Just what let him down was, when he managed to get Tang Xichen's contact information online through various means.
The other party unexpectedly did not answer his call and directly hung up.
You can't really blame Tang Xichen for being proud; in this age where cyberbullying is serious, being cautious with unfamiliar numbers isn't overkill.
"Then I'll just have to try transforming into a unit that can be summoned in the territory first."
Just as Rosen opened the unit summoning interface, he discovered that all the options were empty.
This situation should be because he hasn't constructed a barracks yet.
To transform into the target unit, at the very least, one has to know what units they own; this is the minimum requirement.
Rosen went to the balcony on the top floor of the castle, his eyes searching around, and sure enough, he found a huge mine.
Currently, there were four ordinary Beastman Laborers moving back and forth, transporting gold mines from the cave.
Rosen opened the terminal interface of the main city, where the territory's resource information appeared:
[Wood: 200]
[Gold Coins: 500]
[Food: 5/20]
[Energy: 19/20]
Wood and Gold Coins are the basic consumption for constructing buildings.
He focused on a piece of empty land near the gold mine, spending 250 Gold Coins and 100 wood to construct a barracks.
A massive barracks' silhouette enveloped the empty land next to the gold mine, with a countdown timer above, displaying 2:56.
This was the construction countdown.
As the countdown elapsed, a vast barracks stood tall before Rosen.
Choosing to build the barracks next to the gold mine was also to protect the Laborers from a Demon Race invasion that could kill them.
Upon reopening the main city interface, a barracks option appeared, and upon entering, he could see that there was one active unit in the summoning list and four gray units.
The activated unit was the most basic one: Beastman Soldier.
According to order, the strength of the units increases sequentially, and Rosen's gaze fell on the last unit, the Beastman Cavalry.
This was a level one barracks, and the strongest unit that could be summoned was only Beastman Cavalry.
As for why everything except Beastman Soldier was gray, the reason lay in the need for Gold Coins to unlock them.
Unlocking the second unit requires 500 Gold Coins, whereas unlocking the last one requires a full 1000 Gold Coins.
At the speed of Beastman Laborers transporting gold coins, with an increase rate of 3 Gold Coins per minute, it would take several days to unlock it.
Fortunately, Rosen's awakened hero had transformation abilities, and a Beastman Cavalry dressed in blood-red armor riding a black panther appeared.
Rosen looked at the indestructible blood-red armor on himself, then waved the cool-looking battle sword in his hand, and then patted the black panther he was riding.
The black panther leaped down from the main city, carrying Rosen to the vast grassland outside the main city.
Seeing this scene, Rosen's parents were stunned.
But just then, at the end of the grassland, unexpectedly appeared a group of ten or so Dog-headed Demon Soldiers!
The leading Dog-headed Demon Soldier was also dressed in black, hard armor, wielding a Meteor Hammer.
Behind him were Dog-headed Demon Soldiers, bare-chested and holding a sharp-looking Persian blade.
This was an enemy attack!
A territory that has just awakened meets strong enemies so soon; no wonder the survival rate of new lords is so low.
However, Rosen also understood that these were indigenous Demon Race within the territory, not ones infiltrating from outside.
If it was Demon Race from the outside, their strength would be much greater.
Fortunately, during the rookie seven-day protection period, outside Demon Race cannot enter.
Seeing that group of Dog-headed Demons, Rosen was uncertain whether his armor could resist them; he was clearly outnumbered.
To be safe, he still summoned two Beastman Soldiers.
Cooldown time: 1:25.
When the two Beastman Soldiers were summoned, two minutes and fifty seconds had already passed, just when the group of Dog-headed Demons was approaching the main city.
Rosen swung his battle sword, leading his black panther mount to charge towards the Dog-headed Demons.
Behind him, the two Beastman Soldiers followed him and charged as well.
The couple standing on the main city was utterly shocked by this scene.
They were seeing such a formation for the first time.
In their youth, they couldn't even afford school, let alone awaken a hero template, knowing almost nothing of a hero's strength.
Seeing their son venture forward, they were also worried.
Judging by numbers alone, Rosen was clearly at a disadvantage.
"This is what it means to be a lord; the starting phase is the most dangerous, but if you endure through it, later on it stabilizes." Father Luo Hua patted the mother's hand, reassuring her not to worry.
"After all, our son has awakened the hero template; though it's a fairly weak hero, it's still a hero."
"Yes, I have confidence in him."
Then they saw Rosen unexpectedly kill a Dog-headed Demon wielding a Persian blade with one strike.
Immediately afterward, two strikes killed the Dog-headed Demon wielding the Meteor Hammer.
This scene caught the couple by surprise.
"These monsters look terrifying, but they are quite weak."
"Yes, indeed, being rookie monsters, they're certainly not strong."
After their surprise, the couple quickly understood that it wasn't Rosen's hero template being too strong, but the monsters being too weak.
Rosen himself was equally shocked.
To kill a regular Dog-headed Demon soldier with one strike, and slay the Dog-headed Demon leader with two strikes?
He had just seen it; his summoned two minions attacked over dozens of times but couldn't kill even one, leaving them barely alive.
Had he not hurriedly come to the rescue, he might have sacrificed a soldier.
And the Dog-headed Demon leader's Meteor Hammer also hit him once, yet Rosen only lost a tiny bit of life, hardly a scratch.
In all signs, either the Beastman Cavalry bloodline was too strong, or the hero template was incredibly formidable.
Rosen could essentially confirm it as the hero template's application; Beastman Cavalry couldn't be this strong, even regular heroes weren't this powerful!
By now, there were already items dropped on the ground, among them five gold coins glinting prominently.
Rosen reached out and touched them, transferring the coins into his account.
He also found a bright silver coin, which, after input, was discovered to be Lord Coins.
1 Lord Coin = 100 RMB.
Eliminating these ten Dog-headed Demons was surprisingly easy, taking less than a minute, altogether dropping ten such Lord Coins.
Equivalent to 1000 RMB!
This loot rate was undeniable for Rosen.
This signaled the beginning of the path to wealth and prosperity!
Rosen searched the ground again and, finding no further extras, finally gave up on further search.
"The territory's Demon Race drops quite a bit; if you encounter those outside, they probably drop even more."
"A lord truly is an income-generating profession!"
But Rosen wasn't arrogant enough to venture outside the territory foolishly seeking trouble with wild Demon Race.
It's known that not only are the territory's Demon Race's strength limited, but their species is constrained within the territory's environmental range.
This means no appearance of Demon Race like Dark Great Mage.
If one ventures outside and encounters a powerful or notably significant Demon Race, one wouldn't even know how they died.
Some Demon Race, like the cursed Kayako, can only be eliminated by units capable of mental attacks.
If Rosen ever encounters one, he'd definitely be doomed.
"Not hurt, right?" Seeing Rosen return victorious, his parents asked.
"No big deal, look at what I've got!" Rosen didn't hide it, showing the ten Lord Coins.
Looking at the shiny Lord Coins, his parents hastily asked, "These coins look weird, what kind of currency is it?"
"This is Lord Coins, one Lord Coin can be exchanged for a hundred RMB. Just now, I got ten of them! Dad, Mom, this is equivalent to 1000 RMB!!"
"What, isn't this equivalent to half a month's salary for me?!" Father exclaimed.