"Great, Jinhua is still alive." The cheers of Chong Liu and the others woke Lin Rui from his exhausted state.
Lin Rui leaned against the wall and walked out of the cellar entrance. In front of him were the colorful items dropped as loot and the massive corpse of a Tier One Magical Beast. Next to the corpse was Jinhua, still shaken, along with a group of fawning farmers.
The system's voice rang out promptly: "Ding, congratulations to the Explorer for expelling the Magical Beast entrenched in the town hall. The Lord identity has been officially activated. Due to the Explorer's overachievement, the kill reward has been increased by fifty percent, and a random Epic Trait is awarded."
Indeed, this task only required the player to expel the Magical Beast, not kill it.
However, overachieving has its perks, such as more generous rewards.
At this moment, Lin Rui finally had time to open the series of prompts from when he killed the Magical Beast.
[Ding, the Explorer killed a Tier One Magical Beast Mad Snake, gaining 5000 points of experience.]
[Ding, Explorer level increased by one.]
[Ding, the Revelation Sound Trait has been triggered, rewarding 1 point of Wisdom.]
[Ding, Explorer level increased by one.]
[Ding, the Revelation Sound Trait has been triggered, rewarding 1 point of Willpower.]
[Ding, Explorer level increased by one.]
[Ding, the Revelation Sound Trait has been triggered, increasing a special attribute! Luck increased by 1 point.]
Five thousand experience points allowed Lin Rui to level up straight to Level 5. Moreover, Lin Rui's good fortune led to two occurrences of special attribute increases, one in Luck and one in Soul.
Although, Lin Rui has yet to discover the actual use of the special attribute Soul.
[Ding, the Explorer killed a Tier One Magical Beast Mad Snake and obtained a Silver Treasure Chest*1 and Bronze Treasure Chest*2.]
[Obtained Recruitment Scroll Knight's Heart*2]
[Obtained Fine-level Weapon (Blue) Annihilation Warhammer]
[Obtained Enhanced-level Weapon (Green) Cold-Forged Longsword*2]
[Obtained Building Plan "Water and Windmill Mill" *2]
[Obtained "Basic Wisdom Book" *2]
[Obtained special item, "Lost Treasure No. 3"]
[Obtained materials, Tier One Spiritual Gem.]
[Obtained materials, Hardened Scales*586]
[Obtained rare material, Spirit Essence Snake Gall]
[Obtained material, Fresh Snake Meat*3000 units]
[Obtained forging material, Highly Poisonous Snake Fang*2]
A wave of sudden wealth!
Just mentioning the two Recruitment Scrolls, Knight's Heart. They significantly boosted Lin Rui's strength. Knights for damage-taking, Casters for long-range output—this is the ideal monster-farming combination.
Next time he sees an elite monster like this, he won't need to hide; he can wear it down like whack-a-mole. It took a dozen hours, nearly exhausted his Spiritual Energy three times, and almost drained himself dry just to farm this elite monster. It wasn't easy.
Without any hesitation, Lin Rui immediately used the two Recruitment Scrolls.
With a flash of dazzling golden light, two knights clad in full silver heavy plate armor stood in front of Lin Rui.
Both simultaneously knelt on one knee and struck their chests with their fists, respectfully saying, "In the name of the knight, I, Lusen Xiu, knight of the Flame Sun Knight Order, pledge loyalty to the esteemed Lord, becoming the sharp sword in the Lord's hand from this day forth."
"In the name of the knight, I, Duncan De, knight of the Flame Sun Knight Order, pledge loyalty to the esteemed Lord, becoming the sharp sword in the Lord's hand from this day forth."
Lin Rui, although not experienced in being pledged loyalty to, managed to remain calm and said with a slight smile, "Welcome to the Golden Pansy Family. In the not-so-distant future, when the Golden Pansy banner soars across the sky, you will be proud of today's decision."
Afterwards, Lin Rui opened the attribute panels of the two.
[Sun Flame Knight: Lusen Xiu]
[Talent: Excellence Level Troop]
[Level: Tier One Level 1]
[Age: 23]
[Loyalty: 60]
[Physique: 21]
[Intelligence: 10]
[Charm: 10]
[Willpower: 15]
[Root Bone: 10]
[Soul: 10]
[Commander: 5]
[Luck: 1]
[Life Value: 400]
[Spiritual Energy: 100]
[Command Value Cost: 2]
[Trait: Knight's Heart: A resilient and strong inner heart makes their will and life exceptionally robust, Willpower +5, Physique increases Life Value by +50%.]
[Sun Flame Knight: When surrounded by enough knight comrades, their Yang Flame aura will erupt. Sun Flame Knight quantity 3, Physical Defense increases by 10%, every 10 seconds, there's a 10% probability to gain a 50-point spiritual shield.]
[Sun Flame Knight quantity 5, Physical Defense increases by 30%, every 8 seconds, there's a 30% probability to gain a 100-point spiritual shield.]
[Sun Flame Knight quantity 12, Physical Defense increases by 50%, every 5 seconds, there's a 70% probability to gain a 300-point spiritual shield.]
[Skill: Sun Flame Visualization Method lv1: Faith in the blazing sun of Yang Flame fills their hearts with light, slowly enhancing Physique, Willpower, and Spiritual Energy.]
[Knight Sword and Shield lv1: Proficient knight combat technique, increases attack by 10%, Blocking Rate enhances by 10%.]
[Shield Strike lv1: Yang Flame Energy explodes, consuming 10 Spiritual Energy, dashes forward ferociously to stun the enemy, causing 20 physical damage, stunning the opponent for 1 second. Cooldown is 10s (Note: Cannot be blocked, can be dodged!).]
[Equipment: Standard Knight's Longsword (Normal), Piercing damage 13-19, Swing damage 10-15, Critical Strike 25-30, Swing Speed 1.5]
[Standard Cavalry Shield (Normal), Blocks 10-25 damage, Durability 80, Weight 6]
[Standard Cavalry Armor (Normal), Body Armor 15, Leg Armor 10]
[Standard Cavalry Helmet (Normal), Head Armor 9, requires Strength 6]
[Standard Cavalry Arm Armor (Normal), Body Armor 10, Block damage 3]
[Standard Cavalry Combat Boots (Normal), Leg Armor 10, requires Physique 5]
[Defense Set Effect: Physique +1, Willpower +1, Charm +1, Fixed Damage Reduction +5]
Duncan has exactly the same attributes as Lusen Xiu, but the difference is Duncan uses a Warhammer.
So his skillset is slightly different: [Knight's Warhammer Skill lv1: Proficient knight combat method, increases attack by 20%.]