Hichken7: Will we never be able to go back?

Dariotthatsme: Why should we go back? This world is much better than our world. We are lords! Hahaha, I managed to summon a C-class archer as my initial troops, and once I collected enough basic resources, I could finally build my castle!

TheFoolornot: The first floor. Stop daydreaming already. There's no hope of going back. Keeping that mindset is dangerous. Sooner or later, that will be the cause of your death.

Hichken7: I am just at a loss. I am sorry.

Following suit, this conversation was a lot of talk, mostly bragging about their initial troop being better than the others. Ranging from the highest Dragon troops summoned by Lady Fiyra, known as one of the 5 S rank troops, to the lowest of a tree, yes, a tree.

"It seems my luck isn't that bad compared to whoever summons a tree as their initial troops."

Liam shivered at the thought of this. That would simply mean a death end being slapped to your face early on. Especially when all lords are still in the early exploration stage.

Like Liam, for the first day, all of the lords are still huddled up within their summoning building. Either exploring their troop's characteristics or shivering in fear, not knowing what other fate shall befall them.

At the very least, for most of them, they could still retain their pitiful lives up to this point several hours into this world.

Unlike those who were unlucky. Occasionally, some people would yell to ask for help within the global chat. In most cases, wild monsters hunted them down while trying to explore their surroundings.

And when someone noticed the message, the Lord's name turned grey in ashes. Meaning that he had died...

"sigh... bravery or timid, both sides have their advantage. But too much of these two might bring unwanted results... such as..."

Liam overlooked the greyed-out name of the lord who had just asked for help.

And murmured.

"Death"

Afterward, Liam continued to scroll through the global chat quite a bit. Searching for useful information from the mouths of people from all over the world.

And for quite some time, he was mesmerized by the vastness of this world that they were transported to. In essence, this world is just a game in the end.

Among the many lords that had spoken within the chat, this particular person stood out from the rest.

Ask me: Let your troops gather resources as quickly as possible. This world is on a constant speed run. The higher we go, the more rewards we will gain, but that will depend on our performance. Remember to prioritize resource gathering; when you have enough of the basic resources, a notification will tell you when you are ready to build your Lord's castle. And here's a tip for all Lords: instead of building it on a random spot, place the blueprint directly above the summoning building, and then the foundation will be much more solid.

Reading all this, Liam finds himself quite confused about what the person is conveying. Lord's castle? Resources?

Feeling quite strange, he then kept on looking over the messages that had been sent from this person. The more he read, the wider his eyes became.

"Alliance building? Barack? Lord's castle?... Resources point?"

"I see. No wonder I didn't see any territory when I got transported here. You will have to build it on your own."

Based on what he had read, if a lord wanted to establish a territory, he would need a certain amount of basic resources until the system had deemed him ready to build a castle.

As for the concept of a castle, it is way even more strange when he read through the chat explaining the essence of this feature for the lords. A castle is a building that functions as the heart of a certain Lord's territory. It functioned as the image of how it would be depicted outside.

Yes, it is an extremely strange concept for Liam to grasp his head around it.

Once the castle is built, a bubble of energy will envelop the castle and the surrounding area up to 1km in range, with the castle being in the center of the circle.

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From the outside, if a person could discern it with his own eyes, all he would see is a gigantic castle over 1km in diameter and several hundred meters high.

Isn't this the game mechanic of Clash of Kings and Lord's Mobile?

Liam thought to himself with a sense of realization

'Then it would make much more sense to view it in this form. I had played that game once, so I should be able to navigate this new feature quite easily.'

Also, once the castle is built, the power system will also take effect immediately. This allowed the lords to gauge their current battle power based on the number of troops, research levels, building powers, and more.

Once the castle is unlocked, a myriad of features will be presented to the lord to play with. Such as building barracks to recruit troops, summoning citizens from a portal to increase population, and even building a temple to obtain buffs. It's a total game world, but you can never return once you die.

Having said so much, Liam felt his blood boil a little. After all, who wouldn't like to become one of the strongest lords in this brand-new world?

"Now, to gather resources, I will leave it to you guys."

Liam said with a soft smile while looking towards the army of slime in front of him. Sensing that the Lord had a job for them, the slimes excitedly wobbled their "hands" around.

Seeing this scene, Liam could only laugh at the slime's reaction and said.

"Make your way towards the surrounding area of this building, and I want you to gather as much wood, stone, and food for me. Can you do this task?"

Hearing Liam's words, the slimes wobbled in response.

"Good... but prioritize your safety above anything else, understand?"

"wiggles"

-

Seeing the slimes leaving the entrance of the building, Liam could only pray that there would not be any dangerous monsters around the area he was in.

As for his safety, he doesn't need to worry about it since a Lord from the global chat has discovered that this building can repel or even prevent monsters from getting close to it. Meaning that as long as Liam stayed inside, nothing would try to harm him.

He sighed and couldn't help but think whether his slimes could pull off this task. After mulling over it briefly, Liam decided to let it be.

"They have the tool's form that I taught them, so it shouldn't be a problem to cut down trees or to mine stones."

"As for the concern of their intelligence, it shouldn't be a problem too, and they might act like that, but in

He said softly, leaning his side against one of the pillars within the hall as he stared to the side where a window existed, depicting the forest outside of the building.

Seemingly feeling hungry again, Liam could only settle on the few dried fruits left inside his pocket as his ration of nutrients for now. At the very least, it could last him until tomorrow morning.

And by the time his slimes will bring back their harvest soon, he can finally let his worries go. There must be some fruits that they can grab from this forest. Liam believed so since it is logical to think that way.

It didn't take long; a notification soon appeared inside his mind.

[Gained one wood]

[Gained three wood]

[Gained three wild fruits]

Hearing this, Liam couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

"It seems they are doing quite a good job out there."

He smiled.

Liam decided to take a break and head towards the bedroom.

As he walked, he couldn't help but think about the new information he had discovered about the castle and the other features of this world.

It was overwhelming, but he felt excited to explore and build his territory.

Once he reached the bedroom, he sat on the bed and checked his slimes. Every Lord can do this, but at most, they can only gauge whether the summoned troops are in danger.

They were still out gathering resources, so he continued exploring the global chat and trading market.

As he scrolled through the trading market, he noticed that many lords sought specific resources to build castles or upgrade their buildings.

The rest were still in the same stage of resource gathering as him.

"It seems many Lord have built their castle already, and I am quite late on this matter."

Liam pondered and continued scrolling through the chat. Not until several hours had passed did a different notification sound in his mind.

[The lord has met the basic requirement to build a castle, requiring 300 wood and 300 stones]

[The blueprint had been sent into the Lord's panel, and the method to use it will be directly instilled into the lord's mind]

Hearing this, Liam couldn't help but get excited. Hurriedly open the lord's panel, and there are two extra columns at the bottom of the panel.

[Lord of the human race] [Earth, Human]

[name]: Liam Adermin's

[age]: 18/80

[Lord level]: 0

[Exp to the next level]: 0/100

[Lord Class]: None

[Base troop]: Slime (common) (rarity: E) (level : 0)

[Description]: a normal slime, the lowest form of monster you can encounter in the wilderness.

[Skill]: [The art of morphing, adapt]

[Summon space]: 10/10

[Items]: Castle blueprint[Legendary]

[Resources]

[Wood]:381

[Stone]:346

[Food]:278

Seeing this, Liam immediately claimed the item, and a purple blueprint emerged in a flash. Liam hurriedly grabbed and opened it, and again, another light flashed by, and a stream of information appeared inside Liam's mind. Instructing the method to use the blueprint.

After several seconds, Liam regained clarity as his eyes returned to normal from being in a daze. Grabbed the blueprint firmly inside his hand and headed out from the entrance of the building.

Recalling the askme lord's advice from the global chat, Liam then faced his body towards the building, opened up the blueprint within his hand, and muttered.

"Use the item."

[Ding, the required resources will be automatically deducted from the Lord's panel]

[Ding detected a summoning building within the designated spot where the Lord wished to build the castle]

[Is it integrated?]

"Yes"

'Boom'

A roar boomed before him as the blueprint turned into a group of light particles, floating towards the summoning building and wrapping it tight.

Soon enough, a cocoon of light appeared, enclosing the whole building with a floating timer above it.

"5 minutes?"

"Then let's just wait for it to finish... "

Liam said while closing his eyes, his arm crossed his chest.