Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 176: The Prototype of a Town
Wang Yue, who was far away in the north, suddenly sneezed. Although it was freezing cold here, he had never felt cold.

"Strange, could it be that someone missed me?"

Wang Yue shook his head, cleared his mind of boring thoughts, and continued to complete his carpentry duties.

By now, Beifeng Town has basically taken shape. It is surrounded by second-level green-tip wood stakes. The gate was specially built by the intermediate blacksmith Bronzebeard, which consumed half of the copper ore he had stored for a long time.

The majority of buildings in the town are residential buildings, and wooden houses are made from local materials. [Level 2 Wooden House] can allow NPCs to reduce their sleep time by one hour, thus improving work efficiency.

Currently, only the Adventurer's Association has moved in. In order to thank the association for their recognition, Wang Yue also built an extended version of the [wooden house] for them, expanding the volume to 8 times and increasing the consumables to 4 times.

Some life-related NPCs, such as merchants, innkeepers, and shop owners, have not yet moved in, but Wang Yue has also built the houses and is just waiting to "attract investment."

"If it doesn't work, I'll send some people to Free Town to kidnap and sell them. No one can beat me anyway."

Wang Yue stood at the gate of the town he was proud of, admiring his efforts over the past few days.

[Warning: Troll Scouts Attack]

"What a good time. Attention all Lost Souls, get on the sentry tower."

Wang Yue returned to the town after receiving the news of the sneak attack. The solid defense could hold off the trolls for a long time, but to minimize the losses, tower defense tactics were still needed.

It turned out that the remaining four [wooden watchtowers] were rebuilt by Wang Yue using new materials. After upgrading to the second level, they can increase the attack power of the soldiers on the tower by 20%.

This type of sentry tower is so effective because it offers a better view from a high point, and it can be used to store ranged ammunition, wooden arrows, and rocks, which are always stocked.

In addition to the cat man who had been trained how to defend, Wang Yue also stood on the tower.

Black light had already gathered in his hands, and the energy that materialized into insects quickly flew into the pile of monsters.

"Plague spells are best used in team battles. If you are hit by my Corruption and Withering, one will spread to two, two to four, and the damage caused is endless."

Dense trolls tried to break through the gate, but they were shot into sieves by the cat-men before they got close. In addition, they were affected by the plague, so this wave of invasion ended quickly.

"Call it a day, count the equipment."

Outside the town, everything is glittering with gold, and it's time to reap the spoils.

Since moving to someone else’s territory, I have received such a generous “gift” every four hours.

Wang Yue was already wearing a lot of green-quality equipment. Except for the few pieces obtained from the quest, the rest were all dropped by troll scouts.

And because he was too wealthy, he also found that NPCs could also wear equipment, so he just threw the useless ordinary quality white equipment to his subordinates.

"It's not always a good thing to always receive gifts. Even if I sleep, I will be woken up every four hours. It's really unbearable."

Wang Yue’s level is 22, and thanks to the trolls that keep coming to his doorstep, he can level up without doing anything.

But once the level goes up, the benefits will be very low, and now is a good time to get rid of it.

"The army of lost souls, follow me."

When there is no troll attack, Wang Yue will send catmen to scout, and there will also be enthusiastic adventurers to explore the way for him.

According to multiple sources, there is a forest in front of North Wind Town, and behind the forest is the base of the troll scouts, also known as "Bobber's Eye".

"Bob is the current leader of the trolls. If he dies accidentally, should the place name be changed?"

In addition to the outpost called the Eye, there is also a troll camp in the center of the Icefield map, called "Barber's Face."

The real army of the trolls is in the military camp. The monsters are all above level 25, which are not monsters that Wang Yue can clear out now.

It's too dangerous to go deeper, and the map here is controlled by trolls, and they have spies everywhere.

"I just don't know if their regular troops will retaliate immediately if I kill the troll scouts."

But the result can only be known after the game is over, and Wang Yue still has a lot of backup plans that she hasn't used yet.

Most of the green tip wood forest in front of the town has been cut down, and it will take a day for the bare tree stumps to grow back.

Occasionally, a red-named monster [Ice Lizard] will appear in the woods. This enlarged version of the green-skinned lizard is very powerful, and its special skill [Sonic Disturbance] can cause considerable trouble.

"The lizards in the woods will intermittently cast sound waves. If you don't move away when they cast sound waves, you will be dizzy for a long time."

Because trolls do not appear very often, in order to ensure that his subordinates can level up without interruption, Wang Yue will send units with nothing to do to hunt lizards in the woods.

Of course, even if a troll passed by, these creatures would attack, so Wang Yue, who was passing through, was also targeted by the monsters.

The brainless Lost Souls are still moving forward. Unless they are attacked first, they will not execute any commands other than "move forward".

"As usual, concentrate the light energy and blast it for me."

The Lost Souls had practiced this many times, and upon hearing the command, they stopped together and raised their arms at the same time.

The unusable weaving tools were replaced with wooden hammers, and each lost soul wore a [believer's robe] bought with silver coins.

This piece of equipment only has 5 points of defense attribute. Wang Yue was attracted by its good appearance and wholesaled pieces from Free Town on the spot.

I heard that it was in preparation for the reinforcements coming from the south, but unfortunately Wang Yue gave too much, and the merchants had to give it up for the sake of money.

[Light Infusion: Infuse the weapon with holy light energy, and release the energy the next time you attack]

[Effect: Grants vulnerability to the target]

[Vulnerability: Any damage the target receives next is increased by 10 points]

The fragility effect is cumulative, which means that if thirty Lost Souls target the same target, the damage will be increased by 300 points.

The victim is now extremely vulnerable, and just one stone can cause massive damage.

The lizard that broke into the crowd certainly had no idea of ​​the horror of the Holy Light, and the brainless Lost Soul smashed the gavel at it.

The lizard's four-meter length became its biggest weakness. A dozen wooden hammers hit it and simultaneously released shock waves, killing the level 22 monster on the spot.

"Let's not pick up the equipment. Let's keep moving forward."

The town has a special room for storing corpses, and the bone fragments in Wang Yue’s package are enough.

The team accelerated forward. There were many fearless lizards along the way, but none of them could survive more than three seconds.

This was the first time Wang Yue walked out of the green tip woods, but he was not unfamiliar with the following map.

"So familiar, isn't this the map I made before?"

The troll scouts' stronghold occupies an abandoned rural area that has probably been abandoned for hundreds of years.

The huge windmill had been half corroded, and apart from the ridge that was raised above the ground, there was almost no trace of the farmland.

The blue-skinned trolls were lying in the center of the farmland. Although they were called scouts, they were no different from ordinary monsters.

Even if they appear on the same screen, enemies 30 meters away cannot be seen.

(End of this chapter)