town-level Area Channel, allowed ten messages per day, also resetting at midnight.

The third, the Blue Star Human Race Channel, limited users to fifty messages per day, with the same midnight reset.

The fourth, the Friends Channel, required adding the other Lord’s number as a friend. Once both sides agreed to become friends, there were no limits on messages.

Zi Liyuan’s Lord number was one!

This whole thing was determined purely by the ranking at the time of upgrading the Lord’s Mansion to level 1.

Those who weren’t Sea of Realms Lords couldn’t activate the chat interface. In other words, anyone with access to the chat channels was a Lord!

"Wanderers and mercenaries are more miserable than one might imagine. I just don’t know how many Blue Star Humans without [Heart of the Lord] have entered the Sea of Realms this time."

Zi Liyuan had some admiration for those who dared enter the Sea of Realms to take their chances, but he wasn’t inclined to help them for now.

In the Sea of Realms, the population was very important, especially when from the same Blue Star Human Race, but character was even more crucial!

Who knew what kind of characters these folks were?

Bear in mind, after entering the Sea of Realms, wanting to sign a Boundary Sea Contract not only came with increased limitations, but each contract also consumed a [Lord’s Heart]!

Did they think [Heart of the Lord] was as common as cabbage, to be thrown around willy-nilly?

Well, for Lord Zi, he could indeed toss them around carelessly, but it had to be thrown with meaning and value, right?

Instead of signing contracts with those of average talent, why not look for those with talent and good character among the Blue Star Humans?

Isn’t that more appealing?

Shaking his head, Zi Liyuan temporarily closed the chat interface and began to focus on the journey ahead.