Chapter 288: Chapter 288
The production of Life Fruit is extremely stable, unshakable, with 6000 units daily, so Lin Rui doesn’t need to check on it.
So the first place he went was the armory to see how Burton was doing now.
The armory built for Burton in the territory was bought from an Elf at great cost from the market, called the [Steel Hand Skill Dominator Armory].
The building is full of a dark iron style, constructed of a large amount of iron, tall, heavy, and rough, naturally should be located in the town. It would look incompatible in a forest treehouse, no wonder the Elf sold it off.
Such a rugged armory naturally has simple and straightforward effects, with nothing to do with finesse or intricacy, with only one trait [Heavy Industrial Charm: Rough and durable is the highest expression of efficiency, improving the production efficiency of non-meticulous Great Skill Dominators by 10%].
Lin Rui walked into the armory and found it filled with heaps of iron scraps and broken equipment, the vast and tall building stuffed to the brim, leaving no room for idle people to stand. Only the Heroic Spirit level Master of Armaments, Burton, was unaffected, sitting atop the garbage heap conducting weaponry modifications amidst flying sparks and spiritual energy.
The commotion was astonishing; Lin Rui had only watched for a few seconds when the long halberd in Burton’s hands suddenly emitted a deafening explosion, immediately sending iron scraps in all directions, scattering the accumulated junk everywhere.
This earth-shattering explosion almost buried Burton under the trash heap, yet he seemed entirely unfazed, acting as if he was used to it. As the explosion ended, he calmly picked through the garbage heap, found a few components that others couldn’t associate at all, and was about to continue his equipment modifications.
Lin Rui had to call him to a halt: "Burton, pause for a moment."
Upon hearing the voice, Burton put down the iron scrap in his hands, poking his huge head out of the garbage heap: "Oh, so it’s the Lord, you’re back."
Lin Rui felt somewhat flattered; he had been back for so long, with demons roaring outside the territory, and fishmen swarming, turning the world upside down with rivers of blood, yet he was unaware he had already returned to the territory.
It’s indeed rare for such a single-minded Master of Armaments to know he had gone out once.
Lin Rui looked up at him and asked, "Do you want me to talk to you while looking up?"
"Oh, oh, right, I should come down. Please wait a moment, Lord."
The piles of junk didn’t impede this bulky Master of Armaments; wearing a set of metallic limbs, he adeptly maneuvered several times over the trash heap and heavily landed in front of Lin Rui.
"Lord, I was just about to find you to report on my achievements."
As he landed, a strong scent of metal lubricant flooded his nostrils.
Lin Rui stepped back, holding his breath: "No hurry reporting achievements; the territorial treasure Lucky Coin: Sand Washing was activated just now, were you selected?"
"Are you referring to that red light, Lord? I didn’t encounter it this time."
Lin Rui nodded, somewhat disappointed. But indeed, it cannot be forced. There are now thousands of people just in the territory, and adding beasts, mounts, pastures, wheat fields, and the like, the chances of being selected by the Lucky Coin might be only one percent or even one per thousand.
Burton doesn’t have the upturn fate like little aunt Shirley, making it difficult to be continuously selected.
"Then tell me about your recent achievements."
Speaking of this, Burton immediately became excited, even a little fervent.
He pushed out a set of armor sparkling with thunder from a room hidden among the iron scraps, the crackling arcs of electricity damaging the intervening iron scraps.
"Lord, allow me to introduce you to the territory’s most advanced and cutting-edge standard equipment [MK3 Thunder Armor], which is my most outstanding creation, the third tier of the MK series. Besides, there are MK1 and MK2 Thunder Armors, suitable for Tier One and Tier Two soldiers respectively."
"Their greatest advantage is that whether it’s Type 1, 2, or 3, they can interact with each other to produce the same scale effect."
[Quality: Fine-level]
[Durability: 480/480]
[Position: Set (including Helmet, Armor, Arm Guards, Shin Guards, Belt)] Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novèlfire.net
[Equipment Requirements: Physique 95, Will 95, Thunder Resistance 200]
[Spiritual Energy Value +680]
[Thunder Resistance +400]
[Physical Defense +1500]
[Spiritual Defense +600]
[Physique Increases Life Value +50%]
[Deals 120 damage/second to all non-friendly units within 5 meters]
[Set Trait 1: Thunder Judgment: Physique +5, Soul +5, attacks carry 60% Thunder Attribute Spiritual Damage, triggering Thunder Judgment every third attack and inflicting 15% Divine Damage of the opponent’s lost Life Value.]
[Set Trait 2: Stand in Formation and Do Not Fight: Morale above 60, fixedly reflecting 5% of all received damage, increasing 0.1% reflection damage for each additional ally wearing Thunder Set in the same formation, up to 12%]
Additional Traits: [Heavy Armor: Resilience +6%, Charge Bonus 12%, Equipment Physical Defense +50%, Basic Damage Reduction 120]
[Overlimit Equipment: Equipment Durability Limit increased by 120%, Equipment Physical Defense +12%]
[Armor Coating Layer: Equipment Physical Defense +10%, Basic Spiritual Resistance +5%]
[Stable Psychic Position: Provides 2500 points Spiritual Shield]
Lin Rui’s eyes widened instantly; it was his first time seeing equipment effects so richly dense!
Previously an equipment piece had very scant attributes, with singular effects. Even the [Holy Light Church Judgement Knight Order’s Knight Armor] had only one trait.
[Justice Judgment: Will +5, Soul +3, attacks carry 30% Light Attribute Spiritual Damage, provides 10% Damage Reduction]
It took just a glance to read, making it hard to have high expectations of it.
Its effects were so thin and singular, vividly showcasing to everyone what frail simplistic meant. If exaggerated, it was as if a layer of iron wrapped the soldier, with a tiny bit of Spiritual trait enchantment.
While Master of Armaments Burton redesigned this set of heavy armor, its heavy, Fine-level traits rushed to the forefront.
Though the attribute points increase was modest, the Fine-level equipment’s over 20 Attribute Value relative to over a hundred of a soldier’s own qualities offered limited enhancement.
But what could not be denied was its other substantial traits, just the accumulated increased Life Value and Shield exceeded four thousand points! Together with Physique converting Life Value +50%, it could cumulatively enhance a soldier’s life by 5000 points. For Elite-level soldiers, this number nearly doubled the Life Value.
Armor is every soldier’s second iron life!
Its other traits further enhance various qualities of the soldiers, whether it’s Physical Defense, Damage Reduction, Elemental Resistance, Output Damage, or Damage Reflection these are enhanced all-round.
The most crucial part is its Damage Reflection trait.
[Stand in Formation and Do Not Fight] allows a formation of soldiers to increase Damage Reflection by up to 17%! And it reflects all damage, effective against ranged as well!
This could lead to a situation where a low-tier ADC archer circles him shooting, eventually getting themselves shot to death by reflection.
On a deeper level, this trait finally allows the heavy-armored units of this world to stand up!
The Imperial Army showed its massive iron tide’s overwhelming power; as long as the army is large enough, the Giant Dragon, Mage, Wizard must avert its edge, lowering their proud heads.
Because they can no longer massively injure the army, a Flaming Storm or a Dragon Breath falling, the fiery hurricane sweeping the battlefield, causing hundreds or thousands of damage to every soldier. But there is a chance soldiers might not die, and mages may first be blown up from the damage reflected back by soldiers, cumulative.
[Stand in Formation and Do Not Fight] is not only a deterrent to mounted cavalry but also a grave warning to high-tier units.
Mage Corps should tread carefully with outputs, do not attempt indiscriminate bombing on the battlefield, otherwise, directly hitting the heavy-armored units doesn’t necessarily determine who would die!