Chapter 964 - 87: Imperial Ascension Rewards
The monument was not a reward that Losa obtained upon ascending to the throne, but rather a structure he drew a long time ago, lacking substantial meaning, unlike the Seated Angel Statue, which is a treasure with special effects.
Yet, using it at this moment is undoubtedly a subtle weapon that can influence the people’s perception of this era. The war is about to end—at least, it will reach a temporary conclusion.
For a considerable period in the future, peace and development will be the mainstream of this new Empire.
First is a divine artifact, the "Lombard Iron Crown," which replaced the King’s New Crown in Losa’s hand that had little presence, simultaneously enhancing its capabilities comprehensively without being removed from the King’s Armor Set.
Description: It is one of the oldest symbols of kingship in Christendom, rumored to have been made from the iron used to crucify Jesus. Regardless of the truth of the legend, it undoubtedly possesses the great power to slay gods.
Effect 1: [Under Heaven, None are Exempt from the Emperor’s Land]—Within your legal territory, you can use a special "Emperor’s Decree" to apply negative effects including weakening, binding, and intimidating on any target with a title lower than yours.
Moreover, if you are outside of your territory, you can temporarily designate a 100-square-kilometer area as your "palace," which will be temporarily regarded as your legal territory. Each time you designate a "palace," it requires a cooldown of three days.
Note: The decree’s effect is still subject to the limitations of the territory status. Currently, your territory status is "Usurper Impostor."
Effect 2: [Lord of All Armies], the Iron Crown soaked in Holy Blood possesses the great power of the lord of all armies. You can designate any of your subordinates or soldiers to receive one-third of your attributes temporarily. Note, if the target’s strength differs too much from yours, they are likely to die immediately after the effect ends.
Effect 3: [Holy Edict Resonance], you can consume spiritual power at any time to communicate with any subordinates regardless of distance, seeing everything they see. After consuming a large amount of spiritual power, you can even create a spiritual incarnation to descend beside your subordinate.
Although the Lombard Crown is called the "Iron Crown," it can be described as magnificent, with eight lily-shaped crown branches studded with pearls and gems.
This world also has a similar one, stored in the Monza Cathedral in Milan. Charlemagne used it when he defeated the Lombard Kingdom and brought the northern and central regions of the Apennines under his rule to be crowned as King of Lombardy.
However, Losa thought that if he took out this Iron Crown, people of the Holy Land would surely believe that the one in his hand looks more like the genuine one than the one stored in Milan.
Compared to the original "King’s New Crown," this Iron Crown retains its original abilities while its effects have been comprehensively enhanced, such as the original special effect "Under Heaven, None are Exempt from Royal Land," which could only take effect within the territory, being useless beyond the border.
Now, although it still needs to be limited by the territory, it can designate a piece of land as its "palace," immediately endowing it with a strong strategic value.
As for his evaluation as a "Usurper Impostor," with the complete restoration of Egypt and the Crusaders’ conquest of the disintegrated lands of the Ayyubid Dynasty, it will soon return to average levels.
Effect 2, "Lord of All Armies," a purely beneficial ability, is profound without a doubt.
He immediately conceived an idea—to give his enhancement effect to Lavinia, then let her enhance him back, achieving the effect of stepping on one’s own foot.
Effect 3, "Holy Edict Resonance," seems the most mundane of the three abilities, yet its functionality and strategic significance are quite strong. At the very least, Losa can now contact Captain Hog, who had been missing for a long time.
Losa took out this crown, so magnificent that no amount of eulogizing words could describe it, trying to connect with it spiritually, only to find that inside the crown, there surged an extremely powerful counterforce.
Compared to the Spear of Destiny, which had grown step by step with Losa, or Jeanne’s Holy Spear, or Prajna’s Gate of Hell, these companion artifacts, this Iron Crown was undoubtedly a wild and untamed stallion.
Losa sullenly put it down, realizing this was the artifact spirit of the crown expressing dissatisfaction with him. After all, it had been tossed aside by Losa to gather dust with miscellaneous items in the King’s Treasure Ring and only worn during the first coronation ceremony.
To appease the artifact spirit, it will probably take some time.
Next is the upgraded "Emperor’s Celestial Destiny Spear," which had been one of Losa’s main combat treasures. Although the upgrade’s enhancement wasn’t as significant as the "New Crown," it remained a top-tier artifact in Losa’s arsenal.
1. Where the Divine Spear Points: Designate a target and place it on the "Wanted List." Any soldiers or subordinates under your command, including yourself, will deal 20% more damage to it.
2. Where Land Ends, None are Exempt from the Emperor’s Servants: Any enemies within your legal territory, including the "palace," will be forcibly subjected to a "Servants" effect, reducing their hostility towards you and forcibly weakening the damage they cause to you and all subordinates by half.
3. Law-Breaking Spear: Dragon Qi can break all magic. The Spear of Destiny, infused with Dragon Qi, can break any tangible magic cast by the enemy. You can overdraw two additional uses, with cooldown time increasing by a day for each time overdrawn.
Effect 1 is entirely a major enhancement, originally only increased movement speed when approaching the enemy, now changed to increase damage.
Effect 2 originally only inflicted critical damage on enemies with a higher title, although strong after triggering, it was practically useless. Now it has been changed to a universal ability, also able to link with the Lombard Iron Crown, undoubtedly a major enhancement.
Effect 3 had the smallest change, only moving from being usable once per day to a maximum of three uses, with increased cooldown time, but its strategic significance increased tenfold.
Lastly, is the "Emperor’s Treasure Ring," which Losa had always used as a storage tool, although it also had the ability to bear enemy attacks. However, due to the condition of Losa’s territory, it had been in a useless state.
Currently, its two abilities haven’t changed much, only having added a baseline extreme similar to the previous Spear of Destiny, ensuring that no matter how poor the territory condition gets, it maintains the level of an "Excellent-grade" treasure, preventing it from becoming entirely useless.
Leaving aside the Treasure Ring for now, with just the upgrades of the first two, Losa can already face someone like Shemir, who wields a powerful Legendary artifact, and easily take them down with his subordinates.
Apart from the Emperor’s Three-piece Set, the last major reward has come.
"Designated Ability Enhancement Ticket," whose effect is to specify any one of your talents or abilities, granting it a significant enhancement.
As the final reward, its value is indisputable. If it weren’t limited to being used on "oneself," Losa would undoubtedly specify it on a subordinate, as enhancing a subordinate would also enhance the abilities he shares, effectively enhancing twice.
However, since it is restricted to oneself, there’s no doubt where Losa would use it.
After all, talents like the most useful "Demon Warrior" are borrowed, and although his abilities have greatly increased with the acquisition of the "Marble King" six-star template, his trump card remains the "True Dragon Transformation" that has consistently helped him defeat many powerful enemies.
You have chosen to enhance the special skill "True Dragon Transformation."
Your True Dragon Body has been greatly enhanced, increasing from the original "High-Level Ancient Dragon Species" to "Legendary Ancient Dragon Species."
The description is just a short sentence, but Losa could clearly feel a volcanic surge of energy within his body.
His Dragon Blood was advancing, transforming—not only enhancing his True Dragon Transformation but also elevating his life level, lifespan, and attributes comprehensively.
The agonizing pain left him speechless. If not for having undergone the "Ghost Dragon Trial," which enhanced his spiritual power comprehensively, Losa might have already collapsed and passed out, allowing his Giant Dragon Bloodline to advance on its own.
But now, Losa not only remained conscious but also endured the agony to integrate his will, guiding his bloodline to transform according to his wishes, enhancing flame attributes, magic resistance, and single-target attacks...
After a long, long time, so long that Losa gradually became familiar with the heart-wrenching pain, this pain suddenly escalated to another level—his bloodline had completed its advancement, and next was his bone marrow.
This pain finally exceeded the threshold Losa could endure, his instincts forcibly sending him into a faint, severing his perception.