Chapter 1111: Chapter 1111

The matter of rewarding contributions should be given a general explanation without making it too complex. Du You’s foundation is his own citizens, all wholly loyal, so there’s no worry about causing any disturbances.

The main focus is to appease the soldiers among the incoming population, but they generally handle logistics and miscellaneous tasks, so their contributions are relatively minor. Otherwise, these issues alone could give Du You headaches for a while.

After giving a few instructions, the cleaning up of the battlefield was almost complete. Du You continued summoning Demonic Flame Skeletons while discussing with Luo Jia the details of constructing the city here.

"Building a city here with our siege crew isn’t difficult, and the force deployment isn’t troublesome either. The real challenge is in logistics and the city’s Defensive Barrier," Luo Jia pointed out.

Du You casually said, "These matters, I’ll discuss them with Shaliya later. For now, just prepare for these aspects. This place is crucial, and to avoid infiltration, it’s best to use our own citizens."

Luo Jia slightly nodded, his thoughts aligned with Du You’s.

Even in Luo Jia’s heart, the citizens are merely recruited, not normal humans, so even if there are losses, it’s not a big deal. Perhaps in Luo Jia’s mind, these citizens are almost becoming mere numbers.

"Alright, there are still quite a few matters regarding the soldiers’ appeasement and the frontline to attend to. You can go ahead and attend to them," Du You said. Follow current novᴇls on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽

Du You waved his hand to dismiss Luo Jia. Staying here and summoning was boring, so Du You started to open an orb whenever he had the chance.

After all, he had slain quite a few tier-five Quicksand Priests, so they did leave behind some valuable items.

Sand Dune Amulet: Forms an invisible desert storm shield around the body, weakening enemy attacks with an effect of 45, and slightly absorbing water from nearby enemies, potentially causing dehydration. (Blue)

Quicksand Robe: Defense 44, magic resistance 46, increases magic casting success rate by 20%, reduces casting time by 20%. (Blue)

There were three Sand Dune Amulets in total, just right for three people, with each getting one. Du You swapped his own Mountain River Amulet. Lin Yucha replaced her Mo Dan Amulet, and Lin Yushi, who lacked an amulet, added it directly.

Next were the Quicksand Robes which, though decent in defense and magic resistance, the latter two enhancements were of no use to him. Enhancing the probability of spell success was meant for ordinary Mages, while he was a Dark Soul Sorcerer, a Spellcaster career that hardly ever faces casting failure, since his profession involved pre-creating Skill Runes into Skill Gems.

Unlike regular Mages who need to reconstruct magic each time, though it seems somewhat rigid, there’s no problem with success rate and speed. Thus, reducing casting time also proved useless to him.

As most of his spells were already instant, reducing the casting time held no value.

Yet, it being a blue-tier item, Du You still replaced his Flame Robe with it.

Finally, when Du You opened the orb dropped by Kaya, he laughed. "Haha, this guy’s signature skill was dropped." Du You held a Skill Crystal resembling a stone.

Death Puppet (Tier 4): Using special methods, corpses are controlled and turned into Dried Corpses. The tier of Death Puppet cannot exceed one’s own, and the control number increases by one every five levels. (Level 31, 8 stars)

"That’s a base tier-four skill, truly a good skill. Master, won’t you consider it?" Lin Yucha suggested.

Du You shook his head, "No way. It’s clearly a skill for an Undead Mage, requiring too many transformation Crystal Coins which I can’t afford right now. We would waste our chances to improve. Moreover, it’s useless to me."

Reviewing the small description, Du You gave up. Securing bodies is troublesome, and creating the puppet is even more cumbersome, requiring a lot of time and materials for the ritual. There’s also a chance of failure, which would mean all efforts were wasted.

Taking so much time to produce a puppet with mediocre power compared to his Summoned Beasts did not interest Du You. With that time, it would be better to find a better Summoned Beast and try to get a tier-five Dark Element Stone to craft a new skill.

So his plan for this skill was to either trade it for something he needed or simply keep it, and maybe later nurture power within his own company. After all, Undead Mage has always been an incredibly powerful profession.

With nothing more exciting coming from the orb, Du You opened a chest; the war rewards were here now.

Temporary Task: Resist the invasion of the Quicksand Empire—completed. Would you like to submit?

Without hesitation, Du You chose to submit, and then a chest appeared before him. Initially, it was a large amount of Crystal Coins, about fifty thousand, likely because of the many tier-five opponents faced.

Next were two blueprints, Yellow Sand Tower and Lord’s Mansion.

"A Mage Tower and a blueprint for a Lord’s Mansion, am I about to assemble the foundation for a new domain?" Du You muttered to himself. Previously, gathering foundational blueprints when constructing a domain was tough, but now it seemed far too easy. It really left Du You uncertain on how to feel.

However, Du You, with no immediate plans of building a new domain, stored them away. These items never depreciate in value and are nearly impossible to find on the market.

Little did Du You expect that after the two blueprints, the chest didn’t vanish. The task seemed exceptionally well done.

Du You continued reaching into the chest, this time pulling out a gem.

Storm Crystal: Domain Equipment

"What? It’s domain equipment!" It had been a long time since Du You had acquired new domain equipment, and unexpectedly, this time he had secured it. Reading the detailed description, it seemed to be a piece of auxiliary domain equipment that aids in Cultivation.

"We’ll take it back to install in that domain," Du You declared.

Lin Yucha analyzed, "No need for Harry Asteroid, there’s no need for Cultivation there, and Central City doesn’t need it either, as it has stabilized. No need to keep investing. So, it only leaves this place."

"You’re right, we’ll set it up when we return," Du You agreed, his recent acquisition still muddling his thoughts, which led him to instinctively ask Lin Yucha.