Chapter 162 Pioneer: Behemoth Killer
In other words, after stripping away the wisdom technique, Xu Lai can learn up to two specializations, and the quota is extremely limited.
If the witch who gave Xu Lai the potion had appeared here, Xu Lai might have gone berserk on the spot, because after checking the information, he found many specializations that were of great help in actual combat.
For example, ballistics is a huge help in sieges and long-range, navigation skills necessary for water warfare and naval battles, first aid skills that can save lives at critical moments, magic power that makes spells more powerful, and greatly increases magic power. Upper limit of intelligence.
Others include pathfinding, which is extremely useful in special terrain, luck, which gives troops a chance to double their attacks, and so on.
With so many good abilities, Xu Lai was even more reluctant to invest in specializations that were not very helpful in combat.
However, learning ability is not a specialization that is of little help in combat. At least it can speed up Xu Lai's level improvement and improve his combat effectiveness in disguise.
If there were not restrictions on the number of specializations, Xu Lai would definitely choose learning ability.
But aren't there restrictions now? If there are restrictions, he can only give up the same as financial management. After all, financial management is also a disguised form of improving his combat effectiveness.
At level 15, Xu Lai chose [Advanced Leadership Technique]. The effect is that the morale of the whole army is +5, and he gets additional effects 2 and inspiration.
Inspire: Consumes 10 mana points to temporarily increase the morale of the entire army by 20 points (the morale effect is not triggered, is consumed first, and disappears after the battle). It can only be used once a day.
The advanced leadership skill once again increased morale by 2 points, and obtained a new additional effect of encouragement. Unfortunately, it was a temporary increase and did not trigger the morale effect. Otherwise, Xu Lai would have used encouragement directly from the beginning.
At level 16, what appeared in front of Xu Lai were advanced offensive techniques and elementary wisdom techniques.
He still has no way to learn spells, and he is fighting against the stronghold camp, so he directly chooses advanced offensive techniques.
[Advanced Offensive Technique]: Increases the damage caused by melee physical attacks by 30% of the entire army, and activates the additional effect of Offensive Technique 2. When a melee soldier kills a target, there is a 30% chance of attacking the enemy next to the target. The unit deals one damage.
Advanced offensive techniques once again gain a 10% increase in physical melee damage, which can at least offset the effects of Taloshi's advanced defensive techniques.
It is equivalent to neither side mastering the offensive and defensive skills.
At level 17, what appeared in front of Xu Lai were still two specialties, one old and the other old.
[Elementary Academic]: Allows heroes to learn magic from each other and be affected by Wisdom. Junior academics allow each other to learn level 1 magic.
This is a specialization effect that can increase Xu Lai's ability to learn spells. After mastering this ability, Xu Lai can use this ability to consult other heroes who have learned spells at any time.
Of course, others may not agree. At this time, Xu Lai can also use the academic skills he has mastered to teach his spells to the other party for transactions, or agree to other conditions.
However, there are restrictions on the spells learned through this specialization. First, spells that exceed the specialization level cannot be learned. Second, they are also affected by the wisdom spells of both parties.
That is, the other party can teach you level 3 spells, but you don’t have the wisdom spell, so you can’t teach them, and vice versa.
There is nothing to say about this specialization. Xu Lai hesitated for a moment and gave up. After all, spells can be learned in other ways, and specialization can only be obtained by upgrading, and there is an upper limit on the number.
The old specialization is the diplomacy that Xu Lai has been waiting for for a long time, and finally appeared in front of him again.
[Intermediate Diplomacy]: Increase the probability of joining neutral troops, reduce the amount of ransom payment, and gain a "friendly" level of basic favorability when visiting the righteous camp.
Neutral troops that are weaker than you have a 40% chance of joining you (the smaller the military strength gap between the two sides, the higher the probability of making additional requests; the higher the friendship between the two sides, the higher the chance of joining you.)
When you are captured, the ransom paid is automatically reduced by 40%.
Activate the special effects of diplomacy 1. Persuasion. When your suggestions, conditions, etc. are not adopted, the friendship between you and the person you persuade will not be reduced. It will only take effect once within a certain period of time. (The basic success rate is determined by factors such as the friendship between the two parties, the difference in reputation, the content of the proposal, etc.)
Intermediate diplomacy will undoubtedly have a higher success rate. If Xu Lai had obtained this intermediate diplomacy earlier, he would have been specially selected by him. The large group of heavy infantry left until the end should be able to succeed in diplomacy.
In addition, the intermediate diplomacy has an additional effect of not losing favor if persuasion fails. Xu Lai can't see where he needs to use this thing for the time being.
The last thing that Xu Lai needs to deal with is the last reward obtained in this settlement, and it is also the reward that Xu Lai attaches most importance to.
The flag is something that every hero will automatically carry when he comes.
Although in the eyes of Xu Lai and others, flags have no special classification, they are neither equipment nor treasures.
But in the empire's data, flags are classified as treasures, and the effect is indeed comparable.
Even Xu Lai's original heroic flag has a morale bonus of 1 point for the entire army, which is equivalent to a courage amulet, or a characteristic of the paladin.
The key point is that it does not have the property of a treasure, that is, anyone can carry it. From this aspect, its applicability is much stronger than that of a treasure, and so is its price.
The pioneer flag given to him by Count Aini did not have any special decoration, but it was the most precious item in Count Aini's treasure house. Pierce asked for this flag. Count Aini didn't say anything on his face, but he actually hated Xu Lai in his heart.
However, this pioneer flag is far from comparable to the King Behemoth flag given by the Beast King.
According to the stronghold information given by Duer to Xu Lai, the blood essence of ninety-nine and eighty-one Behemoth beasts was used to draw this royal flag.
Like human angels, adult Beamon is a noble seventh-level creature. Its most well-known characteristic is that it ignores 40% of the physical defense ability of the attacked person.
This is not the most egregious thing. The most egregious one is the 8th-level Behemoth, which directly ignores 80% of the physical defense ability of the person being attacked. The highest-level ghost Behemoth directly ignores all physical defenses. .
For example, the Paladins of the Empire, the Millennium Tree Spirits of the Barrier, the Boulder Elementals of the Elements, the Diamond Man of the Tower, etc. are all famous for their physical defense capabilities.
However, in Beamon's eyes, these units are no different from ordinary farmers. They are just that farmers can catch one at a time. These units have more health points and may only cost two more claws.
Therefore, Beamon has always been nicknamed the King of Land Battles.
Behemoth has high offensive and defensive capabilities, is huge in size, and is a high-level unit that can be mass-produced. It should be no less powerful than tanks in modern society.
It's a pity that Xu Lai can't build tanks. It's hard to match the physics and chemistry knowledge in this world.
Getting back to the subject, the most important raw material of the Behemoth King Flag is the essence and blood of the Behemoth. This flag naturally has the special effects of the Behemoth.
It’s just that the special effect of King Behemoth’s flag is half weaker than the 40% of adult Behemoth, only 20%.
Of course, even this 20% is still a very powerful ability. If combined with armor-piercing arrows, then not all of the rangers under his command are Behemoths, or they are long-range Behemoths.
Compared with this characteristic, 20 attack points naturally makes Xu Lai particularly envious. With these 20 attack points, the level 1 militiamen, level 2 infantry and the like under his command are basically equivalent to an improvement of one level. Two levels.
Even for high-level units such as Paladins and Great Knights, 20 attack points is not a small number, especially when they charge, this number may have to be increased to 50 or 60 points.
On the contrary, Xu Lai didn't care much about the basic attributes. It was just a couple of extra points of morale. He just happened to have upgraded his first-level leadership skill, so he could just as well have been deprived of it as well.
Unfortunately, this flag is only effective for soldiers in the stronghold camp. If it could also be effective for his own side, Xu Lai would only find a way to repair the flagpole of this flag.
20 attack points and ignoring 20% defense, Xu Lai did not hesitate for too long before choosing the latter. The former has wider applicability, but the latter is more terrifying for some units, especially high-level units.
You must know that this world is the real world, and there is no forced harm as the game calls it.
Sometimes if you don't break the defense, even if you have a group of warriors besieging you forever and starving the enemy to death, you still won't be able to defeat the opponent's life.
Xu Lai’s Pioneer Flag was still intact on both the flagpole and the flag surface despite Pierce’s violent use, which fully demonstrates that the materials used to make them are not simple.
Before, it was stained with blood. After the battle was settled, the entire flag became brand new again.
After Xu Lai chose to deprive it, the Behemoth beast on the Behemoth King's flag disappeared little by little in front of Xu Lai's eyes.
It was replaced by Xu Lai's vanguard flag. The size of the flag did not change, but the charging knights became smaller and smaller, and the lance originally held in his arms had been thrust out at this time.
When the Behemoth on King Behemoth's flag completely disappeared, the knight on the vanguard flag had already shot a huge Behemoth in the body.
Even though this knight is riding a tall horse, it is still only about one-third the size of the Behemoth on the flag.
Xu Lai narrowed his eyes and suddenly remembered that when he first obtained this flag, he asked Pierce if he could redraw a pattern himself.
His previous flag had no pattern, but he knew that all the nobles in the world had badges and special patterns that represented their status. Xu Lai also wanted to follow suit, and he had even chosen a target.
A giant oriental dragon represents his identity as a descendant of Yan and Huang, the descendant of the dragon.
However, Pierce told him that the pattern of a flag cannot be drawn casually, especially a flag with identity and special effects. The pattern often represents the past honors of the owner of the flag.
A person who has not personally slain a dragon is not qualified to carry a flag with a dragon pattern, unless there is a dragon slayer among his ancestors.
The knight who originally charged on the vanguard flag now became the knight who stabbed Beamon to death, and the name of the flag also changed because of this.
[Vanguard's Behemoth Killer]: Flag, the morale of the entire army +3. When the flag bearer or hero is in the first echelon of the battle, the morale of the entire army will be an additional +10, the charge speed of the entire army will be increased by an additional 15%, and all enemy units will be ignored by 20 % defense.
(End of this chapter)