Chapter 213: Post-war Construction, Flourishing (7000)

Cao Xing said, "How about this, I'll give you a chance."

"For the next three months, you will work for me with all your might in the territory."

"And as compensation, I will find a way to help you advance to Tier 4 strength."

"Then I will allow you to go back once to save your family. As for whether you live or die, that has nothing to do with me. How about it?"

At this moment, when Sabina heard Cao Xing say he would help her advance to Tier 4 strength, she thought she was hallucinating.

And when she heard the latter part, she was stunned in place.

"You… what did you say?"

"You are willing to help me advance to Tier 4, and you are also willing to let me go back to save people?"

Her tone was filled with strong disbelief.

Cao Xing nodded.

To him, buying Sabina was only because he took a fancy to her [Advanced Poison Technique] skill.

At his current rate of development, three months later, the territory's strength would likely skyrocket who knows how many times over.

By then, a high-level poison master wouldn't be of much use.

Letting her go wouldn't matter.

After receiving Cao Xing's affirmation, Sabina took a few deep breaths.

She asked tentatively again, "Re… really, just working for three months is enough?"

Cao Xing replied, "That's right, but the premise is that you work diligently."

Upon hearing this, Sabina said excitedly, "I will work diligently! No matter what you ask me to do, I will do my best to complete it!"

"Thank you, merciful Lord!"

[Due to your promise, territory member: Sabina's loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 71]

Seeing the system prompt, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

Then, he nodded and said, "Very good, you go back to your room now and treat your wounds."

"Everyone else can disperse as well."

After receiving Cao Xing's order, those women looked at each other and then turned and left the place.

Sabina slowly stood up.

Then she took out a small bottle from her pocket.

"This is Detoxification Powder. Apply it to this Snake-person lady's wound, and the toxins on it will be removed very quickly."

Hearing this, Cao Xing was stunned, then took it.

[Obtained: Detoxification Powder (Blue) * 1]

He glanced at the attributes.

[Detoxification Powder (Blue): Can remove some common poisoning states]

Although the poison attack caused by Sabina was not strong, and Liu Muxue could solve it with a single Purification spell.

However, with this Detoxification Powder, it would be much more convenient.

Under Cao Xing's command, everyone gradually dispersed.

Those who needed to return to their rooms did so, and those who needed to rest went to rest.

Cao Xing looked at the snake girl beside him and said, "Ilena, come with me."

Ilena nodded obediently upon hearing this, then wiggled her snake tail and followed behind Cao Xing.

In the room, Cao Xing opened the cap and poured the white powder onto Ilena's wound.

At this moment, this beautiful snake girl was half-lying on the bed.

Her lower body's snake tail was placed on Cao Xing's thigh, and she watched Cao Xing with a pair of narrow eyes.

Those eyes were not scary; instead, they added a few points of strange beauty to her.

The effect of [Detoxification Powder] was very good.

Soon, the toxin effect on Ilena's wound disappeared.

Cao Xing clapped his hands and said, "Alright Ilena, you have Ice Healing Art on you, you will recover to your normal state very soon."

"You performed well today."

Cao Xing praised.

Hearing this, the snake girl in front of him covered her face and chuckled.

"Lord… since I performed well, can you give me a little reward?"

Cao Xing was stunned, "What reward do you need?"

Come to think of it, Ilena was now a Level 30 Elite.

The only improvement currently would be to change her weapon or give her a Chieftain-level soul.

But Cao Xing had already used those up.

He could only wait until tomorrow to see if he could get a Chieftain soul.

However, just at this moment.

A snake tail covered in white scales had already wrapped around, binding Cao Xing's waist.

Ilena propped up her upper body and quickly moved closer.

Then, Cao Xing saw a face with black eyeshadow and full of exotic charm appear in front of him.

The two looked into each other's eyes.

Cao Xing felt the heat in the beautiful woman's gaze before him.

"The reward is… this…"

After speaking, Ilena took the initiative to kiss him.

Their lips touched.

At this moment, Cao Xing felt a completely different taste.

It wasn't a fishy smell, but a cool taste similar to mint.

It made one subconsciously want to taste it a few more times.

A moment later, she took the initiative to grab Cao Xing's arm and covered it over her proud chest.

The body temperature of the Snake-person race was very low.

It felt icy and soft to the touch…

Making Cao Xing gradually grip it.

"Mmm…"

An alluring sound came from Ilena's mouth.

Her graceful figure also twisted inadvertently.

This also ignited the flames in Cao Xing's heart.

With a 'rip' sound.

The last covering of the beauty in his arms disappeared.

Revealing a body so white it was dazzling.

Cao Xing pulled her into his arms, instantly feeling an icy sensation…

"Lord… is it cold?"

Ilena seemed to know her own constitution; her eyes held some worry, and at the same time, a trace of hidden inferiority.

However, Cao Xing shook his head and chuckled, "It's fine."

Hearing this, joy returned to the corners of Ilena's eyes.

The two spent some intimate time together.

Then, she turned around and slowly lowered her head.

Cao Xing only felt an icy, yet soft touch coming from below.

It was completely different from the feeling brought by Xia Yanni and the others.

Ilena's wrapping…

It was like being in a warm room with a cool spring of water constantly washing over…

Cao Xing pressed his hand on her soft hair, allowing that source to go deeper…

Late at night…

Cao Xing didn't know how he got back.

Anyway, he left Ilena's room in a daze, returned to his own cabin, and fell into a deep sleep.

He slept until after nine o'clock the next day before getting up.

Cao Xing was the first to open his eyes.

The beauty by his pillow was lying on her side in his arms, her eyes tightly shut, her long eyelashes twitching slightly; she looked like she was sleeping very sweetly.

At the same time, Liu Muxue also gradually woke up from her sleep.

The two looked at each other and smiled, both feeling a rare sense of warmth.

Regarding what happened with Ilena last night.

Cao Xing didn't think too much about it.

Because of Ilena's Snake-person body, they didn't take the final step.

He just simply comforted her.

A Lord caring for his subordinates is a very normal thing, right?

Cao Xing smiled.

Then, he opened the system interface and flipped through the system prompts to see if he had missed any important information.

[Attention all Survivors: You have passed the eighth day of the official period.]

[Weather Forecast: Today's temperature is -46°C to -57°C, light breeze, suitable for going out.]

Still the daily prompts, nothing important.

Cao Xing chuckled, "The weather is actually quite good today, it looks like we can go out."

Liu Muxue blinked her beautiful eyes upon hearing this, then asked softly, "Axing, where are we going today?"

Hearing this question, Cao Xing pondered for a moment.

Come to think of it, he really should go out today.

After all, there was a primary problem placed in front of him.

That was to obtain a large number of [Advanced Heart of Strength] and [Intermediate Heart of Strength].

After last night's battle, almost everyone in the entire territory had reached the upper limit of their current level; killing monsters could no longer provide experience.

They urgently needed Heart of Strength to break through.

And Cao Xing only had two Advanced Heart of Strength in his hands.

And this thing also had a probability of failure.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "According to my estimates, I have several places where I can obtain resources and then use them to improve myself."

"For example, go get some bait, find new waters to fish, and then use the caught fish meat to exchange for resources with other Survivors."

"Or, go to that nearby city, Merlind City, sell a batch of the things in my hands, and by the way, see if I can buy some gold equipment or something."

"Also, go explore the Witch Forest, and explore that ancient battlefield Yao Yiming mentioned, or even go continue to wipe out other Hunter camps."

For Cao Xing, there were many ways to become stronger; he was not limited to staying in the territory and grinding Ice Nest Monsters.

After pondering for a moment, he made a decision.

That was to go to the Witch Forest first.

After all, the monster levels in that forest were very high, and the probability of dropping Advanced Heart of Strength was also higher.

Moreover, inside there were monsters like the Ice Crystal Human-Face Tree, which were treasures from head to toe.

Plus, there was a witch whose existence had already been confirmed.

This time his strength had skyrocketed.

Cao Xing also wanted to explore what kind of secrets this forest was hiding.

Therefore, he said directly, "Get up, Muxue, we are going to the Witch Forest today."

Hearing this, the beauty in front of him nodded obediently.

She would never interfere with Cao Xing's opinions.

As long as Cao Xing made a decision, Liu Muxue would just follow him to execute it.

This was also where she was smart.

Although Liu Muxue was the sub-lord of this territory and had certain permissions, she would never use them.

Everything in this territory was decided by Cao Xing.

Of course, Liu Muxue also had her own important role.

That was to protect Cao Xing closely.

In fact, her combat power was not weak, but by comparison, Cao Xing was more worried about his own life.

He would rather have one less combatant during a battle than risk his own safety.

The two washed up and walked out of the Lord's Cabin.

Just as they walked out of the cabin, the huge temperature difference made them shiver uncontrollably.

Although they had lived in this world for more than half a month, this kind of extreme cold weather still made people a bit unaccustomed.

Cao Xing took out a [Cloud Yak Coat] from his backpack and draped it over Liu Muxue.

Making her whole person look graceful and luxurious.

Feeling the heat radiating from this coat, a look of surprise appeared on Liu Muxue's pretty face.

"Thank you, Axing."

Cao Xing rubbed her head and chuckled, "What are you thanking me for?"

Cao Xing still had 7 of these coats in his backpack. According to Old Mel, every coat was a priceless item, and its price was no less than a [Moonlight Pearl], which meant it started at 500,000 crowns.

Just these few coats in Cao Xing's backpack were worth several million crowns.

Cao Xing was becoming more and more expectant to meet a new wandering merchant caravan as soon as possible.

This time, he was going to purchase these merchants' goods on a large scale!

While thinking about these things, he took Liu Muxue to patrol the territory.

Now the territory had all its roads paved with a layer of floor tiles, which made a 'tap-tap' sound when stepped on.

Compared to the previous mud ground, the whole territory looked both clean and beautiful.

The Tree Spirit sisters were hanging two [Winter Pumpkins] in front of every house, which could serve as decoration and also provide lighting at night.

Dozens of Arctic People and other staff members were working enthusiastically.

"Lord, may you be well."

"My Lady, you are like the dew of the morning today, spotless and exceptionally beautiful."

After seeing them, these territory residents would respectfully greet them.

And Cao Xing and Liu Muxue would also smile and nod to them in acknowledgment.

As the two gradually walked through the entire territory.

Cao Xing also noticed that there were several more building foundations in the territory.

Three or four Arctic People were building there in full swing.

Those were the prototypes of the [Mage Tower], [Knight Hall], and [King's Altar].

Obviously, the resident Cao Yi had already arranged the work for today for all staff members.

The entire territory was in a scene of flourishing development.

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad."

"Now the territory's infrastructure is almost perfect. The next step is to build various advanced buildings to continue to improve the territory's strength."

To Cao Xing's surprise, those newly joined slaves, under Da Zhuang's command, also began the work of repairing the city walls.

There were too many Ice Nest Monsters last night; although Cao Xing's defense was very strong, a portion of the Ice Nest Monsters still rushed to the foot of the city wall.

These Ice Nest Monsters caused a little damage to the city wall, which needed to consume some resources to repair.

Also, the farm woman 'Mupo' was following Dahua to prepare today's food.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing nodded secretly.

"Very good, it seems they have already developed some sense of belonging to my territory."

Of course, Cao Xing was not yet prepared to have much contact with them.

As long as they didn't think about escaping, Cao Xing wouldn't do anything to them.

Gradually, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue came to an open area in the territory.

Then, he shouted, "Combatants, assemble!"

After hearing Cao Xing's order, over two hundred people came over in a swarm.

Over a hundred Ascalon Warriors, over a hundred Wild Boar Warriors, including other key members of the territory, were all watching Cao Xing with a firm gaze.

Cao Xing said directly, "Today I am going out for a trip, and I will take some of you with me."

Upon hearing this, everyone had an expectant look in their eyes, as if hoping that Cao Xing would take them along today.

Then, he directly began calling names.

"Sarah, Renice, Hilda, Isabelle, Braun, Assam, Andrew, Blot, Rabb, Jonard, Josent, Elisa."

A total of twelve names.

These were all key members of his territory, all of them at least level 30 bosses!

Combined with Cao Xing's pile of buffs, their true combat power could be completely regarded as level 40 bosses.

This was a quite terrifying force.

Those whose names were called by Cao Xing all wore gentle smiles on their faces.

They all felt honored to be able to fight side-by-side with Cao Xing.

And those who were not called were not discouraged either.

They just hoped that they could become stronger faster.

Then next time, when the Lord goes out, he can take them along too.

Elisa said excitedly, "Woah! The Lord is finally willing to take me out, that's great!"

After saying this, she put her hands on her hips and looked at the archer squad behind her, smugly saying, "Hmph! Did you see that? I told you I was so amazing, the Lord would definitely take me out!"

Elisa's [Ice Exploding Arrow] has a very high damage coefficient and can also be charged, which is the main reason why Cao Xing would take her out.

The group of archers all had awkward smiles on their faces.

"Captain Elisa is right, you are very powerful."

"That's right, Captain Elisa is the most amazing archer."

Hearing their praises, Elisa rubbed her head embarrassedly and said, "It… it's not as amazing as you say, hehehe…"

Looking at this young girl's smug appearance, Cao Xing reminded her, "Elisa, it's not as casual outside as it is in the territory."

"Remember, all actions must follow my command, and all your skills must be released according to my instructions, understand?"

Elisa immediately straightened her body, "Understood! My Lord!"

Watching the young girl's non-standard attention posture, Cao Xing couldn't help but smile.

Then, he took out the [Crystal Plate Armor] that Liu Muxue hadn't had time to put on yet, and then asked.

"Braun, Assam, which one of you wants this armor?"

This plate armor is only suitable for melee units like them.

Braun touched his big bald head and laughed, "My Lord, Braun doesn't like wearing clothes, it will affect me showing off my muscles."

"You should give it to Knight Assam instead."

Cao Xing was speechless.

He had also noticed that ever since he summoned Braun, he had always been in a state of being shirtless.

No matter how cold the weather was, it couldn't stop him from being shirtless.

Of course, this might also be related to Braun's talent: [Ice Bloodline].

He casually handed the plate armor in his hand to Assam.

This knight respectfully took it.

Then, Cao Xing took out two crystals in his hand that were as big as fists and deep red in color.

These were his only two [Advanced Heart of Strength]s.

He and Liu Muxue did not intend to use them.

Compared to them, the improvement for these leader-level subordinates breaking through to Tier 4 was significantly greater.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing said, "Sarah, Andrew."

Both of them stood out respectfully.

Cao Xing continued, "You are the earliest members to follow me, now, use this Heart of Strength to break through to Tier 4."

Sarah and Andrew took them at the same time.

Sarah said with a complex expression, "In our Dark Elf tribe, a Tier 4 Phantom Assassin leader is already considered a powerful figure."

"I thought I would never have the chance to reach this realm again…"

Then, she said softly, "Thank you."

Andrew also said with emotion, "Yes, a Tier 4 Druid leader is the strongest existence in our tribe, even besides the tribal chief."

"It's hard to imagine that half a month ago I was only a Tier 2 Druid."

"Andrew thanks the Lord for his cultivation!"

Both of them felt very serious about breaking through to Tier 4!

Cao Xing smiled, "Don't be too happy too early, although the success probability of this thing is high, there is still a probability of failure, so you must be prepared."

Upon hearing this, both of them had faint smiles on their faces.

Then, they directly crushed the [Advanced Heart of Strength] in their hands.

"Crackle! Crackle!"

The next moment, a stream of extremely pure red energy flowed into their bodies.

On the field, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were watching them.

They were also very curious about the transformation from Tier 3 to Tier 4.

After waiting for a few minutes.

A shocking aura suddenly appeared from Sarah!

Like a sharp dagger, just looking at it gave people a stinging sensation!

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance has successfully broken through, has become a Tier 4 creature, basic attributes increased by 100%]

Seeing the system notification, a look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes!

He hurriedly checked Sarah's attributes.

[Phantom Assassin: Sarah Blade Dance]

[Race: Dark Elf]

[Level: Level 30 0/300000 (Tier 4 Leader-level creature)]

[Detailed Attributes: Click to expand]

…

Powerful! Unprecedentedly powerful!

Obviously, this is the most powerful creature under Cao Xing!

Health breaking through 60,000, attack nearly breaking through 4,000.

Plus, that long list of permanent statuses on her status bar.

This made this powerful Phantom Assassin become almost without any shortcomings!

At the same time, Cao Xing also noticed Sarah's skill list.

There was an extra [Shadow Dash] skill on it.

Cao Xing asked happily, "Sarah, you have already learned a new skill?"

Last time, Cao Xing gave Sarah an [Assassin's Handbook (Orange)], which recorded many powerful skills.

Sarah pursed her lips into a smile, then nodded slightly, "Yes, I accidentally had some insights during last night's battle, and then I practiced it a few more times after returning in the evening, and I learned this skill."

"That's great! You are truly the strongest assassin!"

Cao Xing did not skimp on his praise.

This [Shadow Dash] is also a stealth-type skill, which can increase movement speed by 50%.

Combined with Sarah's [Phantom Invisibility], it can make her truly become a top killer who comes without a shadow and goes without a trace.

And Sarah seemed embarrassed by his praise, her lips moved slightly, and then she lowered her head.

However, at this moment, the aura on Andrew's body stopped abruptly.

He walked over somewhat dejectedly, and said with a face full of guilt, "My Lord… I…"

Cao Xing was also stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect that with such a high success rate of the [Advanced Heart of Strength], Andrew would actually fail.

Speaking of which, Andrew had failed once regardless of whether it was breaking through to boss or breaking through to leader.

That's right, every one of his transformations had brought huge help to Cao Xing.

Cao Xing smiled and comforted him, "No need to blame yourself, Andrew."

"In our East, there is an old saying that good things take time."

"Although you encountered some difficulties in every transformation, at the same time, you gained powerful strength."

"This time is the same."

Hearing Cao Xing's comfort, Andrew was stunned for a moment.

Then he said with emotion, "You are truly a generous and considerate Lord."

Cao Xing smiled and didn't say much more.

Then, he took out a three-meter-long pitch-black spear from his backpack.

It was exactly the [Executioner's Spear] that Liu Muxue opened from the golden treasure chest last night.

He looked at the attributes.

[Executioner's Spear (Purple)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equip Level: Level 30 or above]

[Attack Power: 532 ~ 578]

[Attached Effect ①: Strength +80, Agility +60, Hit Rate +20%]

[Attached Effect ②: Piercing Spear (When attacking an enemy's vital point, increases penetration effect by 30%, and deals an additional 50% damage)]

[Attached Effect ③: Execution Spear (Active effect, after activating, makes the next 1 attack have 100% increased hit rate, 100% increased critical hit rate, and ignores 300 points of the enemy's armor)]

(Equipment Introduction: In the name of the True God Balthazar, I now sentence you to death! — Slaughterer: Ihsan Ibarra)

…

Cao Xing's eyes lit up, "This weapon is not bad!"

"Especially that Execution Spear effect, it's basically 100% hit rate, very strong!"

He looked at the two male Dragon Blood Warriors, and then said, "Jonard, Josent, let me see your weapons."

The two tall Norns did not hesitate at all.

The tall figures stepped forward, and then handed the spears in their hands to Cao Xing.

[Obtained: Norn Army-Breaking Spear (Purple)]

[Obtained: Norn Standard Spear (Blue)]

These two were both level 20 weapons, with average attributes.

Jonard used the purple spear, while Josent used the blue one.

Cao Xing directly handed the [Executioner's Spear (Purple)] to Josent.

Then said, "Next time there is a new weapon, I'll give it to you."

Upon hearing this, Jonard had a smile on his face, "My Lord, don't worry about me, the help you have given me is already big enough."

While Josent respectfully took the new weapon.

"Thank you for your gift, from now on, your command is where my spear point points!"

[Because of your generous gift, territory member Josent's loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 95]

…

Seeing the system notification, a smile also appeared on Cao Xing's lips.

Josent's loyalty directly surged from 87 to 95, and it would soon reach 100.

He looked at Josent's attributes.

[Ice Dragon Blood Fighter: Josent]

[Race: Norn]

[Level: Level 30 0/300000 (Tier 3 Boss creature)]

[Detailed Attributes: Click to view]

…

"Not bad, not bad, 35,000 health, 1,600 attack, for a Tier 3 boss, it is already considered very powerful!"

This time, all of Cao Xing's subordinates upgraded to level 30, and many pieces of equipment could be arranged.

Then, Cao Xing took out a broken sword from his backpack that looked extremely gorgeous and had gems embedded at the tip.

The moment this broken sword appeared, everyone felt a king's majesty from Cao Xing!

In an instant, in the entire territory, everyone's eyes looked at Cao Xing.

Especially Queen Victoria.

Her pupils instantly became clear, staring fixedly at that ancient treasure sword!

And those Ascalon Warriors all knelt on one knee on the spot.

They shouted excitedly, "Oh my god! This is actually the King's Sword of our Ascalon Kingdom, Magdale!"

"This weapon actually appeared on the Lord, could this be God's will?"

Yaskin next to him also said excitedly, "That's right, this must be God's will!"

"This legendary weapon has chosen the Lord, which means you will become our new king!"

"No wonder when we look at the Lord, we have a sense of intimacy and submission!"

"Let us together, pay respects to the new king of Ascalon!"

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