However, Lu Yun was a bit disappointed because he couldn't afford the price at the moment.
"Looks like I need to level up by completing tasks quickly. I'm looking forward to the rewards from more advanced quests."
With that thought, Lu Yun immediately turned his gaze to Fang Ka's face: "Mage Fang Ka, is there anything else you need help with?"
Fang Ka pondered for a moment.
The most urgent task right now is to produce the Alchemy Magic Potion, and after it's made, a specific enhancement location is needed.
According to Fang Ka's plan, he would build a structure similar to a Divine Hall, with a pool inside, so each time a skeleton needs enhancement, he can pour a portion of the Alchemy Magic Potion into the pool and let the other party absorb it.
After some thought, Fang Ka decided to collect the materials first, so he nodded slightly: "Of course, I need 100 Palecore Petals now."
Fang Ka then issued a task to him, with the same old rewards.
"Palecore Petals are located to the southwest, on a hill."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yun immediately patted his chest: "Don't worry, Mage Fang Ka, I'll complete the task quickly."
Watching Lu Yun walk away briskly, Fang Ka headed towards the Ancient Castle.
There are only eight types of Magic Potions that are wild on the island; the remaining ten were planted by Kain, who deliberately altered the terrain.
When they were planted, Fang Ka helped out, so he was naturally clear about their locations.
The collection tasks he just assigned were among the most difficult to gather of the eighteen Magic Potions, and the players would surely take quite some time to collect them.
Fang Ka decided to go to the Underground Book Collection to use the Magic Array to quickly restore his Magic Power, then continue selecting corpses to awaken Undead Skeletons.
He aimed to replenish the remaining twenty Skeleton slots before these players returned.
More people mean greater strength and convenience in work, especially since he planned to build a Divine Hall later as a strengthening location for players, which would certainly require a lot of manpower.
He can awaken four Undead Skeletons at a time after fully restoring his Magic Power, and in five sessions, he can fill the twenty-five slots.
The Magic Array left by Kain for restoring Magic Power is highly effective, and at Fang Ka's current level, it doesn't take long to recover his Magic Power to its peak.
Once his Magic Power was fully restored, he headed to the cellar behind the Ancient Castle, dragged out four corpses, and used the Necromancy Skeleton Skill to awaken four Undead Skeletons.
The corpses with Demon Source in the cellar were all used up, so the next twenty slots could be handled more freely.
After going back and forth five times, there were twenty more Undead Skeletons in front of the Ancient Castle.
Fang Ka admired them for a while, then nodded in satisfaction and released an update announcement.
'This update is non-stop, featuring new building systems, improved NPC intelligence, the opening of the Affinity System, pre-opening of the store system, profession strengthening secret vault, and increasing the beta slots to 25 players.'
Fang Ka then sent a pop-up of the announcement to Lu Yun and the other five players.
He then waited for new external players to join.
......
While gathering Magic Potions, Mr. Zhou saw the pop-up announcement and was momentarily stunned: "Is this game's programmer that diligent? Updating so frequently?"
"Building system? Tsk tsk, can we build houses now?"
Mr. Zhou swallowed a bit of saliva.
He really loved infrastructure building.
"No way, hurry up and complete the task, then go back and see what's happening with this building system; my hands are itching to get started."
"By the way, did this game cancel the game package to pursue realism? You have to manually pick herbs, which is realistic, but a bit hardcore."
"It really gives me the feeling of picking herbs in real life."
.......
At that moment, in front of Fang Ka, twenty new players had entered the game, and the loud chatter filled the air, each player stepping left and right, all amazed by the realistic scene.
Some players even grabbed a handful of dirt and stuffed it into their mouth, but unfortunately, as a skeleton, he definitely couldn't taste a thing.
Fang Ka stepped forward, opened his arms, and delivered his routine opening speech.
This immediately brought the shocked and silly players back to their senses, and all attention was focused on him.
"Wow, how handsome, is this an NPC? Can I touch?" A female player attached to an elf skeleton stared at Fang Ka with burning eyes, attempting to approach.
Just as her skeleton hand reached out and was about half a meter from Fang Ka, her body suddenly stiffened.
Because a semi-transparent frame popped up in front of her: 'Mage Fang Ka's Affection for you -10.'
This so-called Affinity System was Fang Ka's intentional design.
He anticipated that as more players joined, there would certainly be some over-the-top silly behavior.
Although the Soul Contract prevented these silly players from harming him in any way, it didn't guarantee they wouldn't do something beyond reason.
Therefore, something was needed to limit such actions, and the Affinity System was Fang Ka's countermeasure.
Whenever they behaved inappropriately, Fang Ka would reduce their Affection.
After the Affection decrease, their task rewards would be reduced, and some functions, like the store, would temporarily be unavailable to them...
In short, having been a dog planner in his previous life, Fang Ka knew very well how to curb these silly players.
Watching this female player's body stiffen, a player next to her curiously asked, "What's wrong? Did this NPC cast a petrification spell on you?"
The female player was sorrowful: "A frame just popped up in front of me saying his Affection for me decreased by 10 points. What does this Affection do... Will it have a big impact?"
A player sympathized: "Didn't the game description say it focuses on realism? If it's about realism, then Affection will certainly have a big impact..."
The female player was on the verge of tears: "The game is too realistic; not even allowing a touch, what's the point of being so handsome."
A player scrutinized Fang Ka: "From what he just said, it's clear that in the background setting, we were summoned by him, so he should count as our faction NPC and newbie guide. Tsk tsk, you're in trouble."
Looking at the twenty players before him, Fang Ka directly said: "My loyal subordinates, I have some tasks for you to do."
Soon, task pop-ups appeared in front of these players.
Among the eighteen types of Magic Potions, six were handed over to Lu Yun and the other five players.
The remaining twelve were assigned to twelve out of the twenty players, with the rest receiving tasks to collect blood.
As for the two liters of blood still needed, whoever comes back first can take it on, and later assign other players to tasks like house building.