Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 142 The Foundation of Nobility (6,000 words)
Chapter 141

Marthadora, this small town has now become the gathering place for all players on Greed Island.

Relying on the Shafiq consortium, Rosen virtually monopolized all game login devices.

More than 90% of the players are under the command of the Shafik Consortium.

In this situation, collecting the cards from Greed Island becomes very easy for him.

Rosen opened the card book and took out a specific card.

The Pregnancy Stone S-10 comes in two types: male and female. Those who carry the 3-kilogram stone with them for a month and complete the task will become pregnant one week later, regardless of gender.

Rosen attempted to transform the card into a wondrous artifact, a process that cost 90 spiritual crystals.

This is almost like the breath of an archangel, but he was very satisfied with the attributes after the transformation.

The Pregnancy Stone has changed from a card to a one-time extraordinary item, and its effects have also changed to some extent.

Now, it's impossible for a man and woman to conceive on their own. They need to hold a stone and do normal things, once a day for a month. The woman will definitely conceive within the next week, and whether the baby is a boy or a girl is completely random.

Rosen believed that this pregnancy stone could fetch an astronomical price.

Because the stronger a noble is, the harder it is to have offspring, most nobles will have children before reaching Sequence 7.

After reaching Sequence 6, the stronger you are, the harder it is to have children.

However, some nobles, after reaching Sequence 6, had their original children die young.

Given such an unfortunate event, the value of the Pregnancy Stone to this type of nobleman is self-evident.

Having gathered the three items for trade, Rosen began to look forward to the noble trade fair two days later.

……

Scorpion Duke's Mansion, one of the two hereditary dukes of the Dungeon Kingdom.

The dukes of a kingdom are not as powerful or influential as the grand dukes of a duchy.

However, looking at the entire Dungeon Kingdom, Duke Scorpion is still a first-class noble.

Early that morning, Rosen, holding an invitation, displayed the Sequence 7 alchemical mount he had purchased at a high price.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it's only Sequence 7; it's worth as much as 500 million spiritual crystals, and you can't buy it without having the right status.

The alchemical dragon, which was two zhang long, wore a crown on its head that looked like a castle.

This crown is essentially a miniature alchemical castle.

The furnishings were extremely luxurious and indulgent, ensuring that nobles had the best possible experience when traveling.

The alchemical dragon can transform into a dragon-shaped chariot on the ground and fly at supersonic speeds in the sky. It can even travel short distances in the spirit world. Although half of its value is for decoration, the other half is indeed worth the price.

The alchemical dragon lowered its head, and the castle crown on its head projected a spatial portal.

Rosen stepped through the portal and arrived at the terrace of the miniature castle.

The alchemical dragon's wings were reassembled into two front wheels, and its thick hind limbs were reassembled into two rear wheels.

After transforming into a battle chariot, it made its way at a leisurely pace through the streets to the Scorpion Duke's mansion.

Upon arriving at the destination, Rosen put away the alchemical dragon and took out the invitation.

The servants from the Scorpion Duke's mansion, who were in charge of receiving him, immediately led him to the castle hall of the Scorpion Duke's mansion.

There's no dance or banquet today, just simple drinks, snacks, and fruit.

Nobles arrived at the castle hall one after another, with a total number not exceeding fifty.

Not all nobles who received invitations had three rare and valuable items available for trading.

On both sides of the hall, there are rows of exhibition booths.

Rosen randomly picked an empty booth, placed three treasures down, and left detailed descriptions of the treasures.

Then I grabbed a glass of wine and started wandering among the dozens of booths.

They're all great items; there are quite a few that would tempt Lawson.

However, he first set his sights on a Sequence 7 skill crystal. The skill crystal he bought at the Blue Whale Royal City auction last time was also good, but unfortunately it wasn't a trap skill, so he gave it up. This time, he saw a very rare trap skill.

The Time Trap Creation Technique, even at Sequence 7, is already worth as much as 30 million spiritual crystals.

The price was definitely not expensive, but the nobles present were not very interested.

This skill can only be mastered by hunters, and even if one does, it is very difficult to upgrade the skill level. If it were a Sequence 3 skill crystal, it would be enough to make a demigod hunter fight tooth and nail, but Sequence 7 seems a bit flashy and impractical.

Without sufficient strength, attempting to master time manipulation techniques early on is simply overestimating one's abilities.

However, after considering it for a while, Rosen decided to take the skill crystal.

First, he learns very quickly; second, he possesses the divine power of Quetzalcoatl; and third, he has mastered the trap space, which greatly reduces the difficulty of setting traps. This is perhaps the trap skill with the greatest potential that he can find.

Rosen continued to look around, and this time he took a fancy to a Sequence 6 extraordinary bullet design.

The space-piercing armor-piercing projectiles of Sequence 9 are now having a negligible effect.

Finally, he set his sights on two Soul Gems, divine artifacts of Sequence 8 quality.

To upgrade a lord's territory buildings, one must either seek help from architects or obtain soul gems from the spirit realm. A single soul gem of the corresponding sequence is all that is needed to immediately upgrade a territory building by one sequence level.

All territory buildings enhanced with Soul Gems can be transformed into divine buildings without exception.

A Sequence 9 divine building may not become a divine building when upgraded to Sequence 8.

Because after the upgrade, the number of divine beings is insufficient to support the continued preservation of the divine building's quality.
Soul Gems contain divine properties without attributes, making them the best way to strengthen territory buildings.

Besides these three treasures, Lawson had his eye on many other good things.

However, after buying these tens of millions of spiritual crystals from Farah, he wouldn't have much left.

If you want more treasures, you'd better stop dreaming.

Rosen found the Marquis who demonstrated the art of creating time traps, and after some haggling, he acquired it for 2600 million spiritual crystals.

Next is the blueprint for the Sequence 6 Extraordinary Bullet, which can be obtained directly using the Pregnancy Stone.

Two Soul Gems, Fallen God's Blood, and 100 million Spirit Crystals—both sides got what they wanted and were very satisfied.

Of course, the key to such an easy deal is that both the blood of a fallen god and the stone of pregnancy are extremely rare.

Even if you don't use it yourself, you can sell it for a higher price if you find a suitable buyer.

While Rosen selected a treasure he was satisfied with, many others also had their eyes on it.

However, the transaction happened too quickly, and in the blink of an eye, only the Ash Bees remained.

Many people were interested in this thing, but surprisingly, they all just watched from a distance.

The only person actually examining the display case closely was an elderly nobleman who looked very energetic.

Those with extraordinary sequences can maintain their appearance. Usually, they pursue youth before the age of 100. After the age of 100, most men will maintain a mature and dignified appearance, while no one chooses an old age appearance unless they are at the end of their lives and it is difficult to maintain a youthful appearance.

Rosen looked at the old man and realized he looked familiar. He quickly remembered where he had seen him before.

The only Sequence 5 mechanical inventor in the Dungeon Kingdom, a scientist branch, and one of the superior sequences of alchemists.

The alchemical dragon he purchased was the one that Faris Kuka's family sold to the public.

Half of the extraordinary mounts in the entire Dungeon Kingdom are more or less related to the Kuka family.

Even the king of the underground kingdom would be very polite to Faris.

"I want this."

Faris turned and walked towards Rosen, taking out a metal ball and handing it to him.

Rosen took the metal ball and, through his spiritual perception, discovered that it was actually a Sequence 6 Life Alchemy Core.

This is an alchemical product born from the research of mechanical spirit transformation. Although its potential is not as great as mechanical spirit transformation, it is enough to enhance his alchemical dragon from sequence 7 to sequence 6. This is obviously a trade item offered in exchange for the alchemical dragon.

However, in terms of value, this Life Alchemy Core far surpasses that of the Ash Bee.

This is no longer a normal transaction, and Faris is not a philanthropist.

There's only one possibility that would make Faris do this: he realized that the Ash Bees weren't born naturally.

So he needs more Ash Bees; is this Life Alchemy Core just a deposit?
Throughout the rest of the trade fair, Rosen simply watched the excitement and learned a great deal.

In the end, a ball was held anyway, and it must be said that nobles were really enthusiastic about balls and banquets.

Rosen initially didn't understand either, thinking that this was somewhat of a waste of time and energy.

However, he later understood that this was both a form of spiritual practice and a test.

The journey from sequence 9 to sequence 0 is a dead end fraught with countless obstacles.

Without a firm will, it's impossible to keep going.

Besides their social function, aristocratic balls also served to filter out those nobles who were hopelessly addicted to the games.

These nobles were essentially rendered useless.

Overall, the number of nobles in the world government is increasing, while the resources of the noble group are decreasing.

Under these circumstances, eliminating a portion of the nobility is imperative.

Having seen more of the world, Rosen could now clearly see that some nobles were indulging in balls and enjoyment, while others were using them to build connections and relax in preparation for the challenges to come.

When the ball ended that evening, Rosen politely declined invitations from several glamorous ladies.

Because he knew there were special visitors today.

Sure enough, not long after he returned to the hotel, Marquis Faris, who was alone, quietly came to visit him.

Rosen dared not be careless; killing was permissible even in the city.

So he directly linked the entrance to the Vampire Glory's Spirit Realm to the hotel room door.

After entering the Spirit Realm, you will appear directly in the reception room of the vampire castle.

Faris sensed something when he entered, but after using his spiritual perception to assess the strength of the spiritual realm, he did not retreat.

The painting in the Sequence 4 spirit realm cannot confine him.

In the reception room, Rosen brewed some tea to entertain Marquis Faris.

Faris had drunk quite a bit at the ball, and a cup of warm tea made him feel much better.

"I need a lot of Ash Bees."

Faris put down his teacup and explained his purpose.

"I want to commission a set of extraordinary artifacts for hunters."

Rosen said after considering it.

"this is very simple."

Faris agreed without hesitation.

However, when he saw the materials that Rosen took out, he was completely stunned.

The empty shell of Quetzalcoatl, Sequence 3, judging from its pure golden appearance, was actually a descendant of a god. If it weren't just an empty shell without any original bloodline, he might have been tempted to kill and steal the treasure.

"I need a big favor from you."

Faris said after a long period of contemplation.

"it is good!"

Rosen said without hesitation, "The more favors you have, the better; the more you owe, the stronger your network of relationships becomes."

"You won't lose out; I'll give you a Sequence 3 extraordinary artifact."

Faris made a serious and earnest promise.

With the contracted spirit as witness, Rosen and Faris reached this agreement.

Then they discussed what kind of extraordinary artifact they should forge from the empty shell of Quetzalcoatl.

Rosen's initial idea was to use clothes to further enhance his survival abilities.

However, Faris firmly rejected this, and he successfully persuaded Rosen with his professional expertise.

Although the empty shell of Quetzalcoatl was preserved, the material was actually severely damaged.

Furthermore, Quetzalcoatl, being an entity that was not an extraordinary being with particularly strong physical defenses, was not to begin with.

If you insist on forging it into armor, you can only obtain a Sequence 4 extraordinary artifact at most.

After some discussion, Faris finally decided to refine the feathered serpent's shell into a mechanical mount.

This mechanical mount can be understood as a pet mount in the hunter's tier.

There is no mechanical mount of Sequence 3 in the entire Dungeon Kingdom.

Faris brought out a lot of treasured materials this time, intending to refine a Sequence 3 mechanical mount in order to allow his mechanical inventor to break through to Sequence 4 and extend his lifespan. The chance of successfully refining it was actually less than 50%.

If they fail, both Rosen and Faris will suffer heavy losses.

But if it succeeds, it's a win-win situation for both sides.

Rosen doesn't mind taking risks, as long as they bring him substantial rewards.

After seeing Faris off, he arrived in the divine realm full of anticipation.

With two Soul Gems, he prepared to enhance the Divine Beast Pen and the Glorious Lighthouse.

Divine Beast Pens are better able to nurture extraordinary life forms, and the key is that Divine Beast Marks are crucial for taming pets.

Due to their unique nature, territorial buildings generally have the effect of being two levels higher than other types of buildings.

The Alchemy Castle of Sequence 9 can easily withstand attacks from Sequence 7.

The Brilliant Beacon of Sequence 9 can easily destroy Sequence 7.

The same Sequence 9 Divine Beast Pen allows Rosen to perfectly control Sequence 7 pets.

If the divine beast pen is not strengthened at this point, he will not be able to control the gray rats perfectly when they grow to Sequence 6.

The reason for strengthening the Brilliant Lighthouse instead of the Alchemy Castle is that he doesn't lack defense for the time being.

The two Soul Gems were used, and the two territory buildings immediately began to upgrade.

[Divine Stables: A Divine Building]

[Level: Sequence 8]

[Attributes: Able to condense divine beast seals, able to imprison, subdue, and raise extraordinary life forms other than humans, and able to freely alter the internal spatial environment of divine beast pens]

[Divine Trait: Beast Fighting - Domesticated extraordinary life forms can grow and evolve by killing each other]

Before Rosen could react to the new features of the Divine Beast Pen, Gray Rat had already begun directing Blade Rat Sharks to fight each other.

The sea area inside the animal pen was instantly stained red with blood.

Of the last few hundred male Blade Rat Sharks, only a few dozen survived, but they seem poised to evolve to Sequence 7 soon.

Rosen immediately manipulated the slimes to kill each other, resulting in only a portion of them growing stronger.

The slimes currently kept in the divine beast pen come from two different sources.

The first type is purchased slimes that continuously increase in number by self-division.

This type of slime is the most numerous, and no matter how much they use their fighting characteristics to kill each other, they gain nothing.

The second type is the Sequence 9 Slime produced by the Slime Nest unit building.

Troop nests are territory buildings that also occupy the skill slots of noble lords.

All divine buildings can receive the blessing of the lord's power.

Rosen can use the Alchemy Castle to unleash Shadow Cloak and the Brilliant Lighthouse to unleash Death Strike.

He can also bestow the Gluttony buff upon the Slime Nest, granting all Slime units produced there a weakened version of the Gluttony talent. These Slimes with the Gluttony talent will experience a qualitative leap in their growth rate.

Over the past few years, all slime units have grown to Sequence 8 through constant eating.

After this internal conflict and the resulting consumption of slimes, the surviving slime units have gradually grown to Sequence 7.

Although the losses were heavy, we sacrificed quantity but gained quality.

As Rosen approached the Brilliant Lighthouse, the territory's structures underwent a tremendous enhancement.

The original Sequence 9 Brilliant Lighthouse, like the Divine Beast Pen, had no attributes.

Because the Divine Beast Pen originates from a hunter skill, and the Glorious Lighthouse originates from the transformation of mechanical spirits.

To put it bluntly, both are merely subordinate and neither is qualified to have their own attributes.

However, after being upgraded to Sequence 8, these two divine buildings completely dominate and are no longer restricted by skills.

【Magnificent Lighthouse: A Divine Structure】

[Level: Sequence 8]

[Attribute: light]

[Skills: Brilliant Beam, Brilliant Radiance, Brilliant Barrier]

[Divine Trait: Mechanical Spirit Life - Capable of fusing with the souls of extraordinary beings to obtain a complete life]

[Mythical Trait: Spirit Realm Anchor Point - Enables the divine realm to anchor two spatial coordinates in the spirit realm]

At Sequence 9, the Glorious Lighthouse was simply transformed by the Mechanical Spirit and given life, becoming a living structure.

However, life consists of body and soul; a life without a soul is not a complete mechanical spirit life.

So next, he needs to capture the soul of an extraordinary being and integrate it into the Brilliant Lighthouse.

Then the Brilliant Lighthouse will inherit a portion of the power of this extraordinary life and become even stronger.

As for the spirit world anchor point, Rosen was somewhat surprised after learning about it.

It was only then that he realized that the name "Radiant Lighthouse" was not wrong; the fact that it was called "Lighthouse" instead of "Magic Tower" already spoke volumes.

The nobles' divine domain exists simultaneously in the sea of ​​consciousness and the spirit world, existing in a special state of spiritual superposition.

What would happen if a nobleman were to enter the spirit world in this situation?

At this time, the divine territory will be anchored to two coordinate points simultaneously.

One of the coordinates is located where the divine territory originally existed, and this coordinate point moves very slowly.

As for the other coordinate point, it is anchored on the Lord of the Divine Realm and moves with the Lord in the Spirit Realm at any time.

The divine territory can instantly teleport to the side of the divine lord, and can also instantly teleport back to its original coordinates.

Two coordinate points, one moving slowly and the other moving at high speed, represent the basic state of the divine realm in the spirit world.

However, with the divine characteristic of the Spirit Realm Anchor Point, his divine territory can have two more coordinate points that he can freely migrate to.

With four coordinate points, the mobility of the divine territory has undoubtedly been greatly improved.

The spirit world also has resources; spirit life is a resource, and the spiritual materialization veins of the spirit world are also resources.

With the two extra spatial coordinates, if a place with a mineral vein is discovered, the divine territory can immediately anchor to a coordinate point and migrate there at any time, and then mobilize the power of the entire territory to mine the mineral vein at close range.

Therefore, the characteristic of the Spirit Realm Anchor Point is an ability that all divine realm lords dream of.

Rosen quickly came up with more uses for the spirit world anchor.

He is currently in the Underground Kingdom. If he enters the corresponding Spirit Realm from here and leaves a Spirit Realm anchor point there, he can leave another Spirit Realm anchor point near the Blue Whale Guild City after returning to the Blue Whale Kingdom.

In this way, he can migrate along with the divine realm when it relocates.

Without needing to use a spirit realm supernatural vehicle, he could instantly travel between the Blue Whale Kingdom and the Underground Kingdom.

Of course, this is a rather wasteful approach, but he hasn't found any valuable resource points like mineral veins in the spirit world yet.

After leaving a spirit world anchor point in the dungeon kingdom, Rosen entered the Void Gallery from the divine realm.

The blueprint for Sequence 6 Extraordinary Bullets is directly related to the damage limits of the Godslayer Crossbow.

Rosen spent several hours carefully studying the design drawings.

This is an extraordinary bullet called the Elemental Quadruple Bullet, with an unimaginably complex internal rhythm.

Upon closer inspection, the principle is somewhat similar to the three-phase bullet he knew in his previous life.

A three-stage bomb is a hydrogen-uranium bomb, which uses natural uranium as its outer shell and whose energy release process consists of three stages: fission-fusion-fission.

The four-phase element bomb also involves the fission and fusion of elements, and the general energy release process is fission-fusion-fission-fusion.

Of course, this is just a bullet, and its destructive power is not as great as that of a hydrogen bomb.

The elements here are not elements like uranium that undergo nuclear fission, but rather extraordinary elements such as metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, and darkness.

The fusion and fission of these elements do not have the same terrifying destructive power on matter as uranium.

However, because it is an extraordinary element, it has unique effects.

For example, a fire element four-phase bullet the size of a regular rifle bullet, after the fire element undergoes fission-fusion-re-fission-re-fusion, the local temperature of the bullet can reach tens of thousands of degrees Celsius at the moment of impact, and after hitting the target, it can cause terrible continuous burning.

If it's an ice elemental four-phase bullet, it can instantly freeze a building so that even ordinary fire cannot melt it.

Therefore, the Elemental Quadruple Bullet ranks first among all Sequence 6 extraordinary bullets.

Such powerful super bullets would be a cash cow if they were easy to produce.

The main reason they were put up for sale was because the manufacturing cost was too high.

Selling cheaply doesn't make money, while selling at a higher price means there are better options.

Even if Rosen could draw the four-element bullet, it would probably take him ten days to draw just one bullet.

Therefore, even painters could not reduce the manufacturing cost of the four-element bullet.

However, if it's just for personal use, Lawson has a better solution.

The Elemental Quadruple Bullet involves special extraordinary elements, so even the Void Album cannot reuse the artwork created from it.

But the Mind Canvas is different; he only needs to draw the Four Elements Bullet once on the Mind Canvas.

In the future, when using it, you can instantly generate new elemental four-phase bullets through mental projection and rendering.

Of course, this also has its weaknesses; the projection and rendering of the mental canvas consumes a lot of spiritual energy.

However, Rosen possesses the ability to overeat, which allows him to quickly restore his depleted spirituality simply by eating.

As long as he doesn't use the elemental four-phase bullets to sweep the area, he can fire nine elemental four-phase bullets in quick succession with the God-Slaying Crossbow in a short period of time.

Rosen eagerly unfurled his mental canvas and began drawing the elemental four-phase bullets corresponding to the various elements he had mastered.

Metal, Wood, Darkness, Nightmare, Gluttony, Greed, Space, Light, Shadow, Seal, Water, Fire, and Divine—a total of thirteen different elements. Conservatively speaking, it will take at least one hundred days to complete this batch of elemental four-phase bullets.

(End of this chapter)