CHAPTER 158: CHAPTER 62 EXPLORER’S CRIMSON CARD_2

Audrey’s eyes sparkled instantly: "Legendary Equipment! My father, you truly are my real dad!"

Hugging the legendary equipment to her chest, Audrey cheered excitedly, jumping up to wrap her arms around Lin Rui’s neck, swinging her legs and planting a quick kiss on his cheek.

Lin Rui pushed her off from his shoulder by pressing her forehead, thinking, this woman seizes every chance to take advantage of me!

"Hurry and change into it in the tent, strengthen your power as soon as possible."

"Hehe, alrighty. I’ll put it on and show you, my Lord."

A moment later, Audrey emerged from the tent, having changed her short skirt into a black ruched drawstring tulip skirt.

She twirled in front of Lin Rui with a bright smile and asked, "So, how do I look, my Lord?"

Lin Rui gasped, he always knew this silly girl had a great figure under her dim intelligence, but he didn’t realize her proportions were this ideal—graceful and elegant, with a slender waist and long legs.

Especially under the ruched tulip skirt, each fold seemed to hug her enticing body, highlighting her slender waist, flat stomach, and perky curves with a perfect, elegant line, showcasing her charm vividly.

The drawstrings on either side were merely decorative, yet they greatly tempted any man to want to untie them.

The ruched tulip skirt, truly the best!

Audrey beamed brilliantly, winking at Lin Rui: "My Lord, if you want to untie these drawstrings, I might not stop you, you know."

"After all, although it’s not permitted in principle, it’s hard to say no to you."

Indeed, her external allure has significantly increased, but her goofy trait inside hasn’t changed!

Lin Rui, uninterested in engaging in her silly banter, changed the topic directly and asked, "Which trait did you enhance?"

"Empress’s Contract! I’ve upgraded it to Heroic Spirit Level."

Lin Rui nodded. This silly girl does have some combat intelligence. Empress’s Contract is indeed her core ability.

Lin Rui opened her attribute panel to review. Previously, the effect of this trait was: "Empress’s Contract - Rare Level Trait: Bones end the war, soldiers cut off sadness. Under the personal blessing of the Empress, the Moonlight Apostle can use spiritual energy for infinite revivals of contracted summoned creatures. Spiritual Energy Value +400 points, for every 10 points of Charm, an additional contracted summoned creature can be summoned, currently 7/7."

Now it has become: "Empress’s Contract - Heroic Spirit Level Trait: Bones end the war, soldiers cut off sadness. Under the personal blessing of the Empress, the Moonlight Apostle can use spiritual energy for infinite revivals of contracted summoned creatures. Spiritual Energy Value +800 points, for every 10 points of Charm, an additional specified contracted summoned creature can be summoned, currently 7/7."

At first glance, this Heroic Spirit Level trait seems unchanged from the Rare Level trait, even the name and description are identical, only the word "specified" is added, but the power difference is like heaven and earth!

This means Audrey can designate a specific powerful troop type to contract with, making this trait transform from an unstable state to one of stable, overwhelming strength.

This is ridiculous; if Lin Rui finds a way to help Audrey contract a Heroic Spirit-level troop from the Empress, or if she gets lucky with a Super-Tier troop,

then the strength of this trait would be off the charts, and she could raise a formidable army under this formation.

Even now, she can specify contracting her next summoned creature as a Leopard warrior from the Dark Temple.

A small squad of Dark Temple Warriors can evenly share damage, nullifying a substantial portion of the enemy’s damage output.

More terrifyingly, even if the enemy goes through great lengths to take down this squad of Dark Temple Warriors, Audrey can easily revive them without any harm.

After all, with her trait Moonlight Apostle promoted to Heroic Spirit Level Trait, she has a 10% chance to increase the spiritual energy limit by 10 points every time she kills an elite-level monster or higher.

Her Undead Army, through numerous bloody battles, slayed countless elite monsters, and now her spiritual energy value exceeds 8000 points.

Now, not only can she revive contracted summoned creatures without limit, but she can also chant "Dark Energy Prayer" for over 80 seconds, giving soldiers an increase of 800 points in attack power, defense, and life force.

If superimposed smoothly to this extent, each of her undead’s toughness and damage would rival Elite Knights, intimidating opponents to their core.

Audrey cheerfully remarked: "My Lord, after a few more battles of this scale, I can level up, boost my Charm again, reaching 80 Charm points, and then I can sign a new contract with the Empress."

"My Lord, do you prefer a Silver Moon type, or a Snow White type? Given your fondness for Silver Moon, you’d definitely want a squad of beast-eared girls!"

Lin Rui pinched her chubby cheeks, smiling lightly, "Thank you, indeed. Now hurry up and deploy the troops for patrol! The monsters in the dark haven’t been dealt with yet."

"I was just about to report to you, my Lord, the monsters in the dark seem to be secretly devouring the drifting blood and souls on the battlefield. All the soldiers I’ve summoned with the Soul Summoning Skill haven’t exceeded Tier One, which is highly unusual."

Lin Rui nodded decisively and directly addressed Lu Weite, who was beside him: "Director Lu Weite, the situation in the Glacial Abyss is becoming extremely bizarre. I must lead the army to retreat."

Lu Weite hurriedly pointed to the surrounding glaciers, pleading, "Lord Lin Rui, look, the glaciers around us are already full of shadows, and demons are dancing in wild chaos. This indicates that the two planes are nearing convergence, and our trade partners are arriving soon. Please, just wait for ten more minutes; we will complete the trade and then immediately evacuate."

"Cross-dimensional trades with the Heavens and Myriads of Realms are the most precious way to gain wealth. Each plane has its specialties, and exchanging goods can greatly enhance one’s own power. You’ve caught this opportunity too; missing it would be such a pity!"

Lin Rui had to admit, his persuasive words were tempting.

To survive in this terrifying world, one must seize every chance to enhance power. It’s impossible to lay low forever, after all, this broken world is like a leaky sieve, full of horrifying natural disasters, Green Tides, and demon invasions. If you can’t quickly grow stronger, you will eventually be drowned in the terrifying tide.

Therefore, Lin Rui paused for a moment, made a decisive decision, and said: "Okay, we will also stay here to partake in the trade. But what are the specialties of our world?"

"That must be the flourishing martial virtues. Various Demonic Chaos invasions have filled this world with abundant spiritual materials and fine equipment. The frequent wars have refined the equipment, and the military supplies are more plentiful than any other plane."

This indeed makes sense.

Take, for example, the Explorers. With a sudden surge of eight billion Explorers and massive summoned troops, this world can continuously provide military supplies, giving an idea of how rich this world’s military equipment is.

Although the Explorer’s equipment isn’t enough for everyone, what other world can provide nearly a billion pieces of equipment all at once?

Explorers aren’t going into survival armed only with sticks; they are all well-equipped, and the territorial armies are fully armored, which is an impressive feat in itself.

Speaking of the spoils of war, Lin Rui recalled that two Zor Explorers were killed in battle, and two Crimson Cards were dropped, with Silver Moon giving him three more Crimson Cards.

[Explorer’s Crimson Card: A crimson card indicating the sin of internal strife. Consuming 100 Reputation Points, it can be opened to receive the Explorer’s entire inheritance.]

Winning a miniature skirmish grants 1 Reputation Point, a small battle win grants 10 Reputation Points, even an epic victory grants only 100 Reputation Points, and an upgraded territory gives 100 points, bringing Lin Rui’s total Reputation Points to 527.

Spending all his reputation points just barely allows him to open these five Crimson Cards. Hopefully, these five cards will carry enough wealth to justify the expenditure.

Given the inhumane nature of these five individuals, they certainly must have slaughtered other Explorers before, otherwise, they wouldn’t know that they could rob Lin Rui’s wealth after killing him.

In this context, the wealth of these five should not be insignificant.