Chapter 46: Chapter 28: February - Month of Armaments
[This month is the Month of Armaments]
[Reward for every lord: Recruitment Scroll (1,000 units) x10]
[Recruitment Scroll (1,000 units)]: Use on a Recruitment Office to ignore its remaining recruitment limit, directly consuming the corresponding resources to recruit 1,000 soldiers.
[Countless Recruitment Offices have silently appeared in the vast lands outside the territories. All lords are requested to travel to these Recruitment Offices, defeat their guards, obtain recruitment rights, and recruit new troops.]
[All lords, please do your utmost to expand your armies!]
[The Combat Power Leaderboard is now open. The top 10,000 lords this month will receive bountiful rewards.]
Five days had passed since that lively night at the end of January, and fierce competition had already erupted on the Combat Power Leaderboard.
This time, there was no "Anonymous 1" crushing the competition with a score that far surpassed everyone else’s. When the Combat Power Leaderboard opened, the number one spot was held by a mere 100,000 combat power, so everyone, by unspoken agreement, dove into the competition right at the start of February.
"My Lord, we took first place last month. Can we do it again this month?"
Lin Yu was lounging on a chair eating his after-meal fruit. Chenxi sat beside him, peeling it for him, while two shimmering green hands formed from Magic continuously kneaded his shoulders, giving him a massage.
"It’s hard to say. Our barracks is powerful, but we can only build one. Isn’t it upgrading right now? We’ll have to see if we get more recruitment slots or can build branch structures after it’s finished."
Lin Yu shook his head, speaking with uncertainty.
"But what did you learn after changing your class to a Druid? These two little hands you summoned give a pretty comfortable massage."
"Thank you for the compliment, my Lord! I found some books in the Jade Library and learned the principles of freely manipulating natural energy. Then, I combined that with the manuscript explaining the Mage’s Hand Magic from the Wisdom Library, and that’s how I made these hands of condensed natural energy!"
"Amazing! Truly amazing! Worthy of being our territory’s chief Mage! You’re incredible!"
Lin Yu praised her repeatedly upon hearing this.
"But why could I only become a Druid Apprentice? And I can only study the knowledge on the first floor of the Jade Temple Library!"
"I want to go see the upper floors, but you won’t let me!? If I could go up there and read the books, I could create my own skills too!!"
"Hmph~~~"
Lin Yu pretended to be angry, snatching the fruit from Chenxi’s hand and gobbling it down in one bite.
"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey~~" (*・_・)ノ⌒*
"Why is it so bitter??"
"Hee hee hee!" Chenxi giggled, covering her mouth as she laughed so hard her eyes narrowed into slits. "My Lord, haha~ You have to remove all the seeds from a Silver Wind Fruit, or else it’s very bitter. The flesh is delicious, though! Pfft~~"
Watching Chenxi laugh until she was out of breath, Lin Yu couldn’t help but laugh at his own antics. Of course, he knew that for a Druid Apprentice to study profound Extraordinary knowledge wasn’t just a matter of comprehension. More importantly, it could easily cause the energy in his body to go berserk and inflict physical harm.
"You’re still laughing!?"
"Get back to the library and oversee the research and development!!"
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Lin Yu shooed Chenxi off to the library to oversee her work, but then he started laughing again himself.
"Alright, my Lord. See you at noon!"
Before she left, Chenxi blew Lin Yu a kiss, then walked out of the Lord’s Mansion, laughing heartily.
"See you at noon!"
...
After Chenxi left, Lin Yu checked on the overall status of his territory through the Territory Core.
The Jade Sanctuary’s construction had been completed two days ago. After its completion, he could use it to recruit Druids.
The daily recruitment quota was 100, so Lin Yu had recruited 200 Druids over the past two days.
Since the base combat power of a Druid was 1,000, this added a total of 200,000 to his combat power value, bringing his leaderboard rank into the 500s.
Calculating based on this trend, Lin Yu’s total combat power would reach 2.7 million by the end of the month. The chances of taking first place seemed slim.
These Druids were divided into three types: Shape-shifting Druids, Elemental Druids, and Healing Druids.
They were specialized types of Druids. When recruited, they were level 1 with a base grade of Gold, and they would gain or enhance two skills every ten levels.
Furthermore, they had an extremely small chance of being promoted to a hero during battle.
[Name]: Shape-shifting Druid
[Level]: 1
[Grade]: Legendary
[Attack]: 325
[Magic Power]: 325
[Speed]: 422.5
[Defense]: 260
[Health]: 715
[Combat Power]: 1,000
[Skills]: Nature’s Resonance, Claw Transformation Skill, Raptor Transformation Technique, Rock Transformation Skill
[Class]: Shape-shifting Druid
[Nature’s Resonance]: Able to communicate with nature to obtain information, and to converse with plants and animals.
[Claw Transformation Skill]: +70 base Attack, +30 base Speed. Allows transformation into various agile ground beasts with powerful attacks.
[Raptor Transformation Technique]: +30 base Attack, +70 base Speed. Allows transformation into various swift-moving raptors with offensive power.
[Rock Transformation Skill]: +60 base Health, +40 base Defense. Allows transformation into various ground beasts with sturdy health and defense.
[Shape-shifting Druid]: +70 to all base stats. Able to use Transformation Techniques. Masterful use of Transformation Techniques reduces the Shape-shifting Druid’s transformation time to 1 second.
(PS: As their level increases, Shape-shifting Druids will unlock more transformation skills.)
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[Name]: Elemental Druid
[Level]: 1
[Grade]: Legendary
[Attack]: 325
[Magic Power]: 325
[Speed]: 422.5
[Defense]: 260
[Health]: 715
[Combat Power]: 1,000
[Skills]: Nature’s Resonance, Elemental Perception, Elemental Summoning, Elemental Shield, Elemental Arrow
[Class]: Elemental Druid
[Nature’s Resonance]: ...
[Elemental Perception]: Able to perceive changes in the elemental energy of the surrounding environment.
[Elemental Summoning]: Summons an Elemental Creature Warrior or Mage of a specified element.
[Elemental Shield]: Shield Value +2,600. Creates a protective barrier made of elements. Shields composed of different elements have unique special effects in addition to the basic protective effect.
[Elemental Arrow]: Manipulates elements to form an elemental arrow that attacks an enemy, dealing 520 magic damage. Elemental Arrows composed of different elements have unique special effects in addition to the base damage.
[Elemental Druid]: +70 to all base stats. Due to long-term use of elemental Magic, energy consumption for casting elemental Magic is reduced by 50%.
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[Name]: Healing Druid
[Level]: 1
[Attack]: 325
[Magic Power]: 325
[Speed]: 422.5
[Defense]: 260
[Health]: 715
[Combat Power]: 1,000
[Skills]: Nature’s Resonance, Breath of Nature, Rejuvenation Technique, Wild Blessing, Regeneration.
[Class]: Healing Druid
[Nature’s Resonance]: ...
[Breath of Nature]: Continuously restores one’s own health and energy. Health +26/sec, Energy recovery speed +20%.
[Rejuvenation Technique]: Applies a heal-over-time effect to the target. Health +130 every 5 seconds, lasts for 30 seconds.
[Wild Blessing]: Increases the stats of the target and nearby allies. All stats +26.
[Regeneration]: Provides an ally with healing and a shield. Shield +520, Health +260.
[Healing Druid]: +70 to all base stats. The effect of healing-type Magic is enhanced by 30%.
