novelraw Chapter 919 194: Accepting Vassals
Chapter 919 194: Accepting Vassals
Aside from the Plane War Reputation System, there is also a Plane War Merit System.
This merit system is not a reward from the gods, but rather a reward from the Goddess of Fortune, given to Explorers who have made outstanding contributions to faith.
This one doesn't have ranked settlements; after all, the Goddess of Fortune herself isn't a particularly powerful Divine Spirit, and there were never many Explorers believing in her. After the planar war ended, the Explorers suffered heavy losses, leaving only a handful of believers.
Nevertheless, although the number of believers is small, the value of the Goddess's merit rewards far exceeds that of the gods.
This reward is given directly to the believers, so the Goddess is genuinely willing to spend true silver and gold.
The items Lin Rui is particularly interested in are:
[Rare Level Troop: Lucky Silver Coin Royal Griffin, Exchange Price: 10 merit points, Quantity: 10,000]
[Heroic Spirit Level Troop: Heavy Spartan Guard, Exchange Price: 100 merit points, Quantity: 0]
[Rare Level Armor: Avenging Goddess Spiritual Power Mecha, Exchange Price: 10 merit points, Quantity: 2,489]
[Epic-level Weapon: Mark VI Mjolnir, Exchange Price: 100 merit points, Quantity: 991]
[Catastrophe-level Species Camp: Celestial Punishment Fear Knight, Exchange Price: 10,000 merit points, Quantity: 3]
Although the exchange ratio is incredibly low and considered an extraordinary value for money, acquiring Plane War Merit Points is indeed quite difficult.
Completing a Divine Revelation Task grants 100,000,000 points of Plane War Reputation, but only gives 10,000 Plane War Merit Points.
This amount is only enough to exchange for a blueprint of the Celestial Punishment Fear Knight Camp.
Even winning a large-scale battle grants all surviving units 500,000 Universal Experience and raises all levels by 10, but only provides +5,000 Plane War Merit Points!
That's equivalent to directly granting 500 Rare Level Troops.
A large-scale battle of this level is almost the largest scale Lin Rui has ever fought.
So one can imagine how rare these Plane War Merit Points are.
Lin Rui has a total of 245,430 Merit Points, having spent tens of thousands on exchanging the War Saintess: Hepanse, the Sacred Treasure: World Tree Spear, and all the Heavy Spartan Guards.
The remaining Merit Points total 178,530.
Without hesitation, Lin Rui first exchanged for three Catastrophe-level blueprints and all the Rare Level Troops: Lucky Silver Coin Royal Griffin.
Knights are entities that can significantly enhance the battle capability of the Golden Pansy Domain.
Although Griffins are not Knights, combined with another Rare Level Troop: long halberd and fierce armor, they can form Heroic Spirit Level Aerial Cavalry: Holy Watch Knight.
The long halberd and fierce armor are absent from the Goddess of Fortune's merit reward list, but fortunately, they are among the gods' rewards.
Lin Rui had previously exchanged for some, so he directly located the long halberd and fierce armor in the reputation exchange directory.
The exchange quantity now stands at only 27,588 quota slots.
The exchange for Elite-level soldiers has no cap, but the exchange cap for Rare Level soldiers is generally 50,000.
Therefore, Lin Rui unhesitatingly exchanged for all remaining 27,588 quota slots, consuming 2,700,000 Plane War Reputation Points.
The consumption of Plane War Reputation Points is manageable, as this exchange only uses up one-twentieth of his remaining total worth.
However, dealing with nearly 30,000 extra soldiers poses a bit of a conundrum.
On their own, they aren't worth the amount of Plane War Reputation he spent to redeem them, as they aren't particularly powerful as Rare Level Troops.
They need to cooperate with Griffins to form a viable fighting force.
Currently, the number of Griffins is significantly lower than the number of soldiers.
Even so, Lin Rui has confidence that as thousands of Griffins fly en masse towards the Royal Ranch, the number of Royal Ranches will swiftly expand.
After all, with just a few Historically Significant traits, the Griffins will breed the next generation.
Lin Rui still remembers the pregnancy cycles of this world: humans have a pregnancy cycle of thirty cycles, while Griffins have a pregnancy cycle of twelve cycles. Furthermore, Griffins only need 20 cycles to learn to fly.
As for the maturity period of the next batch, Lin Rui isn't too concerned. As long as they've experienced one round of breeding, there will be an ample number of Griffins to supply the territory's army.
This is because Griffins usually give birth to three to five offspring per brood, and the effect of the Royal Stable ensures that each pregnancy yields one additional cub.
Once the numbers rise, Lin Rui's main concern will be where to place all these soldiers and Griffins.
Even though maintaining the Royal Stable requires an additional provision of 100,000 units of fresh meat per cycle.
Based on this number, the population of Griffins that can survive within the Royal Stable will not be very large.
It's impossible for a single ranch to host tens of thousands of Griffins.
At present, expanding the territory is indeed an urgent task.
While Lin Rui was contemplating, a massive shape suddenly descended from the sky, crashing down heavily in front of the palace, stirring up a cloud of dust and debris.
This immediately elicited a chorus of astonished shouts from the soldiers and citizens within the domain.
Lin Rui looked down to see a large pile of wreckage at the bottom of the steps, which turned out to be a red Giant Dragon in a very sorry state.
The Legendary Giant Dragon Presto lay sprawled on the ground in a rather undignified pose, looking utterly pitiful. Despite the red scales still retaining their sheen, they appeared somewhat dull due to being covered in dust. Its wings drooped helplessly on either side, with disarrayed scales, making it look as if it had just struggled out of a hurricane.
What amused Lin Rui the most was that Presto's majestic crown had slipped down; whether by coincidence or on purpose, it now concealed the dragon's swollen eye corner. In the slit eyes squinting in its embarrassment, only humor and awkwardness could be seen.