The first wave of attack in the Lord Trial, which was also the battle that determined the success or failure of the trial, finally concluded with the combined efforts of everyone in the territory.
After this battle, the connection between Qin Feng and the villagers, archers as well as Audi, Snow Zither, and Hu Ling, became much closer.
Especially Qin Feng's Citizens, who truly acknowledged him as their Lord.
Correspondingly, the average loyalty of the territory increased significantly, and even Snow Zither, who had just been traded for, raised her loyalty to 50.
Not only that, Qin Feng's villagers and archers seemed to have undergone subtle changes after this battle, no longer so afraid of powerful enemies, and no longer so cowardly.
This made Qin Feng sigh inwardly.
Perhaps... this was the greatest gain from this battle... However, after his sigh, Qin Feng quickly called everyone to begin the busy defensive works.
There was no choice... The first wave of attack had indeed been overcome, but in order to achieve better results, Qin Feng and his Citizens still needed to survive the second, third, and even more waves of attacks.
And subsequent waves of attacks would begin every day at 00:00:01 midnight.
This meant that after the big battle, everyone had limit to rest and had to immediately prepare for tomorrow's fight!
"Lord, the battlefield has been cleared. We have obtained a total of 1146 soul crystals, 3300 food, 3500 wood, and 3100 stone."
Standing respectfully before Qin Feng, Snow Zither reported the gains from the battle.
Qin Feng listened, nodded slightly, and then looked at the three treasure chests in front of him.
The treasure chests dropped by the Ghouls after their death, Qin Feng had asked Snow Zither to open on his behalf.
But the three treasure chests before him were particularly precious, and Qin Feng decided to try his luck with them himself.
These three treasure chests were the rewards for completing the first wave of attack, or rather, the rewards for meeting the standard of Lord Trial.
The three treasure chests were a bronze rank weapon chest, a bronze rank item treasure chest, and a bronze rank building treasure chest.
"Ding... Opening bronze rank weapon treasure chest, obtaining Qing Ji Sword (Bronze).
"[Item Name] : Quin Ji Sword"
"[Type] : Weapon * Single Handed"
"[Quality] : Bronze"
"[Attached Skill] : "Consumes spiritual power to release a sword qi attack."
"(Hint : Total Spiritual Power = Spirit Attribute * 10)"
Looking at the Quin ji Sword in his hand, a hint of disappointment flashed in Qin Feng's eyes, but he quickly became relieved.
Eighteen years of effort had made Qin Feng proficient in eighteen kinds of weapons.
But if one were to ask what weapon Qin Feng liked to use the most, it was undoubtedly a saber.
However... a sword would do, after all, this Quin Ji Sword was quite good.
And the reason Qin Feng didn't like using swords was simply because he didn't want to be called a "jerk" by others.
"These daggers are for you."
Tying the Quin Ji Sword to his waist, Qin Feng took out the shadow fang dagger and handed them to Snow Zither.
Recruited Attendants came with initial weapons, but not many.
Just like Snow Zither, her initial weapons were only a few hidden dart throwing knives, and they were also white plank level.
Therefore, giving her the shadow fang daggers was also a good choice.
"Thank you..."
Taking the shadow fang daggers, Snow Zither thanked him respectfully, with no discernible expression on her face.
But thinking about it, it made sense. Snow Zither was a "spy"; if she could be so easily read, then this "spy" would be too amateurish.
As for why Qin Feng was able to see the sadness in Snow Zither's heart at that time, it was probably because of the immense blow she had suffered...
"Ding... Opening bronze rank item treasure chest, obtained Bronze Shield (Bronze)..."
Withdrawing his gaze, Qin Feng then opened the item treasure chest and obtained a shield.
To be honest, this shield was quite good, but Qin Feng still decided to give it to Audi.
There was no choice; as the creator of magic bombs, Audi was very valuable now.
Qin Feng absolutely could not let him die easily.
"Ding... Opening bronze rank building treasure chest, obtained Building Blueprint (Seed Workshop)..."
As the prompt sounded, the third treasure chest disappeared from Qin Feng's sight, replaced by a building blueprint.
Qin Feng looked at the building blueprint, his heart filled with joy, and immediately put it into his personal storage bag.
As a Lord, especially a penniless novice Lord.
Building blueprints were the most exciting things for them.
What's more, this [Seed Workshop], although only a basic building, was extremely useful.
It only required mature vegetables, fruits, etc., to be placed inside, and in due time, it would automatically produce seeds.
This was the cornerstone for developing the territory's planting industry!
"Ding... villager recruitment successful..."
"Ding... archer recruitment successful..."
After conforming the gains, Qin Feng recruited another 20 villagers and 14 archers.
This way, the territory already had 60 villagers, 30 archers and 6 fox tribe villagers temporarily housed there by Hu Ling.
Without much thought, Qin Feng directly ordered the 6 fox tribe villagers to roast meat, while his own villagers were divided into two groups.
One group was responsible for cutting trees and digging soil to make earthenware jars, while the other group was responsible for setting traps and building wooden walls.
After giving the orders, Qin Feng looked at Snow Zither and the Archer.
"You are responsible for guarding the territory. The rest of you, come with me to the Neutral Shop!"
Leaving 10 archers to guard the home, Qin Feng led Snow Zither and 20 Archers, rushing towards the Neutral Shop.
The journey was not peaceful!
Clearly, not all Trial Participants, like Qin Feng, had safely passed the first wave of attack.
Many Trial Participants died in battle, which also led to some Ghouls wandering in the forest.
But this was still considered good!
Qin Feng even encountered a Trial Participant whose territory had been breached, being chased by dozens of Ghouls, fleeing all over the forest.
This forced Qin Feng to wait for them to pass before daring to continue his journey.
What? Why didn't he help?
Whoever wants to help, let them help!
Qin Feng was not a saint; why should he sacrifice the lives of his citizens for some unrelated people!
"Ding... Spent 1000 soul crystals to purchase Building blueprint (Arrow Tower)..."
"Ding... Spent 100 soul crystals to purchase Production blueprint (Bricks)..."
"Ding... Spent 100 soul crystals to purchase Production blueprint (Cement)..."
After spending all the soul crystals he had, Qin Feng led Snow Zither and archers to hunt some magical beasts before returning to the territory.
There was also a small incident here.
While Qin Feng was purchasing blueprints, two alien race Trial Participants actually tried to assassinate him.
Fortunately, one alien race Trial Participant was taken down by the hidden Snow Zither.
The other alien race Trial Participant, seeing that things were not going well, prepared to escape but was shot into a hedgehog by 20 archers.
At this point, the two alien race Trial Participants were the fourth and fifth participants to die by Qin Feng's hand.
This left Qin Feng speechless, wondering if he would unlock the [Assassin Training Ground] if this continued?