【Characteristic Upgrade Rune】
Type: Special Consumable
Effect: Increases a territory characteristic by one level, up to a maximum of Mythical grade.
“How strong must Lin Yi be?!”
Hao Xingren stared at the historical messages in the chat interface, his heart unable to calm down for a long time.
A pack of Direwolves, including even a Direwolf King.
Human lords who had just arrived on the trial battlefield, encountering this group of monsters, the only feasible way was to let them eat themselves to death.
It was estimated that only the top races, far surpassing Blue Star humans, could cope, and even then, they would need to deploy their main legions.
Hao Xingren had initially just held a lucky attitude, merely asking.
He never expected Lin Yi to agree immediately.
“Besides rare troop types, Lin Yi definitely has powerful high-end combat strength.”
Hao Xingren thought of the reward for completing the quest, feeling a bit excited.
“Territory Characteristic Upgrade Rune…”
“Blue Star, a Mythical grade has never appeared before, right!”
He took a deep breath; with Lin Yi taking action, the matter was already half-settled.
Thinking about it carefully, even if the latter was powerful, it would probably take two or three days to complete the commission.
Tier 3 magical beasts were no joke; a slight oversight could lead to the territory's demise.
Even someone as strong as Lin Yi would surely need some preparation time.
“I need to hurry up and finish collecting the remaining sandalwood…”
“Food is no longer an issue; the main task now is to mass-produce troops!!”
Hao Xingren was about to get up and arrange the subsequent plans.
A private message suddenly arrived.
“A client?”
Hao Xingren mumbled as he opened the panel, and then his pupils suddenly contracted.
“Holy crap!!”
Lin Yi: “The item has been put on the exchange.”
…
With Lin Yi's current strength, dealing with Direwolves and hunting fierce beasts was no different.
Scarlet Tassel Spearman were also Tier 2, and with Xiang Yi's command bonus, they had almost no rivals in their tier.
Even the Wolf King couldn't last a single round against General Xiang.
Lin Yi, who was personally present on the battlefield, also gained 8 levels from this experience, being directly raised to Level 9!
His strength advanced by leaps and bounds!
“This thing is really scarce.”
Lin Yi looked at the magic core he had just traded for, squinting as he opened the construction tab.
As for the other decomposition materials, he didn't ask.
After all, it was agreed beforehand that, apart from the magic earth, he only wanted half of the magic cores.
Now, all the materials needed for the Institute were complete.
He placed the building's phantom in a central location within the territory and arranged a group of Niu Ma to begin construction.
Perhaps due to the special nature of the Institute, the Niu Ma's construction speed was very slow.
Lin Yi estimated that he would have to wait until evening to see the new building.
“Old Man, grind these into powder; I'll have a use for them later.”
Lin Yi handed all the remaining magic cores to Wang Fugui.
“Alright.”
Wang Fugui nodded, then added, “By the way, my Lord, the sentry said Qianqian seems to be back.”
“Oh?”
Lin Yi's eyes lit up.
Xiang Yi had told him that the little loli went to track a strange villager after finishing the punitive battle.
He wondered if she had gained anything.
“My Lord!”
The wooden gate a few hundred meters away had just opened; Lin Yi hadn't even clearly seen the figure when the tender voice had already reached him.
Soon after, Wang Qianqian arrived before Lin Yi.
“Your strength has increased again?”
Lin Yi opened the latter's panel and found that she had gained another level compared to before she set out.
“Mm, I was trapped in a forbidden zone by a skeleton during reconnaissance.” The little loli carried a black bag behind her, her undeveloped chest rising and falling slightly; she had spent a lot of effort to return quickly.
“Is that so…”
Lin Yi rubbed his chin, suddenly having an idea.
Since Wang Qianqian's talent was 'Free Person,' any restrictions or skill seals could be transformed into her experience points.
Instead of passively letting outsiders trigger them, why couldn't he devise a suitable training plan specifically for Wang Qianqian?
There must be many professions with restrictive skills!
If hundreds or even thousands of control-type professions were to conduct military training for the little loli, her level would probably increase faster than a rocket.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi couldn't help but drool with envy.
Damn it!
Why wasn't such a god-tier slacker skill rewarded to him!
“My Lord.”
Wang Qianqian interrupted Lin Yi's wandering thoughts, saying somewhat seriously, “This time, I discovered something strange during my reconnaissance.”
“Tell me about it.” Lin Yi reined in his thoughts.
With the little loli's current strength, for her to display such an expression, that mysterious lord was probably not simple.
“It's like this…”
Wang Qianqian recounted everything she had overheard in Long Tao's territory, without omission.
“Brothers… dearest friends and family?”
“Jackalwere Hogg…”
Lin Yi listened, frowning slightly, then opened the Hero Leaderboard, wanting to find the name of his “good brother.”
However.
After looking through it three or four times, Long Tao's ranking had indeed disappeared!
“That's Long Tao's territory?”
Lin Yi's eyes flashed, and all his interactions with the chubby little guy quickly ran through his mind.
It didn't make sense!
According to Long Tao's relationship with him, even if they weren't sworn brothers, there had never been any serious conflict.
But why, as described by Wang Qianqian, did he seem like Long Tao's mortal enemy, to the point where Long Tao would even ally with an foreign lord to deal with him?
“Is there any other information about this human lord?” Lin Yi asked with a frown.
That mysterious Lich only interested him.
How the other party crossed the world barrier to reach the Blue Star Human Race area was not important to him.
“My Lord.”
Wang Qianqian spoke again, her fair little face scrunched up, somewhat hesitantly saying, “I suspect he's a Reincarnator!”
“Huh?”
Lin Yi's eyes widened upon hearing the unimaginable conclusion, “How did you come to that conclusion?”
Wang Qianqian continued, “After that skeleton lord left, I originally wanted to come back and report the situation, but out of curiosity, I stayed hidden in his territory and observed a bit more.”
“Guess what!!”
At this point.
Wang Qianqian's little face turned a bit red from excitement, and like presenting a treasure, she opened the black bag behind her.
What met his eyes.
Good heavens, it was a gleaming golden treasure chest!!!
“That chubby guy said something like ‘I remember now, the things in that place shouldn’t have been discovered yet’… then he drew a simple map and sent a team of soldiers from the marked point.”
“It was like he knew there was something at that location beforehand.”
“I went ahead with my speed advantage and, according to his description, quickly found this treasure chest!”
After speaking, Wang Qianqian added, “After doing all this, I went back again, wanting to see how that chubby guy would react.”
“After he found the treasure chest was gone, My Lord, guess what he mumbled softly then?”
“He said…”
Wang Qianqian's bright eyes grew even more excited, as if she had discovered a huge secret, imitating Long Tao's tone at the time, she said word for word, “It doesn't make sense… I clearly remember, there was a golden treasure chest there in my last life!”
After hearing all this.
Lin Yi took a deep breath.
He finally understood.
Why that inexplicable system would say he had a fated enemy.
If he wasn't mistaken.
The so-called fated enemy was Long Tao!
Thinking of this.
Lin Yi opened his panel again, looking at the system description at the bottom, and suddenly froze.
“When… did another one appear?”