Zong Shen spoke loudly.
After hearing his words,
not only did Tie Zhu wear a deeply aggrieved expression,
but Er Gou and Gou Dan, who were searching nearby for the tools they had dropped, also stumbled.
They all knew one thing!
This lord wasn't easy to fool!
Why had Zong Shen made Tie Zhu stay behind?
Because Tie Zhu was the only one of the three farmers with an ordinary aptitude, and he had also been the leader of their little group.
Zong Shen was scolding one monkey to warn the chickens, and his meaning was perfectly clear!
"Lord, I understand..."
"I... I'll get back to work right away!"
Tie Zhu replied timidly.
He hurried to catch up with the other two farmers.
After receiving a good talking-to,
the three of them worked noticeably faster.
Soon, they had found the missing tools and the resources they had collected earlier.
They got back to gathering resources diligently.
Zong Shen nodded in satisfaction.
He slid the One-handed Sword into the iron loop on the side of the Kite Shield.
Holding the Shield Sword in one hand and the scroll dropped by the Grassland Wolf in the other, he returned to the courtyard.
He put away the Hunting Crossbow and set it beside the Shield Sword and the wooden storage chest,
then began examining the scroll.
[Wolf Cavalry Recruitment Scroll]
[Communicate with the great and mysterious power to immediately recruit a powerful Tier 2 cavalry warrior: Wolf Cavalry]
[Occupies 1 Command Value]
[Default aptitude: ordinary. Level: 10. Can be promoted or enhanced later.]
[Click to use]
(Congratulations! Wolf Cavalry are battle-hardened fighters who will become an important part of your early-game combat force. You should check your food supplies, though—wolves need meat.)
Reading the system prompt and the Strategy Guide note, Zong Shen couldn't help feeling overjoyed!
Wolf Cavalry were Tier 2 cavalry warriors. They had to be pretty formidable!
Zong Shen rubbed his hands together.
He decided to use the scroll at once. With a start like this, every bit of extra strength would be an advantage!
"Use!"
Zong Shen activated it with a thought.
The scroll in his hand suddenly shone with black light, tore free of his grasp, and flew to the center of the courtyard.
It burst open there, turning into black dust that settled on the ground.
At last, the dust formed a hexagram etched with strange runes.
A point of twisted space appeared at its center, gradually growing until it became a huge mass of black light.
Once the light had taken shape,
the hexagram vanished completely.
Only the mass of black light remained, looming like a gigantic black egg.
Black mist roiled and boiled across its surface before slowly dissipating.
"Wow, these special effects are amazing!"
Zong Shen exclaimed.
By then, the black smoke had completely cleared.
Only a gigantic figure remained.
Suddenly, the figure split in two.
The Wolf Rider above, standing about 1.8 meters tall and weighing at least 80 kilograms, climbed down from the back of the Giant Wolf beneath him.
He led the Giant Wolf over to Zong Shen.
Then he dropped to one knee!
"Roar!"
After a wolf's howl came the Wolf Rider's weathered, powerful voice.
"Wolf Rider Colby reporting to you!"
"Great lord, may you enjoy good health!"
Zong Shen nodded, a little nervously.
His eyes examined the Giant Wolf.
It was about three meters long and stood roughly 1.2 meters tall at the shoulder.
Just in terms of size, it was two-fifths larger than a wolf on Earth.
Its jaws were crowded with interlocking teeth. Just looking at its Sharp Fangs was enough to make anyone shudder!
This was a truly imposing beast!
Then Zong Shen looked at the rider, Colby.
He was a typical burly man.
He looked a bit like a Samoan from Earth.
His rugged face was marked with black tattoos.
He looked brave, tough, and battle-hardened!
He wore nothing but a simple fur vest, with crude fur shorts and fur shoes below.
His muscles bulged all over, brimming with explosive strength.
A round metal helmet bristling with spikes sat on his head.
Many of the spikes on top had broken off or worn down, and the helmet's rim bore marks from blades and axes.
A Saber about 90 centimeters long hung at each of his hips.
The blades were mottled with blue-black stains, but their edges gleamed with a silvery chill.
He also carried a leather case of short spears on his back, holding ten of them. They were his throwing weapons.
A Capture Net hung at his lower back.
The spearheads glinted coldly, and their lethality was plain to see.
He had both close- and long-range weapons, as well as a ferocious Giant Wolf for a mount. He was practically invincible.
The more Zong Shen looked, the more he liked what he saw.
Then he suddenly remembered that Colby was still kneeling on one knee.
He quickly stood and patted Colby's broad shoulder.
"Get up, Colby."
"Welcome aboard!"
Colby nodded in acknowledgment, then rose and led the Giant Wolf several meters back.
He patted the wolf's head before swinging up onto its back.
Zong Shen stayed where he was and checked Wolf Rider Colby's stats.
[Wolf Rider: Colby]
[Aptitude: Ordinary]
[Level: lv10]
[Attributes: (Click to expand)]
[Hunger: 70/67]
[Loyalty: 80]
Zong Shen clicked to expand the attributes.
[Wolf Rider: Colby]
[Strength: 21]
[Agility: 9]
[Intelligence: 6]
[Charisma: 6]
[Health: 265]
[Slashing Damage: 63]
[Throwing Damage: 38]
[Head Armor: 19]
[Upper Body Armor: 13]
[Lower Body Armor: 9]
[Skill: Saber Slash (The next attack deals 1.5× slashing damage and adds one stack of Wolf Rider Mark. Cooldown: 20m)]
[Adult Giant Wolf: Fenrir]
[Level: lv10]
[Species: Beast]
[Bite Damage: 45–51]
[Health: 435]
[Armor: 35]
[Speed: 5]
[Skills: Bite (Deals one additional instance of bite damage and adds one stack of Wolf Rider Mark), Bleed (After biting, inflicts a bleeding effect on the target for 3 seconds, dealing one-tenth of the bite damage per second)]
[Wolf Rider Skills: Capture Net (Throws a large net that is guaranteed to hit the target, immobilizing it for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 2h), Wolf Rider Battle Intent (When attacking an opponent bearing Wolf Rider Marks, each stack grants 2% attack speed and 2% bonus damage. Wolf Rider Marks can stack up to 10 times.)]
(In summary, this is a formidable fighter. If you can recruit twelve Wolf Riders, you can form a Wolf Rider squad and unlock more skills.)
This time, the system prompt was very detailed.
The Strategy Guide note merely summed things up.
After checking the Wolf Rider's attributes, Zong Shen felt invigorated from head to toe.
Colby's starting Loyalty was much higher than that of those three silly farmers.
More importantly, Wolf Rider Colby made up for Zong Shen's lack of combat strength.
This would make the division of labor throughout the territory much clearer and help eliminate some of the dangers they might encounter.
It would greatly improve their development efficiency.
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