Chapter 1120: Chapter 1120
The Sand Snake Pit was now on track, so there was no need for Du You to oversee things anymore. During this period where there was no place he needed to be, Du You returned to his own territory to continue refining his advanced skills. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒·𝗇𝗲𝘁
However, upon returning to his domain, Du You discovered among the items he had purchased from the Divine Flame Empire a final piece of advanced material applicable to his skills—an unnamed statue. Because it was extremely aged and the material itself was of poor quality, its details had become quite blurred. Nonetheless, it was certain that the statue’s owner had been a famous fifth-tier master.
Immediately, Du You placed it inside the Skill Hall to evolve his last unadvanced skill.
Moon God’s Blessing: Increases all Summoned Beast base attributes by 2% per level, and by an additional 10% under moonlight. All Summoned Creatures’ recovery abilities increase and become more resilient, with a certain chance of piercing through the enemies’ weaknesses. (Level 43, 10 stars)
Three days later, the new skill evolution was complete. Moon God’s Blessing, a passive skill. Now, aside from the introductory basic enhancements, numerous other abilities had been added.
Overall, his summoned creatures had become much stronger. If he were to fight that Quicksand Priest again, he wouldn’t even need his aura to activate the blessing—his summoned creatures could easily overpower the opponent with this skill boost.
A few days after his return, and with the acquisition of crystal diamonds, his branch of the armed forces’ buildings had finally been upgraded to the fifth tier.
The first one upgraded was his initial branch of the armed forces building, the Giant Rock Fortress.
Giant Rock Fortress (Tier 5):
Giant Rock Heavy Armored Warrior Level 10: 3000 people/month, full price 100 white Crystal Coins/person
Giant Rock Heavy Armored Warrior Level 18: 1000 people/month, full price 100 red Crystal Coins/person
Giant Rock Heavy Armored Warrior Level 27: 600 people/month, full price 100 green Crystal Coins/person
Giant Rock Heavy Armored Warrior Level 33: 200 people/month, full price 40 yellow Crystal Coins/person
Light Cavalry Level 8: 3000 people/month, full price 80 white Crystal Coins/person
Heavy Armored Knight Level 19: 1000 people/month, full price 200 red Crystal Coins/person
Silver Knights Level 28: 800 people/month, full price 300 green Crystal Coins/person
Shadow Shooter Level 20: 1000 people/month, full price 500 red Crystal Coins/person
Shadow Shooter Level 30: 500 people/month, full price 550 green Crystal Coins/person
Shadow Shooter Level 35: 200 people/month, full price 60 yellow Crystal Coins/person
Dark Knights Level 47: 50 people/month, full price 900 blue Crystal Coins/person
Shadow Assassins Level 45: 50 people/month, full price 800 blue Crystal Coins/person
After raising the Giant Rock Fortress to tier five, there was an all-around increase in the number of troops available for recruitment each month. However, seeing the Dark Knights and Shadow Assassins below made Du You rather puzzled.
"These are created from real people as a branch of the armed forces, aren’t they? Where did you get them from?" Du You wondered. These were fifth-tier masters—individuals of this level were major figures wherever they went and were treated with respect.
Shaliya smiled, pursing her lips, "It turns out we were really lucky. Normally, it would not be easy to capture a fifth-tier human. But just recently, an underground organization colluded with local nobles and ended up selling their own information to the Quicksand Empire. As a result, the upper class of the Divine Flame Empire was enraged and exterminated both the noble and the underground organization."
"Because we have some connections with the Divine Flame Empire, we were able to purchase a batch of disabled tier-five Professionals from them."
Indeed, they wouldn’t give away the intact ones; doing so might inadvertently aid the enemy. "Hmph, if those Professionals hadn’t been disabled, our branch of the armed forces’ strength would have definitely increased."
"Stop looking so bitter; this is already quite good. We’re adding a thousand tier-five Professionals every month." Complaining could indeed bring divine retribution.
A few days later, new tier-five buildings appeared.
Frogman Dock (Tier Five):
Frogman Warriors Level 23: 5000 per month, full price 100 green Crystal Coins per person
Frogman Soldiers Level 34: 2000 per month, full price 120 yellow Crystal Coins per person
Frogman King Level 42: 300 per month, full price 500 blue Crystal Coins per person
Yes, this time it was the Frogman Dock, and these units were not captured but rather trained and cultivated from existing units. It must be said that Frogmen are a branch of armed forces with poor strength.
Although there are 300 tier-five Frogman units available each month, their strength is truly pitiful; they could crumble after just a few moves when facing enemies of the same level. It’s only underwater that they possess decent combat power.
Their combat power is almost on par with the Murlocs of the same level. Fortunately, the price is cheap, which at least allows for greater security in our coastal areas. Du You had no intention of letting these so-called tier-five units appear on the battlefield.
Next, his Dragon Rider Camp was also upgraded to tier five.
Dragon Rider Camp (Tier Five):
Ground Dragon Riders Level 28: 500 groups per month, full price 200 green Crystal Coins per group
Earth Dragon Riders Level 35: 200 groups per month, full price 150 yellow Crystal Coins per group
The quantity of the two types of dragon riders in the Dragon Rider Camp had increased significantly, but since Du You had not found a tier-five type of dragon rider, he could not produce a new branch of armed forces; the tier-five building could only produce tier-four forces.
The other buildings could not be upgraded in the short term, so they had to be left as they were. However, what Du You didn’t expect was that his residential buildings had been upgraded; advancing a civilian building beyond tier four is not an easy task.
Residences (Tier Four):
Each residence can house 50 people; residences can produce Technicians, Scholars, Commanders, etc., hiring full price 1 white Crystal Coin per person; there’s a very high chance of producing special Professionals. Tier-four residences produce civilians with extremely high learning abilities and cultivation talents, making them highly valuable for training.
After breaking through to tier four, the function of civilian buildings had qualitatively changed. Du You had built a residence that was practically a large villa. Of course, while it’s said to house fifty people, in reality, you could fit two hundred in there.
Moreover, the residences no longer produced ordinary civilians, meaning there were no mediocre people produced there; each one had at least one skill, with a very high chance of generating special Professionals. This is the true value of residences.
The extremely high talents and learning abilities also provided the civilians with a lot of potential. Even if they weren’t part of the armed forces, they had the potential to cultivate and achieve the same strength as those special armed branches, and this strength did not count towards the armed forces’ quota. Most importantly, this type of civilian-trained military force had a high likelihood of allowing the armed branches to increase their level and develop new skills.
Residences truly deserve to be the foundational building of a territory, as good residences are crucial for the development of a territory.
Of course, Du You kept the blueprints for this tier-four residence securely hidden; he definitely wouldn’t let anyone else get their hands on them. Breaking through to tier four in civilian buildings is a process that requires unimaginable amounts of time and resources.