The flames gradually died down.
Zane’s territory had been reduced to massive ruins.
Streams of light flew out from the ruins and landed in front of Leo.
Ding!
[Territory destruction complete!]
[Beginning loot calculation!]
[Obtained B-Rank Epic Barracks Blueprint: Ork Colosseum!]
[Obtained D-Rank Barracks Blueprint: Elven War Dancer Hall!]
[Obtained Tier 1 Gold Mine Building Blueprint!]
[Obtained Resource Building Blueprint: Flour Refining Workshop!]
The corners of Leo’s mouth widened.
A Tier 1 Gold Mine.
He was familiar with this building.
Every player’s initial territory would receive one.
Its base output was only one coin per hour.
In the hands of regular players, it was better than nothing.
But in his hands, it was different.
Empire miners had fifteen times the mining efficiency.
Once built, each miner could produce fifteen coins per hour.
No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat.
Furthermore, the number of resource buildings would only increase in the future.
What truly excited Leo were the first two.
One B-Rank.
One D-Rank!
“Transform!”
Red light instantly covered the Ork Colosseum blueprint.
The originally crude beast bones and spikes disappeared.
Cold steel.
Mechanical gears.
Red robes.
A skull-shaped mechanical insignia gradually formed.
[Transformation complete!]
[Congratulations on obtaining a special barracks blueprint!]
[B-Rank Adeptus Mechanicus Forge Shrine!]
[Maximum Production Rank: Tier 5!]
Leo’s breathing became slightly heavier.
Adeptus Mechanicus!
“Good stuff!”
This was the Adeptus Mechanicus!
If the Steel Legion represented the Empire’s massive mortal war machine, then the Adeptus Mechanicus was the forger and maintainer of that machine.
Machinery.
Manufacturing.
Maintenance.
Military industry.
Technology!
“Tech-Priest!”
Leo opened the building panel immediately.
Dense arrays of troop types appeared before his eyes.
[Tier 1: Combat Servitor]
[Tier 2: Skitarii Rangers]
[Tier 2: Skitarii Vanguard]
[Tier 3: Tech-Priest]
[Tier 3: Sicarian Infiltrator]
[Tier 4: Ironstrider Ballistarius]
[Tier 5: Kataphron Destroyer]
[Tier 5: Kataphron Breacher]
[Tier 5: Onager Dunecrawler]
Leo immediately focused on Level 3.
Tech-Priest!
He had found one of the things his territory lacked the most.
Although the War Fortress possessed some small-scale military manufacturing capabilities, it could barely supply five hundred people.
What about one thousand?
Two thousand?
Five thousand?
Relying on the War Fortress’s limited production capacity was simply not enough.
With the appearance of the Tech-Priest, the entire territory’s military manufacturing system could take another major step forward.
Unfortunately, the headquarters had not yet been upgraded to Tier 3.
He could not build it for the time being.
Leo continued looking at the recruitment costs.
Adeptus Mechanicus units were obviously expensive.
[The base recruitment cost of Adeptus Mechanicus units is 200% of units of the same Rank from the Armageddon Steel Legion.]
Twice the price!
“Worth it.”
Tech-Priests.
Ironstriders.
Kataphrons.
Which of them looked like cheap goods?
Being somewhat expensive was normal.
His gaze fell on the Tier 5 Onager Dunecrawler.
Then he looked at the Kataphron Destroyer.
Kataphron Breacher.
All of them were heavy mechanical firepower units.
Once Tier 5 permissions were unlocked, his army would no longer consist solely of infantry and ordinary armored vehicles.
That would be a true steel torrent.
There was another one.
“Continue to transform!”
The Elven War Dancer Hall was enveloped in red light.
The elegant and slender elven architecture began to deform.
Neatly arranged barracks.
Straight roads.
Military flags.
Training grounds.
[Transformation complete!]
[Congratulations on obtaining a special barracks!]
[D-Rank Mordian Company Barracks!]
[Maximum Production Rank: Tier 3!]
Leo immediately opened it.
[Tier 1: Mordian Iron Guard Infantry Squad]
[Tier 2: Mordian Heavy Weapons Squad]
[Tier 2: Mordian Command Squad]
[Tier 3: Mordian Iron Guard Veterans]
[Tier 3: Mordian Heavy Weapons Platoon]
[The recruitment cost of Mordian units is the same as units of the same Rank from the Armageddon Steel Legion.]
Leo continued reading.
Three unit traits came into view.
[Loyalty]
[The Mordian Iron Guard are only loyal to the Empire and cannot be controlled by other factions.]
[Iron Army]
[The combat discipline and willpower of the Mordian Iron Guard can withstand any test and will not suffer a morale collapse.]
[Mortal Will]
[When facing enemy units with a higher Rank than themselves, deal additional damage.]
“Holy crap!”
Leo’s eyes lit up.
Was this really a D-Rank barracks?
They could not be controlled by other factions.
They would never suffer a morale collapse.
They could even deal additional damage against higher-Rank enemies!
“This isn’t much worse than the Steel Legion soldiers.”
There was only one problem.
Leo looked at the projection of the Mordian Iron Guard on the panel.
Bright military uniforms.
Neat military caps.
Meticulously maintained uniforms.
Then he looked back at the dust-covered Armageddon Steel Legion soldiers beside him.
The difference in appearance was enormous.
“Those who don’t know better would think they came here to participate in a military parade.”
Leo grinned.
As long as their combat effectiveness was sufficient, that was fine.
Who cared what they wore?
The last blueprint also began to change.
[Flour Refining Workshop detected!]
[Beginning transformation!]
[Transformation complete!]
[Obtained Corpse-Starch Manufacturing Plant!]
Another Corpse-Starch Manufacturing Plant!
Leo was even more satisfied.
The more troops he had, the greater their food consumption would be.
In the future, as the scale of the wars increased, there would only be more corpses.
No matter how many buildings like this appeared, he wanted all of them.
Just then, the communicator rang.
“Your Excellency Lord Commander.”
Yarrick’s voice came through.
“The battle here has ended.”
Leo’s spirits immediately lifted.
The large Ork camp in the west!
“How are the casualties?”
“They’re still being tallied.”
“Approximately one hundred or so.”
“The Orks’ resistance has been completely destroyed.”
The next moment, the System prompt rang out simultaneously.
Ding!
[The large Ork camp has lost its combat capability!]
[Please select a handling method!]
[One, Occupy]
[Retain the existing buildings of the camp, reinforce the camp, and make it your affiliated camp.]
[Two, Destroy]
[Completely destroy the camp, recover some gold coins and building materials, and recyclable buildings within the camp will be converted into building blueprints.]
[Three, Plunder]
[Plunder the wealth stored in the camp, obtaining resources and some rare materials.]
Leo did not hesitate.
“Destroy.”
Ding!
[Selection successful!]
Far away in the west, flames soared into the sky.
Large areas of buildings collapsed with a crash.
A long string of prompts immediately appeared afterward.
[Obtained 1,788 Gold Coins!]
[Obtained 3,400 Food!]
[Obtained 5,755 Wood!]
[Obtained 14,421 Iron Ore!]
[Obtained 14 Crystals!]
[Obtained 31 Sulfur!]
[Obtained C-Rank Military Industry Building Blueprint: Dragon Scale Furnace!]
“An arsenal?”
Leo instantly became interested.
Had he stumbled upon a treasure trove of buildings today?
“Transform!”
[Transforming Dragon Scale Furnace…]
[Transformation complete!]
[Obtained C-Rank Building Blueprint: Military Industry Forge!]
[Military Industry Forge]
[Type: Empire Military Industry Building]
[Maximum Building Rank: Tier 3]
[Can produce: Military motorcycles, various heavy weapons, standard equipment parts, and vehicle repair parts!]
Leo stared at the last line.
Military motorcycles!
Heavy weapons!
Equipment parts!
Just moments ago, he had still been thinking about mechanization.
Now even military industry buildings had been delivered to him.
Adeptus Mechanicus Forge Shrine.
Mordian Company Barracks.
Military Industry Forge.
And another Corpse-Starch Manufacturing Plant.
One player.
One large Ork camp.
Together, they had directly completed a major portion of his territory’s development puzzle.
Leo could not suppress his smile.
“What buildings are there left to buy?”
“Keep fighting!”
“How many are there on the map?”
“I’ll take as many as there are!”