Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 648 - 56: Promotion to High-Tier Knight Order_2

After the Golden Pansy Knight Order was successfully promoted, Audrey said happily, "Let's go, Father. Let's continue to sweep through Kesilina City and clear out their treasury and barracks. I feel that as an important human religious city, it likely worships sacred artifacts related to knights. There must be a lot of items in the city that can enhance the combat power of the Knight Order."

Lin Rui nodded: "Makes sense. The entire army, advance into the city and search thoroughly."

With Lin Rui's order, the army immediately marched grandly into the city.

Audrey and Death's Wings were the most excited, and they were the first to rush into the city's treasury.

Soon, Audrey's excited voice came through: "We've struck it rich! We've struck it rich, Lord! Guess what I've found?"

"What is it?" Lin Rui followed from behind.

Lin Rui thought it was probably a vast amount of resources and items.

The Templar Order is extremely wealthy, with resource packs filling several warehouses. Even if Kesilina City is a bit smaller in scale, it should have at least one warehouse full of resource packs, right?

Audrey excitedly said, "It's a seal! It's a seal!"

Soon, Audrey emerged holding a large number of sealed scrolls and treasures.

Audrey first showed Lin Rui a crown and a ring.

[Crown of the Dead · Strategic Treasure: Darkness is majesty, death is the ultimate truth. Fall into darkness, and I shall dominate death. It is the badge of the King of Darkness, wearing it grants mastery over the power of death. The wearer will receive a ghostly undead guard formation, with undead guardians hovering over the army. Each minute, soldiers temporarily transform for five seconds, becoming immune to physical attacks or spiritual attacks for 5 seconds. (Under Holy Light Seal)]

[Evil Spirit's Grasp · Strategic Treasure: The red surge, the rise of darkness. A blood contract, the evil spirit gives and takes. The Evil Spirit's Grasp involves a blood contract. When the wearer's attack is triggered, the evil spirit siphons the target's blood, strengthening the dark power. This is a special interaction between blood and darkness, with evil power amplifying with the flow of blood. The commander's soldiers have a 15% probability of triggering the Evil Spirit's Grasp in close combat, causing an additional 20% dark attribute damage and healing themselves by 15% of the damage dealt. (Under Holy Light Seal)]

Audrey then excitedly presented Lin Rui with two Demon Race strategic treasures, [Magma Horn] and [Sulfur Earth Fire], and one Dungeon strategic treasure, [Scorpion's Heart].

Yalanna's eyes widened; they had acquired five strategic treasures in one go!

How did all the good fortune fall upon their own Lord?

Especially the Scorpion's Heart strategic treasure, which could greatly enhance the combat power of the underground High-tier troop Medusa. If she were still in the underground city, she would definitely be tempted by it!

But now Lin Rui's army had no underground city troops, so Lin Rui decisively stored away the [Magma Horn], [Sulfur Earth Fire], and [Scorpion's Heart], and began studying the [Holy Light Seal] with Audrey.

Among the scrolls Audrey brought out, there were dozens of Heroic Spirit level undead summoning scrolls, including Witch Demons, Death Knights, and even a Lord-level [Vampire Blood Manipulator], a very powerful mage.

So many recruitment scrolls and strategic treasures could significantly enhance the combat power of the territory's army.

Yalanna then proactively said, "The Holy Light Seal is easy to break; just inject enough dark energy into it, and it will gradually fall into the power of evil."

"Dark energy?" Lin Rui asked, "Does the undead's spiritual energy count?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"The spiritual energy from the graveyard, dungeon, and demons can all work."

Lin Rui then decisively handed it over to Hanna, who commanded a large number of enchanting demons, all combat mages, and they quickly broke the Holy Light Seal.

Audrey happily donned the two undead treasures, while her troops repeatedly transported numerous evil recruitment scrolls from the treasury.

There were undead and demons, but relatively few from the dungeon.

Audrey checked them and summoned the more powerful undead recruitment scrolls, leaving the more common ones together with the demon recruitment scrolls.

In total, there were over four thousand scrolls, which would be offered with other recruitment scrolls in the future in exchange for Plane War Merits.

Each sealed monster, once released, would cause large-scale slaughter and bloodshed.

Once added to Lin Rui's storage space as spoils, they were considered a substantial haul.

Subsequently, various supplies from the treasury were transported out [Resource Pack (Massive)] of twenty-five thousand units and over twenty tiles of Territorial Essence. These were resources prepared for the advancement of Kesilina City, now all flowing into Lin Rui's pockets!

While Audrey was reaping a considerable yield, Violet also sent good news.

She searched the Lord's mansion and quickly brought two very precious items.

[Knight Spirit: Justice Guardian: When darkness engulfs the land, I shall light up the night with the light of justice. Justice is an eternal flame in a knight's heart, urging them to uphold truth and fairness. They pursue justice with determination, using their blades to dispel darkness. Knights of Justice Guardian shine on the battlefield, serving as a beacon for all. When the Justice Guardian transforms, evil shall find no sanctuary. Will +4, Divine Damage +8%, team fortification, enhances the max Life Value of surrounding non-knight units by 5%, and every 6 seconds provides a Justice Guardian aura for themselves and nearby allies, absorbing 15% of the damage.]

[Knight Order Skill: Absorption Strike: Knights can utilize their armor and defensive skills to reduce physical damage from enemies. Once activated, the skill reduces physical damage received by 30% for 30 seconds, with a cooldown of two minutes.]

Lin Rui immediately added the [Knight Spirit: Justice Guardian] and [Knight Order Skill: Absorption Strike] to the [Knight Contract], as if fiery scripts began to carve and write on it, adding two new lines of content.

Moreover, these two pieces fit very well together. If Absorption Strike is activated when the Justice Guardian aura triggers.

So, in the situation where knights take 15% of the damage for nearby allies, activating Absorption Strike to reduce physical damage by 30% significantly diminishes the opponent's output.

The Golden Pansy Knight Order is not very afraid of large spiritual strikes, as knights gain spiritual immunity once they've been through the Holy Grail Champion Divine Hall.

Unless the opponent carries a lot of divine damage and true damage, bombardment does very limited harm to the Golden Pansy Knights.

To break the Golden Pansy Knight Order, the best approach is to send vast numbers of soldiers to cut down the knights with swords.

But this sort of single physical attack is inherently inefficient. If absorbed in large amounts by the Golden Pansy Knights, negating the damage makes it even more difficult to kill them.

Violet confidently said to Lin Rui, "Lord, the Golden Pansy Knight Order is now a massive Divine Knight Order, not only boasting excellent combat capabilities but also having significant divine protection, strategic bonuses. This is entirely an elite force comparable to Divine Kingdom Armament. They are exceedingly well-equipped, blessed by holy light, and there are as many as five thousand of them. I believe if any military conflict arises, these five thousand elite knights can purify countless demons and ghosts for you!"

Lin Rui glanced towards the southwest, where the sky was expanding with a doomsday-like red glow, his expression grave, saying, "I think your chance to see action with the knights is coming soon. If an enemy appears, you'll lead the Rearguard Order. This place could become a battlefield much like the ruins of the Imperial Mausoleum in Setra. We must prepare ourselves. The tri-clan war is something we should avoid getting embroiled in. This battlefield, I am sure, will be reduced to ruins like at Emperor Setra's Mausoleum. We should clear out the spoils quickly and withdraw from the Red River Plain, staying as far from the battlefield, especially from Kesilina city!"

"If the enemy appears, you will command the Knight Order as the rear guard," Lin Rui instructed.