Warrior High Orc

Noan, of course, knew what kind of monster a Licker was; after all, in the academy, he had learnt all the knowledge necessary for a Lord.

Lickers are also a type of zombie monster; however, they are agile, have the ability to cling like lizards, and move without making any sound.

In particular, their tongue is a tentacle as hard as metal, an extremely terrifying weapon. Lickers can use it to pierce through human skulls, then suck out the brain inside.

A Licker's rank is E+, however, they do not hunt alone but in groups.

They are usually in a group of at least 3 or more. Even though Vylyss is a D-Rank Hero, facing so many Lickers is impossible.

Although Noan possesses SSS rank talent, it is only for support purposes and cannot be used in combat.

Besides, the soldiers that Noan owns are only 2 rank F+ skeletons and 4 rank F skeletons.

It could be said that in front of a group of Lickers, he was no different from a delicious bait.

Noan frowned; he could guess that the Lickers had followed him from the city here.

'Perhaps… the sense of danger I felt when I first teleported here was coming from those Lickers.' Noan thought to himself.

"Master…" Vylyss stood beside Noan and spoke softly.

"Don't worry," Noan sighed and replied, "They won't dare attack us now; they'll wait until evening."

"Pay attention to how many monsters there are, then report back to me."

Vylyss glanced at Noan; even though his face was quite calm, she knew he was worried.

Because of that, she stopped teasing him and bowed her head, saying, "Yes, master."

After Vylyss left, Noan let out a sigh; he was really worried in his heart.

The bad news was... the Lickers were going to attack him tonight. The good news was… he had time to prepare from now until the sun set.

Noan frowned; at this moment, he seemed to be certain that he had been teleported to the 'Singularity'.

It must be known that this is almost impossible. Up till now, there have only been two cases of being mistakenly teleported to the 'Singularity'.

However, people who are teleported to the 'Singularity' all die; the mortality rate is 100%.

Both of those cases were high-ranking lords; one was a level 4 Rank B Lord, and the other was even stronger, a level 6 Rank A Lord.

However, they all died and never returned.

The 'Singularity' is an area unexplored by the Imperial Federation, a place like a tropical forest, full of danger and brutality.

Even if he could ask the Empire for aid, they wouldn't be able to come to his aid because the 'Singularity' didn't exist on the maps that had been cleared by the Empire.

Simply put, he was thrown into the middle of hell; no one could help him; only he could help himself.

The good news is… he can still perform trading functions.

On the information panel displayed before him, the trading and chat functions were still working normally.

In the chat box, there was only one person he could contact, and that was Lylia.

Noan thought for a moment, then decided to contact her. After all, right now, perhaps only she could help him.

Noan : [Hello!]

Lylia: [Ah! I thought you didn't contact me. Where are you? Send me your location.]

Noan: [I can't send you the location.]

Lylia: [Are you afraid that I will send troops to attack you? Huh! Are you looking down on me?]

Noan: [No, it seems I was sent to the 'Singularity', There are no exact coordinates to send you.]

Lylia: [What?! 'Singularity? Are you sure?]

Noan: [Sure!]

Lylia: [I'll call the support team to look for you.]

Noan: [No need; they can't find me. We can only wait until 7 days later; I will be automatically teleported back to the city.]

Lylia: [This… 7 days is too long; I'm afraid that during that time you will…]

Lylia did not continue, because the outcome of those who were teleported to the 'Singularity' was death.

Noan: [Don't worry. I need you to help me with something. There isn't any 'Resource Storage Centre' here. I need you to lend me some resources.]

Lylia: [Ah! Resources…however many you need, I have plenty.]

Noan: [No need for too much; just 100 wood units and 100 stone units will be enough. We need to build the territory in its first form.]

Lylia: [Good! I'll send it to you. If you need any help, just text me.]

Noan saw Lylia's message and felt a little warm inside. He didn't think that a stranger would treat him better than his own family.

At first, he thought that Lylia would make a request, for example… she would sell him resources.

But Noan misunderstood; she didn't mention selling resources. As long as he said it, she immediately agreed, which made him a little surprised.

Lylia: [I have sent you the resources. Every day, you must message me.]

Noan asked in confusion: [Thanks, but... for what?]

Lylia: [To let me know you're alive, of course.]

Noan felt funny, but also felt that Lylia was really cute: [Good! If I can go back, I will treat you to dinner.]

Lylia: [Heh?! Is it a date?]

Noan : [...]

Noan: [It's just dinner; if you don't like it, you can refuse.]

Lylia: [Huh! Of course I won't refuse, but where are you going to invite me to eat?]

Noan: [Hamburger or Fried Chicken?]

Lylia: [...]

Lylia: [Stingy! I want to eat at a big restaurant, spending all your money! Stingy! Stingy! Stingy!]

Noan: [Hahaha… alright, if I come back alive, I'll invite you to a big restaurant.]

Lylia: [Huh! You better come back; otherwise, I won't talk to you anymore.]

Noan : [...]

He chuckled, feeling that Lylia was really adorable: [Alright, I'll be back; don't worry.]

Lylia: [I'm not worried about you.]

Lylia finished speaking and exited the chat box. Noan shook his head. He was sure that he would return. Otherwise, he would waste this only SSS rank talent.

Noan went down to the basement, seeing the lake formed from the Core starting to emit a grey light.

At this moment, a notice board appeared before him: [Lord Lylia has sent you a resource package. Do you want to receive it?]

"Accept!"

[Ding! You get 500 wood units, 500 stone units, 200 iron units, 100 almighty food pills, 100 water bottles, and 1 random soldier summon card.

All items are contained inside the summoning pool; you can take them out at any time.]

Noan was startled when he saw the amount of resources Lylia sent him.

He only wanted 100 units of wood and stone; she sent 5 times the amount he needed.

She even sent additional iron resources, food, and water.

Besides, she also sent him something extremely valuable, which was a soldier summoning card.

Although this was a random soldier summoning card, for Noan, it was a fireplace that kept him warm in the face of a terrible blizzard.

Even if this soldier summoning card can summon F rank soldiers, it will still help him a lot.

With the 'Almighty Fusion' talent that Noan possesses, any soldier will become stronger in his hands, as long as there are enough of them.

'Looks like… I have to choose which restaurant is good enough to invite Lylia to dinner.' Noan thought to himself.

He also didn't text her to thank her anymore, saying too much was meaningless.

When he returned to the city, he would find a way to thank her later.

Noan began to manipulate the screen floating in front of him, and then a list of starting projects appeared before him.

Even though he had a lot of resources, he could only build the starting building. Other buildings required a higher lord level and had many other conditions.

Noan chose for a long time, deciding to choose the most expensive project among the starting projects.

[Ding! Do you want to build the 'Apocalyptic Bunker'?]

"Confirm!"

[Ding! The construction will cost 400 stone units, 400 wood units. Please wait for 12 hours.]

The house did not change immediately but remained normal until the construction period was completed; the appearance of this house changed.

Noan breathed a sigh of relief, then he continued to use the random soldier summoning card.

[Ding! Do you want to use the random soldier summon card?]

"Agree!"

[Ding! Summoning is starting…]

Immediately after, the summoning lake emitted a green light. Noan was delighted when he saw that light because he knew what that light represented.

From within the lake, nine shadows began to climb out.

They were about 140 cm tall, had skinny bodies, blue skin, and two small fangs in their mouths, and they held a wooden club in hand.

…

Race: Goblin

Rank: E

Description: Quite strong, very agile, but gets tired quickly and eats a lot.

…

Noan only skimmed through the description because he naturally wouldn't use these nine Goblins to fight.

"Full fusion!" he ordered.

Immediately after, the bodies of the nine Goblins began to disintegrate into countless particles of light; those particles of light began to fuse into one.

9 Goblins can create 3 high-level individuals, but he wants an even higher-level individual.

Luckily, the number was enough for him to continue fusing. Therefore, the 9 Goblins immediately fused into one.

[Ding! Congratulations, During the fusion process, the monster has mutated, gaining additional good attributes and a higher level.]

Noan was a little surprised; he never thought that the talent 'Almighty Fusion' also had this ability.

'Looks like… I still underestimated this SSS rank talent.'

'There are probably more hidden functions that the system doesn't show inside the talent description.'

Noan thought to himself, of course, he was also extremely excited to wait and see what he would create.

The light disappeared, revealing a figure about 250 cm tall, with blue skin and fangs growing backwards in its mouth, more than 10 cm long.

In one hand the monster held a metal spiked mace, in the other a wooden shield covered in steel.

Standing in front of that monster, even though it was Noan's soldier and definitely loyal to him, he still felt a bit scared.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the mutated monster: Warrior High Orc.]

…

Name: Warrior High Orc (+10%)

Rank: D+

Description: Immense strength. When it is in mortal danger, its outer skin can harden like metal.

It can even lead a group of Orcs or High Orcs into battle.