1 Everyone's Castle, I've Summoned the Elven Empress!

"Where… is this?"

Gale questioned.

He only remembered that dazzling light had appeared in front of him, making him close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in this unfamiliar place.

This seemed to be a hall with a western medieval style. The environment was somewhat old and shabby.

Gale was still in a good state of mind. After being at a loss for a few seconds, he prepared to take a look at the surroundings.

Just where had he ended up?

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded in his mind.

[Welcome to Endless Land!]

[Here, there are thousands of races, and it is full of dangers and challenges. At the same time, there are also opportunities and treasures!]

[Everyone has a starter castle and a starter military barracks!]

[Recruit troops, establish dynasties, open up the path toward tens of thousands of races contending for supremacy, and obtain opportunities and treasures!]

[Eternal life is not an illusion!]

"The starter castle must be where I am now, right…?"

Gale muttered to himself as he stared at the walls around him.

The eternal life that the voice had mentioned was too unreal a concept. He didn't take it to heart.

The sky seemed to be shrouded by dark clouds. It was dark and gloomy, giving off an oppressive atmosphere.

The castle was surrounded by dense woods, and roars could be heard from time to time.

A situation like this was more than enough to strike fear into one and make them terror-stricken.

Gale, who had walked into the courtyard, did not panic, though.

This was because he knew he was safe for now.

The castle was currently being enveloped by a faintly-glowing light screen.

A series of information flashed through Gale's mind.

[Starting from now, the Castle Lord has a seven-day-long newbie protection period!]

[The castle and the area within the castle are absolutely safe!]

[At the end of the protection period, every Castle Lord will face their very first trial!]

Although danger did not befall immediately, he had only seven days.

Time was still rather tight.

Gale walked in the courtyard. He wasn't taking a stroll, however; rather, he was looking for the so-called military barracks.

During these seven days, the light screen above would be the one protecting him.

However, seven days later, it would become the troops provided by the barracks.

Soon, he stopped in his tracks.

In front of him was a medium-sized pool.

It was not known what kind of material the pool itself was made of.

A golden glow hovered around the water in the pool.

Across from Gale—in other words, on the other side of the pool—stood a sculpture.

The sculpture looked very strange—it was nothing but just a disk.

Gale had thought that his barracks might house so-called angels or creatures like dragons, and so on. It was also possible that they were giants, dwarves, or other creatures like that.

However, he never imagined that his barracks would look so strange.

This piqued Gale's curiosity.

"What exactly is my barracks?"

Gale went up to the disk-shaped barracks and stared intently at it.

A virtual screen visible only to him surfaced before his eyes.

[Special Military Barracks: Random Battle Unit Pool (Unique)]

[Starter Level: Level 1]

[Effect: Able to recruit any type of battle unit at will. Limited to one recruitment per day. Quantity, random. Growth stage, random.]

[Upgrade Requirement(s): 100 Origin Edges, 2 Origin Crystals]

"It can actually recruit all kinds of battle units?!" Gale's eyes widened slightly after reading all the information.

This was a big surprise for him!

It had gone completely beyond his imagination!

Here, he could recruit everything that he had previously thought of. In fact, he could even recruit battle units that were stronger!

He had totally lucked out to actually be randomly assigned a military barracks with such a powerful function.

Moreover, the brackets at the back had even indicated that it was unique.

In other words, he was the only one who had received a military barracks with this ability. The others weren't so lucky.

After he understood all this, one could say that it had given him enough confidence to survive after the end of the protection period.

"Furthermore, the battle unit quantity and growth stage are random. Doesn't this mean that if I'm lucky, I may recruit a large army at one go or a God-grade battle unit?!"

This wasn't just wishful thinking. Of course, the prerequisite was that he was lucky enough.

"Let's see what kind of battle units we can recruit first."

There were all kinds of battle units, and Gale was overwhelmed trying to look through them.

Pegasus, Hulk, Goblin…

After nearly half a minute, his gaze stopped at a spot.

At that spot was a beautiful and noble icon—Elves!

However, what attracted Gail's attention was not what the icon looked like, but the categories it had.

Light Elves, Dark Elves, Wind Elves, etc…

What Gale valued the most was the one right at the end—the Elven Empress!

[Recruit now?]

"Recruit!"

[Please select the battle unit!]

"Elven battle unit—the Elven Empress!"

[You have selected to do a recruitment today!]

Vast golden light shone from the calm, ripple-less pond surface, and several ripples went through the water.

Gale couldn't help but block his eyes with his hand.

Two seconds later, feeling the light fade, Gale lowered his hand.

Immediately, a slim figure entered his vision.

She was shorter than him by half a head, and was dressed in an exquisite green outfit. Her exposed skin was as though suet white jade.

She had a head of beautiful blond hair, and pointed ears peeked out from in between her tresses. Despite her slightly child-like facial features, she had a noble air around her.

"Master."

The Elven Empress, who looked like a young girl, said as she smiled at Gale and bowed respectfully.

Gale was not surprised.

Recruited battle units' loyalty meters toward their recruiter always started out full at 100 points.

"Let's check out the Elven Empress' data profile!"

Gail thought to himself. The virtual data profile appeared in his vision.

[Elven Empress (Unnamed)]

[Current Growth Stage: Infant]

[Strength: Tier 4 (Kill enemies to obtain Energy for upgrading)]

[Potential: God-grade possible at Perfect Form]

[Loyalty: 100 (Absolute Loyalty)]

[Note: Loyalty Meter has been locked. This type of battle unit's Loyalty Meter will never drop.]

"Infant, Adolescent, Adult, and Perfect Form—these are the four growth stages of a battle unit. The Elven Empress that I've recruited is only at the first stage… It's not too bad, though. She already has Tier 4 strength as an Infant."

The reason why Gale had chosen the Elves was because of the Elven Empress' potential.

God-grade—in other words, the level of the gods.

She would come to possess God-grade strength as long as she could become an Adult—that is, the third growth stage.

On top of that, her strength at Perfect Form was yet unknown.

Gale had no reason not to choose the Elven Empress.

In fact, he had even fantasized about recruiting a Perfect Form Elven Empress during the recruitment this time and rising straight to the peaks of success with a bang.

Although it wasn't realized, a result like this was still pretty good.

"Speaking of which, I wonder what kind of battle unit others have obtained…"

Gale smiled and looked at the [World Chat] column in his menu.