Chapter 172: Half-elf (2)

In reality, Elven Rangers were very strong. If it truly came to a one-on-one fight, none of the troop types under Su Lun’s command were their match. In the Ranger troop tree, the final advanced troop type was the Ancient Guardian.

But reaching the Ancient Guardian level was not easy. The required Experience Points were astronomical, and Su Lun was not even sure if any Ranger could advance to that stage.

The arrival of the Half-elves greatly increased Zhenbei City’s strength. More importantly, Half-elves also knew how to make bows. The bows they made were no worse than the Centaur Longbow. Compared to the Centaur Longbow, which was one and a half meters long, the Elf War Bow was only about 1.3 meters long, making it more convenient to carry.

However, the trees needed to make the Elf War Bow required cultivation by Half-elf Druids. During their migration, the Half-elves had transplanted all their oak trees. Su Lun specially gave them a reserved plot of land within the city to plant these oaks. But oak trees grow slowly; an oak tree suitable for making bow bodies took several years to mature.

The Drow Elves had no objections to the arrival of the Half-elves. However, Su Lun noticed that the Drow Elves started training even harder and working more diligently. At first, the Half-elves were somewhat hostile towards the Drow Elves. Later, after learning that these Drow Elves worshipped the Dark Maiden and had escaped from the Underdark, they stopped being hostile.

Although the two sides were no longer hostile, they kept a clear distance, basically ignoring each other’s presence. Regarding this situation, Su Lun did not know what to say; he couldn’t just order them to get along.

After seeing the Drow Elves train so hard, the Half-elves also started training extremely hard. The two sides were completely competing, each trying to outdo the other. After the Drow Elves and Half-elves started competing, the other military units were a bit confused. Wasn’t this just daily training? Why were they going so all out?

Then, because these other units didn’t want their own training results to look too bad, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and follow suit. So before long, Su Lun found that all the military units were training very hard. After figuring out the cause, Su Lun hadn’t expected that accepting the Half-elves would bring such a benefit.

The arrival of the Half-elves did not disrupt Su Lun’s daily routine. He still set aside some time each day to train his dodging ability at the Training Ground. Besides himself, Chris, Carina, and Aydin also came here to try.

The one who lasted the longest was Aydin. As a Rogue, Aydin had high agility and already possessed the Dodge feat. He came here to train to gain more dodging feats.

After such a long period of training, Su Lun finally heard a System notification sound after finishing his training today.

“Congratulations, Host. Through long-term exercise, your dodging ability has improved. You have gained some information about Tumble Dodge…”

“Congratulations, Host. You have successfully mastered all the techniques of Tumble Dodge. Your agility exceeds 14 points, meeting the acquisition condition for [Tumble Dodge]. You have acquired the feat [Tumble Dodge].”

[Tumble Dodge: General Feat. Requires Agility 14. Can be mastered through long-term dodging training. When an opponent attacks, you can use the ground to tumble and dodge. Dodge bonus +3. You can’t hit me.]

Besides Tumble Dodge, he had only gained partial experience for other dodging feats. Fully mastering them required continued training. Each day, after finishing his dodging training, Su Lun also practiced spear and sword techniques for a while. However, because his spear skill proficiency was already very high, further improvement required much more time.

Among the killer moves he learned, the most powerful one, ‘Silver Dragon’s Reverse Scale Spear,’ was still only at the beginner proficiency level. Upgrading it would take a long time. In fact, because he had advanced to the Legendary rank recently, many talent feats required time to learn.

Chris sat leisurely on the balcony, holding a book and reading, occasionally taking a sip of coffee from the cup beside her. Coffee was a beverage brought back by the last Caravan. It was said this drink was very popular among the nobles of Florentia.

Those nobles liked to add milk and white sugar to their coffee. The rapid spread of coffee among the noble circles was actually thanks to Su Lun. Without the large amounts of white sugar he provided, it would have taken much longer for this drink to become popular.

The environment of the Northern Wilderness was actually not as comfortable as the Succubus’s hometown, but life here was very relaxing. She didn’t have to compete with her sisters or engage in scheming all day long. She was very satisfied with her current life.

The sun felt warm on her body. She casually picked up a pastry made by the Halfling Frodo and took a bite. Chris squinted her eyes contentedly. A shadow flew across the sky, and then a wyvern with a two-meter wingspan landed on the balcony. It rubbed its head against her leg.

Just then, the door opened, and Su Lun returned after completing his training for the day to rest.

“Master, would you like some coffee?” Chris threw a piece of dried meat to the small wyvern to send it away, then lifted her coffee cup and asked.

“No, prepare a pot of tea for me.” Su Lun lay down on another chair on the balcony, then picked up a dessert from the table and ate it in a few bites.

Because he had mastered [Tumble Dodge], Su Lun was in a good mood. He picked up the specially prepared dried meat from the table and teased the small wyvern.

In the evening, Heatherway returned.

As soon as she came back, she excitedly walked back and forth in front of Su Lun, which confused him.

“Heatherway, is something going on?” Su Lun couldn’t help but ask when Heatherway passed in front of him for the fourth time.

“Don’t you notice anything different about me today?” Heatherway said, somewhat pouty.

Su Lun looked her up and down, then said in an uncertain tone, “Your chest got bigger?”

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“Didn’t you notice my new clothes?” Heatherway said angrily.

“Wow, your new clothes are so beautiful! Did you make them yourself?” Su Lun said with an expression even he found fake.

“This is my newly made Wyvern Skin Robe!” Heatherway rolled her eyes at him.

“Wyvern Skin Robe?” Su Lun looked surprised at the clothing Heatherway was wearing. This Wyvern Skin Robe looked more like a dress than a wizard’s robe.

“This is a skill attached to the Wyvern Skin Robe: Transform Form. It can change style and color according to the wearer’s wish.” Heatherway said proudly.

“You went through all that trouble to make a Wyvern Skin Robe just to change its style?” Su Lun looked at Heatherway speechlessly.

“Are you stupid? This is just one of the Wyvern Skin Robe’s basic abilities.” Heatherway said discontentedly.

Su Lun reached out and touched the Wyvern Skin Robe she was wearing. Soon, the System gave the appraisal result.

“Item: Wyvern Skin Robe +3; Material: Frost Wyvern

Grade: Intermediate Magic Item.

Armor Strength: 6

Spell Resistance: 15

Additional Effects: Aura Intensification, Transform Form, Erase Tracks, Disguise

Additional Spells: Fly (once per day), Greater Mage Armor (three times), Contingency (once per day), Blink Spell (once per day)

Constant Effect: Deflection Field”

Seeing the attributes of this Wyvern Skin Robe, Su Lun was also surprised. This robe could be said to be the best Magic Item he had seen besides his Purple Dragon Halberd. One could even say this wizard’s robe was better than his Purple Dragon Halberd. After all, a Wizard’s items were more expensive.

An Armor Strength of 6 points was very high for a wizard’s robe. Ordinary Leather Armor only had 4 points. Magic Resistance was as high as 15, basically making her immune to first and second level spells. Furthermore, with the constant Deflection Field, projectile attacks like arrows were ineffective against her.

The other attached spells were all for self-protection or saving her life. This was because Wizards’ own spell attacks were too powerful, making them easy targets on the battlefield. So Wizards created various items for survival. Killing a Wizard was really difficult unless you destroyed all their items.

After Heatherway finished making her Wyvern Skin Robe, it was finally time to enchant the Dragonhide Armor. However, the enchantment effects on the Dragonhide Armor definitely wouldn’t compare to those on the wizard’s robe.

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Spring was getting closer. The temperature in the Northern Wasteland was also rising. The ice and snow in the southern part of the Territory had already begun to show signs of melting. Because of the Harvest Altar, Zhenbei City had already started preparing for planting.

Although winter was about to end, this time was also the most dangerous period in the Wilderness. Gnolls, Goblins, and Kobolds, who had barely survived the harsh winter, were so hungry their eyes glowed green. They began searching the Wilderness for food constantly.

Zhenbei City strengthened its patrols of the Territory. Every day, ten groups of patrol teams took turns patrolling the land. The farmland outside Zhenbei City had already begun cultivation. This time, all the land would be planted. Five thousand acres would still be used for Potatoes. The remaining land would have three thousand acres planted with sugar beets, and one thousand acres planted with barley, oats, and other grains for brewing alcohol. The last one thousand acres were for planting wheat.

At the same time, Zhenbei City planned to reclaim a large amount of land this year. Just outside Zhenbei City, there were over fifty thousand acres of land easy to reclaim. Near the river, a large amount of land could also be reclaimed. This year’s plan was to reclaim fifty thousand acres of farmland.

Because of the Harvest Altar, the grain crops in Zhenbei City had a shorter maturation time. For example, Potatoes could be planted for three harvests a year here, and wheat could be planted for two harvests. So in the future, this place would basically not lack food. Next, Su Lun planned to plant many other crops.

Such as soybeans, vegetables, sesame, cotton, and various other crops. Because stir-frying was introduced, Su Lun planned to produce large quantities of vegetable oil. Meanwhile, the leftover bean cakes from oil pressing could be used to feed livestock.

The Territory now raised Wild Oxen, Zebra Antelopes, warhorses, and Pack Beasts. These all required a lot of feed. The manure excreted by these animals would also be used to fertilize the farmland. Su Lun was gradually building the Territory’s ecological chain.