After Yan Rou pledged his loyalty, Bai Xiaowen soon received a notification from the Spirit Realm Rules:
"You have gained the loyalty of Yan Rou, a combat-type Boss Tier character from the Three Kingdoms Plane."
"You may view Yan Rou's detailed profile."
Bai Xiaowen had already scanned Yan Rou with Insight, but he had found nothing remarkable. Insight mainly showed attributes and some skills.
Now that he had a chance to view the detailed profile for free, Bai Xiaowen opened it.
What he saw took him a little by surprise.
Yan Rou actually had a "special skill"!
[Enemy of Foreign Races: Passive. When Yan Rou fights enemies of other ethnicities (non-Han), he and the troops directly under his command gain additional bonuses. Yan Rou gains +10 to all attributes; his direct troops gain +5 to all attributes and +5 morale each calendar day.]
Bai Xiaowen wondered whether Yan Rou was a famous historical figure after all. A hero who had fought foreign tribes?
Bai Xiaowen checked what "morale" did.
The Spirit Realm Rules supplied an answer. Morale was crucial in large-scale battles. An army with low morale might rout once its formation broke and it suffered ten or twenty percent casualties. An army with high morale, on the other hand, could keep fighting even after losing more than half its soldiers. The difference in combat strength was easy to imagine.
Practically every famous general of the Three Kingdoms had a special skill that affected morale.
Yan Rou might not have been a famous historical general, but against foreign tribes, he could serve as half of one.
Judging by his attributes, Yan Rou was only an ordinary warrior-type Boss Tier character. But against foreign tribes, the +10 to all attributes instantly raised him to Rare Boss Tier.
Thoughtful, Bai Xiaowen glanced