Lord Game: I Have 100 Million Talents-Chapter 48 - 44: Explosive Increase in Damage
Finally!
The Ranger’s ultimate skill had arrived!
Although it was a magically modified version of the ultimate skill, its effects were far more outrageous than the original.
Six times the critical damage, area-of-effect, auto-tracking, and one hundred percent accuracy... It was just like Odin’s divine artifact that never misses when thrown, the Eternal Spear Gungnir.
The only difference was that this Magic Arrow couldn’t automatically fly back to Qin Feng’s hand after hitting an enemy like Odin’s Divine Spear.
On the other hand, the Poison Arrows developed by the Poison Arrow Tribe and the conventional wooden arrows made by the Withered Leaf Tribe, aside from being damaged by frequent use, could be recovered and reused after every battle. They didn’t have a special mechanic that made them disappear into the void.
And this was why Qin Feng’s quiver had remained full, never running out of "ammunition," despite him firing so many arrows at his enemies over the past two days...
As for the "Forest Mystery" skill, it was an extremely powerful Aura Skill.
Not only could it increase the ranged damage resistance of his army by a percentage, but it also simultaneously boosted their ranged damage output by a percentage.
The former was a buff that all units could enjoy.
The latter covered archers who dealt ranged physical damage, Mages who cast ranged Magic Damage, and dual-role Elite Soldier Types like the Ratman Warriors, the Violent Bear Boss, and the Awakened Fire Fox, who were capable of both melee and ranged combat.
In short, Mom could stop worrying about me getting instantly one-shot in a mid-lane shootout.
Damn, I was both tanky and I could dish out damage.
"Badass!"
"I knew choosing the Ranger Profession was absolutely the right call!"
"This level of power is just insane!"
As he marveled at his new power, Qin Feng opened his inventory screen and began to inspect the Divine Chosen Spoils just granted to him by the "King of War."
Ten Dragon Crystals.
A completely unexpected reward.
Adding the five Dragon Crystals left over from upgrading "Bloodthirsty," he now had fifteen.
He could upgrade the King of War’s Evil Aura Talent three times in a row.
He figured the MC probably didn’t want him to become a "thug" who went around slaughtering other players, which was likely why it hadn’t mentioned before that killing Lord Players also awarded Dragon Crystals.
But on second thought, it was completely unnecessary for the MC to hide this information.
This was because each Divine Chosen Lord only granted a one-time Dragon Crystal reward for being killed.
Besides, the risk was extremely high.
You had to face a Divine Chosen Legion that would fight to the death without retreating or surrendering.
A moment of carelessness could lead to a mutually destructive outcome.
Therefore, rather than taking the risk of hunting Lord Players he had never killed before, it was better to invest that time in hunting bosses in the wild.
Killing a few more boss creatures or recruiting a few more boss-level heroes would yield far richer Dragon Crystal rewards with much less risk...
Next.
The Hunting Lodge Construction Plan.
It was a Food production building, similar to the Farmhouse.
The former specialized in meat production, while the latter focused on wheat cultivation.
However, since the Hunting Lodge wasn’t a freebie building you got just by clicking, its actual utility was a bit better, making it a direct upgrade over the Farmhouse.
For example, in addition to the fixed 20 units of meat it produced daily at level 1, it could also finely process the meat from wild animals that Qin Feng hunted.
Normally, the carcass of a wild animal could only be converted into one unit of meat.
But in the hands of a "Hunter," it could be processed into two or more units of meat resources, depending on the size of the carcass and its nutritional content.
Furthermore, the Hunter also possessed superb Skinning and deboning techniques, allowing them to extract the "pelts" and "bones" from an animal’s carcass intact and convert them into basic materials for crafting weapons and armor at the Blacksmith Shop.
If things went as expected, he would probably unlock a "Fisherman’s Cottage" later on.
It would likely be able to finely process the fish living in rivers and probably come with some other strange new functions...
After that.
The High-Quality Lord’s Longsword.
A green-quality Lord’s Exclusive Weapon. Its Equipment Effect was All Attributes +5, and it granted his army a +10% damage buff, making it much better than those freebie Lord’s Equipment you get just for starting.
Qin Feng currently had only four weapon slots, corresponding to the four slots in Mount & Blade II. He couldn’t swap weapons mid-combat (switching to another Lord-level Weapon to gain different attribute bonuses and army buffs).
Therefore, he could only take out the white dagger he had grown accustomed to and replace it with the newly acquired High-Quality Lord’s Longsword.
With this, for ranged combat, he relied on his Hunting Short Bow and quiver.
For melee, he relied on his Lord’s Longsword and Ancient Wood Battle Shield.
Qin Feng’s current combat build was more or less complete.
All that remained was to continuously optimize and upgrade, eventually replacing everything with high-quality Lord’s Equipment to excel in both personal and army strength.
Armor-Piercing Arrow.
A blue-quality arrow-type weapon.
Not only did it have high base damage, but it also came with an additional "Armor Piercing" effect, allowing it to ignore a portion of the Armor Value from an enemy’s armor and deal higher piercing damage.
It was a direct upgrade with combat effectiveness far exceeding that of Poison Arrows and wooden arrows.
Moreover, thanks to the poison arrow technology mastered by the members of the Poison Arrow Tribe, the Armor-Piercing Arrows could be directly upgraded into poisoned Armor-Piercing Arrows, gaining both the "Poisoned" and "Armor Piercing" effects simultaneously.
So, in terms of mechanics, it wasn’t weaker than the Poison Arrow in any way.
However, considering their limited quantity, the fact that they might not all be recoverable after each battle, and the Durability stat that meant they would break after repeated use...
Qin Feng planned to use them in a mixed set with his Poison Arrows.
Poison Arrows for clearing trash mobs.
Poisoned Armor-Piercing Arrows for taking down bosses.
After all, the two types of arrows were made of completely different materials—one from common wood, the other from smelted iron ore. He could easily switch between them in battle, so there was no risk of grabbing the wrong arrow and dealing less damage.
"Nice."
"New skills and new equipment."
"Now my ranged damage output is even more terrifying."
"If I went up against the Violent Bear Boss now, I bet a single Triple Shot could take out at least a quarter of its health. I could probably finish the whole fight in one go without even needing a break to recover stamina..."
Full of excitement, Qin Feng took out the last Skill Book.
[Fear (Active): A Lord Skill that can only be learned by a Divine Chosen Lord. Consumes a certain amount of Magic Power to significantly reduce the armor and defense of all enemies in a cone in front of you for a period of time. Short cooldown... If the target is not wearing any armor, this skill has no additional effect.]
’A group armor-piercing technique?’
’Not bad!’
Although it wasn’t very useful against the Ratman Warriors and Forest Demon Beasts he was currently encountering...
...if he were to face the fully armed "Black Armor" Ratman Warriors from the Withered Leaf Tribe, or the Imperial Heavy Cavalry and "Imperial tin cans" in various Heavy Armor that the MC had mentioned...
...then the effect of this Lord Skill would be absolutely incredible.
Heavy Cavalry would become light cavalry, and light cavalry would become cannon fodder... In terms of just being nasty, this thing was almost on par with Galen building a Last Whisper, leaving the enemy silenced and their defenses shattered.
"Alright then!"
"The spoils have been inspected!"
"Next, it’s time to whip out my beloved Dinars and begin the thrilling and exciting Unit Promotion phase!"
"Upgraded Forest Wolves!"
"Let’s do this!"
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