Chapter 374: Chapter 374
Considering the behavior of the Gray Dwarf Hero, Groller, Lin Rui found it a bit unbelievable that the Templar Order hadn’t killed him.
Even among the generally ill-mannered Gray Dwarves, this guy’s conduct was remarkably poor.
Even though he was a hero, Lin Rui had little desire to recruit him.
Handing over the command of the troops to him worried Lin Rui that he might ruin the Golden Pansy Domain’s army.
Facing Lin Rui’s question, Groller was full of anger, his large eyes glaring from underneath thick eyebrows and beard: "Kill me? Killing me doesn’t necessarily drop a Hero’s Heart, or else those Templar Order bastards would’ve already done it."
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Groller’s small round eyes froze on his face, and the once confident and foul-mouthed demeanor vanished as he fell to his knees with a thud.
"Please don’t kill me! I haven’t enjoyed myself enough yet. I’m actually a Heroic Spirit Level Master of Casting!"
"Honorable hero, I’m of great value, and I’m capable of crafting Rare Level and even Legendary Level equipment. The superior gear of the Templar Order is crafted by me. As you know, Dwarf forging techniques are always top-notch."
[Ding, a desperately down-and-out Rare Level Gray Dwarf Hero admires your strength and requests to join your army. Do you accept?]
What to do? I’m inclined not to accept.
Lin Rui hesitated for a long time with the decision option.
He’s truly seen it all now.
Other highland dwarves and Chaos Dwarves are fond of alcohol, yet this underground Gray Dwarf is apparently lustful! Perhaps even fond of alcohol and lust.
Lin Rui genuinely wanted to strike him down with one blow to uncover a Hero’s Heart for sacrifice again. Even if unable to use various badges to enhance the Hero’s Heart to +13, +3/+4 would also be good enough.
At least it would be a normal human hero, like Terion, giving peace of mind.
Seeing Lin Rui hesitate greatly, Groller grew desperate. How could such a person exist! How could there be such an evil person!
Where a hero is willing to join, yet there’s great hesitation.
Even if doing nothing but commanding troops, the Commander Value boosts alone can provide over 150% overall attack and defense enhancement to all soldiers.
Is there any faction lacking heroes?
Groller lost all confidence and quickly shouted: "Oh noble hero, I also know the entrance to the Underground City, and can lead you to enter. Inside are Black Dragons, Dark Elves, and Minotaurs, always fighting among themselves. If you lead an army inside, you can definitely sweep all forces."
"Black Dragon?" Death’s Wings’ eyes lit up: "Father, agree with him quickly. I want little female dragons! Give me a few little female dragons, and I’ll help you breed a Dragon Race. With so many knights in your domain, how can you not train Dragon Knights?"
That sounds quite reasonable.
Lin Rui ultimately decided to agree.
Besides the value of the Underground City, another significant consideration was the domain’s clear need for a Master Forger.
"Avenging Goddess: Spiritual Power Armor," this blueprint has been stored in Lin Rui’s 100-unit Explorer’s Space.
This was one of the most important items opened from the gilded treasure chest before the departure of the deities. It can be used to forge Rare Level sets for the territorial knights.
However, the domain never had a Rare Level Master Forger, so forging hasn’t yet begun.
Lin Rui reviewed Groller’s forging traits and skills.
[Artisan Glory: Heroic Spirit Level Trait: The dwarves’ forging techniques have always been the pride of their entire race, from the grand underground palaces, massive steam engines, convenient mining cart tracks, mechanical devices, heavy armor runes, to war axe longswords, they can forge anything. Forging speed +350%, forging success rate +80%. Successfully forging an item grants a 360-second [Forging Focus] state, forging success rate +10%, forging speed +150%, 2.3% probability increases forging quality +1]
[Blood Oath: Heroic Spirit Level Trait: The deeper the hatred accumulated by dwarves, the scarier the energy they can unleash. They will exhaust every means to uphold the oath, washing away the disgrace flowing in their veins! When the Dwarf Blacksmith is in a bleeding state, forging can grant the equipment the [Blood Oath] trait. When the Dwarf Blacksmith’s Life Value is below 50%, forging can grant the equipment the [Washing Away Dishonor] trait.]
[Blood Oath: The dwarf’s blood will forever remember the vengeance oath. Damage to enemy targets that have harmed self increases permanently by 5%.]
[Washing Away Dishonor: Honor washed away by blood is eternal glory, killing a Blood Oath target permanently increases Life Value by 1, up to 400 points.]
[Weapon Forging lv16: Mastering the forging techniques of every type of weapon, weapon forging speed +150%, forging success rate +96%]
[Heavy Armor Forging lv17: Forging heavy armor is dwarves’ romance, none are more familiar with heavy armor than dwarves. Heavy armor equipment forging speed +170%, forging success rate +97%, forged heavy armor equipment physical defense +20%, Spiritual Resistance +5%.]
Groller’s attributes weren’t impressive, as a Tier Four melee unit, he could only be considered mediocre.
Even his traits were only at Heroic Spirit Level, and, despite being a hero, couldn’t withstand the siege from a team of the Heroic Spirit Level Sun Flame Guard Knights under Lin Rui.
But his forging traits greatly interested Lin Rui, each one exceptionally strong. No wonder the people of the Templar Order hadn’t killed him, but imprisoned him on this isolated mountain island, continuously crafting gear.
With such traits, even if not joining the Golden Pansy Domain, the 2.3% probability increasing forging quality +1 was already quite considerable.