Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

Just as Zi Liyuan was checking if there were any goods worth purchasing, he sensed a significant decrease in his summoned creatures. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

He had no choice but to leave the trading market and hurry towards the forest.

With his speed, he quickly penetrated more than four thousand meters into the forest and arrived at the scene of the incident.

All he saw were four roots whipping around like whips, striking at the little skeletons that crowded around.

Brushing past meant near death, a touch meant shattering; the fragile little skeletons broke with a crisp snap.

Different monsters, the same outcome fully demonstrated the deserved reputation of the cannon fodder skeletons for being fragile.

Scattered all over the ground was a large number of bone fragments, and a vine as thick as a child’s arm was gathering these fragments before pulling them underneath a tree demon’s body.

"No wonder when I checked earlier, there were only a dozen or so wild wolves, and I didn’t see any other ferocious beasts. So it turns out there was a tree demon here."

Under the scrutiny of "Death’s Eye," the life essence of this tree demon was equivalent to a First Order LV40 creature.

Even though it still followed the template of a common monster, it wasn’t something that the nearby Level 1 little skeletons could handle.

The Skeleton Warriors transformed by Zi Liyuan through the barracks were scattered around, commanded by the Level 10 Skeleton Warrior Number One.

However, the Skeleton Warriors did not advance. They wisely stayed aside and observed.

It must be admitted that after being transformed into Skeleton Warriors, their intelligence had improved noticeably and they knew better than to court death.

Zi Liyuan took one look and casually released an Elemental Arrow, which flew out with precision and struck the body of the tree demon, instantly bursting into various elements.

Almost in an instant, the body of the tree demon was blown into two parts, and the wildly whipping roots on the ground also fell still after twitching for a moment.

"Huh, this tree demon dropped some pretty good loot."

With no less than ten green orbs, all of which contained Fine Timber (green), along with the body of the tree demon, which could also produce some timber resources once dragged back and processed.

After killing this rampaging tree demon, Zi Liyuan continued to use "Death’s Eye" to survey his surroundings.

With just one glance, hundreds upon thousands of life essence orbs appeared in his vision.

"Well, that’s something. There’s a tree demon every ten meters here; this large patch must contain hundreds, if not thousands, of tree demons."

No particularly strong life essence orbs were seen, but there were plenty that were similar to the one he just defeated.

"A solid collection of First Order common monsters; the source of Fine Timber couldn’t be any easier."

Anyone who becomes a Lord of the Sea of Realms is a peak Fourth Order Level 100 combatant. Even with their equipment, skills, and inventory slots sealed, relying on their basic attributes and enhancements from their Cultivation Techniques, defeating this group of tree demons would pose no problem, it’s just a matter of time.

For Zi Liyuan, it would take only about ten seconds to obliterate a group.

Shadow Arrow Rain Level 20, with a cooldown of 13 seconds, fires 22 Shadow Arrows at a time. Even if weakened so that each Shadow Arrow deals only 10,000 damage, it’s enough to instantaneously kill these First Order minor monsters.

With the vision provided by Death’s Eye, Lord Zi could distinguish which were real trees and which were tree demons.

Under the precise guidance of Shadow Arrow Rain, the tree demon minions were immediately left dead or wounded in droves.

Gathering the loot and dragging away the bodies of the tree demons, after clearing out a hundred of them, Zi Liyuan finally stopped.

This forested area was now cleared of trees, leaving behind a small isolation strip devoid of vegetation.

"Not bad, these resources can be transported back. Now I have enough Fine Timber; all that’s left is Fine Stone."

Zi Liyuan allowed Skeleton Warrior Number One to continue patrolling and exploring the area while he quickly headed towards the Stone Mountain Range.

With the help of Death’s Eye, he could easily find the stone golems hidden among the rocks, wiping them out with Shadow Arrows—one shot per creature.

Not only did he clear a larger safe zone to facilitate stone gathering for the Skeletons, but he also acquired hundreds of pieces of Fine Stone.

When Zi Liyuan returned to the Thatched Lord’s Mansion, he finally had gathered all the materials needed to upgrade the Lord’s Mansion.

"I wonder how many Luck Emperors have already succeeded in upgrading."

When he entered the thatch, Zi Liyuan immediately heard the system prompt.

[Ding, sufficient materials for upgrading the Lord’s Mansion have been collected. Do you wish to upgrade the Lord’s Mansion, Lord Zi Liyuan? Yes/No?]

"Yes!"

There was no need to hesitate; if the Lord’s Mansion wasn’t upgraded, other supporting facilities couldn’t be upgraded either.

By now, the storage in the warehouse was filled with ordinary timber and stone, and even piles of them had accumulated over several areas within the Realm Territory.

There was no helping it; with more than five thousand Skeletons toiling away, even though each could only bring back a single unit of resources, the constant back-and-forth transportation added up.

[Ding, using Stone (white) X1000, Timber (white) X1000, Fine Stone (green) X100, Fine Timber (green) X100, Energy 100, the upgrade of the Lord’s Mansion has begun, countdown 30 seconds!]

Zi Liyuan had killed so many monsters, not only accumulating some experience in the experience pool of the Lord’s Mansion but also obtaining a large number of monster Crystal Cores. These Crystal Cores, once converted to energy for the Lord’s Mansion, amounted to a staggering 3,280 points.

There’s no helping it, while others have only a ten percent chance to obtain Crystal Cores from killing regular monsters, this guy, hugging the black silk legs of Lady Luck, had the drop rate maxed out, ensuring a hundred percent drop rate.

[Ding, upgrade complete, congratulations to Zi Liyuan for becoming a Level 1 Lord, your Lord’s Range has expanded!]

[Ding, Level 1 Realm Territory activates the Sea of Realms chat sub-channel—Number 99 New Realm Territory range!]

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