Chapter 41: Advanced Mission, Talent Sublimation!

[Your level has increased to LV10]

[You have gained 1 free attribute point]

[You can choose one skill from the following three]

[1. Basic Resistance (Reduce 5% magic debuffs and damage received)]

[2. Intermediate Wisdom (Allows learning Level 4 magic)]

[3. Basic Financial Management (Daily income increased by 125 gold coins)]

Qin Muye chose Intermediate Wisdom for himself. The other two skills weren't very impactful for him. Without Intermediate Wisdom, he might have chosen Basic Resistance.

Apart from that, Bloodlust also leveled up to level 9. Qin Muye learned Intermediate Defense from Bloodlust, reducing physical damage taken by 10%.

Evil Language didn't level up as much this time, only gaining 2 levels, reaching level 5. He learned two skills: Basic Wisdom and Basic Intelligence.

[Basic Intelligence: Increases the hero's maximum mana by 10%]

Qin Muye found this skill quite powerful. Even though his mana limit wasn't increased, just from the name, he knew it was a valuable skill.

However, his experience bar was now locked. This made him anxious, as he thought his progress might come to a halt. But soon, "Lord's Epoch" clarified the situation.

[You have reached level 10, and now, you can issue an advanced mission]

[Mission Requirements: One brilliant victory or higher (0/1), kill one hero unit (0/1), upgrade your territory to Tier 2 (1/2)]

[Mission Reward: Talent Sublimation ×1]

"Alright, the difficulty is indeed high."

Especially killing one hero unit; it seemed like he might have to take action himself. If he hadn't captured the Spider Corpse Hero this time, he wouldn't know where to find a hero to kill.

The other two requirements were easy for him to achieve. With Evil Language's help, his battles were all one-sided victories. Unfortunately, past victories didn't count; he needed new ones.

"Talent sublimation... What's that? Improving my talents?" Qin Muye glanced at the reward but found it somewhat meaningless.

He soon put this matter aside and decided to upgrade his territory to Tier 2. 

[Your territory has been upgraded to Tier 2]

The entire territory trembled and expanded outward. In other words, in terms of game rules, his territory had increased.

Soon, the area of his territory doubled, good news for Qin Muye. The farmland outside the territory was once again included within.

Qin Muye wasn't an expert in planning territory buildings. He had organized them based on intuition and neatness rather than professional design. There were likely many shortcomings, which could only be improved when there were professionals available.

"Does the advancement in tier not bring much improvement to the territory?" Qin Muye found it somewhat odd. For him, whether the territory doubled or not didn't make much of a difference; he could still build structures outside the territory.

"Perhaps it represents sovereignty?" He thought that "Lord's Epoch" must have some reasoning behind the territory area, but he didn't understand it.

Deciding to ignore it, he shifted his attention to other matters. "Now that it's Tier 2, Bloodlust, notify all monsters to transform into Tier 2 creatures in the Monster Workshop."

Soon, he examined the upgrade requirements for Tier 3 territory. It was quite demanding.

[Territory: Mage Tower]

[Tier: 2]

[Upgrading: 100,000 gold coins, 10,000 units of ore, 10,000 units of wood, 1,000 gems, 1,000 crystals, 1,000 units of sulfur, 1,000 units of mercury]

[Buildings: Magic Pool (1/1), Magic Guild (0/1), Library (0/1)]

[Requirements: Lord reaches LV20]

Not only did the resource requirements multiply by ten, but there were also building requirements. The Mage Tower had become more challenging. However, Qin Muye found the required buildings, the Magic Guild and the Library, in the Points Shop. The Magic Guild blueprint cost 50,000 points, and the Library blueprint was a bit cheaper, requiring 30,000 points.

The restoration of the Magic Pool was stuck at the Elemental Core, but he could use a dried-up one; it didn't need to be a good one.

In the end, Qin Muye had no choice. He didn't know where to find these items.

But soon, he stopped worrying about these troublesome matters and prepared to see the technological enhancements brought by the Monster Experiment Manual. He didn't have much hope, but maybe he would be pleasantly surprised.

[Monster Attack Enhancement: Monster Attack +1]

[Monster Defense Enhancement: Monster Defense +1]

[Monster HP Enhancement: Monster HP +10]

He was quite speechless. These were the enhancements brought by the Basic Monster Experiment Manual, totally average.

[Monster Magic · Luck: Learned Level 2 Natural Magic - Luck]

[Monster Spirit · Excitement: Movement speed +1]

[Monster Constitution · Magic Power: Mana +10]

Except for Luck, the others were quite ordinary, with minimal increases. Luck was the standout, directly adding 1 point of luck after release and lasting for 10 minutes, consuming 10 mana.

"Well..."

These were the three technological enhancements provided by the Basic Monster Experiment Manual. Qin Muye found them underwhelming. However, Luck was quite good. He immediately began researching the Monster Magic · Luck technology.

[You start researching Monster Magic · Luck, cost: 10,000 gold coins, time: 48 hours]

The basic version cost 1,000 gold coins, but this advanced version was 10,000. Qin Muye didn't lack money for now.

Alright, big money was lacking, but small money was still there.

At least he could fully fund the Monster Enhancements; he just needed some time. Qin Muye was a bit helpless; he had initially thought he could get the enhancements immediately with money.

(End of this chapter)