"Heroin? You Give Them What?" Hanif was shocked when he heard what the medical soldier said. "Isn't that a dangerous type of narcotic? I know that the military did use it in the past, but the side effects were too dangerous."
Hanif was speechless. The two soldiers that Alam recruited, or rather the Elf and Human were now fast asleep after they were injected with Heroin in a full syringe dose.
"Lord, the Heroin we use is not natural Heroin that is grown, it is a type of heroin that has been DNA reconstructed and strengthens the calming effect of the head but also weakens the effect of dependence. Although the side effects will be dangerous, they are not side effects that cause dependence." one of the medical soldiers explained.
"In addition, we saw strange energy flowing in the bodies of the 2 subjects we injected. We don't want to disrupt the flow of energy so we only make them rest by injecting Heroin into their bodies."
Hanif listened and nodded. "Strange energy? Are you saying it's magic energy?"
The soldier nodded and handed over the data from Elf Rosewood and Ash Thirteen.
"If the Lord calls it that, then we will call it magic energy. In the data we have, this type of energy is indeed helpful and easy to cultivate but damages the basic foundation of the body so that they cannot accept genetic modification or carry out the Regenerative function of the Reagents we have."
Hanif read it and found that the subject the medical soldiers saw was Ash Thirteen. It was explained that in his body, there was a foreign substance flowing together with the blood and mixed with the blood Hemoglobin.
"Why did this happen?"
The soldier answered immediately. "We are not sure. But from the data we have, this type of energy is said to damage the foundation of the body if not cultivated with caution. It is different from psychic powers that are externally derived from within the human body. If we compare it, it is like trying to inhale black smoke to breathe compared to oxygen."
"Interesting. Write down everything you know about it and give it to me. This is such an interesting subject to discuss."
The medical soldier nodded and saluted. He immediately did what Hanif asked without saying much.
Outside, Hanif looked at the system he had.
[The basic functions of the system cannot be opened yet. Complete 1 main quest and open Chapter 1.]
[Every week, you will receive a mind acceleration ticket and mind overdrive. This reward will continue to be given until Chapter 1 ends.]
[Current number of mind acceleration tickets: 1]
[7. Collect the knowledge that exists in this world in various fields.
Progress: 3 fields of knowledge.
This is a unique quest from the Otherworldy Teacher. You can complete this quest at any time after you have collected 1 field of knowledge. However, the more fields of knowledge you collect, the better the rewards the host will receive.]
"Hmmm, next, I will meet Ash. I think he must have various kinds of knowledge. And I am interested in the history of humans in this world. Do they know the truth or not? That is something interesting to discuss."
And as for the magic energy development project, I will put that aside for now. It might be better to develop psychic powers than magic energy. It would also be good for Alam and Miftah.
After finishing, Hanif walked to meet Miftah and Alam. The two were waiting for Hanif along with several faceless soldiers and medical soldiers. They were holding a map that was roughly made by the soldiers and Felyn. On the map, several points were checked in red.
Those were resource points that were said to be untouched by the Elves. The reason, Felyn said, was that the Elves were too lazy to pursue something called a Mineral vein.
"The nature of these elves, I really don't understand." Miftah pointed to the nearest cross mark. "They clearly have a good mine near their territory, but they don't even care about it."
Alam nodded in agreement. "Right. But because of that, we have to quickly take over this place. This is important because we are really short of resources. There are also rewards from the Side Quest in the form of System Points. If we are lucky, we can get the Hiden achievement."
"More importantly, this resource point," Alam pointed to the furthest cross mark that was on the border of the Rosewood Clan's territory. The information that Felyn had provided during the creation of the map included this information.
"It is said that this is a Blood Grapefruit. A fruit that is good for the body because it brings benefits to improve the quality of our bodies."
Alam didn't even need to explain further. A fruit that could be used to increase physical strength was a valuable item. Even Felyn said that the Rosewood clan wanted to acquire the tree that the fruit grew on.
But because of the Elf's lazy nature and no competition with other clans, the Rosewood Clan didn't even bother to bring the tree into their territory.
The problem is…
"From what Felyn said, the Rosewood Clan is preparing to investigate the silent forest. If we leave the silent forest area, we will likely meet the Elf. And this will accelerate the feud." Miftah spoke while looking towards the silent forest.
Even so, he didn't say not to take it. The problem was, the number of soldiers that Batavia had was very small. If you take into account the dangers outside, then 20 soldiers really wasn't enough.
Alam knew that and took out two pieces of paper. This week's recruitment has been updated.
"There is no need for us to bring many soldiers. The important thing for the last resource point is the fight against time. We don't need to take that place as our territory, we just need to take the ripe fruit and if possible the seeds. If possible, we will try to plant the plant in our territory."
Alam continued. "This is a battle against time. So we will seize the closest territory to the Batavia area and move directly to the position where the tree is. And lacking troops, we are lucky that this time the recruitment is 20 Infantry Troops No. 578"
After seeing the confirmation from his two friends, Miftah nodded. Alam immediately signed the paper and from behind the tent, 20 faceless soldiers with similar clothes lined up neatly. They carried backpacks with M1903 rifles and a shovel beside their bags.
"The two of us will leave. Alam, you can wait here while continuing to look for hidden achievements to add system points."
"Sorry. I didn't know that there was a big problem with the system I have." Alam sighed softly.
Both of them also understood. Since the system function was activated, Alam had spent several times touring the territory he controlled. And when he reached the border of the territory, something strange happened.
Alam, could not leave this territory. The system informed him that there was a restriction set by the system where the Host of the Kingdom Building system could not leave the territory they were managing.
Until all the conditions were met, the only choice was to stay in the territory and develop it.
"If both of them are awake, immediately order our two sleeping princes and princesses to immediately meet at the first point."
Alam nodded. Seeing his two friends preparing and 5 infantry soldiers and 2 medics who would go with him. Before he left, Alam took out a black flag with Batavia written on it in gold writing.
"This is the territory flag that I got from the system. If you run into any problems on your journey, just plant this flag and declare the territory as our territory. This will also help me in completing the Side Quest that I have." Alam handed it to Miftah.
Miftah nodded and accepted it. The black flag in his hand felt so light and easy to carry. The flag was also not too high.
After everything was ready, the First Expeditionary Force climbed onto one of the Outposts and used the tree bridge to quickly head to the border area of the Batavia region. There were no disturbing animals or even a single poisonous animal. All of them had been exterminated by the Infantry soldiers without even using the Rifles they carried.
Alam sighed softly and looked at the soldiers who were ready to receive orders. "You guard the border in the Batavia region. When you see the golden light appear, immediately come as reinforcements and focus on bringing especially my 2 friends back to this area."
"We understand!"
The soldiers who had just appeared immediately carried out their duties. Alam looked at the two medical soldiers who were carrying Felyn and Ash Thirteen to the tent where the medical soldiers were resting.
"System, open the point usage function."
A golden screen appeared, displaying a feature like a Shop in the game.
[System points: 4
1. Basic building: House. 5x (1 point)
2. Basic building: field 3x (1 point)
3. Basic building: warehouse (1 point)
4. Basic building: water filtering system
5 Basic building…]
Those basic buildings, Alam had never touched them. To build something like basic buildings, there was no need to use system points when there were soldiers who could do it. What was more important, were the special buildings and summoning tickets that he could use.
All of those were already Bookmarked.
[General worker summoning ticket. (10 Points)
Description: There are many humanoid resources in this world that have no chance to show their skills. Some are oppressed by the tyrannical laws of this world where they are forced to spend their lives without getting any wages. Rather than letting them rot under the tyrants, wouldn't it be better if you were the one to make use of them?]
[Guide ticket for lost travelers. (30 Points)
Description: Having trouble increasing your population? Why not use the ticket that kidnaps… ahem, I mean guides those who are unfortunate? Use this ticket and save them by kidnapping… I mean guiding them to live in this place.]
"Somehow it feels like the system is trying to advertise this ticket to me." Alam laughed as he read it.
If the expedition that Hanif and Miftah did was successful, then the first ticket was something that had to be bought. The soldiers were indeed capable of many things but mining and farming were not their forte. Felyn also probably did not have any skills in that area and Ash did not seem to be someone who worked in agriculture.
Hopefully, they are okay.