The Golden Lord has a perverted SSS-rank summoning system!-Chapter 52: Second Stage (01)
Shortly after his little drinking session with the guards, Ethan returned to the Goldenveil lord’s mansion, where he slept nestled between the enormous breasts of two incomparable beauties.
Early the next morning, even though he wanted nothing more than to die between those huge tits and never get up again, Ethan still forced himself to stand and make his way to his office, taking care not to wake Alice and Evelyn.
With the arrival of so many new mouths to feed, much had changed in Goldenveil.
Each guard needed a home of their own, and the little over forty people rescued from the goblins were divided among several families.
In the end, 75 of Goldenveil’s 97 houses were occupied.
The population, even accounting for the losses, reached 168 inhabitants, and at that very moment, morale was sky-high.
Many families had lost loved ones due to the guards’ betrayal, but at the same time, many others had been reunited with theirs, with fathers, mothers, and children returning home after being kidnapped.
Upon arriving at the office, the first thing Ethan did was click to upgrade Goldenveil.
A golden light spread out from the lord’s mansion, enveloping the entire territory of Goldenveil, with five gold coins immediately being withdrawn from his vaults.
[Goldenveil has been upgraded! Medium settlement -> Large settlement]
[Name: GoldenVeil
Type: Large Settlement
Population: 168
Population Loyalty: 72%
Houses: 97 (77 occupied)
Prosperity: Poor
Attractiveness: Poor
Population Growth: +16/Week (Increase attractiveness and prosperity to receive more inhabitants)
Lord: Ethan GoldenVeil
Knights: 0
Average Level: 0
Guard: 20 light infantry
Average Level: 15
Guard Loyalty: 69%
’Miserable wooden walls’ status: 243/654
Treasury: 44 gold coins (+0.01/month)
Upgrade requirements: 97/100 houses, 168/250 inhabitants, 10 gold coins, Lord at Advanced Knight level or higher]
Seeing the new upgrade requirements, Ethan just sighed.
He was still far from being able to upgrade Goldenveil to the level of a small village.
Fortunately, everything else was looking pretty good. He now had a devoted and hard-working population, along with a powerful and loyal guard.
As he pondered what to do next, a flood of notifications came his way.
[You have completed the quest: "The Road to Glory."
You have received: 1x premium gacha ticket, 2x common gacha ticket, 100xp, 5 prestige, a random basic skill unlocked from the Golden Lord’s Ring]
[Spinning... you have received a new skill from the Golden Lord’s Ring: ’The Lord’s Aura’]
[Name: Lord’s Aura.
Description: An extremely rare ability among Golden Lords, it allows a sovereign to exert constant pressure on enemies and those beneath him. Scales with the power and size of the Golden Lord’s domain.
Rank S]
The moment Ethan read the last notification, he closed his eyes.
An intense pain surged in his forehead, his mind reeling as if tons of information about that ability were being pushed directly into it.
An ability whose power was directly related to the power of his domain, and not to his individual power?
What madness was this?
Ethan was lost in thought for a single moment.
Staring into nothingness, he activated the Lord’s Aura.
Immediately, his eyes shone like molten gold, as a terrifying pressure descended upon the office.
The air grew heavy to a degree that no one but Ethan himself would even be able to breathe, a sea of tiny golden particles overwhelming everything within a twenty-meter radius.
Even without being the target of that pressure, he could already imagine how terribly overwhelming it would be for anyone else.
If it were strong and wide enough, wouldn’t he be able to defeat an entire empire just by standing still before them? Forces of thousands falling to their knees.
The more Ethan thought about it, the more excited he became.
An S-Rank ability, extremely rare and with almost unlimited potential.
He wanted to test it on a real person as soon as possible, but unfortunately, there wasn’t much he could do.
There were no enemies nearby, and he wouldn’t test that ability on his own men.
Sighing, he simply shook his head, opening the system inventory and retrieving a new item from within.
A golden pearl, slightly larger than a marble, yet carrying terrifying power.
[Name: Rank-S Advancement Pearl
Description: A powerful advancement pearl capable of increasing all attribute gains from advancing to the second stage by 90%, ensuring a powerful foundation and a high chance of success.
Rank: S]
Ethan read that description several times, his smile growing wider and wider.
Walking to the center of the office, he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.
Circling his aura, he swallowed the advancement pearl.
The effect was immediate, not unlike how he’d seen ancient experts describe their advancements, even before the system arrived.
His body temperature skyrocketed, and the amount of Aura within him increased relentlessly.
But the biggest change was in his chest.
Along with excruciating pain came a pulsation of aura, similar to a heartbeat.
Ethan knew exactly what was happening.
In the first stage, the aura roamed freely through the body, scattered and sometimes leaking out.
In the second, an aura heart was formed, serving as a reservoir and a center from which the aura could reach every part of the body much more efficiently.
That second throb in his chest was his aura heart forming.
Gritting his teeth, Ethan endured the advancement, waiting until, finally, that beautiful system notification arrived.
[Congratulations, you have advanced to the second stage!
All your basic attributes have doubled. The amount of free attribute points gained from leveling up has doubled]
[Effect of the Rank S Advancement Pearl applied, +90% basic attributes]
[Accumulated XP has been successfully consumed]
[You have leveled up! Level 25 -> 29 +8 free attribute points]
[You have received 1 prestige point.]
A shockwave spread through Ethan’s body.
His skin was flushed and covered in sweat, but his body was bursting with more power than ever before.
A single clench of his fists was enough to confirm it: that infernal difficult mission had been well worth it.
