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Chapter 132: Butler Cole
Chapter 132: Butler Cole
Seeing Sky Dragon looking like a wilted leek, Su Yu found it rather amusing. He showed her the attributes of the tavern and the card pool draw probabilities.
After a quick glance at the card pool probabilities, Sky Dragon instantly perked up!
She put her hands on her hips and said smugly, "Hehe, I knew it! With my luck, how could I not draw something good? President, just wait! I'll draw a few more top-notch talents for you!"
"Go for it!" Su Yu encouraged her softly, moving the slightly cooled skewer to her mouth.
Sky Dragon devoured the skewer without bothering to wipe her mouth and started clicking the "Ten-Draw" button, using up all ten chances in quick succession.
One card after another was revealed, and most of them were white cards.
After all, this was a Level 1 tavern. The card pool wouldn't include blue rare talents until the territory was upgraded to a town level.
However, thanks to Sky Dragon's high luck, the green light flashed four more times in the next nine draws!
In these ten ten-draws, Sky Dragon managed to draw five excellent-quality followers!
Seeing the green light flash from time to time, Su Yu inwardly admired his own wise and decisive decision.
"Bringing Sky Dragon into the guild was truly a wise choice! Otherwise, where would we be today?"
"Great job, Sky!" Su Yu praised her.
"Of course! Who do you think is drawing the cards?" Sky Dragon's tail almost curled up in pride.
After all the draws were complete, the names of 100 talents were neatly lined up on the board.
Su Yu quickly glanced over the attributes of the common talents and focused on the excellent-quality ones.
The five excellent-quality talents were:
Cole
- Occupation: Butler
- Trait 1: Announce Recruitment: When serving as the chief butler, a recruitment announcement will be posted in the main city, increasing the number of migrants by 10%.
- Trait 2: Calm: When serving as the chief butler, if a riot occurs, the livability of the territory will not drop significantly.
Ethan
- Occupation: Reconnaissance Cavalry
- Trait 1: Eagle's Vision: Vision range +50%.
- Trait 2: Leopard's Scent: Probability of discovering wild boars, deer, and sheep +30%.
Joshua
- Occupation: Stonemason
- Trait 1: Master Craftsmanship: Stone tools created can be sold at a high price within the city.
- Trait 2: Stone Art Exhibition: Exhibiting stone sculptures can slightly increase the livability of the territory.
Emily
- Occupation: Soldier
- Trait 1: Aggressive Stance: When attacking, all attributes +20%.
- Trait 2: Agile: Evasion rate +15%.
Miller
- Occupation: Bard
- Trait 1: Storyteller: Telling stories to the citizens in the tavern can slightly increase the livability of the territory.
- Trait 2: Lover: Slightly increases the birth rate of female citizens.
The talents in the territory were diverse, ranging from soldiers to craftsmen and various artisans.
Each talent had their own strengths: some could earn money, others could speed up resource gathering, some could improve livability and prosperity, and others could attract migrants.
However, for Su Yu, the one who could bring the greatest benefit among these five was the Butler, as the core of territory upgrading was population.
In the early stages of the game, there was no need to worry too much about livability.
In the early stages, the citizens were poorly fed and clothed, so giving them some food and coins would quickly boost livability.
The real challenge with livability would come in the later stages, when the citizens would need spiritual and cultural enjoyment, making it the most headache-inducing aspect for every lord.
...
Su Yu immediately summoned the butler, Cole.
A green summoning array appeared in the tavern hall, and the six-pointed star of the magic array lit up. An old butler in a black uniform appeared on the tavern's grounds.
"Master, I am Cole." Cole, a middle-aged man with a monocle, immediately bowed respectfully to Su Yu upon seeing him.
Su Yu took out a ceremonial sword from his backpack and placed the tip on Cole’s shoulder. "Cole, I hereby formally appoint you as the head steward of the estate, responsible for managing all its affairs."
"I am honored to serve you, Master!"
Cole’s hands trembled with excitement as he saw the ceremonial sword. The use of a ceremonial sword was the most solemn ritual for a lord to appoint a subordinate, and it was rarely performed.
The fact that this ritual was being used meant that the lord held him in very high regard! At this thought, Cole’s loyalty soared from 60 points to the maximum of 100 points, an unwavering commitment.
"I pledge my life to serve you, Master!" Cole bowed again.
"Enough of that!" Su Yu helped him up. "From now on, the management of the estate will be in your hands. However, if this lady gives you orders that aren’t completely unreasonable, you must follow them, understood?"
Su Yu pointed to the Sky Dragon.
"Yes, Master!" Cole replied immediately.
...
Looking at the old steward, Su Yu sighed softly.
While NPC stewards could help manage the estate and provide buffs, they couldn’t see attributes like prosperity or livability, and their management wasn’t always satisfactory.
Leaving the estate to an NPC steward during offline periods was fine, but it was best for the player to handle things personally when online. Therefore, until Su Yu found at least an epic-quality steward, he still needed the Sky Dragon’s help.
Su Yu, along with Cole, left the tavern, walking alongside the Sky Dragon.
"From now on, the daily 'ten-draw' task is yours! Keep up the good work." Su Yu patted the Sky Dragon’s shoulder.
"Don’t worry, my luck is guaranteed," the Sky Dragon said confidently. "President, I’ll go hunting now!"
"Go ahead, have fun." Su Yu waved goodbye as the Sky Dragon mounted her howling moon wolf and rode off.
...
After the Sky Dragon left, Su Yu turned his attention to the estate.
Currently, Robert was leading the players in constructing residential buildings. These were the simplest to build and required the least materials—only 25 units of wood, which was one-eighth of what the tavern needed.
Under Robert’s direction, six to seven residential buildings were being constructed in a row.
The players enjoyed the sense of accomplishment from working together to build the estate, and the construction site was filled with laughter and chatter:
"Yeli, the wall in front of you is crooked, can’t you see it?"
"Where’s my hammer? Has anyone seen my hammer?"
"OK! Just add a window to this wall, and we’re done!"
"Hey, pass me those planks!"
Watching the bustling construction site, Su Yu opened the estate panel.
With the estate developing so rapidly, the prosperity must be quite high, right?
Sure enough!
The estate panel showed a prosperity level of 98 points, and the livability had reached the maximum of 100 points!
The high prosperity was mainly due to the large number of players involved, with buildings going up quickly, and the estate developing much faster than the influx of refugees.
As for the high livability, it was because Su Yu provided high wages to the four farmers and helped them build their homes. The addition of the tavern, an entertainment building, further boosted the livability.
There were now 12 minutes left before the first wave of refugees arrived.
"With such high prosperity and livability, and the steward’s buffs, I wonder how many refugees will come in the first batch?" Su Yu was eagerly anticipating it.
(End of Chapter)
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