Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 11 Re-entering the Game
Click the real game icon on your computer desktop to launch the game.

[Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the first 100-day simulation and receiving a random item reward.]

[Item Distribution: Effective Healing Potion (10 sets)]

(Effective Healing Potion: 10 bottles per set, already issued to your inventory. It can quickly heal moderate injuries, such as skin and flesh, fractures, and bone cracks. It is also effective for severely injured patients.)
[Congratulations to the player's clan for achieving the title of Baron and receiving the exclusive reward: Baron's Noble Badge.]

(Baron of the Noble Crest: The family crest with the Rock Dragon and Giant Lizard pattern is placed in the item slot. It is a bound item for the head of the family and grants +10% to meditation and growth speed.)

[Congratulations to the player's clan for entering a stable early development phase, unlocking the territory's 'bird's-eye view' function, and obtaining the 'descent' effect.]

[Rewards distributed. Enter game now.]

The reward text faded quickly, and then clear game visuals appeared.

The opening scene is a bird's-eye view of the earth, at a height of about 100 meters.

At this moment, the fixed viewpoint below the screen shows an image of the vicinity of the Baron's manor in the Swamp Territory.

At this time, after nearly two months of construction, the Baron's castle was taking shape.

A large number of people can be seen working busily in the vicinity.

This included not only the people of the swamp territory, but also the merchant construction teams that undertook the construction of the baron's mansion.

The number of people active around the Baron's mansion has exceeded one thousand.

Such a large-scale construction project naturally requires security personnel.

Meanwhile, York, the lord of the Swamp Territory, naturally recruited a group of mercenaries.

The mercenaries numbered fifty, divided into five small teams that continuously patrolled the vicinity of the swamp territory.

The two knights-in-waitings led the way were given to York by Baron Eric.

The bustling scene at the entire Baron's manor in the Swamp Territory greatly pleased Linko.

Although he had already learned about the situation of his swamp territory in the 100-day simulation through game videos at the beginning.

However, the sense of accomplishment is clearly greater when you repeatedly and carefully examine the game through the visuals.

"very good."

"This is a good opportunity to reward York."

"The Baron's badge must be given to York. In addition, it's time to use the bloodline enhancement on York. With his thin bloodline, he might not even be able to advance to the second tier."

"Furthermore, only with more rewards will he be more loyal and dedicated to his work, right?"

"As for York's wife, she can also be rewarded. Let's give her a set of healing potions. After all, she is a baroness, and it's a good way to show our kindness."

After moving around and looking at the bird's-eye view for a while, Lin Ke then opened the family panel.

[Family] (Expand)

Family: Smith Swamp Territory
(From the Smith family in Galelands.)
Family Functions:

1、血脉强化（弱）；2、多子多福1级；3、家族图腾1级。

(Buff: Breeding rate +5%, Extraordinary bloodline activation rate +5%, Potential +5%, Feedback growth rate +10%)

Head of the family: Yorksmith (First-tier Regular Knight)
Title: Baron

Bloodline: Diluted Gale Leopard (Low-tier, can be enhanced)

Spouses: 1

Lucia Callum (Magic Apprentice, Unranked)
Bloodline: Fiery Azure Wolf (Low-tier, not activated)
Offspring: 1 (unborn).

Territory: Swamp Territory (approximately 124 square kilometers).

The population was 624. (Including 591 serfs, 1 spouse, 2 knights and squires, and 30 militiamen)
During the 6-day simulation, York purchased 500 serfs, but six of them died for various reasons during the construction of his territory.

The squire was a gift from Baron Eric, while the 30 strong militiamen were part of the dowry of York's wife, Lucia.

Looking at the current family panel, Lin Ke was quite satisfied.

After all, this is just the beginning.

Having such a good starting point is already quite impressive.

However, there were quite a few troubles in the early stages of building his swamp territory.

After all, this is a wasteland, and it is backed by the Monster Mountain Range, so there are quite a few monsters around.

Most of the non-ranked magical beasts roam freely, going wherever there is food, and they don't have any sense of territory like ranked magical beasts. Moreover, ranked magical beasts don't care whether non-ranked creatures wander around their territory or build nests, since non-ranked magical beasts are good food and pose no threat, so ranked magical beasts naturally don't care.

Of course, this only applies to Warcraft, but for the Swamp Territory, which is currently preparing to explore, it is a considerable threat.

Of the six serfs who died, four were killed by monsters.

Therefore, it will still take some time to clear the monsters from the swamp territory.

Therefore, now that I can control the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard character again, I'm definitely going to make a move today.

Lin Ke's first goal was naturally to clear out a group of giant rat nests in the southern part of the swamp territory.

During the 100-day simulation, York found the Rock Dragon Monitor and wanted it to help him get rid of the Giant-Toothed Rat.

However, the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard ignored this.

After all, it was Lin Ke's choice to play the conservative "AFK" mode.

The Rock Dragon Monitor Lizard was incredibly conservative; it hadn't moved its nest at all during the entire 100-day simulation.

During Baron Eric's 'visit,' the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard merely poked its head out of the swamp and gave York a little assistance.

York has been having a lot of headaches lately.

This headache came not only from the harassment of the Baron's manor at night by the giant rats, but also from the attacks by some magical beasts during the process of opening up the road to the outside world.

Overall, things are alright.

For the unranked magical beasts, with the help of knights, mercenaries, and even his wife Lucia, there are no problems for the time being.

The biggest problem is the various trivial matters during the construction period, which is what gives Joklau the biggest headache.

Building territory is no easy task; this is York's most straightforward feeling.

If it weren't for Baron Eric borrowing the old butler to help York manage these trivial matters, York felt he would have collapsed from exhaustion.

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Swamp territory, build a camp.

“Young Master York, the territory has so far cost a total of 763 gold coins, 8 silver coins, and 49 bronze coins.”

"Most of the expenses are for the construction costs of the Chamber of Commerce and the purchase of living supplies. At the current rate of expenditure, the territory can only last for a month and a half at most."

"However, if the iron ore mine in the east can be completed by the end of the month, it should be able to barely break even, but this is only the best estimate."

"After all, in the process of building up our territory, we need to buy a lot of medicine to repel insects and even to buy medicine for sick serfs. So my suggestion is to sell a black iron vein that was just discovered in the west to the merchant guild. In this way, we can get a lot of income in the short term."

The old steward, Mo Wen, reported on the income and expenditure situation and suggested selling an iron mine in the west.

However, this made York frown.

"The Chamber of Commerce wants to buy out all the profits from the iron ore mine in one go, which is detrimental to the future development of the territory."

"Besides, their offer was too low, so we'll put that aside for now. As for the money, I'll figure something out."

York said this, and at that moment his wife Lucia offered a timely suggestion.

"York, how about I borrow some money from my father?"

To borrow money from Viscount Callum, Lucia's father?

It's not impossible, but if he really wanted to borrow, he might as well go to his father, Baron Eric, to borrow again.

However, it's probably difficult, since the money in Gale Regency doesn't come easily.

Borrowing 6,000 gold coins over three years is a huge burden for Gale Territory itself.

Therefore, York did not answer Lucia immediately.

He was thinking about whether there were other ways to break the deadlock.

For example, he could lead his attendants and militia to hunt some high-value, unranked magical beasts in the surrounding area.
But the risks are also great. He would be heartbroken if even one militiaman died, because that's money—three silver coins for a serf.

Or perhaps they could use the iron ore as collateral to borrow money from the Chamber of Commerce? After all, that's better than simply selling the mine.

However, just as York was thinking, a familiar voice suddenly appeared in York's mind.

The next instant, York suddenly stood up, his expression filled with excitement and exhilaration.

(End of this chapter)