Chapter 836: Chapter 550, Three Lists of Rewards (Seeking Recommendations, Seeking Subscriptions.)_2
I really need to think of a solution.
As the thought crossed her mind.
The Mage instructing the class turned his gaze upon her.
“Li Rong, what are you smiling about?”
The sudden call-out made Li Rong’s body tremble.
She immediately closed the Book of City Lord and straightened her back, “Teacher Grigorya, I wasn’t smiling at anything.”
“Good, come up here and help me demonstrate the casting of magic to everyone,” he said.
“Ah?” Li Rong’s face fell, but she still went forth and donned the protective gear.
Soon, the teaching session was over.
Li Rong was eager to leave and congratulate Fang Hao as soon as she removed the protective gear.
But just as she had packed her belongings.
Grigorya stopped her, “Li Rong, stay for a moment, please.”
No way.
I didn’t mean to laugh.
Li Rong complained inwardly. At over thirty years old, being scolded by a teacher among a bunch of kids, how embarrassing.
“Teacher Grigorya.”
Even though a shared class doesn’t mean a mentor-apprentice relationship.
Yet, calling someone “teacher” can still bridge a connection between two people.
Grigorya cracked a smile, “You’ve been here for two months, how’s your learning coming along?”
Li Rong immediately replied, “I can skillfully cast Fireball, Flame Arrow, and summon Flame Spiders.”
“Oh? You’ve progressed that quickly?” Grigorya was genuinely surprised at this point.
She hadn’t expected Li Rong to improve so rapidly.
It seems transmigrators really do have many differences.
Li Rong just smiled, without offering an answer.
Grigorya did not dwell on the matter and got straight to the point, “The Hall of Justice has requested that the Mage Association dispatch members to assist at the eastern border. I intend for you to be among those sent.”
Li Rong felt a surge of emotion.
The east is the border with the Great Cemetery of Odys, and it was she who had conveyed this information to Xu Haide through Cao Zhengzhi.
Now, how had it come to involve her?
“Teacher Grigorya, but I am still an apprentice. I won’t be of any help if I go,” she argued.
Grigorya shook her head and said, “Transmigrators have many abilities, of which I am well aware. The Association will not send you without reward, and besides, there hasn’t been any actual combat. Both sides are in a state of standoff and negotiation.”
The reason that Li Rong was added to the departing group was influenced by the Church.
In recent times, Saint Xu Haide of the Church had become an important figure among the younger generation of Silver Wing City.
Moreover, the various abilities of transmigrators had also received attention from the higher-ups.
The Mage Association’s transmigrator was none other than the newly joined Li Rong.
Grigorya wanted to cultivate her to be the Association’s version of Xu Haide.
Even if she wasn’t as outstanding as Xu Haide, she should not be far behind.
Li Rong frowned.
What reward? She wasn’t overly concerned about that.
With a supportive figure like Fang Hao, she had more than enough advantages—why would she care about a few trivial rewards?
And besides, the situation was dangerous even without open conflict. If anything happened, she might not be able to make it back.
But Li Rong was aware that she couldn’t outright reject the head of the Association.
She hesitated, then spoke, “Teacher Grigorya, I need to discuss this matter with my husband as it’s not a trivial decision.”
“Fine. The Association’s Mage team will set out with the army in three days. Have a good talk with your husband,” Grigorya said with a smile.
Li Rong nodded and turned to leave.
…
Within the main city.
After a morning’s work, Fang Hao finally managed to set up the shop on the world channel.
It makes him wonder if the other regions are still living primitively.
Why even the listed iron woodcutting axes and iron pickaxes—outdated gathering tools—are selling so well.
The gathering tools he himself uses have already been upgraded to blue quality.
And all sorts of green-quality weapons, armors, and his own inscribed Magic Scrolls.
In the market, they’re selling like hotcakes.
He’s even beginning to consider whether he should change his development plan.
What’s the point in fighting wars, with all the trouble and effort?
Simply by selling goods, he could accumulate a large sum of money, and then bit by bit, could expand his territory with capital investment—might that not be better?
He quickly dismissed this plan again.
In this world, making money doesn’t mean it’s yours.
If you’re rich, it’s not just about whether you beat others; they will come to beat you too, and the outcome is the same. It all comes down to who makes the first move.
Fang Hao returned to the Lord’s Hall.
In the backyard, the maids were still busy studying how to plant flowers and plants. A few deer, which had been left alone all winter, were also meddling with tools nearby.
Occasionally, they offered some opinions and suggestions.
Fang Hao glanced at them but didn’t pay attention to the chattering maids.
He had just sat down
when a system alert chimed in Fang Hao’s ears alone.
[Congratulations, my Lord, for ranking first on the domain leaderboard.]
[Rewards issued: Influence in all factions +200, influence in your affiliated faction +300, one orange special building blueprint.]
[Congratulations, my Lord, for ranking first on the wealth leaderboard.]
[Rewards issued: Influence in all factions +100, influence in your affiliated faction +150, one orange crafting blueprint.]
[Congratulations, my Lord, for ranking first on the military power leaderboard.]
[Rewards issued: Influence in all factions +100, influence in your affiliated faction +150, one orange item.]
As each notification appeared,
Fang Hao felt a surge of delight in his heart.
He had just been inwardly cursing himself for being too ostentatious and not concealing his strength.
Now, he was overjoyed.
It was a good thing he hadn’t been foolish enough to hide his power, or all these rewards would have gone to someone else!
Likewise, the system didn’t let him down this time.
The rewards notifications weren’t announced to everyone like the first time; only he could hear them.
This way, at least others wouldn’t know he had received rewards.
He had to keep an eye on the other top-ranking contestants later.
If he received rewards, at least the top three should have them too.
He checked the first blueprint.
[Holy Spirit City (Level 15 Castle)]
[Category: Wonder Main City]
[Effects: Durability of all buildings +100%, food production +150%, production and mining +100%, recruitment and transformation speed of all troops +50%, public security +50%, fertility +30%, public faith +30%.]
[Prerequisites: Lord’s Mansion at or above level 15, city walls at level 15, and 5 other buildings in the city at level 15.]
(Description: A palace where the gods are said to reside, blessed with many special effects.)
Damn!!
Upon seeing the effects in front of him, Fang Hao was completely dumbfounded.
Food production increased by 150%—didn’t that mean he wouldn’t need to buy food from outside next year, he’d be able to produce it himself?
At the same time, production and mining had increased by 100%, and there were bonuses to troop conversion, public security, and reproduction.
Even faith had increased by 30%.
Fang Hao took a closer look at faith.
[Faith: The spontaneous worship and reverence of you by the people of your domain. The higher the devotion, the more they revere and love you.]
As Fang Hao understood it,
this 30% meant that those who didn’t believe in you now had a 30% base level of faith, and those who already did were further reinforced in their faith.
These 30% became the foundation of faith.
This was exactly the attribute he currently needed.
His Divinity hadn’t increased to date, and the Temples in the cities were all proclaiming the City Lord’s kindness and generosity.
But the scars of war could not be erased by simple words.
Aside from the two human cities, the others were conquered, and many lives were lost—not something that a few word could make people forget and start to believe in you.
This 30% was an excellent start.
As long as the hatred in their hearts diminished, faith would gradually increase.
Unfortunately, the building required the city to be at level 15 before it could be used.
At the moment, the Lord’s Mansion was only at level 12, and some less important buildings in the city remained at levels 7 or 8, which he hadn’t specifically upgraded.
It seems that upgrading building levels is still a critical direction for development this year.
Everything could pause, but gathering and development must not stop.
The reward of the first blueprint made Fang Hao’s heart dance with joy.
After filing away the blueprint, he continued to look at the second one.
[Small Hare Aerial Ship Blueprint: Energy Core 1, Hare Airship Hull 1, Hare Airship Deck 1, Hare Airship Tower 1, Hare Airship Sail 1.]