Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“My lord, save me!!!”
With this dramatic scream, the battle at the one-star Haunted House ended.
It was much easier than he had imagined, like doing something he liked.
He was excited about it before this, but after he was done, it somehow felt tasteless.
Life’s but a walking shadow probably meant this.
Lin Ye stepped on a pile of rubble and looked up at the sky with his handsome face. His eyes were filled with contempt, ridicule, and nonchalance.
“Cut!! Break—”
Dong Wei gnashed his teeth. As he perfectly did the recording on his Civilization Archive of Lin Ye’s pretending to be cool, his butt raised.
Whoosh—
A large amount of light-filled with divine particles fluttered in the air.
The owner of the light was Priest Gran who had a disdainful look on his face as he cast Sacred Healing to purify the corpse poison.
“Alright, done. Clean up the battlefield. Finish up killing for those who need it. Treasure chests…”
At the mention of treasure chests, Lin Ye’s pupils darkened and he activated his ‘hint’ talent.
“Tru, behind you!”
“Luo Feng, go to the 37 degrees northwest, on the 62nd zombie corpse!”
“And Su Yu, go over there!”
“Xu Que, there… at the feet of your second granduncle’s third son’s fifth nephew!”
…
“Forget it. I’ll give you the talent. Find it yourself. This lord is tired.”
As he spoke, Lin Ye threw out five ‘hint’ talent fragments.
Tru, Luo Feng and his gang, and Adelia each received one each.
This was his precious treasure left behind from when he farmed the bug, a total of 99 fragments!
He could create 99 incomplete talents.
Although the talent would not be able to advance in levels, it was still a fragment of top-tier talent.
Be it for warning of battle or a small-range treasure search, this was the best talent for it.
He originally planned to get Zhang Liang to organize a treasure hunting team later on.
But right now, Lord Lin was getting impatient.
Zhang Liang went to look for new treasure chests in the wilderness. He was still thinking of going to the rubble of the Haunted Houses to look for a sharing contract.
That was the priority.
On the other side, Tru and the others looked at the talent fragments that flew into their palms.
Everyone was stunned.
Heavens, this was a talent fragment unique to human lords. As native soldiers, it was almost impossible for them to awaken their talents.
The rules of the Gods stated that if their lord did not violate the rules, they could not unilaterally break the recruitment contract.
Therefore, killing their lord to obtain his talent was not a viable route.
Therefore, even the trashiest talent crystal could be sold for a high price in the underworld.
Legend has it that in a certain season, there was a ruthless lord who wanted a complete talent crystal.
He did not hesitate to sell his own city and the tens of millions of citizens in it.
This matter had shocked many generations.
But now, they had done nothing. Just because their lord was getting impatient, they were given a talent fragment!
???!!
For a moment, the five of them were dumbfounded and could not react.
“What are you guys standing around for? Hurry up and use it!” Gran urged with an envious expression.
Unfortunately, he was a babysitting class and knew his limitations. Giving a treasure like that to frontline soldiers was undoubtedly the best choice.
“Oh-kay.”
Tru and the others came to their senses and made a noise of acknowledgment. They placed the talent fragment between their eyebrows.
Whoosh—
At the next moment, a weak light descended from the sky and fused into their sea of consciousness.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Immediately after, five invisible light wave domains covered an area of 100 meters.
“My God, this… this is actually a top-tier talent!!”
“Hint talent’s main effect is a warning, treasure-seeking and karma prediction…”
“Oh my god, this talent is so compatible with combat classes…”
“I feel that I can already kill enemies of a higher class. Even if I can’t beat them, they can’t kill me with this as well!!”
….
When the information about the ‘hint’ talent popped up in their minds, the five of them were shocked to the core.
“My lord, this… this is too precious! Our contributions are not worthy of such a treasure!” Tru swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty.
Upon hearing this, Luo Feng and the others turned their gazes to Lin Ye, within it, excitement mixed with a tinge of reluctance.
Tru was right. Right now, the territory rewarded treasures like this according to their contributions.
With the entire army present, their lord publicly gave them special treatment.
If others saw this, they would more or less feel envious or even hateful.
In this day and age, it was not rare for people to be consumed by their green-eyed monsters.
Therefore, it was not wise to do so since it would be detrimental to the future development of the territory.
As expected, the commotion here was quite loud.
Rainbow light was falling from the sky.
Clearly, their lord had bestowed the commander and his chiliarchs with precious treasures.
The other new recruits who were killing the surviving zombies looked over and pointed at them as they gossiped.
“Take what’s given to you. Don’t worry about others. The rules of the game are determined by me. If I say it’s yours, it’s yours. Who dares to object?”
Lin Ye glanced at their surroundings as he said domineeringly, not caring about the opinions of others.
[Friendly Hint: All your new recruits have felt the preferential treatment. It went against the promise you made about rewards and their loyalty has dropped to 89%! Cavalry soldier’s powers are weakened by 5%, Shield Soldiers’ Defense is weakened by 4%!]
[Friendly Hint: All your new recruits have felt the preferential treatment. It went against the promise you made about rewards and their loyalty has dropped to 88%! Cavalry soldier’s powers are weakened by 6%, Shield Soldiers’ Defense is weakened by 5%!]
“…”
Their loyalty to him was still slowly decreasing.
Tsk!
Lord Lin cursed under his breath although he looked nonchalant on the surface.
He quickly purchased a loudspeaker from the Reputation Shop and turned it on to its maximum volume.
“Attention all soldiers, this lord keeps his word. This is definitely not differential treatment. Commander Tru and the others have contributed greatly. Before you came, they’ve saved this lord’s life more than once. Furthermore, this time, we wiped out a Haunted House. We are the number one army in the world. Everyone has contributed greatly for this to happen.”
“When we return, I promise you that, other than the battle merits you deserve, I will add an additional 10 Zombie Souls for each of you as a reward for our first victory against a Haunted House! Furthermore, when your individual contribution points reach 10,000,000, I will grant you a talent fragment!”
“What I said will remain true, be it for you or any of those who came later!”
“Our lord is wise!”
“Long live our Lord!”
“I love our lord!”
Upon hearing this, everyone’s faces flushed red!
The additional reward of Zombie Soul was secondary.
But before that, these zombie souls were enough for half a year’s wage.
If they could get it, they would be happy even in their dreams.
But compared to a Talent Crystal, those were nothing!
At once, everyone was in high spirits, killing the remaining zombies with more and more effort.
Even the Priest Gran could not help but roll up his sleeves to join the ‘last hitting’ army.
At the same time, the decreasing loyalty finally stabilized before it increased once again.
Loyalty +10, Loyalty +10, Loyalty +10, Loyalty +10…
[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your new recruits have been moved by your sincerity. Their loyalty has increased to 100%. The charging power of all cavalry has increased by 40%. Cavalry soldiers’ powers increased by 40%, Shield Soldiers’ Defense increased by 40%!]
[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your rangers have been moved by your sincerity. Their loyalty has increased to 100%.. Shooting speed increased by 40%!]