You're Not A Lord Of The Apocalypse Chapter 268: Prelude to Ascension - Novel Cool

Chapter 268: Prelude to Ascension

Chapter 268: Prelude to Ascension

Qin MuYe spent nearly a month in the fairy tale world, during which he was frantically raising troops, primarily to gather the necessary conditions for his advancement. He was just short of 500,000 regular spirits, but fortunately, he managed to gather them all.

He gained one talent enhancement, two job slots, a self-selected job lord talent, and a self-selected lord talent.

Qin MuYe also noticed an issue: some lord talents had not been upgraded. For example, the Wisdom Guidance talent, which grants a minimum of advanced skills per level, and the All Things Are Reason talent, which grants a Sage job talent and enhances all talents every 10 levels, did not have relative numerical values. Even the latest talent, Ghostly Shadows, had not been strengthened and remained the same as before.

For his job lord talent, Qin MuYe planned to choose the Sage job talent, not the Scholar, as this was, after all, an epic-level job, which was better than a regular job.

He soon set his sights on a talent called "A Path Through Books," which, like "Boundless Sea of Learning," increases additional experience gain.

A Path Through Books: Each level increases experience gain by 50%.

The key point was that this was also a chain-type talent. He already had the "Boundless Sea of Learning" and "Hard Work as a Boat" talents, one increasing additional experience, and the other enhancing it.

Now, every 10% of additional experience gained would grant 1500 points of magic shield, and with his "Learning Ability," "Enlightenment," "Boundless Sea of Learning," and "A Path Through Books" combined, he had a 12030% experience gain, which translated to 180,000 points of magic shield.

If it weren't for the fact that the "Diligence as a Path" talent required "A Path Through Books" as a prerequisite, he would have chosen "Diligence as a Path" first.

"Diligence as a Path" was similar to "Hard Work as a Boat," except that every 10% of additional experience gained would increase magic points instead of magic shield.

With four talents chained together, it was no wonder that the epic-level job was incredibly powerful.

As for the other regular lord talent, there wasn't much to choose from, so in the end, he could only select "Abundant Resources."

Abundant Resources: +5% to all production in the territory.

Compared to the various lord talents Qin MuYe already had, this one was still lacking, and he estimated that its potential wouldn't be very high.

This type of talent was probably the weakest, with a fixed percentage, and even the "Black Hand" talent, which increased by 10% per level, was better than this.

So, this small increase in the territory's production was like a drop in the ocean, easily outclassed by the production-oriented talents of spirit heroes.

If he had any choice, he wouldn't have selected this talent.

"Damn, does this mean I'll soon be stuck at a certain level again?"

With his current setup, 1 point of experience could be converted into 120.3 points of experience, and with the energy-producing buildings in his floating city from another plane, this would be amplified a hundredfold, allowing him to level up to 50 in a single day. He would then be stuck on the advancement quest.

His advancement quest would definitely require a 6th-tier territory, and there were many conditions to meet for a 6th-tier territory, making it impossible to upgrade directly.

This made him feel somewhat helpless.

"I hope that when I reach level 50, the All Things Are Reason talent will help me unlock the Diligence as a Path Sage job talent."

If it did, it would save him a lot of trouble, at least making the next self-selected job easier to manage.

He also noticed that most of the Sage job talents were chain-type and required various prerequisites. There were many talents, but the means to obtain them were limited.

Qin MuYe could only take it as it came and use them as they were.

"I still have two job slots left. I wonder if I can get a better job, preferably an epic-level one."

He realized that with his current foundation, taking on a rare-level job would likely become a burden. It wasn't that rare-level jobs were bad, but with other lords using epic-level jobs, he would fall behind if he used a rare-level job.

He wasn't just going to take any job now, and he wouldn't fill the job slots just because they were available. That would be short-sighted.

"Master, the territory has been arranged, and the newly born 500,000 spirits have been orderly integrated into various industries, though there might be some impact."

The Black Hand walked in, with twenty long tentacles hanging behind him and a floating azure elemental life form with a muscular upper body and a mist-like lower body connected to his body.

Although the Black Hand is a hero, he is essentially a spirit, so he naturally underwent further modifications to become a spirit hero based on the elemental spirit template.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a huge loss to use the old template? His rare-level profession's combat power is almost on par with epic-level professions, but this is limited to combat power. In battle, it is indeed the case, but it doesn't mean that his talents will be better than those of the same type, as epic-level professions of the same type possess more powerful specialized talents.

For example, epic-level administrative heroes have various strong response talents, and can even enhance their talents, but the Black Hand cannot. His talents are limited to those few, unless, like Qin MuYe, he adds more later.

Not just the Black Hand, but all spirit heroes' templates are being upgraded simultaneously, from the 4th generation dragon-blood spirits to the 5th generation elemental spirits.

"Alright, I understand," Qin MuYe said indifferently.

The so-called "impact" doesn't refer to chaos in various industries, but rather the difficulty in arranging so many people.

The current Black Hand no longer handles everything personally but formulates major strategies, which are then executed step by step by different levels of management, coordinated through the mana network.

Moreover, his territory is developing rapidly. After reaching the 5th tier, the range of his floating city in another plane increased by several dozen times, making it a massive entity.

Therefore, many buildings need to be re-planned, and resource production facilities need to be expanded. Even the energy systems of the floating city need to be significantly optimized.

After all, the previous energy and power systems were built for a 5th-tier floating city. Now that the floating city has reached the 6th tier, it can still fly, but it no longer has the same safety guarantees.

Only Qin MuYe can handle these tasks, as other related alchemical, energy, and metallurgical spirit heroes do not yet have the capability.

For the past month, Qin MuYe has been busy with these matters.

He initially thought about handling the Ten Thousand Shadows World, but then decided there was no need to rush. It would be better to develop to the 5th tier first before moving on.

For example, now, 500,000 spirits need to be trained into elite units, becoming combat units, logistics units, and so on.

As for the 50th-level advancement quest, which would be completed faster if he kept the spirits at the regular level, he wasn't too concerned about it.

Regular and elite levels are not the same. Qin MuYe couldn't possibly let 500,000 spirits remain at the regular level just because of this minor issue.

In terms of production, elite logistics units can produce several times more resources than regular units.

As for combat power, elite units are seasoned veterans, while regular units are new recruits. How could they possibly compare?

The 50th-level advancement quest requiring a certain number of regular units can wait until other conditions are met, and then new spirits can be recruited.

"Finish arranging the territory as soon as possible. The Ten Thousand Shadows World is waiting for us," Qin MuYe said.

It's not that the fairy tale world is bad. Aside from the Titans' ill intentions, everything else is quite good.

Oh, and resources can't be mined randomly, as most of them are actually manifestations of the Gaia Mother Goddess.

"Yes, Master. I will arrange everything as soon as possible, but recently, those Titan deities seem to be plotting something," the Black Hand said.

"Plots? Be cautious. These deities have no sense of honor," Qin MuYe opened the territory panel, but there were no changes.

"Here's what we'll do. Activate the interdimensional lock and have the floating city enter the plane mode to hide for a while."

"Before activating it, announce that I am about to break through my strength and should not be disturbed. Once everything is settled, we'll head to the Ten Thousand Shadows World."

Qin MuYe didn't want to provoke them, as the other side was stronger. He estimated that although he had reached the 5th tier and could easily defeat 6th-tier natives, he was still far from the 7th tier, which seemed to be a significant dividing line.

Previously, he could surpass two tiers, but now he can only surpass one. This isn't because he is getting weaker as he levels up, but because the higher the tier, the greater the gap.

When he was at the 1st and 2nd tiers, the gap was minimal, but starting from the 4th tier, the gap between each tier became increasingly larger.

(End of Chapter)

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