All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

"Ding~, Respected Apprentice Lord, your bravery in defending the Sky Island against the Slime Clan's attack has increased the Slime Clan's animosity towards you to a minor level, triggering a special event: The Slime King's Theft!"

"The next 2465 regular slimes will be replaced with elite-quality bronze slimes; 1001 regular slimes will be replaced with elite-quality silver slimes; they will be stealing your territory's wealth, so please protect your belongings!"

As familiar notifications sounded one after another, Yang Fei and his group officially began the tower defense battle. Two horizontal firing turrets opened fire first, bombarding a dense area of ​​slimes. The ice slimes in the area exploded rapidly, freezing the other living slimes in the vicinity, and their health began to decrease rapidly.

Immediately, the two succubi opened fire simultaneously from their respective arrow towers. Whether it was due to tacit understanding or similar abilities, the timing of their firing was exactly the same.

Even when they couldn't get two Ice Slimes on the field, one Succubus would stop and wait for the other, which left Yang Fei, who was watching from the sidelines, speechless. "Do you guys have to be this coordinated?"

"I was a bit hasty. I originally thought the two of them were competitors, and I even wanted to use this competitive relationship to make it easier for me to manage them! But now, no matter how you look at it, these two have me cornered~" Yang Fei scratched his hair, vaguely feeling a phantom pain in his lower back.

"My lord, thanks to your excellent defense against several waves of monster attacks, six mimics roaming the void have set their sights on your floating island. They believe your successful defense is due to the presence of a special treasure and will descend from the void to steal it. Please be on guard!"

"Ding~, Your Excellency, you have triggered a special event - the twinkling treasure chest. In your current wave, 6 non-linear moving mimics will appear, each carrying a different type of treasure chest."

"The mimics will arrive at your sky island... and after they steal the items, they will disappear from your sky island." This time there are 6 mimics coming out to deliver resources, which is better than the 3 from the previous wave.

But Yang Fei wasn't happy, because the more mimics there were, the weaker the mimic team was. And if the team was weak, the treasure chests they opened usually didn't contain anything good.

However, since they're giving it away, especially with the 2 white and 4 gray configuration, you'd get at least two gold coins and four silver coins, which is already quite a good deal.

Especially the gold coins, their value goes without saying. Although Yang Fei was not happy, he was already satisfied with the basic resources he had obtained. For Yang Fei's predecessors, obtaining a gold coin was not as easy as it was for him.

In beginner waves, only a few special monsters will drop gold coins, and even then, it's not guaranteed. The drop rate is extremely low; you might not get a single coin even if you defeat thousands or even tens of thousands of monsters.

Yang Fei is already quite satisfied with the fact that he can get at least one item per wave of monster sieges. However, the fact that the four basic currencies can no longer be exchanged and the core buildings cannot be upgraded is making Yang Fei feel a bit uncomfortable.

Yang Fei wanted to exchange any of the four basic currencies for magic cores to recruit some tentacle monsters as basic combat power. These troops, with decent growth potential, were important combat forces for Yang Fei in the future. Since he could easily gain experience now, he naturally wanted to recruit more and train them in advance. It was never a bad idea.

Furthermore, upgrading the core building also requires 10 units, and Yang Fei currently has no way to quickly expand his troop force unless he uses the slave trader summoning token he obtained through card draws.

However, Yang Fei always felt that the gold and silver coins he currently possessed were somewhat insecure. Even exchanging the copper coins for silver coins didn't feel quite right. To put it bluntly, using them now would be a bit of a loss.

Of course, this wasn't because Yang Fei was afraid of not being able to buy the minimum amount, but rather because he felt it wasn't worthwhile to use it now. This reflects a mindset of rapidly expanding resources, or rather, the ease with which resources are acquired.

Yang Fei felt that his resource growth rate hadn't reached a bottleneck yet. After using this thing to buy some slaves, he would need to wait another week before he could use it again. By then, his strength might expand too quickly, and he might need it sooner. Using it now might allow him to upgrade his core buildings faster and trigger a larger monster siege.

But I feel like I don't have enough resources to buy many slaves. What should I do if I want to upgrade my core buildings again and need to buy slaves to serve as troops?

This is a rather contradictory mentality: wanting to buy slaves to quickly snowball and accumulate resources, but also worrying that if one's strength grows too fast, the next snowballing opportunity will arrive prematurely, and one will be unable to expand the population, thus missing the next opportunity.

After acquiring those two Shattered Wild Empire Coins, this conflicting feeling took over again. The initial first-clear rewards were relatively easy to obtain, meaning that getting those reward chests was quite straightforward.

Especially since I'm the only one in this year's newbie assessment, I might be able to get more Wild Coins and exchange them for gold coins to use. But I feel like I can get more. For now, I should just hold on and not rush into these things.

"Damn it, what am I thinking! Has recruiting another succubus girl, a high-ranking citizen, made me arrogant? Shouldn't we be cautious when facing monster sieges? I'm actually thinking of upgrading core buildings to increase the number of siege monsters and snowball the attack quickly. I'm insane!"

Perhaps it was because he had been using the Ice Arrow Tower for too long, but the cold crossbow through his hands gradually brought Yang Fei's somewhat scattered brain circuits back on track. Realizing that he was feeling a bit lightheaded, Yang Fei rubbed his face with his icy hands to calm himself down and stop thinking about how to snowball quickly.

The most important thing now is to honestly clear the monster siege. Even if each wave of monsters is weak, you should observe the battlefield situation, analyze whether there are any defensive problems, and gradually improve your city defense strength. That is the most important thing.

I have more than 30 extra days compared to others in my cohort, so taking it easy is the best approach.

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1! You have perfectly cleared the second wave of the Novice Trial, Extreme Mode (2x Extreme) Monster Siege. You can start the 5x Extreme Mode Monster Siege at any time, or you can directly choose the third wave, Easy Mode Monster Siege. Note that after choosing the third wave, Easy Mode Monster Siege, you will never be able to challenge the remaining Double Extreme Mode monster sieges in this wave again."

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1! You have perfectly cleared the second wave of the Novice Trial, the 2x Extreme Monster Siege, and obtained the Basic Building Card - Quarry, which has been sent to your system space... 5 minutes countdown."