Chapter 11: Territory Development (3)
Arteil originally did not have NPC territories when it was first released.
The reason was that Arteil was initially well-received for its blend of territory system and cute girl gacha system.
Until then, all territories existing in the field were owned by players.
However, as Arteil began to focus heavily on monetization, introducing bizarre mechanics into the cute girl gacha, the number of deserters increased, and players rapidly left the game.
At that point, Arteil hastily began transforming the territories abandoned by users into NPC territories in an attempt to somehow maintain the game.
This led Kim Hyunwoo to sometimes wonder if he was playing a single-player game, given that later on, there were many territories around him but not a single player, only NPC territories filling the space.
Anyway, the reason Kim Hyunwoo suddenly recalled his past memories was precisely because of the Sertoa territory.
More precisely,
The Lord of Sertoa is really glad that the Lord of Lartania has returned.
Is that so?
Yes. Moreover, the Lord of Sertoa sincerely hopes for the revival of Lartanias territory.
Its good to hear that the Lord of Sertoa thinks that way.
This was because of Sertoas envoy, who, with a sycophantic expression, gifted him wine and left several insincere well-wishes while laughing.
Therefore,
Then, having delivered the gift, I shall take my leave now.
Watching Sertoas envoy disappear with a smile, Kim Hyunwoo, from his Lords astle, watched him leave the territory and thought.
What exactly is their intention?
Of course, he knew that the Lord of Sertoa was plotting something sinister.
They might not know this side, but Kim Hyunwoo had the ability to check the information of any item just by picking it up, just like in a game.
However, the reason Kim Hyunwoo was tilting his head in puzzlement was because there were still unresolved questions.
Why go about it in this manner?
The map function that Loria opens, though not precise, gives a rough indication of the development level of surrounding territories, so Kim Hyunwoo was aware of Sertoas territory development level.
It was definitely around 2500.
2500.
Of course, the territory development score wasnt purely a measure of military strength, but a development score of 2500 indicated that Sertoas territory had a decent military power, according to his assessment.
This meant that there was no need for them to go about dealing with me in such a roundabout way.
Unless Kim Hyunwoo had some sort of backing, which he did not.
Hmm
Of course, it wasnt that nothing had come to Kim Hyunwoos mind up to this point.
Is it because of Merilda?
Merilda, now called Red Eyes, had destroyed the Harlancia territory not long ago.
And that Harlancia territory was allied with Sertoas territory, while Merilda, on the other hand, had connections with Lartanias territory.
This meant that, from the Lord of Sertoas perspective, they might have acted this way out of concern that Merilda had returned to Lartania.
But that also seemed a bit off.
Loria, open the relationship window, please.
Understood.
As soon as Kim Hyunwoo spoke, he saw a translucent window appear in front of him and wore a subtle expression.
[Lartania Territory Relationship Chart]
[Harlancia Territory: -24]
Resources?
Yes, as you know, apart from the characteristic of the Labyrinth, the Lartania territory would be a prairie with nothing around it, but in such a wasteland, there were unusually abundant resources, like logs-
Bista, seemingly recalling something, glanced upwards as he spoke, continuing to discuss Lartania Territory for a while.
Anyway, its good that the poison was delivered well. Well discuss the rest when you return.
Understood.
After listening to the Lords words and bowing his head, at the moment he was about to cut off the magic flowing into the crystal orb.
Creak-!
Lord Roadmalis saw.
Bista, who was surely bowing to him, had his neck twisted 180 degrees on the spot.
?
At that moment, Lord Roadmalis expression contorted.
-Bang! Crash!
A loud noise came from inside the crystal orb, and the screen began to spin chaotically.
What, whats that!
At-attack! Att-Aaaaah!
At the same time, the voices of the soldiers.
No, screams began to be heard.
The screen Lord Roadmalis was looking at was just a crystal orb showing a broken carriage, but with chilling screams and the sound of something being torn apart, Lord Roadmalis inevitably realized that something had happened.
Thus, in less than 30 seconds as the soldiers screams subsided, Lord Roamalis was able to realize.
That more than 50 soldiers sent with the envoy had all perished.
And then, the moment the screen of the crystal orb spun chaotically again and stopped.
Lord Roadmalis involuntarily held his breath.
The reason was, inside the crystal orb was she, who must have directly caused the recent catastrophe.
Red Eyes.
She, whom he had seen as one of the Round Table of Lartania ten years ago, with an infinitely expressionless face.
Yet, with a face that seemed to convey clear anger, she looked at Lord Roadmalis from beyond the crystal orb.
Without saying a word, she stared intently at Lord Roadmalis and soon pointed a finger at him, and then,
Wait-
Ending with the words, Because Im coming to kill you right now.
Crack!
The connection was severed along with the sound of something breaking.
And that night.
A hero 'Beast King' has entered your territory.
A hero 'Beast King' has left your territory.
?
Kim Hyunwoo, lying down to go to bed, unwittingly wore a puzzled expression at the notification window that appeared and disappeared in less than five seconds before his eyes.
At the same time, Red Eyes, holding a wine bottle in each hand, began to move towards the Sertoa territory.
