Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?

On the fourth day, Demon Blood took three Spirit Monsters and left the Mage Tower to clear the surrounding area.

After a night of explanations, although there were no changes to Demon Blood's attribute panel, he had mastered Blood Frenzy and a vast array of battle skills. It was estimated that by tonight, he would fully grasp all the techniques from the Blood Warrior Training Manual.

From this, it was evident that intermediate academics were not only capable of teaching and learning magic from each other but also capable of significantly accelerating the learning progress of the recipient in techniques not found in the "Lord Era".

"I hope today's gains are satisfying, preferably gaining another Reclassification Certificate or a Magic Scroll. Of course, having the blueprints for basic buildings would be even better."

After Qin Muye built five Spirit Monster workshops, he naturally recruited all the available Spirit Monsters, amounting to fifty in total, which cost him 1500 Gold Coins. However, it was all worth it.

He arranged for ten Spirit Monsters to work in the lumber mill, and the remaining 39 were assigned to farm and fetch water.

He also had his own work, which was to study the remaining Spirit Monster.

He chose Spirit Monsters as his core troop type, and from Demon Blood's feedback, this investment was completely worthwhile.

The Magic Eye continuously observed the flow of magic power within the Spirit Monsters, and then referred further to the Spirit Monster Experiment Manual and the Blood Warrior Manual for additional study.

Qin Muye's idea was simple, to improve the ability of Blood Frenzy, which inherently used the burning of blood as a temporary enhancement of strength, but he wondered if it would be possible to use magic power instead of blood to conduct the burning.

He didn't know what talents he could obtain from the Blood Warrior profession, but he had Demon Blood, a Bloodbath Warrior, as a reference. Last night, Qin Muye did more than just teach Demon Blood skills; he also constantly observed his condition through the Magic Eye.

"Sigh, I need paper and a pen to record data."

He wasn't worried about food and drink for the moment, but he lacked resources, whether it was wood or stone, or even special resources.

More importantly, without a suitable medium to record, Qin Muye was at a disadvantage, as a good memory pales in comparison to a worn-out pen. Relying solely on memory could lead to mistakes or omissions.

The current research was rather elementary and could be dismissed for now, but it would be problematic if he didn't have a means to record data in the future.

Although having Demon Blood reduced his stress by ninety percent, the remaining ten percent was not something he could handle alone. Demon Blood was a great support, but one cannot walk properly on just one leg; hopping might move one forward but also increases the likelihood of falling.

Right now, Qin Muye planned to focus on logistics and quickly put resources on the right track.

As for him going out to raid for resources himself?

It's not like he was eager to die; he knew nothing about tactics or command, and he was even clueless about field observations. If he really went out to raid, even with Bloodthirsty Magic and Magic Divine Arrow, it probably wouldn't be easy.

He now had 72 points of magic power, with the extra 2 points coming from his own meditation. With just that amount of magic power, he could probably only handle three to five waves of wild monsters; it would be a waste of time compared to researching in the Mage Tower.

Not only was it safer, but it also ensured he wouldn't hold Demon Blood back.

As dusk gradually fell, another day passed unknowingly, and today was the most comfortable day Qin Muye had had, especially since he didn't need to venture out and could just stay in the Mage Tower.

And Demon Blood came back, having advanced to level 3. The gains seemed good, especially his attributes, which had improved so significantly that Qin Muye could hardly bear to look; they were indeed luxurious.

His skills had also significantly improved; Basic Attack Technique had evolved into Intermediate Attack Technique, and he had also gained a Basic Strategy, which he likely chose himself.

[Intermediate Attack Technique: Increases melee attack damage by 20%]

[Basic Strategy: Marching speed +10%, command effectiveness +10%]

Both skills were quite impressive, and if both were upgraded to a higher level, the strength of the troops would also increase, and the increased attack was not only the Demon Blood's melee attack, but also an enhancement to the troops themselves.

Truly speaking, the skills and magic should be called Legion Skills and Strategic Magic, since this is about "Lord Era" after all.

This venture yielded a significant amount of Demon Blood—a total of nearly 3000 units of basic resources.

It was clear that he had found an instance, although Qin Muye did not bother to ask which one it was.

The special resources nearly reached one hundred, far more efficient than he was.

Then there were the building blueprints; truthfully, he was quite surprised. One was for a Quarry and the other for a Gold Mine.

They functioned similarly to a lumberyard, the former producing 10 mineral units per soldier and the latter 100 Gold Coins, with a limit of 10 soldiers for each.

Seizing the opportunity, Qin Muye immediately constructed two Quarries, two Gold Mines, and one Lumberyard, and also built four Spirit Monster workshops.

As a result, 60 Spirit Monsters were assigned to the lumberyard, quarry, and gold mine, while the remaining 35 were put to work in the fields.

Of the last five, one was the Demon Blood and three followed him as a squad of Spirit Monsters, with the last one left by Qin Muye's side as an observer and servant.

Beyond this, he also obtained three basic Treasures.

A Magic Book, a Standard Helmet, and a Ring.

[Fire System Apprentice Magic Book]

[Level: Basic]

[Attribute]

[Records two Level-One Fire System Magics]

[Bloodthirsty Magic]

[Evil Curse: Reduces enemy troops' attack power by 3 points for 10 minutes, consumes 5 magic power points]

The magics recorded in the Magic Book couldn't be enhanced by power and had no potential for growth, making it quite substandard—it was probably only useful initially.

But for Qin Muye, it was incredibly useful since it truly was a Magic Book, recording Bloodthirsty Magic and Evil Curse, the kind with texts, which he could entirely learn by himself.

Once learned, he could teach it to Demon Blood academically, thereby directly exploiting a bug, turning the originally uninspiring fixed-value into a growable skill.

The Standard Helmet, like the Bone Helmet, provided an increase of 1 point in defensive power, while the Ring, named Gaze Ring, when worn, would increase the wearer's field of vision by 1 point. When combined with Magic Eye, it would increase to 2 points, which was quite remarkable.

Therefore, Qin Muye only took the Fire System Apprentice Magic Book, leaving the Standard Helmet for the farming Spirit Monsters as a water-carrying vessel, and he gave the Gaze Ring to Demon Blood.

Besides these gains, there were some others like seeds for grains and fruits but nothing else.

"Another day tomorrow, and I should be able to gather all the wood and minerals needed to repair the Mage Tower."