400: Chapter 399: Magic Camp 400: Chapter 399: Magic Camp “My Lord, what you may not know is that upon reaching a level six territory, in order to continue upgrading, one must obtain the corresponding territory construction blueprint.

Such special blueprints are very scarce on the God-Demon Continent, especially the one you have just acquired.

It is a high-grade blueprint that can elevate a territory to level ten; one hasn’t been seen in millions of years!

This is precisely why the human race’s Imperial City is only a level nine territory.”

The old beggar grew more excited as he spoke, his words tumbling out so fast that he didn’t even notice his own spray of spit

“I see, thank you for your guidance, elder.

I nearly treated it as a common item.

Since it’s so valuable, and I have no immediate use for it, I should safely store it away.”

Quickly, Su Ran took the high-grade territory construction blueprint and solemnly stored it in the Storage Box, ensuring it was securely protected before relaxing.

“My lord, the construction of your Skeleton Village is not too bad, but its defenses are insufficient.

I suggest that you build a Magic Camp to increase your territory’s troop strength.”

Being an Architectural Grandmaster, the old beggar discerned the shortcomings of Su Ran’s Skeleton Village after a quick inspection.

A Magic Camp?

Su Ran paused upon hearing this.

He was familiar with the Magic Camp, a structure that could be built in a level-four territory without needing a blueprint.

He hadn’t seen much use for it and Lu Ye hadn’t specifically reminded him about its importance, so he hadn’t been in a hurry to build one.

But with the old beggar’s suggestion, it sparked his interest.

Yet, how could constructing a Magic Camp increase his territory’s military strength?

He opened the territory panel and looked at the icon for the Magic Camp again.

Magic Camp: Summon random Demon World BOSS.

Construction costs: 20000 economic points.

The cost to build a Magic Camp wasn’t high, but it only summoned a boss.

There was no hint about increasing troop strength.

Was there some hidden mechanism that he wasn’t seeing?

Su Ran thought to himself that since the Grandmaster Lu Yue had said so, there definitely would be hidden attributes to the Magic Camp that he wasn’t aware of.

“Construct the Magic Camp!”

After plundering over fifty thousand economic points from Ni Wudao’s territory, Su Ran was quite well-off.

Without any hesitation, he constructed the Magic Camp.

With a resounding ‘rumble,’ a tall military tent appeared within their sight.

That was the advantage of gaming.

As long as there were enough magic pearls, a building could be constructed instantly!

“Let’s go, elder, let’s take a look!”

Su Ran and the old beggar approached the newly constructed Magic Camp and examined its attributes.

[Magic Camp]

Spend 10 Infinite Money to randomly summon a BOSS monster that can be subjugated.

Convert corpses into undead skeleton guards, equivalent to population count, by tossing them into the Magic Camp.

Takes 10 minutes for every conversion.

The number of skeleton guards cannot exceed population count.

Note: Skeleton guards are territory-exclusive and cannot leave the territory beyond a range of 100 meters.

Uh, it costs 10 Infinite Money to summon a BOSS?

Was any BOSS this randomized summoning produced really worth that much?

Su Ran found it hard to believe.

Currently, he only had five Infinite Money, not even enough for one summon, a pitiful state indeed.

Finding more Infinite Money wasn’t easy to pull off.

If only it could be mass-produced…

Every time he thought of Infinite Money, Su Ran remembered his foolishness in spending one on a newbie hoe.

It was frustrating to contemplate!

Now, he could truly appreciate the look of the blacksmith’s eyes back then…

Uh, corpses are needed to get skeleton guards?

After reading the Magic Camp’s lower attributes, Su Ran felt depressed.

He had watched as the massive pile of Beast Clan corpses outside the Human Imperial City disappeared.

If he had known earlier, he’d have collected thousands of corpses to potentially translate into an army of ten thousand.

That would have been impressive!

What?

The number of skeleton guards can’t exceed the population count?!

Su Ran specifically checked his territory’s attributes after reading that.

[Skeleton Village] Level_four territory

Population: 8/400 Houses: 6/10 Economic Points: 71373 Safety Period: 13 days.

Upgrading this territory needs an economic value of 40000.

Uh, so much for that dream.

He could only convert 392 corpses, meaning the number of skeleton guards in the territory could only be increased to less than four hundred, a far cry from the tens of thousands he had envisioned…

“Elder, do you know how to increase this population limit?”

Su Ran asked hurriedly.

He felt that even if he could convert the maximum allowed number of guards, it still wouldn’t be enough.

Skeleton guards were too fragile and only increased his strength through sheer numbers.

But his population limit was too restrictive, limiting him to 392 skeleton guards, barely enough to keep players occupied!

“My Lord, you must upgrade and build residential houses to increase the population limit.”

The old beggar was, indeed, an Architectural Grandmaster.

He knew everything about these things.

He continued, “Each residential house increases the population limit by 50.

Each level upgrade on the house doubles this increase.”

Su Ran’s eyes lit up.

“Elder, are you saying that if I upgrade a house to level three, I could get 200 troops?”

“Indeed.

But there’s something I should clarify: Every day, the skeleton guards will consume economic points, with the value equal to the number you possess.”

It was clear that the old beggar was well-aware of Su Ran’s plans.

It was a viable path, but it came at a hefty cost!

“What?”

Su Ran’s face dropped.

He remembered then that his manager Liu had told him before that population consumed economic points every day.

However, he had been too wealthy to care about such a small expense.

But if he had ten thousand skeleton guards in the future, that meant he’d have to consume ten thousand economic points a day.

Who could bear such a cost?

“But there is a solution.”

The old beggar said lazily, his hand already positioning itself in a skillful money-poking posture.

The message was clear.

Su Ran, who was no fool, immediately took out two gold coins from his Storage Box and passed them to the greedy old beggar.

“Elder, you must be thirsty from all the explaining.

Please, take these gold coins to quench your thirst!”

“Hmm, gold coins are nice…

they instantly refresh me.”

The old beggar held the two gold coins, chuckling joyfully.

Once the gold coins were safely tucked away, the old beggar coughed and told Su Ran, “My Lord, as long as you possess the Ice Bead, one of the Chaos Heavenly Beads, none of these issues would pose a problem.”

“Ice Bead?”

Su Ran voiced his confusion.

He did possess a Heavenly Thunder Bead and was quite fond of its power.

However, he knew nothing about the properties of the Ice Bead and didn’t understand how it could be related to earning economic points.

“It’s too early to concern yourself with this now.

However, I assure you, My Lord, if you could obtain the Ice Bead, I could save you a large amount of your economic points.”

The old beggar’s words were filled with seriousness, and his voice resounded with conviction.