Chapter 132: 132, Steward Kole (First subscription requested!)_1
Translator: 549690339
Seeing Sky Dragon slouched like wilted leeks, Su Yu found it amusing and showed her the Tavern’s attributes and card pool’s probability of draw.
One glance at the card pool’s probability, and Sky Dragon instantly revitalized!
With a sassy pose, she said proudly, “I told ya! With my luck, how could I not draw anything good? Just wait and see, Master! I will draw you a couple more quality talents!”
“Go get ’em!” Su Yu encouraged her softly, handing her a slightly chilled meat skewer.
Sky Dragon devoured the skewer in one bite, not even bothering to wipe her mouth, and clicked on the [Ten Consecutive Draws] button, using up all 10 opportunities at once.
The cards were flipped one by one, the majority of which were common cards.
After all, it is only a level 1 Tavern, and it isn’t until your domain levels up to a [Small Town] that the card pool will start dropping rare, blue talents.
However, in the next 9 draws, riding on Sky Dragon’s high-luck run, the green light flickered four more times!
From these ten sets of draws, Sky Dragon had accumulated 5 quality minions!
Looking at the green light lighting up from time to time, Su Yu secretly admired his own wise and firm decision.
“Having Sky Dragon join our guild really was a smart choice! Otherwise, we wouldn’t be where we are today!”
“Well done, little Sky Dragon.” Su Yu complimented.
“Of course! Did you not notice who was drawing the cards?” Sky Dragon’s tail was almost high enough to touch the sky in triumph.
After all the extraction was completed, 100 talent names were neatly listed on the leaderboard.
Su Yu brushed past the regular-quality talents with a glance but focused his attention on those of quality grade.
These five quality talents were:
[Cole]
Job: Butler
Specialty 1: [Public Announcement]: When serving as the total butler of the territory, recruitment of displaced people will be announced in the main city, increasing the number of displaced people by +10%.
Specialty 2: [Pacified]: In the event of a revolt in the territory while serving as the total butler, the habitability will not drastically drop.
[Ethan]
Job: Scout Cavalry
Specialty 1: [Eagle’s Vision]: Vision range +50%
Specialty 2: [Panther’s Senses]: Chance to discover wild boar, deer, sheep +30%
[Joshua]
Job: Stonemason
Specialty 1: [Top Grade Craftsmanship]: The stoneware produced can sell for high prices within the city.
Specialty 2: [Stone Art Exhibition]: Exhibit stone carving craftsmanship, slightly increasing the habitability of the territory.
[Emily]
Job: Soldier
Specialty 1: [Attack Stance]: During attack, all attributes +20%.
Specialty 2: [Nimbleness]: Evasion rate +15%.
[Miller]
Job: Wandering Poet
Specialty 1: [Storyteller]: Telling tales to citizens at the tavern, slightly increasing the habitability of the territory.
Specialty 2: [Dew Lover]: Slightly increasing the birth rate of female citizens.
The talents within the territory range from soldiers to craftsmen, to various artisan professions, covering all aspects.
Each talent has their unique ability; some can generate money, some can expedite resource gathering, some can improve the habitability and prosperity, and some can attract displaced migrants.
However, for Su Yu, among these five, the one that could bring him the largest gains is undoubtedly the [Butler], the core of the territory expansion is the population.
During the early days of the game, there is no need to worry about habitability issues.
In the early days of the game, when citizens were not well-fed and dressed, you’d just need to give them some food and fling some coins, their habitability would quickly rise.
The real difficulty of habitability index is in the later stages of the game when the citizens need spiritual and cultural enjoyment. That’s when habitability would become every lord’s most significant headache.
Su Yu directly summoned the butler [Cole].
A Green Summoning Array appeared in the tavern. Upon the Six-pointed Star of the magic circle lighting up, an elderly butler wearing a black suit appeared at the open space in the tavern.
“Sir, I am Cole.” Cole, a middle-aged man with a monocle, promptly bowed to Su Yu as he saw him.
Su Yu took out a [Ceremonial Sword] from his backpack and placed the tip of the sword on Cole’s shoulder, “Cole, I hereby officially appoint you as the chief butler of the territory, responsible for managing all affairs of the territory.”
“It’s my pleasure to be at your service, sir!”
Cole shivered in excitement upon seeing the [Ceremonial Sword]
The use of the [Ceremonial Sword] is the most solemn ceremony during the empire lord’s appointment of their subordinates, and normally wouldn’t be used lightly.
Being subject to this ceremony indicated how much the Lord values him!
With this thought in mind, Butler Cole’s loyalty rose straight from 60 to a full-on 100 points! Unwavering loyalty, that is.
“I pledge my life to serve you, sir!” The butler Cole knelt again.
“Alright!” Su Yu helped him up, “From now on, all the matters regarding the territory will be yours to manage. However, if this lady gave you an order, as long as it’s not unreasonable, obey it, understood?”
Su Yu pointed towards Sky Dragon as he said that to the butler.
“Understood, sir!” The butler answered immediately.
As Su Yu looked at the butler in front of him, he sighed softly.
Although an NPC butler can help players manage a territory and provide buff bonuses, an NPC butler can’t see attributes like prosperity and habitability, and their management efficiency is rather limited.
During the players’ offline period, leaving the territory to the butler is still acceptable, but when they’re online, it’s best for the players to manage the territory themselves.
Therefore, until he had at least an epic-grade butler, Su Yu still couldn’t do without the help of Swift.
Su Yu, along with Cole and side by side with Sky Dragon, left the tavern.
“From now on, the daily task of the ‘Ten Consecutive Draws’ is yours! Keep up the good work.” Su Yu patted Sky Dragon’s shoulder.
“Rest assured, my luck is very reliable.” Sky Dragon was full of confidence, “Then Guild Master, I’ll continue with my hunting!”
“Off you go then, have fun.” Su Yu waved goodbye to Sky Dragon, who had already mounted her Howling Moon Wolf.
After Sky Dragon left, Su Yu looked at his territory.
Currently, inside the territory, Robert was leading the players in building [Residential Houses]
Building [Residential Houses] is the simplest and requires the least amount of materials, only 25 units of timber, which is one-eighth that of a [Tavern].
Therefore, under Robert’s command, six or seven residential houses lined up in a neat row, and construction started simultaneously.
The players too enjoyed the sense of accomplishment from collectively building the territory, filling the building site with laughter and cheer:
“Night, can’t you see the wall in front of you is crooked?”
“Where is my hammer? Has anyone seen my hammer?”
“OK! This wall just needs a window, and it’s done!”
“Hey you! Get me the wooden board!”
Looking at the lively construction site, Su Yu opened the territory panel.
The territory is in full swing now; I wonder what the prosperity level would be?
Indeed!
The territory panel shows a prosperity of as high as 98 points, and habitability reached a maximum of 100 points!
The high prosperity was mainly due to a large number of players participating, and the buildings were quickly put up. The development of the territory far exceeded the speed at which the displaced came in;
As for the high habitability, it was mainly because Su Yu offered high wages to the four farmers, helped them build houses, and added a [Tavern], which is an entertainment building to the territory. It would be odd if the habitability does not skyrocket.
There are still 12 minutes until the arrival of the first wave of [Displaced People].
“With such high prosperity and habitability, also with my butler’s buff, I wonder how many migrants will come in the first wave?” Su Yu is literally filled with anticipation.