Chapter 19: Chapter 19: The Territory Lacking Everything


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    As it turned out, Qin Muye was too hasty; transforming six Spirit Monster workshops into Magic Energy Spirit Monster workshops wasn''t a problem, the problem was that he had run out of money.


    First off, he needed an additional 70 Gold Coins to transform 49 Spirit Monsters into Magic Energy Spirit Monsters. With the money he collected yesterday and today, minus the change, he had only 5,000 Gold Coins. Just for the existing Spirit Monsters in the Mage Tower Territory, it would cost 3,430 Gold Coins, plus the 10 Spirit Monsters led by Demon Blood would total a cost of 4,130 Gold Coins.


    Even including the 2,000 Gold Coins that would be produced by the two Gold Mines tomorrow, at most he could only recruit 20 Magic Energy Spirit Monsters.


    So, even if the troop production rate of the Magic Energy Spirit Monster workshop truly increased from 10 to 100, he wouldn''t have enough Gold Coins to recruit them.


    This gave Qin Muye quite a headache. He had been focused on research, thinking Special Resources would be his bottleneck, but it never occurred to him that Gold Coins would limit his progress.


    In fact, over these past days, Gold Coins seemed to be the least useful Basic Resource to Qin Muye.


    "It really is the case that a lack of money can stump a hero," Qin Muye sighed, feeling it really shouldn''t be this way.


    However, he didn''t think too much about it, believing there''s always a solution to a problem. Although he realized its importance later than he should have, he recognized that research also required funding.


    The Magic Energy Spirit Monsters could still be further transformed. As of now, using fantasy terms, these Magic Energy Spirit Monsters were about at Mid-Level 1, and could still be elevated to Late-Level 1.


    However, this would require more in-depth study and research from Qin Muye. In his estimation, he could probably push their Attack And Defense Attributes to 10 points and acquire another related skill.


    If he could also add two Academic Research upgrades, that would be quite impressive.


    Furthermore, the creatures could later be trained in training grounds to become Elite Level Troops.


    "I''m not only short of money, materials, and resources, but also heroes..."


    With only Demon Blood busy running around, Qin Muye didn''t feel very secure. Today was the seventh day, the last day of the newbie period.


    After today, the only benefit left would be that wild creatures wouldn''t actively attack his territory.


    This meant that for the next 23 days, he must confront not only surprise attacks from other Lords, but also targeted actions from the natives.


    Indeed, in Qin Muye''s view, the natives were also hidden adversaries rather than collaborators.


    From Molik Copperbeard''s attitude, it was evident that the natives were constrained by the "Lord Era" rules and were all real beings. If Qin Muye were in their place, he would be disgruntled too.


    For example, the time they reluctantly sold him something as they passed by, but were compelled to do so because of the rules.


    But rules don''t mean the natives have no way to target Lords; this world isn''t owned by the Lords favored by fate, it''s not impossible for them to find ways to scheme against them.


    [Attribute]


    [Knowledge +1]


    [Defensive Power +1]


    This Apprentice Robe brought genuine joy to Qin Muye. It was finally something he could wear. He could indeed wear standard armor, but the problem was, the armor was too heavy. He could manage it for a short while, but not for an entire day.


    He dressed in it contentedly; the +1 to Defensive Power was an unprecedented breakthrough.


    [Apprentice Magic Wand]


    [Level: Basic]


    [Attribute]


    [Power +2]


    "I thought this thing was a fire stick, who would have thought it was actually a magic wand?"


    2 points of Power was quite nice, his Power was still o up to now. After equipping it, his Magic Damage and Magic Effect increased substantially, especially for the Magic Divine Arrow spell, which went from 10 points to 30 points-more than what he managed through hard training. "There are also two Magic Scrolls, a Level 1 Water System Magic-Healing and a Level 1 Qi System Magic Attack Acceleration."


    "If it were a Magic Book it would be easier, Magic Scrolls are a bit hard to learn, plus they''re of the Water System and Qi System..."


    "But once you''ve mastered one spell, you''ve got a path to mastering many. Let''s start learning Healing for now. Looks like I''m in for another all-nighter. Hopefully, I can manage it


    in time."


    If he mastered the Level 1 Water System Magic Healing, the survivability of Demon Blood and


    his Magic Energy Spirit Monsters would improve greatly.


    [Magic Scroll-Healing]


    [Magic Level: 1]


    [Effect: Restores 10 Life Points to an allied troop]


    [Magic Scroll Attack Acceleration]


    [Magic Level: 1]


    [Effect: Increases the speed of a selected allied troop by 3 points, lasting for 10 minutes]