The bandaged mummies of the nine units were a gift from the start, while Richard carefully selected the rest.
They all had great potential and outstanding merits.
Short-range cavalry, air force, spellcasters, archers, they had everything.
However, this did not mean Richard was satisfied with the current configuration of Twilight City.
After the battle test, he found that not all troops were as effective as he had thought.
There was still a lot of room for improvement and reinforcement.
They were like Giant Axe Death Knights.
This cavalryman with a giant battle axe was sturdy.
However, the contribution of this troop type was low even though it had led troops in so many battles.
What did cavalrymen need? Charge!
It smashed all the enemies in front of it.
The battle style of Twilight City had always been to use their superior firepower to suppress the enemy. And then annihilate them when they had the absolute advantage.
Such tactics were carried out thoroughly with the help of the undead soldiers of Axe of the Dead and the sand condensation archers, in addition to the cooperation of the air force.
This put the Giant Axe Death Knight in an awkward position.
If it charged at the very beginning, it would undoubtedly cause great damage to himself.
However, it would make no difference if they attacked later.
Also, after getting used to the mobility of the flying units, the Giant Axe Death Knight’s inability to maneuver over long distances undoubtedly lowered Richard’s opinion of them.
The other units that didn’t have a high sense of existence had a similar problem.
Richard thought for a moment, then sighed.
“It’s a long way to go.”
“I’ll have to adjust my thoughts in the future. What I need to change the most is the configuration of the troop. I have to make the structure of the entire troop more in line with the battle style of Twilight City.”
“Secondly, we need to improve our tactics and use all the troops. We can’t just develop the air force.”
“If we rely too much on a single unit, the consequences will be fatal if an accident happens.”
In the dungeon, the sky arena’s no-fly restriction had put Twilight City in an awkward position.
After a long while, Richard finally focused on his favorite troop type. The Axe of the Dead.
Since the birth of this powerful troop, they had firmly occupied the top position of Twilight City with their explosive battle power.
One cannot push Axe of the Dead down even with the appearance of the skeleton blood dragon.
However, as the enemies that Twilight City faced became increasingly more robust, it exposed the weakness of this troop type.
Its low mobility and short attack range were all flaws that one could not ignore.
His first choice for the fusion of troops was the Axe of the Dead.
But what kind of troop could be matched with the Axe of the Dead?
Richard’s eyes shifted to the Dark Gargoyle lair.
Similarly, after Richard obtained the Dark Gargoyle lair from the single-player dungeon, this unit initially became the main force, but unknowingly became a mount.
This also explained many problems.
They were strong in a close battle, but Richard wouldn’t launch the first attack against a powerful enemy.
This was because it would often cause additional losses.
He had always liked to use the least effort to exchange for the greatest results.
The dark gargoyles’ strengths are their agility and strong defense. Especially their immunity to magic, which makes this troop class even more valuable.
“Its weakness is its short arms, so it can only fight in close combat.”
The strength of the undead soldiers of the Axe of the Dead lies in its terrifying destructive power. Its area-of-effect skill, Tomahawk Smash, makes it a well-deserved violent troop.
“Its weakness is its short range, slow movement, and average survival ability.
“If I can combine these two types of troops …”
Richard took a closer look at the properties of the crystal with that in mind.
Fusion crystal–can fuse two types of troops. After fusion, it will be solidified into a territory characteristic, which can retain the features of the two troops and be strengthened.
After a successful fusion, you can spend rare resources to fuse all the similar soldier-type lairs in your territory.
[Restriction:
1. Extremely high chance of failure when fusing soldiers from different camps
2. The troops integrated must be of the same level and potential.
3. The fusion process is irreversible.]
Richard decided without hesitation.
Out of all the military units, these two were the most suitable.
With a thought.
The system’s notification quietly rang.
[Ding~ You have chosen a Dead Stone Statue and a Dark Stone Gargoyle. Do you want to use the fusion crystal to merge the two?]
“I’m sure.”
The moment he made his choice…
The fusion crystal in his hand suddenly shattered and turned into a bright light that merged into the two troop lairs in front of him.
The two adjacent troop-type lairs emitted a blinding white light in the next second.
The already dark sky seemed to have two suns that rose.
A brilliant light erupted.
The two lairs were like candles where a flame pressed them and began to melt under the power of the fusion crystal.
Richard observed the situation closely. The two melted lairs slowly flowed and intertwined with each other. They turned into a squirming jelly.
A few minutes later, the troop-type lair had wholly merged into one. The molten energy slowly condensed into a new troop-type lair.
It was a house made of stone, about six meters tall.
Sharp battle tomahawks filled the walls outside the stone house, just like the wooden cabin with tomahawks.
If one looked carefully, one could vaguely see a ferocious gargoyle’s shadow carved on the wall filled with tomahawks.
It combined the two lairs in this unique way.
A system notification rang, followed by the last ray of light that dimmed.
[Ding~ The Axe of the Dead and the Dark Gargoyle have completed their fusion. It gave birth to a new troop type–the Stone Statue of the Dead. You can now recruit new soldiers from the lair.]
Richard’s eyes lit up with excitement.
He quickly opened the attributes panel of the troop-type lair in front of him.
[Stone Statue of the Dead Lair]
[Level: Glorious 3-stars]
[Available Troops: Stone Statue of the Dead (Glorious 3-stars)
[Available Recruitable Quantity: 20]
[Weekly Production: 10]
[Recruitment Requirements: 100 units of gemstones, 100 units of crystals]
[Introduction: A nest formed by the fusion of two types of troops. It’s very rare.]
Richard’s anticipation grew as he looked at the base’s stats.
The stone statue of the dead. One could tell from the name that it combined two types of troops.
He didn’t know if this new soldier type’s attributes would be as he wished. And if he could make up for his shortcomings with its strong points.
Richard chose to recruit with a mighty look of anticipation.
At this moment.
A rock-like pale gray light rose from the Stone Statue of the Dead lair in front of him.
The light quickly condensed in the stone house.
A vague figure appeared in the air.
After a few breaths, the shadow condensed into a body and walked out of the stone house. Then, he took a tomahawk from the wall.
When he held the battle tomahawk in its hand, countless chains condensed out of thin air and tightly wrapped around its arm.
The fusion gave birth to the stone statue of the dead.
Richard’s eyes brightened at the sight of the new unit.
Its body was strong, and it was more than three meters tall. Its aura was indescribably fierce.
A pair of brown wings was on its back. Like it was carved out of rock.
On the surface of the stone statue of the dead, pieces of stone armor that looked like dragon scales appeared.
It was a piece of armor that had grown out of the body. It was no longer a piece of worn armor. It was entirely black and supremely soul-crushing.
Its arms were thick and soul-devouring. It held the battle tomahawk firmly with chains wrapped around it. Once it threw the battle tomahawk, it would cause hyperbolic damage.
The eyes were empty, and the soul fire burned in the head.
The stone statue of the dead was indeed worthy of its name. It was a stone statue driven by the soul of the dead.
From the looks of it, this new troop type had entirely inherited the physical characteristics of the Axe of the Dead and the Dark Gargoyle lair.
He opened the attribute panel.
[Stone Statue of the Dead]
[Level 9]
[Potential: Glorious 3-stars]
[Skill:
1. Dead Stone Body (B-rank) — Its special body structure makes the dead stone statue immune to magic damage and instant-death skills. At the same time, the piercing and armor-piercing damage it receives is reduced by 50%. It can receive evil-type buffs.
2. Mad Battle Tomahawk Slaughter (B-rank) — Within 80 meters, the user can throw the battle tomahawk to attack the enemy. It causes tons of magic damage. At the same time, the user can pull the battle tomahawk with the chain on the arm to attack continuously. The user has exquisite control over the battle tomahawk.
3. Explosive Battle Tomahawk Shatterer (B-rank) — After it throws the battle tomahawk, it will explode into pieces. It causes tons of magic damage to enemies within a 30-meter diameter. The Battle Tomahawk Shatterer will cause a second explosion after it hit the enemy. Its strong penetrating power causes physical damage. The shatterer has an instant-death effect.
4. Dead Colossus (B-rank) — Able to transform into a Dead Colossus. Body size increases by 200%. Defense increases by 600%. It recovers 20% of life every minute. Additional special effect–life steal. Each attack can convert 30% of the damage dealt to the user’s. Life Duration: 30 minutes, Cooldown Time: 120 minutes
5. Steel Destroyer (B-rank) — Strength increased by 70%. Battle tomahawk sharpness increased by 70%. Durability increased by 70%. Penetration increased by 70%.
6. Rapid Flight (B-rank) — Agility and speed increase by 70% during flight.]
[Race Talent: After something breaks the battle tomahawk, it can condense again with energy. As long as an enemy does not destroy the soul, the user will not die.]
[Fetter-Battle Tomahawk: After it throws the battle tomahawk, the damage dealt is increased by 60%. There is a 30% chance to trigger the instant-death skill–Soul Slash, which directly kills the enemy. The higher the enemy’s level, the lower the trigger chance.]
[Introduction: A half-undead, half-constructed life form specially synthesized. It has a soul-devouring attack power.]
“Awesome!”
Joy shrouded Richard’s eyes.
The attributes of the stone statue of the dead entirely inherited the characteristics of the two types of troops, and it even gave them a vast boost.
Six B-rank skills, one race talent, and one [fetter]. None of them were weak.
Richard valued the fetter the most–the Axe of the Dead’s original skill was limited to a range with–a chance to cause instant death damage.
At this point, it had evolved to the point where a throw of the battle tomahawk could cause instant death damage. There was no distance limit.
At the same time, the Tomahawk Smash skill also received a considerable boost.
Initially, the Battle Tomahawk Shatter only dealt tons of damage. Now it had a 30% chance of triggering an instant death effect. It simply overpowered…
Richard could not hide the smile on his face.
Although it was two in one, the battle power of the stone statue was mightier than the Axe of the Dead and the Dark Gargoyle lair combined.
The fusion crystal… It was simply a divine artifact!
What satisfied him most was that this new soldier type had already solidified into a territory specialty.
In the future, if he obtained the Axe of the Dead and the Dark Gargoyle troop lair, he could directly consume rare resources to fuse them without the need for a fusion crystal.
This wave of blood was f*cking worth it.
He looked at the two remaining fusion gemstones in his hand.
Richard’s mouth was wide open.
He had to take a few deep breaths to suppress the excitement in his heart.
“No, there’s no good troop type worth synthesizing anymore.”
“I’ll go buy a few more powerful troops first. I can’t waste the fusion crystals.”
He composed himself and looked at the troop lairs in front of him. He waved his hand and summoned all the stone statues of the dead.
It consumed 2,000 units of gemstones and crystals each.
After the fusion, he could no longer recruit with ordinary resources. He could only recruit with two rare resources–gemstones and crystals.
In other words, it would produce ten stone statues of the dead every week. And each lair would require 2,000 units of rare resources in the future.
Richard’s excitement subsided a little at the thought.
In the future, when there are more high-level troops, the recruitment costs alone will be astronomical.
However, when he looked at the several stone statue of the dead neatly arranged and had fierce auras…
The corners of his mouth curled up again.
Any price would be worth it with such a troop!
The yellow sand light on his body surged out.
It directly enveloped the new troop type in front of him.
It gave them the iconic skill of the Twilight City-Sand Transformation.
As a result, the stone statue of the dead had two powerful life-saving skills–the Dead Colossus and Sand Transformation.
Its survival ability was close to a freakish level.
Richard finally understood why all high-level soldiers were so durable. Each skill was more potent than the last.
He seemed to have thought of something and opened the unit-type panel.
It had been seven days since the last time he upgraded the troop-type lair.
He could use the Black Gold System to continue upgrading.
However, he only had around 16 million in ordinary resources left.
He could only upgrade three based on the 5 million required for each level up.
On the other hand, he still had close to 200,000 rare resources.
After some thought, he spent 5 million ordinary resources to buy 10,000 troop lairs and upgraded one of the Axe of the Dead’s troops to Glorious 3-stars.
In the new fusion panel, he fused the remaining dark gargoyle troop-type.
[Ding~ Do you want to use 5,000 crystals to fuse two soldier-type lairs?]
[Each fusion required 5,000 crystals… Compared to the attributes, this price was not considered high.]
Confirmation.
Then, he chose.
The fusion of the two units was successful.
Richard didn’t hesitate to recruit another 20 stone statues of the dead.
This way, there were four small teams in this new troop type.
It was flexible and had a strong attack power. At the same time, it also had an overpowering defensive ability.
It was as if he could use the perfect troop type to describe the stone statue of the dead.
The only regret was the previously recruited units could not be integrated.
Richard didn’t hesitate.
He recruited all the production he had accumulated over the past two weeks.
All of a sudden, The resources on the attribute panel dropped drastically all of a sudden.
On the other hand, the strength of the Twilight City troops had soared.
Rare troop type–30, 45, 21, 7, 21, 50, 25, 5
Mummy Guardian 360→390,
Axe of the Dead 380→425
Bandaged Mummy 84→105
Scorpion Warrior 78→85
Giant Axe Death Knight 198→219
Sand Condensation Archer 400→450
Yellow Sand Mage 225-> 250
Cursed Pharaoh 45→50
Glorious units–Dark Gargoyle→240,
Axe of the Dead→70
Stone Statue of the Dead→40
Heavy Sword Warrior→ 20.
Crown troop type–Skeleton Blood Dragon→30
He had recruited 204 rare units. Each unit was 12,000 units of resources, and it consumed 2,448,000 resources.
In addition, it will cost five million to upgrade the Axe of the Dead troop-type lair from elite to rare.
Out of the 16 million resources, he had only a little more than 8 million left.
Rare resources: gemstones, 9000 crystals, 4000 crystals.
[Remaining: 41,000 gemstones, 46,000 crystals, 50,000 mercury, 50,000 sulfur]
It was the current total number of resources.
Richard’s head began to throb.
He had enough rare resources for now, but he lacked ordinary resources.
Eight million seemed like a lot. But it was only enough to upgrade a troop-type lair…
Richard shook his head. He didn’t think much about it. After he bestowed Sand Transformation to his subordinates, he sent the troop to report to Gray.
He had already given up on capturing resource points in the wild.
The barren desert did not allow him to develop like this.
The benefits of hunting gradually decreased due to the increase in Twilight City’s thirst for resources.
He would have been stuck with resources for a long time if he had not developed the underground world.
He would have to start from the underground world and establish the trading system of Twilight City if he wanted to earn more resources.
It was far more challenging to earn resources from trade than hunting.
The treasures he obtained now could develop the industries in Twilight City.
There were plenty of resources and treasures. A dark crystal could increase potential, and an enhanced crystal could directly upgrade a hero’s skill to extraordinary.
All of these increased the difficulty of earning resources through underground trade, which was far better than hunting.
These were all top-notch treasures that could increase one’s foundation.
They were top-tier treasures.