Chapter 204 - 130: Heavy Unit 3
In addition to the basic system description, Li Ziyu noticed a small exclamation mark. He clicked it and a system prompt appeared: [Unlock "Skeleton Heavy Armor" to upgrade Heavy Hammer Skeleton Warriors into Elite Heavy Hammer Skeleton Warriors.]
’Holy cow, there’s even a special reminder.’ Li Ziyu wouldn’t believe anyone who claimed this unit wasn’t ferocious. That would be a huge waste of the system’s enthusiastic recommendation.
’Time to build. Absolutely!’
Li Ziyu closed the Weapon Workshop page and eagerly opened the Armor Workshop page, where he found the Skeleton Heavy Armor.
Just the image alone made him gasp. ’This looks way too cool, doesn’t it?’
The Skeleton Heavy Armor was a completely different beast from the simple Bone Armor he had unlocked before. The Skeleton Heavy Armor had no helm, but it encased the entire body. A skull with sharp Tusks was embossed on the chest, and the Armor’s components were seamless, as if forged from a single piece.
In addition to the main image, there was an exploded-view diagram. The full suit of Heavy Armor included a breastplate, pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, cuisses, greaves, and boots. Aside from joints like the knees and elbows, every other part of the body was completely protected by the Armor.
’I mean, wearing this thing, I bet even a Jackal Wolfman Long Spearman couldn’t get through it with a spear, right?’
’Who needs a Shield? Just charge right in.’
’Let’s see what the research requirements are for this Heavy Armor.’
[Skeleton Heavy Armor: Isn’t the picture enough for you? Is it not obvious enough? Still doubting its Defense Power? If you can’t tell how high this Armor’s Defense Power is just by looking at the picture, then I can only say you’re blind.]
[Research Requirement: 3,000 units of Soul Energy]
’Damn! As expected of a high-quality item. The research alone costs 3,000 units of Soul Energy, a full six times more than the simple Bone Armor. Based on that cost alone, I can only imagine how high this Heavy Armor’s Defense Power must be.’
Before the war with the Jackal Wolfmen, Li Ziyu would never have been willing to spend 3,000 units of Soul Energy to unlock Skeleton Heavy Armor. Wouldn’t it have been a better deal to just make more Skeleton Longbowmen?
But now, with a million units of Soul Energy in hand, Li Ziyu felt differently. ’Just 3,000 units of Soul Energy? That’s pocket change. Let’s do it!’
3,000 units of Soul Energy vanished in an instant, and the Elite Heavy Hammer Skeleton Warrior was unlocked.
[Elite Heavy Hammer Skeleton Warrior]
[Introduction: A heavy unit in the Skeleton Undead Combat Sequence. They possess considerable Defense Power. If you fail to eliminate them from a distance, their charge into your battle lines will result in an inhuman slaughter. They are the war chariots of the battlefield, mobile fortresses, sweeping all before them!]
[Requirements: 1 Long-handled Skull Melon Hammer, 1 suit of Skeleton Heavy Armor, 10 units of Skeleton, 100 units of Soul Energy]
Awesome!
Reading the system Introduction, Li Ziyu felt his blood begin to boil. He loved this kind of raw power. Forget Swords and blades—Heavy Weapons were a man’s true love!
’Those four words, "sweeping all before them," are just perfect. I love it.’
’Let me check the crafting cost. Hmm, first, the Skeleton Heavy Armor.’
[Craft · 1 Skeleton Heavy Armor: 100 units of Skeleton]
’It needs 100 units of Skeleton?’
’Tsk, tsk, that’s a pretty steep cost. But for me right now? Is 100 units of Skeleton even a problem?’
’As long as it doesn’t cost Soul Energy, any problem that can be solved with Skeleton isn’t really a problem. I’m practically rolling in resources.’
[Craft · Long-handled Skull Melon Hammer: 10 units of Skeleton]
’So, if you do the math, one Elite Heavy Hammer Skeleton Warrior costs 120 units of Skeleton plus 100 units of Soul Energy?’
’Holy cow. One of them is worth 120 basic Skeleton Undead.’
’Tsk, what am I even thinking? So petty. Enough of that. Time to build. I’ll make 100 to start, just to see how they do!’
’As long as they’re strong enough, I can always make more. Like I said, any problem that can be solved with Skeleton isn’t really a problem.’
’Right, I can’t play favorites. I shouldn’t neglect the other two hammer-type units. It would be a waste to research them and then just leave them be.’
’A Square Hammer costs 5 units of Skeleton, and a Giant Strength Skeleton Warrior costs 7 units of Skeleton and 80 units of Soul Energy. Emm... no wonder the system threw shade at it. Judging by the resource cost, it’s not even in the same league as the Elite Heavy Hammer Skeleton Warrior. I’ll make 100 of those to test the waters, too.’