Global Lords: Start with halving recruitment costs

Chapter 13 The First Time of Arms

Unexpectedly, it was just a precautionary measure, but it really paid off.

It was a safe journey when we came here, but on the way back, we suddenly encountered a guy blocking our way.

But fortunately, because of the goblin siege before, Guo Xiuwen found that his method of separating the gray wolves individually was very good for fishing.

In fact, there are many kinds of animals in the jungle, but Guo Xiuwen did not choose to use hunting to supplement food because these animals are very clever.

Every time I see a gray wolf or a fierce tiger, I run away one by one.

So hunting is actually a labor-intensive thing, but the harvest is very face-to-face.

But even though hunting is not good, letting the scattered gray wolves explore the way is a good thing that kills multiple birds with one stone.

I have attracted goblins before and made the other party rush forward bravely, but now I have encountered one blocking the way.

Hearing the voice in front of him, Guo Xiuwen immediately knew that he had encountered an intelligent race.

Sensing a hint of nervousness from Gray Wolf, he was also a little curious about the true colors of these loud-tongued guys.

So he climbed onto the back of the golden tiger, and then gradually approached there with the four gray wolves behind him.

The big trees in the jungle helped them a lot, covering their figures.

【Gnoll】

[Smart Race] [Dark Iron] [Elite]

Level: LV2(19/200)
Power: 3.8
Constitution: 3.3
Agility: 3.3
Spirit: 2.2
Skills: Bloodthirsty (increases own attack speed by 20%, lasting 5 seconds),

Slam (next hit can do double damage to the target)
Racial Talent: Fearless (Gnolls are ferocious and aggressive, fearless of death, and increase attack power by 30% when faced with desperation)
Introduction: Walking, looking back, hey, good!
In front of the gray wolf and on both sides stood a gnoll, the one in the middle was an elite unit, and the two next to it were ordinary soldiers of the Black Iron Order.

Seeing these three jackals, Guo Xiuwen immediately wanted to curse.

Obviously he chose the Gnoll camp, even though it was deserted.

But the initial barracks was a normal-level gray wolf lair, but this unknown lord actually held a black iron step gnoll soldier in his hand at the beginning of the game.

If he hadn't obtained the resource management system plug-in, if he really met the other party now, he would be helpless to fight back.

Even if there is no plug-in, ten ordinary-level gray wolves may not be able to deal with that black iron-ranked tiger.

But now. While the jackal's attention was attracted by a gray wolf in front of him, the remaining gray wolves immediately surrounded him from all directions.

At the same time, the Golden Tiger, who was in charge of protecting him, took the lead and walked towards the jackal man.

The three jackals obviously felt that there was nothing around them that could threaten them, so they stood there carelessly, not paying attention to the surrounding environment at all.

Instead, he was amazed at the beast in front of him, which was much larger than the average gray wolf.

Since the other party was giving face so much, Guo Xiuwen naturally directed Golden Tiger and Gray Wolf to rush out without hesitation, giving the other party a surprise.

ooh-

Hit the Gnoll Elite with an ice spike from the Frost Giant.

It was like starting a battle signal.

The Golden Tiger roared even more, shocking the three Jackals who were very close.

After a while, there were three gray wolves on each gnoll.

[Kill the LV2 black iron level jackal]

[Get 22 experience points!
Get soul crystal (black iron) x1
Get Gnoll (Elite) Summoning Scroll x1! 】

[Kill the LV1 black iron level jackal
Gain experience 15x2 points!
Get Soul Crystal (Black Iron) x2! 】

【Ding, congratulations on your upgrade! 】

[Congratulations on getting free attribute points x1 and skill points x1! 】

[Gnoll (Elite) Summoning Scroll]

Introduction: A Black Iron Step Gnoll (elite) is sealed in the scroll, and you can summon it to serve you by crushing the scroll.

[Ding, there are (five) soldiers under your command that can be upgraded. You can consume 10 soul crystals (black iron) to upgrade the soldiers! 】

The three gnolls didn't have time to react too much. The golden tiger's roaring skill immediately made a contribution. Under its control, the gray wolf, which came and went freely in the jungle, succeeded in a sneak attack in an instant.

Killed three gnolls, but Guo Xiuwen's own experience value became LV2 (22/200)

Even the Frost Giant Wolves and Gray Wolves recruited by him first had accumulated enough experience to upgrade.

But what he didn't expect was that soul crystals were needed to upgrade his soldiers.

And it takes a full 10 soul crystals of the same level to be able to upgrade a level.

The soul crystals of the Black Iron Step were already hard to obtain, except for the 15 obtained when destroying the tiger's lair, there were only the three obtained just now and the one obtained from killing the tiger at the beginning.

All the black iron-level soul crystals in his hand totaled only 19, and he couldn't even upgrade two soldiers.

If it is an ordinary lord, he can only look at the option of upgrading and sigh with emotion at the moment, and then go to hunt and kill the enemies of the Black Iron Step bitterly.

But Guo Xiuwen smiled and directly chose the upgrade option.

[Ding, the resource management system is starting, do you want to consume 250 units of wood to upgrade (five) soldiers?whether】

As early as when he upgraded the gray wolf lair and recruited gray wolves, he had already confirmed through the resource management system that soul crystals were also one of the basic materials.

Ordinary-level soul crystals can even be directly exchanged one-to-one with wood, stones and other resources.

Even the soul crystals of the black iron rank can only be exchanged for ten times the ordinary resources.

So at this time, for other lords, the rare black iron-level soul crystal, on Guo Xiuwen's side, just consumes more basic materials.

The resource management system has the effect of halving the resource consumption. With only 250 units of basic materials, one giant frost wolf and four gray wolves under his hands can be successfully upgraded.

【Frost Giant Wolf】

【Beast】【Black Iron】【Elite】

[Level: LV2 (0/200)]

Body shape: 1.9m long (minor)

Weight: 456KG (minor)

【Grey Wolf】

【Beast】【Black Iron】

[Level: LV2 (0/200)]

Size: 1.8m long (adult)
Weight: 418KG (adult)
Compared with Guo Xiuwen himself, after the upgrade, the amount of experience is still different. After these soldiers have accumulated enough experience for the upgrade, no matter how much they had before, they will directly return to zero after the upgrade.

And through the changes in the attributes of the soldiers after they were upgraded, Guo Xiuwen also roughly figured out their improvement after the upgrade.

First of all, skills and talents have not changed, and the biggest changes are body shape and weight.

And these changes also let him know the difference between elites and non-elites.

After the five giant wolves were upgraded from LV1 to LV2, the size and weight of the elite-level frost wolves had increased by a full 20%, while the normal-level gray wolves had only increased by 10%.

Originally, when they were first recruited from the lair, their body shape was still the same, but after just rising one level, the changes were already significant.

I believe that if you upgrade a few more levels, the difference will be more obvious.

Guo Xiuwen is especially looking forward to seeing what changes will happen to elite soldiers when they reach adulthood.

Killing the three gnolls, if you say that the biggest gain is naturally the experience that allows him to level up.

And the Gnoll (elite) summoning scroll made him very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)