novelraw Chapter 383 - 82: Lord-level Weapon! Moonfire Bow! Legendary Hero! Tree Guard
Chapter 383 - 82: Lord-level Weapon! Moonfire Bow! Legendary Hero! Tree Guard
[Profession: Special Boss (50/90)]
[Life Value: 102351/102351]
[Strength: 20000, Agility: 20000, Spirit: 20000, Constitution: 20000]
[Weapon: Golden Halberd (Gold Quality, comes with "Holy Damage" Enchantment, 15% chance on attack to trigger "Golden Tree’s Lightning," dealing AoE Holy Damage to the target and surrounding enemies)]
[Equipment: Golden Tree Knight Heavy Armor (Gold Quality, Physical Defense +100%, Magic Defense +100%, immune to "Poisoned" and "Bleeding" statuses)]
[BOSS Skills]
[Sweeping Thousand Soldiers: Swings the Golden Halberd in a 180-degree frontal cone, dealing physical damage equal to 220% of physical attack + Holy Damage equal to 80% of physical attack, with a 30% chance to knock back enemies.]
[Golden Thunder Spear: Gathers the divine power of the Golden Tree and hurls a piercing spear of lightning, dealing Holy Damage equal to 350% of physical attack to all enemies in its path. Upon impact, it leaves a Holy Domain that lasts for 3 seconds, dealing Holy Damage equal to 50% of physical attack per second to enemies within it.]
[Warhorse Charge: Mounts a warhorse and charges forward at high speed, dealing physical damage equal to 180% of physical attack and knocking away enemies in its path. The charge is followed by a powerful downward slash, dealing physical damage equal to 250% of physical attack + Holy Damage equal to 100% of physical attack.]
[Holy Shield Defense: Raises a shield and enters a defensive stance for 5 seconds. During this period, all damage taken is reduced by 70%, and 20% of the physical damage is reflected back to the attacker as a beam of energy.]
[Despair Triple Strike: Unleashes three consecutive wide-area heavy slashes, each dealing physical damage equal to 250% of physical attack.]
[Blessing of the Golden Tree (Ultimate Skill): Consumes 30% of current Life Value to apply the "Golden Tree’s Shelter" ultimate status to self and all allied units within 500 yards for 30 seconds. During this time, allied units’ attack power and Defense Power are increased by 100%, and they are immune to all control effects.]
[Power Assessment in War Blessing State: 2-Star (Red) Late Stage]
[Description: A Royal City Knight who guards the Golden Tree. Blessed by the Golden Tree, its body has merged with the ancient tree, making it colossal. It wields an enchanted Golden Halberd and rides a holy warhorse, making it one of the most iconic Legendary guards of the Borderlands.]
’Huh?’
’It’s actually a Tree Guard?!’
Qin Feng was a little surprised.
He had assumed the Otherworld hero produced by the Expedition Gate would most likely be a character from the Middle-earth Warhammer Worldview. He never thought he’d draw the gatekeeper from Elden Ring.
’Alright, then!’
’No big deal!’
’It’s just that this "Tree Guard" seems a little weak, doesn’t it?’
Although it had quite a few combat skills, its physical damage was respectable, and it could quickly heal its own and nearby allies’ health and mana, Qin Feng still felt it might not have an advantage against the Divine Gift Soldier Types and Divine Gift Heroes the Holy Empire had already deployed.
As for his overpowered heroes like Fenrir, Yugudora, and Diablo, they could pin the Tree Guard to the ground and toy with it, beating it so badly it wouldn’t know which way is up.
However, as a Legendary Hero with a "Riding and Cutting Talent," the Tree Guard was still much stronger than the Holy Empire’s Ordinary Soldier Types and ordinary heroes, the Gulad Empire’s Five Dragon Generals, the Minotaur Kingdom’s heroes, and the human heroes of the various island nations.
’I can only say... I just have too many overpowered heroes and soldiers under my command... A slightly resilient but minorly overpowered hero like the Tree Guard is just like those X-ray guys from Zhao’s Ruins—it would be crushed in minutes by the real powerhouses who can fly through the sky and burrow through the earth...’
After reviewing the Tree Guard’s Panel Attributes and skill mechanics, Qin Feng had it stand by while he took out the "Proof of Reincarnation." He rubbed his fingertips over the item and began to ponder how to use it.
’Should I transform another Divine Chosen Hero and give them a Legendary Profession from Middle-earth Warhammer? Or should I change my own Profession to a new one from Middle-earth Warhammer? Or should I just switch to one of the decent conventional Professions in the Lord World?’
’For example? The Sielo Knight?’
He mentally calculated the unlocking requirements for this special Profession. Right now, he was only missing the "Divine Gift - Extreme Evasion" and "Divine Gift: Guard Counterattack" abilities.
As soon as he met these two requirements, Qin Feng could immediately use the Proof of Reincarnation to advance and gain the new Sielo Knight Profession.
’Hmm... on second thought, no.’
’The Sielo Knight’s skillset isn’t actually that strong. It’s similar to the Tree Guard’s—no special mechanics, just a "stat monster" propped up by high combat values.’ When it came to stats, his Ranger Profession, with the explosive damage bonuses from the "Beheading Sword" and "Moonfire Bow," combined with a broken passive like "Multi-shot Arrow," was the truly heaven-defying existence. There was no room for other Professions to steal the spotlight.
Therefore, for Qin Feng, all that mattered was getting the two core abilities: "Divine Gift - Extreme Evasion" and "Divine Gift: Guard Counterattack." There was no need to go out of his way to switch to a stat-based Legendary Profession like the Sielo Knight, which wasn’t good enough to use but was too good to throw away.
As for the other Legendary Professions in Middle-earth Warhammer...
[Ranger (Already Have), Demon Hunter, Sigmar Priest (Already Have), Yurik Priest, Necromancer (Already Have), Curse Singer, Mushiron Knight, Batonian Knight, Mercenary, Vampire Noble von Carstein (Race Mismatch, Cannot Reincarnate), Blood Knight (Race Mismatch, Cannot Reincarnate), Necrarch Vampire (Race Mismatch, Cannot Reincarnate), Holy Grail Maiden (Gender Mismatch, Cannot Reincarnate), Gray Lord (Already Have), Human Mage]
Qin Feng carefully scanned the Profession list and found that he had already acquired almost every type of mechanics-based Legendary Profession.
The remaining ones were either combat Professions that purely competed on stats, or special Professions like Vampire Nobles or the Saintess that were currently impossible for him to obtain.
’If I had to choose... I could actually take the "Curse Singer" Profession. The individual power of this Legendary Profession isn’t low. It can fight from a distance with magic like a Mage, and its Talent allows it to summon large numbers of Tree Monsters and Tree-men to act as cannon fodder.’
’But I myself would barely use those Mage Skills. After all, no matter how powerful the Magic is, it can’t compare to my Ranger Profession, whose power has skyrocketed.’
’If the sole purpose was to obtain the Tree-man and Tree Monster Soldier Types and use them as a vanguard of cannon fodder like the Undead Legion, it would be better to let one of my Divine Chosen Soldiers or Divine Chosen Heroes reincarnate as a Curse Singer. After all, these Tree-men and Tree Monsters are "foreign combat forces" that don’t originally exist in the Lord World. If I were to summon them myself, it would be easy to attract trouble, whether I tried to bluff my way through or make up an excuse.’
’Conversely, if a Divine Chosen Hero similar in nature to "Arthas" were to summon large numbers of Tree-men and Tree Monsters, other Lord Players wouldn’t find it strange even if they saw it with their own eyes. They would just think they were some Native Creatures with unique Summoning Talents. Or perhaps some foreign natives who appeared on this Plane due to the third phase’s "Space-Time Turbulence" and were coincidentally subjugated by Emperor Tingfeng.’
’Hmm... I’ll save it for another Divine Chosen Hero... Then, they can continuously cast spells on the battlefield to summon Tree-men and Tree Monsters, while I can focus on farming kills with "Multi-shot Arrow" to stack my Bloodthirsty Layers...’
Having made up his mind, Qin Feng returned the "Proof of Reincarnation" to his system inventory. He would wait until after he had publicly revealed the "Wood Elf Army" to all the Lord Players of this world as a Native Power from an Otherworld. Then, he would select a suitable, promising candidate from among them, have her reincarnate as a Curse Singer, and become a core native hero for the Holy Empire, just like "Arthas."
This way, not only could he openly deploy the Wood Elf Army in battle, but he could also get a large number of Tree-men and Tree Monsters as a vanguard of cannon fodder. Furthermore, the friendly Lord Players loyal to the Holy Empire could acquire Extraordinary Soldier Types from the "Wood Elf Culture," gaining powerful combat strength that surpassed other hostile Lord Players from other Planes.