Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

Chapter 448 - 204: I Can Drag the Entire World Along, and Give You Another Chance to Choose_2

Fatigue?

What is fatigue?

Holy Grail Knights are living saints, never fatigued.

It means they can always use this skill, effectively doubling their output capacity!

With the eighth-tier monsters slain, the remaining Green Skin threat has greatly diminished, no longer enough to shake the territory’s defenses.

Under the Heroic Commander, the territory’s army swiftly annihilated the remaining enemies, slaughtering all the monsters.

[Ding, congratulations to the Explorer’s army for winning a medium-scale battle, all members receive 3000 battlefield experience. Explorer’s prestige +30, territory prestige +30. Received Resource Pack (Medium) *1.]

[Ding, Crystal Scroll effect activated, received a total of Tier One Spiritual Gem *8871, Tier Two Spiritual Gem *2541, Tier Three Spiritual Gem *1780, Tier Four Spiritual Gem *450, Tier Five Spiritual Gem *156]

[Ding, battlefield cleared, received Spirit Crystal Coin *24721, received Realm Coin 17151510]

[Ding, received Legendary Equipment (Purple) *2]

[Ding, received Rare Level Equipment (Red) *4]

[Ding, received Fine-level Equipment (Blue) *1785]

[Ding, received Enhanced-level Weapon (Green) *4257]

[Ding, received Ordinary-level Equipment *35844]

[Ding, received Strategic Treasure: Church Decree]

[Church Decree: Strategic Treasure: When the Power of Darkness gathers, devoted followers of the Church will dispatch Defenders to keep the territory free from corrupt threats. Troop melee soldier level +2, close combat defense +20%, reduces opponent’s dodge rate by 10%, when hitting the opponent in melee, 50% chance to initiate a combo strike again, combo strike damage is 75%.]

Another strategic treasure!

Moreover, it is a strategic treasure very suitable for the territory’s trait.

Successfully hitting the target, there’s a 50% chance to initiate a combo strike again, for the soldiers of the Golden Pansy Domain, isn’t that 100% chance to initiate a combo strike?

Wearing this strategic treasure equals doubling the army’s attack speed.

Although it won’t cause a qualitative change, the quantitative change is enough to significantly enhance the army’s combat power.

After the battle ended, Su Xi came over, Lin Rui asked: "Have the Flame Demons been cleared?"

Su Xi nodded lightly: "All eight Flame Demons were killed, and the Demon Origin has been collected."

After speaking, Su Xi turned her head solemnly towards Lin Rui: "You must not risk anymore. Deploying Territorial Essence (Small), no one knows what kind of terrifying monster might appear. If a Tier Nine Divine Spirit level monster or hero appears, we have absolutely no resistance capability, the territory could perish at any moment."

Lin Rui’s eyes burned: "But if we don’t seize the time, how can we grow? This is a crisis, but also an opportunity!"

Su Xi placed her hands on his shoulders, turned him towards her, then cupped his face with both hands, and seriously said: "Listen to me, your current state is not right. If you were in a normal state, you would not make such arrangements after returning to the territory. You are completely gambling with your life now. But gambling with life, sooner or later, will cost you your life!"

Lin Rui frowned tightly: "But I am the Goddess of Fortune’s chosen, blessed with luck, protagonist template."

"If you insist, I will use my Physique advantage to pin you down and take you back to the room, at least until your will restores you can’t leave the bed."

Lin Rui grasped Su Xi’s plain hands cupping his face, smiled and said: "Su Xi, don’t mess around, we’re handling serious business. You are not like Audrey, who loves to cause trouble."

Su Xi said indifferently: "I am not causing trouble, if you are intent, I will do as I say, unless you kill me."

"Hey, what are you doing? Is it necessary to go this far?" Lin Rui helplessly held her.

"Necessary! Even if I die, I don’t want to see you regret to the point of heartbreak in the future."

Seeing the calm Su Xi, Lin Rui knew she truly would act, after all, this woman is very stubborn, she would never bend. If Lin Rui disagreed, she might indeed risk her life to stop him.

But he couldn’t really fight her!

Could he have chosen wrongly?

Or without the protagonist template, would he have died within these several [Historically Significant] effects?

Helplessly, Lin Rui sighed: "Okay, I won’t deploy for now, I will consider changing my mind after my will strengthens. I’ll go strengthen strategic treasures now, okay?"

"Okay." Though Su Xi’s tone was indifferent, her heart was clearly very happy, she proactively embraced his neck, her cool cherry lips pressed on: "Tonight I will fully reward you."

"Fully?"

"Okay."

Lin Rui immediately showed a smile, her long legs and jade feet, he had coveted them for a long time.

At this moment, a clear cold voice came: "Regretful?"

Lin Rui and Su Xi were simultaneously shocked and looked towards where the voice came from, Su Xi quickly released the hold around Lin Rui’s neck, clutching a knife standing aside.

In the entire territory, only one person can make Su Xi so cautious—Empress, Wutong!

At this moment, Wutong, in a magnificent Twelve Flower Gods crimson palace dress, stood on the corpse mountain blood sea battlefield, still exhibiting Unparalleled Charm, even though the world was covered in blood red, the scarlet outfit she wore still shined brightly, like existing independently of the vast world, attracting all eyes towards her dazzling red dress.

Lin Rui looked on in shock at the noble and aloof Empress, completely surprised that she would step out of the palace, personally come to this battlefield.

He couldn’t comprehend what the Empress meant by her words.

Regretful?

Regretful for what? Didn’t persist? Or didn’t attempt an adventure once?

Lin Rui could only strongly suppress inner shock, saying: "If there’s regret, there’s hardly any. At most, we can try again in the future."

Wutong glanced at him, speaking indifferently: "Sometimes one step behind can lead to complete defeat."

Lin Rui, uncertain and suspicious, asked: "Are you... supporting me to continue trying?"

"Not at all." Wutong’s gaze swept across the distant corpse mountain blood sea battlefield, her tone completely devoid of any emotion, as if discussing something entirely unrelated.

Lin Rui and Su Xi exchanged a glance, isn’t the Empress’s words contradictory?

Su Xi pushed Lin Rui from behind, Lin Rui stumbled beside the Empress, instantly feeling somewhat at a loss. It was his first time standing so near Wutong, would she blame him for offense?

But Wutong only looked at him indifferently, expression unchanged, without anger, without shyness, totally detached attitude.

Just as Lin Rui was perplexed, Wutong continued speaking whilst gazing into the distance.

"In the past, my subjects always advised me to be more radical, that not risking everything to gamble, would only result in desperation."

Lin Rui hesitated for a moment, then queried: "So you gambled?"

"No."

Lin Rui fell silent, but understood her, as each of her decisions tied the world’s destiny, affecting billions of lives.

Chancellor Zhuge, such an unparalleled genius, did not take Ziwu Valley either, in the end lamented eternally, regretted by posterity.

Going through Ziwu Valley inherently uncertain, but he bore everything, indeed difficult to choose such a risky method.

With Wutong’s indifferent nature, not heeding others’ advice seems natural.

"Then what..." Lin Rui really couldn’t fathom why she was recounting this to him?

She did not listen to kindred advice, ultimately regretful outcome.

He listened to kindred persuasion, voluntarily paused, isn’t that a good thing? Possibly avoiding tragedy.

Lin Rui now also doubts if such adventuring is truly right?

"You think my choice was the right decision?"

"Foolish."

"..." So direct? More candid than Su Xi!

"But you haven’t reached ultimate despair yet, still have choices. Having the chance to choose is the greatest hope. I can drag the entire world, give you one chance to choose."

Lin Rui looked surprisedly at Wutong, from this angle, could only see her serene profile, her stunning visage not saddened by referring to the past, nor moved by such earthshaking words, simply gazing calmly at the distant corpse mountain blood sea, seemingly like an outsider poised for Feathered Ascension at any moment.