Chapter 192 Advancement I
Richard walked away, leaving Latour and Hogan in a dilemma. If you don't pursue Richard, you have nothing to do, chase it, the mobility of Richard's troops can be comparable to that of horse bandits, and the bloodstained land is so big, how can you catch up?
Walking through the red earth of the Bloodstained Lands, breathing in the familiar spicy and fiery winds, Richard seemed to return to the days of months ago when he fought with Sarenwell.
Until now, he didn't know who his opponent was that day, only that apart from Sinclair, it was the enemy he felt the most suffocated. And unlike Sinclair, who relied on a strong force to crush him, that enemy almost cornered Richard by simply relying on a group of loose horse bandits. It was in that wolf-pack-like pursuit and strangulation that Richard grew rapidly in command and control of the battlefield.
As soon as he stepped on this red land, Richard felt the blood belonging to Akmund faintly cheering in the depths of his body. It was a fiery, bloodthirsty, and cruel bloodline that called out to Richard, inciting him to destroy a qiē enemy in his path with a thunderous blow.
Richard's army marched in silence.
Nearly four hundred Sand Folk Knights, and nearly a hundred Barbarian warriors, followed by one hundred and twenty phalanx of Grenadiers, led by four elite Throwers. Behind, a supply convoy of ten light trucks, laden with water and food. The team marches at the speed of a trotting of ordinary soldiers, which is considered a marching speed in an ordinary army, but only an ordinary speed in Richard's group of warriors. This little disparity will become especially evident over time in war.
On the march, Richard sat on his horse and walked with the troops. His riding skills are already very profound, and he can be regarded as a rare alternative among magicians.
However, the archmages of Norland often have their own special mounts, and the worst can be to use an animal pacification spell to make the most explosive war horse tame and obedient. In this respect, the magicians of Faro are much worse, magic is still noble and lucrative, it seems incredible to use it to obtain the convenience of life, and personal enjoyment is still achieved by ordinary things.
In Faro's army, the Grand Magician mostly traveled by chariot and had a high demand for marching comfort. In terms of mobility, he is not at the same level as Richard.
During the march, Richard suddenly received the consciousness of the brood. He sent a few tusks to bring almost all the mana crystals to the brood, and since then the brood has fallen into a deep sleep in order to absorb the energy of the mana crystals and advance to the fifth rank.
"Master, the magic crystals that were delivered last time have all been absorbed, and now the promotion is complete. You've been able to make adjustments to my ability evolution. The brood then sent a bunch of information. After successfully advancing to the fifth order, the spiritual strength of the brood has become much stronger, and the communication with Richard has become much clearer. The distance of spiritual communication between it and Richard rose from 200 kilometers to 300 kilometers.
Richard was in good spirits and immediately checked the message he had received.
It seems that the promotion to level 5 is a bottleneck, and the brood can have quite a few special abilities after a successful promotion, one of which is to analyze their own promotion. In the process of moving from level 4 to level 5, the special unit Crimson Tron Zào played a crucial role, contributing almost two-thirds of the evolution required by the brood itself.
In the future advancements, the brood lists the elements that contribute the most, namely true god divinity, ancestral divinity, divine soul, powerful soul, powerful creatures, elemental items, magic crystals, etc. The amount of ordinary food needed to eat is almost zero, and the proportion of fighting units has dropped significantly. According to the current situation, the brood has been creating zào combat units around the clock, and it will take about five or six years to be promoted to the sixth rank.
Upgrading to the fifth order has greatly strengthened all the elements of the brood body, and the acid spit now covers a range of up to twenty meters, which can cause damage even in the face of giant poison that is very resistant to acid poison. The poison secreted by the brood itself is only a cut worse than that of the original manticore, and the ability to impact the spirit has also been greatly enhanced.
The Brood is now able to defeat most level 14 creatures if it is fought alone. Most warriors or mages below the Farro Sanctuary are helpless against the brood. And the brood is never alone.
The disadvantage of the single-mindedness of the promotion level is that the movement ability of the brood does not increase but decreases, and the current movement speed is only ten kilometers per hour. This is due to the fact that the brood is once again very large. Now the brood is ten meters tall and sixty meters long, and it is a behemoth in its size, even larger than some dragons.
Several new classes have been added to the Brood at level 5, but the only thing Richard desperately needs is a poisonous bat. This is a flying class, known for its speed, poison and quantity, and the brood can produce 30 nests per day. However, in the case of elite bats, there are only two in a day. Richard has his eye on the elite venomous bats.
Elite bats have about level eight or so in combat power, and ordinary birds of prey are no match for them at all. And unlike ordinary bats, their eyesight is also exceptionally developed, and elite bats have enhanced their eyesight. Elite bats can also be boosted an additional time, so that their eyesight does not drop much during the night, but their daily production becomes one.
Even if there is only one, it is an irreplaceable scout for Richard. Because elite combat units are able to soul link with him, they can transmit what they see and hear to Richard. The mental power of elite bats is not strong, and it is only effective for thirty kilometers. But in this era, immediate reconnaissance within a range of thirty kilometers is already extremely powerful.
So Richard immediately asked the mother nest to create four elite poisonous bats first, and then two elite night vision bats that strengthened their night vision ability, and then began to continue to look through the information.
After being promoted to level five, the magical energy left in the brood is only enough to add one new ability. On the main body, it has strengthened defense, increased magic defense shield, increased magic resistance, increased movement speed, increased acid spit strength and range, and can even develop a flying spike that can shoot up to 100 meters away. In this way, the mother's own combat power will be extremely strengthened. However, if there is a choice, then Richard will give preference to the option of increasing the ability of the creation unit.
While Richard was thinking, the brood, which had always been connected to his consciousness, said, "Master, you should probably consider upgrading the worker bees, or creating your own Zào combat unit." ”
Richard's heart moved, and he re-read the two pieces of information mentioned by the brood.