Everyone is ready, waiting for the battle to begin!
However, new members include the dwarf Harold and the half-giant Putana.
The two newcomers looked a little worried.
They thought that since this territory was so powerful, they wouldn't encounter any danger.
As a result, on the first day they arrived, they heard news that there would be a large-scale battle in the evening.
Although Cao Xing told them not to worry and did not let them participate in the battle, they still felt a little uneasy.
Cao Xing saw the uneasiness on their faces, but he didn't say anything more.
At this time, only by showing strong strength can they feel at ease.
Then he looked at Elisa and the ranks of the Imperial soldiers.
【Ice Archer: Elisa】
[Level: Level 10 0/10000 (First-level ordinary creature)]
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【Imperial Soldier: Rakid】
[Level: Level 10 0/10000 (First-level ordinary creature)]
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After a day of fighting, they had all reached level 10.
However, because she doesn't have the Heart of Primary Power, Elisa's experience points are full and she won't be able to gain experience points by killing monsters anymore.
Cao Xing thought to himself, "It seems that I need to exchange some Power Hearts at the Dragon Shop to upgrade them."
"Otherwise, if we fight the Icebrood monster next, all that experience will be wasted."
So, Cao Xing took a look at his material reserves.
【Glacier Fragment*8221】
[Ice Dragon Mark*27293]
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"Not bad. With my current Ice Dragon Mark reserves, I can exchange them for 27 primary hearts of power."
Thinking of this, Cao Xing directly opened the Dragon Store and clicked on the redemption.
A system prompt appears.
[Whether to consume: Ice Dragon Mark*9000, exchange for Primary Power Heart*9. ]
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"It will cost nearly ten thousand Ice Dragon Marks at once. You need to kill at least dozens of monsters in the Ice Nest to get so many."
"I hope this battle tonight can make up for my losses."
Although it was a bit painful, Cao Xing still clicked the redemption button.
The next moment, nine bright red crystals appeared in his backpack.
Then, Cao Xing distributed all the crystals.
Elisa held the crystal in her hand, opened her mouth slightly, and exclaimed: "Lord, is this a reward for Elisa?"
Cao Xing smiled and nodded, "Yes, you have proved yourself with your actions today."
Hearing this, Elisa jumped up excitedly.
"Thank you, handsome and generous lord!"
Including other frost archers, the imperial soldiers also said respectfully: "Thank you, Lord, for the gift!"
[Due to your generosity, the loyalty of territory member Elisa has increased. Current loyalty: 92]
[Due to your generosity, the loyalty of territory member: Lajid has been increased. Current loyalty: 84]
[Because of you...]
A series of system prompts appear.
The loyalty of these people has increased by 6 to 10 points.
Elisa has surpassed 90 loyalty.
At the same time, they crushed the power crystal on the spot and absorbed the power contained in it.
The next moment, several powerful auras rose from them.
And Cao Xing also heard the prompt that they had successfully advanced.
"Very good. From level one to level two, there is no chance of failure."
"Now, I have nine more second-tier warriors."
Cao Xing felt more confident!
The newly joined giant Putana and dwarf Harold looked at these advanced soldiers with some surprise.
They also understand the value of a heart of strength.
Cao Xing took out so much at once, and one could not help but be amazed at his generosity and wealth.
After the breakthrough, little Elisa clenched her fists and said excitedly, "Goddess of the Moon! I feel so powerful now!"
"My father can be knocked down with just one punch!"
"Haha! My father can't teach me anymore!"
Hearing this, old Melton in the crowd turned pale.
He walked straight over, grabbed Elisa's ears, and hit her twice with the slap.
Listen to the crisp sound.
Elisa held her head and cried out in shock, "Ah! Father, why are you here!?"
Old Mel said angrily, "Why am I here? Tell me why I am here!"
"You just said I couldn't teach you a lesson, but you're going to knock me down with one punch?"
"I'm so pissed off!"
Old Mel said this while hitting Elisa on the head.
The sound of "bang bang bang" continued to appear.
“Stop hitting me…Stop hitting me…”
"Father, please forgive me..."
Although Elisa's attributes were much higher than Old Mel's, she did not dare to really resist and could only let Old Mel teach her a lesson in front of everyone.
The other citizens couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene.
At this moment, Elisa scanned the crowd and suddenly an idea came to her.
She ducked down and broke free from Old Mel's control.
Then he quickly hid behind Cao Xing, grabbed his arm, and asked for help with a pitiful expression.
"QAQ, Lord, save me!"
Cao Xing was left in a state of confusion by this little girl.
So he said, "Mr. Mel, please let Elisa go today. I will let her fight later."
In this territory, the person that Old Mel respects the most is naturally Cao Xing.
Hearing Cao Xing speak, Old Mel nodded and bowed slightly.
Seeing that she had escaped danger, Elisa patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, she quietly glanced at Cao Xing's profile, and unknowingly seemed to have some other emotions.
[Because you protected Elisa, the other party's loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 96]
Cao Xing was stunned and turned to look at Elisa.
Just met those clear and beautiful blue eyes.
The next moment, Elisa's face turned red.
He quickly let go of Cao Xing's hand and turned to walk aside.
At the same time, Braum stood with the two centaurs and said excitedly: "My Lord, when will the battle begin? Braum can't wait!"
The Centaur chimed in, "Kantel too! I'm gonna smash those guys' heads in with my hammer!"
Cao Xing smiled and said, "Wait a minute, we have some new members."
"New member?"
There was a look of doubt in everyone's eyes.
Cao Xing didn't explain, then looked at his backpack.
Yesterday, the group of Ascalon Undead gave him more than a hundred recruitment scrolls.
Ten cards were given to Ji Xinyue, and Cao Xing still had 102 cards.
But because there are more than one hundred people, there are too many.
The daily consumption of materials for food alone is a huge number.
So Cao Xing did not summon them out immediately.
Now, however, we can use these scrolls and bring them into battle together.
So, Cao Xing clicked on all 102 recruitment scrolls without hesitation!
Suddenly, there was a shock in the sky.
Boom!
All the people in the territory couldn't help but raise their heads.
Then, they saw shooting stars, like a meteor shower, falling in front of Cao Xing.
Buzz! Buzz!
Meteor showers continue to fall, and the stars are shining brightly.
After these meteors landed on the ground, they quickly transformed into Ascalon soldiers wearing standard armor and holding standard daggers.
"For the glory of the past, for the will of the dead!"
"Ascalon Warriors: Portgas/Kent/Yankarlo..."
"Reporting to you!"
Then, an army of a hundred people appeared directly in front of Cao Xing!
There were so many names that he couldn't remember them all.
Then, Cao Xingtong said: "Brave warriors from Ascalon, welcome to join us."
"Let us forget the past and work together to build a glorious territory!"
At this moment, the group of Ascalon soldiers looked at Cao Xing with strange expressions on their faces.
Because when they looked at Cao Xing, they always felt a sense of familiarity, or closeness.
At this time, an Ascalon soldier stepped forward and said, "My Lord, I don't know why, but even though this is the first time we meet, I always feel that you have a very friendly aura."
Another soldier nodded and said, "Yes, I feel the same way."
"I feel like this is a good lord."
"Haha! I believe in my feelings too. This must be a good lord!"
When these soldiers met Cao Xing for the first time, they spoke highly of him.
Cao Xing smiled, he also knew the reason.
This may be because his relationship with the Ascalon camp is [Close].
You know, now even if Cao Xing goes to the territory of the Ascalon Undead, he will not be attacked.
Basically, they are one of our own.
Therefore, when these soldiers looked at Cao Xing, they felt very friendly.
Cao Xing nodded and said, "In fact, I have had some contact with you Ascalonians."
"Before that, I saved the Duke of Palatine and an entire underground palace of Ascalonian undead."
Hearing this, the soldiers were all filled with surprise.
Seems to know their confusion.
So Cao Xing recounted his experience in the underground palace.
Of course, he slightly beautified the process to highlight the danger.
Cao Xing also described the fight with the demon as being extremely dangerous.
The group of Ascalon soldiers almost held their breath as they listened to Cao Xing's story.
After hearing that they had finally killed the demon after going through so much trouble, all the Ascalon soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
At the same time, they looked at Cao Xing with respect and admiration.
Then, hundreds of soldiers knelt on one knee at the same time and said, "You dare to fight such a powerful demon. You are really a kind and brave lord!"
"On behalf of all Ascalonians, thank you!"
The next moment, a series of system prompts appeared.
[Due to your heroic deeds, the loyalty of your territory member: Kent has increased. Current loyalty: 67]
[Due to your heroic deeds, the loyalty of your territory member: Hercules has been increased. Current loyalty: 65]
[Because of you...]
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The loyalty of these Ascalon soldiers has all increased by a few points, to over 60.
Cao Xing is happy.
Is this the charm of language?
It seems that my ability to tell stories is still pretty good!
Then, Cao Xing took a look at their attributes.
【Ascalon Soldier: Kurt】
[Race: Human]
[Level: Level 7 1124/7000 (First-level ordinary creature)]
[HP: 640/640]
【Attack power: 74~79】
[Armor: 24~27]
[Skill: Elementary Swordsmanship Mastery (When using sword weapons, attack power increases by 10%, attack speed increases by 10%)
Moonlight Slash (Slashes out two half-moon attacks, the first moonlight deals 147% damage to the enemy, the second half of the moon deals 133% damage, cooldown time 45 seconds)
[Bond Skill: Fearless Charge (All Ascalon soldiers charge forward. During the charge, movement speed increases by 100%, armor increases by 50%, attack power increases by 50%, and there is a greater chance of knocking enemies away. Cooldown time is 5 minutes)]
【Talent: None】
【Bond: Ascalon Legion!
When the number of Ascalon soldiers acting at the same time reaches 5 or more, the attack speed increases by 20% (activated).
When the number of soldiers reaches 10 or more, the attack power increases by 20% (activated)
When the number of soldiers reaches 50 or more, armor increases by 20% (activated)
When the number of soldiers reaches 100 or more, the Fearless Charge skill will be activated (already activated)]
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Seeing the introduction of the bonds of this Ascalon soldier, Cao Xing was immediately shocked.
"Good job guys! I have activated all the legion skills!"
"This Fearless Charge skill is so powerful!"
Movement speed, attack power, and armor have all increased dramatically!
It can be imagined that with the blessing of Cao Xing's various states, combined with [Fearless Charge].
How terrifying it must be to see these Ascalon soldiers charging on the battlefield!
As long as they grow up, they will crush all obstacles for themselves!
However, when Cao Xing thought of this, in addition to anticipation, he also felt a headache.
With so many first-tier soldiers, there would be more than a hundred Hearts of Power alone...
The only way to obtain Hearts of Strength in large quantities now is from the Dragon Shop.
There is a primary heart of power 1000 and an ice dragon mark in there.
In other words, if Cao Xing wants to train all these soldiers to the second level, he will need at least 100,000 Ice Dragon Marks!
"Oh my god... 100,000 Ice Dragon Marks, enough for me to exchange for a golden treasure chest."
"However, if we can upgrade all these people to the second level, it will be worth it."
Of course, the premise is that Cao Xing has so many Ice Dragon Marks.
At the same time, the people in the territory were shocked when they saw so many more people appearing all of a sudden.
The two centaurs were the first to react, shouting, "Haha! We have a lot more companions."
"Yes, Kantor, these companions seem to be of good quality!"
Looking at so many people, Cao Xing also faced a headache.
Although I have the talent of [Eternal Power], all status skills have a cooldown time.
Moreover, after Cao Xing and others release multiple skills continuously, their mental energy will be exhausted.
It would probably take more than one night to fully upgrade the status of these 102 soldiers.
"Alas, sometimes having too many subordinates can be a problem."
Cao Xing sighed.
If the other survivors knew his troubles, they would probably spit him to death.
After all, at the current stage, it is considered good enough for the survivors to have a few ordinary recruited creatures.
"Muxue, Hilda, Blot, you come over first and add group status to our new members."
In Cao Xing's territory, only these three people have group BUFF.
One skill can benefit all friendly units in the nearby area. It is simple and convenient.
After receiving Cao Xing's order.
Liu Muxue raised her sword and released the [Blessing of Courage] for this group of Ascalon soldiers.
With Liu Muxue's mental strength now about to break through 200, it is equivalent to everyone increasing their attack power by nearly 300 points!
What is the concept?
You know, even a level 10 second-tier creature has an attack power of about 200~300.
The attack power of all soldiers has increased several times!
Then, there is Hilda's [Queen's Will].
And Blot's [Resonating Totem].
At this moment, hundreds of soldiers felt that their strength had received a terrifying boost!
The group of Ascalon soldiers were shocked and said, "It's really scary that it can improve our strength so much!"
The centaur next to him said proudly, "Hey! Are you scared, recruits? Let me tell you, this is the unique power of our lord!"
The Ascalon soldiers did not refute, but nodded in agreement, "What a miraculous power!"
"It is our honor to fight for such a great lord!"
Then, a series of loyalty improvement system prompts appeared again.
The loyalty of all soldiers has reached over 70!
A look of joy appeared on Cao Xing's face.
[Eternal Power] is as useful as ever.
Then, he shouted directly: "All combatants, listen up!"
The next moment, the expressions of the fighters in the entire territory were horrified.
"Next, Asam, Andrew, Bron, Renis, and Brot will each lead 20 Ascalon soldiers to form five teams."
"You must defend the five locations of the territory to prevent the Icebrood monsters from attacking."
Since Cao Xing's city wall was circular, and in order to facilitate resource mining, he opened a total of five gates.
Therefore, the five teams can guard almost all directions.
And everyone was ready for battle at the first possible moment.
Including the Ascalon soldiers, they didn't have any extra emotions just because they had to fight right after they came out.
As a soldier, fighting is your first duty.
Everyone quickly divided into teams.
Cao Xing continued, "All archers, return to the watchtowers and provide fire support to our fighters."
"The rest of you will form a reserve team, and if you see a place that is about to collapse, or if an icebrood monster rushes under the city wall, go there to provide support immediately."
"Did you understand everything?"
At this moment, all the fighters said in unison: "Understood!"
At the same time, the five primary iron gates inside the territory opened.
The five teams walked out quickly.
When Elisa was about to lead people to climb up the watchtower, Cao Xing suddenly thought of something.
Then he handed her the [Ancient Weapon: Triple Sniper Rifle].
Elisa looked very petite holding this meter-long sniper rifle.
Cao Xing briefly told her how to use it, and then said, "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to use it. Just try to practice it."
"If you run out of arrows, you can attack with this weapon."
"Yes! Thank you, Lord!"
Elisa nodded, then holding the sniper rifle, she quickly climbed up to the watchtower which was more than ten meters high.
Everyone arrived at the fighting position and was ready.
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