Chapter 66: Please Stop Your Restocking Behavior
The white-hot flare rotated high in the air, using this method to hover. The light emitted from the internal solid-oxygen combustion illuminated a large area below.
The opposing vassal soldiers were not equipped with firearms. In this world, due to the prevalence of supernatural power, firearms had withdrawn from the mainstream battlefield. There were many reasons for this. First, firearms became prevalent because they could achieve considerable lethal effects at a low cost.
Looking at the situation on Ser Star, after the mechanical pollution appeared, it had entered the Eighth Rank of superhuman power at a painful cost. For example, to kill a vassal soldier, influenced by supernatural power and through acquired training, his body had reached a level that pre-calamity firearms could not harm.
Through later development, it was still possible to manufacture firearms that could injure or even kill this vassal soldier, but the cost was very high.
Firearms of that power either had strong recoil, required a large amount of the user's own body energy, or demanded excellent mental strength. In other words, such firearms were no longer usable by everyone, and their manufacturing cost was prohibitive.
This led to the situation on Ser Star where firearms capable of sniping strong individuals did exist, but they were rare, and those who could use and afford them were not ordinary people.
On the other hand, equipping vassal soldiers with cold weapons was an excellent way to solve weapon popularization, and it maximized the use of their physical qualities. As for large-scale destructive power on the battlefield, heavy cannon-type weapons were created for that purpose.
On the chaotic battlefield, friendly Boar Warriors, each holding a warhammer, charged at full speed. Their assault method was simple: rush forward as fast as possible, and imbue their warhammers with the "Raging Flame" effect.
After charging to the front of the enemy, they ignored the enemy's attacks and swung their hammers with full force. The enemy's first line of defense was broken in this way, along with the charge of 27 heavy tanks.
The battlefield was filled with shouts and explosions. Hausman, nearly 3 meters tall and holding a spiked hammer over 2 meters long, charged at the forefront. His spiked hammer was entirely dark gold, bought through the slave trader Azba's connections, said to be forged by the Beast Clan.
On the chaotic battlefield, Hausman's spiked hammer was covered in blood and flesh. With a bang, a metal spike embedded into his shoulder. His figure only swayed, and his charge never stopped.
On both sides of Hausman were Boar Warriors holding warhammers, with a heavy tank every 20 meters. This charging formation was like an unstoppable torrent.
In fact, Su Xiao also adopted tactics. He arranged the front charging formation and also arranged the middle and rear formations. One must have dreams; what if the Boar Warriors could maintain it? They had already believed in the sun.
Facts proved that this was indeed a dream-level hope. Except for the front Boar Warriors and heavy tanks, the rear formation, after 6 seconds of full charge, became a chaotic mess again.
Why could the front charging formation be maintained? Of course it could. The so-called formation was simply telling them to keep charging forward and use the Flame Explosion Hammer when they saw the enemy.
The charging troops endured various attacks from the front enemy, carved a bloody path, and finally got within 10 meters of the enemies on the second line of defense.
On the opposite side, vassal soldiers held war knives, similar to horse-slaying sabers. However, the vassal soldiers were not equipped with shields, both because their physical qualities made it unnecessary and because in battles with humans, both sides mostly charged at each other. Their combat suits were good enough, so there was no need for bulky shields.
The vassal soldiers watched the charging Boar Warriors. Although the average height of the vassals was around 1.9 to 2 meters, they were clearly shorter when facing the Boar Warriors, and these charging enemies were too reckless.
"Don't retreat!"
A vassal officer shouted coldly and sternly. This showed the combat quality of the vassal soldiers: no one flinched. The front-row soldiers shouted in unison and then collectively met the Boar Warriors. If they could block the enemy, the subsequent defense lines would immediately adjust to surround the enemy.
A Boar Warrior held his warhammer with both hands, roaring, saliva flying from his lips and teeth. The Sun Force within him attached to the long-handled warhammer. He leaped forward while charging, raised the hammer above his head, and swung it down with full force.
On the opposite side, a vassal soldier's war knife slashed upward, the blade cutting through the air with a whimper. The vassal soldier's body surface quickly covered with a layer of metal veins.
Boom!
The hammer struck down, and flames exploded. When the vassal soldier came to his senses, he was lying in a pit, his ears hot and ringing incessantly, with a rusty taste in his mouth.
In front of him, the Boar Warrior who had just swung the hammer had a deep wound from his abdomen to his armpit, breathing heavily.
After glaring at each other, the Boar Warrior and the vassal soldier who got up from the ground fought together.
In terms of combat experience, the vassal soldiers were certainly stronger. But in terms of survivability and physical qualities, the Boar Warriors were definitely superior.
If a Boar Warrior fought a vassal soldier one-on-one, the Boar Warrior would surely die. If it was a 10-on-10 brawl, the vassal soldiers would feel great pressure.
If it was 1000 against 1000, the vassal soldiers would have a hard time holding on. The Boar Warriors' "Raging Flame" hammer, although targeting a single enemy, caused a large area of flame explosion.
After the Boar Warriors gained Sun Force, their flame resistance was very high, so there was no issue of friendly fire. On the contrary, if the vassal soldiers endured multiple flame explosions, even if they weren't the ones being hit, they would be severely burned or die on the spot.
After the "Raging Flame" hammer exploded, the flame explosion could affect the surrounding 7 to 9 meters. Looking down from above, with the booming sounds, waves of flame explosions spread below, dense enough to form a line.
After a round of flame explosions, the vassal soldiers were either severely injured or died on the spot. Coupled with the strong charge of the heavy tanks, after a vassal soldier covered in golden-red flames screamed and ran before falling to the ground, the enemy's second defense line was broken.
The situation of this battle was actually very clear. If the vassals successfully blocked the Boar Warriors' charge, then Rear Admiral Rez would win. This vassal general was very experienced. After learning about the Boar Warriors' strong survivability, he set up a nibbling defense line.
But if the defense lines were broken and the Boar Warriors were mixed in with the vassal soldiers, then the friendly side would surely win.
The flame explosion from "Raging Flame" was perfect for melee combat. What was even more unsolvable was that the Boar Warriors' flame resistance was very high, which meant they had a high degree of friendly damage reduction.
The smell of burning and blood spread across the battlefield. In the center of the Boar Warriors' battle group, the high priestess, holding a staff, released warm, sunlight-like radiance, bathing many severely injured Boar Warriors.
Earlier, after Su Xiao injected the [Sun Bird Source Blood] into the Evolution Nest, besides granting Sun Force to soldier-type units, the next day, the nest activated the ability to cultivate a second type of 5th-level unit, named: Sun Maiden.
The high priestess had now transformed into a Sun Maiden. The reason she was the only one was that the transformation cost was too high, and female soldier-type units capable of transforming into Sun Maidens were hard to find.
The ability of the Sun Maiden was simple: by consuming her own Sun Force, she provided healing effects to Boar Warriors within 100 meters. Although the healing amount was not high, it had a large range and long duration, characteristic of battlefield healers.
Developing the Sun Faction and being able to develop healing-type units was one of the greatest advantages.
On the top floor of the friendly base camp, in the main command room, Su Xiao stood in front of a several-meter-wide curved window, overlooking the distant battlefield. In the first battle, the vassals were beaten into a daze, which was normal. Su Xiao had determined the development direction of the Boar Warriors based on the vassals' weaknesses. The conflict between the friendly side and the vassals was too sharp; war was inevitable.
Even so, he could not be careless. The number of soldiers from the three major vassal forces was too large, and their resources were abundant. If this first battle did not gain an advantage, once the vassals reacted, there would be no chance to fight.
Su Xiao checked a prompt that had just appeared.
[Prompt (Void Tree): Because your soldier-type units have killed over 5000 enemies, your exchange level in the Title Shop has reached Lv.1.]
[At 12:00 noon every day, the Title Shop will open for 10 minutes. This opening is for all Contractors, Hunters, Battle Angels... in this world.]
[When your Title Shop exchange level increases, the Title Shop will open for you personally for 5 minutes.]
[Because your exchange level is Lv.1, you can only exchange for one-star titles in the Title Shop. This exchange requires payment in Soul Coins.]
[The increase in exchange level will involve multiple factors. In this world, the exchange level can be increased up to Lv.7.]
[You can exchange for the following one-star titles...]
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Seeing this information, Su Xiao roughly scanned the list of one-star titles, all around 8 to 10 Soul Coins. After all, they were only one-star titles, and there was a 65% discount.
Su Xiao didn't look much at the attributes of these titles. They all had a common characteristic: the stock was 1. That is, after Su Xiao exchanged for them, others would have no chance to exchange. Moreover, this Title Shop was shared by both friend and foe.
How could such a scarce resource as titles be given to the enemy? Su Xiao tried to consult the Void Tree through his mark and learned that a single large-scale exchange was possible.
There were a total of 226 one-star titles. Su Xiao spent 2054 Soul Coins to exchange for all of them. The Title Shop's list was instantly empty. Only after the exchange level increased to Lv.2 would the two-star titles inside be visible.
When the enemy Contractors activated the Title Shop, they would surely be very puzzled: why was there not a single title in this shop? Could it be out of stock?