78 Chapter 77: Successful Scientific Research and Development, Fortifying Mummy

After Richard had recruited the five undead soldiers of the Axe of the Dead troop, he immediately bestowed the Sand Transformation skill to all his troops.

This godly skill, which made countless contributions, had become the standard of Twilight City.

Looking at the powerful troop before him, he was in a joyous state of mind.

He looked at the other 15 undead soldiers. He could also upgrade to rare with the troop's lair's improvement.

However, after he looked at the attributes panel, he suddenly had a bizarre expression.

The resources needed to upgrade the troop were the same resources needed to recruit troops. There was no discount at all.

It would cost 60,000 gold coins, 60,000 units of wood, and 60,000 units of iron ore for 15 undead soldiers of Axe of the Dead troop to reach the rare-level upgrade.

It was 180,000 gold coins in total… It was simply a killer upgrade.

"So poor."

Richard looked up to the sky and sighed.

He has already exerted extra effort in the speed of earning resources, but in the end, it was still not enough.

The troop lairs were bottomless pits. If one wanted to cultivate them, the investment was endless.

"This is only a troop lair. I still have Poisonous Scorpion Warrior and Cursed Pharaoh… In the future, the troop cultivating speed may not be so fast. No, it seemed we still have to train some elites and rare-level troops to match. Only high-level troops. This consumption is too terrifying. We still have to think of other ways to get resources. To rely on hunting alone, how many troops will we have to hunt to reach a high level? Trade, trade..."

It was rare to reach the glorious level and required 10,000 unit lairs. It was five million units of resources.

It would take more than a month to do so without considering other expenses with the current speed of accumulation... It was not something solved in a short period.

After Richard sorted out his thoughts, his gaze gradually returned to calmness.

"From the looks of it, I can first upgrade the Bandaged Mummy to rare-level. Three troop lairs only consume 150,000 units of resources. After the lair upgrade, I can also upgrade six small teams' troop lairs to a rare level. I can have a squadron of rare soldiers with this. I can surely raid that one-star dungeon..."

He had thought about that one-way portal for a long time.

However, the Black Gold System had mentioned that the average strength of the soldiers inside was rare.

At this time, as long as he upgrades the Bandaged Mummy, there would be the rare-level Axe of the Dead and Gray, the insanely powerful A-rank hero.

The strength in his hands was enough to conquer that instance dungeon.

Richard, who was vastly mobile and with a plan in mind, immediately began to carry out his plan.

In the early morning of May 16, he and Gray led their respective troops out to hunt.

Even so, he still felt that the resource collection speed was too slow.

That night, Richard and Gray began to hunt around Twilight City.

Although the danger level of hunting in the wild had increased a lot, the harvest had also increased significantly under the high intensity of the battle.

On the night of May 18, he had accumulated enough resources for the Bandaged Mummy and 15 Axe of the Dead troops to level up.

To upgrade three Great Pyramids required 150,000 resources…

To upgrade 61 elite bandaged mummies to rare required 80,000 units of resources...

To upgrade 15 Axe of the Dead required 180,000 resources…

Four hundred ten thousand resources in total...

[Great Pyramid (Elite 3-stars) -- Using 10 elite-level desert camp troop lair cores, you can upgrade to Rare 3-stars. Do you want to upgrade?]

"Confirmed."

[Axe of the Dead (Rare 3-stars) -- Using 4,000 gold coins, 4,000 units of wood, and 4,000 units of iron ore to Rare 3-stars. Do you want to upgrade?]

The Black Gold System lights up when an upgrade was successful.

The resources Richard had accumulated over the past few days had bottomed out again.

But the strength in his hands had also become intense because of his hard work.

[Bandaged Mummy: 61 (Rare 3-stars)]

[Poisonous Scorpion Warrior: 27 (Rare 3-stars)]

[Cursed Pharaoh: 5 (Rare 3-stars)]

[Axe of the Dead: 20 (Rare 3-stars)]

Nine squads of rare soldiers and two squads of rare soldiers!

The total troop strength was 113 people.

Richard looked at the mighty troop in the front yard of the Lord's mansion and felt excited.

This was the troop that he forged. It was more than ten times stronger compared to half and a month ago!

He felt a great sense of accomplishment.

[Ding~ The bandaged mummy's basic attack research is successful. It has solidified into the territory characteristic. You can go to the blacksmith shop and freely increase the basic attack of the bandaged mummy.]

Richard was a little surprised when he heard the system's notification.

'Did Adele successfully research and develop it?'

"Hahahaha… Damn, this is truly good news!"

He immediately brought the bandaged mummy to the blacksmith's shop.

Just as he walked to the door, Adele pushed the door open with a long copper hammer on her back.

When she saw him, the exhausted girl immediately perked up and said excitedly, "Lord Richard! I've already figured out how to strengthen the bandaged mummy's attack!"

"Praise the god of blacksmiths. The gods have inspired me!"

Richard laughed loudly.

"Adele, I believe more that it's because of your intelligence… It's been hard on you during this period. I'll give you a few days of a long vacation. Come back to work when you've rested."

Adele shook her head like a rattle-drum.

"No, my Lord. I like this job. I don't want to rest for so long. I can work tomorrow. I've tested on the mummy you gave me before..."

As Adele spoke, she ordered the apprentice in the blacksmith shop to bring out the bandaged mummy she had studied for the past few days.

At this moment, the bandaged mummy hadn't leveled up yet. It was still an elite-level mummy. However, one of the skills on its body had changed quite a bit.

[Enhanced Sharp Claw Tear (E-rank) -- Finger sharpness increases by 50%, sturdiness increases by 50%.]

Richard opened the rare-level bandaged mummy's attributes.

[Sharp Claw Tear (D-rank) -- Finger sharpness increases by 40%, sturdiness increases by 40%.]

'Damn it, after the enhancement, the attributes of E-rank skills were even higher than D-rank skills.'

He purposely had the two bandaged mummies stretch out their shriveled palms to compare.

The bandaged mummies' arms seemed to have been fused with steel, that gave off a metallic luster. Even if one had not tried it before, one could feel its sturdiness.

The five fingers of the palms were even more different. After they have been irrigated with metal, they were as sharp as daggers. And their appearance was extremely ferocious.

Those that had not been strengthened were pronouncedly inferior, and their sharpness had indeed decreased.

Richard was in a blissful frame of mind.

"Adele, apart from you, is there anyone else who can strengthen the bandaged mummy's attack?"

"I've already taught all the skills in this to the apprentices in the blacksmith's shop. Everyone can..."

"How long does it take to strengthen a bandaged mummy?"

"Twenty minutes to half an hour. It depends on the blacksmith's proficiency."

"Okay, you go back and rest first. Ask the others to strengthen all the bandaged mummies for me tonight.

"Tomorrow, I'm going out to conquer a powerful gathering place for the field troop!"

"I'm not tired. I'll stay here and supervise..."

"Adele, obey the order!"

"Lord, I..."

"Um?"

"Yes, Lord..."

After Richard chased the exhausted girl back to rest, he couldn't wait to go to the forging area.

He watched the blacksmiths strengthen the mummies.

The blacksmiths melted the pots of steel and cooled them at different times. Then, they added some of its dark metal materials and mixed them.

After the blacksmiths did the red molten iron, they let the bandaged mummy go over and placed its arms on the operating table.

They poured the molten iron down gradually.

The substance sizzled.

A stinky smell evaporated that made Richard feel extremely nauseous.

However, under his gaze, the molten iron not only did not burn the bandaged mummy.

Instead, it fused with their arms and gradually reflected the luster of the metal.

The entire process was meticulous, and it seemed to be full of fantasy. It was not scientific at all.

Only dead creatures could do this. They could have collapsed due to the intense pain if they were humans.

Richard immediately opened its attributes panel when they fortified the first bandaged mummy.

[Bandaged Mummy]

[Level: 5 (Elite soldier, strength increases by 15%.)]

[Potential: Rare 3-stars]

[Skills: Body of Death (D-rank) -- Strength increased by 50%. No fear of pain, no fear of death, and immune to poison and plague.]

[Corpse Bandage (D-rank) -- Reduces physical damage by 40%. The bandage carries plague. The infected person will enter a weakened state, and all stats will be reduced by 30%. If not treated, they will gradually die.]

[Sharp Claw Tearing (D-rank) -- Finger sharpness increased by 70%. Sturdiness increased by 70%.]

[Desertification-Sand Transformation: (C-rank) -- It reduces 99% of physical damage. It can devour yellow sand to recover from injuries. It can last for 5 minutes. (Cooldown Time: 2 hours).]

[Race Talent: When fighting in the desert, stamina and recovery speed of injuries will be increased by 50%.]

[Fetter-Mummy: When the number of mummies is greater than 10, the strength of all mummies will be increased by 10%.]

[When the number of mummies is greater than 30, strength will be increased by 20%.]

[When the number of mummies is greater than 50, the strength will be increased by 30%.]

[Furthermore, the infection rate of the plague will increase by 30%. The negative effects of the mummies will increase by 30%.]

Gray had brought the bandaged mummies out to hunt these past few days and raised their levels to 5.

The fortification has improved the skill attribute of Sharp Claws Tearing. These attributes increased the sharpness and sturdiness of the mummy's fingers from 40% to 70%.

It was stronger than ever!

The sharp claws that reflected the cold light constantly reminded outsiders that they were not easy to trifle with.

Richard laughed out loud as he gazed at the mummy's razor-sharp claws.

'Was this the true value of Adele?

'A-rank heroes were indeed extraordinary… And this was only the beginning. If she continued to strengthen them… When the bandaged mummy has the elite, rare, advanced, or even special-level attack... How powerful would it be? And how terrifying bonuses can other troops get?'