Chapter 60 of 100

Chapter 60

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Cheng Yang suddenly understood, and he felt an overwhelming sense of happiness. Building the Guardian Hall first was undoubtedly the right choice. After all, the Guardian Hall was not a unique building, and if Cheng Yang could obtain the blueprint, other settlements could also have the opportunity to do so.

However, now, the high-talent guards that refreshed in the Guardian Hall belonged entirely to him. Moreover, Cheng Yang was confident that, under normal circumstances, there would be no competitors to vie for these high-talent guards within two months. Of course, if something unexpected happened, it would be hard to say.

Cheng Yang did not dare to say that there would be no unexpected events, as he himself was the biggest surprise in the entire world. Therefore, if he could hire high-talent guards as soon as possible, Cheng Yang absolutely did not want to delay.

However, hiring high-talent guards was not easy; the price was completely different from that of ordinary guards, like comparing the sky to the earth.

Cheng Yang looked at the spirit energy points he had, and the hard work of the day had only earned him a little over 3,200 points, nearly half of which came from killing the Black Water Crocodiles. Adding the 400 points left from the morning, he could only afford to hire three SS-grade talent guards and one S-grade talent guard.

Should he first save up 100,000 spirit energy points, wait until the eightfold training speed was activated, and then hire a large number of guards for the settlement?

This thought was immediately dismissed by Cheng Yang.

Without hesitation, Cheng Yang chose to hire the most expensive guard, and 1,000 spirit energy points instantly disappeared from his account.

Cheng Yang felt a flash of light, and a guard dressed in a novice warrior's equipment appeared before him.

This was a handsome man, not yet thirty years old.

"Your subordinate, Chen Yun, greets the lord." The warrior immediately knelt on one knee and saluted Cheng Yang.

Cheng Yang was not particularly surprised by this, as he had heard in his previous life that the guards hired from the Guardian Hall had temperaments like those of ancient people, and their etiquette was the same as in ancient times.

Cheng Yang extended his hand to help him up and said, "Chen Yun, please rise. The safety of our Luo Feng Village will rely heavily on you in the future."

"The lord speaks too highly. Serving the lord is my honor," Chen Yun immediately said respectfully.

As the lord, Cheng Yang could view the attributes of his subordinates, and the same applied to the settlement guards.

Name: Chen Yun

Affiliation: Luo Feng Village

Occupation: Warrior, Rank: High-Rank Warrior Apprentice

Age: 27

Lifespan: 200 years

Health: 140

Spirit Energy: 66

Physical Attack: 24

Magic Attack: 4

Physical Defense: 8

Magic Defense: 4

Attack Speed: 4.2

Movement Speed: 4.9

Talent: 1. Each minor rank increase boosts physical attack by 4%.

2. Each minor rank increase boosts health by 3%.

Skills: Guardian Power (Exclusive to settlement guards, automatically detects all non-friendly forces within one kilometer of the settlement's perimeter and handles them according to the lord's instructions. The user of this skill cannot leave the one-kilometer range of the settlement. The skill cannot be upgraded.)

Slash Level 1 (Gathers all physical energy to attack the target in front, causing 100% physical damage, no special effects. Spell cost: 2 spirit energy points. Proficiency: 0%)

Equipment: Iron Sword: Symbol of a warrior, no additional attributes.

Wooden Shield: Can block enemy attacks, no additional attributes.

Indeed, Chen Yun was very powerful. His first talent could rival Cheng Yang's own talent, and his second talent was also a combat-related talent. If it weren't for the equipment, Cheng Yang might not be a match for Chen Yun.

However, when Cheng Yang saw the description of Guardian Power, he suddenly thought of something. Could he let these settlement guards kill the monsters that refreshed around the settlement, freeing up all other combatants to kill monsters in more distant areas? This way, the settlement could earn a fixed amount of spirit energy points every day, and Cheng Yang could also gain corresponding spirit energy points, achieving two goals at once.

Thinking about earning spirit energy points from killing monsters, Cheng Yang immediately thought of the Blood Church. According to the rules for earning spirit energy points, the monsters killed within one kilometer of the settlement could provide spirit energy points to the settlement. If the monsters killed in the Blood Church could also provide spirit energy points, could these settlement guards enter the Blood Church instance?

This was worth a try, and the chances of success were very high. If his idea worked, he could let these high-level experts enter the difficult mode of the Blood Church instance, earning more spirit energy points for the settlement every day and also quickly upgrading the Blood Church instance.

The only downside was that as a warrior, Chen Yun could not solo the difficult mode of the instance because he could not stay on the tree to attack the peak first-tier Inferior Demons below.

However, even if Cheng Yang had thought of using these guards to farm the instance earlier, he would still have used one of the special slots to recruit a warrior. A powerful warrior was too important for the development of the settlement, and even though Chen Yun could not leave the settlement, his role was still significant.

For the remaining two slots, Cheng Yang had already made plans. One would be used to recruit an archer, and the other to recruit a summoner. As for a priest, Cheng Yang was not against recruiting one, but he did not think that a higher-level priest would be more valuable than a higher-level summoner.

Next, Cheng Yang approached the guides for the archer and the other four guards, and after a conversation, he learned their names.

At this moment, Cheng Yang really doubted whether they were all from the same family, as their names were exactly the same. The mage's name was Long Fa, the archer's name was Long Jian, the priest's name was Long Mu, and the summoner's name was Long Huan.

Cheng Yang inwardly complained about their names but still smiled, as these people were not NPCs from a game world but real people. If he offended them, they would remember it.

After opening the hiring lists of these people, he found that each list had an SS-grade talent guard available for hire, as well as a varying number of S-grade talent guards, ranging from four to ten.

Cheng Yang immediately chose to hire the summoner and the archer, using up the remaining two special slots.

These two also had very powerful attributes.

Name: Cao Cun

Affiliation: Luo Feng Village

Occupation: Summoner, Rank: High-Rank Summoner Apprentice

Age: 26

Lifespan: 200

Health: 129

Spirit Energy: 88

Physical Attack: 4

Magic Attack: 24

Physical Defense: 4

Magic Defense: 4

Attack Speed: 4.3

Movement Speed: 4.9

Talent: 1. Each minor rank increase boosts the summon's attack by 4%.

2. Each minor rank increase boosts the summon's magic defense by 3%.

Summon Phantom Wolf Level 1 (Summons a Phantom Wolf to fight. The Phantom Wolf is a close-range magic attack summon, inheriting 100% of the summoner's attributes. The Phantom Wolf exists for 10 minutes, with a 1-minute cooldown. Spell cost: 10 spirit energy points. Proficiency: 0%)

Equipment: Wooden Staff: Symbol of a summoner, no additional attributes.

Name: Xu Wu

Affiliation: Luo Feng Village

Occupation: Archer, Rank: High-Rank Archer Apprentice

Age: 22

Lifespan: 200

Health: 108

Spirit Energy: 111

Physical Attack: 24

Magic Attack: 4

Physical Defense: 4

Magic Defense: 4

Attack Speed: 4.2

Movement Speed: 4.9

Talent: 1. Each minor rank increase boosts physical attack by 4%.

2. Each minor rank increase boosts movement speed by 3%.

Magic Arrow Level 1 (Attaches magic to the arrow to attack distant targets, causing 100% magic damage, with a range of 30 meters. No special effects. Spell cost: 4 spirit energy points. Proficiency: 0%)

Equipment: Wooden Bow: Symbol of an archer, no additional attributes.

Quiver: A magical bag for holding arrows, automatically restores one arrow per minute, no additional attributes.

Suddenly adding three high-rank apprentice-level beings greatly increased the strength of Luo Feng Village. Even if they faced the military forces directly, Cheng Yang was confident.

However, after hiring these three combatants, Cheng Yang's spirit energy points were down to 600. After some hesitation, he did not use these 600 points to hire an S-grade talent guard.

Next, Cheng Yang led the three guards out of the Guardian Hall. Many combatants around them stared at the three, as some had been waiting around the Guardian Hall and knew that only Cheng Yang had gone in.

But now, four people came out. Where did the other three come from?

Due to their respect for Cheng Yang, they did not discuss it privately but watched quietly.

Cheng Yang stopped and smiled, "Are you curious? The three behind me will be the settlement's guards, specifically protecting the settlement's safety. In the future, the monsters that refresh around the settlement will be handled by them. You can free up your hands to go to more distant places to kill larger groups of monsters."

The combatants below immediately burst into loud cheers. To them, how these people came to be was not important; what mattered was that they could help them.

PS: Requesting recommendations and collections! Brothers, we've reached the eighth place on the new book list. Although this is because the first place on the new book list has exited, it's still worth celebrating. Sleepy's fourth additional chapter will be delivered, but Sleepy can only stay until next week. I hope everyone can wait a bit longer...