Chapter 11: A Child with a Promising Future

Qin Yu stopped Yin Feixue from attacking the beastman girl; his purpose for coming here was precisely these children living in the monastery.

As mentioned before, unit structures allow for the creation of one’s own exclusive army, but such an army does not appear out of thin air—it requires an initial population of subjects.

Once you have subjects, you can initiate unit conversion.

Take that beastman girl, for example: if there were a beastman unit structure, the other children could be converted into beastmen just like her.

Qin Yu sought out these children so they could become the subjects of his future territory.

“Hello. My name is Qin Yu. I am an Outworlder, and we mean you no harm.”

Qin Yu stepped forward with a smile to negotiate with the beastman girl; she was clearly the leader of the children here, and as long as he could convince her, there would be no problems.

The girl, dressed in a tattered cloak, retracted the short blade in her hand, but she did not lower her guard against Qin Yu and Yin Feixue—who knew if these two were villains?

“As for our purpose for coming here…”

Qin Yu paused for a moment. “…I wish to adopt you and provide you with a safe place to live.”

As he spoke, Qin Yu made sure to maintain a kind smile.

“…”

“…”

“…”

The group of children appeared exceptionally frightened after hearing Qin Yu’s words; this big brother was definitely a bad guy.

“Servant, you currently look very much like a kidnapper luring small children.”

Yin Feixue couldn’t help but roast him; after all, his actions and behavior looked suspicious no matter how one viewed them.

“Ahem. Fine, I’ll be more direct. In the future, my territory will need subjects. Therefore, I want you all to become my people.”

“…”

The beastman girl’s brow furrowed slightly; Qin Yu had told the truth this time, but her response depended on the outcome.

Whether becoming this man’s subject would actually benefit them was the question.

“If you agree, first, I will guarantee your safety. With this Tier 7 big sister here, you won’t be in much danger for the time being…”

The Tier 7 Yin Feixue was Qin Yu’s greatest insurance policy and provided enough leverage to persuade the children.

Upon hearing Qin Yu say that Yin Feixue was Tier 7, the children couldn’t help but look at her with adoration.

“Tier 7…! Then that means…”

“Big sister, do you have your own exclusive Destined Relic?”

“Can you show it to us?”

…

The children swarmed forward, chirping with questions; in their minds, the Tier 7 Yin Feixue was the goal they aspired to reach.

Being stared at by so many little fans made Yin Feixue feel a bit embarrassed, but she summoned her Bloodwood Coffin anyway.

“A dark red coffin?”

“Is this big sister’s Destined Relic?”

“It’s a bit strange~”

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They had expected a normal weapon, but seeing a coffin set the children off into another round of hushed discussion.

Seeing Yin Feixue’s Destined Relic, the beastman girl also felt a surge of envy; if her own strength could reach Tier 7, then the children from before wouldn’t have…

“Can you truly guarantee our safety?”

With a hint of trepidation, the beastman girl asked once more.

“Of course. I am willing to sign a contract with you.”

“Fine!”

With a contract as a guarantee, the beastman girl trusted him a bit more.

“Xiao Xue, give me a hand. I need to perform a Blood Contract with them.”

By contracting with one’s own blood, such an agreement could not be easily broken.

However, Qin Yu currently lacked the means to use this form of contract on his own, so he needed Yin Feixue’s assistance to finalize it with the children.

With this, these fifty children were now his future subjects; however, to truly fulfill the Blood Contract, he had to establish his territory within one month, or the contract would simply expire.

‘One month should be plenty of time. We just need to move a bit faster…’

Establishing a territory within a month was essentially the pace of the top-tier players, so achieving it was no problem at all for Qin Yu.

“Your name is Hong, right?”

Through the Blood Contract, Qin Yu learned the beastman girl’s name.

“Yes.”

“It won’t take a month. Within seven days, I will definitely take you all out of this den of vice. Until then, protect the children here.”

“I will definitely protect them. I also hope you can uphold your end of the contract.”

“Naturally. By the way, take this equipment; it will help increase your strength…”

Qin Yu handed the purple-grade [Blood Bishop Set] to Hong; seeing her dressed in rags, it was time she had some decent clothes.

“This… this is too valuable.”

Seeing it was a set of purple equipment, Hong hesitated to accept it.

“It’s nothing. You are already my subject; how can I let you go without proper clothing? Once we reach the territory, I’ll give the other children new clothes to wear as well.”

“Thank you, My Lord…”

Because of Qin Yu’s words, Hong’s affinity for him skyrocketed to 60—higher than Yin Feixue’s, which currently sat at 55.

After leaving the monastery, Yin Feixue finally spoke up. “Servant, do you intend to trick children into becoming child laborers?”

“Why do you make it sound so terrible? I’m establishing a reasonable cooperative relationship with them. ‘Trick’? Watch your mouth.”

As they talked, Yin Feixue’s affinity for him began to rise again; it had to be said that the way Yin Feixue and Qin Yu interacted was quite peculiar.

But Qin Yu was used to it and was willing to tolerate her, which was likely the reason her affinity continued to climb.

“You have no idea. After signing the contract with those children, I discovered that not a single one of them is ordinary. The weakest has an Aptitude of 6; ten have an Aptitude of 7, and two have an Aptitude of 8.”

What did Aptitude represent? It represented the upper limit of strength they could reach in the future.

An Aptitude of 7 meant the strongest they could ever become was Tier 7.

In the world of [Fate Paradise], reaching Tier 6 already made one a very powerful elite soldier.

Tier 7, however, was what most people yearned for; only at Tier 7 did one qualify to awaken a Destined Relic. Those who awakened such relics were called “Fate-breakers”—those who broke through the shackles of destiny.

In the early-to-mid stages of his previous life, having one Tier 7 existence in a player’s territory allowed for self-preservation; two made you a regional power, three made you a titan, and four would have world-class nations scrambling to recruit you…

To have ten individuals with an Aptitude of 7 was unthinkable; if word got out, it would surely spark a frantic struggle among others to snatch them away.

What was even more exaggerated was that there were two with an Aptitude of 8.

One phrase described those with an Aptitude of 8: “Future Prospects.”

If those two could reach Tier 8 in the future, they would definitely leave their names in the history of [Fate Paradise], just like the Flower Shadow Sword Saint.

“Oh? That is quite lucky. However, they still need to actually reach that level of strength…”

Yin Feixue was quite calm about it; after all, it wasn’t as if high-aptitude geniuses hadn’t fallen before. In the end, they still had to grow up.

“That’s for certain. I will definitely ensure they grow up smoothly…”

Qin Yu had clearly thought through his future development before seeking out these children, and the result had exceeded his expectations.

Originally, he thought having three or four with an Aptitude of 7 would be excellent, but the current reality had given him even greater confidence.

Next, he was off to the destination of his next plan…