Chapter 158: The System Daily Reward
Luke looked at the war report and first checked the casualty of Blackstone Highlands.
BLACKSTONE CASUALTY REPORT
+-----------------------+---------+--------+----------+-----------+--------------+
| Category | Start | Killed | Wounded | Remaining | Combat-Ready |
+-----------------------+---------+--------+----------+-----------+--------------+
| Golden Knights | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Silver Knights | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 |
| Bronze Knights | 1,000 | 200 | 300 | 800 | 500 |
| Iron Knights | 5,000 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 4,000 | 2,800 |
| Body Temper Soldiers | 10,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 7,000 | 5,000 |
+-----------------------+---------+--------+----------+-----------+--------------+
| Total Personnel | 16,101 | 4,200 | 3,506 | 11,901 | 8,395 |
+-----------------------+---------+--------+----------+-----------+--------------+
After seeing the report, his expression worsened. Because almost 80% of this occurred because of Golden knights.
"Damn it." So the curse escaped his mouth and his expression became ugly.
And he said with a furious tone, "The Hidden Hand. One day I will erase all of your existence."
Though, Luke didn’t know that his second wife, Selene, and the Saintess had already sent armies to erase them.
A few moments later he calmed down and noticed the numbers of Body Temper realm soldiers.
"Two thousand minus more, because all of them were traitors." He muttered with a thoughtful expression.
Even though the whole forces of the territory had reduced from 16 thousand to 8 thousand,
But currently he could defend only one territory with these numbers.
That’s why yesterday, he left all the forces stationed at Windmarch Reach, while returned back himself.
Because he had enough strength to defend the Blackstone Territory alone.
After that he checked the report of the Ashenford armies.
ASHENFORD ARMIES CASUALTY BREAKDOWN - 90% KILLED, 10% CAPTURED
+-----------------------+---------+---------------+----------------+
| Category | Start | Killed (90%) | Captured (10%) |
+-----------------------+---------+---------------+----------------+
| Golden Knights | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Silver Knights | 100 | 90 | 10 |
| Bronze Knights | 1,000 | 900 | 100 |
| Iron Knights | 15,000 | 13,500 | 1,500 |
| Body Temper Soldiers | 50,000 | 45,000 | 5,000 |
+-----------------------+---------+---------------+----------------+
| Total Personnel | 66,102 | ~59,490 | ~6,612 |
+-----------------------+---------+---------------+----------------+
"Hmm..." Luke rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Because the number he was seeing was of the battlefield.
As some forces were still at Windmarch Reach, especially Body Temper realm, which was as high as 50,000 still left there.
"Fortunately, they didn’t resist hardly." Luke nodded, after remembering
that when they saw the Aether Devastation Beam Cannon, almost everyone’s morale instantly got destroyed.
While some Silver Knight elders retaliated, which resulted in a few getting killed and the remaining ones in jail.
Sadly, the report for loot or the gain had to be calculated, and it was gonna take some time.
"I hope their treasury has some good stuff." Luke smiled with expectation.
Then he brought the quill toward the paper and wrote more plans, which were needed for current territory development.
-Recruitment of new soldiers.
-Making a main road, connecting both territories, for easier transportation.
-Complete capture of surrounding towns, before other nobles could do that.
He only wrote these three with a serious face, because it was the priority.
As Luke just put the quill back-
DINGG!
The system notification sound immediately came.
How did he know that it was a system notification sound? Because the system had set it to annoy him.
So whenever he got rewards, this sound would follow suit.
But he didn’t yell or become angry at the system’s annoying sound, because who didn’t like money notifications.
[10,000x Return System Calculating Emotion of Previous Day.]
[Emotion Calculating.....]
[Emotions: Love/Jealousy/Worried/Fear/Lust.]
"Heh??" Luke became annoyed, after seeing that Jealousy was still there.
"Why is she always remains jealous?" His face twitched, because he didn’t even go toward another woman, then from where was her jealousy coming?
[Kekeke. (¬‿¬)]
As he was in the middle of his thinking, the system’s weird laugh came, along with came the emoji.
"What?" He became baffled and asked him. On which he just continued the weird laugh.
So he ignored him and checked the other emotions.
"Worried and Fear." Reading this, he felt bad for Aurielle. Because he knew that when he said he would go and kill Aldaric by himself, she would have gotten so worried.
Still he shook his head and muttered. "For protecting you and our home, I did that."
"Lust."
With that he saw the last emotion and an image of Aurielle with her mouth full of his d**k came into his mind.
’So my Aurielle is the naughty type.’ A lewd smile appeared on his lips at this, while the system’s weird laugh continued.
[Kekekek. 🤭]
Fortunately, Aurielle was not here, as if she knew what Luke was thinking about her, then he would have to sleep outside for a month, alone.
After that he checked the system screen again.
[Reward Calculating...]
[1x Return triggered]
[Reward: E-Rank Aether Crystal Mine Blueprint]
[Base Quantity: 1]
[100x Base Return Activated]
[Reward Multiplied: 100 Aether Crystal Mine Blueprints]
[Rank: E-Rank (Bronze Knight Level)]
[Type: Enchanted Resource Production Blueprint]
[Production Capacity: 50 Perfect Aether Crystals per Month (Each Mine)]
[Quality: 100% Perfect Grade]
[Production Method: Automatically Absorbs Surrounding Aether → Crystal Formation]
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"Finally!" Luke laughed excitedly, because his territory really lacked Aether crystals, which normally even a Baron’s territory had.
"Now I don’t have one, but freaking 100." His smile became wider and he also noticed the line.
"Perfect grade! Absurd!" Luke’s expression brightened upon seeing this and he thanked the system for its rewards, which always came top tier.
Because normally an Aether mine generated underground after a long duration, due to the concentration of Aether from the surroundings.
And each mine had to be excavated manually. Even then, the crystals contained impurities. Most were low-grade or standard-grade, only a handful reached high grade, and as for perfect-grade crystals.
Forget about it. Even after mining for days, finding a single Perfect Aether Crystal would be considered lucky.
"But mine produces them automatically and every single one is Perfect Grade." Luke laughed, imagining how wealthy he would soon become. Better yet, his troops would finally have a steady supply of Aether Crystals for cultivation.
And he remembered the chart, which he had seen during his earlier shopping.
AETHER CRYSTAL GRADES
+------------------+--------------------------+--------------+------------+
| Grade | Quality | Market Price | Rarity |
+------------------+--------------------------+--------------+------------+
| Low Grade | Impure, Small, Cloudy | 5–8 Gold | Common |
| Standard Grade | Average Purity | 10–15 Gold | Uncommon |
| High Grade | High Purity | 20–30 Gold | Rare |
| Perfect Grade | Flawless, Crystal Clear | 50–80 Gold | Very Rare |
+------------------+--------------------------+--------------+------------+
Yes, a single Perfect Grade Aether Crystal could sell for up to 80 gold coins.
Which was simply incredible.
That meant one mine alone could generate around 4,000 gold coins every month.
And with a hundred mines. "Four hundred thousand gold coins every month!"
Luke’s eyes shone brightly as he calculated the figure.
While his laughter grew louder as thousands of possibilities flashed through his mind.
Then he suddenly paused.
"Wait a sec." He narrowed his eyes and his smile disappeared as he looked at the blueprint of the Aether Crystal Mine.
Because just now, he thought about the line. "It produces aether crystals by using surrounding Aether."
"I already have an aether-filled region." Luke muttered, because his time chamber was filled with a huge amount of Aether because of the Mana Well.
Even though the Mana Well produced the purest form of Aether, known as Mana, once it mixed with the surrounding air, it transformed into ordinary Aether.
Though, he didn’t pause for this. Instead he thought about the time chamber’s effect.
1:30 ratio.
This meant the production of his Aether Crystal Mines would far surpass those in the outside world, provided the Mana Well could supply enough Mana to sustain hundreds of them.
"I’m a genius." Luke shamelessly praised himself.
In response, the System displayed a speechless emoji on the screen.
[(￢_￢)]
Luke, however, completely ignored it.
Without wasting another moment, he left the building to find the perfect place to deploy all one hundred Aether Crystal Mines.