CHAPTER 446: CHAPTER 415: LUCKY DRAW

Farewell to Horn.

Kane left the command room of the fortress.

Using the ruby lapel pin on his collar, he contacted his teammates and joined them. By this time, Kreya and the others were already wandering around the fortress.

The soldiers they brought along were already settled, as Horn had allocated a large area specifically for their soldiers, allowing them to recruit more if needed.

When Kane found Kreya and the others, he discovered they were looking at something.

"What are you looking at so intently?" Kane asked.

Kreya pointed ahead.

Kane looked in the direction Kreya pointed to, only to see the various soldier recruitment stations, with recruits in brand new armor coming out.

"What’s so interesting about recruiting soldiers?" Kane asked curiously.

"Are you thinking of recruiting some new soldiers?"

Kreya nodded and then shook her head, "We just checked our war credits, and we can indeed recruit more soldiers, but that’s not what we’re focused on. Wait a moment and you’ll see."

Kane looked carefully, and after a while, a soldier carrying a crossbow emerged from the recruitment tent for ranged soldiers. Compared to those carrying crossbows and the crossbowmen Kane and his team had recruited, this soldier’s crossbow was much larger.

Upon closer inspection, Kane noticed a bullet box-like feature beneath the crossbow, which he deduced was a repeating crossbow.

"A new soldier type?"

Upon hearing Kane’s words, Kreya nodded.

This was odd; recruiting soldiers in the dungeon indeed varies based on the location and the conquered area, sometimes yielding higher-level soldiers. However, the records didn’t mention the fortress would introduce this unique soldier type.

But now, there is indeed a new type. This fortress is crucial for every Explorer in the early stages since such information couldn’t possibly go unmarked.

So why wasn’t it mentioned?

Either the dungeon has changed, or Kane and his team have met some hidden condition.

However, there’s no need to verify this information since the dungeon is about to disappear anyway.

"Let’s go in and take a look." Kane suggested to Kreya and the others, and then headed towards the soldier recruitment tent.

Upon entering, Kane and the others found no difference from the soldier recruitment tents they had visited before.

A Records Officer was sitting on a chair, and upon seeing Kane and the others enter, asked, "Are you officers here to recruit new soldiers? Here’s the recruitment token."

Saying this, the officer handed over a wooden token, listing the types of soldiers available and the war credits required for each type.

Alongside Archers and Crossbowmen, a new soldier type was listed.

Repeating Crossbowman 5

The new soldier type was indeed Repeating Crossbowmen, and surprisingly, their recruitment cost was the same as that of Heavy Cavalry, which seemed slightly overpriced.

At this point, Kane checked his accumulated war credits.

He took out the Jade Token from his space equipment and scanned the insignia on his chest.

Kane

Centurion+

Troops: 195/200

War Credits: 2355

Unexpectedly, five soldiers had died, but he had accumulated quite a lot of war credits.

Kane had nearly exhausted his war credits last time, but now he earned more than 2000 again. It’s undeniable that Kane’s knowledge of mechanical structures and his origin skills produced devastating hot weapons for these soldiers.

Kreya and the others, on the other hand, gained the most credits not just from Kreya but from Lulu, who fought alongside Kane on another front.

Together, with their led soldiers, they virtually wiped out another 4000 enemy troops.

The number of enemies defeated by Horn’s soldiers was very minimal, perhaps less than 100.

Kreya and the others had to compete against over 4000 soldiers for kills, so it was quite normal that their number was less compared to Kane’s team.

Once again, Kane tapped on his military rank.

This upgrade required a hefty 700 war credits, significantly more than last time, which required only 500.

Nonetheless, Kane went ahead with the upgrade.

Though the Centurion rank remained the same, its original silver edge became a golden edge.

The number of soldiers he could lead increased from 200 to 500.

Meanwhile, Kreya and the others also upgraded to the silver-edged Centurion rank.

"Would you like to recruit now?" Kane asked after turning around.

In the end, only Meizike decided to recruit. His war credits were limited, so he continued his rank promotion, recruiting over 100 Repeating Crossbowmen, nearly exhausting his war credits.

Kane thought for a moment and recruited 200 Repeating Crossbowmen, planning to use the remaining credits to recruit over 100 Bow Riders.

Afterward, they went to other recruitment tents, but there were no new soldier types available.

Kreya replenished over 100 Heavy Cavalry, Lulu similarly replenished 100 Light Cavalry, and Longbei added 150 Sword and Shield Soldiers (with spears).

Since Longbei’s Sword and Shield Soldiers had suffered the most casualties, only about 50 remained after all these battles.

As for the remaining issues, they didn’t need to worry too much, as they appointed a captain to manage their soldiers individually.

They returned to the allotted section of the fortress camp.

A spacious two-story stone house served as their temporary residence.

Soldier tents were spread around, with guards stationed at the entrance.

The soldiers saluted upon seeing Kane and the others approach.

Returning to their room.

The room’s dimensions still didn’t suit Kreya’s figure.

Ultimately, with Lulu’s magical alteration, it became suitable.

Sitting in the living room, Kane began to count the spoils of their recent battles.

The two routes combined with the final fortress yielded over 200 coins, a huge sum.

Several high-quality copper-grade equipment, and three notable pieces of silver-grade equipment in total.

Aside from the two weapons Kane obtained earlier, there was also a magic accessory, revealed after the death of a fortress guard leader.

[Ring of Precise Spellcasting]

[Accessory]

[Color: Silver]

[Attributes: Moderate increase of magic strength]

[Skills:]

[Soul Shock] (Each magic damage attack has a certain chance of causing a magic shock effect on the enemy, stunning them.)

[Powerful Spellcasting] (Each spell has a certain chance of receiving a 1.5 times magic power bonus.)

[Explanation: An invaluable piece of equipment for combat casters. With this item, you can be invincible in battles.]

The attributes of the equipment are good, with two passive skills attached, although they are dependent on luck and have a certain chance to activate.

But this equipment is clearly meant for Lily, and luck is something Lily doesn’t lack.

It can be said to be very suitable.

Therefore, there was no need to say more, and this equipment was directly given to Lily.

The rest of the equipment can only be considered junk and needs to be dealt with after clearing the dungeon.

Apart from the copper-level magic materials, the silver materials from several battles can fill a total of three silver magic stones.

Plus, from their first battle in the dungeon, they acquired two silver magic stones. In such a short time, they have obtained five silver magic stones.

Now is just the right time to carry out skill extraction.

Although Kane doesn’t have any particular skills he desires right now, nor is he lacking any, and the skill stones in Kreya and others’ skill grids are yet to be learned by them.

So Kane doesn’t have much need for skill stones, but keeping these silver skill magic stones doesn’t serve any purpose, better to use them for skill extraction.

He might also extract some attribute-enhancing consumable skill stones, which could improve strength. Why not?

Especially since he currently has a very interesting magic material in hand.

This magic material comes with attributes.

It was dropped by Kreya and the others and picked out by Meizike.

Being an alchemist, Meizike doesn’t possess the skill of appraising equipment, but he is very sensitive to the energy emitted by these materials and equipment.

He keenly sensed something off about the energy radiating from this material, so he singled it out and handed it to Kane upon their meeting.

However, the only pity is that this material is not a silver material, but a copper one, which can only be used to extract copper skills.

But Kane doesn’t lack copper magic stones, and if the extracted skill is genuinely good and worth upgrading, Kane won’t be stingy.

[Clover]

[Magic Material]

[Color: Copper]

[Rule: Luck] (During skill extraction, materials with rule attributes can be used as a primer in the array, leaning the extracted skill stone towards rules.)

[Attributes: Slightly enhance magic stone energy]

[Explanation: In legend, the clover is a plant that can bring luck, gathering the faith of countless people to form the rule representing luck.]

The rule attached to this material is the very mysterious and enthralling luck.

Nothing more to be said, Kane rubbed his hands eagerly, longing to extract.

Immediately, he summoned the [Book of Adventure].

Turned to the page of the extraction array, then retrieved a copper magic stone from the space equipment and held it in his hand.

Then placed his palm on the extraction array.

[Skill Extraction]

[Do you wish to consume a copper magic stone to extract skills?]

[Yes][No]

"Yes"

[Detected magic material with rule attributes]

[If you wish to use it, please throw the magic material into the array first]

He removed his hand from the array, then picked up the [Clover] material next to him and placed it onto the array.

As the array rotated, the material emitted a faint glow, transforming into particles of soft green light, and surged into the array.

With the array’s turning, the copper magic stone in Kane’s hand also disappeared, followed by the appearance of a stone shard in his hand.

The rune on the shard is in the shape of a clover, which was the first time Kane saw such a pattern on a skill stone.

Eager to check its attributes.

[Name: Lucky Dice]

[Category: Active Skills]

[Color: Copper]

[Explanation: Spend magic power to condense in your hand a six-sided dice imbued with lucky magic. Three sides represent luck with the numbers 123, and three sides represent misfortune with the numbers 123.

You can then throw the die into the air, and the face landed on a flat surface represents the bonus you will receive.

The red numbers represent luck: 1 point of luck remains unchanged, 2 points of luck receive a 1.5 times bonus, 3 points of luck receive a double bonus.

The black numbers represent misfortune: 1 point receives an amount of misfortune equal to the current luck, 2 points receive 1.5 times the current luck in misfortune, 3 points receive double the current luck in misfortune.

The effects last for one hour, and you must wait 7 days before the next toss.]

[Explanation: It’s impossible to obtain luck without cost, but gaining luck simultaneous with expense is feasible. Remember, there’s no free lunch.]

Looking at the description of the skill in hand.

How should one say, it is indeed very useful for the current situation, and it is absolutely worth upgrading to a silver skill.

However, according to the skill explanation, the negative effect gained outweighs the positive effect.

Nevertheless, it is adding luck, and that is unavoidable.