The Era of Gods

Chapter 495: Chapter 495: Subordinate of the Leader Template

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“Eh? Why only one?”

Lin Xiao looked at the faintly glowing golden crystal in his palm, his mind momentarily froze, and it took several seconds for him to come to his senses, his face expressionless.

The reason was simple, his level was too low, having only just reached Level 70 and barely started to communicate with the Creation Rubik’s Cube, not to mention that before Level 69 he couldn’t communicate at all, there would certainly be a restriction to only take out one item at first, hence he only extracted one Great Naga Blood Crystal infused with a unit of Creation Energy.

Fortunately, he could transfer through the Creation Rubik’s Cube once every month, and as his level increased later on, he would be able to increase the number of transfers.

This Great Naga Blood Crystal…

After considering for a while, he decided to have it used by one of his subordinates, an elite warrior of Level 67. Although this elite warrior, codenamed Elite Warrior 2, was not the highest-leveled NPC he had, he was the highest-leveled warrior; another elite warrior, Elite Warrior 1, was one level lower at Level 66.

All recruited NPCs initially had no names and were numbered according to their template and profession.

For example, Warrior 15, Elite Warrior 7, Enhanced Elite Warrior 4, Leader Warrior 7 and so on, the numbers indicating the quantity, clear at a glance.

However, players could choose to name them. They could have the same name, but they could not share names with important NPCs or some famous NPCs, such as commanders of the Expeditionary Army or leaders of various outposts.

After calling over Elite Warrior 2, he handed him the Great Naga Blood Crystal infused with a unit of Creation Energy and directed him to swallow it immediately.

Within just two seconds, the warrior’s face turned red, his facial muscles started to twitch involuntarily, causing his whole body to tremble, and he bent over, uttering low growls.

In his ear Lin Xiao spoke in a solemn voice:

“This is a magical potion that will give you great strength, you must hold on.”

He was worried that the soldier couldn’t withstand the transformation and would die, which would be a huge loss.

Thankfully, although the effect of the crystal was powerful, it had been refined through the Creation Rubik’s Cube, and with a unit of Creation Energy added to mitigate the intense bloodline rejection, the elite warrior seemed to be in a terrible state but could still endure the process.

As the effects of the crystal fully kicked in, his body began to swell. Lin Xiao ordered two subordinates to strip off his armor as his undershirt burst open, revealing strong muscles with the emergence of gold scale patterns characteristic of the Great Naga.

“Bang!”

Accompanied by a roar filled with unexplainable strength, the soldier’s body suddenly expanded, transforming him into a humanoid mini-giant over four meters tall, a large Great Naga dragon tail emerged from his back, with dragon horns on his head, yet his face still retained the appearance of a human.

“Eh? Not a real person?”

He was surprised to find that his subordinate transformed into a Great Naga form was devoid of sexual organs, smooth and without features, yet the physique was unmistakably of a robust male.

This suggested that the various race warriors available for recruitment were not natural beings but more likely alchemical creations.

Only thus could there be enough soldiers for the millions of players to recruit in the future, as well as for the millions of deaths.

The evolution, or rather the transformation, continued for over ten minutes before it finally ended, with the soldier completely turning into a Great Naga covered in gold scales, five meters tall and about seven meters long, and as he had expected—and not expected—the template changed.

As expected, the template was no longer an elite template; it had been enhanced.

Unexpectedly, it wasn’t promoted to an enhanced elite but directly upgraded to a leader elite, equivalent to the powerful Demon Overlords.

Elite Warrior 2 was Level 67, with a leader template, its health instantly going from the previous 23,000 to 420,000, also acquiring the Great Naga’s absurdly strong racial template, and even an enhanced version of the leader template, stronger than the player’s template.

Elite Warrior 2: Human (Bloodline Awakener)

Level: 67.

Health Points: 420,000.

Mana Points: 120,000.

Talent: Asura Overlord Body: immune to critical hits, lethal blows, slows, immune to the majority of magic and negative states, reduction of negative states and effects by 60%, all damage reduced by 50%, every level up increases all attributes by +10, health by +100%, restores 2% of maximum health every second, absorbs physical damage equal to Constitution *1, and absorbs spell damage equal to Constitution *1.

Innate Expertise: Asura’s Fury. For every 1% reduction in health points, increase moving speed by 2%, attack speed by 3%, and attack power by 3%.

Skills: Asura’s Breath, Asura’s Naga Scales, Asura Naga Bloodline.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Normally, a leader of this level would have a health range of 200,000 to 300,000, with the physically strong races like demons or giants having 300,000 or more.

The reason for his incredibly high health of 420,000 was due to the Talent Asura Overlord Body’s 100% health enhancement.

With this health value, he already had half the health of a Level 76 Demon Overlord, and once he reached Level 76, his health would likely surpass that of a Demon Overlord, truly like a god of war.

Having such a powerful subordinate could only be described with one word: ‘thrilling’. One could imagine the feeling of hunters capturing Onyxia or Gruul the Dragonkiller as pets in the game; that was exactly how he felt now.

He quickly renamed Elite Warrior 2 to Mars, symbolizing the war god, and notified his girlfriend, who had avoided the scene, to return. Unable to wait, he led his underlings to trouble the demons.

When Mars transformed earlier, his girlfriend had stepped aside. Coming back to see the transformed Great Naga, she was astonished and whispered in his ear:

“Can your Ancient Treasure really breakthrough in this world too?”

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He nodded and said,

“I can, but it’s too difficult. I barely managed to do it after reaching Level 70, and I can only do it once a month.”

“That’s still pretty strong. Wait a few months and send a message to my True Body. I need to fetch something.”

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows and asked,

“Do you want the Book of All Laws? It’s with me; I can send it over next month.”

She shook her head,

“No, you can keep the book. I want to bring a piece of Divinity over to see if I can achieve Divine Enthronement in this world.”

Lin Xiao: ….

He cleared his throat slightly and said,

“That might not work. I can sneak small items like mine over bit by bit without anyone noticing, but bringing over Divinity, I’m guessing we’d be discovered immediately. Then being expelled would be a huge loss.”

“Is that so? Never mind then, just take the Book of All Laws and use it.”

“That might have to wait a few decades, until a fair number of people get their hands on Orange Legend equipment. That way it won’t be too sensitive to bring out.”

His girlfriend got frustrated and propped up her little face, not sure what else to bring over.

He laughed softly and stroked her smooth hair, saying,

“Don’t worry, I know you want to help me, but we have a long time to stay in this world. There’s no need to rush.”

“Mm.”

She snuggled into his arms and wriggled to find a comfortable position.

After a short while, a Scout discovered a small Demon Patrol led by a Level 70 elite Demon, and he quickly had the Scout lure them over.

Soon, the low growls of Demons could be heard. Lin Xiao spoke to Mars,

“Show off the power you just acquired and kill them.”

Mars’s massive neck cracked as he lunged towards the Demons chasing the Scout.

The lead elite Demon, upon seeing Mars’s even more enormous form, became alert and yelled at his subordinates to prepare for battle, rubbing his hands together to gather a ball of green Fel energy.

Fel energy is a type of energy, known for its strong burst potential and corrosive power, as well as its ability to affect the mind and spirit. Once the Expeditionary Army secured its foothold in the Different Domain, powerful Mages began to research this energy, and it is rumored that before long, Fel energy will become a specialization for Mages.

A Fel energy arrow hit Mars and exploded, yet his gold armor was undamaged. Lin Xiao kept an eye on his status panel; the Fel energy arrow, which usually caused around two thousand damage, only inflicted a bit over six hundred damage this time. This reduction was terrifyingly drastic.

And this was when he was three levels below his opponent, with substandard gear, and had not yet changed his profession.

If his level were the same, if he could equip himself with normal Leader level BOSS gear, and if he changed to a powerful close combat profession, the damage would have been further reduced by about half.

That’s something to prepare for once Mars reached Level 70, the racial level cap. Hopefully, the Expeditionary Army Fortress would offer suitable professions.

As for gear, there was nothing he could do since his reputation level was insufficient to exchange for higher-level NPC gear.

The ensuing battle was a complete steamroll. With his amazingly high 420,000 Life, Mars resiliently braved several waves of Fel energy arrows and surged forward, leaping to pin down a Demon. His huge claws, covered with sharp Dragon Scales, easily killed a Level 60-something regular Demon within seconds.

His vast body size, coupled with tremendous Speed, swept across the battlefield. In less than a minute, he had killed every Demon that was trying to flee, including the elite Demon who was not able to escape and was pounded to death.

“So strong!”

Last time when he first arrived at Eagle Tower, if he had Mars at his side, he would have been able to directly defeat the Centurion-led thousand Demons and might even have had a chance to pursue the retreating Demon Overlord.

He wouldn’t say for sure that he could have killed them, but at least his chances were much higher than others’.

But he didn’t dwell on regrets. Having one Leader-level subordinate now, he expected that in a few months to about a year, as he gathered five or six Leader Template subordinates, he would have the strength to attack a Demon Camp on his own and directly defeat a Leader Demon Overlord.

To be aware, a Demon Camp in the Expeditionary Army Fortress is considered an independent combat mission. Anyone capable of completely overthrowing one and beheading a Demon Overlord would not only get incredibly high honors and reputation but also an Ancient Treasure Bronze Badge. It’s an upgraded version of reputation and merit that allows the exchange of rare, special supplies, regardless of reputation and military rank level.

Such as Template upgrades, ultra-rare specializations, strengthening elite subordinates, NPC-only top-tier gear and professions, Epic equipment above Tier 4 sets, and even Orange Legend-level equipment or items.

The so-called Tier 4 set equipment refers to the equipment level. Starting with Level 60, the game will introduce sets with attributes stronger than other equipment of the same level with additional powerful effects when a full set is collected, greatly enhancing the player’s strength.

The T1, T2, and T3 sets are equipment between Levels 60 and 70.

The T4, T5, and T6 sets are equipment between Levels 70 and 80.