Evolution Online: Building a Kingdom with 100\% drop rate-Chapter 24: Ch-: Forest of Darkness

Victor did not bring the military vehicles with him as they were not enough to begin with to carry all his troops, so instead he was riding on top of a horse while his modest number of knights were marching along with him.

They had been marching for around two hours, and finally the destination was within sight.

In front of him was a vast forest with towering trees; it was the Forest of Darkness. One of the beginner areas where players could hunt to level up and where they could encounter one of the earliest Territory Lords. Honestly, he did not expect his lands to be this close to this place, but that was also the reason he knew the items dropped from his memories which could solve his food problems.

Moreover, there was a top guild which had killed the Territory Lord and claimed the dungeon. Not only that, they were the first guild to own their own territory. Yes, even guilds and players could own their territory as long as they could defeat a Territory Lord or kill an NPC, and the Akashic Records would recognize the territory as their own through the right of conquest. Not only that, even NPCs could attack other NPCs to claim territory.

"Now that I am here, there is no way I will let anyone claim this territory..." Victor thought with a glint in his eyes. Not only this, he had planned to claim every territory which had a monster as the Territory Lord, then gradually target other NPCs.

He opened the territory panel, and at the bottom there was new information about maximum population.

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Territory Name: Silvernum Barony

Territory Size: 20 km²

Named NPCs: Edward

Military: 10 Gunmen, 4 Military Trucks [Expand]

Professionals: 10 Farmers

Population: 313

Defenses: Broken Wall

Specialized Buildings: None

Landmarks: None

Maximum Population: 30,000

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He closed the panel and looked ahead.

"Everyone, be careful, we are going to enter enemy territory," Victor gave a solemn warning before marching forward with the troops.

The troops who received the order immediately started moving carefully.

In a few minutes, Victor arrived at the boundary of the Forest of Darkness. Just like the name, the place was pitch dark even though the sun was shining brightly outside.

Victor could feel the mana density was much higher than outside, signaling that there were many monsters here. The place was extremely dangerous, and it was emitting a strong burnt smell of flesh.

The moment they stepped closer into the forest, a silhouette jumped towards Victor.

"Young Master!" Edward, who noticed this, shouted in panic, but Victor was calm as he retaliated with his Purgatory Lightning Claw and hurled the silhouette backwards.

[Ding Dong]

[You have killed ’Mutated Buffalo’]

[You have received 50 experience points]

[100% Drop Rate has been triggered]

[You have received Mutated Buffalo Milk]

[You have received Mutated Buffalo Meat]

[You have received Mutated Buffalo Leather]

Victor looked at the notifications with a calm expression.

"Young Master, are you okay?" Edward said, wiping his sweat, and sighed in relief when he saw Victor was fine. He then used a flashlight and saw the corpse of a buffalo which was three times larger than a normal one.

"Shit..." Edward’s expression changed when he saw the next scene. Thousands of yellow eyes appeared from within the darkness as they stared at the entire group.

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Mutated Buffalo

Tier: 0

Level: 25

HP: 2300

Attack: 60

Speed: 30

Drops: Mutated Buffalo Milk (50%), Mutated Buffalo Meat (50%), Mutated Buffalo Leather (5%)

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These creatures, unlike normal buffalo, were standing on two legs, and the horn on their head was at least a meter longer than normal ones on Earth.

These creatures were relatively powerful in the early stages of the game, and there were many of them. Compared to the Goblin Wyrm he faced, these monsters were weaker in terms of speed and attack but stronger in terms of durability.

He looked at the drops and nodded. He remembered that early players—and even he himself—used to farm them for food in the early stages of gameplay, and it had taken him one month to level up until he could face them solo.

There were more than 1000 of them in front of him. Judging from the situation, there must be thousands of them in the entire Forest of Darkness. When mana and the Akashic Records arrived on this planet, animals like cows, goats, cats, and dogs were the first to mutate and evolve, as these were the weakest.

The soldiers raised their swords high with nervous expressions on their faces, as this was the first time they had actually gone and faced such a dangerous situation. Even Edward was a bit nervous and was clutching his dagger with slightly trembling hands.

"Young Master, should we retreat?" Edward asked hesitantly, and he had already resolved to use these knights as cannon fodder if it required Victor to escape. In his eyes, compared to Victor who carried the Silvernum legacy, even he himself was expendable.

"There is no need, I have a plan." Victor then brought out a potion and opened the lid. As soon as he opened the lid, the monsters all turned their eyes towards it and started to become restless.

"That’s... a monster-attracting potion!" Edward’s eyes widened in disbelief and he was about to snatch it and toss it away, but under his horrified gaze, he saw Victor pouring it all over his body.

Edward’s eyes constricted, and not only him, but the army also had their eyes wide open and jaws dropped when they saw Victor jump forward.

"Young Master, what are you doing!" Edward screamed.

As soon as Victor jumped forward, they all rushed towards him when they smelled the scent on him. The monsters had spread out all over the area and rushed in with a semi-circular formation.

"No, Young Master!" Edward gritted his teeth, and his eyes turned bloodshot when he saw Victor calmly standing in the middle as a monster directly cleaved him in half.

But the next moment, his jaw dropped to the ground when he saw Victor’s dissected body turn into black lightning and rejoin together.