XXIX

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Alert! Alert!

Lord Jerry is willing to join your territory. Do you accept it?

[Yes]    [No]

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The rhythm created by Kingsley's breathing and the noises in the background was suddenly interrupted by the system's message, which greatly annoyed him, but seeing the message itself, that annoyance flew out of the window.

"Yes!" Kingsley replied excitedly after all this meant that he could level up

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Lord [Jerry] has surrendered his territory to Lord [Kingsley].

Lord [Jerry] has now been demoted to Governor [Jerry] in accordance with the speech given by Lord [Kingsley].

Lord Kingsley is now responsible for Governor Jerry.

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A regional announcement was made telling everyone about the merger. Kingsley, who was directly involved, didn't look as though he was paying attention, as he was focused on the new change in his status.

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Level: 2 (0/2 territories conquered)

Two more acres are added to your territory.

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He had really leveled up; he could feel a weird energy flowing through his body. The energy made him feel invincible, but unfortunately, he knew he was far from that; a simple arrow could still put him out of commission. His stats had increased a little.

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Health: 200

Physique: 50

Spirit: 77

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This was a massive improvement compared to earlier; he could tell even without testing out his changes. He felt stronger, faster, smarter, and somehow healthier; how someone who had literally taken an all-cure like the [Aspirin] could feel healthier was beyond him, but he refused to even think about it.

Immediately getting into a stance, quickly reloading his bow, and firing, Kingsley smiled at how easy that was and felt. The bow he once struggled to pull was now easier to pull, and he could draw an arrow from his quiver way faster than before. 

His accuracy became even better than before for some reason. This was way better than he expected; it seems that better stats also meant better skills. With the test done, Kingsley immediately turned his attention to the real matter at hand.

A lord had submitted to him, and he was now responsible for the person. He didn't know if this person was just plain weak or if he was the test that they had put together. It may have been just a day since they were all transferred here, but Kingsley knew that humans could adapt to basically any environment easily.

They would have long gotten used to the chat function that Kingsley found completely useless for now. With a means of communication set up, anything was now possible. That was simply human for you.

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Do you want to see his status board?

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"Yes, please," Kingsley said immediately, since he felt that it was better to know about his new subject.

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Name: Jerry Keg

Level: 1

Race: Human (Governor)

Health: 100

Physique: 64

Spirit: 102

Abilities:

Lord's Eye

Half-off (A): the user is able to cut down the price of resources needed to achieve something by half.

Equipment: nil

Troops: Slime

Buildings: [Damaged Castle]

Lord's point: 0

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"Damn, this guy is at the top of the unlucky list; his ability is nice though," Kingsley said when he saw the lord's status.

His status alone made it clear why he had surrendered; he had no chance of survival, and his slightly better stats probably meant that this guy was either a bodybuilder in the past or was just born big.