Behind the crowd, more than a dozen desert gnomes looked at them, sized them up, and froze instantly.

They subconsciously took a step back.

Only one of the desert gnomes, who was the thinnest of all, did not step back even though he was terrified.

“Lord, I-I know how to raise the fire dragon rabbits.”

The desert gnome who spoke mustered up his courage again, but he wasn’t confident enough.

Richard wasn’t in a hurry to ask. He turned to look at Onyx and smiled.

“Other than you, do other gnomes know?”

The desert gnome immediately became excited and glanced at his companion proudly.

“No one knows. My grandfather told me!”

“Very well. Don’t tell anyone about this.”

Then, Richard said, “Karu, take the fire dragon rabbit back first and assign a room to this gnome. Without my order, no one can talk to him.”

“Yes, Lord Richard!”

Although Onyx was extremely curious, he put the thought out of his mind when he heard this.

If it could truly be farmed, it was obvious that this thing would be a specialty of Twilight City in the future. If he went to inquire about it, wouldn’t that be offending the hosts?

Moreover, how much of what the desert gnome said could be true?

Even if it was true, he still would not want to trade with them in the end. He was also a profiter.

Judging from Richard’s generosity in bestowing him a bottle of desert crown honey, he could truly successfully breed it in the future. He might be able to mix in a robe made from the fire dragon rabbit.

It’s too much to wear out this winter.

For a moment, Onyx hoped that this matter was true.

At this moment, Adele’s expression was a little subtle.

She recalled what the old man who came with her had said to her in the morning.

Under the leadership of this youth, Twilight City seemed to have unlimited potential…

While the goblins were thinking about it in the crowd, a few gnomes had swiftly tied up the fire dragon rabbit controlled by the scorpion warrior.

Initially, Richard was worried that the fire dragon rabbit would hurt someone.

But when he saw the desert gnome who had just opened its mouth skillfully pour water on the fire dragon rabbit, the fire dragon rabbit became drenched and the flames on its body could no longer burn.

Richard was relieved.

This skinny desert gnome did know something.

After Karu and the others sent the fire dragon rabbit back, Richard was not in a hurry to go back and continued to explore.

As for Onyx and the others, they were just here to watch something new.

He had no interest in going hunting with Richard. As a businessman, he didn’t want to court death.

After leaving the fire dragon rabbit’s territory, Richard’s speed increased by a few points.

The harvest of the fire dragon rabbit made him quite excited.

This kind of thing where he could pick up treasures when he went out was very good for morale.

[Ding~ Your command troops have defeated a group of swift and fierce gerbils in a small-scale battle. You have obtained 30 experience points.]

[Ding~ Your command troops have defeated a group of fanged rattlesnakes in a small-scale battle…]

[Ding~]

…

There seemed to be a lot of gathering points for the field troops in the east. The scorpion warriors had a good time defeating them.

In less than an hour, Richard had reached level 3.

[Level: 3(32/5000)]

However, to his dismay, the experience gained from leveling up from level 3 to 4 had soared to 5000.

According to the information on the official website of the game “Shining Era”, the qualitative change would only begin when one reached level 5.

That was because after reaching level 5, one could switch ranks to learn skills.

One could know how powerful the skills were from their performance in combat.

A single skill could dramatically increase the combat strength of a troop unit.

Two hours later, another battle ended. Richard stored more than ten gerbils that weighed dozens of kilograms in the system space.

After a series of scans, the ten cubic meters of the system space were already filled to the brim.

In the end, Richard couldn’t hold them anymore, so they were directly put up for sale on the [Trading Market].

After half a day, the resources Richard had emptied in the morning had reached 10,000 units.

“This place is about an hour away from Twilight City in a straight line. The vast and endless desert truly boils people.”

Richard glanced at the system map and felt a little emotional.

Currently, the one-way portal was the farthest he had explored. It was a two-hour journey.

It was not that he did not want to explore too far, but the desert was different from other terrains.

If the distance was too far, it would not be worth it to occupy the resource points—just the logistics alone could make people collapse.

In the plains, an ordinary person could grit his teeth and walk for ten hours without rest, but in the desert, it would be difficult to walk for two to three hours.

This was because he had the talent of a desert lord.

The others were at a disadvantage.

Looking at the time, it was already six o’clock in the afternoon, and the mill-sized sun was slowly sinking into the yellow sand.

But just as Richard was about to return…

The scorpion warrior in front of him who was scouting the path sent out a warning signal.

Richard was familiar with the path and called back the other scorpion warriors to investigate.

After passing through a clump of low bushes, a huge and rocky mine appeared in front of his eyes.

The huge boulders in the mine were more than ten meters high and piled up to a hundred. On the vast yellow sand, it looked quite eye-catching.

“A quarry?”

Richard subconsciously opened the attribute panel.

[Gold Mine]

[Level: Medium]

[Reserves: 100,000 units]

[Maximum Output: 14,000 units per week]

[Capacity: Minimum of 10 people — Maximum of 50 people]

[Description: Medium-sized resource points. After the occupation, gold coins can be mined.]

“Medium-sized gold mine?”

Richard’s eyes lit up.

Moreover, the output of this gold mine was quite large. Fourteen thousand units per week, which was an average of 2,000 units per day.

This was more than the other three resource points combined.

His interest was immediately piqued.

Although the income from the early hunting was much higher than the income from occupying the ore veins, as time passed, even if there was still a shortage of food, the price could not remain so high.

When the time came, it would surely be taken down. The resource points were still important.

So, Richard took advantage of the high price of food to put a bounty on the resource treasure with the desert horse.

This thing was the real value.

The gold mine in front of him, which produced 2,000 units a day, made him very excited.

If he could occupy 10 or 8 of them, Richard could earn tens of thousands of units of resources every day.

Moreover, this was a stable income as long as the resources were not exhausted.

However, just as Richard was about to send a scorpion warrior up to investigate, something unexpected happened.

In the gold mine, a huge figure that was 4 to 5 meters tall walked out from the huge rock.

That creature’s entire body was glowing with a faint golden light as if it was made of brass.

Its two thick arms were even more horrifying than a siege hammer, and even a punch from it would shake the earth.

Even though they were hundreds of meters apart, they could still feel the pressure from the other party’s body.

Richard subconsciously opened his attribute panel. After taking a look, his eyes widened.

[Half-Metal Giant]

[Level: 5 (Rare) – Military defense increased by 15%.]

[Potential: Rare 3-stars]

[Skills: Golden Body (D-rank) — Body as tough as gold, defense increases by 60%, and immune to poison.]

[As Heavy as a Mountain (D-rank) — When its fist swings, it exerts 200% of body weight.]

[Heavy Bone Armor (E-rank) — Metal fused into his skin to form a tough bone armor, defense increased by 30%.]

[Race Talent: Ability to slowly increase in strength in a gold mine.]

[Fetters-Metal Giant: When the number of half-metal giants is greater than 10, defense increases by 20%.]

[When the number of people is greater than 20, defense increases by 40%.]

[When the number of people is greater than 30, defense increases by 60% (activated).]

[Description: Little brat, I’ll stand and give you three minutes. If you can break through my defense, I lose.]