Chapter 130: Divine Summer Star Title? No Thanks, I Have a Better One
Everyone perked up their ears. It was time for rewards.
Although Lin Moyu would definitely get the lion’s share based on contributions, they should still get a decent amount.
As everyone anticipated, Army Commander Ni Xiong’s voice rolled out:
"In this battle, we eliminated 20,000 Abyss Hellhounds."
"3,000 military merits for defending the city."
"2,000 military merits for no one retreating or cowering."
"Total military merits: 25,000."
"We have 1,052 career holders in total. Excluding Lin Moyu and Mo Yun, everyone gets 20 military merits."
"Mo Yun gets 500 military merits, Lin Moyu gets 3,500 military merits."
Everyone had an "as expected" expression.
Though 20 military merits seemed little, it wasn’t bad.
Usually to get 20 military merits, one would need to kill 20 Hellhounds.
For a five-person team, they’d need to kill 100 for each person to get 20.
Getting 20 merits for just a few minutes of city defense was quite good.
No one objected to Mo Yun getting 500 merits. She alone killed two Dog Demons and many Hellhounds.
As for Lin Moyu.
They could only express admiration.
At least 80% of the Hellhounds died by his hand. Of the 100 Dog Demons, Mo Yun killed two, the rest were all blown up by Lin Moyu.
Without his curse at the start of the battle, it wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.
Lin Moyu getting 3,500 merits, few people disagreed.
Even Mo Yun had no objections.
Only Zhou Lesheng was unhappy.
"How come I only get 20 while he gets 3,500?"
"Why don’t I even get a fraction of what he got?"
"I’m a Holy Light Knight, a legendary career. How can I be inferior to him?"
But he only dared think these things, not say them out loud, unless he wanted to ruin his future.
In the army, orders were absolute. The commander’s word was everything.
No one had the right to object.
The military badges began to glow as merits flowed in. Many people’s ranks increased.
Some were just one step away from promotion, and a bit of merit was enough to raise their rank.
Ning Yiyi jumped up happily, promoted to two-star private.
She did nothing but got 20 merits. The little girl was very satisfied.
Lin Moyu’s badge glowed especially brightly.
Several times brighter than others.
Stars kept appearing on his badge, six, seven, eight...
After reaching ten, the badge suddenly changed.
From a white private badge to a silver lieutenant badge.
Lieutenant was already an officer rank. Ordinary privates on the battlefield, regardless of level, would have to call him "sir".
Even if you were level 50, even if you had completed your second transition, as long as your rank wasn’t higher than Lin Moyu’s, you’d have to respectfully address him as "sir".
These were military regulations, to be followed on the battlefield.
After turning silver, the badge stopped, with no stars on it.
Of the 3,500 merits, 500 raised Lin Moyu’s rank to ten-star private.
The remaining 3,000 changed him from ten-star private to lieutenant.
At lieutenant, each additional star required 10,000 merits.
A hundred times more.
Raising military rank became very difficult. Just killing some Hellhounds was far from enough.
To gain significant merits, one had to go to the depths of the Elemental Battlefield, or even enter the Abyss to hunt true Abyss demons.
Ning Yiyi looked at the badge on Lin Moyu’s shoulder, "Wow, you’re a lieutenant now. Hello, sir!"
She playfully saluted Lin Moyu, making him both amused and exasperated.
Ning Yiyi said happily, "You might be the youngest lieutenant ever."
Lin Moyu was only 18.
He had just completed the big exam.
At this age, career holders were either in advanced academies or had dropped out to make their way outside.
Who else could reach level 20+, come to the Elemental Battlefield, and kill so many Abyss monsters like him?
A lieutenant at this age was indeed unprecedented.
Many people were very happy about their rank promotions.
Until the light completely faded.
Army Commander Ni Xiong continued, "Lin Moyu, 18 years old, our country’s youngest lieutenant. Specially awarded the title of Divine Summer Star."
As he finished speaking, Lin Moyu’s badge burst with brilliant light, completely enveloping him.
[Obtained title: Divine Summer Star]
[Divine Summer Star: All attributes +300, Skill cost -20%, Damage reduction 10%]
Lin Moyu looked at the title’s attributes. It was much worse than his Dragon Warrior King title.
Moreover, the two titles couldn’t coexist. He could only choose one to use.
Without a doubt, he would choose the Dragon Warrior King title.
Ni Xiong showed a strange expression, "You already have a title?"
His words attracted everyone’s attention.
No one had expected Lin Moyu to already have a title.
Titles weren’t easily obtained. The conditions were extremely harsh.
Only one person could hold the same title at a time.
It wasn’t clear who previously held the Divine Summer Star title.
But when Lin Moyu became the youngest lieutenant in Divine Summer Empire, the title came to him.
Lin Moyu nodded, "Yes, I have a title."
Ni Xiong asked, "How did you obtain it?"
"Dragon Frontline Outpost dungeon, Hell difficulty," Lin Moyu didn’t conceal it.
There was no need to hide this. Others couldn’t take it away anyway.
Wow!
Lin Moyu’s words caused an uproar.
Everyone present was shocked to numbness, unable to believe it.
Even the usually proud Mo Yun now looked at Lin Moyu in disbelief.
She had tried to solo it before, but ended up fleeing in disgrace.
"So the legend was true. The Hell difficulty Outpost dungeon really has a title."
"He actually soloed Hell difficulty Outpost dungeon. My god!"
"How is this possible? Is this something humans can do?"
"I thought that title was just a hoax. It’s actually real."
"Maybe only he could do it. Who else has so many powerful summons?"
The discussions grew louder.
Ni Xiong shouted, "Silence!"
Everyone immediately shut up.
The army hadn’t disbanded yet. Ni Xiong was still the supreme commander.
With a flash of light, Lin Moyu was teleported to Ni Xiong’s side. "Can you tell us the title’s effects and how to obtain it? The empire’s database needs to record this."
At this point, he wasn’t ordering, but asking.
The title was Lin Moyu’s private information. He couldn’t see it.
But the empire’s database needed this information.
He could only discuss it with Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu didn’t conceal anything.
"Obtained by soloing Hell difficulty [Dragon Frontline Outpost] dungeon. Effects are: All attributes +500, All skill costs -50%."
Ni Xiong’s eyes showed approval, "Very good title, especially the 50% skill cost reduction. Very important for mage-type careers."
"You’re very impressive. In exchange, I specially authorize you to use the military facilities in the fortress."
Lin Moyu was a bit surprised.
Some facilities in the fortress belonged to the military. Ordinary people weren’t qualified to enter.
Military merit was the pass. To enter, one needed to be at least three-star lieutenant.
Lin Moyu wasn’t even a one-star lieutenant yet, originally unqualified.
He didn’t expect Ni Xiong to have this authority.
Lin Moyu now noticed the badge on Ni Xiong’s shoulder.
A purple badge - he was actually a general.
Three stars on the badge shone brightly.
Ni Xiong said, "You can use the military facilities, but it still consumes military merits. You don’t have many merits, so use them sparingly."
Lin Moyu grunted, "Thank you, senior."
After Lin Moyu returned, Ni Xiong finally gave the last order, "This battle is over. The army is disbanded."
The sudden battle thus concluded.
Everyone could go back to their own business.
Though it lasted less than an hour, everyone had an unusual experience.
Lin Moyu’s powerful skills opened their eyes.
Especially after learning Lin Moyu could solo Hell difficulty Outpost dungeon, they were too shocked to recover.
At this time, the teleportation array lit up. Teams of people teleported back.
They were all high-level career holders, soldiers.
They wore uniform clothing, with an imposing aura.
After coming out of the teleportation array, they quickly left without saying a word to the career holders present.
They didn’t even look at them.
Lin Moyu recognized one of them - the one guarding the city gate who had kindly warned him to be careful.
He wasn’t here during the big battle just now.
In fact, none of the high-level career holders were here.
It’s unknown where they went.
Many people’s communicators rang.
During the battle, communicators were blocked. Now communication was restored.
As soon as they connected, all kinds of voices came through.
"Did you know? The Abyss monsters just attacked various countries."
"Our Divine Summer Empire’s Fortress No. 7 was attacked by high-level monsters. They say the fight was very intense."
"How’s your Fortress No. 1? It’s furthest from the Abyss, is it safer?"
Shi Xing’an came to Lin Moyu, looking a bit solemn, "The Abyss didn’t just attack us here just now."