From Village Chief to Emperor of the Strongest Empire - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Rewards

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Kyle slowly told Su Chen about the classification of the monsters in this world and Su Chen listened intently. 

The classification of low-level monsters was relatively simple.

Level-one monsters did not have any sentience and could not think for themselves, instead relying on their own animal instincts and their mutated bodies to fight. Their combat ability was relatively average. The common level-one monsters were giant rats, enchanted rabbits, and so on.

A level-2 monster also did not have any sentience as well, with the difference being that they had better combat ability and offensive ability. Level-two monsters were, for example, monsters like the fanged wild dog and the berserk black bear.

A level-3 monster was slightly different from the first two levels. The difference was that a level-3 monster retained a part of its own consciousness after mutating to become a monster, hence changing its personality. Some were cunning, some were bloodthirsty, and some were small. However, their intelligence was still rudimentary. In addition, some mutations granted these monsters special abilities.

As for the more powerful monsters in the future, Su Chen would not come into contact with them for a long time. Therefore, it was useless to say anything now. It would only increase his panic.

As Kyle spoke, Su Chen’s expression gradually became heavy. He was thinking that he would have to face even more powerful monsters in the future. Even if the glimmer knights could endlessly ‘Resurrect’, they would not be able to resist the attacks of monsters that were too powerful. Level-3 monsters not only had powerful bodies but their innate special abilities could also even be compared to some elemental mages.

The magic power that monsters stored was something that humans could not compare with. They could also release more powerful spells and special abilities than humans could.

Kyle saw that Su Chen’s brows getting tighter and tighter and was a little anxious. He immediately understood that his master might be thinking about facing powerful monsters in the future. He immediately went forward and explained,

“Master, you don’t have to worry too much. Our Knight Order can evolve and become stronger. One way is to accumulate experience points by killing monsters and then upgrading Knight Temple. The Glimmer Knights are only in their preliminary stage. Every time we evolve, we’ll have a leap in our strength. The other way is to give us a holy item for us to evolve. However, holy items are very rare. We don’t know how to obtain it.”

‘What? Not only were these knights immortal, but they can evolve, too?’ 

Su Chen’s heart was shaken, and he could not help but sigh. The system rewards were so good! Not only could they fight monsters to level up, but they could also quickly level up through holy items. This holy item should also be a reward from the system, he thought.

However, he was already very satisfied now. With such a powerful and growing knight group, he could rest easy. In this chaotic world of monsters, he felt that he had a trump card to thrive in this cruel world.

Su Chen felt that he was running out of time. Captain Ian and the others in the outside world should almost be done with at the southern wall. He had already stayed in this Knight Temple for quite a while and as a result, already had a better understanding of the Glimmering Knights, so he said to Kyle,

“Let’s call it a day. I still have things to do outside. I’ll come and talk to you in detail when I’ve settled down. Also, don’t call me master in the future. Call Me Su Chen, the mayor, or Lord. This is an order.”

Kyle was extremely conflicted when he heard this. He said awkwardly, “But Lord… er… Lord, okay. In the future, I’ll call you lord when there are outsiders.”

Su Chen nodded. “Alright, go ahead. I’ll be leaving first.” Then, he left the temple.

He looked at the other two rewards – a large crystal, a defensive magic array core, and a pile of magic stones. ‘Magic stones were meant for magic arrays, right?’ Su Chen thought.

Holding the magic array core in his hand, Su Chen knew the magic core was the key to this kind of defensive magic array. If it was broken by an attack, the magic array would be destroyed as well. The moment his hand touched the crystal, some basic information appeared.

[ Small-scale city magic array ]

The magic array had two modes of activation and could be used to protect a standard-sized town, and could be divided into alert mode and defense mode. In emergency situations, the overload defense mode could also be activated. This provided considerable defensive strength against the invasion of monsters.

The current normal defense mode could defend against the attacks of monsters level-2 and below. When the overload defense mode was activated, it could withstand the continuous attacks of monsters level-3 and below.

In alert mode, one low-level magic stone was consumed every day. In defense mode, twenty low-level magic stones were consumed every day. In overloading defense mode, up to fifty low-level magic stones were consumed every day.

At first, Su Chen felt that the reward was quite a lot of magic stones. Now that he compared the cost of the defense array, his happy thoughts immediately vanished.

Originally, he thought that he could relax for a period of time and cultivate his new abilities well. Now, it seemed that the task of improving himself was very urgent, after all.

There was still a little skill upgrade point left in the list of rewards.

Su Chen was not in a hurry to awaken new skills. He wanted to save it for later when there was an emergency.

Su Chen, who was immersed in the system space, could still hear the sounds around him. He seemed to have heard Captain Ian shouting on the street outside, so he exited the system space. He stood up and rubbed his numb legs. He opened the door, and the warm morning sun shone on his face, making him feel very comfortable.

He saw Captain Ian grabbing a militia soldier and shouting something.

Then he smiled and said, “Hey, Ian, I heard you’re looking for me?”

Ian looked at Su Chen, who was bathed in the morning sunlight. He suddenly felt that this small-town mayor, whom he had seen growing up, had suddenly grown a little too much. It was as if he had changed into a different person.

There were countless questions in his heart that he wanted to ask him, but this was not a place to chat. It was better to go back first. “Mayor, let’s go. Let’s go back to the city hall first. We can have a good chat.”

Su Chen also saw Ian’s hesitation.

He immediately agreed to this proposal. He also had many things he wanted to explain to them

Thus, the group of people walked towards the town hall.

He felt that he still had to reveal some of his abilities to them.

First, it was to give them and the town’s residents some confidence and comfort. In this turbulent time, a mayor who had become a magician would definitely bring great confidence to the town’s guards and citizens, after all, the more attacks had already caused too many casualties. The hearts of the people of the town were covered in darkness.

Second, he promised himself to not be too nonchalant when using his ability in the future. At the same time, it would also be a deterrent to some people with malicious intentions. He had inherited his father’s position as the mayor of the town. He was already perceived as an immature and incapable person, and only by showing his own strength could he avoid more trouble..