Han Xing pressed Longte for his true identity, and the other confessed everything in one go.

"I'm not Lamino! I'm a soldier under Lamino!"

"That day, Lymes' undead army attacked, and City Lord Ramino went out with the guards to meet them, but I was too scared, so I hid in the basement of the City Lord's Mansion."

"Later, I don't know what happened, I only know that after that battle, Lord Ramino never came back, and there were only some old, weak women and children left in the city..."

After hearing this, Han Xing roughly understood the whole story and mocked, "Turns out, you're a deserter!"

However, upon hearing this, Longte beneath him became instantly agitated.

"I'm not a deserter! I'm not a deserter!"

"Lymes and his forces were too strong, if I didn't hide, everyone would have died under their undead iron heels!"

Han Xing disdainfully replied, "Is that so? Then why did you target those civilians after the war?"

Han Xing had heard this guy talk about how he tortured those civilians before refining those eight Resentful Spirits.

This question was too sharp, making Longte shiver all over while lying on the ground.

"I... I don't know..."

He looked at Han Xing, seeming reluctant to answer the question.

However, Han Xing had no patience to engage in a mental work with this old knight.

An arrow shot out, directly piercing through Longte's palm!

"Ah!!" The acute pain made Longte emit a sharp, hoarse scream.

Han Xing remained unmoved and said, "Think carefully before answering, if you say 'I don't know' again, the next arrow won't be aimed at your hand?"

Faced with Han Xing's death threat, the already timid Longte was even more terrified, shivering on the ground.

Han Xing pulled back the arrow, urging, "Hurry up!"

The Longte on the ground seemed to be engaged in an intense inner struggle.

Longte slowly began to speak, "I met someone, a woman, she taught me..."

However, before this sentence was finished, Longte's body stopped trembling.

Longte suddenly lifted his head.

Han Xing noticed his pupils turning a deathly white.

Then, Longte gave Han Xing an eerie smile.

"What the hell?" Han Xing found the old knight's smile somewhat baffling.

In the next moment, Han Xing saw the image of a woman on Longte's aged face.

Before Han Xing could react, Longte suddenly charged at him.

Han Xing had remained vigilant, and as Longte charged at him, an arrow pierced into his forehead.

Puff!

A spray of blood appeared.

Knight Longte's head got penetrated, and he collapsed limply onto the ground.

[Successfully killed Kingdom Knight Longte, Two-star Leader Level, gained 720,000 Experience Value.]

[Challenge task has been completed, obtained reward, Expert Badge*1.]

Hearing the system's prompt, Han Xing's expression was still grim, as if a layer of mist had settled over his heart.

"That woman's appearance looks a bit familiar..."

Han Xing recalled the final scene, the woman's face that appeared before Longte died seemed to have been seen somewhere.

But as the features were too blurry, Han Xing couldn't be sure,

"As I get to know this world more, things are becoming more complicated..."

Han Xing sighed; he clearly felt that the Land of the Abandoned Gods hid too many secrets.

"However, that challenge task is complete."

Although there were some twists and turns, the result was decent.

Han Xing touched the cold badge in his hand.

With this, he could advance into a Second Transformation Professional anytime.

At that time, his strength would surge again.

However, Han Xing didn't change profession immediately.

Instead, he looked at the token beneath Longte and the golden greatsword beside him.

"Huh? Did some equipment really drop?"

Han Xing was quite surprised and hurried over.

After picking up the items off the ground, a system prompt appeared.

[Obtained City Lord's Order*1, obtained Dawn Sword (Gold)*1]

"City Lord's Order? What's this?"

Han Xing looked at the attributes of the two items in his hand.

[City Lord's Order]: Special item, when the survivor's territory meets the conditions, the City Lord's Order can be used to build a main city of your own.

"Build my own main city?"

Han Xing gazed at the stone token in his hand, eyes full of wonder.

"Does main city mean my own city?"

"But, it requires meeting certain conditions. What are these conditions?"

Han Xing was full of confusion.

Undoubtedly, this City Lord's Order was an extremely valuable item.

But currently, Han Xing hadn't met the requirements, so he continued to check the other item.

[Dawn Sword (Gold) lv20, Quality - Legend, Attack Power: 304~324, Strength +50, Constitution +50.]

[Attached Effect]: Light of Judgment (Deals 50% extra damage to undead creatures).

[Attached Effect]: Jade Radiance (When activating support skills, there's a 100% chance to convert 100 Power into Spirit).

[Attached Effect]: Light of Dawn (Legendary Effect, summons a beam of dawn, merging into the weapon. Upon burst, it deals 500% light attribute damage to the enemy and forces blindness for five seconds.)

"Light of Dawn?"

Han Xing looked at the last effect of this weapon and recalled Knight Longte's last attack launched in the hall, seemingly exhibiting this effect.

However, he didn't even get to use the skill before Han Xing interrupted him.

"Legendary Quality, and also level 20 equipment, the attributes of this Dawn Sword are really impressive," Han Xing said joyfully.

"Although, strictly speaking, its attributes aren't as good as Cheng Jianyong's level 15 Orange Greatsword, it can still be taken to the trading house for swapping with other equivalent equipment."

One should know, with the current scarcity of golden equipment blueprints, even Han Xing cannot acquire golden equipment in bulk.

After dealing with the equipment dropped by Longte,

Han Xing went back to the hall where the battle just occurred.

Han Xing vaguely remembered that when he blasted those undead to death, some things were left on the ground.

Han Xing walked over.

Sure enough, he saw a cluster of glowing crystal powder.

After picking it up, a system prompt appeared.

[Obtain Resentful Spirit Crystal *8.]

[Resentful Spirit Crystal]: A product of black magic.

The soul crystal left by tormented souls after death, filled with their resentment towards this world.

By using certain evil rituals and a mediator, powerful resentful spirits can be summoned again.

"Black magic? Isn't this guy a knight? How did he come into contact with such things?"

Han Xing's eyes flashed with thought.

Could it be related to the woman Longte mentioned?

At this moment, a system prompt appeared.

[You have defeated the owner of this territory. This Sky Island is now unowned. You can choose to merge or abandon it.]

Looking at the prompt before him, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, how he came into contact doesn't matter. Let's merge this city first."

Han Xing stood up, then looked at the vast Sky Island before him.

In his eyes, there appeared a look of anticipation.

Because this is the largest Sky Island he has ever merged.

It even has a complete small city on it.

Among them are many special buildings he has never seen before, such as an Intermediate Spiritual Pyramid, a Smelting Workshop, a tavern, and more…

At this moment, a system prompt appeared.

[Successfully merged the unowned Sky Island. Your territory area has expanded and gained territory buildings: Intermediate City Lord's Mansion *1 (damaged, needs repairs), Intermediate Shield Pyramid *1, Smelting Workshop *1 (damaged, needs repairs), Tavern *1 (damaged, needs repairs), Refining Workshop *1, Ordinary Residential Houses *103 (some damaged, need repairs) …]

[Territory Resources Acquired: Palace Brew *742, Food *12314, Mithril *4131, obtained…]

A string of system prompts appeared, ranging from various grain seeds to residential houses, taverns, smelting workshops, and city lord's mansions.

Han Xing was stunned.

Because the harvest inside this Sky Island seemed a bit beyond his expectations.

These already built structures, after the merger, also became his personal property.

Although they are all ordinary buildings, most of which require consuming materials for refurbishment,

there are several special buildings among them that he doesn't have, such as an Intermediate City Lord's Mansion, a Smelting Workshop, an Intermediate Shield Pyramid, and so on.

In other words, he is now effectively the new owner of this city.

At this moment, Han Xing's joy was almost uncontainable as he laughed heartily, "Longte, your city is quite good, but now it's mine!"

Han Xing quickly opened the territory interface to review the buildings he just acquired.

[City Lord's Mansion]: Intermediate Building.

[Defense Value]: 10000

[Building Effect]: Increases all defensive buildings' defense value by 30%, increases all attacking buildings' attack power by 20%, boosts all allied units' All Attributes by 15%, and increases the Sky Island territory's travel speed by 20%.

[Additional Effect]: Accelerates territory building construction time by 20%.

[State]: 5% building area damaged, needs repairs, repair materials required, Stone Block *74512, Refined Iron *4212, Mithril *412, Rare Earth *15541…

Compared to a Basic Castle, the City Lord's Mansion is an intermediate building that offers stronger enhancement effects and has a total defense value of 10000 points.

Then there is the Intermediate Shield Pyramid, its function is similar to the Junior Shield Pyramid.

However, it can cover a larger area, and its shield's defense value is higher.

Then there's a special building which is the Smelting Workshop.

[Smelting Workshop]: Territorial Building

[Building Effect]: Can refine and process ores transported to the Smelting Workshop.

[State]: Damaged (some functions cannot be used.)

"Finally got a Smelting Workshop!" Han Xing exclaimed with joy.

Having a Smelting Workshop means Han Xing can exploit the rich mineral veins within his territory, such as Refined Iron Ore, Constant Gold Ore, and Purple Gold Ore, among others.

After processing, they can be turned into refined iron blocks and permanent gold ingots, which can be directly used to craft equipment!

Although Han Xing currently obtains materials from the trading house, which fully meets his daily needs,

it's a pity not to mine the mountains at his doorstep.

Thinking of this, Han Xing immediately clicked repair.

[Would you like to consume materials: Stone Block *4151, Wood *723, Refined Iron *182, Mithril *30, to repair the 'Smelting Workshop'?]

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