Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

Chapter 521 - 349: Opening Treasure Chests to Obtain a Large Amount of Silver Ore, Purchasing Elite Troop Cards from the Mysterious Shop_2

However, he needed to prepare for the subsequent upgrades for three people.

Xiao Yurou and Number Two might lack this thing as well.

At Dragon Academy, during the most difficult early stages, the hardest to obtain among the necessary ore resources for upgrading were gold and silver ingots.

In the subsequent rare resources, sulfur and mercury were equally hard to come by.

These four resources often became the biggest obstacles in upgrading the Lord’s Mansion during the early stages.

To acquire these scarce resources, one generally needed to search for Secret Realms or instances within the Sea of Realms.

As for finding these resources’ mines, that purely depended on luck.

Now, Number Two’s territory contained crystal, jewels, sulfur, and mercury, four scarce resources, which was quite impressive.

So what needed to be resolved were the gold and silver ingots.

With the Gnoll tribes, a group fond of gold, obtaining gold ingots was not a big problem.

But the silver mine was a challenge.

A Level 5 to Level 6 Lord’s Mansion required 100 white silver ingots, equivalent to 1,000 silver ore.

With each subsequent upgrade, the amount required would increase by 100. To upgrade to a Level 10 Lord’s Mansion, a total of 1,500 silver ingots and 15,000 silver ore were needed.

For three people, that equated to 45,000 silver ore. Zi Liyuan looked at the resource cards in his hand and fell into a moment of silence.

In total, there were 7,130 treasure chests. Even if all were opened for Silver Ore resource cards, it would not be enough for 45,000 silver ore.

"Damn it, these early-stage resources, without searching for treasure, not venturing into Secret Realms or instances, are just too hard to gather," he grumbled.

Their strength greatly sealed by the Sea of Realms and without high-level troops at hand, the danger posed by descending into Secret Realms and instances was imaginable.

As for finding treasure, it was easier said than done, and every treasure was guarded by strong monsters.

After a session of complaints, all chests were opened for [Silver Ore Resource Card (white)], yielding a total of 42,780 pieces of silver ore (white).

He threw them all into the smelting factory, prioritizing melting the silver ore into silver ingots.

The resources needed for his current upgrades still lacked fine iron and copper ingots but it was not a problem, as Xiao Yurou could smelt them. It only cost ten times that of ordinary metal ingots.

All he needed to do afterwards was to whip up the morale of the Gnolls and Little Skeletons and excavate the iron mine completely.

As for the copper mine, Lord Zi had found it as well. He would clear the monsters out today, then summon the Little Skeletons to dig around the clock.

He sorted through his resources and then checked the screenshots from Xiao Yurou and Number Two, packing up the resources they needed.

For Xiao Yurou’s share, he kept only the resources required to upgrade to a Level 6 Lord’s Mansion, while the rest of the ordinary metal ingots and ores were all bundled up for her.

He sent them a message and then used the [Heart of the Lord] as the exchange object to post the resources on the trading market shelf.

The bundled resources were instantly bought by the two of them.

After chatting casually for a while, Zi Liyuan then headed to the Mysterious Shop.

This place refreshed its inventory every three days, and each time three items would appear: equipment, items, supplies, troops cards—anything could show up.

However, what Lord Zi currently wanted was supplies, wishing to quickly get past the early stages and then be able to steamroll the map.

Regrettably, the new world had just begun and today was only the third day; the Mysterious Shop’s refresh wasn’t due until midnight tonight.

Currently, the three items in the Mysterious Shop were all troop cards.

Early-stage troop cards were extremely precious, but for Lord Zi, they were not very useful.

The experience pool wasn’t short on experience points, and the Skeletons could obtain a Skeleton BOSS through altar sacrifices.

Even the bottom-tier fodder race, once it became a BOSS, would see a significant increase in strength, and when fighting a common template monster one step above, at least a fifty-fifty chance was ensured.

[Gargoyle Troop Card (green): A one-time consumable item, summons a small squad of 12 Gargoyles, elite template monsters, First Order and low-grade race.]

[Wind Wolf Troop Card (green): A one-time consumable item, summons a small squad of 12 Wind Wolves, elite template monsters, First Order and mid-grade race.]

[Raptor Troop Card (green): A one-time consumable item, summons a small squad of 12 Raptors, elite template monsters, First Order and top-grade race.]

There are three elite template monsters, and their purchase prices can be paid with Spirit Crystals or exchanged with resources.

Since Spirit Crystals have a great use later on and are in huge demand, Zi Liyuan naturally wouldn’t spend them here, so he decisively opted to exchange materials for them.

The three cards each had a different price, but in total they cost just over ten thousand ordinary resources, most of which were wood and stone—the sort of endlessly available stuff that Zi Liyuan had in abundance.

Zi Liyuan: @Shen Yurou @ Mo Yi, do you want these elite soldier cards?

He took screenshots of the introductions of the three cards and sent them directly to the two of them.

"No need, I’m currently lacking subjects and need a large number of them to mine rare ores."

Mo Yi refused without hesitation.

Her territory was in the midst of a desert, with skies full of sand and harsh climate, not to mention scarce food resources, so any subjects or soldiers she recruited had to be used wisely.

Although she could always get resources from Zi Liyuan, she didn’t want to be a drag on him and slow down his leveling speed.

"I could actually use them on my end. Although I’ve slaughtered all the monsters within fifty kilometers, one can’t guarantee there won’t be outsiders interfering with resource gathering."

Food was plentiful, there were dedicated mechanical creations for mining and hoarding resources, and Xiao Yurou had even set up turrets around her territory, securing it against threats.

However, teams going out to collect resources could easily be attacked by monsters, so having these elite soldiers patrolling to protect the collection teams was beneficial.

"Okay, I’ll trade them to you later. No more chatting, it’s time to get to work."

Glancing at the countdown for the Mysterious Shop’s refresh, which still had several hours left, Zi Liyuan immediately left.

Food, living supplies, iron mining tools...

A pile of items, placed on several wooden carts, were then escorted by the Skeleton BOSSes.

Sitting in his sedan, Lord Zi once again set out with the team of Skeleton BOSSes towards the Stone Mountains.

First, he needed to trade with the Gnolls, requiring a substantial amount of ordinary ores, while the fine-quality ores could be traded for later.

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The hardworking Gnolls had already begun their labor; in the Gnoll encampment, only some old and young Gnolls remained.

Of course, the Gnoll Priest had still kept that 12-Gnoll squad to patrol around the camp.

"My Lord, you are well."

A smile seemed to break through the Priest’s dog-faced expression, his tone clearly carrying a hint of joy.

"No need for formalities, this time I’ve come to exchange for a large amount of ordinary iron and copper ores."

He would only need to worry about Xiao Yurou’s production capabilities in the future, and no longer about acquiring fine metal ingots.

As for providing a large amount of ordinary ores, that was not an issue for Zi Liyuan, just summon more Little Skeletons, and they would dig tirelessly 24/7 until the job was done.

Such tirelessly working subjects, requiring no salary or food and remaining utterly loyal, would be praised by any capitalist.

The trade went smoothly, the Gnolls had plenty of stock, especially when it came to ordinary ore resources.

Prior to this, they had hidden themselves in their mines, unable to smelt the ores, but their natural instinct to mine had caused them to accumulate a vast amount of mineral resources.

Carrying various ores obtained from the exchange, Zi Liyuan quickly returned to his territory, then directly packed them up, along with the three soldier cards, and put them on sale.

He specifically requested [Heart of the Lord] as the payment and sent a message to Xiao Yurou. After that, Lord Zi left it be.

Next, he would lead the Skeleton BOSS team to scout for resources further afield, while also checking on the situation of other Lords around.

As the Human Butcher, how could he wait for others to come knocking on his door?

Threats should be dealt with in their budding stage.

This time, the area to be scouted was still within the Stone Mountains.

Hidden within this vast mountain range were untold numbers of mines, which he needed to excavate one by one. Then he would use these resources to trade for treasures from others.

The early difficulties had caused the prices of various resources to be extremely high. Once the Level 10 Lord’s Mansion was reached and the restrictions lifted, the various Sea of Realms resource cards obtained on Blue Star could be used directly.

By then, the prices of various materials would inevitably plummet.

Therefore, Lord Zi needed to shave a layer off the other Lords, draw a little blood from them, so to speak.