Chapter 37: Chapter 33: Hard-to-Obtain Priest Soldier Type, and an Evil Aura Comparable to a Divine-level Talent

Huh?

’What was that?’

’A capitalist strategy to farm points by sucking players dry?’

’That sounds utterly disgusting!’

No wonder MC’s words were tinged with undisguised disgust when he talked about the true nature of the Player Alliance.

He must have been maliciously exploited by those high-level guild leaders who loved to “suck players dry” back when he was still a rookie.

This practice of taking pleasure in draining the resources of lower-level players, using their growth as one’s own nourishment, was like a parasite clinging to a person’s veins. It always left those who experienced it with a deep-seated revulsion.

Unless, of course, you were the one doing the draining…

“Alright.”

“I get it.”

“For that Strongest Lord event, I’ll do my best to earn as many points as I can in the tiered ranking sub-events. Then I’ll figure out a way to get a relatively high spot on the overall leaderboard.”

“But I can’t let competing for the ranking rewards mess up the rhythm of my territory’s development.”

Don’t call me MC snapped his fingers, very satisfied.

“Mm.”

“Exactly.”

“That’s what I mean.”

“And this point is crucial.”

“Don’t be like some people who, in order to get the ranking rewards from the first few events, frantically convert all their villagers into production-type subjects.”

“Then they get hit by a surprise attack from a hostile force and have nowhere near enough combat-type soldiers to defend themselves. They end up losing their Lord’s Hall, and the gain isn’t worth the loss…”

As he spoke, he leaned back, stretched, and let out a relaxed sigh.

“Okay!”

“Just one last issue.”

“For a Lost Secret Realm with a Zero-star (Purple) difficulty, the monsters inside are at least Zero-star (Purple) level.”

“So, your army’s strength also needs to be at least at the Zero-star (Purple) level, plus you’ll need cooperative teammates of an equal or higher power level.”

“Only then can you attempt the challenge.”

“Beyond that, you have to consider the wounded state of your legion after each battle and prepare enough Healing Items for them in advance.”

“After all, at this stage, Priest-type healing soldiers are basically a matter of luck, not effort.”

“The only way to heal your soldiers’ injuries is to buy rare items with healing effects from powerful Native Creatures, or to rely on the Healing Potions that drop from daily monster grinding.”

“This will probably take you a considerable amount of effort.”

“Take your time preparing.”

Hearing this, Qin Feng keenly picked up on the important information in MC’s words and quickly asked,

“Wait, MC, are Priest-type Soldier Types really that hard to get?”

Don’t call me MC nodded.

“Yes.”

“Next to impossible.”

“You might not know this yet… the default soldier evolution trees we Lord Players have are all for Ordinary Soldier Types that use cold weapons in close combat. They don’t include those Extraordinary Soldier Types that have mastered Magic Power.”

“In short,”

“they’re just transitional units that will eventually be abandoned.”

“If a player ignores this issue and just keeps their head down developing at their own pace, their legion’s combat power will hit a bottleneck at Zero-star (Red) at most, and they’ll struggle to advance any further.”

“At that point, they have to pledge allegiance to a Native Power and build up favor with them. Only then will they have a small chance in subsequent daily battles for a soldier-producing building related to that power’s culture to drop, allowing them to continue improving their legion’s strength.”

“For example,”

“if you pledge allegiance to a noble of the Southern Kingdom,”

“you can get buildings for their kingdom’s Mages, who wield various forms of Magic Guide Power.”

“If you pledge allegiance to a noble of the Northern Empire,”

“you can get buildings for their Knights, who greatly revere physical strength.”

“If you choose to pledge allegiance to a non-human Alien Race,”

“it gets more complicated.”

“Not only do you need their Soldier Type buildings to drop, but you also need their villager buildings to drop. Only then can you use their alien villagers to train alien soldiers…”

Qin Feng suddenly cut in,

“What if I choose not to pledge allegiance, but instead conquer their villages and towns by force? Can their culture-specific soldier buildings drop then?”

MC answered bluntly,

“No.”

“You must pledge allegiance.”

“But that development strategy is actually viable.”

“Because you just can’t use soldier buildings to train a Divine Chosen Legion that is 100% loyal to you. It doesn’t mean you can’t cultivate the Extraordinary Soldiers that the Native Powers already have.”

“Think about it.”

“There’s a weekly cap on the number of villagers we Lord Players can recruit.”

“And they often drop dead for all sorts of reasons.”

“This leads to a situation where,”

“we don’t actually have that many Combat-type Subjects on hand.”

“In the later stages, if you want to wage large-scale wars, you have to rely on the support of those Native Powers, letting their armies become the regulars and mercenaries who fight for us.”

“So, maintaining a good cooperative relationship with the Native Powers is an unavoidable part of the game for all of us.”

Qin Feng: “…”

’Is that so?’

’Looks like the Village Management module is more valuable than I thought, then?’

’The ability to use Void Recruitment without pledging allegiance, while also ensuring their armed forces will never betray me… these are things other Lord Players can’t do!’

However, the ’Evil Aura’ was even more ridiculous.

He had originally thought its ’Healing’ effect was just a decent, ordinary ability.

He never expected that other players had no normal means of healing in the early game.

Its unique Healing effect, combined with the powerful Regeneration that could repair any injury, was completely on the level of a ’Divine-level Talent’.

’Eh…’

’Wait a minute…’

’I remember that in the starting options for the King of War, it seemed like you could directly change your Profession to Priest…’

’Can’t they heal injured soldiers…?’

After thinking for a moment, Qin Feng felt it was important to clarify the logic, so he voiced his confusion to MC.

And MC gave a detailed explanation.

“You mean?”

“Having a King of War change their Profession to a Priest to heal their own wounded units?”

“It’s possible, yes.”

“But the healing skills a low-level Priest has can only heal single targets. You also have to consider Magic Power and skill cooldowns, so you can’t heal a large number of wounded soldiers at once.”

“And by the time you’ve leveled up to a high-ranking Priest and learned the area-of-effect Magic Skills to quickly heal all your soldiers,”

“you’d basically be able to train Priest-type soldiers anyway.”

“So,”

“that choice is meaningless.”

“Instead, it would make the King of War lose their only early-game advantage—personal combat power far superior to other Lord Players.”

“Unless you can get your hands on a second ’Proof of Reincarnation’ treasure and develop Priest as your third sub-profession.”

“Then it wouldn’t be a problem.”

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