Chapter 747 - 710: Promoted to Temple Crusader
In the angel army’s singing and golden blessing, Da Fei’s team entered Divine Punishment City, greeted by a collective cheer from the entire city. At that moment, Angel Leader Sazer and Anlicia awaited their arrival in the square.
Sazer spoke with excitement. "Welcome back, valiant warriors. You successfully destroyed and even captured the enemy’s siege machines, completely dismantling their line of attack with minimal losses, achieving a near-miraculous victory. Please accept the highest respect of our angel army in Divine Punishment City!"
In an instant, the angels sang once more, and amidst continuous flashes of golden light, a series of pleasing system prompts appeared on the screen!
—System Prompt: You have flawlessly completed the Divine Punishment City Merit Mission "Destroy the Giant Hell Siege Machine," earning an experience reward of +10 million. You have been awarded a free recruitment quota of 100 Command Value Angel Soldiers. You have gained 10,000 Divine Realm Merit Points, which can be used to exchange troops, materials, or elevate your Divine Realm Official Position in various cities of the Divine Realm.
—System Prompt: Your reputation in Divine Punishment City has become "Revered"! You will receive a 20% discount on shopping within Divine Punishment City. You will also enjoy a 20% discount when exchanging materials through Merit Points in Divine Punishment City.
—System Prompt: Congratulations! You have successfully leveled up to 47, gaining +1 free attribute, +1 free skill point, +1 Basic-level Ranger attack bonus, +1 Basic Reconnaissance Sentinel attack bonus, +1 God-level Navigator free attribute point bonus...
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Vice Hero Selvia has leveled up to 45!...
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Vice Hero Anlicia has leveled up to 42!...
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Vice Hero Elena has leveled up to 36!...
Every time the system prompts flooded the screen, Da Fei’s eyes shone brightly and his heart raced! Leveling up, equipment, troops, and reputation; Da Fei never found the rewards excessive, yet this time it felt somewhat inadequate. Why wasn’t there any equipment reward for such a significant contribution?
Could it really be as the pharmacy owner said, that the package of Divine Power Staff potions Little Fei bagged was part of the system’s upfront reward? Given the system’s penny-pinching nature, it’s very possible!
Sazer spoke again: "Warrior, your reputation in Divine Punishment City is enough for a promotion to Temple Crusader. Let me honor you with this advancement. May you continue to bravely advance on the righteous path of eradicating evil!"
Another flash of golden light poured over Da Fei, and another row of system prompts chimed in:
—System Prompt: Your outstanding merit has gloriously promoted you to Temple Crusader!
—Temple Crusader: For every 2 levels gained, increases hero’s Attack by 1 and Defense by 1, Professional Skills "Heresy Extermination," "Punish Evil."
Heresy Extermination: Increases land movement speed by 15%, increases land transport capacity by 15%, and increases spoils of war by 15%. Skill effects stack with Logistics and War Plunder Skills.
Punish Evil: Your troops deal 50% more damage to Dark Creatures.
Da Fei’s eyebrows jumped in surprise, this was the Temple Crusader! The attribute bonuses hadn’t changed, Heresy Extermination increased by 5%, and the key was the addition of Punish Evil! An additional 50% damage meant he essentially gained an extra Master-level Attack Skill against Undead Demons! This was effectively crushing the Dark Alliance, wasn’t it? Compared to the ragtag Great Crusader, the Temple Crusader was indeed a qualitative leap!
Ha ha, wow ha ha ha! Wonderful! But good things shouldn’t be enjoyed alone! Da Fei hurriedly said, "Angel Leader, my achievements were not won by my strength alone, what about my subordinates? Is there a problem with their promotion?"
The Angel Leader laughed heartily and said, "Of course there’s no problem. Your subordinates performed excellently, successfully undergoing the test of rigorous warfare, and are fully qualified for promotion. However, I believe Crusader isn’t enough to match their merits, so I decided to promote them to Great Crusaders!"
The entire team erupted into cheers, and Da Fei was pleasantly surprised: "Thank you, Angel Leader!"
Miss Ror laughed and said, "Angel Leader, advancing by an entire level doesn’t comply with Divine Realm rules."
The Angel Leader laughed heartily, "After this battle, haven’t we bent enough rules? However, the victor is beyond reproach—" As he spoke, he waved his hands again and again, and another shower of golden light fell!
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Vice Hero Anlicia has successfully been made permanent and promoted to Great Crusader!
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Vice Hero Selville has successfully been made permanent and promoted to Great Crusader!
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Vice Hero Elena has successfully been made permanent and promoted to Great Crusader!
—System Prompt: Your team member Billbo has successfully been made permanent and promoted to Great Crusader!
The entire team cheered once more, and Da Fei laughed heartily! Such golden light never caused him visual fatigue, never felt excessive. Now, his entire army was made up of Great Crusaders—ah, wait, Tachiusu hasn’t returned yet! He needed to mention this to not forget her.
Da Fei hurriedly said, "Angel Leader, I still have a subordinate hero engaged in a difficult mission. About this promotion—"
Sazer laughed and replied, "Of course there’s no problem! Now then, let’s discuss the appointment of the City Lord for Divine Punishment City, warrior, this City Lord role isn’t for enjoying luxury, no problem with that?"
Da Fei also laughed heartily, "Of course not!"
—System Prompt: You have been appointed as the City Lord of Divine Punishment City, gaining the territory of Divine Punishment City.
—Divine Punishment City: City Level 2. (For each construction or upgrade of a city building, the city level increases by 1. The higher the city level, the more conducive it is to attracting population and talent.)
—City Lord: Da Fei.
—City Officials: None.
—Territorial Radiation Range: Area outside the core of Divine Punishment City Fortress.
—City Population: 0.
—City Funds: 0 (Warning: The city lacks funds and cannot pay workers’ wages. You must obtain city funds through trade or waging territorial wars.)
—City Supplies: 0 (Warning: The city lacks food and cannot sustain any population. You must solve the food issue and build a resource warehouse.)
—City Military Strength: 1 Hell Volcano Demon Wolf King, 7 Hell Volcano Demon Wolves, 7 Hell Volcano Demon Foxes, 1 Leader-level Unicorn, 1 Leader Angel, 1 Wisdom Angel, 1 Power Angel, 200 Forest Goddesses.
—City Diplomacy: Divine Punishment City core (military alliance), Hell Power (hostile).
—City Facilities: Level 1 City Hall, Level 1 Barracks.
—City Hygiene Rating: 73 points.
—City Security Rating: -63 points.
—City Culture Rating: 0 points.
—City Prosperity Rating: 0 points.
Truly, as decisive as a leader, to be given a City Lordship just like that!
Looking at the long list of city attributes waiting to be developed, Da Fei couldn’t help but be filled with emotion. This was his third City Lordship following Radiant City and Lighthouse Island City! To have three City Lordships in the Old World, who else in the world could claim such a feat? However, though he had many cities, each one carried numerous issues, leaving him little energy to conquer territory in the New World.
But it didn’t matter; he had no need to establish a city in the New World to provoke a siege of thousands. The Flying was his moving territory. He would sail with his fleet to tour the New World, and while he troubled others, they’d have no chance to trouble him, ha ha ha!
At this moment, Miss Ror laughed and said, "Warrior, from now on, we must address you as Lord City Lord!" As she spoke, she pointed to a small hut next to a pharmacy. "Your City Hall office is just beside Reilly Potion Store, quite small, apologies for the inconvenience."
"Goodness! It’s trans-zonal office working?" Da Fei laughed, "Miss Ror, you are too kind. Due to insufficient material transportation and population, this outer city can’t be built for a long time, so I hope Angel Leader can be more accommodating."
Sazer laughed heartily, "We haven’t been able to build it in ten thousand years, so naturally, we wouldn’t demand too much from the City Lord, yet we believe no one fits better for this role than you."
Indeed, who else but me? The top priority was certainly to construct a city wall around the mountain base, along with digging trenches. But as for materials and workers, using warfare to support warfare was necessary. Before that, enough military force and transport capacity were mandatory. In the end, troop accumulation was the first step.
Right, the mission reward included recruitment quota for 100 Command Value; standard angels had a command value of 10 points, elites 100 points. So, recruiting 10 normal angels would suffice. Though elite units had nearly ten times the health of regular angels and survived harsh battles more readily, numbers were paramount during initial troop accumulation, and with Construction Skill bonuses, they could even serve as laborers.
At this time, Sazer continued, "Well, I must continue sustaining the energy absorption of the Sea Soul Staff for the warrior. I seem to have discovered something interesting, likely related to the Banshee Hero trapped within the Sea Soul Staff."
Da Fei was surprised, "What about Deirdre?"
Sazer solemnly replied, "Her Hero Soul is leading all Banshee Souls within the Sea Soul Staff against the energy extraction of the Perpetual Machine, which greatly increases the survival rate of the Banshee Souls. In any case, to show proper respect and accountability to the warrior, I will do my utmost to help her overcome this ordeal. Now, Will and Dor have matters to discuss with you. If you have questions regarding Merit Points, you can ask Ror, farewell!"
Da Fei hurriedly said, "Please, have a safe departure!"
Yes, speaking of Deirdre, it’s time to find a way to get in touch with Bloodrose, so it’s best to start through my sister. The Crusader’s Token has less than two hours of real-time left, so I must rush to deliver it. However, it needs to be arranged very naturally!
In any case, first, make a call to say hello.
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