Dragon Phoenix Pavilion

[Ding! The Universe Lord Initiative has been launched!]

[Ding! Welcome, All New Castle Lords to Apeiron!]

[Ding! Everyone receiving this message has been selected to become a Castle Lord! Currently, there are 14.8 Billion Humans that have been selected as Castle Lords!]

[Ding! All participants will be given an initial troop building at random. Each has its own unique advantages/disadvantages. Use them to establish your kingdom and compete for the God-King Throne!]

[Ding! We wish everyone good luck on your goal of total domination!]

Enzo tuned out the announcements. These past two months on Blue Star had been sheer torture. Where were the cheats? In all the fantasy novels he read on earth, the cheats appeared out of nowhere. But not on Blue Star.

His daily life on Blue Star had consisted of washing dishes for a Mexican restaurant that served french fries.

Needless to say, these past two months had been a blast.

His gaze shifted to the valleys below the high walls of the medieval stone castle, stark new stones grafted from a close-by quarry.

"Guess the time has finally come! I must get a high-tier troop building!" Enzo said through gritted teeth, then crossed his fingers in hopeful anticipation.

[Ding! Welcome Castle Lord! Your journey of vanquishing and dominating the endless worlds has just started! Your Initial Troop building is the: Dragon Phoenix Pavilion!]

[Ding! This Troop Building is a Unique Troop building meaning there is only one in the Universe!]

Enzo was momentarily stunned. Titles like "Unique" and "only one in the Universe" were not to be taken lightly.

[Ding! Unique Buildings have the following limitations:

1. Only 1 Troop can be drawn per day (regardless of level)

2. Upgrades cost 2x the amount of resources that a Normal Troop Building does.

3. Only Top-Tier Recruitment Tokens and above can be used to recruit more units per day.]

A mist appeared in front of Enzo as he looked around in a daze. A small dome-like structure started to take shape, and as the mist cleared, Enzo could see mystical Dragons and Phoenixes engraved throughout the entire structure.

[Ding! The Dragon Phoenix Pavilion has now been activated, would you like to recruit your first troop?]

"Yes, yes recruit!" Enzo rubbed his eyes as the dragon carving on the wall began to move. Then the phoenix carving began to move.

The once stone-like dragon and phoenix wound together on the wall. Faster and faster the dragon and phoenix carvings spun making Enzo dizzy with the speed.

The shapes became too fast to see, then suddenly two eggs were thrown from the stone carvings and floated above his head. The dragon and phoenix once again became still carvings while the pure red eggs floated above Enzo's head began to slowly crack.

Enzo stepped back as legs, feathers, scales began popping out of the eggs. Soon four eyes were staring into Enzo's astonished eyes.

"We are ready for your command, Master," the baby dragon and the phoenix said, and as they spoke, little sparks flashed out of their mouths.

[Young Flame Dragon

Tier: 3

Loyalty: 100

Growth Potential: Flaming Dragon King (Peak of King-Tier)]

[Young Flame Phoenix

Tier: 3

Loyalty: 100

Growth Potential: Flaming Phoenix Queen (Peak of King-Tier)]

[Note: Your "Dragon Phoenix Pavilion" produces the Unique troop: Flame Dragon Phoenix warriors. These warriors are recruited in pairs and are sworn partners for life. They will grow, live, and die together. And when one partner suffers death, the other partner will also die.]

[Two small flames, when blended together create a violent flame. The dragon and phoenix skills, though similar, have distinct differences that complement each other gaining a 50% increase in total stats when fighting together.]

Two translucent messages popped up above both of their heads describing their statuses.

Looking at his only lifeline in this unknown and dangerous world, Enzo was a bit emotional.

Pulling up his properties panel he saw several options: Personal Stats, Castle Panel, Trading Channel, Regional Chat, and Global Chat.

Aside from the Global Chat, which was grayed out, he could view all of the options just by thinking about opening them.

Clicking on the Regional Chat his view was instantly crowded with messages from other Castle Lords.

"Hey, what the fuck's going on? Where are we?"

"Shit, I've got work tomorrow, does anyone know how to get out of here?"

"Sharlet are you here? Can you hear darling?"

Most of the messages were from confused and frightened people who couldn't wrap their minds around the change quickly.

While most of the messages were like this there were a few Lords that had begun to rationalize their situation.

"Swapping wood and stone for food in the trading channel!"

"Forming an Alliance! All beautiful girls welcome!"

"Haha! My main troop are Giants! The descendants of Titans! I can even create giants that are over 100 feet tall! Everyone must bow down to my giants!"

Ignoring the comments, Enzo checked out the Trading Channel which, apart from a few people requesting food, was rather empty.

He was about to check out his Castle Panel when a Global Announcement rang through everyone's ears.

[Global Announcement: Your novice protection period is active for 7 days!]

[After the novice period has ended the first Castle Siege will be triggered!]