Growth-Type Inner Armor

Growth-Type Inner Armor

The two walked through the small town. Some passing civilians respectfully called them "My Lord" when they saw them.

As for what those people truly thought, that was impossible to know.

Gods was a game.

But the Mainframe's brilliance lay in the fact that every NPC was unique. Each of them had an independent thought process, their own lives, their own dreams, and their own families.

So don't imagine that just because William had inherited the lord's position, he could simply enjoy it while everyone else mindlessly served him with complete loyalty.

After all, they were all clever little fellows, shrewd as anything. None of them were exactly good people.

Even the children of ordinary NPC families fought over food and toys.

In the early stages of the game,

most players were within the duchies. A careless succession struggle among princes could easily trigger a main quest.

And he remembered that the main quest of Legendary Continent Version 1.0 had been the struggle for supremacy between the Steel Duchy and the Blackrock Duchy. It began when the king of the Blackrock Duchy died and the princes fought for the throne, prompting the Steel Duchy's invasion and ultimately leading to a year-long war.

Too many conflicting factions were involved. One careless move could easily get players killed.

But players could revive, so they were never afraid. There were countless roads to take, but only one road to certain death. Naturally, players chose that one. Delivering themselves from a thousand miles away to feed the enemy kills was commonplace. In one word, they were reckless!

Of course, games had monster hunting, but monsters only dropped materials. You would never kill a tiger boss and have it drop a weapon or suit of armor.

When players killed monsters and beasts, they could only obtain teeth, hides, internal organs, and the like, which they could either sell as materials or use to craft equipment.

And when the game had first entered open beta, there had not been that many players. During the first version, Huaxia had only a few hundred thousand players, and the game's Mainframe had indiscriminately tossed all of them into the territories of the Steel Duchy and the Blackrock Duchy.

Quite a few players had even been dropped into Border Town beside the two duchies.

However, although the first version lasted a year in game time, only three months passed in the Real World.

The William of his previous life had apparently noticed the war between the two duchies and wanted to profit from it. The result was obvious. He had bounced around for less than half a year before the Steel Duchy crushed him with overwhelming force and hung his head beneath a waterfall to cool off...

Some players passing by in his previous life had even been able to admire this "Lord's" heroic skull up close.

Even though he had many Pure-Blood Elf guards with Advanced Bloodlines under his command, as well as an Epic Bloodline Demon-Hunting Ranger like Lotner, he had still been no match for them.

"So, build high walls, store abundant grain, and claim the throne slowly!" William Blackleaf sighed as he looked at the thriving prosperity of his territory—crooked houses and broken trees.

"What did you say?" Lotner scratched his ear, seeming not to have heard clearly.

"Nothing. How much is left in the granary and treasury?" William tugged at the corner of his mouth and changed the subject.

"There are over 30,000 jin of grain left in the granary, mostly rice and wheat. There's quite a lot of salted cured meat too, more than 12,000 jin. As for the treasury... do we have one?" Lotner became somewhat tactful at that point.

William Blackleaf was dumbfounded. "This is a town, at least. We don't even have a treasury?"

Lotner nodded awkwardly. "We really don't. The town's income has always been poor. When your father was lord, there was at least an iron mine for the original residents to work.

"But that iron mine has now been exhausted, and no other mineral resources have been found yet. Relying solely on the portion of meat hunters turn in and the taxes from humans farming the land, it would already be fortunate if the town's finances had not fallen into deficit!"

William's lips twitched. He really wanted to ask whether they had ever seriously looked.

He vaguely remembered that when the Steel Duchy and Blackrock Duchy attacked Border Town, it was not merely to wipe it out. It was also because many rare mineral veins had been discovered in Blackleaf Forest south of the town!

It could even be said that the forest south of Border Town was a massive super mine!

The most important of them was the Mithril Vein discovered early on!

He even suspected that this might have been what ultimately led to Border Town's destruction.

"Ah, forget it. Uncle Lotner, do you have time? How about we go hunting in the mountains and relax a little?" William knew the location of a mineral vein, and it was not too far away. But he could not just reveal it directly, so he could only use hunting as an excuse to lead Lotner there.

As for the Mithril Vein, it was not time yet...

It had to be said.

Ever since he had gained an attribute panel and could check loyalty, he did not need anyone to worry about finding people to mine for him.

"Sure. You've been lying in the house for so many days. It's time you got some exercise. Go back and prepare your weapons and bow. You'd better wear the inner armor your mother left you too, just in case." Lotner did not think much of it. After all, William had always loved hunting, especially prey that was anything but ordinary...

"Mm, good idea. There may be countless ways to court death, but staying alive comes first." William returned to his treehouse and rummaged through boxes for a long time before finally finding his weapons and equipment in a chest.

A white-quality sword.

A white-quality recurve bow of the same quality.

The equipment's attributes were terrible, not worth mentioning. Besides, William had not changed classes yet, so he could not use particularly good weapons.

But that final piece of inner armor.

William could not help admiring it.

A soft Mithril inner armor, covered in patterns of the World Tree. Silver and golden light shimmered faintly across it. Even without checking its attributes, one could tell it was a treasure.

Love's Blessing

Quality: Epic

Tier: None

Type: Growth-Type Defensive Equipment

Material: Mithril, branches and leaves of the World Tree, Gold Essence, etc.

Creator: Alice Blackleaf

Health +300

Stamina +100

Strength +6

Constitution +10

Agility +8

Intelligence +5

Durability: 450/450

Weight: 0.3 kg

Defense: Attacks below 110 points within the protective range of the inner armor cannot damage the armor or its wearer. Attacks exceeding this limit can deal effective damage and reduce durability.

Elemental Guard: All elemental damage is reduced by 10%.

Love's Blessing (Passive): When the wearer's health falls below 10%, they receive Love's Blessing, instantly restoring 50% of their health. Cooldown: 3 hours.

Usage Requirement: William Blackleaf

Usage Requirement: 20 Strength

Growth Requirement: Place 1 jin of Mithril on the inner armor, and it will automatically absorb it to evolve.

Description: This is an inner armor personally crafted by a mother for her son. It contains not only great maternal love, but also a mother's beautiful wishes. Cherish the inner armor in your hands, child!

William Blackleaf sat on the ground in a daze, holding the inner armor in both hands, at a complete loss.

Only at that moment did he realize.

Just how deeply his mother in this world had cared for him.

As for the William from his previous life dying in the chaos of battle.

He must have been asking for it. Otherwise, even if the sky had fallen, the mother named Alice Blackleaf would probably have come to help him hold it up.

"A mother's love is great. If there's a chance..." William shook his head. His strength was still far too weak, so he could not think that far ahead. Staying alive until the end was the only hard truth.

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