Tower Defense Lord from Earth

Chapter 3 Sorcery Arrow Tower

Liu Huasheng quickly tallied his spoils, putting the dried rats, mineral water, old bread, and spicy pickled vegetables into his personal storage compartment.

Then, he began to examine the small blue medicine bottle in his hand.

[Recovery Potion (Small): Restores 1% of health and stamina every 30 seconds for 50 minutes. The effect will be interrupted if attacked during this time!]

Liu Huasheng drank the recovery potion without hesitation; it was slightly sweet and quite delicious.

Immediately, a pale blue-green light emanated from Liu Huasheng's body, representing the continuous recovery of his life and physical strength.

Of course, his health is currently full, but what he has actually recovered is only his stamina.

"The invading monsters are gone, but the second wave won't start until tomorrow. My stamina will recover to 100 points in 50 minutes, then I can build a tower. So what should I do now? Go mine for gold? Or explore the map? I'm too fragile, so I'll stay home and go mine for gold first..."

With this in mind, Liu Huasheng carried his construction hammer to the gold mine.

At this very moment, the other players on this land have not yet finished defeating the invading monsters.

Wang Shuaibo, the apprentice lord closest to Liu Huasheng, was cursing and swearing.

Quite a few giant ground rats have already entered his gold mine!

"Damn those gophers, they stole so many of my gold coins! Is this first wave of monster invasion meant to give us ordinary players a hard time?"

Wang Shuaibo is an ordinary player, and he's very unhappy about it.

The so-called ordinary players are those who have no power or influence, who come here empty-handed, without family subsidies or elders to support them, all alone, left to fend for themselves!

However, Wang Shuaibo was not willing to admit defeat. There were many opportunities in the Chaotic Star Sea, and it was not impossible for a grassroots to make a comeback here. But he had to survive the first three waves of monster invasions and become a formal lord!

After the monster invasion ended, the system tallied the results and found that 106 moles had entered Wang Shuaibo's gold mine, causing 530 gold coins to disappear out of thin air and permanently reducing his health by 1 point!

The system rewards were then distributed, and apart from the basic resource rewards, Wang Shuaibo only received a random treasure chest.

Upon opening the treasure chest, Wang Shuaibo received 10 dried rats and a small green medicine bottle.

The small bottle contains a stamina potion that instantly restores 100 stamina points after consumption.

Upon seeing the stamina potion, Wang Shuaibo's face immediately lit up with a smile.

Even happier than him was his game assistant, the goat, who laughed heartily and said, "Stamina potion! Excellent, Master! Take it quickly, then we'll immediately go and seize territory! The nearest player is in the west! You are powerful, and I am invincible; we will surely become the King of Lostamp!"

"Do you even need to tell me!"

Wang Shuaibo was also a man of action. He used the dried rat to swipe the small bottle of stamina potion, and then a golden light flashed around his body, instantly replenishing his stamina!

He laughed heartily, ate two more pieces of dried rat meat, and feeling full and satisfied, he set off on his westward expedition with his goat assistant in a grand procession.

A moment later, after traveling five miles, Wang Shuaibo saw the defensive tower standing at the crossroads of the high ground in the distance, and knew that he had found the player's territory.

Wang Shuaibo didn't dare to rush over directly. After discussing it with his goat assistant for a while, he surprisingly chose to climb the cliff.

And you know what? This guy has amazing athletic ability. He climbed up that nearly 20-meter-high cliff with his bare hands and did it with ease.

As for its goat assistant, it was an expert at climbing mountains, hopping and skipping as it climbed to the top.

The man and the sheep stood on the edge of the cliff, but did not see anyone.

"Hahaha, this player doesn't know how to play. They built the defensive tower at the intersection, which won't protect the gold mine!"

"Is he out exploring maps, or is he mining?"

"Never mind, Master! Today is a golden opportunity! Quickly build a tower next to the gold mine, and when we see the lord of this place, shoot him dead!"

"Do you even need to tell me!"

Wang Shuaibo swaggered over to the gold mine. Full of energy, he took out his construction hammer and began building defensive towers!

Liu Huasheng is currently mining in a gold mine, which is about the size of a yurt. It has a reserve of 10,000 gold coins and a maximum daily output of 500. The space inside is not large. Mining is simply breaking through the walls inside, and gold coins will appear as you break through.

Gold coins are actually virtual items and have no physical form. After collecting gold coins, a notification sound will be heard, and the number of gold coins in Liu Huasheng's information panel will be updated.

As for his game assistant, Alpaca 008, it didn't do any work, but stood aside like a supervisor, constantly urging him on.

"There seems to be some noise outside!"

Liu Huasheng twitched his ears as he stepped out of the mine and immediately saw Wang Shuaibo building defensive towers in the distance like a madman.

"Wow! This alien looks a lot like us Earthlings!"

Liu Huasheng immediately realized the other person was also a player. He stared at the man and whispered, "Dude, what are you doing?"

Before Wang Shuaibo could speak, his goat assistant blurted out, "Hahaha, what are we doing? Of course, we're seizing territory! Let me tell you, this gold mine is ours. Once my master builds the defensive towers, we'll shoot you dead!"

"Really?" Liu Huasheng's face turned cold as he looked at Wang Shuaibo. "Your game assistant is quite arrogant!"

Wang Shuaibo, with a fierce expression, said menacingly, "So what?"

Liu Huasheng asked, "Brother, where are you from?"

"What's wrong with the Northern Liang people from the Great Desert of Liyang?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I'll show you a magic trick!" As Liu Huasheng spoke, he used the [Tower Move] skill. With just a thought, the basic arrow tower at the high ground intersection was moved over.

Of course, this tower relocation cost Liu Huasheng one hundred gold coins.

Seeing the basic arrow tower suddenly appear nearby, Goat Assistant jumped in fright. His eyes widened, and he shouted, "Oh no! This guy can move towers! He moved the defensive tower here! Run!"

"Damn it, do you even need to tell me!"

Wang Shuaibo has already run away; he hasn't even built any more defensive towers.

He had only built half of the defensive tower, but he had already spent all his resources and over thirty stamina points, so he was destined not to recoup his costs.

Wang Shuaibo reacted quickly, heading straight for the cliff, and jumped off decisively a moment later without hesitation!

After Liu Huasheng's basic arrow tower moved over, it took five seconds to stabilize before it began to attack. Wang Shuaibo only took one arrow and lost 10 health points.

Its goat assistant took several arrows, but it had unlimited health and was unaffected by the attacks. Before jumping off the cliff, it even uttered a fierce threat: "We'll be back!"

Liu Huasheng arrived at the edge of the cliff and saw Wang Shuaibo limping away below, with only a little health left.

"He survived such a high fall, he's incredibly lucky. He's got guts to jump off a cliff! This guy... must not be allowed to live!"

The alpaca said expressionlessly, "Newbie, let's go back to mining!"

Liu Huasheng nodded and said, "Compared to that sheep just now, you're actually quite normal!"

Liu Huasheng continued mining. After a while, his stamina recovered to 100 points, so he left the mine and built the second basic arrow tower.

With the same consumption and the same madness, Liu Huasheng's second basic arrow tower quickly rose from the ground.

The tower is also covered with densely packed text: "Throughout history, both ancient and modern, there are many stories of sorcery and transformation. The Taiping Guangji records that Banqiao San Niangzi ran a black market inn. She could turn merchants into donkeys with her magic cakes. When the merchants retaliated, Banqiao San Niangzi ate the magic cakes herself and was transformed into a donkey for four years before being saved..."

Liu Huasheng curiously read the text on the tower and found the original text of "[Taiping Guangji·Banqiao San Niangzi]", as well as introductions to ancient animal creation techniques, stories such as Zuo Ci turning into a sheep and Yu the Great turning into a bear, and short stories from the West such as Circe turning into a pig and Zeus turning into a cow. The most outrageous thing was that there was even a story called "The Frog Prince"!

"Holy crap, why are they putting so many little stories on this turret?"

Liu Huasheng scratched his head, then looked at the attribute information of the arrow tower in front of him and discovered that the magical ability of this second basic arrow tower was [Sorcery Shot]!

【Sorcery Shot: Passive effect. Hitting a target has a chance to trigger sorcery, randomly transforming the target into a small animal. The stronger the target, the lower the chance of triggering sorcery and the shorter the transformation duration. After being transformed by sorcery, the target's health remains unchanged, but its movement speed is reduced, it loses its ability to attack, and it cannot use active skills or items.】

Please note: Hex Towers will prioritize attacking targets within their range that have not been hexed.

"Sorcery Shot, that's a control-type attack effect, I wonder how effective it is in actual combat."

Liu Huasheng was hoping the second wave of monster invasion would arrive soon. He didn't know what the other players were doing, but he felt quite superior because he had the magical defensive tower.