Main Volume Chapter 201: Eight and a Half Stars Talent
Three days later, Lucina found her imprisoned father, who was trapped in an underground secret room by the members of Agito and his whereabouts were covered by a magic circle.
Because of the special drug, the old king of Alberia is still in a coma. He has no idea what is happening outside, nor does he know that Lucina has changed from a well-behaved daughter to the queen recognized by the people today.
But it doesn't matter. As long as the old king stops taking the medicine and rests for a few days, he will recover.
By then, he will be able to learn from Lucina everything that happened after he became seriously ill...
Lucina's brothers who had taken advantage of the chaos to escape were also caught by soldiers ambushing in the surrounding cities and were brought back tied up.
According to the laws of the Kingdom of Alberia, Lucina's brothers were convicted of treason, regicide, deceiving the people, and injuring the people... All together, they would have to die at least fifty times to atone for their sins.
so.
Even though they are royal family, they cannot escape death.
"Sister! Please save us! We really didn't do this on purpose! It was Ajid who forced us to do this!"
"yes!"
"Little sister, I don't want to die. I really don't want to die. Please show some mercy and let me go..."
"When my father was in a coma, I was the one who took care of him. If I hadn't done that, my father would have been killed by Ajid..."
Hearing the plea for mercy, Lucina sighed helplessly, turned around reluctantly, and ordered the guards who were holding her brothers, "Take them away, throw them into the dungeon, and after five days, gather all the people in the capital and hang them in the big square."
"No!!!"
"I don't want to die yet!!!"
"Sister!!! Sister!!! Lucina!!! Have you forgotten how we treated you when we were little?!"
Suddenly, several princes cried louder and louder, and even the soldiers who were guarding them felt a little sorry for them and thought that this was a bit too much.
After all, these are all the sons of the old king. If you, as his sister, kill them all, wouldn’t it mean that the pure bloodline of your predecessor will be cut off in your generation?
But they only thought about it in their minds and did not dare to actually say it out loud, for fear of getting into trouble and being executed together.
At this time, Zhang Yun walked in from outside the hall, glanced leisurely at the people kneeling on the ground, ignored them, and walked along the red carpet straight to the Iron Throne where Lucina was sitting.
"how?"
"A bit hesitant? Unable to do it? Do you want my help?"
As she spoke, Zhang Yun sat down on the table next to Lucina, completely ignoring where she was and who was in front of her.
Lucina glanced at him, lowered her voice, and said slowly: "It's okay, I can do it, don't worry about it, just go and have a good rest for a few days..."
After she finished speaking, she looked back and found that the soldiers were standing there in a daze. She asked them sternly, "What are you doing? I told you to put them in the dungeon! Didn't you hear me?"
The leader of the group of guards quickly agreed: "Yes! Your Majesty! We will go right away!"
"but……"
"The person next to you..."
These guards were very loyal to the old king, but they had always stayed in the palace. They were unaware of Ajide's existence, and had not been assimilated by Ajide. They were just demoted and transferred with various excuses.
It was not until two days ago, when the capital was surrounded by the Paladins and the rebels and the monsters revealed their true identities, that they learned that Agito had occupied the capital.
And when Lucina eliminated Ajid and retook the royal capital, these soldiers with clean backgrounds were promoted again to become the new batch of Royal Guards, responsible for protecting the safety of the royal palace.
Therefore, they had never met Zhang Yun, nor did they know the story of this man and Lucina, so they were a little confused...
Well?
Who is this man?
How dare he be so disrespectful to our new king?
How outrageous!
Seeing this, Lucina stared at them and shouted, "Don't worry about it! Just do your own thing! Hurry up!"
The leader of the guards immediately bowed his head and said, "Yes! Your Majesty!"
After saying this, he winked at a group of soldiers behind him, and then took Lucina's brothers to the palace dungeon, preparing to take them to the execution ground in a few days.
After the group of people left, the entire hall became empty in an instant, leaving only Zhang Yun and Lucina. One sat on the iron throne symbolizing the throne, and the other sat comfortably on the wooden table next to it.
“Tsk tsk!”
"So, now that the problem is solved, what are you going to do next?"
"Will you come with me to Fantakinia?"
"Or be your queen?"
Lucina looked at Zhang Yun and said, "Hey, didn't we already agree that I would give up my position and go to Fantakinia with you to see other continents... Are you going to go back on your word?"
Zhang Yun shook her head: "Of course not, I just came to confirm your thoughts. If you change your mind, I will leave without waiting for you."
Lucina: “…”
Zhang Yun looked towards the entrance of the hall and asked, "But from your looks, you'll need to stay here for at least ten days or half a month to clean up the mess your brothers have made, right?"
Lucina said in a deep voice: "Yes."
Zhang Yun added: "Even if the mess is dealt with, you still have to consider the future and choose a suitable successor to the throne. This will take another ten days or half a month..."
Lucina said in a deep voice: "Yes."
Zhang Yun shrugged: "Oh, it seems like a waste of time when I look at it this way?"
“…”
Lucina rolled her eyes, "Tell me what you want, don't be a riddler to me."
Zhang Yun smiled and said, "Hehe, it's nothing. I just wanted to say hello to you. You can do your things these days, and I'll do mine. When the time is right, I'll come find you and we'll go across the North Ocean together."
Lucina asked, "What are you busy with?"
Zhang Yun took out a dragon diamond and said slowly: "This is it... I told you at the beginning that I needed to collect this thing. Now I only need one last bit to complete my goal."
"So I plan to travel around your territory of Alberia, look for ancient ruins, and collect all the remaining dragon diamonds."
Lucina said casually, "Go ahead!"
Zhang Yun coughed twice: "Ahem, didn't I tell you? Ancient ruins, do you know what ancient ruins are? Without a map, this thing is not easy to find."
“…”
Lucina was silent for a moment, then pulled out the drawer on the table made by Zhang Yun, took out a roll of parchment, quickly wrote a few big words on it, and then took out a seal to stamp it.
"Take this to the northern magic tower and tell the gatekeeper of the magic tower what you want. He will then tell you where the item is, and you can take it yourself."
Zhang Yun made an OK gesture: "Okay! I understand! Just use the imperial edict to force it?"
After that, he snapped his fingers, summoned the captain of the fishmen, and added: "Lucina, I will go directly after I get the map of the ancient ruins. I will leave the capital first, find Lily, and then track down the whereabouts of the ancient ruins."
"As for you, stay in the capital and handle these matters properly. Don't let down the people who trust you."
Lucina nodded, "Yeah."
Zhang Yun continued, "When you have finished everything and are planning to run away with me, chop the fishman captain I called out. When he is dead, I will be able to sense your thoughts and teleport back to find you."
Lucina asked in confusion, "Ah? Chop him to death? Chop him to death with a knife?"
The fishman captain was also confused: "Ulla?"
Zhang Yun nodded and confirmed: "Well, just chop it directly, no need to show mercy. Anyway, I have a way to revive it, so it doesn't matter if it dies."
Lucina: “…”
Fishman Captain: #@%~￥#
After a pause, Zhang Yun explained: "It's mainly for convenience. Otherwise, I will be very busy and have no time to come back to find you, and you can't find me, which will be troublesome."
Lucina said, "Okay..."
well!
Thanks a lot!
Captain of the Tidal Murlocs!
No wonder Brother Zun always mentions the word "tool man" every day...
Zhang Yun turned around and asked, "So, Captain Yu-men, what do you think?"
The captain of the fishmen said, "Ula! Ula Ula! Ula La La! Ula La La!"
"good!"
"Captain of the Fishmen also agreed!"
"It has been happily decided. Captain Fishman sacrificed his own interests for the greater good. I will make you Buffy sashimi as a reward for your heroic sacrifice!"
"how?"
The captain of the fishmen suddenly became excited: "Hula~"
Seeing this, Zhang Yun chuckled. He was indeed the captain of the fishmen who had a special liking for the Buffy fish. Even when we deliberately sent it to its death, its favorability did not decrease. Instead, it abnormally increased its favorability a lot.
On the other side, Lucina was speechless and didn't want to say anything. She had never seen such a weird summoner who actually let his summoned creatures die deliberately?
"Well!"
"Then I'll be leaving first?"
"See you in ten days or half a month!"
After saying that, Zhang Yun stood up from the table, stepped onto the red carpet in the hall again, and walked straight out of the palace, leaving only Lucina and the fishman captain in the distance.
Soon, Lucina also stood up from the Iron Throne, glanced at the well-behaved and obedient fishman captain, and said slowly: "Well, okay, little fish, it's time for us to deal with the remaining troubles!"
…
Then, time passed, ten days or half a month went by in a flash, the weather in Alberia gradually became colder, and the snowy winter came.
During this period, Zhang Yun relied on Veronica and Lily, two human rights heroes, to break into dozens of ancient ruins and got 18,000 of the last 20,000 dragon diamonds, leaving only the last 2,000 dragon diamonds unknown.
Fortunately, he had made preparations. He had asked his eldest cousin Liu Ting in the East to help him find the whereabouts of the inheritance stone. He had also communicated with the forces in the East that specialized in "salvaging" inheritance stones. He placed the inheritance stone with Liu Ting, waiting for him to take it.
According to the setting that one inheritance stone is equal to one hundred dragon diamonds, two thousand dragon diamonds only require twenty inheritance stones, which is enough for the court of the Great Xia Dynasty alone, not to mention the inventory scattered among various officials and merchants.
"Well!"
“It’s a bit of a loss!”
"But now there are no additional ancient ruins blueprints. Lily wandered around the sea for a few times but couldn't find any new ancient ruins. She can only exchange inheritance stones for dragon diamonds."
"after all……"
“Use it early and enjoy it early…”
Zhang Yun scratched his ears and said, "Veronica, use teleportation. Let's go to the East and get those inheritance stones."
Veronica flipped her hair and said, "Okay! Where is the location? Summoner?"
Zhang Yun said, "Uh... about a thousand meters away from the west gate of the Great Xia Capital! I remember there is a forest over there, so it's not easy to be seen ."
"OK!"
During this period, in addition to breaking into ancient ruins to search for dragon diamonds, Zhang Yun also took the time to improve Veronica's strength and favorability, especially the star level that represents her talent.
For example, the talent evolution scrolls… Although Zhang Yun was upset because all the talent evolution scrolls had been used up and Veronica’s upper limit had not been raised to nine stars, it had at least been raised to eight and a half stars, which was much better than the data he had seen in the game.
And the Star Upgrade Card...
There was no need to hesitate. Veronica was originally a five-star talent. Zhang Yun took out three of the star-up cards and upgraded her talent directly to eight stars. The rest could be left in the warehouse.
The half star she upgraded with the talent evolution scroll, like the increase in skill power, was an invisible upgrade and was not displayed on the panel. So after Zhang Yun upgraded her to the eight-star level, she automatically gained an eight-and-a-half-star talent without the need to use an additional star-up card.
As for the difference between Veronica's eight stars and five stars...
It's almost the difference between the ancient evil god's phantom and its real body. Originally, Veronica's magic torrent could impact half of Alberia's capital, but now its range is at least five times larger, its power is five times greater, and the speed of the torrent is also five times faster.
This conclusion is drawn based on the basic values without taking into account the bonuses of equipment and buffs.
If other additional bonuses are taken into account, it will be even more terrifying. Veronica can completely crush any creature of the same level. Even if the real bodies of all the ancient evil gods appear in front of her, they can be killed in seconds with just one or two super-position skills.
Similarly, Veronica's attributes also skyrocketed, completely crushing all the heroes around Zhang Yun. Even Latonie in the Dark Night Dragon state was just a sister in front of her.
A one-on-one duel between the two... No, it should be said that except for that woman, Zhang Yun plus all the other heroes, Zun Ge, Camilla, Latonie, as well as the Uppercut and Evil Dragon that were not summoned.
Without raising their star rating, no one could hurt Veronica, who only used defensive magic, even if they attacked together.
In addition, Veronica also gained a new magical attribute "Perfect Control", which can change the original nature of magic.
For example, "Magic Torrent" is a large-scale AOE damage. When the original Veronica casts it, she must follow this feature and carry out a large-scale attack. She cannot use it to attack a single enemy like a single target.
Now Veronica can change the large-scale AOE nature of "Magic Torrent" into a more concentrated single-target skill that only attacks one enemy in front of her.
Of course, although this concentrated power can greatly increase the damage, it is not calculated by adding up the damage caused by the AOE version of the magic torrent, but has a specific limit, which is five or six times at most.
After all, if 10,000 enemies each dealt 500,000 damage, that would be 5 million in total, or 20,000 enemies would be 10 million in total, which would be too terrifying...
Conversely, Veronica can now turn the original single-target skill into a large-scale AOE or multi-target skill, but the power will be reduced and it will not be as painful as specifically hitting one person.
And the benefits of "perfect control"...
It is not obvious now, because no one in this world can stop Zhang Yun. No matter what skills Veronica uses, they will kill instantly without distinguishing between single attack and group attack.
However, if Veronica challenges a very strong enemy, such as the ancient evil god lord of more than level 100, or the group of high-ranking outer gods.
This feature is invincible!
It is equivalent to turning Veronica into the strongest single-target mage. All skills are used at once, and all are single-target attacks with explosive damage. Even if the opponent is at a higher level, it can still cause terrible damage and kill the opponent instantly.
after all……
The so-called late-stage magic skills...
That's something that will explode in the later stages...
