Global Lords: Start as a Desert Lord

Richard looked at the faint crimson moon outside the window, subconsciously rubbing the statue of the dwarf god in his hand, and was lost in thought.

I don’t know how long it took, but the crescent moon suddenly disappeared from my sight, leaving only the bright moonlight in the sky.

Crimson Moon left no trace behind.

Richard was awakened by this scene.

After regaining consciousness, he took a deep look at the sky and did not dwell too much on this matter.

The development of things does not depend on his will.

No one can predict what will happen in the future. All he can do is to strengthen himself.

Use the strongest posture to face the upcoming turmoil and unrest.

After calming down for a while, his eyes returned to calmness.

He turned and left the hall and came to the restored front yard of the lord's mansion.

He looked at the troop nest in the corner with a subtle expression.

This war has seriously depleted the army, and the Twilight City needs fresh blood.

But after taking a look at the resources on the property panel, he shook his head helplessly.

These tens of millions of resources may not be too small for ordinary players, but for Twilight City, they can't do anything.

That night, Richard went to the underground world again.

He came to Bloodhoof City immediately and sold all the weapons forged in the underground world during this period.

A full 200 million units of ordinary resources have been raised!

Coupled with the fact that he received more than three million gems from Dune City, he was now more confident than ever.

What made him even more satisfied was that the underground forces were not affected by the war and were still playing their role as production workers.

This scene once again reflects his foresight in the underground world as a rear production base.

If all the forces were wiped out, a large amount of wealth might be gained in a short period of time, but it would never be possible to continuously produce energy like now.

This secret place, which can only be reached through a two-way portal, can still keep functioning even if the outside world is flooded.

The good performance in the underground world reminded him of his major gain this time - the Eternal Land.

He also plans to build a similar base in the future Eternal Land.

And the safety of the Eternal Land is more guaranteed than that of the Underworld.

At worst, the door to shattered space will completely close the connection with the main plane.

Without the Space Gate, trying to find and discover the Eternal Land in the endless void outside the main plane is simply like finding a needle in a haystack, and the possibility is so small that it can be ignored.

After harvesting a large amount of resources, Richard encouraged Serge Bloodhoof, making the ruler of the dungeon barbarians enthusiastically express that he was always ready to go to the surface to fight for him.

The next morning, December 8th.

After Richard, who returned from the underground world, washed up, he came to the front of the troop lair.

The resources have been prepared, now we are waiting for the last step.

He glanced around and stayed on the destroyed nests for a few seconds.

Those are traces of war.

This is the first time that Twilight City has suffered the loss of a troop nest being destroyed.

He silently made up his mind that this would be the last time.

Twilight City will never be bullied like this again!

He recovered his thoughts and opened the attribute panel of the unit.

He looked at it from top to bottom.

Rare arms——

1. Poisonous Scorpion Warriors (20 nests, weekly output 140) Current quantity: 230

2. Mummy Guardians (3 nests, weekly output 30) Current quantity: 0

3. Sand Archers (10 nests, weekly output 50) Current quantity: 535

4. Sandstorm Controllers (20 nests, 100 weekly output) Current number: 400

Brilliant arms

Stone statues of the dead (11 nests, weekly output 110) Current quantity: 850

Crown Troops

Skeleton Blood Dragon 160

This is the remaining army in Twilight City after the war.

The number has plummeted to an appalling level.

At the beginning, the army of Twilight City was preparing to develop into a legion.

Now we are directly back to before liberation.

But fortunately, I was supplemented by loot, which made the data not so ugly.

Mummy Guards (Crown 3 stars, 10 nests, weekly output 100) Current quantity: 200

King of the Forbidden Army (Glory Moon 3 stars, 3 lairs, weekly output 30) Current quantity: 60

Counting these two new arms, the total weekly output of all arms nests can reach 560.

Five and a half squadrons is not too many, but it is not necessarily too few.

After thinking for a moment, Richard looked at the rare level of troops.

As time goes by, the enemies Twilight City faces have become increasingly difficult to deal with.

In the foreseeable future, more powerful opponents will emerge.

The rare-level unit that originally held the status of the mainstay has been unable to keep up in the recent series of battles.

Facing a level 15 top unit like the Mummy Guards, they were at an absolute disadvantage.

Judging from the current situation, it is important to continue to purchase new troop nests to expand the number, but Twilight City needs elites even more.

After thinking for a moment, he decisively opened the trading market.

There is no rush to add new troops this time. Let’s upgrade the rare troops to brilliance first.

A rare promotion to glory requires 10,000 ordinary soldier nests.

As the player level gradually increases, the price of ordinary and elite level troop lairs has also dropped a lot, and one can be purchased for 300 ordinary resources.

Calculated, promotion requires 3 million ordinary resources.

There are 53 rare troop nests in total, requiring 530,000 units, totaling 160 million units.

However, with the high 30% handling fee, the purchasing power of 200 million resources is not much different from before.

Set purchase conditions, ordinary level troop nest, purchase quantity: 530,000.

After the conditions were set and the selection was confirmed, most of the 200 million resources that had not yet been warmed up were cleared away, leaving only 10 million.

Richard's eyelids twitched when he saw it. No one could spend money this fast.

It's both painful and comfortable.

This is more than spending resources, and you can get back a more powerful army later.

Without hesitation, open the black gold system and start operating.

With the support of sufficient resources, the dozens of troop nests in front of them began to rise, and their aura became more and more fierce.

Ten minutes later, a system prompt sounded.

Richard opened the properties panel again.

What was just a rare-level troop nest has now turned into a glorious place, accompanied by changes in recruitment resources.

1. Poisonous Scorpion Warrior, recruitment requirements: 300 units of gems, 300 units of mercury

2. Mummy Guardian: 100 units of gems, 100 units of sulfur

3. Sand Archer: 200 units of gems, 200 units of crystals

4. Sandstorm Controller: 300 units of gems, 300 units of sulfur

After being promoted to the brilliant level, it is no longer possible to use ordinary resources for recruitment.

This made Richard frown.

All consume rare resources, which may not seem like much individually, but recruiting in batches is an astronomical sum.

And this amount is consumed every week.

After taking a look at the 2.8 million units of gems left on his panel, the feeling of being full of money suddenly disappeared.

This is only two million units. How many times can it withstand use?

Not to mention there are two big gold devourers, the Crown Arms - Mummy Guards and the Glorious Moon Arms - King of the Imperial Guards.

Richard had to lament that he was really poor.

He didn't know how those human soldiers who needed to be paid weekly were supported?

For the undead army, recruitment is permanent and no other fees are required.

Those soldiers recruited from human residents need to be paid salaries. Once their numbers reach a large scale, they will become gold-swallowing behemoths.

For a city like Solan City that maintains a huge human army, the weekly salary expenses for soldiers are astronomical.

Richard shook his head. Fortunately, Twilight City was a desert camp, otherwise he would have had a headache now.

Now the resources needed for recruitment alone are enough for him to digest.

"We must expand the productivity of Hei Ning sorbet as quickly as possible!"

"In addition, we must let Melting Pot City get the production line of the Magic Sound Box ready before the end of the month."

"The new wine developed by the brewery will have results within a month. The next product of the food workshop must have substantial progress by mid-January."

"Twilight City needs more resources!"

I felt furious in my heart.

After finishing these things later, let Karu pass on the order.

Everyone must contribute.

After calming down, Richard shook his head and smiled bitterly.

When will we have inexhaustible resources?

And where we are now, the number of troop nests will definitely increase in the future, the level will continue to increase, and the resources consumed will increase exponentially.

After the troop nest is promoted, the resources required for recruitment can be consumed to upgrade the originally recruited troop to the same level as the troop nest.

Richard did not hesitate and used the black gold system to promote all rare-level units to the brilliant level.

After all, the scorpion warriors cost 138,000, the sand archers cost 214,000, and the sandstorm controllers cost 120,000.

This adds up to a total of 472,000 units of rare resources.

The Mummy Guardian has been wiped out, which saves a lot of money.

As long as the troops are still in Twilight City, they can be directly promoted, which saves them the trouble of gathering an army.

After the promotion was confirmed, the aura of a large number of troops in Twilight City began to surge.

The bone armor on the poisonous scorpion warriors became harder, the longbows of the sand archers grew complex patterns, and the sandstorms around the sandstorm controller became more and more fierce.

Just from the appearance alone, you can feel the difference after promotion.

These are two levels of existence.

When all the troops were promoted, Richard looked at the 2.4 million units of rare resources left and was filled with emotion.

The army is made up of resources, and the poor are not worthy of violent troops.

After doing all this, he waved to the guard at the rear and asked someone to summon Karu.

Not long after, Karu, who was spinning like a top, came in a hurry.

Richard didn't waste any time, waved his hand to stop the other party from saluting, and directly said what he had just thought.

Finally.

"Whether it is the expansion of the production of black gel sorbet, the development of new wine in the brewery, or the new products of the food workshop, it is all related to the future of Twilight City. You must arrange these things properly."

After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment, giving Karu enough time to digest, and then continued.

"The magic sound box produced in Furnace City has endless potential."

"Later, you will send someone to urge Brown to quickly build a production line and expand production capacity."

"In addition, more efforts must be made to separate the playback function and storage function of the Magic Sound Box. We don't have much time to waste."

"The external environment is changing all the time, war is approaching, turmoil and unrest will be the main theme of the future, and we must seize every opportunity to become strong."

Kalu's heart trembled. He heard an unprecedented solemnity from Richard's tone.

His expression became extremely serious, and he held his chest solemnly.

"As you wish, I will make arrangements immediately."

After speaking, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and his tone couldn't help but hesitate.

"Sir, the magic sound box has great potential, but there is one problem that must be solved."

"explain."

"I have heard the music of the magic sound box. Although it has special features, it is not astonishingly attractive. I suggest buying some elves captured from the ancient forest to make the magic sound box."

"The elves of the ancient forest have godsend voices. Their singing voices are as famous as their beauty. Even the mermaids, the singers of the sea, are not as good as them."

"However, the number of elves coming out of the ancient forest is very small, and the purchase price is also very expensive."

"You see?"

When Richard heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

Buy elves? This is not a bad idea.

But the Magic Sound Box is more than just music.

If we simply produce magic sound boxes and sell them, we would be really sorry for this treasure.

As a modern person who has been baptized by the modern information explosion, we know the charm of this thing better than anyone else.

At the beginning of the 21st century, tape machines and MP3 were all trends that created a huge market.

Something that has been proven successful in Blue Star would be difficult to fail in the "Glory Era" with its poor spiritual life.

As long as the Magic Sound Box can separate the two functions of playback and storage, it is completely a fantasy version of a tape drive and MP3.

With this as a foundation, he can even go one step further and create the entertainment industry.

The market for the entertainment industry can be said to be infinitely large.

And he controls the production rights of the Magic Sound Box.

What he wants to record and promote is all up to him.

This is an opportunity that is unimaginable to the native people - with this opportunity, the person who recorded the Magic Sound Box can be made a well-known star.

With the blessing of the star's halo, won't the magic sound box cut leeks casually in the future?

Just like the fans who chased stars in previous lives and bought albums like crazy.

Moreover, this thing can also form a barrier to competition. Even if others develop the same product, they are not afraid of being squeezed out of the market. Who recorded my magic sound box? What is the use of your knock-off product?

When the magic sound box is turned into a player and the storage is turned into a "tape", it can be harvested continuously.

This is just Richard's simple idea. There are many more in-depth operations, but the product is immature, so there is no need to study too much.

"I will arrange this matter. First, let Brown thoroughly research the playback and storage technology of the magic sound box. It must achieve the effect I want."

As the scientific research center of the Twilight City, the Furnace City certainly has no choice but to shoulder this important task.