Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 343 Temple Priest
On the last day of April, a few lines of information silently appeared in front of Li Wei.

[Your territory has completed the construction of a two-star temple, but the spread of the gods' favor still requires a believer to convey it. Would you like to search among the free people throughout your territory for a suitable chosen one and appoint him as a temple priest?]

[Friendly reminder: The process of finding a chosen one may take up to six months. If a suitable chosen one cannot be found within six months, you can pay a fee to apply for a temple priest from the city of Ver.]

[Note: The criteria for a chosen one are: one who has died but has been resurrected through the power of the gods; one who is resolute, possesses great compassion and love, and simultaneously hates evil; one who keeps the maxims faithfully, like an ascetic; one who is a stonemason with a destiny greater than 30; one who has the destiny of an executioner; and one who is a free native of this world.]

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Damn it?

So many demands!
Li Wei was dumbfounded. He thought that once the temple was built, everything would be fine, but the temple priests were so complicated. How could he possibly play this game?
He had thought Lyon would be a good fit, after all, his code name, the executioner, had a rather sacred feel to it, while the profession of stonemason seemed rather special.
But he was not a native of this world, nor a free man, nor did he ever come back to life.

Damn, let's just say we should apply in Vil City, but the cost of that application must be huge.

Li Wei thought helplessly that this city-building task was indeed not as simple as he had imagined. Was this just building a city on its own? This was practically no different from Tang Sanzang's journey to the West.

Um?and many more.

The results are in?
What the hell! The temple priest was selected in just a few seconds?
[Mark, the captain of the fourth squad, is a man who once died but was resurrected through the intervention of the gods. He possesses unwavering will, a heart full of great compassion and love, and a deep hatred for evil. He is a faithful follower of maxims, like an ascetic. He is a four-star stonemason with a stonemason destiny of 45. He is a native freeman of this world. Five days ago, in a fierce battle, he acquired the title of Executioner. The divine favor of the gods has locked onto him; he will become a priest of the temple. He has obtained the special priest profession card.]

[Note: The Priest class card is not subject to the original rules, and his original class remains unaffected. However, he will no longer be able to bind other class cards. His Priest class card will continuously upgrade based on the territory's faith.]

[Congratulations! Your Level 1 territory has been upgraded to Level 2. You now need to build at least two military fortresses around the territory and station troops there. At the same time, you need to ensure that the area of ​​influence is greater than 50 square kilometers, meaning that enemy forces cannot directly penetrate into this area. You also need to have enough troops to maintain the security of the territory, as well as enough resources and population to supply the army. Only then can you upgrade to Level 3 territory.]

[Congratulations! Because you possess a two-star temple, you have obtained the recipes for a two-star life potion and a two-star stamina potion.]

[Congratulations! Now that you have a two-star temple, you can invite another lord-type player to join your territory.]

[Congratulations! You have now reached level 2 territory. You can change the name of your territory. This name will become the name of the city if it is successfully built in the future.]

[Friendly reminder: Within a 50km radius of the Two Star Temple, there's no need to worry about getting caught out.]

[Friendly reminder: Because your two-star temple now has a temple priest, the effect of your Expansion Card will now spread from your territory to a radius of 500 miles. From level five onwards, all your soldiers and staff will start to drop Universal Gold Cards after defeating mutated creatures, ability users, or invaders.]

[Friendly reminder: Once a temple has a temple priest, important free citizens within your territory, such as river knights or some territory advisors designated by you, can be resurrected directly at the temple after they die in battle, but they will always drop items. You can set a maximum of ten resurrection lists.]

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Wow!

It looks pretty good.

Li Wei was dumbfounded and shocked. He really didn't expect that Mark could meet the requirements of the temple priest. In fact, with that bunch of complicated prefix conditions, he almost thought it was a challenge, but Mark actually met them completely.

Yes, he was once a level three ability user, a magical zombie, almost equivalent to a walking corpse, and had died once.

However, after Zhao Xuanxuan shattered his stone body, he was rescued by Li Wei as a test subject.

However, because he had the genetic alteration of a rock giant, he naturally chose stonemasonry as his primary profession. Although the activation time of the stonemason card was short, his high talent made up for it. As for the rock giant, he quickly rose to three stars in one go, and his stonemason destiny started at 36. Later, he participated in battles and work, and it has been six months since then. It is normal for his stonemason destiny to rise to 45.

As for the title of Executioner, before Leon left, he had taken Benjamin, Santiago, and Mark under his wing. When Leon unleashed his Executioner ultimate move, everyone could see it. So Mark accumulated his power little by little, and it was reasonable for him to finally unleash it in a battle.

Most importantly, he cannot speak, which certainly meets the condition of keeping the proverb.

Yeah!

What would have taken six months was done in seconds!

Li Wei smiled with relief, realizing how incredibly lucky she was.

But then again, can good luck really explain it?
If he hadn't kept his promise to help Leon upgrade his codename during the newbie mission, Leon wouldn't have been so wholeheartedly helping him during the pioneering mission.

If he couldn't impress Zhao Xuanxuan during the beginner missions, Night Owl wouldn't have gone to such lengths to transfer her from the logistics department to help him.

Without Zhao Xuanxuan, the Rock Giant could only be killed instead of having his powers broken, and Mark wouldn't have been rescued by Li Wei as a test subject.

Too many inevitabilities lead to such a chance occurrence.

To have his kind of luck, you have to do a lot of things first.

"With the temple and the temple priests, everything is so different!" "But as for renaming the territory, are we going to call it the Blazing Territory, and in the future, Blazing City?"

The thought flashed through Li Wei's mind, but he didn't think about it much; it wasn't something to rush.

Since his level 2 territory will be upgraded to level 3 in a few months at most, he might consider building a southern fortress along the river on the south side of the territory, or a fortress at the bridge to the east to guard the highway. (Map is pinned in the comments section)

According to the requirements of the expansion and city building task, he only needs to reach level 5 territory to upgrade the territory to level 1 city and completely complete the expansion and city building task.

"However, the challenges will begin from here!"

Li Wei sighed inwardly, and with a thought, more than three hundred character cards appeared one by one.

With the Prestige Card system, even if he is 500 miles away, he can keep track of the latest situation of all the important people in his territory and manage them in a simple way.

At this moment, the first card in the list belongs to Zhao Guozhu. He is having dinner with Liang Yuzhi, Zhao Xuanxuan, and Thomas. It's the end of the month, and although there's no longer a settlement process, everyone is used to having a meal together.

As for Li Wei, being far away at the riverside fortress, he could only sit on the fortress rooftop and bid farewell to the other party under the fiery sunset.

That's right, today is the day Zhao Guozhu settles his accounts and leaves. The payment has been prepared, and all that's left is to say goodbye.

This is the last free player in the territory.

Unable to hear a voice, Zhao Guozhu slowly stood up, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and the moment he turned around, the character card related to him dissolved.

Next up are the academy mercenaries we've hired this month.

This marks the third consecutive month that Li Wei has hired mercenaries from the academy.

The base price for hiring for the first month is 10 gold coins.

In the second month, they managed to snatch 18 gold coins.

In the third month, the price skyrocketed to 35 gold coins a month, making these academy mercenaries incredibly sought after, with demand far exceeding supply.

These three months were the opportunity Duke Will gave them, and also a show of respect from Li Wei and the other newly promoted lords to the Duke.

The rewards from the Samsung Tavern are also very generous. The first month's reward is a book about combat and war. Zhao Xuanxuan and Javier's cavalry squad have greatly benefited from the cavalry tactics they have summarized over the past month, referring to this book extensively.

All current recruit training, veteran daily combat training, and even Li Wei's training when he has nothing to do, all refer to this book. Even Mark's ability to create the title of "Executioner" is closely related to this.

It was a great help, and many things became clear to Li Wei. Even now, when he has free time, he will pick up the handwritten copy and read it through.

The reward for the second month is ten retired 'old horses'. Although they are called old horses, they are actually one-star warhorses, with one male and one female, which can be used to develop the ranch.

The third month's reward is ten kinds of vegetable seeds, ten kilograms of each, from cabbage to radish to celery, green onion, green bean, kale, pepper, and eggplant.

In early April, as spring was in full bloom, the territory's main camp and the riverside fortress each planted over ten acres of vegetable gardens, enough to supply the territory's daily needs for the year.

However, there was no fourth month.

Because there are no more rewards in the fourth month, and the concept of "academy mercenaries" no longer exists; everyone becomes a regular mercenary.

Therefore, even the most restless new mercenary has to seriously consider and reluctantly choose to become a citizen this month.

In fact, at this last moment, the 100 mercenaries achieved a naturalization rate of almost 97%, because they could no longer act recklessly.

However, three maverick rookie mercenaries boldly chose to refuse citizenship, preferring to remain ordinary mercenaries from now on—and for ordinary mercenaries to become citizens, there are many issues and procedures involved.

And that was it, nothing unexpected happened.

In the first month, 50 people became citizens; in the second month, 60 people became citizens; and in the third month, 97 people became citizens. Li Wei's territory population successfully exceeded 1,100, which is a very important standard and also a reflection of the territory's overall strength.

The total population of the territory's main base is currently around 600, with more than 50 newborns.

Meanwhile, the population on the riverside fortress side has exceeded 500.

(End of this chapter)