Tower Defense Lord, random Wishing Tower at the start of the game.

Chapter 12: The Spider's Nest's Web

"Infantry, advance!"

"Raise your gun."

Arthur personally led the sword-and-shield infantry at the front.

Behind him were militiamen with long guns.

At this time, the militia's long spears were no longer wooden spears, but standard iron spears.

The wild boars charged out, but the sword and shield infantry withstood the damage.

The militiamen's spear thrusts were not very effective; even with weapon enhancements, they couldn't kill a wild boar in one go.

But they are protected by sword-and-shield infantry.

The militia can continue to launch attacks.

The shields raised by the sword-and-shield infantry are like thick city walls.

They blocked the charge from the wild boar herd.

The number of casualties among the wild boar herd has begun to rise.

However, sword and shield infantry also consume stamina very quickly.

At this moment, Alice activated her Divine Healing Aura, fully restoring the sword and shield infantry whose stamina was about to run out.

With Victor by her side, Alice's magic recovery was also quite fast.

The charge of the wild boars was no match for the shield formation of the sword-and-shield infantry.

The militia, armed with rifles, pressed forward, and wild boars began to fall in droves.

At this time.

Arthur seized the opportunity, leading two squads of militia to bypass the front and attack the boar herd from behind.

"kill!"

Arthur's protective aura activated, and the militia followed closely behind.

Long swords and spears were brandished, driving the wild boars together.

The sword-and-shield infantry then slowly retreated.

They gave up the trench behind them.

The wild boars fell into the trench one after another, letting out mournful screams.

At this moment, Raya, who had been waiting for a long time, waved his hand.

The longbowmen focused their fire, shooting down the wild boars that were huddled together and unable to move.

Under Lin Chuan's control, the arrow towers precisely targeted and killed the wild boars that tried to turn around and attack Arthur.

About half an hour later.

Silence returned outside the territory.

The howling wild boars turned into corpses.

Lia led the basic farmers and dragged them into her territory.

"Ding-dong."

"Kill 150 wild boars and gain 3000 experience points."

Monsters drop very little at night.

After killing so many wild boars, I didn't get a single magic core except for experience points.

Arthur's outstanding performance on the battlefield made Lin Chuan see his potential.

This is a hero worth focusing on developing.

"Continue upgrading."

Arthur's level was raised to LV10, and two new skills were added.

[Basic Marching], [Basic Wilderness Supply]

The former can double the marching speed of an army.

Field resupply allows the army to convert lower-level troops into higher-level troops after suffering losses.

At LV10, Arthur will begin his second awakening.

This time, Arthur needs to advance to the transcendent level and obtain the Black Iron-grade Seed of Life.

Arthur's current strength is that of a high-level warrior.

Further on, there are several extraordinary levels such as iron, bronze, silver, and gold.

Among these levels, condensing the seed of life is the Black Iron level of extraordinary, mastering Black Iron level battle qi, and then continuously refining it to advance one's own power to a higher level.

"A special job change scroll is required for extraordinary job changes."

"These items mainly drop in secret realms, and a small number also drop in some nests in the wild."

It seems that Arthur's second awakening cannot be completed immediately.

Lin Chuan wasn't in a hurry.

Currently, advanced warriors are already considered quite strong.

Lin Chuan then allocated the extra experience points to Raya, raising her to LV8.

Two new skills have been added: Junior Scout Commander and Junior Scout Reconnaissance Combat.

Judging from her skills, Raya's development path should be towards reconnaissance units.

Time quickly passed into the middle of the night.

Lin Chuan put some of the meat on the online store for sale.

At that moment, I saw a message from Wei Shen.

"Boss Lin."

"I died inside."

What follows is Wei Shen's account of the secret realm.

He also entered the Snow Wolf Town Secret Realm.

The landing point is in the handicraft workshop area.

There are plenty of supplies over there.

Wei Shen collected a lot of good things, including the technical worker manual that Lin Chuan needed.

Along the way, Wei Shen single-handedly took down several snow wolf guards.

My confidence began to swell.

After seeing the town center of Snow Wolf Town.

They actually rushed straight in.

Then~

And that was the end of it.

A volley of arrows from the towers sent him back to his territory.

He lost everything, including the equipment he had lent him.

Only the items that were packed into his personal storage space were taken out.

Among them were two manuals for skilled workers.

"Leather armor making techniques."

Iron smelting technology.

The item has been delivered to Lin Chuan's online store mailbox.

"It seems my caution was justified."

"Town centers are not places you can explore in single-player mode."

"You must be able to lead troops in, and they must be elite troops to even attempt this."

Lin Chuan took the email.

He handed the two technical manuals to Liya.

She would select farmers with basic skills to learn from.

A moment later, a notification message popped up indicating that the job change had been successful.

Lin Chuan's territory can produce two types of equipment: leather armor and iron swords.

It's no longer just standard equipment, but equipment with attributes.

Just as the two skilled workers successfully changed jobs.

The system also indicated that Lia's level had increased.

It went straight to LV5.

"Ding-dong."

"Lia's level has been raised to LV5, and she has gained the skills Farmland Management, Forest Management, Territory Construction Management, and Trade Management."

The first three are increasing crop yields, logging output, and territory construction speed.

Trade management, on the other hand, helps lords conduct foreign trade.

This requires building markets and training businessmen.

After reaching LV5, Lia was promoted to a hero unit.

"Ding-dong."

"Lia's Awakening Aura Skill: Rapid Construction".

[Rapid Construction]: Passive effect, reduces the upgrade cost of all buildings in the territory by 30%, and shortens the upgrade time of buildings in the territory by 50%. Active effect: Immediately completes the upgrade of a designated building (requires meeting prerequisites and having sufficient gold).

"This skill doesn't seem to have much use in the early stages."

"In the later stages, when building upgrades take a long time, that's when Leah's skill comes in handy."

Lin Chuan activated the territory management feature.

so far.

All five special units were promoted to heroes.

"There is logistical support."

"There are ranged physical attackers, melee physical attackers, ranged mages, and ranged healers."

"However, among these heroes, only Arthur can become a battlefield commander."

"Also, Arthur is only an infantryman; he still needs cavalry, air force, and other legions."

"We don't have enough special units; we need to find a way to get some more."

Lin Chuan set his sights on Wei Shen once again.

Just as he was pondering how to make his move.

Outside the territory, the second wave of monster nest attacks arrived.

"My lord."

"A large number of spiders have appeared outside the territory."

.....

Unlike other wild beasts, it attacks differently.

The way spider monsters attack cities is quite rare.

Lin Chuan stood on the city wall.

All that could be seen were endless spiderwebs, layer upon layer, enveloping the territory within them.

At least five hundred large spiders were entrenched in their webs, eyeing Lin Chuan's territory with predatory intent.

"Looks like they're preparing to trap me in a spider web."

Lin Chuan saw through the spiders' intentions.

They surrounded their territory, using the advantage of their spider webs to force themselves to come out and attack.

We don't have enough soldiers to throw away in this spider web formation.

"My lord."

"You can leave it to me."

A deep voice came from behind me.