Chapter 278: Radiant High Marshal Regalia
Eventually, Max decided to maximize his skill’s proficiency in his residence’s consecrated prayer chamber.
It has been enhanced by his enchanters and rune mages, adding not only layer of defenses but privacy, as well.
In fact, the latter was emphasized to the point that the Authority of Salvation could barely perceive what was happening inside the consecrated prayer chamber, despite it being a place for it.
It was Seraphina who assured Max.
Max simply did not want others to be always aware of what was currently happening towards him.
Just as he left his office, where the knights bowed deeply to greet him, he soon realized that his current horse was unavailable.
According to the system, it would take a month for the horse to be awaken from its slumber.
However, the female horse, who was the wife of his main horse, as both survived from Max’s first encounter with the demon, was definitely available, being taken care by his beast tamer.
When he left the building, Joel rushed towards Max, while the female horse followed behind anxiously.
Joel bowed to greet Max and hastily said, "Master, your horse suddenly fell into slumber.
It is not sick. But it is unconscious.
Carla is telling me that something is happening to Carlo, but she’s not sure if it’s a good thing or not."
Max shook his head. "It’s a good thing. Don’t mind it.
I need her to bring me to my residence.
You should stay here and focus on your job in the Beast Taming Division."
Joel heaved a sigh of relief and bowed towards Max.
He glanced at Carla who seemed to be equally relieved and simply smiled at her.
Carla didn’t even bother giving him a glance as she immediately rubbed her head to Max, being affectionate to her master.
Max simply smiled and jumped towards it, proceeding towards his residence.
It has been a while since he returned...
...
Max was now in the consecrated prayer chamber.
After finding his comfortable position, without hesitation, he ordered the system to maximize his passive skill’s proficiency level, High Summoning Mastery.
[Your passive skill, High Summoning Mastery’s skill proficiency level is increasing.
Please do understand that it will take sometime to fully maximize it.
5%...
Estimated time: 5 hours, 15 minutes, 5 seconds...]
Max smiled.
He didn’t mind at all.
After all, if he just suddenly maximized all his skill’s proficiency level, given that they were in the hyper realistic world, the system’s interference might affect the world greatly.
Hence, Max had to spend two months in real-world time, to maximize all his skill’s proficiency level.
Of course, he did not just spend his time doing nothing in the past two months.
He also completed his responsibilities for himself, as a Guildmaster, and as the ambassador of Aethernova, promoting Eclipse Immersion Pod globally.
He also traveled around the world for a fan meet greeting, which had no choice but to comply.
It was already december when Max had maximized all his skills level proficiency.
[Summon Radiant Knight (Master)]
The caster achieves complete A-Rank mastery over the Conclave’s summoning network.
The entire standard Radiant Knight army can be deployed simultaneously.
Maximum Active Knights: 1,100
Mana Cost: 80 mana points
Casting Time: 1.0 second
Standard Composition:
400 Warriors
200 Rangers
100 Assassins
200 Mages
200 Supports
Master Effect — Mass Summoning
The caster can summon Radiant Knights as organized squads or battalions instead of individually.]
At Master rank, Max now has a thousand Radiant Knights in his Conclave Network.
[Knight Slot Expansion III (Master)
The caster reaches the maximum capacity of the A-Rank Conclave Network.
Effects:
𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
Maximum Active Knights: 1,100
Maximum Contracted Knights: 1,100
Full Standard Composition supported
All 1,100 Knights can remain simultaneously connected to the Conclave Network
Multiple battalions can operate independently while remaining connected to the High Marshal
Individual squads can receive separate commands
Master Effect — Conclave Army
The 1,100 Radiant Knights are recognized by the Conclave as a single organized military force.
Equipment Interaction — Grand Ring of Knight Authority
The additional 100 Assassin slots are provided by the Grand Ring of Knight Authority. These slots are integrated directly into the Conclave’s summoning network and can be deployed alongside the standard 1,000-Knight army.
Base Conclave Capacity: 1,000 Knights
Equipment-Granted Capacity: +100 Assassins
Total Active Capacity: 1,100 Knights]
Max was honestly surprised that the Ring of Knight Authority had evolved to the Grand Ring of Knight Authority, turning one additional Radiant Knights to a hundred.
Max’s A-rank equipment was equipment set was called Radiant High Marshal Regalia, which reflected the name of his current class—Radiant High Marshal.
[Radiant High Marshal Regalia
Rank: A-Rank
Class: Radiant High Marshal
Level Range: 201–300
Main Weapon: High Marshal’s Command GauntletsEffects:
+30% Summon Damage
+30% Summon Defense
+25% Command Range
+20% Summon Skill Potency
+15% Summon Response Speed
Special Effect — Mass Command: Reduces the mana cost of commands issued to multiple Radiant Knights. The reduction increases according to the number of Knights receiving the same command.
Armor: Mantle of the Radiant High Marshal
Effects:
+25% Mana Regeneration
+25% Contract Stability
+20% Summon Duration
+15% Mana Efficiency for Conclave Skills
+15% Resistance to Authority Suppression
Special Effect — High Marshal’s Authority
While at least one Battalion is active:
+10% Mana Regeneration
+10% Contract Stability
+10% Radiant Knight Resistance to Corruption
The effect increases to its full value when all five Battalions are deployed.
Accessory: Grand Ring of Knight AuthorityEffects:
+25 Maximum Active Knights
+25 Maximum Contracted Knights
+10% Radiant Knight Attack Power
+10% Radiant Knight Defense
+10% Radiant Knight Skill Potency
Special Effect — Authority Expansion
The additional Knight capacity provided by this ring remains integrated with the Conclave Network and can be assigned to any Battalion.
Accessory: Ring of Conclave PerceptionEffects:
+30% Detection Range through Radiant Knights
+20% Battlefield Awareness
+20% Target Acquisition Range
+15% Command Information Transfer Speed
Special Effect — Conclave Battlefield Perception
The wearer receives relevant battlefield information gathered by the Radiant Conclave.
The tactical information shared can include enemy and allied positions, detected movements, designated targets, battalion locations, and the status of formations and officers.
The wearer does not literally see through every Radiant Knight’s eyes.
Instead, relevant information is filtered through the Conclave Network.]