Edward Hughes, twenty-four years old, was a lord.
And the level is not low, he is a duke.
As a member of the army of time-travelers, his cheap father was unfortunately seriously injured and died while fighting monsters a few days ago. He inherited his father's title and became the Duke of the Border Guard of the First Kingdom of Leon.
The mother was in tears all day long because of this. Edward, who had been closest to his mother since childhood, saw this and felt pain in his heart.
But now he has a more important thing to do - protect a kingdom.
The rioting monster army did not stop because of the death of his father Orenzi-Sius. Countless monsters swept across the entire western border of the kingdom with endless aura of destruction. Every day, urgent military information about the fall of villages was sent to him. inside.
Sitting on the throne of the castle, this solid castle made of reinforced concrete and a city wall that stretches for hundreds of kilometers are his greatest confidence in facing the monster army and the last line of defense in his plan.
When it was built, the tall city wall that protected the western border of the small half of the kingdom was called the biggest symbol of corruption since the founding of the kingdom. It was just a meaningless consumption of national power.
But now all the citizens, including the young king, are waiting for Duke Edward to stop the monster army under the city wall.
The lord system was successfully bound when Edward was eighteen years old.
It was also that year that the adult Edward received a fief from his father and became a small lord in the feudal era.
With the help of the lord system, Edward led his territory to continue to advance.
Promote the planting of high-yielding crops so that the people of the kingdom will no longer starve. Use a large amount of concrete to build defensive fortresses and civil buildings to make the kingdom's borders impregnable. Purchase gunpowder formulas and gun paper from the system store at high prices, and use weapons that transcend the times to upgrade repairs. The combat effectiveness of the Si family's private soldiers.
As a full-time professional army, the Seuss Grenadier Guards has been the strongest force in the First Kingdom of Leon since its formation.
But everything was destroyed by this magical wave that was rare in a century.
Most of the Hughes Guards had already gone to heaven with their father, leaving only a few thousand who were deployed at the most prominent defensive points of the Great Wall.
As expected, they were short of food and ammunition and soon had to retreat to their own castle, the Fortress of Seuss, for a final resistance.
Wearing a heavy cloak sewn by his mother out of red velvet, Edward stood on the city wall in his ducal attire, looking out over the ice and snow in the distance.
If the system had come a few years earlier, then maybe he could have obtained the steam engine technology through the system and led the Kingdom of Leon into the industrial age. By then, this level of magic would not be as bad as it is now for the kingdom that is undergoing an industrial revolution. fatal.
Unfortunately, if there is no such thing, the forward of the demonic tide is less than 100 kilometers away from the Great Wall. Even if the marching speed is slower, tens of thousands of monsters will start to attack the city wall in less than half a month.
Can more than 100,000 serf soldiers from the feudal era and thousands of Seussian Guards really be able to withstand the tide of monsters coming at them?
According to the battle report the general submitted to him, these thick-skinned monsters cannot even be attacked by Guards grenadiers equipped with flintlock rifles and black powder grenades. It often takes more than a dozen Guards volleys to defeat one monster.
Opening the system panel, Edward clearly saw that his point balance reached an astonishing nearly 20,000 points.
So many points are due to the world-class task issued to him by the system - to block the demonic tide!
Every time he and the troops under his command kill a monster, he will be rewarded with a system point. The stronger the monster, the more points he will receive.
The nearly 20,000 system points meant that over 10,000 monsters had died at the hands of the human army.
But what's the use of more points?
He is only at the first level in the Wanjie Trading Market. He is afraid that the secondary market will not have the products he wants, so he does not dare to spend 10,000 points to upgrade now. He can only stare at the billboards in the trading market every day and hope that something will happen. The product that turns the tide of the war appears.
As the system says, each system holder can only sell products exclusive to his own main world. Sensitive commodities such as technology, raw materials, and food are blocked from the trading market.
If the force value of the main world where the traveler is located is too low, like Edward, he will not even have the ability to explore other worlds, nor can he produce exclusive products that meet market requirements. He can only earn points by completing tasks and influencing the world. .
What appears on the primary trading market are basically cold weapons with weak magic power or ordinary hot weapons that are ridiculously expensive, which is not a good choice for Edward at the moment.
After all, they are all first-level time travellers. It would be good for most people to be able to protect themselves in a completely unfamiliar world. It is estimated that few people are so lucky to be the son of a duke at birth like me. It is normal that they cannot bring out trading items.
Returning to the warm room in the castle and the roaring fireplace, Edward took off his cloak. After entering the Wanjie Trading Market with a silent remark, his figure disappeared on the animal skin sofa.
"Um?"
Scanning the billboards in the sky as usual, the attentive Edward discovered a sales advertisement called Star Military Industry in the corner.
“Star Military Industry has now landed on the Ten Thousand Worlds Trading Market. If you urgently need firepower to solve some personal problems, but suffer from insufficient points, then a cheap laser rifle from the interstellar era that only requires energy to fire may be able to meet your needs. "
"Please consult your system for details, Qunxing Military Industry will serve you wholeheartedly!"
Edward looked at the advertisement, unaware that his mouth had been opened wide in surprise.
If what the advertisement says is true, then the Hughes family may be saved!
...
Sitting in the office in the Paradise World, Yang Tianyi was spinning his pen boredly.
As expected, he would have to wait a few more days to receive a notice from the National Cooperation Bureau. In the past few days, he planned to stay in the Elysium World to build up the scientific research department and grassroots framework of the Star Group.
Using advanced technology that is not available in Elysium as a temptation, I believe that many scientific research geeks will be tempted by the recruitment of Qunxing Group, and the salary that is higher than that of ordinary companies is enough to attract a group of unambitious employees to switch jobs to Qunxing Group to do basic work.
Just as he was writing and drawing with a pen, planning the future of the Elysium world, a system prompt suddenly appeared.
"Boss, please note that a customer from another world is browsing your products. Please go to the store as soon as possible to have a detailed discussion with him."
He put down the pen in surprise, and after a flash of white light, his figure appeared in his store in the Bankai Market.
As a blond young man wearing retro aristocratic clothing came into view, Yang Tianyi was convinced that this young man with extraordinary temperament should be the guest mentioned by the system.
I didn’t expect that someone would be fooled so quickly, oh no, come to the store to buy their own weapons.
Advertising really works, I say.
Although Yang Tianyi was extremely excited when he received a traveler guest for the first time, he still walked up to Edward pretending to be dignified and asked softly.
"This guest, even an ordinary businessman like me can easily see your noble status. What do you need?"
Because he was too focused on the introduction of the weapons in the cabinet, it wasn't until he heard Yang Tianyi's voice that Edward realized there was a black-haired young man in a black suit behind him.
He should be the owner of this store.
Edward stretched out his hand and shook hands with Yang Tianyi eagerly, and said, "Edward Hughes, just call me Edward."
Yang Tianyi shook Edward's calloused hand and replied: "Yang Tianyi."
"Boss Yang."
Edward did not continue to show off and chose to get straight to the point. He pointed to the X-1 laser rifle on the counter and asked: "How many points does a weapon like this cost, and how much does it cost to consume and replenish ammunition?"
Yang Tianyi smiled when he heard Edward's question and pointed a finger at the ceiling.
"A thousand points?"
He stroked the transparent glass counter with his hand. Counters like this were absolute luxuries in Edward's world. Only wealthy nobles had the financial resources and qualifications to use glass with such high transparency.
The price of one thousand points was very high for him, but it was much better than a powder pistol of one thousand points.
"No, you misunderstood."
Yang Tianyi, who saw that this was someone who was taken advantage of, smiled even more and replied.
"One hundred points a handful. If you purchase enough, I can give you a discount."
From Yang Tianyi's perspective, the cost of an X-1 laser rifle was only 100 World Credit Points, which was now equivalent to 100 World Credit Points exchanged for 100 System Points. It was already a profitable business.
For Edward, the price of one hundred points even made him wonder whether his ears were damaged by the loud sound of the gun experiment.
Worried that Yang Tianyi would regret it, Edward directly placed an order for one hundred laser rifles, ten electromagnetic machine guns and supporting ammunition, and said that as long as he had enough points, he would come back at any time.
Yang Tianyi, who had collected more than 10,000 system points, was ecstatic and wanted to give Edward a 20% discount. But Edward waved his hand and said that there was no need for this, and he could just give him a discount in exchange for thirty rifles.
The two people who shook hands again were all smiles on their faces. For them, this transaction in which each got what they needed was so complete, so complete that it was unbelievable.
Under the witness of the system, Edward first transferred 5,000 points to Yang Tianyi as a deposit. After Qunxing Military Industry delivered the goods to his door, 10,000 points would be immediately entered into Yang Tianyi's system account.
Edward, who returned to the Fortress of Hughes, slumped down on the animal skin sofa. Having been so distressed by the recent demonic tide, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, hummed a tune, took off his rabbit skin gloves and started a fire.
Three days later, Boss Yang from Qunxing Military Industry promised to deliver the goods to your door on time in three days.
As long as this batch of arms is in place, each prominent point of the Great Wall can be assigned two electromagnetic heavy machine guns and more than 20 laser rifles.
At that time, the surging monster army will be nothing more than moving system points to me!
Now there is only one thought in Edward's mind, which is to kill more monsters and then buy more guns and ammunition, and use the weapons of the interstellar era to rebuild the severely damaged Hughes Guards.
After repelling the demonic tide, he will become the patron saint of the Kingdom of Leon and even mankind!
