I Am The Only Top-up Player - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Upgrading The Castle To Level Two!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Countless Holy Light Bugs were devouring the beasts in a frenzy. After nearly 50 Black Panthers were devoured, their bodies showed up in the castle.

A sentence appeared in Su Hao’s vision.

[Monster corpse discovered. Would you like to collect it?]

[Yes/No]

“Yes!”

[Collection successful!]

[You received 93 pounds of panther meat!]

[You obtained 17 complete panther skins!]

[You received 13 energy stones and 1 mutant crystal!]

The castle upgrade requirement was 10 crystals and 1 mutant crystal. He had already met the upgrade requirements.

Then, a line of words appeared in Su Hao’s field of vision.

[Congratulations, Lord! Upgrade conditions have been met!]

[Do you want to upgrade the castle?]

[Yes/No]

“Yes!”

Su Hao didn’t hesitate and immediately chose yes.

[Upgrade successful!]

[10 energy stones and 1 mutant crystal will be deducted.]

[Energy stones Remaining: 3. Mutant crystals: 0]

In an instant, a dazzling golden light enveloped their castle and disappeared a few seconds later.

The castle that was originally a thatched cottage underwent a very obvious change!

The roof that was originally made of thatch had now become a wooden pillar.

Compared to before, the castle now had three floors.

With the addition of the third floor, the third floor became a dining room, but it was only about 20 square meters. There was only a wooden square table and a simple pot inside.

The second floor’s area had also increased from 20 square meters to 30 square meters, and in the extra space was a one-meter-wide wooden bed.

The warehouse on the first floor remained the same. It was still more than 10 square meters, with a storage area of about 100 cubic meters.

The reborn Su Hao knew that increasing the warehouse’s size would require his level as a lord to increase too.

In order to raise his level from zero to one, he would need 1000 energy points.

Su Hao’s current energy value was 320.

He was 680 points away from leveling up, which meant that he still needed some time.

The words in front of him began to change.

[Congratulations, your castle has been upgraded to a level 2 Castle! Range of influence increased to 500 meters!]

[All resources within the territory belong to the castle lord!]

[Any outside creatures who entered the castle’s sphere of influence without permission will be automatically attacked and defended against by your troops and attacking structures.]

[Castle’s defense has been doubled!]

[The castle’s durability has been increased by three times!]

[Your castle’s influence and reputation in the Endless Continent has increased slightly!]

[Current Level: Level 2 Castle]

[Normal Buildings: Warehouse, Level 2 Castle.]

[Level-Up Requirement: 30 energy stones, 2 mutant crystals]

[Next Level: Level 3 Castle]

He needed 30 energy stones and two mutant crystals to reach the next level, which was a challenging task for all lords.

For Su Hao, however, the support of the Holy Light Bugs would only take him a few days to upgrade the castle to level three.

As he pondered over that face, a new line of words popped up in his field of vision.

[Congratulations, Lord!]

[After the castle is upgraded to a level 2 Castle, the system will give you one lottery ticket!]

[Additional Gift: a summoning altar!]

[Summoning Altar: summon troops as and when you wish to return and battle!]

[Would you like to build it?]

[Yes/no]

“Yes.”

Su Hao replied indifferently.

He knew how the Summoning Altar functioned, and would give his orders to the troops on the altar when needed.

After the order was given, all troops were under the lord’s command. Regardless of their type, they would all receive the order instantly. There, they would return from the altar in the shortest time possible and begin putting everything into action!

Soon after, a white light began shining!

Su Hao suddenly closed his eyes.

An ancient sandalwood altar stood in the middle of the castle, about 100 meters in front of it. It needed to be built before it could be used.

At the same time, Su Hao walked to the first floor warehouse’s roulette wheel and rotated it again!

The wheel spun rapidly, and stopped at militia!

[Congratulations! Reward: 50 militiamen!]

[Do you want to use the Summoning Altar to summon?]

[Yes/No]

“Yes!”

Su Hao ordered.

A wisp of white smoke floated out of the altar.

WIthin seconds, militia members immediately crawled out of the altar!

Each of them looked strong and muscular and stood about 1.8 meters tall. They wore cloth clothes and cloth shoes, without any armor or weapons.

Then, the soldiers stood straight in front of Su Hao, knelt on one knee, and clenched their right fist on their left chest as they said in unison.

“Greetings, My Lord!”

“Mm.”

Su Hao glanced indifferently at them.

Every soldier was very strong, so their strength should come in very handy when building structures or protecting the castle.

Due to the existence of the Holy Light Bugs, the militia did not need to be responsible for fighting like in his previous life.

They only needed to be responsible for constructing buildings, gathering wood and ore, and various other jobs.

Su Hao immediately divided them into groups and gave them orders.

A portion of them stayed in the castle to guard, while the rest went out to collect wood and stone.

Su Hao then said, “Go forth.”

“Yes!”

At the same time, all the other castle lords were scrolling through the [Regional Chat Channel] when they suddenly noticed a new regional announcement!

[Regional Announcement: special update!]

[Congratulations Lord No. 1209: Su Hao, your Castle has been upgraded to a Level 2 Castle!]

When all the lords saw the message, their eyes widened in shock!

All the lords had transmigrated to that era of feudal lords at the same time, and the upgrade of the castle required difficult-to-obtain energy stones and mutant crystals.

Both of these could only be obtained by going out to fight wild beasts or by conquering the cities of other lords, and moreover, upgrading a castle from zero to one required 10 energy stones and one mutant crystal.

One might be lucky enough to get the energy stone by killing ten wild beasts, but one might need to kill more than 100 wild beasts to get a mutant crystal.

In fact, even if a lord managed to seize someone else’s territory, they would not be able to obtain anything good from the current lords who were all at level zero.

How then was Su Hao able to use only one day to obtain 10 energy stones and one mutant crystal?

It would only mean that Su Hao was a near-invincible existence in the entire continent.

For a time, the word Su Hao became a buzzword.

Everyone expressed their shock in the [World Chat Channel], and everyone went into a frenzy.

[The newbie Su Hao used one day to directly upgrade the castle? Is he insane?]

[More importantly, almost all of the troops that a castle lord has are F-Grade, and even the most powerful ones are B-Grade at most. F-Grade troops are slow to develop right away, and if they can’t even handle wild rabbits, how the hell can they get energy stones and mutant crystals? How are we expected to continue playing this game?]

[How can there be such a huge difference between two people! This is terrifying!]

[This is just one day! I’m scared to even go out and collect wood. I’m living in so much fear that I can’t even get food, and someone else has already leveled up their castle??]

[Goddamn! How could anyone possess that kind of strength? Hey, Su Hao, do you think you can teach a cute little girl like me a lesson?]

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