[The initial environment is The Dark Abyss.]
[The initial race is The Demon.]
[The Lord Trial has officially begun, the initial resources have been distributed to your private space.]
[please establish and perfect your territory as soon as possible!]
"Dark Abyss?"
In the dimness, Caelan opened his eyes, and the sight before shocked him.
There was no serene and beautiful forest, no clear streams, no vast grasslands, not to mention the warm and calm breeze.
All Caelan saw was a scarlet sky and countless barren lands that had cracked.
A fishy, pungent smell accompanied by never-ending storms and lightning filled the air in all directions.
And in the sky above, a shockingly huge black and red vortex slowly rotated
Like a giant meat grinder, it mercilessly crushed everything beautiful.
There were no uniform laws here, everything was in primordial chaos.
This was a place with an extremely harsh and twisted environment and a place of chaos where rules could be twisted at will.
This is the source of killing and destruction, and the final destination of all evil fallen souls-
This was The Dark Abyss!
"Cough cough cough!"
Just after taking two breaths, Caelan felt some pain in his lungs and couldn't help but cough violently.
And what he coughed out was blood!
After only coming here for less than a minute, he started coughing up blood.
The air here was poisonous!
The environment of The Dark Abyss could be as harsh as this!
Was there a civilized race that could survive in such an environment?
...
In this world, everyone can become a lord.
Before that, Caelan was a student at Westerford University in the Rion Empire, and the Trials were the way for everyone to become a Lord, the Lords could choose different paths, such as becoming a merchant, a religious leader, or a military conqueror.
At the start of the Trials, all participants are given access to the mysterious "Sacred Relic", where they can choose their initial environment and race; Caelan chooses two random options, which will give him an extra 50% of his initial resources. However, Caelan was assigned to The Dark Abyss which is a hostile environment...
Caelan glanced at the resources that had already been distributed in his private space and said.
"It can't be helped, even if I regret it, it's too late, no matter how harsh the environment of this world is, I have to establish my territory from this world."
The extra 50% of initial resources would naturally bring extra risks for him, and Caelan had long been prepared for that. That's why he didn't regret it and couldn't possibly regret it.
"The first problem to be solved is the location of the territory."
"According to the course I learned in Westerford University, there should be various types of resource sources near my birthplace, I need to find them and then place the core of my territory while using them as the center point."
Unfortunately, Caelan soon realized that those so-called courses might not be accurate.
Or perhaps The Dark Abyss itself was not something that could be defined by those courses in the district!
Carrying the system-issued basic tools and territory cores on his back, Caelan walked around for the entire morning without finding any suitable territories!
Not only that, during this morning's time that he had spent exploring around, Caelan had not even had a single hint of a resource origin.
At this moment, the vast majority of the people participating in the trial had already chosen an address and started to build their territorial prototypes.
Those who were even faster had already started recruiting serfs to develop their territories.
"No, if I delay any longer, I couldn't catch up with them in terms of operational speed."
"Instead of exploring pointlessly by myself, it would be better to recruit some serfs out earlier and have them explore for me."
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Caelan came to a fairly empty flat land and placed his territory core.
[Territory Construction Ready.]
[Building…]
[Territory Construction Complete.]
[Congratulations, you have your first Level-1 territory!]
[You have officially become a Level-1 Lord.]
After a flash of digitized symbols, a decaying throne covered in dust appeared in front of Caelan.
The throne was made from the bones of unknown creatures and congealed dark red blood, and it was engraved with certain Abyssal symbols that Caelan couldn't understand.
This throne is the core of Caelan's territory, and it is also the equivalent of the "main base" of his territory.
Sitting on this throne, Caelan can command all the people belonging to his territory and build new structures.
However, once it is destroyed, Caelan's territory is completely destroyed.
[The basic buildings in your territory have been issued.]
[You have obtained the basic building ——Abyssal Sacrifice Table ×1]
[You have obtained the basic building ——Abyssal Hatchery (Dry State) ×1]
[You have obtained the basic building ——Abyssal Gate ×1]
Each newly constructed territory was established with 2-5 basic buildings attached to it.
Due to the different racial characteristics of the major races, these basic buildings differed from each other.
If it's a Dwarf or Gnome territory, the basic buildings will be a Tavern and a Smelting Room.
If it's an Undead territory, then these basic buildings are usually graveyards, halls of the dead, and watchtowers of the dead.
If it was an extremely rare Dragon territory, then the basic buildings would be the Dragon's Nest, the Hunting Ground, the Hatching Greenhouse, and the Dragon's Bone Ground.
In short, the basic buildings given corresponded to the race chosen by the lord and were used to provide basic functions such as recruitment, food, and education.
An grey old platform, a closed pool wrapped in countless dry black tentacles, and a gate glowing with black and red light appeared in the three directions of Caelan's territory, not too far away from each other.
These were Caelan's basic buildings.
And Caelan was sitting on top of the territory's core, checking out this one by one.
"Abyssal Sacrifice Table, you can sacrifice anything of value, treasures, resources, and even hopes and souls, and use them to exchange for the Abyssal treasures after sacrifice?"
Caelan looked at his personal space, currently, he didn't seem to have anything to sacrifice.
How about... sacrificing his soul and trying it, maybe his soul is worth something.
For some reason, such a gloomy thought suddenly appeared in Caelan's mind.
A gust of gloomy wind flew past, and Caelan, who had come to his senses, hurriedly shook his head, leaving the Abyssal Sacrifice Table behind and checking out the next building.
"Abyssal Hatchery (Dry State), but why is it in a Dry State?"
"Are resources needed to activate it?"
Caelan, who had sat on top of the old throne, clicked on the Abyssal Hatchery.
In the next instant, he froze.
"What is this? Why are there so many troop types that can be redeemed, and each one of them doesn't require any technology to unlock!"
【Abyssal Hatchery ——Redemption Options】
Troop Type Level Price Description Lesser Demon 0 Soul × 0.25, Flesh × 25kg Unlimited Race, Unlimited Completeness Native Demon 1 Soul × 0.5, Flesh × 40kg Unlimited Race, Unlimited Completeness Winding Demon 2 Soul × 1, Flesh × 60kg Unlimited Race ... ... ... ... Stone Demon 10 Soul × 5, Flesh × 540kg, Precious Metal × 20kg Artisan Demon 11 Soul × 3, Flesh × 20kg, Precious Metal × 100kg Demon Workshop —— building required ... ... ... ... Phantom Demon 25 Special Soul ×1 ... ... ... ... Inferno Demon 50 Molten Fire Core ×1 An Abyssal Hatchery —— building at an active volcano ... ... ... ... Prince Demon 100 Son of God ×1
Looking at the countless Troop Types that can be exchanged, Caelan simply couldn't contain himself with excitement.
This was the biggest surprise The Dark Abyss had given him!