Richard’s lips curled into a smile when he saw Sam leave the blacksmith shop in excitement.
He did not expect he would be a witness to someone’s marriage again.
However, to see this pair of lovers who had experienced countless hardships get together made him feel quite good.
He hoped to see a few more examples like this.
He touched his chin and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
“Why don’t we hold Valentine’s Day in the future? Every year on this day, I can help them get married and become a witness to everyone’s marriage…”
“At the same time, the entire city will have a three-day holiday. They are free to find a partner.”
He felt this idea was very promising after he pondered it momentarily.
Wouldn’t he be the godfather of the entire city’s descendants in ten or twenty years?
Wouldn’t this thing increase the popularity of the people by a hundred or eighty points if he put everything aside?
He noted this down in his heart and decided to discuss it with Butler Karu later to decide on an appropriate date.
He walked up to the second floor while he was thinking.
Transcendent Attack Technology had given the scorpion warriors such a huge boost.
That made Richard excited.
He wondered how much the stone statue of the dead would receive improvement if five 5-stars treasures and spiritual gems would reinforce it.
The stone statue of the dead was always the trump card of Twilight City.
If it weren’t for the fact that Twilight City was stuck at a higher level, this round of technology would have been the stone statue of the dead’s turn.
He went up to the second floor.
Richard saw a figure lying on the operating platform.
He was shocked.
He stepped forward and felt nothing unusual about the other party’s life aura. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
He focused his gaze and saw Adele. Her hair was messy while she slept soundly on the dirty console.
The corner of her mouth drooled while pressed against the table.
She smacked her lips repeatedly and made her look funny and cute.
He stepped forward and bent down to pick the girl up. He came to the simple bed beside her and gently put her down.
He casually helped her adjust her posture.
Richard’s heart ached when he saw the girl move her body to a more comfortable position and continue to sleep.
This girl must have endured for many days.
In the future, he had to get someone to watch over her. If this continued, even the transcendent world could not withstand it.
He retracted his thoughts and returned to the corner of the operating table. He saw a curtain that hid a large object.
Richard spread out his senses, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Why did it block the stone statue of the dead?
It lifted the curtain with a wave of his hand.
The figure of the stone statue of the dead appeared.
Richard’s eyes lit up.
He was delighted at the sight of the scorpion warrior.
Now that the stone statue of the dead had appeared before him, the visual impact was even more potent.
The initial height of three meters had now reached four meters. Its initially fierce aura had become like the descent of a demon god. It gave people a supremely wild psychological impact.
Dark patterns covered the brown wings carved from the rock on its back. It gave off a solemn and agile feeling.
On the surface of the stone statue of the dead, the initially inconspicuous dragon-scale stone armor became particularly eye-catching at this moment. It was a piece of armor that had grown out of the body and appeared indestructible to people.
It could withstand the explosive shots of a siege crossbow with its attributes.
Its thick arms held the battle tomahawk tightly, and chains wrapped around it. Even a dragon could not withstand it once it threw the dark red battle tomahawk.
One could see the burning blue soul fire in its empty sockets.
The reinforcement didn’t seem to change the stone statue of the dead. The utmost change was its aura…
It gave off a more ferocious feeling than before.
He opened its attribute panel. It listed a few changes to the other attributes.
[Unique Characteristics Obtained from the Promotion:]
[1. Defense-Scales. The defense will increase by 200% with the scale defense system.]
[2. Reinforced body. Body structure maximized, strength increased by 200%.]
[3. Tough Body. The reinforcement gave the body structure extraordinary power. The body can automatically recover from a shatter if it has consumed energy.
[4. Super Flight. The reinforcement has improved its wings and the flight speed to 300%.]
[5. Axe Toss. The reinforcement has extended the chains around the arm. The attack range increased by 100 meters. Current Distance:180m]
Although these newly obtained attributes were mighty, they were not to the point of being abnormal.
However, if he combined it with the previous skills of the stone statue of the dead… Richard could only give a perverted evaluation.
No. One would use this word to describe the stone statue of the dead, no matter who looked at it.
It was not an ordinary pervert. It was simply too f*cking perverted!
Was this an attribute that a glorious-level soldier could have?
The skeleton blood dragon’s attributes were simply unbearable before the other party… That was a Glorious 1-star troop.
One could describe the already ferocious stone statue of the dead as invincible after the reinforcement.
[Ding~ The system has supremely reinforced stone statues of the dead. Do you want to solidify it into a lair of troops?]
[Note: After solidification, you can only recruit dead stone statues after being upgraded from the troop lair.]
Richard did not hesitate to confirm when he heard the system notification.
[Ding~ Solidification completed. It has automatically upgraded all the current stone statues of the dead to a reinforced state.]
Richard’s eyes lit up. He thought he would have to upgrade the other stone statues of the dead, but he did not expect such a benefit.
That was alright. Adele’s efforts over the past few months had not been in vain.
Richard seemed to have thought of something and opened the stone statue of the dead troop lair after he glanced at it with satisfaction.
A moment later, his expression sparingly changed.
The message he was most concerned about had changed.
[Resources Recruitment Requirement: 300 units of gemstones, 300 units of crystals.]
“Good heavens, previously, it was 200 units of gemstones and crystals, but now it increased to 300 units?”
It directly increased by 50%.
They had to produce 110 weekly with 11 stone lairs. That would be 33,000 gemstones and 33,000 crystals.
It would be 132,000 + 132,000, a total of 264,000 every four weeks.
That was a lot of money. The current income of Twilight City could barely cover it. They could draw extra money from other sources if accidents happened.
However, these resources were worth it compared to the battle power of the stone statue of the dead.
No matter how much he invested, it would not be a loss.
‘Wuuu!’
A soft moan behind him brought Richard back to his senses.
He turned his head and saw Adele propped herself while she lay on the bed in a daze.
It widened his eyes but didn’t confuse him.
Adele rubbed her eyes.
When she saw Richard, she suddenly woke up.
“Lord, Lord Richard…”
“Why are you here?”
Richard was speechless.
He couldn’t help but laugh at her cute appearance and shook his head.
“I’ve been here for a while.”
As he spoke, he was full of praise.
“Adele, you did a great job.”
The girl sat up and saw the bandages from the mighty stone statue of the dead.
She immediately pouted.
She said pitifully.
“Lord Richard, I wanted to give you a surprise…”
Richard was quite amused by her cute appearance.
He stepped forward and rubbed the other party’s head.
“I’m already surprised. You did great, Adele.”
“You are a gift from the gods, a treasure of Twilight City.”
“The strength of the stone statue of the dead exceeded my expectations.”
“This will prepare us for the dangerous situation to come.”
Adele’s eyes were watery when she heard this generous praise. She looked a little embarrassed, but she was also delighted and proud.
However, she could not help but frown when she heard the last sentence.
“Lord Richard… Are we going to face great danger?”
The new expansion pack could cause the death of a god. As well as the god of the dog-headed who had offended and tricked the King of Decay…
He would not believe Twilight City wouldn’t be in danger in the future.
Each of these changes could affect its fate.
He had to be careful.
Adele quickly stood up and looked straight at Richard when she saw he did not speak.
“Lord, please give me more psionic gemstones… I can continue working.”
Her tone was firm.
It warmed Richard’s heart.
Perhaps, that was why he felt a sense of accomplishment in building such a city.
They were willing to give up everything for Twilight City.
Karu was like this, Sam was like this, and so was Adele…
He pinched the other party’s face and said unhappily.
“What have you become? Work? Don’t tell me you want to enter the cemetery of heroes before Karu.”
“Don’t mind about it. There will be many dangers in the future, but they are not urgent enough to make you risk your life.”
“Rest well. I have more important tasks for you. Who will complete them if you collapse from exhaustion?”
His face immediately turned stiff when he saw Adele still wanted to say something.
“You are not allowed to enter the blacksmith shop for a week. I will have someone watch you.”
Adele suddenly calmed down and looked at Richard pitifully.
“My Lord!”
Richard ignored her coquettish words and turned to look at the stone statue of the dead.
“From today onwards, you will guard and protect Adele. She is not allowed to enter the blacksmith shop again.”
Adele suddenly knelt on one knee, and an ethereal voice sounded.
“I will obey your orders, my Lord!”
These soldiers all had the intelligence of ordinary people. They could not lead troops to fight like heroes, but it was not a problem for them to carry out orders.
Adele felt Richard wronged her.
It was worse than going to jail if she could not enter the blacksmith shop for a week.
“Lord…”
Richard didn’t dwell on the subject and got down to business.
“Adele, what kind of troop do you think is suitable to reinforce with spiritual gemstone next?”
They had reinforced the most soul-devouring stone statue of the dead.
He could only choose other troops.
Adele said slowly after thinking she pondered.
“There are no suitable troops at the moment… Moreover, you have two fusion crystals that can create two powerful soldiers.”
“Why don’t we wait for the new troop to be born before reinforcement?”
Richard nodded.
He thought for a moment and continued.
“Do you have any suggestions on how to reinforce the troop?”
The young lady was an expert in this aspect.
“We already have a flying troop, the stone statue of the dead, which is powerful enough to control the air,” Andai said seriously.
“There’s no need to invest resources in it now. The more you do, the more benefits you get.”
“A complete troop should not only have an air force.”
“We should consider other aspects.”
Richard nodded and asked with interest.
“In those aspects?”
Adele said with certainty.
“Ground troops, long-range troops, and spellcasters.”
“Ground troops, Sam is developing the technology of the poisonous scorpion. It could alleviate the pressure in this area when he finished the reinforcement.”
“Because we are in the desert, this has always been our strong point. So we can stay behind.”
“At present, our long-range troops and spellcasters are not weak, although they are not yet strong. We just don’t have any troops that we can use.”
“We can consider these two aspects.”
Although Adele’s analysis was simple and not profound, it was with Richard’s thoughts on Twilight City troops.
It was important for a troop to be mighty. There could be no shortcomings.
The stone statues of the dead were his favorite, so he would invest in them as soon as he had resources.
That also led to the birth of this super-powerful troop.
Now that the stone statue of the dead had taken shape, it was time to take care of the other troops.
“I will think about it seriously.”
Richard said solemnly.
He decided to go to the [Trading Market] later to see suitable troops for the current Twilight City.
It had been a long time since he had purchased several troop lairs.
The other troops were strong enough, but the higher the level, the more resources they had to invest.
Twilight City did not have the confidence to attack without restraint. He could not use them even if one gave him a thousand crown-level troop lairs,
The resources needed for this thing to recruit every week could make him bankrupt.
“In the end, it’s still back to making money.”
It amused Richard.
However, he immediately became energetic again.
“It wouldn’t be long before the underground world can produce something. When the Black Sorbet is into production, and we have expanded the production capacity of the Whitetail Wine, these top products will immediately bring back more profits.”
“Farming for so long is not in vain.”
The essence of managing a territory was to develop the economy. Earning money could make the residents live happily and build a more potent troop.