The dawn was breaking faintly as Qin Muye inspected 100 elite troops, which had been equipped with a full set of standard weapons and had their name changed to Frenzy Blood Spirit Monsters, inheriting the power of Blood Frenzy.
[Troop Type: Frenzy Blood Spirit Monster]
[Troop Rank: Rank 1 Elite]
[Life Value: 30/30]
[Magic Value: 20/20]
[Attack Power: 10]
[Defensive Power: 14]
[Skill]
[Lucky Garden: Luck +1]
[Magic Power Physique: Attack Power +5, Defensive Power +5]
[Magic Wisdom: Magic Value +20]
[Magic Resistance: Reduces magic damage by 5%]
[Elemental Resonance: For every 1 point decrease in life value, gain an additional 1 point of elemental damage boost when attacking]
[Loyal Taming: Morale will never falter]
[Blood Frenzy: Activated to lose 1 Life Value per minute, Attack Power increases by 1 point]
[Magic Warrior: Attack Power +1, Defensive Power +1, Life Value +10]
[Treasure]
[Standard Longsword: Attack Power +2]
[Standard Helmet: Defensive Power +1]
[Standard Armor: Defensive Power +2]
[Standard Shield: Defensive Power +2]
[Introduction: No mage has ever given Spirit Monsters such powerful capabilities. With the maximum attributes for a Rank 1 troop, along with the whole set of standard treasures, even Rank 2 troops might not be a match. And in the face of despair, even Rank 2 elites can fall to their blades.]
After becoming Elite Level, these hundred Frenzy Blood Spirit Monsters wearing thick armor exuded an extremely intense aura of solemnity and killing intent, the bloody smell and desire to kill actually made Qin Muye's scalp tingle.
Not to mention, even the prefix changed; what used to be Magic Energy Spirit Monster is now Frenzy Blood Spirit Monster.
But this was quite normal, as the Frenzy Blood Spirit Monster could only be trained by Demon Blood, making it an exclusive troop of the Bloodbath Warrior.
Particularly with the active skill Blood Frenzy, although the exchange was 1 to 1 for blood, with the skill Elemental Resonance, it was essentially changing 1 point of life value for 2 points of attack power.
A Rank 1 troop with the power of Rank 2, and even when their life is low enough, they can kill Rank 2 elites.
Coupled with Qin Muye's healing and blood-drawing abilities, they were basically perpetual motion machines. Though the increase in life value would lead to a decrease in attack power, this was quite normal.
The main thing was that the five points of defense provided by the standard set allowed the high 14 points of defensive power to handle the attacks.
Unfortunately, there were only four pieces in the set; the armor was a full-body iron armor, which was still pretty good.
"That's enough, arrange for the watch, and then go rest. We still need to deal with the monster siege this afternoon," Qin Muye said and then dismissed all the troops on the spot, telling them to go rest up.
After handling everything, Qin Muye also went to take a nap; he was struggling to keep up. From yesterday to this morning, as a Lord, he had been accompanying them and casting healing spells from time to time to ensure that the high-intensity training didn't result in injuries.
It was now roughly between six and seven in the morning. Even if he didn't need rest, just standing there was tiring. His physical fitness hadn't changed much—he was still the same scholar with no combat ability. Moreover, there was a tough battle to fight at noon, and if he pushed himself too hard, it could only lead to trouble.
When he went back to sleep, he opened the Trading House and browsed it casually.
Actually, there was nothing particularly good. Most of it was a bunch of miscellaneous items, and they were not cheap—it was obvious that these items had probably been listed by some of the top-ranking players.
"And there's Iron Ore... most of the minerals I have are just stones, totally unsuitable for forging Equipment."
Put it this way, 1 unit of Iron Ore can be forged into 1 piece of standard Equipment, and if full occupancy is achieved, at least 100 pieces of Equipment could be produced each day.
[Blacksmith LV1: For each Troop Type stationed with sufficient materials, 10 Basic Treasures can be produced daily, Limit (0/100)]
[Currently available:]
[Standard Helmet: 1 unit of Iron Ore]
[Standard Armor: 1 unit of Iron Ore]
[Standard Shield: 1 unit of Iron Ore]
[Standard Long Sword: 1 unit of Iron Ore]
[Standard Long Spear: 1 unit of Iron Ore]
[Standard...]
There were only three types of Armor, but there was a complete variety of weapons such as swords, spears, and halberds, all priced uniformly at 1 unit of Iron Ore.
Then, Qin Muye began searching in the points store for a resource building that could produce Iron Ore, and sure enough, he found one. It wasn't categorized as Special Resources; rather, it was under the normal mineral category.
The cost was also not high, 500 Points could be exchanged for the building blueprints. Qin Muye decided to exchange and learned it immediately, then directly built two in his territory. After all, building construction also took time, and it just so happened they needed to rest too. Once the monster siege was over, he could let the Spirit Monsters take up residence and start producing Iron Ore.
If everything went well, even if they pulled an all-nighter again tomorrow, there was no need to rush the production of 100 pieces; 40 would suffice. Then Qin Muye could recruit 10 more Magic Energy Spirit Monsters, which would be a pretty good outcome.
Besides that, to be honest, there were quite a few resource-producing buildings, such as Hunter's Cabins which could produce fur and food, with fur being used at the Tailor's to make Leather Armor, Robes, gloves, and other Equipment Treasures. Furthermore, there were Sawmills to increase Wood production from lumber mills, and Mills to increase food output, among others.
On the contrary, there were no derivative buildings for Special Resources.
"If this goes well, let's see if I can get all kinds of resource-type building blueprints along with the entire upstream and downstream industrial chain."
Resources are key, and industries like the Tailor's and Blacksmith's that realize resource values are also very important.
For example, his Spirit Monsters not only were equipped with the four standard Equipment pieces but also could use shoes, undergarments, gloves, etc., It's just unfortunate that these were not sold in the shop.
Moreover, in the future, essential items like cotton clothes and quilts would be needed. The weather is fine now, but that doesn't mean it will stay like this forever.
And since he now had a market, he needed a significant amount of materials to build his own trade industry—otherwise, where would the Gold Coins come from?
Without Gold Coins, he couldn't even recruit Magic Energy Spirit Monsters, let alone buy various nice things from the natives, which also required money.
With enough Gold Coins, he would be able to recruit more Magic Energy Spirit Monsters to operate various buildings. It was fortunate that the first creatures he got were diligent in everyday tasks and not some other type of Troop. Once their combat power was complete, they could be deployed both in battle and in the kitchen.
"After I wake up, I'll use the remaining Gold Coins to recruit more Magic Energy Spirit Monsters; anyway, I'm not lacking that bit of time."
Looking at the remaining 30,000 Gold Coins, Qin Muye would have thought it was a lot before, but now it honestly wasn't. It simply wasn't sufficient for anything major.
Keep in mind that there were still 459 Spirit Monsters in his Magic Energy Spirit Monster workshop, which would cost 45,900 Gold Coins.