Upon returning to the city, Du You was drained. He was not lacking in magic power, his himself had a high magic power level, and he also had the Slaughter Badge to help him recover.
Therefore, Du You didn’t need to use any potion to restore magic power during the battle, his magic power still remained more than 60%. But Du You was indeed mentally exhausted.
After arriving at the place arranged for him to stay, Du You immediately lay down on the bed and fell asleep very quickly.
Despite having two intoxicating beauties beside him, Du You had no mood for such. The high-intensity battle had drained him. However, after experiencing life and death, all Du You wanted was a good sleep.
Early the next morning, Du You got up and bid farewell. Given Du You’s current status, South Mountain City really couldn’t keep him without good reason.
"You contributed a lot this time, Du You, but your reward will only be given after it’s approved by the king and discussed by the Central Aristocrat Management Office, so you’ll have to wait for a while," Anlute told Du You, who responded indifferently: "It’s fine, I can wait."
Anlute continued, "I’m sorry, we’re currently short-staffed, and we can’t let you leave without good reason. Plus, there are some issues, you probably can’t see the king for now."
For other nobilities, not seeing the king after becoming a major noble would be a great humiliation.
But for Du You, it’s the other way around. He didn’t want to waste time meeting the king. He thought he would be able to conduct matters without having to gaze at the king’s face sooner or later. Fortunately, this world’s noble class is rather liberated,
If this were a traditional setting like in Ancient China, Du You might have to live in the capital every day, and he wouldn’t be able to return to his lands. Du You couldn’t even speculate about the methods these people had used to stay in their own lands.
After bidding farewell, Du You quickly returned to his territory with his two sisters, and immediately found Shaliya on his return.
"Shaliya, this is the new blueprint. Assemble manpower immediately to build it. It’s urgent," said Du You as he handed Shaliya the blueprint of the civilian research room. Shaliya immediately nodded, "I understand. I will find people to build it right now. Does the lord have any other orders at the moment?"
After thinking for a while, Du You replied, "Not for now, just make sure no one disturbs me." Actually, there were not many who could see Du You.
Even those who live in the peripheral cities can’t enter the real territory.
Now Du You’s territory has over a million civilians. This number is quite intimidating. Outsiders wouldn’t know what to think if they knew the size of Du You’s territory and the increasing things to deal with.
Now Shaliya cannot manage so many things alone, and had to start looking for an assistant, forming a government-like institution. If it weren’t for the citizens being obedient and hardly causing any trouble, things would have been chaotic. Even as it is, Shaliya is extremely busy every day.
After taking instructions, Shaliya quickly ran off.
Du You instructed his two sisters, "I’m going to create a new skill now. Watch over me."
They responded in unison and began to patrol outside the secret room. Du You then took out his own Skill Crystal Stone (Dark Ice and Snow Aura, tier three), along with tens of thousands of exclusive green Crystal Coins.
"It’s up to you now, start improving." With Du You’s intent, a large number of green crystal coins began to burn. A source power gathered onto the scroll he’d just opened.
Before the skill was formed, it was engulfed by the primal power and began to transform vigorously. Du You repelled all powers associated with ice, snow, and death. To enhance the effects of the aura skill, Du You didn’t need these attributes for now.
Du You eliminated unnecessary attributes, only leaving the dark attribute. Gradually, the aura skill was formed. It was displayed as a unique aura pattern beneath Du You’s Sea of Consciousness, which looked like a disc. Upon closer look, the location where the disc floated was unusual.
The area where the disc was covering was where Du You’s Dark Shaper skill was situated, without extending to the other side. In other words, the aura was likely to be much suited for a profession.
This made Du You excited because he might be able to learn another aura.
Du You shook his head and began to observe. The whole disc was very complicated, with many complex patterns on it that looked like flowers, birds, insects, and fish, yet a bit abstract.
Du You opened his eyes and with a thought, a black aura disc appeared under his feet, only visible to him.
Just like his pet having its own aura, Du You couldn’t see what it was like, he was only able to see the effect. Unless he borrows his pet’s perspective, he wouldn’t be able to see anything.
The aura he had was the same, visible only to him. Outsiders would only see the change in the power of the dark elements around him, being highly condensed, creating a complex combination. Then there was the increase in the strength of his pet, not much more.
Dark Aura: It enhanced the power, agility, physical fitness, and magic of all dark creatures, increased by 2% for each level (23 levels, 10-star).
"This aura is too powerful. It’s like directly increasing the power by 46%, and it will become more powerful as the levels increase." By eliminating other enhancements and changing it to a single enhancement, the effects were indeed excellent.
Originally each level added 0.5%, but now it changed to 2%, increasing the effect by four times. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝙣𝙚𝙩
From now on, the power of the Dark Shaper profession has finally come into full play. Du You’s pet was a Summoner’s pet. If there were no special circumstances, it would be fight on the same level.
This aura alone has tremendously increased Du You’s strength. If he had this aura in the previous battle, he would not have had to use so many tactics, he could have easily killed the fishman who had advanced to tier four and not lose any pets.