My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

Once a tavern is built, a glowing exclamation mark will appear on the tavern icon, displaying a description of the tavern's features.

He had built a tavern in the game, but now that this was reality, Tang Yu was worried that the rules would be different. He was just wondering about the differences when he happened to discover this feature introduction.

Without hesitation, Tang Yu clicked on the feature introduction.

[At the tavern, the lord has the right to summon an adventurer once a day for free. After using up the free privilege, summoning an adventurer again requires spending 500 units of Source Crystals.]

[The summoned adventurers are categorized by aptitude: D, C, B, A, and above A. Higher aptitude means higher growth attributes, but conversely, higher aptitude adventurers have a lower summoning probability. Upgrading the tavern increases the probability of summoning high-aptitude adventurers.]

[There are five basic adventurer classes: Warrior, Mage, Cleric, Assassin, and Musketeer. The strength of the summoned adventurers is not fixed. A level 1 tavern can summon adventurers at the fifth level of Awakening, the peak of Foundation Establishment. Upgrading the tavern increases the maximum strength of the summoned adventurers.]

[After summoning an adventurer, the lord can choose whether to recruit them as needed. Recruiting will result in a contract being signed with the adventurer. A level 1 tavern only has three follower contract slots. Upgrading the tavern increases the number of contracted followers.]

[On the first summon, the lord will always summon an adventurer of B-rank or higher.]

Tang Yu was relieved that the rules were not much different from those in the game.

Why did he choose a tavern as his first building? It's because the tavern is the most helpful to him at the moment!

The initial recruitment bonus is particularly exciting, guaranteeing the summoning of adventurers with B-rank or higher aptitude.

Tang Yu was familiar with the nature of card games; if it was said to be B-rank or higher, then A-rank and S-rank would never appear. However, a B-rank adventurer was already a great help to him.

B-grade qualification may sound ordinary, but back in the game, he hadn't seen an adventurer with A-grade qualification for almost a month, which shows how rare that probability is.

Especially since the game system has become a reality, Tang Yu had a guess that this aptitude classification might be the same as the aptitude classification of modern humans. It's just that the methods of aptitude testing in reality are still relatively backward, and can only barely measure the general level of a person's aptitude, and cannot give a specific and clear aptitude classification.

He was originally an E-grade individual without awakening potential. Most awakened individuals are D-grade, and perhaps only the chosen ones who awakened at the beginning of the apocalypse could possess B-grade or higher potential. Moreover, adventurers have professions, which come with skills and a complete professional system, completely overwhelming those awakened individuals in reality who know nothing and can only rely on basic attacks.

Tang Yu shook off his chaotic thoughts and focused his attention on the upcoming summoning ceremony.

"bring it on!"

Tang Yu took a deep breath, opened the system, and selected Summon.

In the center of the tavern, a huge circular magic circle appeared, covered with densely packed runes.

The runes, like pointers, kept rotating and combining, and the magic circle emitted a soft glow, which formed a halo that was slowly shrinking.

coming soon.

The adventurer class to be summoned and the strength of the adventurers are all unknown!

Tang Yu held his breath!

The aperture shrank to its smallest size, and a burst of purple light erupted.

Purple? Purple light!

Tang Yu's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but count in his mind...

White light indicates a Class D qualification.

Green light indicates a Class C qualification.

Blue light represents Grade B.

That purple light...

This is absolutely amazing!

The purple light materialized into a human silhouette. This adventurer wore a tattered cloak, obscuring her features. Tang Yu observed her carefully for a while before realizing that she was likely a female adventurer.

"Ding! Adventurer Elaine, aptitude A, class: mage, lord, do you wish to sign a follower contract (master) with her?"

That goes without saying...

"Sure!!"

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Inside a dilapidated wooden hut, a person wearing a cloak sat on an equally dilapidated wooden bed, holding a tattered book in his hands, reading intently.

The house was bare, this was Yilian's home.

She's been living like this for several years now. From her initial uncertainty, she's grown quite accustomed to it. For her, no matter how good her living environment is, it's not as important as the book in her hands.

This is a book on the basics of magic.

It was found by Yilian under her own bed; apart from her parents' belongings, it was the only item in the house.

woo-

The piercing alarm blared throughout the city. Yilian paused, a look of sadness crossing her face.

This was the alarm sound when the Black Tide attacked; she knew it all too well, as if it were branded into her soul.

Three years ago, the same alarm sounded, the Kuroshio Current struck, and the parents who worked outside the city never returned.

That year, she became an orphan, and her once happy family began to fall apart from that moment on.

Overwhelmed with grief, Elaine awakened to the power of the elements, discovering with astonishment that she could wield the power of ice. This was a power possessed only by mages, who were powerful and noble, holding a much higher status than ordinary warriors.

However, being able to skillfully use ice abilities is only a prerequisite for becoming a mage; Yilian has no way to learn magic.

In this city, all she knew was that the city lord's faction possessed books on magic. These books were incredibly precious, and Yilian knew she could never obtain them unless she pledged allegiance to the city lord. However, the city lord was an extreme aristocrat, always believing that only those of noble blood could wield the power of magic…

Elaine shook her head; she had no choice but to survive alone in the slums.

Without a stable source of income, all alone, and still young, Yilian's life in the slums, a place where people prey on each other, was extremely difficult. Fortunately, she had awakened and her physical abilities and perception were superior to those of ordinary people, which allowed her to gradually survive in such a place as the slums.

Until one day, a tattered magic book was discovered hidden in the broken floorboards of the bed in the house.

The contents of the spellbook were fragmented, and Elaine had no prior knowledge of magic, but thanks to this, her understanding of magic still progressed rapidly, and she comprehended one spell after another.

"Phew~"

Yilian exhaled and stepped out of the cabin.

She put on a hood, and the large cloak completely covered her body. After living in the slums for several years, this had become a habit for Elaine. The area was a melting pot of all sorts of people, and for a girl living alone, the best way was to hide herself.

The slums were located on the outermost edge of the city. As far as the eye could see, there were rows of messy houses, and further away were towering city walls. Yilian could see many soldiers running nervously toward their designated locations.

Outside the city walls, the sky was a hazy gray; the world had always been that color since she could remember. Elaine had hidden her most important book on her person, and since there was nothing of value in the house, she thought for a moment and decided to check the situation first.

At this moment, due to the alarm, the surroundings were in chaos, and many people were running around aimlessly.

suddenly.

boom!

A blinding flash of light erupted in the distance, plumes of smoke rose into the air, and with a deafening roar, the towering city wall collapsed!

Yilian's eyes widened in horror. In her memory, this city wall had always been indestructible. Even during the fierce battle three years ago, the city wall had not collapsed. But this time, with the arrival of the Black Tide, the city wall collapsed right from the start.