novelraw Chapter 546: Imperial Centurion?
Chapter 546: Imperial Centurion?
Not bad, not bad.
Li Wei casually put away all the Origin Particles.
Another full twenty minutes passed before He Yibo, looking exhausted, successfully opened the card. After returning all the card-opening supplies, he didn't even walk out the door before falling into a deep sleep. For a 4th-Tier Warrior, his foundations were indeed too weak.
Li Wei hastily called over two soldiers from the Ice Legion to take He Yibo away.
The gains from his card opening were also quite substantial, because those two Neans were genuinely very strong. If they weren't strong, could they have escaped the control of the Arcane Giant Zombie? Could they have ignored the 4th-Tier Blood Plague? If it weren't for the extreme negative debuffs brought by the Great Frost, it wouldn't have been easy to kill them.
[Slaughter Particle ×2, Life Particle ×2, Truth Particle ×1]
[One Aurora Warrior Card]
[Three Six-Star Profession Cards, Two Five-Star Profession Cards]
[540,000 Neanderthal Gold Coins]
[Several pieces of equipment and weapons][22 Resource Cards]
Just from these two Seven-Star Purple Cards alone, he harvested 13 Origin Particles. It was a massive profit.
Li Wei's Origin Particles were also basically replenished.
Farmer Card, Life Particles, 5/5.
Hunter Card, Slaughter Particles, 4/4.
Woodcutter Card, Nature Particles, 4/4.
Scout Card, Truth Particles, 4/4.
Next was a long wait. It wasn't until seven or eight hours later that Hunt, Jonathan, Chris, and Bai Yin successfully opened their cards one after another. But after opening them, they couldn't even speak and directly fell into a deep sleep. They might need to sleep for one or two months to recover.
Their strength was still too poor.
And the supplies they opened were noticeably a tier lower. The four cards combined only yielded nine Origin Particles, which Li Wei collected for himself. He prepared to use them to strengthen his Scout Card, complete a Triple Rare enhancement, and then upgrade it to Five-Star.
As for the remaining supplies, they were directly tossed to Hathaway. Mm, a part of Li Wei's private stash was managed by her. Things Li Wei didn't need and didn't need to be confiscated were prepared specifically for the core members.
Including Hathaway herself, Li Yue, Second Aunt, Zhao Xuanxuan, Thomas, plus He Yibo, A Su, and Tucker. If these eight people needed anything, they could withdraw from this small warehouse, but every withdrawal would be recorded and prioritized for deduction during the next distribution of spoils.
Even among one's own people, accounts must be settled clearly.
"You don't need my help to strengthen it? I remember that in Weir City, Triple Rare enhanced Profession Cards required a 3rd-Tier Caster to operate."
Hearing that Li Wei was going to strengthen his Scout Card first, Hathaway asked with concern.
"No need. That situation is because they don't have a Life-Bound Profession Card, so their control over the Profession Card is insufficient. For me, it actually comes naturally."
Li Wei laughed. This kind of enhancement was child's play for him; he could complete it in almost a few breaths.
The only troublesome thing was that the Life-Bound Farmer Card and Scout Card each had to have 20 points of Destiny deducted, falling to 60 and 50 respectively.
Destiny really wasn't enough to use.
And grinding for more in the future would be extremely difficult.
However, the advantages and benefits this brought were also immense.
Not only did it directly increase Li Wei's Perception cap by two points, making his Normal Perception capable of reaching 23, but the Scout Card's maximum capacity for Origin Particles also became 6. Related Innate Talents and Skills both improved by about 50%. Integrated into that 4-Star Radiant Ranger Card, his combat power would be even stronger.
All of these were the key to killing enemies on the battlefield.
It was also an accumulation of hard strength. Of course, from another perspective, he was now just a story boss who dropped higher quality equipment and possessed extremely rich loot.
"Hathaway, help me keep watch."
At this time, Li Wei struck while the iron was hot and didn't delay any longer, directly taking out the second Eight-Star Purple-Gold Card and opening it!
In this very instant, he felt a blur, as if he were placed in a sea of fire on a flaming mountain, or amidst scorching lava.
Burning, everything was burning.
His soul, his flesh, his Profession Cards, and even his Combat Cards and Destiny Grids—absolutely nothing escaped; everything was burning.
At the same time, his Collective Sanity was also plummeting crazily. From the original 18 points, it plummeted by 10 points in one breath. For a normal person, this already meant falling into a state of out-of-control madness, mental derangement, and rampant hallucinations.
This Eight-Star Purple-Gold Card was truly not something ordinary people could open. No wonder Hathaway was afraid.
Li Wei sighed, but still managed to retain his most basic calmness. Even though the pain he felt right now was truly severe and incredibly real—a dual burning of flesh and soul—and he was even watching his six Profession Cards and Destiny Matrix burning, most people would panic and become terrified.
But the remaining 8 points of Collective Sanity he had ensured his basic foundation.
At this time, Li Wei truly felt that this kind of collective attribute was extremely unusual. This wasn't something where someone could just act tough and say, "I'm not afraid, even if you cut me into a thousand pieces, I'm not afraid."
No, this couldn't be contended against by willpower.
Anyway, Li Wei found it a bit inexplicable.
Persevering like this for over a dozen seconds, he was finally slightly relieved from that agonizing pain. At this time, he also realized where this so-called blazing burning came from.
It was the Blood Burning attribute. Blood Burning couldn't suppress Perception, but it couldn't be helped that this was at least 40 points of Blood Burning, and it had a home-field advantage.
"It should have been left for Zhao Xuanxuan."
Li Wei even had time to think, and then he passed the test, because he was not a Warrior, and naturally couldn't resonate and sense the combat experience accumulated over a lifetime by this ancient Warrior of the Orson Empire.
Fortunately, this didn't affect the perfection of opening the card. Just the blazing burning in those dozen seconds would require Zhao Xuanxuan another ten years before she could withstand it...
Opening his eyes, he saw Hathaway looking over with a face full of concern.
"It's done? So fast!" She was very astonished. For a Seven-Star Purple Card, it took Li Yue half an hour to finish opening it. Good heavens, Li Wei only took thirteen seconds to open an Eight-Star Purple-Gold Card?
Li Wei shot her a speechless glance, didn't respond, and with a wave of his hand, a field of purple-gold energy filled the room, making Hathaway's beautiful face look pale in comparison.
A massive, spectacular explosion of loot!
[You have opened a special Purple-Gold Card that has been sealed for 38,052 years. On it lies a Sequence Five Benediction Magic left by its master during their prime. Anyone who killed its master will suffer the backlash and curse of this Benediction Magic. However, because its master was infected by the 4th-Tier Blood Plague, turned into a Magic Zombie, and was in a half-dead state, the power of this Benediction Magic was halved. Ultimately, it was sealed deep underground alongside its master until it saw the light of day again today.]
[You have obtained an identity token of the Orson Empire. This is a special 'tiger tally' forged with Sequence Five Magic (You can understand it this way; actually, if described in the text of the Orson Empire, it's called 'En-de-sa-za-li-ma-gua-la'). Friendly reminder: Upon appraisal by the Nine-Star Council, this is a Centurion token inheriting the supreme majesty of the Orson Empire. By activating and using this Imperial Centurion Token, you will obtain the Imperial Centurion legacy of the Orson Empire, and acquire the corresponding non-exclusive title of 'Imperial Centurion' (Somewhat similar to the exclusive 'Flame Duke' title of the Kingdom of Gurock, but actually not; it is more similar to a knightly order title).]
[From now on, you can call yourself an Imperial Centurion of the Orson Empire, if you are willing. Note: Once you activate and bind this Centurion Token, your 'Flame Viscount' title will be replaced and temporarily enter a state of slumber, unless you choose to abandon the identity of an Orson Empire Centurion.]
[You have obtained nine Slaughter Particles, nine Truth Particles, nine Flame Particles, and nine Nature Particles. Friendly reminder: You have to thank the fact that this person had already become a Magic Zombie that lost most of its memory and most of its combat instincts.]
[Due to the passage of time and the dissipation of most of the Magic Zombie's memories, you cannot obtain any Profession Cards. However, you have obtained a set of heavy armor forged from Six-Star Mithril Alloy weighing twenty tons, and a heavy Six-Star Mithril Alloy weapon weighing twenty tons.]
[Due to the passage of time, you cannot obtain any Resource Cards.]
Huh?
Imperial Centurion?
Does this count as triggering a part of the Orson Empire's legacy?
The moment this thought flashed through Li Wei's mind, he also quickly planned the distribution. Origin Particles couldn't be stored normally; they either had to be used for enhancement immediately, or they would dissipate.
Now that this Eight-Star Purple-Gold Card had directly dropped 36 Origin Particles for him, he had no way to hog them all for himself.
Currently, his 5-Star Hunter Card was Rare, and his 5-Star Woodcutter Card was Double Rare. The former could consume 5 Origin Particles, one Gold Command Token, 20 Farmer Destinies, and 20 Hunter Destinies to be enhanced to Double Rare.
But he could also enhance the Woodcutter Card to Triple Rare.
The Druid Card could also be enhanced to Double Rare, but he didn't have enough Destiny.
So at most, he could only keep 13 Origin Particles. Three Truth Particles would replenish the Scout Card to 6/6, and the remaining 23 Origin Particles had to be distributed.
"Hathaway, do you currently have any Profession Cards that need Double Rare enhancement? I have a bit too many Origin Particles right now."
"I do, but I can't enhance for myself. I don't have a Life-Bound Card. If you agree, let's enhance Sister Yue's Knight Card first. It was originally Double Rare, and now in one go it will reach Triple Rare; this won't be a problem."
Hathaway was also looking at the Origin Particles floating in midair right now, extremely envious, but there was truly nothing that could be done about this. Li Wei had a Life-Bound Card and could enhance it himself; she could not.
"Will Li Yue be okay? She is still in a deep sleep."
"Of course there's no problem. The process of enhancing a Profession Card doesn't require the person's active cooperation. The fact that she is in deep sleep is just right."
"Additionally, give that Aurora Knight Card to her as well, I'll operate on them both together for her. I wouldn't dare promise too much, but enhancing her to an Aurora Knight is no problem. If there are any issues, deduct it from my share, is that okay?"
Hathaway said rapidly.
Li Wei nodded; he understood Hathaway's meaning, and this could be considered her selfishness.
It had nothing to do with mistresses or whatever.
Rather, it was because Li Yue, being of the Knight profession, and especially being the only Dawn Knight in the entire territory currently, was a very tough frontline unit who could charge at the very front when anything happened.
Others like Jocelyn, Javier, Seth, Duan Bowen, and even the veterans Victor and Chang Wei were only Dark Moon Knights. Leading a legion was no problem for them, but fighting solo they fell far short. Even if that Aurora Knight Card was given to them, it would at most enhance them to Dawn Knights.
How could that compare to an Aurora Knight?
It must be known that Hathaway and Li Wei both belonged to backline professions. Li Wei was better; at least he was a Druid with extremely strong survivability. But Hathaway was a 3rd-Tier Caster, and without the protection of a Mage Tower on the battlefield, she was very fragile.
It was common for 4th-Tier Mages to be instantly killed on the battlefield.
Therefore, if they didn't build frontline professions for their own team, what would they do when undertaking Cross-Border Missions in the future?
That's right, the current Empire Reconstruction Quest was just a Special Mission phase. When the quest was over, everything would have to return to normal.
At that time, whether Li Wei became a King or a Duke, he would have to regularly execute high-difficulty missions similar to Cross-Border Missions.
When that time came, it would be impossible to take the legion. They could only take five or six people, a ten-man squad at most.
And within this ten-man squad, there would definitely be a position for her, Hathaway.
What would they do then? If you gave all the resources to the legion, and when the time came you couldn't scrape together a ten-man squad, and everyone died outside, what then?
A Qing was so awesome, and her territory development was so awesome, didn't she still die in a Cross-Border Mission, and her soul was turned into a golden finger Young Mistress by Samsara Travelers?
So Hathaway thought very far ahead, and was also constantly striving to maintain her persona as the main wife and play her role.
That was to unite a small circle, unite the core layer.
She didn't care about other places, but the chain couldn't drop from her end!