CHAPTER 245: CHAPTER 103 HEAVY GUN BANNER

Even though Lin Rui’s question was quite strange, Civil Servant Soro could only take a deep breath, unable to comment further.

Because strategic items indeed have a blast fall! Moreover, their effects are dazzlingly strong.

He took out a blueprint from his bosom and handed it to Lin Rui, saying, "Lord, this is a strategic treasure blasted out by Terion; it is a blueprint-type item that can be crafted by the territory itself."

Lin Rui accepted the blueprint and opened it to take a look.

[Heavy Gun Banner: Since ancient times, lancers have been unlucky E, but hanging up the banner makes them invincible! Facing a banner-fluttering military formation, any opponent should understand to stand in formation and do not fight. Remember not to challenge the upright banner, nor attack the grand array! Carrying the Gun Banner can provide soldiers a fixed damage reduction of 5%. When the Gun Banner is arrayed, additional damage reduction effects can be provided.]

[Twelve Gun Banners: Can provide an entire squad an additional damage reduction of 1%.]

[One Hundred Twenty Gun Banners: Can provide an entire company an additional damage reduction of 2%]

[One Thousand Two Hundred Gun Banners: Can provide an entire battalion an additional damage reduction of 3%]

[Twelve Thousand Gun Banners: Can provide an entire regiment an additional damage reduction of 5%]

[One Hundred Twenty Thousand Gun Banners: Can provide an entire corps an additional damage reduction of 10% (Note: All the above effects can stack.)]

"Hiss~" Lin Rui took a cold breath, as all the above effects can be stacked!

This means that at full strength, a corps with a Heavy Gun Array has a cumulative damage reduction of 26%!

26% damage reduction seems not much.

If two soldiers fight, the effect of this 26% is relatively limited. Even if a Tier Two soldier has a 26% damage reduction, it’s still difficult to defeat a Tier Three or Tier Four soldier.

But in a corps battle, this concept is entirely different!

Because a corps, under the leadership of a hero, will never have just one strategic treasure.

Even for the Golden Pansy Domain which is currently just a mid-level village, if it forms its first corps, it can equip it with a series of strategic treasures.

For example, [Sacred Treasure: Celestial Kingdom Armament: Extreme Battle Banner], when these two treasures are combined, the entire personnel’s damage reduction can pile up to 56%!

Plus the shield provided by [Sacred Treasure: Ice and Snow Royal Court’s Extreme Cold Sacred Realm], it’s really possible to see, on the battlefield, two banner-armored armies, a vast army illuminated by spiritual light, tens of thousands fiercely battling day and night, and after defeating the opponent, the elite Golden Pansy Family army only loses over a thousand men.

Of course, this doesn’t take into account the Priest Corps, just the result of intense combat between the Heavy Gun Array and enemy forces in traditional melee.

But it should be known that the strongest asset of the Golden Pansy Domain currently is the Priest Corps.

Not only are the priestesses high up to Tier Four, but among the three heroes in the territory, two can be categorized into the Priest Corps, while the other one is also a supportive hero. Although they can’t heal, this type of status-refreshing support usually acts alongside the Priest Corps in many corps. The important role of the Priest Corps, besides healing, is to refresh the status of the entire army.

In this sense, all the heroes of the Golden Pansy Family, if they enter large-scale combat, should actually be classified into the Priest Corps.

With such a powerful Priest Corps as logistical support, the direct losses of the family’s elite might fall to a level unimaginable to other explorers.

The power of the strategic treasure can never remain calm.

Lin Rui returned the blueprint to Soro, saying, "Quickly produce the Gun Banners and then embroider the Clan Badge on them. Combined, even the currently small-scale Black Banner Guard will see a visible strength enhancement."

Soro put away the blueprint, nodded, and replied, "The territory will arrange for the tailoring shop as soon as possible, but there is an issue with producing this Gun Banner. That is, it requires at least a Rare Level tailor to produce strategic items, and although there are three tailors in the territory, the highest is only High-quality Level. The distance to Rare Level is indeed quite far."

This is indeed a troublesome problem.

Lin Rui had no solution either and could only rely on time to resolve it. He said, "Then store the blueprint in the territory treasury for now. How’s the blacksmith Lorne doing?"

Now is the time for a wealth explosion in the territory, thanks to the Goddess’s Crystal Scroll; previously limiting the Clan Badge of the territory’s family, the biggest factor, the number of Spiritual Gems, is no longer a limitation. The territory treasury is now directly piled with a large number of Spiritual Gems, ranging from Tier One to Tier Five.

Even directly providing every territorial soldier with a Tier Four Clan Badge is not beyond reach.

Soro immediately replied, "Lord, Lorne is working tirelessly to craft the Clan Badge. It’s a consumable; once equipped with a Low-Tier Gem, it can never be removed. To equip a higher-tier Gem, a new badge must be forged."

Lin Rui waved his hand broadly, saying, "Military heavyweights have never been cheap. It depends on the territory’s massive investment, don’t hold back on resources, let him confidently forge to his fullest. Other territories might not be able to support such vast military investments, but our territory does not have this problem. I want to ensure that every soldier of the territory wears a Clan Badge on their chest inlaid with the highest standard Spiritual Gem currently within the territory."

Soro took out a badge inlaid with a Tier Five Spiritual Gem and placed it on the table, the golden vibranium patterns elegant and vivid, the high Tier Five Spiritual Gem vastly different from Tier Three, bursting with brilliant spiritual light.

The pale golden Golden Pansy patterns and the radiant azure Spiritual Gem together paint a picture of dazzling splendor, at just one glance, its formidable strength is apparent.