Chapter 49: Holy Shit! Richard Struck Gold!
Chapter 49 (Corrected)
[Name: Layla Brune
Race: Human
Allegiance: Lord Roy Vanders
Level: 6
Strength: 9
Agility: 12
Constitution: 11
Wisdom (Mutated!): 10
Ether Unit: 30
Skills: Administration Rights (SS), Divine Instructor (SS), Weapon Handsman (A)]
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[Name: Ethan Snow
Race: Human
Allegiance: Lord Roy Vanders
Level: 10
Strength: 16
Agility: 14
Defense (Mutated!): 18
Mental (Mutated!): 12
Mental Wave (Mutated!): 24
Skills: Nano Bionic Bot Summon (S), Undead Cybertronics Summon (SS), Sky Scrapping Mega Mecha’s Summon (SSS), Divine Augmented Immortal Summon (SSS)]
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This... these guys... what were they on!
Roy staggered to his control recliner, his curiosity hungering for more details.
The first lady was somewhat acceptable, with her having only one mutated stat and a few eye-catching skills. But the second guy???
Roy couldn’t even begin to understand how Richard got his hands on such gems. This was the first person apart from himself that he had seen with a Triple-S class skill!
Not only that — he had three whole mutated stats! Three!
If he was to put this guy in an attribute class, he was meant to be a summoner, right? But what were these summons?
*What do you mean Undead Cybertronics?!
What do you mean Sky Scrapping Mega Mecha’s?!
What do you mean Divine Augmented Immortal?!*
This guy’s skill set was the definition of undead blended with cyberpunk and a hint of eastern mysticism.
As he sat, he quickly navigated the detailed inspection setting...
It took every fiber of self-control in his body to hold himself back from reacting in an unsightly manner to what he was reading. He was a Lord before his subordinates, after all, and he had to imprint an impressive first impression.
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[Administration Rights (SS): Allows user to gain a default administration right on joining a territory. User gains divine, almost omnipotent control over recruits, territory management, and other strategic resources...]
Roy had to re-read it twice before he was sure this wasn’t a trick of his eyes.
His brow furrowed. Wouldn’t such an ability clash with the Lord? Having such control over a territory wasn’t something a Lord would be comfortable with.
But thankfully, the system, reading his worries, quickly cleared misconceptions.
[Host need not worry about such. Administration Rights is a skill that functions outside the system, so naturally ultimate control over territory still resides with the Lord. But granting some exclusive privileges to such an individual could boost their capacity to help their skill show its true potential.]
Roy finally heaved a sigh of relief. He wouldn’t want to be facing a coup anytime soon — no one could know what changes an individual might undergo once they had a taste of power.
He decided to restrict this lady’s rights to influence his territory until he got a good understanding of her as an individual.
He moved on to the next skill.
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[Divine Instructor (SS): User becomes the ultimate trainer, one that breeds heroes and great legends. Under your tutelage, no army can be mediocre.]
Roy gulped hard. Now this skill... he had no issue with.
He glanced at her in a new light, his expression disposing of its previous wariness and shamelessly switching to appreciation.
This lady was hot CAKE!
Most Lords, early or newcomers, would die to have someone with such a unique skill in their ranks.
With such a person, didn’t that mean an unlimited supply of cream-of-the-crop elite soldiers?
No wonder the guards he had met so far showed such discipline — she most likely had something to do with it.
His breath quickened, his mind filled with expectations. One had to keep in mind that he had only left home for around four days. Meaning in less than this amount of time, she had drilled these recruits to this level...
It left one thinking — what about in a month? Six months? A year?
He licked his lips with anticipation. Suddenly, he didn’t feel so reluctant about giving her some exclusive privileges. Somehow, she felt... a bit more trustworthy.
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He shifted his focus to the main protagonist of the day...
[Nano Bionic Bot Summon (SS): With little helpers, be invincible in daily life! User can summon Nano Bots the size of a grain of sand. 1 Unit of Mental Wave = 999,999,999,999 bots.
Note: Bots are not durable enough for battle and are more suited for ultra-fast building construction, hyper item manufacturing, and healing capabilities.]
As if the first wasn’t broken enough... now he understood why Richard immediately made them Captains.
Wait, something isn’t right. How can Richard get hold of such a talent?
He felt this luck streak was a bit too long.
First was Richard, then Alpha, Ashley, Dio, and now these two? And there was still one out there — only God knew how much more broken that guy was.
This was a normal human thought process when one starts becoming too lucky — they start feeling uncomfortable.
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Before he continued further inspection, he inquired, "How did you guys meet with Richard? How did that guy get to you?"
Hearing this question, the two newly appointed Captains glanced at each other. Then the lady, Captain Layla, replied:
"Ah, about that, my Lord... it was the doing of the third new comrade, Jake. He reached out to us from where we were far away and brought us here..."
Roy raised a brow curiously. "He reached out to you guys? Did you all know each other or something?"
This time it was Ethan who replied. "Well, no, we don’t. I assume Jake was recruited by Richard through the conventional recruitment page system. And it so happened that Jake had a skill that allowed him to scout for talented Hunters and issue them an offer to come under his Lord’s banner. If accepted, no matter the distance, they would directly appear before the outpost..."
That was possible? Roy was beside himself with bewilderment.
Now he understood why the recruit had said Richard put all resources into recruiting K-9 units. It turned out that human resources weren’t a problem anymore with such an individual around.
He would still have to wait for Jake’s arrival to understand more about this mysterious ability.
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Putting that behind his mind, he glanced at the rest of Ethan’s skills.
[Undead Cybertronics Summon (SS): Who said undead couldn’t be augmented? User can summon Cybertronic Augmented Shells. 5 Mental Wave Units = 1 Undead Cybertronic.
Note: Undead Cybertronic strength depends on the amount of Mental Wave used for each summon. The minimum Mental Wave required is stated above.
Warning: Undead Cybertronics are husks who have long lost humanity, leaving behind only a command-ready control AI.]
[Sky Scrapping Mega Mecha Summon (SSS): Battling a titan naturally requires another titan! User summons a towering construct, a work that signifies the pinnacle technology of the lost past. 250 Mental Wave = 1 Mecha.
Note: It can be donned, and strength depends on the amount of Mental Wave used for the summon. The minimum Mental Wave required has been stated above.]
[Divine Augmented Immortal Summon (SSS): Call forth an undying! User can summon the ultimate cyborg, a divine amalgamation — a forbidden integration of metal and flesh, of algorithm and soul. 999 Mental Wave is the minimum requirement to summon this single being.
Note: The more Mental Wave used, the more of its true power it can manifest.
Warning: This is a sentient being. Treat with caution!]
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After reading, Roy actually felt pity for Ethan...