Chapter 10: Gate of War
"The current shortcoming is still in combat. The only soldiers with combat capability are the prairie wolves." Mo Yu supported his chin and thought silently.

There are no military buildings or defensive buildings among the basic buildings attached to the territory, and his Son of the Tower talent must also rely on items dropped by wild monsters to transform. Going out to hunt wild monsters is the only way to strengthen the combat power of the territory.

Relying solely on prairie wolves is still a bit weak.

Apart from the prairie wolves, the only one with a certain degree of combat capability is the newly transformed Yaoguang Tower.

A second-level light defense tower with weak killing power, only effective against undead.

"Maybe we can go to the south to have a look. The dark corpses are coming from there, and maybe there are other undead wandering around." Mo Yu had some ideas in his mind.

The undead are different from other creatures. Most of them are born in places where the breath of death gathers.

Once they appear, they are not just one or two.

Therefore, it is very likely that there is a gathering place of the undead in the south of his territory.

If true, it would be great news.

The Yaoguang Tower is a holy light defense tower. It has a natural restraining effect on the undead, so its lethality should not be weak.

"Then let's go to the south first!"

Mo Yu nodded and decided on the next attack target for the territory in his mind.

He was not in a hurry to act because the prairie wolf had not returned from its reconnaissance and he still needed to take stock of the situation around the territory.

Recovering his mind, Mo Yu continued to check the information he had not yet finished reading.

[War Gate]: Lord skill, can summon soldiers or defense towers in the War Gate to join the battlefield at any time, capacity 0/10, can be opened 5/5 times per day.

"Huh? Defense tower? Isn't a defense tower a building? Can it be summoned at any time like a soldier?" Mo Yu was a little surprised when he checked the introduction of War Gate. He remembered that this was not what the information prompt said.

The skill introduction in the system prompt just now only said that it can summon soldiers, but there is no mention of summoning defense towers.

He carefully checked the skills and soon understood the reason.

Lord's exclusive talent, Son of the Tower!

Under normal circumstances, defense towers can only be built within the territory.

But the Son of the Tower talent changed this rule, allowing defense towers to be summoned directly from the wild through the War Gate.

Hey, it turns out that the defense tower is my closest friend!
Mo Yu was cheered up, and as a result, the weak offensiveness of the territory was greatly improved.

Although his mobility is still very poor, he can face the defense tower!

A row of defense towers are surrounding you and attacking you. Are you afraid?
For a moment, Mo Yu's heart was filled with excitement. He seemed to have seen the scene in the future where he would lead hundreds of defense towers to block the attack of others.

Wuhu!

With a cheer, Mo Yu checked the last message with joy. It was a random reward after the lord's identity was activated.

[Random basic resources*500 units], [500 gold coins], [First-level hidden building refugee camp].

There are three options in total, and Mo Yu can only choose one of them.

[Refugee Camp]: A first-level hidden building. You can randomly recruit 1-10 refugees every week. There is a certain chance that special refugees will appear. Tip: Special refugees will definitely appear in the first recruitment.

Buildings are divided into three categories: basic buildings that come with the territory construction function, general buildings built using blueprints, and hidden buildings that can only be built once in a territory.

Refugee camps fall into the third category.

There was nothing to worry about, so Mo Yu chose the third option, the refugee camp.

Resources and gold coins only take time to collect, and if you miss a hidden building, you may not encounter it again.

Moreover, refugee camps are rare population buildings and are quite useful for the early development of the territory.

Even if there are no special refugees randomly appearing, ordinary refugees are also excellent.

If you have a job, would you still worry about not being able to collect resources?
[Reminder: You have selected the first-level hidden building refugee camp. Construction requires 4 open spaces and 24 hours. Please select the construction location! ] The rewards issued by the system are still very considerate. It does not require the consumption of resources and manpower. It will be automatically built as long as the construction time is reached.

Mo Yu placed it on an open space near the west side of the territory. A building shadow took shape out of thin air with a 24-hour countdown on it.

"Comfortable!"

Mo Yu was very happy to get a hidden building for free.

He took out the Yaoguang Tower model from his backpack and placed it on the open space next to the territory crystal.

The palm-sized building model swelled in the wind and soon stood tall beside Mo Yu.

An indescribable feeling of fullness instantly lingered throughout Mo Yu's body, as if there was an invisible layer of defense on his body.

Mo Yu knew that his talent, Son of the Tower, had taken effect. When within the range of the defense tower, he would gain a substantial defense bonus.

I vaguely felt that about 30% of the Yaoguang Tower's defense attributes were superimposed on me.

Unfortunately, this world does not reflect attributes such as health and defense in numerical form. Mo Yu is not sure to what extent his current defense ability has reached, but it is definitely very strong.

"If I had this BUFF during the competition, I, Dafei, would have been able to show off my skills under the tower!"

For a moment, Mo Yu was filled with great enthusiasm.

He may not be particularly good at other things, but when it comes to defense towers, that is an area that he, Mo, is familiar with.

At this time, two farmers returned to the territory grunting, carrying a tree trunk and placed it on the open space.

Mo Yu's mind moved, and the tree trunk suddenly turned into pieces of wood and disappeared on the spot, and was put into his backpack.

At the same time, a prompt appeared on the lord's panel.

【Wood +3! 】

The two farmers were stunned for a moment, but soon returned to normal. They were no longer surprised by the lord's miracles.

Haven’t you seen such a huge defense tower? It’s like building a tall building on flat ground. Compared to this, making a tree appear out of thin air is not a problem.

"More than forty minutes, that's a bit slow!"

Mo Yu, who had been paying attention to the farmer's work, shook his head, somewhat dissatisfied.

At this work efficiency, at most 40 units of wood can be collected in a day, which is barely enough to build a thatched hut.

He analyzed that the main factors restricting the speed of wood collection are tools and transportation.

There were barely enough manpower, but there was only one felling axe, and the wood had to be transported back and forth by manpower, which was very slow.

There is no blacksmith shop or iron mine at the moment, so if you want to get a lumbering axe, you can only rely on wild monsters.

"We still need to explore and develop. If we rely on just a few people to collect slowly, it will take a long time." Mo Yu rolled up his sleeves and looked at the prairie wolf that had returned from exploration in the distance.

The prairie wolf followed Mo Yu's instructions and did not run far, probably moving around within a two-kilometer range of its territory.

The main purpose is to find out the situation near the territory, mainly to detect wild monsters. Prairie wolves cannot distinguish resource points and treasure chests.

Soon, the prairie wolf began to report back the information it had collected.

The wolf's IQ is not low, but the language barrier is always a problem. Mo Yu can only vaguely sense some of its thoughts.

This problem did not appear in humans like Da Zhuang. It seemed that they were automatically converted into the same language and there were no obstacles in communication.

From the information fed back by the prairie wolves, he had a general idea of ​​the threats near the territory.

There are three places in total. The most dangerous one is not the forest as Mo Yu expected, nor the south side where the undead might appear, but the grassland on the east side!

(End of this chapter)