Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 678 - 69 Signing the Agreement_2

Nancy immediately withdrew her gaze and asked, "What would it take for you to return our equipment?"

Lin Rui responded decisively, "I need the Divine Element Secret Trace."

Nancy outright rejected without hesitation, saying, "That is not a possibility at all. It's impossible to exchange even equipment for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, let alone hundreds of thousands of soldiers for a Divine Element Secret Trace. It holds unparalleled strategic importance for our Saint Hall."

"However..." Nancy changed her tone and said, "I can authorize you a batch of Obsidian Heart, which holds similar value to the Divine Element Secret Trace."

"Very well." Lin Rui nodded; whether it was the Divine Element Secret Trace or the Obsidian Heart, both were equally valuable to Lin Rui. These are important items in the Plane War, and sacrificing them at the war altar of belief powers could yield 1000 Plane War Merit Points and 10000 Plane War Reputation Points.

Nancy said, "I can give you ten pieces of Obsidian Heart. If there are no issues, let's proceed with the transaction immediately."

Lin Rui immediately stated, "No issues, these are all my requests. If you meet them, I can release all captives, including three heroes, right away."

The three hero captives were not legendary heroes, hence their value was not indispensable to Lin Rui.

Therefore, Lin Rui did not mind returning them to Saint Hall in exchange for more wealth to bolster himself.

For most entities, considering the current situation of the Golden Pansy Domain, there is an apparent excess of heroes and a lack of troops, trapped in a situation of having too many commanders and too few soldiers.

Moreover, the heroes commanding the troops had very high talent; even the lowest were at the Heroic Spirit Level.

What's needed now are a large number of elite units to fully unleash their Commander Bonuses.

Quickly, Nancy sent over the agreed wealth: three Demigod-level Divine Core Fragments, fifty million Spirit Crystal Coins, twenty million gems, and two hundred Undead Catastrophe-level Recruitment Scrolls: Netherwalker, all in pristine condition.

Additionally, Lin Rui's request for 5000 Imperial High-level Academy Elite Talent Reserve Scrolls, 5 Imperial Military Decrees, 10 pieces of Obsidian Heart.

And ten Knight Spirit Contracts, 10 Knight Order Skill Scrolls.

Among the 10 Knight Spirit Contracts were strong and weak ones, Lin Rui deliberated for a while, selecting two:

Knight Spirit: Righteous Courage and Freedom: Righteous Knights are proud individuals who uphold beliefs in freedom and justice, with the shining Azure Badge on their chest symbolizing their noble character and pure heart. Holding the Sword of Freedom, its blade shimmers with radiant light, they display fearless courage and a resolve to pursue truth on the battlefield. Knights always stand on the side of justice, committed to protecting the oppressed and wounded, exuding an unstoppable spirit of righteousness.

When Righteous Knights gather, they not only inspire and enhance the morale and strength of allies but also bring hope and assistance to the territory, raising the flag of light and justice high. When a Righteous Knight is active in the battlefield, he will inspire two weakened and wounded friendly units; if the opposing unit's level is lower than his own, their combat power will equate to the knight's own. If there are no wounded friendly units within 200 meters of him, the Righteous Knight will be immune to all control skills, and physical output will be +50%.

Knight Spirit: Royal Loyalty: Loyal Servant Knights are the most faithful guardians of the Royal Dynasty, renowned for their selfless loyalty and exquisite skills. Clad in glorious armor, draped in resplendent silk, the clan badge on their chest symbolizes their absolute allegiance to royal authority. Loyal Servant Knights are willing to face any challenge, staunchly defending the royal family's authority and dignity, always ready to sacrifice everything for the monarch. They are not only the guardians of royalty but also the pride of the family and the kingdom.

Each Loyal Servant Knight is a peerless combat core on the battlefield, their frosty authority making opponents dare not look directly at them. Physique +10, will +10, gain absolute preemptive trait, encounter any opponent, and initiate the first round of attack.

These two traits, one enhancing the overall combat power of the knights and the other greatly boosting individual output ability, are indeed formidable.

The effect of the Righteous Knight is particularly significant on the high-end combat power of the Golden Pansy Knight Order. If an Epic Holy Grail Knight is surrounded by two injured soldiers, the combat power of these two soldiers will equate to that of the Holy Grail Knight! What a terrifying effect!

For ordinary knight orders, this might level out some attributes. After all, most soldiers in a knight order are elite-level, and 99% of soldiers' combat power would not be greatly affected, merely increasing a few attribute points.

If there are a few Rare Level Knight Commanders in the order, the impact might only be a change in the combat power of a dozen or so people.

However, the Golden Pansy Knight Order is completely different!

The high-tier combat power within the Golden Pansy Knight Order is remarkably abundant.

There are dozens of Epic Holy Grail Knights, and once the effect of the Righteous Knight is activated, it would instantly double the scale of the Holy Grail Knights.

This transforms from dozens of Holy Grail Knights to over hundred soldiers with combat power equivalent to Epic level within the knight order.

And this is just secondary; the key is that there are also many Heroic Spirit Level and Rare Level knights within the Golden Pansy Knight Order! Once this scale is doubled, the main force of the Golden Pansy Knight Order instantly evolves from elite-level to Rare Level and even Heroic Spirit Level!

A unit entirely composed of Heroic Spirit Level soldiers, what is that called? That's called the Celestial Kingdom Armament of the Divine Spirit!

If Lin Rui can assemble a knight order comparable to the Celestial Kingdom Armament in the mortal world, he would be a Divine Spirit walking amongst men!

It's practically a power multiplier. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

While the second Royal Loyalty trait guarantees the knights' survival ability.

That's right, survival ability!

Although it's an attack trait, its effect remarkably enhances the resilience of the Golden Pansy Knights, especially in scenarios of siege.

Any enemy engaged in battle with the Golden Pansy Knights would face a preemptive strike from them.

This is especially effective against the waves of attacking enemies!

Bear in mind that Golden Pansy Knights possess one-hit kill capability; if one's will isn't as strong, given the Golden Pansy Domain's level of fortune, it's likely to trigger the Elite-level Trait: Heroic Kill.

Even without triggering Heroic Kill, with their strong true damage under the command of heroic leaders, most enemies' life value would be wiped out. Because true damage does not factor in the opponent's defense level, shield thickness, or even damage mitigation.

As long as the attacks stack up, a sufficiently high attack could slash down and deduct life proportional to the attack.

To enhance the combat power of the Golden Pansy Knights, Lin Rui used two Imperial Military Decrees.

The special rule of the Imperial Military Decree is: choose a troop type and grant it 50 Glory Points, which can be consumed to enhance the combat power of all squads.

The effect of the first Imperial Military Decree was very straightforward, Lin Rui chose a very simple attribute, namely increasing the strongest rune: Fury Rune.

Fury Rune: Each soldier equivalent to embedding the Fury Rune, Physical Attack +50%, earn 1 Fury Value per attack, 30 Fury Value or more, Physical Attack +100%. 50 Fury Value or more, attack includes 25% True Damage. 100 Fury Value, own physique +10%, attack ignores opponent's armor, each attack stacks 10% bleeding damage. Consume 100 Fury Value to recover 100% life value (Consume 50 Glory Points).

The second Imperial Military Decree, Lin Rui chose to elevate the soldiers' tier, upgrading a Golden Pansy Knight to Heroic Spirit Knight Commander (Consum 10 Glory Points), upgrading a Golden Pansy Knight to Strategic-level Musician (Consum 10 Glory Points), upgrading a Golden Pansy Knight to Strategic-level Flag Bearer (Consume 10 Glory Points).

With the remaining 20 points, he focused on endurance, choosing to enhance the Trait: Tenacity and Durability: Physical exhaustion -50%, recovery speed +50%, gain 1 Physical Defense for every 10 points reduction in life value (Consume 20 Glory Points).