Chapter 247 - Towers and Prey
[God King of Death Faction – Selectable Towers:
Option 1: Locust Tower (Elite)
Armor: 100
Attack: 10
Defense: 5
Attack Method: Acid Spit
Range: 10 km
Attack Rate: 1 second
Skills: None
Sacred Object Slot: 2
Energy Required: 100 (Core race. Requires 50% less Energy to build.)
Option 2: Scorching Dwarf Tower (Elite)
Armor: 1,000
Attack: 200
Defense: 100
Attack Method: Hammer Blow
Range: 20 km
Attack Rate: 2 seconds
Skills: Forge Equipment. Can forge Sacred Objects into equipment to increase Armor, Attack, or Defense.
Sacred Object Slot: 3
Energy Required: 2,000
Option 3: Swordwind Tower (Unique)
Armor: 5,000
Attack: 800
Defense: 400
Attack Method: Swordwind
Range: 20 km
Attack Rate: 0.5 seconds
Skills: Whirlwind Slash. Unleashes a whirlwind that shreds enemies and deals AOE damage.
Sacred Object Slots: 7
Energy Required: 50,000
Option 4: Skeleton Tower (Common)
Armor: 100
Attack: 10
Defense: 20
Attack Method: Bone Fragment Toss
Range: 10 km
Attack Rate: 1 second
Skills: None
Sacred Object Slots: 1
Energy Required: 200
Option 5: Minotaur Tower...
Option 6: Epistian Tower...
Option 7: Tigermen Tower...
Option 8: Treant Tower...
Option 9: Half-Dragon Tower...
Option 10: Great Dragon Tower...]
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All of Han Wu’s units had been converted into towers that he could build. He only needed to spend Energy to build the corresponding ones. Scanning the Energy costs, he realized he started with just 1,000 Energy. That limited his early options to the Locust and Skeleton Towers. Both were cheap but painfully weak.
“I have no choice but to use them first. I’ll build the others once I’ve gathered enough Energy,” he muttered.
His territory spanned an enormous 10,000 square kilometers, yet even if he spent all his Energy on Locust Towers, he could only erect ten to defend it. Each Locust Tower could cover a maximum area of 314 square kilometers. Ten towers combined would protect just 3,140 square kilometers at best—a fraction of his entire territory.
Han Wu decided against spending his Energy right away. He wanted to observe what would happen once the wargame began.
He wasn’t sure how much time passed before a notification appeared, announcing the start of the wargame. Looking up, he saw two numbers floating above his head.
[Current Land Size: 10,000 square kilometers]
[Current Energy: 1,000]
He noticed his Energy steadily increased by 1 unit per second. In less than two minutes, Han Wu had gained 100 Energy, bringing his total to 1,100. He was about to celebrate when the numbers changed.
[Current Land Size: 9,999 square kilometers]
His Energy gain had also dropped to 0.9 points per second. Quickly scanning his land from above, he spotted a small group of goblins invading his territory. Wherever the goblins walked, the land beneath them turned white. His perfect square of black was slowly fragmenting into streaks of white.
Han Wu finally grasped the rules of the wargame. “The win condition is to have as much land as possible by the end of it!”
He then inspected the goblins and was surprised to find that he could read their data as well.
[Goblins (Common)
HP: 50
Attack: 5
Defense: 3
Attack Method: Wooden Club HIt
Range: 1 meter
Attack Rate: 1 second
Movement Speed: 30 km/h
Skills: None]
Han Wu quickly realized the goblins were pitifully weak. Their Attack was low, and their Defense even worse. He doubted they could bring down a single Locust Tower. They were nothing more than cannon fodder.
Still, he had no intention of letting them roam freely through his territory. He spent 100 Energy to construct a Locust Tower near their position. As soon as the structure rose, the locusts perched on it started spitting acid globs with uncanny precision. Each shot hit its mark, and none of the goblins could survive more than eight strikes.
After killing his first goblin, Han Wu received a new notification.
[Killed a goblin. Obtained 0.1 Energy]
He also noticed that the ground, once white where the goblins had stepped, gradually blackened within the tower’s attack range.
After wiping out the goblins, Han Wu gained 6.5 Energy and restored his territory to 10,000 square kilometers. With his land reclaimed, his Energy gain per second returned to 1 unit, and it swiftly accumulated.
Unfortunately, the calm was brief. A small group of Wind Sparrows soon invaded his territory after the goblins.
Han Wu examined the Wind Sparrows to assess their threat
[Wind Sparrows (Elite)
HP: 70
Attack: 12
Defense: 6
Attack Method: Wind Blade
Range: 1 km
Attack Rate: 5 seconds
Movement Speed: 300 km/h
Skills: Consecutive Wind Blades. Releases five wind blades in quick succession, though each blade deals only 70% of its original power.]
The Wind Sparrows moved swiftly, claiming three square kilometers of his territory within a single minute of their invasion. Han Wu quickly erected more Locust Towers around them, but the birds showed no fear. Instead, they launched furious attacks against the towers.
Each time they struck a Locust Tower, they shaved off 7 Armor. After just fifteen hits, a tower would collapse. Sometimes, they unleashed Consecutive Wind Blades, stripping away 23 Armor in a single burst.
Han Wu watched one of his freshly built towers crumble under their assault and knew he had to change tactics. He spent 200 Energy to construct a Skeleton Tower. The decision paid off. The Wind Sparrows’ attacks, including their skill, lacked the power to break through the Skeleton Tower’s higher defense.
The Skeleton Tower retaliated with a barrage of Bone Fragments, gradually whittling the Wind Sparrows down. Each kill earned Han Wu 1.2 Energy. With fifty eliminated, he gained a total of 60 Energy—still not enough to make up for the cost of a single lost Locust Tower.
Thankfully, the Wind Sparrows also dropped two Elite Sacred Objects, the Wind Sparrow Feathers.
[Wind Sparrow Feather (Elite): Grants +20 Armor and increases Attack Rate by 10% when equipped.]
Unfortunately, his Skeleton Tower had only one Sacred Object Slot, which meant he could equip just a single Sacred Object at a time. If he wanted to make use of both, he would have no choice but to use Merge.
He successfully merged them and created something entirely new.
[Wind Sparrow Feather +1 (Elite): Grants +40 Armor and increases Attack Rate by 15% when equipped.]
This marked a significant improvement over the original objects. He equipped the new item onto his Skeleton Tower and waited for more prey to invade his territory.