NOVEL FROG Chapter 78: The Eternal Watchers who Guard the Realm
Zyrus clicked on the ‘flag march’ tab with expectant eyes.
[March forth to claim your throne, and conquer the vast lands with your flag held high]
[You have created a base on
[Your Blank Flag has risen to Tier 2!]
[Inventory is unlocked! You can store a specific number of resources on each base]
-It is possible to transfer resources by paying charges
|Blank Flag: Tier 2|
Territory effect: +10% Exp gain, +10% MP and Stamina while defending
A primal force that transcends the worlds, The Eternal Watchers who guard the realm.
[You can appoint slain foes as the ‘Watcher’ of your base]
[Base specific and overall effects will depend on the appointed Watcher’s skills and traits]
[Note: Only special creatures can be appointed as a Watcher]
Zyrus stared fixedly at the white flag which now had a black circle at the center. After the increase in a tier, the flag was fluttering on a wooden pole instead of a dry branch.
Compared to its shabby appearance though, Zyrus knew that he had made great progress in the flag march.
‘I wonder what effects it'll have,’
He didn’t bother with the other rewards and walked to the corpse of Camazotz.
<-< Detected a special lifeform! Would you like to use the authority ‘Numen’? >->
-Yes/No
Zyrus didn’t hesitate and clicked 'Yes' on the little message. In the next instance, the field boss’s corpse crumbled into dust and flew towards the bloody log.
A glaring light erupted from the center of the camp. The players were caught off guard by the pillar of reddish-black light and the message that floated in the sky.
<-< A watcher has been appointed to this base >->
Base Effects:
Nightmare’s Beloved: Life drain +10%, All stats +3 at night.
Overall Effects:
Life drain +1%
“Great, now you guys can conquer this island with ease,”
“What do you mean by You guys?” Ria asked with a glare at the sensitive words. She could already feel the mountain of work on her shoulders.
“Don’t worry, this time I’ll have to work on management myself,” Zyrus chuckled at Ria’s sour face.
“Are we striking while the iron is hot, or…”
“Tell them to rest, and meet me at the center in the morning,”
Shi kun nodded at his words and left with the others. While it was better to attack now, the players were in no condition to fight at the moment.
“You two stay here, I have some things to talk about,” Zyrus called over Kyle and Lauren who were about to walk off.
“Ohh, do you have a special task for us?” Lauren asked in excitement,
“Indeed. It’s related to your professions,”
Although Zyrus hadn’t talked about their lives on the arc of Noah, he could guess some things with just a glance. It was the reason why he took them in in the first place.
Ria, Shi kun, Jacob, and even he himself were only good at combat and management related to it. And as important as it may be, fighting was just a part of their life. How could it be that simple to govern millions of players? Zyrus needed more than just military knowledge to create a strong force.
It was difficult to build a solid foundation for their army without the right people.
He knew this from the start, and it was for today that he recruited two newbies on the first day of tutorial.
‘Though I have to admit, they’ve done much better than I expected,’
“What can we help with?” Kyle asked after a momentary silence.
“First of all, select 300 trustworthy players. It doesn’t matter what race they’re from or how talented they are, I want them to be absolutely loyal to me.”
“I can handle that,” Kyle replied with assurance.
The response was within Zyrus’s expectations. Kyle was more like a leader of a special operations unit than a commander on the battlefield. This task was suited to his talents.
“Secondly, weed out those who are likely to betray us in dire circumstances. Kill them in silence if it’s serious, otherwise group them in a separate squad,”
“Got it,” Lauren affirmed with a nod.
“Complete both objectives while the players are taking over this island.” Zyrus gave them the time limit and headed towards the pile of materials with Franken.
The second ring would last for 10 years. He was in no hurry to level up and conquer.
These thousands of players would form the core of his army. The longer they stayed with him the stronger they would become. In a couple of centuries, any player who survived from this group would've become a leading figure.
‘It’s fine if a few soldiers betray me in the future, but it’ll be disastrous if a leader of thousands of loyal soldiers betrayed me,’
This was the cold hard truth that Zyrus learned the hard way. He wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice.
“Sucks to be a leader huh,” Franken spoke as he plopped down on the beach.
“Yeah, but it can't be helped,”
Zyrus had a lot of things to do in the coming days. Create new skills, build ships, study Oroszlan’s journal and work on the troops. While Numen was a great authority, he had to work on his original plan of using his summons on something like a totem.
And these were just on the surface. Finding materials to complete the bloodspine spear’s evolution, Reading the manual in his source of origin, and triggering the cube’s second mission were more important tasks on the list.
‘I’ll have to think about Earth as well,’
Zyrus shook his head and stored the Mutated Papyrus plants and Cursed iron nails.
“You can dump your burden on others as well,” Franken advised as he pointed at Zyrus’s pocket.
“Maybe, but not before we’re done organizing the current players,” Zyrus replied as he opened his status screens.
One of the many things in his mind was the crown’s authority. Apart from Crown’s fealty and radiance, he had selected the 'Appoint knights'.
Appoint knights
A knight's honor is an unbreakable bond that shall not be tarnished. The wielder of the crown can appoint knights who will live and die by his side.
-Number of knights = 10 x user’s level
-Only those who are willing can be appointed as knights.
-The knights will get their special class upon advancement, and they will also gain a portion of the user’s traits, bloodline, and skills.
‘It’d be better if I use this after using blood fusion one more time,’
The better his traits and bloodline, the stronger the appointed knights would be. Of all the things he thought of, he decided to work on skills as he waited for the rising sun.
Status:
[Name: Zyrus Wymar]
[Race: Sylvarix]
[Class: Balaur Summoner]
[Rank: Onyx Crown]
[Level: 23]
Exp: 375/1688
[Title: The last Apostle (Temporary)(Locked)]
[Achievement: Call of the kin (A), Slayer of Camazotz (C+)]
[Talent: Blood fusion (S rank)]
[Trait: Earth Movement]
[Strength: 46]
[Agility: 41 (+5)]
[Vitality: 60]
[Intelligence: 30]
[Mana: 41 (+2)]
[SP: 33]
HP: 3500
Combat stats:
MP: 391
Recovery Rate: 50% (+20%) (Per hour)
Stamina: 488
Recovery Rate: 30% (Per hour)
Crit rate: 15%
Crit damage: 120%
Penetration Bonus: 10%
Final damage Bonus: 20%
Health Regeneration: 10% (+30%) (Per hour), +20 HP/sec in Boss fights
Resistances: Void (?), Abyss (?), Poison (150%), Earth (50%), Blood (35%), Penetration (30%), Slash (30%), Blunt (30%), Critical (10%),
Elemental Affinity: Void (?), Abyss (SS), Poison (S), Earth (C), Blood (F)
[Eye of Annihilation], [Poison breath], [Arcane Lance], [Master of Sojutsu], [Spear aura], [Malediction]
[Lorica Squamata (Unique) (Evolvable)]
[Zubry Solleret (Rare)]
[Bone necklace Totem (Common)]
[Ring of command (Sealed)]
Currency: 0 S
Items:
[Bloodspine spear (Evolving)]
[Ore of Kothar (Fragment)]
[Fang of Nidraxis (Unique)]
[Vitality recovery potion x 6]
[Mana recovery potion x 3]
[C rank Skill Tome x 1]
[C rank Skill creation scroll x 1]
[Weapon Enhancement Potion (Rare) x 1]
[Oroszlan’s journal]
[Drake’s bones x 10]
[Drakes’s tendons x 10]
[Drake’s mutated heart x 1]
[200 HP recovery potion x 3]
[Night’s blessing (Rare)]
Nothing much had changed except his inventory. Half of it was filled with materials he planned to use on the spear, but still, it wasn’t enough to meet his goals.
Zyrus closed the tabs after taking out three items from his inventory. In the next second, A black ring, a leather book, and a scroll appeared on his lap.
[Night’s blessing (Rare)]
A ring forged with the power of darkness.
Durability: 100/100
Effects: Shrouds the user in a mist of dark mana.
It was a pretty useless ability for a rare-grade item. However, it was a different case when thousands of players used it.
Dark mana was naturally good at concealment and lethal damage. It didn’t matter if someone didn’t have an affinity towards it. In an environment shrouded with dark mana, their attacks would still carry some traces of it.
Nonetheless, Zyrus felt like it wasn’t the best way of using it. Rather than players, wouldn’t it be better if his ships were ‘Equipped’ with Night’s blessings?
After praising his genius ideas for a while, Zyrus finally focused on the main task at hand. He had his hands full with creating a skill with conjurer’s magic. Thus, the only way he could get more skills in a short time was via external means.
And the Skill Tome and Skill creation scroll in his hands were perfect for that.