Chapter: Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Seeing the imposing aura of these soldiers, Xi Wei was already completely satisfied. They roared so loudly. He rubbed his ears and focused his gaze on one of the soldiers, bringing up the soldier’s information panel.
【Name: Zhang San】
【Identity: Crusader】
**【Strength: Swordsman Level 15 (11-20)】**
【Skills: Shield Bash, Array Momentum (Passive)】
【Equipment: Crusader Shield (Common), Crusader Long Sword (Common), Crusader Standard Armor (Common)】
【Eagle Territory Reputation: 1 (This soldier is willing to die for you)】
Xi Wei looked at the other soldiers and nodded with satisfaction, stroking his chin. The panels of these soldiers were quite ordinary, but their skills were particularly powerful. “Array Momentum” skills were special skills where the power increased with the number of people. The difference between Sharpshooters and Crusaders was that their skills changed to Piercing Sniping and Array Volley. And he didn’t need to name them, otherwise, if thousands of system-generated soldiers appeared, Xi Wei would have a headache just trying to name them all. “System, what happens to these soldiers when they die? Are they really dead?” Xi Wei was concerned about this. The soldiers looked very dull-eyed, and although they had flesh and blood, they seemed like robots. “Ding! After system soldiers die, their soul aggregations return to #&$%? space. These soul aggregations can be reused, with the only difference being the bodies they inhabit.” “Then if I recruit a group of dragons in the future, will they also use these souls? Uh… soul aggregations?” “Ding! That’s right. Although there is no difference between soul aggregations, different memories are infused when producing different types of soldiers.” Xi Wei roughly understood what the system meant. The so-called soul aggregations were probably blank souls, mass-produced by the system or the string of garbled code behind the system. Different types of soldiers were just vessels, and different skills would be infused when recruiting them, and everything would be cleared after death. To further understand the characteristics of these soldiers, Xi Wei decided to talk to them. “Zhang San, right?” Xi Wei walked up to the Crusader named Zhang San and greeted him. “Loyalty to Lord!” Zhang San roared and saluted, making Xi Wei’s ears buzz. Xi Wei pursed his lips and took two steps back, then cautiously asked again, “Do you know about money? Do you know what women are?” Zhang San stared blankly at Xi Wei, as if his system had crashed. After a moment, he roared again, “Loyalty to Lord!” “Fight bravely!” Xi Wei remained silent and took another half step back. “Are you hungry, do you want to eat something?” He was not discouraged and decided to ask a more crucial question to test them. This time, Zhang San did show a different reaction. He untied the cloth bag at his waist, looked inside, then stood at attention and looked straight at Xi Wei, roaring, “Reporting to Lord! Zhang San has enough food, no need for more supplies!” Then Xi Wei asked Zhang San and other soldiers several more questions, and roughly understood the situation of these soldiers. Their existence was somewhat similar to players. But the shortcomings were also obvious: their intelligence was limited, or rather, their intelligence was closer to artificially shaped instincts. Apart from fighting, they only ate, drank, and urinated. They were born as emotionless combat machines. The system said that intelligence would increase with level, which was understandable. The prerequisite for leveling up was to survive. The longer they lived and the more they interacted with the real world, the richer their blank souls would naturally become.
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But there was one thing that could absolutely not be changed: their loyalty to him. With the second player test approaching, Xi Wei planned to use the remaining Villain Points to exchange for a Sky Knight Breakthrough Potion for Clemon. As for the rest of the Villain Points, he would use them all to recruit troops until the players reached Winter Fort. However, it wasn’t now. Xi Wei was waiting for the guards to transport the iron ore, as investing iron ore could halve the cost. “System, I want to redeem the Sky Knight Breakthrough Potion.” “Ding! Sky Knight Potion redeemed successfully, and has been materialized.” Xi Wei felt a sudden weight in his hand, and a crystal test tube appeared. Inside the test tube, the azure liquid resembled a cloudless blue sky, shimmering beautifully under the sun.
In the castle’s open-air training ground, a group of newly recruited soldiers were training hard under the sun. Clemon sat in a shaded area, happily watching the sweaty new recruits while oiling his sword and armor. Beside him were cool tea and fruit served by a servant. Ever since the battle at the iron mine, Clemon had become less active, but this inactivity was not the decline of a hero’s twilight. Instead, it was a leisurely retirement. Xi Wei had already achieved the status of Sky Knight, and with a powerful lava creature in the castle at all times, Clemon no longer had to worry about Young Master Xi Wei’s safety as he did before. “Yo, Clemon, long time no see.” Clemon suddenly heard Xi Wei’s signature gentle voice from behind him. “Good day, Young Master Xi Wei.” Clemon wanted to put down his armor and stand up to salute, but Xi Wei stopped him. “Clemon, do you want to break through to Sky Knight?” Xi Wei smiled as he looked at the old knight, who was old but still vigorous, his tone filled with a hint of meaning. Clemon didn’t know why Young Master Xi Wei asked this, but as he thought about breaking through to Sky Knight, his eyes couldn’t help but show longing. He replied, “Of course, Young Master Xi Wei. This is my old servant’s only wish in this life.” “It’s just, alas—” Clemon sighed slightly, and then said, “This old servant is old, and his body’s potential has long been exhausted.” But then, the old knight’s eyes lit up again, and he chuckled, “Now that I can see you getting better and better, and your Eagle Territory is growing stronger day by day, my life has not been in vain.” Xi Wei’s heart warmed at these words. If he could see a person’s loyalty to him, he believed that besides Loli’s perfect score, it would only be this diligent old man. “Clemon, believe me, you can live much, much longer.” Xi Wei said sincerely, took out the advancement potion from his pocket, and placed it in the old knight’s hand. “Drink this.” Clemon looked at the potion in his hand, and without hesitation, unscrewed the cap and drank it down in one gulp. After the iron mine battle and the compensation incident, his trust in Xi Wei had reached a point of near blind obedience. He would do whatever Xi Wei told him to do, without question or need for further explanation. Compared to the mild-acting Dragon Blood Potion, the Sky Knight Advancement Potion was clearly much more explosive. Not long after the potion entered his body, Clemon’s Qi surged, and it grew at an unbelievable speed. His body’s cells were also constantly renewing themselves under the effect of the potion. New skin began to grow, and the old, aged skin was replaced and shed like tree bark. “Ah—” Clemon threw his head back and let out a roar. His crimson Qi erupted and shot up to three meters high. These Qi flames enveloped him, carrying a chilling killing intent, painting a battlefield of clashing swords, mountains of corpses, and seas of blood. This killing intent covered more than half of the training ground, and the soldiers who had been training were already terrified and knelt on the ground. After a while, the killing intent gradually receded, and the flamboyant Qi flames were reined back into his body. Clemon felt the power of a Sky Knight within him, looked at his much younger hands, his lips trembled, and he was overwhelmed. “Young… Young Master, this old servant…” He stammered, not knowing what words could express the shock and gratitude in his heart, and knelt before Xi Wei, as if bowing to an emperor. At this moment, his eyes towards Xi Wei were filled with fanaticism, as if he were seeing a god.
