Chapter 30: Upgrading Buildings

“I’m rich, I’m rich.” Thomas was filled with joy.

These were all practical things. Increasing defense, attack, and support status. With this set of things on him, his strength instantly increased by a large margin.

With Thomas’ current strength, he could completely fight back and forth with the combined attacks of O’Neill and Arya.

This was also because of O’Neill and Arya’s rich combat experience.

If Thomas had more combat experience, he could definitely fight four or more.

After putting on this set of equipment, Thomas felt that his combat strength had soared. Right now, he urgently wanted to find some dark creatures to practice with.

“Oh right, the higher-ups are very interested in your information. If you have any new information, let me know. I will help you fight for the biggest bargaining chip,” Sophia said.

Thomas knew that Sophia was trying to rope him in to increase her political bargaining chips in the future.

This woman’s ambition was not small. She did not want to be a princess that could only be used as a tool for marriage. She wanted to go one step further, inherit the title of nobility, become a prince, and even become a queen.

However, whether Sophia’s ambition was big or small had nothing to do with Thomas. Thomas and Sophia were just using each other.

Since Sophia could help him get more benefits, he didn’t mind standing on Sophia’s side for the time being.

As for what would happen in the future, who could say for sure.

Thomas’ food was sold out very quickly. He sold a total of 70 portions of food and obtained 70 magic cores.

In fact, if Thomas was a bit more black-hearted and wanted more magic cores, or if he divided a portion of food into two portions to sell, he might earn more.

However, Thomas did not want to do that for the time being.

Right now, the enemy of humans was the dark creatures. Every additional person would have the power to deal with the dark creatures.

Moreover, if there were more people, he would have less pressure during the Blood Moon Beast Tide.

He would rather earn less, in order to increase the strength of these people and help him share more of the dark creatures.

Thomas returned to the camp with seventy magic cores.

He immediately came to the front of the Close Combat Barracks and the Elven Archer Barracks. He used eighteen magic cores to upgrade the level 1 Close Combat Barracks to a level 3 Close Combat Barracks.

The level 3 Close Combat Barracks could train Heavy-Armored Soldiers.

The Heavy-Armored Soldiers were covered in thick plate armor and were airtight. They held giant tower shields and flails in their hands. With their presence, even the thickest city walls, even the strongest level 3 dark creatures, the Uruk-Hais, could not make them retreat even half a step.

Thomas patted O’Neill on the shoulder and said, “O’Neill, bring the soldiers in for training when you have time in the future. I really look forward to you guys becoming Heavy-Armored Soldiers as soon as possible.”

“Thank you, Sir Thomas. I will definitely train hard and become a Heavy-Armored Soldier as soon as possible!” O’Neill knocked on his chest and swore.

Seeing that O’Neill’s Close Combat Barracks had been upgraded to level 3, Arya’s eyes sparkled.

Although she didn’t say anything, her restless movements had already betrayed her inner thoughts.

She also wanted to improve her own strength.

“Don’t worry, you’re part of it.”

Thomas took out 18 magic cores to upgrade the level 1 Elven Archer Barracks to level 3 Elven Archer Barracks.

After upgrading to level 3, the Elven Archer Barracks could train Forest Rangers.

Forest Rangers wore light armor and held longbows. Their shooting range reached an exaggerated 500 meters. The weapons in their hands had also become enchanted short swords. They could deal with dark creatures with ease.

Moreover, they also learned some simple spells, such as Flash and Runic Jump.

The former could temporarily blind dark creatures, while the latter could allow them to escape the encirclement and reduce the speed of dark creatures approaching them. It could be said that their strength had greatly increased.

Thomas patted Arya’s shoulder and said, “Work hard in training. I look forward to the day you become the first Forest Ranger.”

“Thank you, Sir Thomas. I will definitely do it.”

A faint tear appeared in Arya’s eyes.

After saying that, Arya went into the camp to train.

Emma, who was at the side, tugged at the corner of Thomas’s clothes and asked, “Sir Thomas, what about me? Can I train too?”

As Emma was not a soldier from the camp, she could not train to become a Heavy-Armored Soldier or a Forest Ranger.

“I’m sorry. You’re different from Arya and the others. You can’t use this building to train and become stronger.” Thomas decided to tell the truth.

“I see.” Emma lowered her head and revealed a disappointed expression.

“Don’t be discouraged. It’s just that I can’t do it today. I still have many powerful buildings here. In the future, there will be suitable buildings to help you train.”

Thomas did not lie. He had many buildings here.

Not only were there Warriors and Archers, but there was also a Holy Church that trained Knights, a secret room that trained Assassins, a prayer room that trained Priests, and a secret technique room that trained Mages.

All of these could train ordinary humans to become professionals.

However, these buildings required a lot of magic cores. He could not take out so many magic cores at once.

Although he had earned more than 70 magic cores in one go, he spent them quickly. He only upgraded two buildings and spent more than half of the magic cores.

Now, Thomas only had 34 magic cores left.

These were stored magic cores, and could not be used easily.

What if the dark creatures’ attack today was very strong, and the existing buildings could not withstand it?

What if the city wall was damaged?

What if the Arrow Tower was damaged and needed to be repaired?

All of these required magic cores.

Therefore, even though Thomas seemed to have a lot of magic cores in his hands, they were only barely enough.

“Okay.” After receiving Thomas’ promise, a flame of hope rose in Emma’s eyes.

She believed every word Thomas said.

As long as Thomas said it, it would definitely come true.

“Take advantage of the fact that there are no dark creatures invading now and rest for a while. Otherwise, I don’t know when we can rest,” Thomas said to Emma.

“Okay,” Emma said and walked towards the Great Lighthouse.

“Now that we have the Lord’s Hall, we don’t need to sleep in the lighthouse. You can go to the Lord’s Hall and choose a room,” Thomas said.

“This, this is not good, right? The Lord’s Hall is your residence. I can’t enter it casually,” Emma said hesitantly.

“What does it matter? There are many rooms in the Lord’s Hall. I can’t sleep in so many rooms. You can just choose one,” Thomas said and pushed Emma into the Lord’s Hall.

The first floor of the Lord’s Hall was the core of the camp. A huge gem was floating in the air and shining.

The second floor was filled with rooms. Every room had a complete set of daily necessities. The soft velvet mattress made Emma roll around comfortably, not wanting to get up again.

Just as Emma wanted to sleep for a while, a shout suddenly came from outside, “Be careful! Enemy attack! Get up the city wall!”