Global Lords: My Heroes Grow Infinitely-Chapter 72: New Threat to the Territory, Level 5 Human Main City!
Chapter 72: Chapter 72: New Threat to the Territory, Level 5 Human Main City!
Then they saw, an incredibly magnificent battleship sailing through the waves from afar, finally docking at the shore where the three were standing.
The battleship’s sides were lined with a dozen or so cannon barrels meant for dealing with enemies, appearing extremely majestic and giving a great sense of security.
The railing on one side of the battleship opened, and the deck automatically extended a stairway down to the beach.
Rosen led the two up the stairs to the deck. With a thought, the stairs at the edge of the deck automatically retracted, the railing closed again, and then they sailed toward the direction of the Tide Temple.
One must admit, items controllable by thoughts are immensely useful.
In no time, they docked at the stone platform at the base of the Tide Temple.
The three transferred from the battleship to the stone platform, looking up at the grand Tide Temple before them.
"Is this the sea-view house you mentioned?" the father asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, is there a problem?"
"It’s too luxurious, I thought it was a presidential suite abroad, but it’s really unique."
"Indeed, it’s very unique because it’s in the style of the Naga architecture. Let’s go inside for a tour, the view of the ocean from the second floor is very open."
As Rosen spoke, he led the two inside the Tide Temple.
This main city appeared very retro from the outside, but the interior decoration was quite modern.
In front of the gleaming floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor, the three gazed at the entire stretch of blue ocean, under the clear sky, the line between sea and sky far away, the opposite end was the Undead Territory he recently traversed.
"This sea-view house is indeed nice, but isn’t it a bit too empty? There’s only this one building around, it feels a bit lonely," Rosen’s mother said.
"Don’t worry, in a few days, once this territory develops, it will become lively," Rosen said.
"True, but with just the three of us living in this sea-view house, it still feels somewhat empty. If there were a mistress here and a few more grandchildren, that would be about right."
The conversation gradually veered toward urging marriage.
Rosen covered his forehead speechlessly.
He had someone in mind, but this person wasn’t easy to win over, and right now she was probably fully focused on developing her territory, with no time to engage in romance.
As for Ye Yuxuan, Rosen had no intention of using her as a stand-in, as doing so would not only expose to Ye his true identity, not being Tang Xuanze, but might also lead her to discover his real identity.
Maintaining an ally relationship was still necessary until he had enough strength to stand alone; things should continue as they were.
"Mom, Dad, you guys stay here comfortably while I go out to lead the troops," Rosen found an excuse to leave.
In fact, his intention was indeed to lead troops out, but this time the destination wasn’t the wilderness; it was the yet unexplored further distances in the Lord World.
Ever since the newbie protection period ended, this past week, only a handful of Demon Race had intruded into his Lord World each day, only to be annihilated instantly upon entering the Teleportation Gate, posing no threat to the territory.
As for the rumored Demon Race grand invasion every few months, it was still far off, at least until after the Lord Competition.
Rosen’s real concern was the lurking crisis within the Lord World.
If places like the Naga Race Elf Territory were allowed to develop unchecked, they would eventually become overwhelmingly powerful behemoths, continuously attacking his territory.
Such a hidden danger must certainly be eradicated.
Hence, over the past few days, Rosen, the Transformable Dragon Knight, ventured out to explore further regions of the territory.
As he suspected, the further regions indeed contained much larger territories.
In the 3 o’clock direction 20 kilometers away, a human territory appeared, three times the size of the previous Naga Race Territory!
This human territory occupied three nearby gold mines, and Rosen’s investigation found beastman remains around the gold mines.
It was suspected that a Beastman Territory once existed nearby, only to be recently destroyed, and thus the gold mines were occupied.
He also noted that this massive human territory housed a level five main city!
Surrounding it were three level five barracks, with a significant number of level five troops under them.
The total number of troops also exceeded ten thousand!
Rosen merely circled in the air, feeling a chill down his spine.
Fortunately, he discovered this potential threat early; otherwise, he would have been caught off guard if a ten thousand-strong army invaded one day!
While observing the enemy situation from the air, he also had to dodge the bombardment from the defensive towers within the human territory.
However, due to Rosen’s agile flight maneuvers, coupled with powerful skills like the Great Mighty Celestial Dragon, and his fifty percent evasion and invincible golden body, he essentially suffered no damage.
After surveying the entire territory spanning three gold mines, Rosen prepared to return.
A flaming arrow was shot from a main city, but Rosen’s invincible golden light deflected it, scattering a splash of fire.
He noticed a Divine Archer appearing above the main city over there, one of the human heroes, who had launched the flaming arrow skill just now.
"Discovered the enemy hero, but with a level five main city, they can summon up to three heroes. Where are the other two?"
Rosen scanned the main city and discovered traces of the other two heroes.
They were, respectively, a Sharpshooter and a Human Race Butcher.
Among the three heroes, two were ranged and one was melee, with the melee hero being a butcher with high defense, high health, and high attack, but the drawback was his slow movement.
Thus, Rosen gained three more transformation targets.
Facing the groundbreaking ranged attacks, Rosen flew in the direction opposite his territory.
"It’s a Beastman unit, but why, after taking so many of our attacks, are they still unharmed?"
The human heroes couldn’t understand the situation at all; the Beastman Dragon Knight wasn’t even a hero, and even heroes would have been defeated long ago just circling over someone else’s territory.
After flying far in the opposite direction, Rosen took a detour back to his territory.
He felt a rising tension in his heart.
"Given the momentum of the human territory, in the short term, I don’t have the power to confront them. While I’m developing here, they are also developing, but the difference is I have two more gold mines than they do, so my development will be faster."
"Luckily, I flew in the opposite direction; this way, they probably won’t easily find their way here."
"I must focus on expanding the territory, starting by upgrading the main city to level five!"
Upgrading the main city would unlock more possibilities, significantly increasing capacity to host more advanced troops.
Only under the condition of a level five main city would there be even a chance to contend with the human territory 20 kilometers away!
Two more days passed, and during this time, he was in urgent need of resources to upgrade the main city.
Gold Coins and wood materials both required millions!
Therefore, for two days, he and Ye Yuxuan roved the wilderness, combining their armies, reaching three thousand in number.
As long as they didn’t encounter an insurmountable Demon Race group, they practically swept through the wilderness.
In two days, the amount of Gold Coins they obtained reached the millions, enough to upgrade the main city to level five.
However, they still lacked a considerable amount of wood for the upgrade.
After all, most wilderness creatures only dropped Gold Coins, not wood.
Only wood-attribute Demon Races would drop wood.
"I’m lacking wood; do you know of any wood-attribute Demon Race lairs nearby?" Rosen asked Ye Yuxuan.
If she couldn’t provide information, he would prepare to consult the guides.
"Wood-attribute Demon Race? On the world channel, someone mentioned before that in the forest of the neighboring town, there have been sightings of Treant Woodfists, probably an entire race?" Ye Yuxuan provided the intelligence.
While Rosen flew with her, Ye Yuxuan often browsed other world channels, checking for the latest information, sometimes sharing it with Rosen.
"Treant Woodfists? Those mini-bosses from Diablo?"
