Chapter 100: A Hero Promoted to Subordinate Lord! Ten Technologies Unlocked, a Nine-Star Summoner Army Formed!

Chapter 100: Chapter 100: A Hero Promoted to Subordinate Lord! Ten Technologies Unlocked, a Nine-Star Summoner Army Formed!

Although tech points might seem easy to obtain, they were far from useless. In fact, their applications were extremely extensive.

They could improve the various attributes of troops, heroes, lords, and territories.

Some of the more powerful technologies could even unlock special effects for specific troop types.

As for the Training License...

"I’ll deal with that later."

John glanced at the teleportation portal behind him.

The number "1" engraved on its frame had already changed to [Cleared].

John turned toward Sylvie.

"Sylvie, come here."

Sylvie was crouching beside the Colossus’s remains, collecting its components. Hearing him call, she immediately jogged over, her wine-red ponytail bouncing behind her.

"My lord."

John took a faintly glowing crystal from his inventory and held it out to her.

[Lord Core ×1]

"Try using this to see if you can establish a territory here."

John got straight to the point.

Sylvie froze for a moment but didn’t take it.

"My lord, me?"

Never before had she heard of a hero owning an independent territory. The very idea was astonishing.

"That’s right."

John handed her the core.

"I want you to become a subordinate lord. From now on, this territory will be under your management."

"That way, even when I’m not around, you’ll be able to manage the Resource Plots, indigenous inhabitants, and production schedules yourself."

He paused, then added the most important point.

"And if this really works, having your own Lord Core will give you your own altar. As long as that altar isn’t destroyed, you’ll be able to resurrect indefinitely."

With the appropriate permissions granted, Sylvie would even be able to travel freely between the two territories.

She could explore, gather resources, and arrange for the villagers to handle various tasks.

Sylvie’s wine-red eyes lit up. She was clearly tempted, but a hint of concern soon appeared on her face.

"But what about them...?"

She glanced toward Bladeborne and the others.

The temptation of unlimited resurrection was considerable.

The group exchanged glances, looking rather innocent.

Even Ophelia, who had been John’s first hero, showed no objections.

Standing with her arms crossed, she glanced at Sylvie with her dark golden slit pupils and said indifferently, "I have no objections."

Although the two had their occasional disagreements, Ophelia had to admit that Sylvie was the only one capable of keeping the rear of the territory running smoothly.

In the future, whenever her troops died and needed to be revived using gold coins, it would be up to Sylvie to gather those resources.

She would have to be insane to oppose this arrangement.

After all, only with a stable rear could they fight without worrying about anything else.

The Lord had probably considered exactly the same thing.

With Ophelia having no objections, the others naturally had nothing to say either.

Sylvie smiled and happily nodded.

"Then I’ll get started right away."

Holding the core, she walked to the open ground in the center of Hidden Territory No. 1, crouched down, and pressed it into the earth.

Hummm—

A pillar of emerald-green light shot upward from the core, spreading outward in all directions with Sylvie at its center. It swept across the entire barren landscape of the hidden territory.

Wherever the light passed, the ground began to churn and reshape itself.

A small Lord Altar slowly emerged from beneath the earth, with Sylvie’s name engraved in its center.

[Ding!]

[Subordinate Territory "Land of Plenty" successfully activated!]

[Lord: Sylvie (Hero under Tyrant)]

[Authority Description: Can freely travel between the main territory and subordinate territory; with authorization from Tyrant, can train troops, manage indigenous inhabitants, and dispatch exploration parties. Possesses an independent Lord Altar and can resurrect indefinitely as long as the altar remains intact.]

[Current Subordinate Territory Capacity: Resource Plot ×12, Indigenous Inhabitants ×10,000, Garrisoned Troops ×20,000.]

"So it really works."

John walked over, glanced at the interface, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Transfer everyone under Gru’s management here later, along with all the Resource Plots. From now on, the main territory will focus entirely on warfare. I’ll leave all production-related matters to you."

Sylvie stood up and nodded enthusiastically, already brimming with motivation.

"Then I’ll start planning the layout."

"Go ahead."

John readily agreed, then waved his hand and walked over to another area of the territory, taking out the building blueprint he had just obtained.

"Construct the Academy."

[Would you like to consume 500,000 units of each basic resource and 10,000 tech points to construct the special building: Academy?]

"Confirm."

The moment the words left his mouth, the ground suddenly began to rise.

A massive gray-white stone structure emerged from beneath the earth.

The building stood approximately three stories tall, with pointed rooftops and arched windows. Above the entrance was an engraving of an open book and a crossed sword.

Once construction was complete, 10,000× Acceleration took effect.

Tables, chairs, bookshelves, training grounds, laboratories, and other facilities rapidly filled the entire building before their eyes.

[Academy Construction Complete!]

[Current Level: Lv.1]

[Available Research Fields: Military, Agriculture, Engineering, Elemental.]

[For every 1,000 tech points invested, one random technology node can be unlocked.]

John invested all the remaining 10,000 tech points into the Academy.

[Tech points ×10,000 invested. Technology Nodes Unlocked ×10!]

A series of notifications appeared:

[Military · Troop Attack Enhancement Lv.1: Basic Attack of all troops increased by 5%.]

[Agriculture · Resource Plot Yield Lv.1: Output of all Resource Plots increased by 8%.]

[Engineering · Wall Durability Lv.1: Durability of all wall-type buildings increased by 10%.]

[Special · Tech Point Acquisition Lv.1: Gain an additional 5% tech points when defeating enemies.]

...

Military, Agriculture, and Engineering were essentially the main research categories, each containing different technologies that could be unlocked at random.

John quickly scanned through the list.

Apparently, he could also use skill points to further upgrade the technologies he had already unlocked.

Unfortunately, he had no tech points left.

"I’ll upgrade them when I have more."

With that thought, he turned around and took out the Training License and Unit Altar Stone he had just obtained.

[Unit Training License: Elven Summoner]

"Elven Summoner..."

John examined the card, raising an eyebrow at the silhouette of an elf holding a green staff, its figure wrapped in vines.

He walked to an open area on the side of the territory and placed the Unit Altar Stone and Training License on the ground.

[Would you like to consume wood ×50,000, stone ×50,000, Iron Ore ×50,000, 1 Seven-Star Unit Altar Stone, and 1 Unit Training License (Elven Summoner) to construct the Seven-Star troop building: Elven Ancient Tree Altar?]

"Yes."

Hummm!

10,000× Acceleration immediately took effect.

Cracks appeared in the ground, and a gray-white ancient tree more than ten meters tall slowly emerged from beneath the earth.

[Forced Conversion of Class Authority in Progress...]

[Building Conversion Complete!]

[Building: Undead Elven Ancient Tree Altar (Seven-Star)]

John still didn’t begin training troops immediately. Instead, he raised his hand and activated his talent once more.

[Talent: Star Coronation activated!]

A golden light spilled from his palm, illuminating the gray-white ancient tree.

The runes carved into its trunk began flashing continuously, while the entire altar grew larger and larger.

[Star Coronation Triggered!]

[Target: Undead Elven Summoner Altar (Seven-Star)]

[Star Rating Upgrade in Progress...]

[Congratulations! Undead Elven Summoner Altar’s star rating has been upgraded to Nine-Star!]

"Nine stars. Not bad."

John nodded in satisfaction.

"Train one thousand."

[10,000× Acceleration in Effect...]

A dark green spatial rift appeared in the trunk of the ancient tree.

Two seconds later, numerous figures gradually emerged from the rift.

They wore gray-white robes made of withered wood. Their faces were pale, yet they retained the distinctive pointed ears of the Elven race.

John casually opened the status panel of one of them.