Chapter 20: The Powerful 6th-Order Troops

  The 5th day of Week 2.

  "Constructing Human Tribe 6th Tier Cavalry Battalion - 20000! Remaining gold coins: 0."

  Reminder: The hero's gold vault has run out of resources and cannot be used anymore. Please replenish it in time!

  Lin Tian cried with a gloomy face, gazing far away at the barracks where four majestic knights were lined up in an orderly manner, but could only watch from afar without enough money to recruit them. Is this not tragic enough? The tea table of life is filled with such cups!

  A certain otaku can only self-hypnotize himself and hold on for two more days, until next Monday when a lot of gold coins will be deposited into his account.

  I really can't wait anymore, I'm so bored, let's check out some information about the troops.

  Human 6th-tier knight, possessing top-notch combat strength equivalent to a 7-star general on the continent. He rides a majestic horse with full-body armor, leaving only two eye holes in front. His entire equipment is heavy armor, which is at the opposite extreme of the elegant armor of the Elf tribe's flying horse knights, with a coverage rate of over 90%. It looks ancient and heavy. Even his helmet is fully covered, leaving only a small cross-shaped gap for his eyes to observe and his nose to breathe. He wears chainmail-style knight gloves that protect his hands without affecting their flexibility. His weapon is a 3-meter-long knight's lance. This is not enough; he also has a heavy saber hanging from his waist, almost armed to the teeth.

  Possesses powerful inherent attributes, and also has a characteristic called Knight's Charge: charging forward in a straight line from the original position to strike enemies, with increased attack power due to high-speed horseback riding, with an upper limit of up to 50%.

  Awesome! Cool! Is there any? Where's the money? Where are the gold coins? Why hasn't that damned fatty come yet? This is the first time Lin Tian didn't complete today's system construction task before 7 o'clock, this kind of painful torture makes a certain house owner take another step closer to being a miser...

  Without a care, leveling up, without a care, studying the system, and even going so far as to flirt with the charming spirit loli... this is truly unbelievable. Finally, after struggling until noon, President Jones finally sent someone to hastily deliver 110,000 gold coins...

  After sending away the visitors, a certain mansion summoned these 4 fierce knights for the first time.

  "Recruiting 6-star knights, 4 needed! -20,000!" It's really expensive and worth it. Remaining 90,000 gold.

  Four powerful knights surrounded Lin Tian, these were all equivalent to the mainland's famous generals in terms of strength. Who had so many strong warriors as guards? Who had such grandeur?

  "Constructing 6th-tier Guardian of the Elven Realm - 20,000! Recruiting 4 Tree Spirits - 20,000. Remaining 50,000 gold."

  The vault was dug a big hole by the mouse, and a lot of gold coins were leaked, right?

  After checking out the detailed information of the tree demon, Lin Tian hoped that the mouse would dig more fiercely.

  Is the knight mighty? The knight on horseback is about 2.5 meters tall, isn't that tall? Tall as hell! A certain resident looked up at these strange big guys in front of him and was speechless...

  Treant, 6th-tier creature of the Elf faction. Standing tall at a height of over 6 meters, it retains the powerful appearance from Heroes V (Note: The Treant in Heroes III was also a 5th-tier unit, but its strength wasn't particularly outstanding. In contrast, the Treant in Heroes V is much more formidable and ranks among the top in terms of strength among all 6th-tier units). It resembles a giant tree with a humanized old face and four limbs for combat. Its massive hands are especially noteworthy, with an arm span exceeding 6 meters when spread apart, granting it an extremely long attack range. The three-fingered giant hand is as hard and sharp as Edward Scissorhands, looking brutally violent and making it a reliable butcher.

  But, dear! Can't you at least remove the green leaves from your hair and try to blend in? Dye it into a non-mainstream color like mohawk, and your hairstyle would be a hundred times better than this.

  Having a powerful characteristic: entwining.

  Entwining: All enemies within 4 meters of the Tree Demon will be entwined by its roots at the first opportunity, able to attack but unable to move.

  This is a perfect strong meat shield, with high attack and defense, long health bar, can also lock down opponents within range, plus it can launch cohabitation with 1st level upgraded Lin Yao to recover life, absolutely a model for sustainable energy development. Moreover, unlike the dwarves' short legs, although the tree demons are slow-moving, look at their giant elephant legs that are several meters long, and they can take several meters in one stride, topping several steps of others, I believe the absolute speed is definitely not low. Yoohoo! Royal meat shield!

  Additionally, Lin Tian also discovered another secret: the upgrade cost of a military building is actually equal to its initial construction cost. For example, the 6th-level cavalry barracks costs 20,000 to build, and upgrading it to a knight's arena also requires 20,000, which is very different from the game's usual logic. In the original version of the game, upgrading military buildings wasn't so expensive, usually costing around one-third of the original building price. However, in our Heroes System, such a large adjustment was made, which doesn't make sense. The system should be more convenient after changes, right? Lin Tian wondered if it would compensate from other aspects, for example: after upgrading the military building, all corresponding soldiers can automatically upgrade for free...

  With the powerful 6th-order troops joining, the certain house is now safe! But at the same time, the dead house male has started to worry again. Look at this, the construction cost of the 6th-order building is already 20,000, what about tomorrow's 7th-order building? Are you going to spend 100,000 or not? Can people still live like this? I've sold my house and I'm still poor!

  The 6th day of Week 2.

  It's really strange, the system didn't unlock the 7th level building. It seems there are other unlocking conditions that haven't been met yet. Feeling disappointed but also relieved, Lin Tian let out a deep breath. Otherwise, with only 50,000 gold in the treasury, what if the 7th level barracks required 100,000? Given his personality, it's absolutely impossible for him to give up on the 7th level troops. Would he really have to exchange all of his family's properties? Even if he wanted to sell, how could he get the cash back so quickly? And he would definitely face the old steward's pursuit. Just thinking about selling the mansion worth 50,000 gold, Lin Tian shuddered at the memory of the old steward's "You're not making progress, the steward is very angry, and the consequences are severe!" gaze! Alright, let's save up money then!

  "Constructing Human 4th-level Ministry of Internal Affairs - 10,000, Elf 4th-level Ministry of Internal Affairs - 10,000. Remaining 30,000,000."

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs has reached the top level and can provide 4,000 gold in taxes every day. It's indeed a golden egg-laying hen.

  What depressed Otaku B was that a small amount of red markers appeared on his strategic map, still in the border village east last time, estimated to be a new batch of orc scouts, as few as ever. Recently, some otakus who have been stuck in the city lord's mansion playing mm games started thinking deeply.

  Let's go, kill beastmen and level up!