MC's career as foreign lord

"Is this the mine in the northeast of the town?" Early the next morning, Zhou Ren put on his iron armor, grabbed his weapons and tools, packed some food, and arrived at another territory Locke had approved for him, which was in front of that mine.

"Unowned land detected. Set as territory? Yes √ No ×"

The same territory system appeared again, prompting him to approve it. Of course, he chose yes.

"Welcome to Territory 002. The local lord is [Zhou Ren]."

This area was also covered by the territory system, but for some reason, Zhou Ren had a feeling that the territory here seemed weaker than the one at home.

He took out the book "Territory Permissions" and indeed saw a clue on it. Unlike his home, where all permissions were vested in him, Zhou Ren clearly saw the name of this territory.

"Mining Area?" Zhou Ren curiously read out the words on it, "Unlike the home, there seems to be no permissions here!"

This territory cannot block others from entering, nor can it prohibit attacks. At first glance, it seems useless and has no purpose at all.

However, after thinking about it, Zhou Ren still discovered the permission settings later, "Prohibit excavation, prohibit destruction? This is isolation!"

Looking at it this way, this so-called mining or resource territory is more likely to be a constant resource area?

After all, mining in MC is not always smooth sailing, but you will encounter all kinds of monsters and people. Thinking about it this way, it seems reasonable?

He continued to stare at the area in front of him, seemingly wanting to see something different, and was even more careful. Since they said there were undead creatures here before, if he wasn't careful, he would really be meeting the undead!

Hearing that there were undead creatures here, ordinary townspeople rarely stayed here, and mercenaries rarely came here to mine coal except when they went out. So, from some point on, this place became the exclusive territory of the blacksmith.

But the blacksmith would not come here except to mine coal. In his words, it was—iron ore is purchased from Val City, who would really be idle enough to come here to mine iron!

It's all discrimination against undead creatures. Zhou Ren thought it was understandable. Not many living people like to dance with the dead, let alone a group of skeletons.

Speaking of which, no matter in which era or version, undead creatures have no way to integrate into the world properly. The best dark world is just being alone, with only three or five friends.

Looking at it this way, it's quite rare that the undead creatures here can actually be bullied instead of being branded as heretics by the self-proclaimed holy Church.

After thinking so much, Zhou Ren actually discovered the most significant characteristic of this place: desolation.

Seemingly because there are undead creatures here, this area has been empty for a long time, and no one has come to develop and plant. Even the wild beasts and monsters from the outside world are unwilling to come, and over time, this place has become desolate.

Desolation is certainly not a good term, especially in this environment where dark clouds have been lingering for a long time, and even the sun is never seen. Even more, no one else will come.

Zhou Ren calmed down, and didn't really regard this place as a base, but only as a resource area.

He guessed that if there were no territory permissions, the things here would collapse like the tree he cut down at the beginning after he left.

This is not a good setting. If he encounters this situation while mining underground, should he continue digging or leave first?

With the territory system, such problems will not exist. The tree he didn't dig clean before, which still had a piece of wood left, has been lying safely in the sky for two days!

"There are undead creatures inside!" Zhou Ren took his sword and bow and walked inside. When he was about to reach the entrance, he paused and switched to a shield.

Although the blacksmith said that besides the somewhat gloomy environment here, the actual air quality is much better than in Pine Leaf Town.

After all, there are so many people in the town, eating and drinking every day, and so many smells mixed together, it wouldn't smell particularly good.

But there are only undead in this mine. They don't produce domestic waste, and they don't have the need to eat and excrete. Looking at it this way, it seems a bit valuable?

Zhou Ren complained in surprise, "Aren't these skeletons supposed to be guarding the entrance?"

Seemingly, the long-term peace has completely paralyzed their nerves. Zhou Ren has walked for so long and still hasn't seen anything else, but this mine is very large and empty.

He took a torch and walked for a while, quickly lighting up all the space here. This can also be regarded as one of his minor obsessions.

In the MC game, monsters will spawn on all unlit solid blocks. The spawning methods of these monsters are strange and unpredictable. All he can do is light up all the areas that can be lit with torches, and try to achieve no dead angles in his vision.

Now the entire mine is clearly illuminated. The originally gloomy and dark cave is now particularly bright, and those places that were originally dark are directly exposed.

Only then did Zhou Ren realize that no wonder this place is called the Coal Mine. The output of coal is not only dense, but simply inseparable. From the entrance of the mine to the bottom of the mine, and to the deepest part, all are traces of black coal.

Originally, when he heard the blacksmith say something like "You must go to the place where the skeletons live to mine, the other places have been dug dry," he thought he had to walk a long way. Now it seems that they are clearly lazy and unwilling to take a look at the side!

Since this is the case, Zhou Ren did not hesitate to move his pickaxe, starting from the entrance, and knocking off all the coal at the entrance little by little.

Of course, some stones actually don't need to be let go. Many things he needs to build in the future actually require a lot of stones, so he can prepare them in advance.

Mining coal is actually much easier than mining stones. Black coal appears with the falling of stone debris and a large number of crystal light spheres. Zhou Ren knows that those little dots of light spheres are the experience points obtained from mining coal-type ores.

Here, we need to mention the experience system in MC. This is a completely different system from other games. Although the rules of upgrading are similar, it is more difficult to level up.

However, no matter how high the experience level in MC is, it will not cause much improvement to the character itself. In the impression of most people, this thing is just an accessory of the enchanting table and the iron anvil.

But to say it is not important... it is actually not quite right. The experience system is still YYDS for the enchanting system and the function of repairing tools, especially those excellent enchanted tools. If there is no experience to repair them, it would be too unjust to die.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ren looked at his nearly empty experience bar and sighed. He had spent a considerable price to make an anvil and used all the enchanted books that the little girl, Liya, had fished up.

He upgraded his bow and iron pickaxe. Naturally, the pickaxe was enchanted with 'Silk Touch' as it was a tool for collecting valuable items. The enchantment on the bow was also very useful: 'Flame'. As for 'Sharpness IV', he added it to his iron sword.

Zhou Ren thought for a moment that, for dealing with undead creatures, 'Flame' arrows were more important, so he applied it to the bow.

Actually, the enchantment book he wanted most was 'Infinity', so he wouldn't need to carry a large number of arrows. Just one arrow would be enough to complete the entire adventure perfectly.

But such things couldn't be rushed. The fact that he could obtain such equipment and enchantments in the early stages of exploration was actually thanks to a certain lucky, explosive little girl.

She had already been dragged away by Anna, seemingly to be thoroughly lectured. When Zhou Ren woke up this morning, he saw her standing there with a bitter face, waving a magic wand that was almost as big as her body.

Zhou Ren also saw Anna standing by, watching her like a hawk. He gave her an 'I can't help you' look and came to this mine.

Just as he was diligently mining, two white, hollow skull heads appeared in the dark mine behind him!

They silently watched Zhou Ren continue mining, without saying a word. Only when Zhou Ren turned around would they quietly hide in the darkness, and then repeat.

Zhou Ren frowned, feeling that there was always a gaze watching him. But when he turned around, he couldn't see anything, so he had to shrug helplessly and continue mining.

He could even guess what was behind him, but even a blacksmith could bully these undead creatures, so they probably weren't particularly powerful monsters, and he didn't bother with them.

He had been cautious before, but these guys were too timid, right?

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So, because of Zhou Ren's indulgence, the skeletons behind him became bolder and bolder, from slowly peeking at the beginning, to staring at him tirelessly, and then slowly approaching, watching Zhou Ren mine.

They even came in groups, just watching Zhou Ren mine. When Zhou Ren turned his head, he could see many skeletons staring at him, without knowing fear or confusion.

He sometimes maliciously thought that if he directly lit a fire on the ground and locked himself in the stone, could he wipe out these skeletons without taking damage?

Of course, this was just a thought and he didn't put it into action. On the contrary, the skeletons saw that the person in front of them didn't hit them, and suddenly became excited, crowding up to Zhou Ren, raising their claws and digging with him.

For a time, Zhou Ren was working enthusiastically on one side, while the skeletons on the other side seemed to know something, frantically waving their arms and digging very fast.

"Huff!" Zhou Ren breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the more than four stacks of coal in his bag, feeling that he hadn't wasted his time.

But looking at the many skeletons around him who couldn't wait to stick to his face, even with his strong heart, he felt a little creeped out.

Pushing away a skull head, and then pushing away two bone claws and three thigh bones, he barely walked to the edge of the small mine he had dug. The coal in the other mines was still bottomless and endless.

Zhou Ren was very happy. This meant that to a large extent, he wouldn't lack coal because of this. This mine and the surrounding land were his property, and he didn't have to worry about being emptied by others. How good!

"Mayor Locke is really a good person!" Zhou Ren generously gave Locke a 'good person' card. In a sense, what he did was very beneficial to Zhou Ren. He could thank him in detail next time!

Just as Zhou Ren was about to escape from the pile of skeletons, he saw a silver-gray skeleton with glowing silver hands crawling out of the cave next to him. He seemed very proud as he walked out.

But he didn't know what he was proud of. He cheerfully hopped twice in front of Zhou Ren, and then ordinary white-boned skeletons crawled out of the cave behind him.

They were exactly the same as ordinary skeletons, and there didn't seem to be anything that Zhou Ren should pay attention to, but he saw something else: they were all holding piles of minerals in their hands.

Piles of black coal were brought out by them and placed neatly on the ground. The silver skeleton was waving its arms to direct them, letting the skeletons who had nothing to carry re-enter the mine.

Then he pointed to the coal, then pointed to Zhou Ren, and then pushed the coal forward, directly in front of Zhou Ren.

"This… is for me?" Zhou Ren was surprised. He never expected that these minerals would actually be for him!

"Jim! Stop fooling around!" Just as he asked the question in doubt, a hoarse, old voice suddenly came from the deep mine.

Then Zhou Ren saw that the skeletons, who had been noisy, suddenly became rigid, put down the things in their hands, and began to return to the depths of the mine.

Then the voice came again, "If you don't mind, Your Excellency, you can come here with Jim. Apart from those big guys who like blacksmithing, no one else has been here for a long time!"

Zhou Ren was vigilant. Why did this person speak with a commanding tone? "Who are you?"

He wouldn't listen to others for no reason. He subconsciously took out his sword and shield. "If you don't tell me, I don't mind forcing you out!"

"Even if you blow up this cave, you can't force me out!" the owner of the voice said, "Forget it, Jim, come and help me, take me out!"

After this sentence was said, Zhou Ren saw the silver little skeleton run away in a puff of smoke. A few minutes later, just as he was still studying how to distinguish the ore, the little skeleton ran back in a puff of smoke, holding a head in his hands.

"Greetings, Your Excellency, I am the Lich Mosa!" This was the head of a human elder, who looked very old, but did not have any signs of decay.

He continued to introduce, "This is Jim, the only silver skeleton in the mine!"

Zhou Ren was very curious. If the previous voice was filled with mystery and power, now this lich seemed extremely weak.

What did they want from him?