Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

Soro said, "Lord, could you summon a batch of Little Fishmen to help? The fire is too big, it's hard for the people to control."

Lin Rui immediately took out the Slave Whip of the Little Fishmen and instantly summoned 4,332 Little Fishmen.

As the Little Fishmen spread across the territory, Lin Rui felt like the Sea King at that moment.

However, the summoning of these Little Fishmen relied on the Slave Whip, and their attributes hadn't received much boost. Their basic attributes were exactly the same as before, only reaching 8 points under the blessing of a Strategic Treasure.

This was enough. When Lin Rui first entered the Golden Pansy Domain, his attributes doubled, and his physique only reached 8 points. It means these Little Fishmen could easily thrash most couch potatoes and were more than sufficient for firefighting.

Meanwhile, Lin Rui rode Death's Claw swiftly to the Ogre Prisoner Camp.

This prisoner camp always surprised Lin Rui. Whether the territory could supplement the Imperial Dawn Legion depended on it, and it was also an important supplemental route for the Black Banner Guard.

[Today's goods: 14, remaining refresh time: 23 hours and 59 minutes]

[Item one: A poor thing with intestines spilling out, priced at 100 Spirit Crystal Coins.]

[Item two: A filthy thief whose sewer stench is a disaster for the camp, priced at 100 Realm Coins]

[Item three: A foul-smelling Demon Hunter whose aura is always so annoying. Priced at 10 Spirit Crystal Coins]

[Item four: A thin human reeking of disgusting fireworks, priced at 10 Spirit Crystal Coins.]

[Item five: A beaten-up human can, though his meat content is quite ample. Priced at 1,000 Spirit Crystal Coins.]

[Item six: ...]

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The Territorial Essence had refreshed all the goods of the seven days at once, so there were 14 goods available for sale in the camp.

Lin Rui didn't hesitate and bought all fourteen prisoners in one go, spending 2,488 Spirit Crystal Coins and 200 Realm Coins.

Frankly, at this spending rate, no ordinary Explorer could maintain it, even if they had such a building in their territory. 2,488 Spirit Crystal Coins per cycle, nearly 10,000 Spirit Crystal Coins a month.

Even for elite Explorers, such a wealth amount would be unbearable.

But pouring such a huge wealth into it, the strength it brought was unparalleled.

Among the fourteen goods, there appeared a Tier Three Rare Mage from the Imperial Dawn Legion, two Tier Three Rare Knights, ten soldiers of various common talents, and finally a surprise, a Tier Three long halberd and fierce armor!

This meant that the territory's Heroic Spirit Level Aerial Cavalry - Holy Watch Knight had gained one more member.

Lin Rui sent all the generally talented soldiers to the Black Banner Guard camp, letting them transition into the main troop types of the territory.

Then he swiftly flew to Heilv Castle to recruit twelve Vampire Ladies as Combat Priests.

This recruitment quota was refreshed by Lin Rui using the Territorial Essence, bearing all costs with his life and wealth, not part of the natural cycle refresh, so there was no need to allocate a quota to Chen Dong.

The twelve Tier Four Ladies were all brought back to the territory by Lin Rui, but this time they did not come out as Heroic Spirit Level Troops, only three Rare Level Ladies came out.

Besides their obvious superiority in attack and defense over Elite-level Combat Priests, their biggest difference was that after the Crimson Chalice overflowed, they not only restored the Life Value of a soldier but also added the same recovery to themselves, and any overflow recovery from either the target or themselves would convert into a Blood Shield protecting both sides.

This led to this troop type being a Combat Priest, but with hardness almost comparable to a Knight.

This historically significant trait of the Territorial Essence, having been triggered just once, provided Lin Rui with 26 soldiers, and the effect was truly powerful.

It proved that, indeed, being historically significant is a symbol of the prosperity of civilization.

When Lin Rui rode Death Talon back to the territory, the fire had been extinguished, but the territory was still filled with the clamor of Fishmen, even more bustling than when Lin Rui left.

Upon closer observation, Lin Rui realized this wasn't just liveliness, but rather a frenzied festival of flesh and blood.

Tens of thousands of Little Fishmen were fighting in the territory, the people also joining the battle, hurling various objects at the Little Fishmen in a madness surpassing a festival.

Lin Rui had to land beside Audrey and asked, "I just entrusted the territory's defense to you, and went out for a moment, how come you've started a carnival here?"

Audrey, while throwing bought tomatoes at the Little Fishmen, joyfully laughed and said, "Father, you can't blame me for this. Who would have thought that the Little Fishman Camp by the lake would suddenly overflow into a disaster? A full fourteen thousand Little Fishmen charged out, and even two Giant Sword Guards couldn't stop them, so they broke into the territory."

Saying this, she stuffed another basket full of tomatoes into Lin Rui's arms, laughing, "Oh, Lord, don't always be so serious. This world is already so oppressive, relaxing a bit sometimes isn't bad. With the territory having Martial Spirit, letting the people enjoy a battle carnival is great, isn't it?"

Relax, my big-headed ghost.

Lin Rui asked, "Where's your troop? Send them to clear them out, don't let them plague the territory."

A whole fourteen thousand Little Fishmen, under this tide, even if the people had Martial Spirit and a stronger physique, losses were unavoidable.

Audrey pointed to the distance and said, "All my troops are guarding the Goddess Monastery and the Life Ancient Tree. After all, you wouldn't want those places to be tainted by the Fishmen's stench, right?"

Sounded very reasonable indeed.

Audrey giggled, "Lord, rest assured. It looks chaotic now, but with those 4,000 strong Little Fishmen you recruited holding the line, the damage they can do to the territory is very limited."

Those 4,000 Little Fishmen, under Lin Rui's command, had their physique boosted to 8 points, which compared to the wild Little Fishmen with only 5 points of physique, made them an elite force among the Little Fishmen.

Moreover, with Lin Rui's Commander Trait, their tridents were covered with a bright blue spiritual frost, inflicting 50% ice attribute damage. They were almost like a spiritual force attacking the primitive tribe of Little Fishmen.

Given some time, they might even defeat those fourteen thousand wild Little Fishmen.

But Lin Rui wasn't as playful as Audrey and decisively ordered, "Deploy all troops to the battlefield and clear out these Fishmen immediately."

After he spoke, eighteen Mirror Images holding Dragon Roar Swords appeared around him, each strike of the Dragon Roar Sword bringing down icy thunder, a true weapon for this kind of mass battle. Around each Mirror Image was a forbidden zone for Little Fishmen, the lightning's mere touch causing instant death, burning to ashes upon contact.

In front of the high-tier troops, these Little Fishmen were extraordinarily fragile, the spiritually radiant longsword slicing through their bodies easier than cutting tofu.

Under Lin Rui's frosty resolve, soon the territory was littered with corpses, the streets and alleys densely packed with Little Fishmen corpses, a heart-shattering sight.

Any Explorer seeing such scenes frequently would inevitably shed cowardice and weakness over time.

The present look of the entire territory truly embodied the dark, bloody style of this world, with charred buildings, an abundance of corpses, and blood splattered everywhere.

The struggle for survival for a Lord greatly contrasted with idyllic, out-of-this-world paradises.

Lin Rui quickly composed himself and instructed Audrey, "Send out the Undead to swiftly clear the battlefield, throw out the corpses for burning, and send the loot to the warehouse."

"Soro, you take some people and clean up the territory, wipe off the bloodstains."

"Got it!" Audrey responded energetically.

Cleaning up the loot from the Little Fishmen offered the pleasant experience of getting rich through hard work and small accumulations.

Because Lin Rui had the Lucky God's Choice trait, most of the Little Fishmen looted a bit of resources, each looked insignificant, but when the number reached fourteen thousand, the accumulation of loot became very substantial.

They looted a total of *43212 Realm Coins, *4580 fresh fish, *741 Ordinary-level Equipment, *45 Excellence Level Equipment.

Even two pieces of Fine-level Equipment were looted.

The trait of the Little Fishman Camp was that these Little Fishmen would hunt fresh fish and wild monsters from the lake, so in cleaning them up, their spoils would often be obtained, with quality far exceeding their normal loot.