Chapter 103 - 100 Peddling the Legacy of Heroes
Chapter 103: Chapter 100: Peddling the Legacy of Heroes
Chapter 103 -100: Peddling the Legacy of Heroes
“The hero was indeed an immortal presence; as long as they died in battle, they would reappear in the city’s tavern or at the Hero Altar. But being a hero didn’t mean they wouldn’t die; heroes also had lifespans. Players naturally had no concept of lifespan, but some game-background special NPC heroes, like the Elf Hero Grandma Anwen accompanying the ship, were set to be elderly heroes. This setting usually appeared only during missions, and their level might also decrease due to aging. So, this was probably the reason why Anwen and the elderly Nokes could appear in the barrier.
And elderly heroes would usually record their life’s insights on a scroll, the so-called heroic legacy.
Now, Da Fei, without a shred of guilt, eagerly examined the acquired spoils of war. After all, it was really hard for Da Fei to associate such a gigantic spider with the word ‘elderly.’
—Nokes’ Heroic Legacy: Bloodthirst. The hero and the hero’s melee units would gain the ability to absorb life, restoring 8% of the damage dealt—
Whoa! Life-stealing ability! And it affected the whole army! Didn’t this mean the whole army turned into knock-off vampires? Da Fei’s eyes nearly popped out in shock! As he was overwhelmed with joy, the next part read:
—Usage Requirement: The hero and the hero’s units must have mixed Demon Race bloodlines, such as the Beastman Race, Spider Demon Clan, Sub-dragon Race.
Oh, it was like a bucket of cold water poured over him, extinguishing Da Fei’s overflowing joy.
What the heck, Spider Demon Clan, Sub-dragon Race, I’ve never even heard of them before! Well, I’ve heard of the Sub-dragon Race; they’re the sixth-level soldiers of the Beastman troops, the Two-legged Flying Dragons, known for their self-healing. So this scroll was meant specifically for Beastman Players! Damn, that’s a bummer!
No, no, no, it’s not a bummer at all; this is actually great! I can sell it! As a professional player, what kind of professional player hasn’t made a single transaction? The money I earn in my pocket is the real deal. If I had found something I could use, I’d be torn between selling it or keeping it for myself, which would be the real bummer.
Now it’s time to ponder the value of this scroll. Ugh, ponder my ass; I’ll go online, show the image, and let those experts bid on it, ha-ha-ha!
Da Fei couldn’t wait to log onto the forums to stir things up.
Let’s introduce the Beastmen first.
In the game, the Beastmen were a very unique and, of course, a famous race. They were the hybrid descendants left behind when demons invaded the land ten thousand years ago, residing on the vast plains of the continent’s east. Their mixed blood gave them a strength even more unique than pure demons, which even pure demons dared not underestimate.
The specialty of the Beastmen was their inability to learn Light, Dark, Destruction, or Arcane Magic. Their spellcraft was uniquely Shamanism, specializing in lightning and storm, and the spirits of elements. Then there were the frustrating anti-Light, anti-Dark, and anti-destruction skills, minimizing the effects of these three types of magic on enemy troops; the Shaman’s magic power only increased the counter-magic effects.
The professional skill of beastman heroes was Blood Rage, which continuously and significantly increased the physical damage resistance of the beastman troops as battles progressed. The most famous two sub-skills under Blood Rage were Frenzy and War Cry; their effects were known only to those who used them.
In short, the beastman’s army in the later stages was an extremely tough dual-resistant force. When battling the beastman’s troops, no small tricks or strategies would work; it required big moves, army against army, mighty generals against mighty generals. So for players not skilled in magic or troop configuration, a brainless beastman loaded with passive skills was undoubtedly the best pick.
Beastman level 0 soldiers were goblins, level 1 soldiers were Goblin Warriors, level 2 soldiers were Centaurs, level 3 soldiers were Wolf Knights, level 4 soldiers were Shamans, level 5 soldiers were Frenzied Beastmen, level 6 soldiers were Two-legged Flying Dragons, and level 7 soldiers were One-eyed Giants.
In the situation where the Dark Camp’s level 2 soldiers were generally garbage dragging down progress, the highly characteristic level 2 centaurs of the beastmen formed the core of the beastman’s mobile strike force. This unit’s special skill was “Mobile Shooting,” a skill unique across the entire Hero Continent, to which even the sharpshooting elves had to bow down, for ranged troops must stop and shoot from a stationary position. Moreover, this unit had decent melee capabilities even up close.
More appallingly, ordinary players could choose the centaur’s unit specialty when creating their character! After all, since it was a level 2 unit specialty, there was no need to draw a lottery! Imagine what this meant. In the hands of high-end players, centaurs could easily harass and eliminate high-level melee wild beasts, making Beastman Players’ leveling speed second only to elves.
Of course, the centaur’s drawbacks were equally appalling! It was a large-sized creature! And it was a large-sized creature with only 15 health points! While 15 health points was considered mid-to-high level for a level 2 soldier, players could hardly imagine such a large centaur having only 15 health points; where did its muscle go? The answer was, it had two hearts, one in the human body and one in the horse body. The two hearts endowed centaurs with outstanding athletic ability but also meant that critical weaknesses increased by half.
At the same time, as a large-sized creature, the centaur couldn’t move freely once it left the plains! Even the one-point skeleton archers of the undead first-level soldiers, who had pitifully miss/hit rates, could completely overpower centaurs in duels, not worrying about missing. The skeleton’s special skill was Hollow Skeleton, reducing long-range damage by 50%, making the strongest archer centaur truthfully no match for the weakest archer skeleton in duel scenarios.
In contrast with the equally glaring merits and demerits of the centaur, the beastman’s level 3 soldier, the Wolf Knight, was dazzlingly bright. The so-called Wolf Knight was a goblin riding on a wolf, a troop with speed only second to the Hellhound among the first three levels of regular troops, also being useful in forests and mountain battlefields. The astonishing part was that, as “cavalry,” while humans struggled over the number of warhorses, armor production, and the most pivotal aspect of knight-horse rapport, the beastman’s wolf knights achieved wave after wave of mass production—too many wolf packs roamed the plains to count, and the Beastman’s Wolf Tamers could barely keep up with the demand. The difference in familiarity between humans and horses compared to beastmen and wolves spanned countless streets.
In short, the combination of the high attack, speed, high production, ranged-melee integration of the centaur and Wolf Knight established the beastman’s dominance of the plains. Once the Blood Rage maxed out, a Frenzy unleashed would mow people down like grass, wind sweeping down the countless fallen.
Thus, Beastman Players confidently claimed the notion of level 2 and 3 soldiers conquering the world. As for the later high-level troops? Beastman Players honestly weren’t fond of them, finding them too slow and dragging, usually leaving them in the city to enjoy the treatment of Elf Clan Tree Spirits.
Whether it was for mobile harassment or fight-to-the-death decisive battles, the beastman had enormous burst power. The higher the burst power, the better the bloodthirst effect naturally worked, making this heroic legacy an undisputed divine skill for beastmen! In essence, any Beastman Player obtaining this scroll would give rise to a god-level hero! What was the use of an Undead Race boasting a single vampire? A Beastman Player had an army of vampires! Though their life-stealing wasn’t as outrageously effective as a legitimate vampire’s.
Now, Da Fei left an anonymous post with his disguised identity on the hero forum website: “Heroic Legacy, leave a quote if interested, don’t know what a heroic legacy is? Let me enlighten you. Post titles should be long!” Indeed, while Da Fei usually carried himself high-profile in the game, when it came to real-life transactions, he was quite low-key, so anonymity was necessary. This wasn’t something to take lightly; people who won lottery prizes hid their faces, yet Da Fei dealt with trades potentially worth hundreds of millions or even billions, in US Dollars, mind you. Consequently, he had to be cautious. Otherwise, if a few fearless internet cafe teenagers lost money online, stalked him, and stabbed him from behind, and his multimillion-dollar wealth was lost all because of that, what a wrongful demise it would be!
Da Fei could imagine the sensation his post would cause, in China, in the world.
Da Fei switched back to the game, where a large group of Flower Demons surrounded him, singing. Apparently, this was the so-called race reputation ‘fondness.’ Generally, city reputation, camp reputation, and world reputation were quite common, but this race reputation was rather rare, at least not extensively covered in official materials. Given that it was obtained from an epic quest, it was surely quite formidable. Well, if Da Fei established a city here later, with the residents all Flower Demons, high race reputation might develop new units?
Da Fei began examining the other two pieces of equipment.
—Spider Demon Armor: B-grade strategic treasure, Armor Equipment Position. +10 to all troop Defense, +3 to all troop Life.
—Cliff Walker Backpack: C-grade strategic treasure, Support Equipment Position. Houses a net bag filled with tough spider silk; players could shoot out spider silk from the net bag to climb steep terrain.
Da Fei laughed heartily! Good armor! Good armor indeed! I was just worried about insufficient troop defense, just worried about the low health of Flower Demons! Next step, I’ll learn the special skill Unlimited Vitality under Defense, and the whole army gets +2 more life! Adding 2 life points to a Flower Demon with all my one hundred win-streak achievements, equipment, and skill support brings it up to 9 points! Quadrupling life! What’s there to fear from beetles!
As for this backpack, hmm, not bad, not bad! Ha-ha, wah-ha-ha!
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