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Vlad read Artemis' status screen, finding out a lot about his new pet's abilities and powers, alongside their current stats. Truth be told, he was a bit disappointed in the stats themselves; they were only 2 of all, a few points lower than Insecta.
But perhaps the Guardian Beasts at the stage of a hatchling weren't meant to fight to begin with, and he would probably have to level her up a little before even considering using Artemis in a fight.
Nonetheless, the abilities she had…
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[Red-Eyed Heavenly White Spider of Golden Threads: Artemis]
[Beast Level]: [1/10]
[Beast Stage]: [Hatchling]
[Unit Type]: [Guardian Beast]
[Unit Rank]: [S+]
[Fighting Power]: [2]
[Stamina]: [2]
[Mobility]: [2]
[Element]: [Sunlight] [Arachnid] [Insect] [Murim]
[Affinity]: [Affinity of All Elements +1] [Affinity of Sunlight +3] [Affinity of Insects +1] [Affinity of Arachnids +3]
{Special Abilities}:
[Eight Heavenly Watchful Eyes]: Artemis watches over the territory with her powerful eight eyes. She can easily see all things within a large area of over 1 kilometer around her and alert her Master about anything unusual. If a Watchtower is constructed in the territory, both effects stack for an even greater range of detection. Has a 50% chance to inflict Paralysis, Fear, Startle, Sunburn, and Confusion Status Effects on enemy units within range every 10 seconds. Targets are chosen randomly, max targets: 50.
[Heavenly Spiderweb of Light Domain]: Artemis forms a Spiderweb Domain made completely out of light around her territory, almost completely invisible to the naked eye. This magical spiderweb is extra sensitive, and it can detect anything that touches it, increase the Power of Insect-type, Arachnid-type, Sunlight-type, and Murim-type Units within its interior by 100%, and will protect from outside attacks based on its own durability, which increases over time and with the Beast's Levels. This spiderweb can be harvested and processed into Heavenly Sunlight Spiderweb Silk, a special item necessary for summoning the Sunflare Spiders, a new summonable Unit. Additionally, this domain increases the production of Heavenly Sunlight Spiderweb Silk by 100%, while reducing the summoning cost of Sunflare Spiders by 50%.
[Blessing of The Millenary Beast]: A Blessing of the Heavens is bestowed upon the entire Territory as long as this Guardian Beast remains inside of it, enhancing the power and Mobility of all Defending Troops by 50% and boosting the production of Food, Lumber, Stone, and Metals by 100%. Within the civilization, Murim Martial Arts School and Murim Spiritual Arts School can be researched in the Research Center to increase the strength of all the territory's troops and help them learn new fighting abilities, techniques, and skills.
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They were all amazing!
The first one allowed Vlad to survey the entire city and even beyond it, constantly keeping a watchful eye on any potential foe or invasion.
And if he placed several watchtowers around the city or even further away, he could then easily pinpoint even further distances.
Now, quite literally, the sky was the limit, as the ability itself didn't even specify any limits regarding this!
And as if that wasn't amazing enough, a constant rain of status effects on any foe within her eye's range was also quite amazing, making sure to slow down up to fifty enemies at once.
In an all-out war like the one that could possibly happen tomorrow, Vlad could immediately tell that this would be an incredibly useful ability.
And then, the second ability was most likely the origin of this invisible barrier that the vampire prince could feel above the entire city.
Artemis had yet to even weave her first spiderweb, but her own powers manifested in their shape as light created a barrier around the city.
This barrier also had its own set of buffs and amazing effects and a durability that increased over time and was also based on Artemis' level!
Above all, the most surprising part was the Material Gathering effect of this ability; it seemed this barrier actively produced a special material required to summon unique units tied to Artemis "Sunflare Spiders"!
And lastly, the Blessing, which boosted all resource production, the strength of defending troops, and even gave two new research skills to the Research Center.
If he could make his troops learn Murim Martial Arts and Spiritual Arts, just how strong could they become?
Hell, even the goblins could become great fighters!
Chris, Emerlinda, and Gofumina all glanced at the description and read through it while chatting with Vlad, realizing just how busted everything was.
"Hey, this is freaking ridiculous!" Gofumina said with eyes full of jealousy. "I want my own guardian beast too! How do you even get one?!"
"Nuh-huh, only the privilege of territory governors~!" Chris giggled cockily, caressing Vlad's face while acting like he was the king instead.
"It's pretty amazing… I wonder though, did the spider originally have its own set of abilities?" Emerlinda wondered. "Then that means it evolved them even further into these, right? Incredible… You got a really good kickstart with this, Vlad!"
"Yeah, I'm quite proud of the results," nodded the vampire prince. "Alright! Now that we're here, we might as well Level Up Artemis at least once or twice…"
Vlad quickly glanced at the status screen of the Nest again.
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[Territory Guardian Nest]
[Building Type]: [Territory Guardian Facility]
[Building Level]: [1/10]
[Territory Guardian]: [Red-Eyed Heavenly White Spider Of Golden Threads: Artemis (S+ Rank Hatchling)]
[Level Up Requirements]: [1000 Gold] [3000 Lumber] [3000 Metals] [3000 Stone] [2000 Food] [500 Arcana]
{Building Description}
[A Territory Guardian Nest is the home of the territory's beast guardian, where they will live the majority of the time. In here they will be given food and shelter, and they will be able to glance at the territory at any time. To be able to raise a Territory Guardian Beast, this building is a must. With each Level, the Guardian will grow stronger and give the Territory more Bonuses.]
{Territory Guardian Bonus}
Increases the Production of Food, Lumber, Stone, and Metal by 50%.
Reduces the price of Construction and upgrades of Farms, Quarry, Mines, and Lumberjacks by 25%.
Increases the Power and Mobility of All Civilization's Troops by 30%.
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"Alright, it even shows some new information and stuff… It seems there are even more additional bonuses with this… Wow."
As he felt quite happy about this, Vlad quickly tapped the Level Up option with his finger and decided to spend all the materials necessary.
Luckily, he had them all gathered beforehand after he had purchased those Material Bags from the Raid Shop, which he had still not used all the points for.
Ding!
[Do you wish to exchange [1000 Gold] [3000 Lumber] [3000 Metals] [3000 Stone] [2000 Food] [500 Arcana] to upgrade the [Territory Guardian Nest] to Level 2?]
[Construction Duration: 1 Minute.]
[Yes] [No]
He pressed [Yes] without hesitating.
FLAAASH!
In that moment, a bright flash of golden light encompassed his surroundings, as Vlad saw all the materials flying away from his Inventory and reaching the surrounding nest.
While that happened, his eight Blazing Doppelgangers appeared, beginning to work on upgrading it, piece by piece, part by part, while consuming the Food as fuel.
"W-Woah! What's going on?!" Emerlinda was the first one to panic.
"They're working super fast; what the hell is this now?" Gofumina asked. "Is there something not ridiculous about this civilization system?"
"Nope, everything is ridiculous," Vlad said with a slight smile. "And it's… done."
FLUOSH!
The entire nest had grown twice as large, accommodating more space for Artemis to be more comfortable inside, and she could even run or spread her spider webs everywhere.
"Shiiii! Shyyeeh!"
Artemis seemed rather happy, making cute noises as she moved around her nest, and then comfortably sat down with all eight of her legs curved down, making what most people could refer to as a "spider loaf" position, which real-life spiders could of course not make, unless they were dead.
She had not changed at all, though, so it seemed that just a single level wasn't going to help her get from Hatchling to whatever her next stage was…
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have successfully increased the Level of your [Territory Guardian Nest] to Level 2!]
[All of the Territory Guardian's Stats have increased by +1!]
[The Territory Bonuses have been increased in power by 5%.]
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