Opening chests can yield Resource Packs.
Killing monsters can drop resources.
Clearing monster lairs rewards resources.
Trading can earn resources.
And there's gathering.
All across Lordland, resource points will spawn. Send troops to gather from them to gain resources.
Right now, Lin Chen had 1.053 million in resource reserves—no need to hesitate. Time to build an Altar.
Lin Chen planned to train Windrunner Archers, which were Elf Race troops.
So naturally, he prioritized building the Elf Altar.
"Elf Altar construction successful."
As the prompt sounded, a massive building rose from the ground in front of Lin Chen.
It was a colossal altar made of stone.
Atop it stood a stone-carved statue over ten meters tall—an elf.
Lifelike and gallant in bearing.
Lin Chen opened the Elf Altar and viewed its details:
[Elf Altar]
Level: 1
Daily Subject Production: 100
Troop Template: Windrunner Archer (600 gold per unit)
Current Troops: None
Upgrade Cost: Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold ×20,000
This was the Altar info.
A Level 1 Altar produced 100 subjects daily.
Which meant that if Lin Chen had enough funds, he could train up to 100 Elf Race troops per day.
Upgrading the Altar would increase subject output.
But for someone like Lin Chen, who started with over a million in resources, there was no way he'd settle for just 100 elf troops.
So Lin Chen decided to upgrade the Altar.
However, the level of any building in the territory could not exceed the level of the Lord Hall.
Thus, the Lord Hall and Altar had to be upgraded together.
No time to waste—he got to work.
"Spent 30,000 each of Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold. Lord Hall upgraded to Level 2."
"Spent 20,000 each of Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold. Elf Altar upgraded to Level 2."
"Spent 45,000 each of Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold. Lord Hall…"
Swish, swish, swish—beams of golden light descended as the Lord Hall and Altar levels soared.
Soon, both were upgraded to Level 5.
A Level 5 territory could support up to 50,000 population.
A Level 5 Elf Altar could now produce 500 subjects per day.
Lin Chen still had 605,000 gold left.
No need to delay—he began training Windrunner Archers.
Each Windrunner Archer cost 600 gold to train.
With the Level 5 Elf Altar's output, he could train 500 units daily.
Time to get going.
"You have trained 500 units of Windrunner Archer. 300,000 gold consumed."
Swish—the elf Altar began mass-producing troops.
One by one, beautiful elven women emerged from the Altar's portal.
Clad in tight pale green leather armor that outlined their elegant curves.
Golden hair cascaded down their backs, with two long, pointed ears unique to the Elf Race peeking through—utterly adorable.
They each carried a longbow as tall as themselves, radiating power and turning heads.
Lin Chen checked the attributes of the Windrunner Archers:
[Windrunner Archer]
Rank: 5
Level: 1
HP: 4,000
Defense: 600
Attack: 700
Speed: 120
Skills:
Windstride — On successful hit, increases movement and attack speed by 10%, stackable up to 5 times.
Rapid Volley — Fires 10 arrows in quick succession, dealing multiple instances of physical damage to enemies within an area.
Description: Professionally trained Elf Race archers who have mastered the power of wind, gaining acceleration effects during battle.
Strong—very strong.
No wonder they were Tier 5 troops.
They were several times more powerful than Tier 1 or 2 garbage troops.
Soon, 500 units of Windrunner Archers were fully trained.
They formed into a unit and stood in neat formation on the territory grounds.
Quick note: when troops appear as a unit, no matter how many individual units there are, they're visually stacked—not spread out.
So Lin Chen's 500 Windrunner Archers appeared as a 10×5 grid formation.
This system was similar to some SLG games.
With 500 Windrunner Archers trained, Lin Chen still had 305,000 gold left.
Enough for another batch.
So Lin Chen took out a Subject Refresh Card.
[Subject Refresh Card]
Description: Use to refresh subject count based on the current Altar level's daily production.
The Subject Refresh Card had one purpose: refreshing subjects.
Right now, Lin Chen had already trained 500 Windrunner Archers. Normally, that would be his daily limit for Elf troops.
But with the Subject Refresh Card, that changed.
It could skip the cooldown entirely.
Lin Chen had two of them, obtained from the First Top-up Gift Pack and Weekly Gift Pack.
So now...
"You used Subject Refresh Card on Elf Altar. Subject count refreshed: 500."
"You have trained 500 units of Windrunner Archer. 300,000 gold consumed."
Swish—mass production continued.
Lin Chen was thrilled.
To have 1,000 Tier 5 troops on the very first day of server launch—
If that wasn't taking off, what was?
If only he had more gold, he'd refresh it again.
While the Elf Altar was busy pumping out troops, Lin Chen took out his Designated Race Hero Chest.
This item, when opened, granted a hero of the selected race—rarity was random.
Heroes were, in some ways, even more precious than troops.
They were advanced versions of troops—intelligent, capable of executing tasks independently.
They could also command troops and lead them into battle, just like players.
In the world of Era of Lords, troops without a commander could not act on their own.
They had to be led by either the player or a hero.
But since the player could only be in one place at a time, heroes were essential for multitasking.
That's why Hero Tokens, Hero Chests, and Hero Quests were among the most valuable things in the game.
Ahem—getting off-topic.
Back to the point—time to open the chest.
"You have opened the Designated Race Hero Chest. Please select a hero race." The system prompt echoed.
"Elf Race!" Lin Chen replied.
He already had Elf Race troops, so of course he wanted an Elf Race hero!
As soon as he spoke, a six-pointed star magic circle appeared on the ground before him.
Amid blinding white light, a figure slowly stepped out.
Golden hair flowed past her shoulders, her dark leather armor hugged her form, and a longbow was slung across her back.
"Dragon Huntress [Ina] greets the Lord."
The elven hero knelt on one knee, placing her left hand over her chest as she respectfully saluted Lin Chen.
Before he could respond, a World Announcement rang out once again.
"Player [Evernight] has successfully formed a contract with a hero. As the first player to summon a hero, they will receive: Orange Resource Pack ×3, Gold-Grade Equipment Chest ×1, Forbidden Spell Scroll ×3, Hero Advancement Gem ×3, Skill Stone ×200."
"Player [Evernight] has successfully summoned…"
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