Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

Chapter 473 - 216 Scrap Upgrade and Knight Hero_2

The only practical aspect is that this enhancement can trigger effects for a squad of soldiers in the territory.

Thinking of this, Lin Rui felt slightly relieved since it was effective for so many people. The most enticing part of this thing is that as long as you pour money into it, it will steadily make you stronger.

Simple and unpretentious, yet exceptionally reliable.

Audrey clicked her tongue and said, "Father, if you had money and enhanced the Golden Pansy Knight Order knights a hundred times, wouldn’t they be as tough as nails? No, they’d probably be as strong as opening an Invincible Shield!"

"Don’t say it," Lin Rui sighed, "I deeply regret being so poor!"

An invincible path was right in front of him, but... no money to get stronger. What a regrettable thing.

The Golden Pansy Knight Order is already immune to Spiritual Damage, and if you could increase their Physical Defense by tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of points...

Wouldn’t they be invincible?

At least below Epic-level, units that cannot deal percentage-based damage from traits cannot break the defense of these knights clad in Heavy Power Armor with physical attack or Spiritual Attack alone.

Effects like [-1], [-1], [-1] just would not work!

Unless it’s someone like Su Xi, who wipes out a life bar with one slash based on the target’s attribute difference, or like Galo, where all damage is True Damage. Otherwise, there’s really no way to deal with them.

This means that when facing an army without a Heroic Commander, they are invincible!

Even if millions of Green Skins appear next time, as long as there isn’t a Green-skinned Hero, they can still be invincible amidst the chaos, cutting through millions of Green Skins as if walking in a no man’s land. Using a thousand men to block a million rabble would be no problem.

Audrey immediately leaned over, laughing as she patted Lin Rui’s back, "Oh, don’t be sad. I think you could consider equipping the Knight Order with a hero; the effect would be the same."

A Knight Hero?

Lin Rui nodded. As long as there is a hero, commanding a troop will increase Attack Power and Defense by a percentage. The Heroic Commander Value for Tier Five heroes is about 200, increasing Physical Defense and Spiritual Defense by 200%.

To be fair, a Tier Five high-talent knight has about ten thousand Physical Defense, and increasing it by 200% would be stronger than enhancing with this waste ten times.

And if it’s a knight-type hero, the Commander Trait would further increase resilience and toughness.

Given the current traits of the Golden Pansy Knight Order, and considering they all wear Heavy Power Armor, what would happen if an additional knight-type hero became the grand preceptor of the Knight Order?

"The problem is, I don’t know where to find another altar." The Divine Spirits would be worried seeing Lin Rui holding so many Hero’s Hearts.

If this guy really offered up four Hero’s Hearts, the Divine Spirit’s inventory would be exhausted.

Hero units, even throughout history, are extremely rare.

Once the offering is made but no hero descends, both the sacrificer and the Divine Spirit would be embarrassed.

However, Lin Rui thought that among so many old Divine Spirits, they should have at least four heroes.

But the key issue is that even if a hero descends, there’s no guarantee it will be a knight hero.

Audrey said, "The key is that it’s too late to find an altar now. The Plane War is about to start. As the top person on the leaderboard, you will be summoned regardless."

"That’s reasonable," Lin Rui furrowed his eyebrows. Doesn’t that mean he won’t be able to use his four Hero’s Hearts?

But if the four Hero’s Hearts are unused before the Plane War, it would be such a waste. The Divine Spirits would be furious. Such precious items not being converted into combat power would indeed weaken one’s forces.

"Looks like I have to head to the Divine Throne Banquet and have a good look."

At this point, Su Xi took the initiative to speak, "I’ll go with you."

"Huh?" Lin Rui looked at her in surprise.

Su Xi calmly repeated, "I’ll go with you."

Is she trying to rekindle old feelings?

But after thinking it over, Lin Rui nodded in agreement. At least having a Legendary-level Super-Tier combat power by his side, other divine thrones would also respect him.

Lin Rui then turned to Audrey and asked, "Is there any item that can enhance talent? You should also move up to Tier Five."

According to the original plan, Audrey should advance to Epic-level at Tier Five and then catch up with Su Xi at Tier Six.

Audrey immediately tossed over a golden Soul Seal: "There is an Epic-level Soul Mark, but it’s not suitable for me."

Lin Rui took it and examined the attributes.

[Furious Charge: Epic Soul Seal (Golden): Those who have undergone rigorous training and long-term honing can charge at the enemy with maximum speed, causing great damage and chaos. When the attack speed exceeds three times the speed of sound, in the hands of these powerful creatures, Furious Charge becomes an extremely lethal skill. It can deal great damage to the enemy and disrupt the entire formation. Attacks exceeding three times the speed of sound adjust attack damage by movement speed, knock opponents into the air, and cause chaos effects within (speed of sound multiple) * 3 meters, lasting for (speed of sound multiple) seconds.]

No wonder it’s not suitable for Audrey with her comprehensive attributes. It’s clearly left over from units like the Furious Unicorn or Two-legged Flying Dragon and is not really suitable for human use.

Su Xi isn’t the best fit either; Lin Rui remembers her maximum movement speed is around six times the speed of sound, but he’s not very sure.

Because Su Xi has never accelerated to this degree before, wars on the ground are obviously not suitable for this level of speed. If not careful, she could charge right into the enemy’s phalanx. If the opponent doesn’t have any strong units, it’s fine; she could make three advances and retreats. But if there are a few super-heavy bosses, she would face an onslaught of brutal monsters alone.

So this thing is obviously more suited for Aerial Cavalry.

At ten times the speed of sound, it can cause chaos effects within a 30-meter range of enemies, lasting 10 seconds.

Honestly, it’s quite strong. Very suitable for highly mobile units like Griffins.

Death’s Claw, when accelerated, can directly fly at Mach 10.

What is the concept of Mach 10? If it flies low over the territory, in an instant, it can sweep across a third of the territory’s building area. Just as you blink, it flashes out of sight, and by the time you turn your eyes to find it, it disappears over the flower field area. You complete a single breath, less than three seconds later, just before amazement, it’s already flown out ten kilometers!

Lin Rui put away the Soul Seal, saying, "Let’s award this Soul Seal to Death’s Claw. It has followed me for a long time, with laborious merit. It shouldn’t be ignored just because it’s a griffin and can’t talk."

Audrey pouted, "That prissy Gryffin, prostrating before the Empress and ingratiating itself, is a hundred times more enthusiastic toward the Empress than you. Being ignored for its merits is deserved."

"..." Suddenly, Lin Rui wasn’t so inclined to give it anymore.

Recalling Death’s Claw prostrating under Wutong, rubbing its head against Wutong’s palm, Lin Rui suddenly felt it unworthy! Toward him, its master, it had never been so enthusiastic.

Alright, alright, Lin Rui persuaded himself not to hold a grudge against such a dumb mount.

If he could tolerate Audrey, this scatterbrain, then how much more should he tolerate Death’s Claw, a griffin.

Just give it; after all, the enhanced strength benefits himself in the end.

What really intrigued Lin Rui, though, was if it ascended to Epic-level, would its offspring possess higher talent?

Theoretically, with the bloodline strengthening, its offspring should have a higher probability of attaining a stronger bloodline, maybe even trigger an atavism?

Perhaps the upgrade of the Griffin population in the territory rests on this?