The next day
The sun had not fully risen yet so the sky was still a little dark.
In the master bedroom of the lord's courtyard
Zhou Zhou opened his eyes.
The look in his eyes quickly changed from just waking up to full of vigor.
All his fatigue was swept away.
He opened the world channel.
[Current countdown: 2 hours: 12 minutes: 7 seconds!]
"Another two hours."
He said softly.
Then, he looked at the other lords' comments below it.
Even though it was still early, there were already a large number of lords on the cerulean planet channel.
The number of lord posts appearing on the world channel could be said to be huge.
Tens of millions of posts were refreshed every second.
Reading only the messages from famous and renowned lords, he ignored the others.
[Brothers and sisters, it's the eighth day! There are still a little more than two hours before the novice Lord test!]
[Although, I'm nervous, I also wish to see how I perform!]
[Come on!!!!]
[See you all as lords!]
[You too, Dragon Lady!]
[Good luck everyone! Don't die!]
[Brothers and sisters of the Knight Council, calm down. When I and the other stronger lords solve our novice lord test, we will come and help everyone.]
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"It's good to ignite their confidence."
Zhou Zhou muttered as he closed the world channel.
Rising from his bed, he washed up before heading towards the summoning gate.
As for the clothes he wore, it was a newly made clothes designed by Bao Xiu'er.
"My lord."
Waiting for Zhou Zhou in front of the summoning gate, Hui Teng greeted with a bow.
"How was your night?"
Zhou Zhou asked his vice as he came beside him.
"Satisfactory, my lord."
Hui Teng answered as he watched the portal in front of him lightening up.
"That's good."
Zhou Zhou said while watching the group of unfamiliar individuals stepping out of the summoning gate.
After a total of 66 people walked out, the light dimmed.
Taking over the scene, Hui Teng Introduced himself and his lord before inquiring about the profession and strong points of the new subjects.
While Hui Teng took note of the profession of the subjects, Zhou Zhou checked their personal information.
After a bit more than 7 minutes, he counted 10 professionals among the 66 subjects.
Among them were 2 Green bronze-tier advance grade cavalrymen, 3 Green bronze-tier intermediate grade blacksmiths, 2 Green bronze-tier elementary grade tailor, 1 Black iron-tier advance grade carpenter, and 3 Black iron-tier intermediate grade doctors!
"No much combat professionals, that's good."
He smiled knowing his reason for needing more lifestyle professionals than combat professionals.
Understanding the need of the city, Hui Teng assigned 5 of the subjects to the woodworking shop, 5 to the banking institution, 3 to his office, 5 to the medical center, 5 to the kitchen, 10 to the tailor shop, 5 to the steel plant, 15 to Elder Zhao, 3 to the gnome shop, and 1 to the bathhouse.
And with that, the population of Blazing Sun City arrived at 417 subjects.
Having an influx of 200 subjects at once can really change the operation of a small city.
Zhou Zhou thought as he walked towards the direction of the time ruin.
Seeing his soldiers in front of the gate of the time ruin, he waited for about a minute for Hui Teng's arrival.
"Let's go."
He said to his soldiers after Hui Teng arrived.
Entering the time ruin after his lord, Bai Yung once again saw another scene concerning the time ruin.
Again!
He sighed as he paid attention to the scene.
"I never expected this."
Zhou Zhou muttered after reading the notifications in front of him.
[The River of Time has undergone a special change!]
[The content of the time mission has changed!]
Then, a mission interface that looked the same as before but had actually changed appeared in front of him.
Time Mission One: Eliminating the enemy did not change much.
However, Time Mission Two: Protection of the ally had changed from "Protect the last 13 elven elemental archers in Indre Town!" to "Protect the last 12 elven elemental archers in Indre Town."
Having no further notification to inform him why the mission changed, he waited for Bai Yung to awaken while telling the others to hold on.
After 20 seconds, Bai Yung awakened.
"What do you have for me?"
Zhou Zhou asked the spawn of time.
"The elf, Nadia, has been revived."
"I don't know how that's possible, but she's alive."
Bai Yung answered.
As a hero, she's able to leave her mark in the river of time.
The Elven Empire definitely has a hand in her resurrection.
Zhou Zhou thought after hearing Bai Yung's answer.
I guess I will have to do with the elf with a lower potential compared to Monica and Bianca.
"You all can go ahead."
He said to his soldiers.
Transforming into their giant forms, the pressure being given off by Bai Yung and Qin We could be said to be terrifying compared to that of Lu Chong.
"I want one of this."
Lu Chong muttered with desire radiating from his eyes.
"You will."
Without any hesitation, Zhou Zhou promised his most talented soldier.
"Thank you, my lord."
Lu Chong bowed in thanks.
Standing on the roof of a building with Huang Sai and Sun Can while the giants stood on the ground, Zhou Zhou acknowledged Lu Chong's thanks with a nod of his head.
Carrying out their duty, the soldiers were swift and ruthless as every flame demon wolf was butchered.
Spending less time in the ruin than they spent yesterday, Zhou Zhou and his soldiers headed directly to the monster ranch.
Following the process to which they selected their opponents yesterday, Bai Yung and Lu Chong chose to practice in the monster ranches housing the sandmen.
Hui Teng and Qin We chose the monster ranches housing the black-tailed fog scorpions.
Man Nao chose the newly tamed fog monsters, the wild sand believers, while the desert fog lizards were left for Huang Sai and Sun Can.
Aside from Lu Chong who kept his level at the intermediate grade of black iron-tier, the others all had their level at the elementary grade of green bronze-tier.
The spear prodigy was aware that his strength at a lower grade won't be enough for him to exhaust all the insights he accumulated this morning from the Hall of Truth.
With an isolated zone of 2 meters around him, he ensured that no single attack from the numerous sandmen and their summons could invade into his zone.
"Mesmerizing."
Zhou Zhou muttered.
At this moment, he was aware that Lu Chong had advanced his skill further.
"He's definitely close to the special tier."
He mumbled as he sensed a bit of the pressure he felt from Bai Yung and Qin We's giant form.
Having already learnt the beginner tier sword shield soldier skill this morning in the Hall of Truth, Man Nao spent 30 seconds battling the wild sand believers before totally giving up on the sword shield soldier skill.
"I have found my own path."
Right in the midst of battle, he began copying the combat style of the pudao soldiers.
The pressure of having less time to his name than his colleagues didn't stop him for a single bit.
Ending his run in about 48 seconds, he spent a total of 78 seconds in today's monster ranch practice.
Next on the list to withdraw were the archers, Huang Sai and Sun Can.
Having 800 arrows in their quivers, they pinned a total of 783 desert fog lizards to the ground in a minute and 38 seconds.
Following after the archers was Qin We, he added 28 seconds to his practice time, bringing his time to 5 minutes and 49 seconds.
Next came Hui Teng with 6 minutes and 21 seconds.
Despite practicing as a sand mage, he showcased the terrifying defensive might of Wind Howler, putting an additional 19 seconds to his monster ranch record.
After exhausting his insights in about 8 minutes, Lu Chong reduced his level to pressure himself into advancing.
Spending 13 seconds in a pressured state, he failed to achieve a breakthrough to the special tier before being forced out of the monster ranch.
"Never stop pushing."
Zhou Zhou said as he handed life potions and energy potions to the spear genius.
"Thank you, my lord."
Lu Chong said as he received the potions.
Next up, the commander of the Blazing Sun City's army shocked everyone as he advanced his spear skills to the advance tier.
Easily completing the required time of 15 minutes, Bai Yung stepped out of the monster ranch without a scratch.
"You did good."
Zhou Zhou had a smile on his face as he handed energy potions to his first combat professional.
"Thank you, my lord."
Bai Yung responded with a smile of his own after seeing the joy on his lord's face.
Carrying out the next phase, the soldiers took out every fog monster save for the only ones needed to continue their lineage.
[Phantom Storage: 851,746 / 3,000,000 (1,000,000)]
Watching the slaughter carried out in just 8 minutes, Zhou Zhou was impressed.
The way they train really gives significant result.
He thought as he pulled the corpses into his spatial ring before looting them.
Done with that, he acquired the following:
32,012 Mist cores! (Black iron-tier and Green bronze-tier)
7,548 Class change certificates! (sword shield soldier, poison crossbowman, and pudao soldier)
4,230 Recruitment books! (sword shield soldier, poison crossbowman, and pudao soldier)
3,526kg of sand crystals!
And a large amount of monster flesh, water bags, potions, weapons, skill books and potion formulas.
I can't express just how much the combination of the monster ranch and the 100% drop rate excites me!
Zhou Zhou thought as he stared at the amount of loots he obtained.
Directing his army to the summoning gate, he summoned 8,419 soldiers using the recruitments books gotten from both the time ruin and the monster ranch.
Shriek!!
Qin We made use of his shrieking howl skill as a loud howl knocked the entire summoned soldiers unconscious.
"Its limit against weaklings is in the distance it's able to travel."
Zhou Zhou muttered after seeing the effect of Qin We's skill.
Slaughtering the entire summons save for one in 9 minutes, the giantified soldiers reverted to their original forms.
Looting the corpses of their mist cores and basic materials, Zhou Zhou brought his promotion energy to 935,926.
Having taken care of his morning routine, he patiently waited for the final countdown.
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