CHAPTER 392: CHAPTER 340 UNEXPECTED TROOP TYPE_1

The influence of supernatural abilities in the real world was quietly spreading.

Yan Xing’s negotiations with Renlun Investment Bank over supernatural ability insurance were arduously advancing. Renlun Investment Bank, of course, hoped to add insurance to their supernatural ability research that would allow them to cut losses at any time, but Yan Xing’s asking price was indeed high. The company’s senior leaders thought more thoroughly than Feng Tingyue had expected; they wanted to save money and also try to extract more intelligence from the negotiation and the list.

Yan Xing certainly knew that his initial offer was audacious, but since it was an exclusive deal, he still held fast to the bottom line of his list. At best, he might make a small concession on the price of the Magic Composite Armor plates. He also agreed to take a position in the newly formed Special Ability Operations Team. He even gave an empty promise... that Renlun Investment Bank would be given priority access to any advantageous items in the future.

Ultimately, after more than a month of tough negotiations, the supernatural ability insurance agreement between Yan Xing and Renlun Investment Bank was signed by both parties and came into effect. From the day the agreement was signed, Yan Xing assumed responsibility for underwriting Renlun Investment Bank’s supernatural ability research and handling any supernatural ability incidents that Renlun Investment Bank could not manage. Renlun Investment Bank began delivering the equipment on Yan Xing’s list in succession, with the handover of all listed items to be completed within three months.

Indeed, the price of the insurance policy was significant for Renlun Investment Bank. But as Yan Xing had pointed out, with his underwriting protection, Renlun Investment Bank could be more daring in their supernatural ability research, naturally leading to easier success. Time cannot be measured by money. Moreover, the equipment Yan Xing was purchasing was clearly for scientific research. If Sir Lei Ming, who supported Yan Xing, developed something even more formidable than supernatural abilities, Renlun Investment Bank, as an indirect investor, would certainly reap some benefits by virtue of its close proximity. They decided to consider it a venture investment.

「When a batch of cutting-edge equipment arrived at the Eternal Domain’s Alchemy Laboratory, Yan Xing felt the pressure on him finally lessen somewhat.」 The "Super Armament" research project was underway; what remained was continued investment and the accumulation of time to gradually build progress.

「The Wildwind Highlands entered deep winter, as cold fronts from the north repeatedly pushed temperatures on the highlands to new lows.」 Consecutive days of heavy snow accumulated to almost knee depth, and no sign of living creatures could be seen in the wilderness. The severe cold made the usually bustling Eternal Domain desolate. People preferred to stay indoors, burning the coal briquettes distributed by their benevolent Lord, listening to the raging cold wind outside. Yet, the main roads from Frostleaf City to the Thunderous Swamp, then to the Eternal Domain, and on to Nuta City, were still bustling with traffic.

The benefits of Yan Xing unifying the Thunderous Swamp were beginning to show. Owing to the swamp’s geothermal heat, its produce was not significantly affected by the winter season. After establishing the Eternal Grain Ticket as the sole legal tender in the Thunderous Swamp, all the local tribes actively transported their special products to Bloodcrown Mountain City. There, they exchanged them for the Grain Tickets needed to purchase essential supplies. Bloodcrown Mountain City, in turn, used the north-south roads to transport these supplies to the Orc Controlled Area and the Human Controlled Area.

Furs, charcoal, meat, vegetables, oil, hay, cotton, and grain were high-demand commodities in winter. These goods brought great wealth to the Eternal Domain. Yan Xing then used this money to buy surplus stock at low prices from Nuta City merchants, who were struggling due to the weather. He resold these goods back into the Thunderous Swamp to recover the Grain Tickets held by the Swamp Tribe. This motivated the Swamp Tribe to gather resources for Bloodcrown Mountain City even more actively. The Eternal Domain was using this winter to consolidate and increase its strength.

「After several days of intermittent heavy snow, the weather turned exceptionally clear, with not a single cloud visible in the sky; it was a good day for flight testing.」

In a military airport near the swamp in the northwest of the Eternal Domain, the modest snowfall, affected by the swamp’s geothermal heat, had been melted by Magic and cleared away, revealing a dry runway. A few aircraft awaiting flight tests were parked on the tarmac. Accompanied by a group of Goblin Engineers and airport staff, Yan Xing stood inside the control tower, watching the ground crew perform final checks on the aircraft and the runway. More than a dozen pilots, dressed in leather flight suits, lined up and ran onto the field; all of them were Werewolves.

The Beak Eagle Transport Planes initially produced by the Eternal Domain had a very simple structure. Their mechanical rudders required considerable strength to operate. Therefore, Yan Xing had paired a group of Werewolf Warriors with alchemy robots to pilot the Beak Eagles. Since piloting transport planes did not require heavy maneuvering and the aircraft’s design was indeed very reliable, no major flight accidents had occurred.

What Yan Xing hadn’t foreseen was that this first batch of Werewolf pilots would advance to become Seventh Order troops on their own.

Werewolf Aerial Cavalry (Seventh Order)

Attack: 10

Defense: 9

Damage: 6

Stamina: 30

Talents: Aircraft Piloting, Aerial Vision

In the main mission, "The Path of Werewolf Rebirth," which Yan Xing had somewhat neglected, the first task was to create troop types for the Werewolf race from First Order to Twelfth Order. These troop types had to include infantry, Cavalry, and aerial units. Currently, the Eternal Werewolves had infantry and Cavalry units, but they had yet to find a suitable aerial unit. The Swamp Tribe’s Poison Flies were not appropriate, nor were the humans’ Griffons... In the entire Magic World, anything capable of aerial combat already had an owner. Yan Xing truly didn’t know where he could acquire an aerial unit for the Werewolves. It was precisely because this requirement had been a persistent obstacle that Yan Xing hadn’t actively focused on this main mission for a long time.

Who would have thought things would take such an unexpected turn? An incidental effort, intended as a stopgap measure, had unexpectedly created an aerial troop type for the Werewolf race.

The Werewolf Aerial Cavalry was officially recognized. Within the Seventh Order buildings of the Eternal Domain, a Werewolf Aerial Cavalry Academy and an Aerial Cavalry Training Camp were added. Furthermore, the Eternal Domain’s human Sixth Order guards could also receive training at the Aerial Cavalry Training Camp, enabling them to ride Griffons more effectively in combat or, naturally, to pilot aircraft.

Besides the Werewolf Aerial Cavalry, another troop type that surprised Yan Xing was the Eighth Order advanced unit trained from the Werewolf Raiders:

Werewolf Iron Cavalry (Eighth Order)

Attack: 11

Defense: 11

Damage: 10

Stamina: 40

Talents: Driving, Ramming

After the new type of truck was developed, the Eternal Domain had not ceased its production. With more vehicles, there was naturally a greater demand for drivers. The Seventh Order Werewolf Raiders’ talent, "Forced March," demonstrated excellent energy conservation, which made Yan Xing favor using them as truck drivers. He had never expected that the advanced Eighth Order Werewolf Cavalry, the Werewolf Iron Cavalry, would possess a direct talent for piloting.

This wasn’t merely a benefit of reduced energy consumption; the Werewolf Iron Cavalry’s piloting talent could comprehensively enhance vehicle performance and reduce damage rates. It was as if this troop type had been custom-made for the Eternal Domain’s full mechanization. Even when deployed as traditional Cavalry, their ramming ability was a very practical skill on the battlefield. The newly advanced Werewolf Iron Cavalry were already driving various vehicles, speeding along the roads both within and outside the Eternal Domain.