Chapter 50 - 50: 050 Excellent Template BOSS
By using the Land of Bone as a transit station, Dean McKenzie managed to bring all the goblins from the seven tribes in the forest to Swiftwind Valley in just under two days.
However, when Dean McKenzie delivered all the goblins to Swiftwind Valley, an unexpected system prompt appeared.
[Detected that the number of goblins under your rule exceeds 1000, reaching the scale of a small territory. Your Low-level Lord Template is activated. You have obtained a spot to enhance a subordinate!]
This was an unexpected gain for Dean McKenzie.
He didn’t expect the Lord Template to have such an effect.
However, surprises aside, Dean McKenzie wasn’t particularly excited. After all, he had no intention of enhancing the goblins for the time being.
His focus was still on the second enhancement of the [Bone Shield], The reason for going through all the trouble to subjugate the seven goblin tribes was for this purpose.
Although Dean McKenzie let all the ordinary goblins out after returning to Swiftwind Valley, he didn’t let any of the Elite goblins go.
One reason was that these goblins were an unstable factor for the newly established [Swiftwind Tribe],
Keeping them wouldn’t help unite the tribe.
Secondly, and most importantly, Dean McKenzie planned to use them as a resource for the second enhancement of the [Bone Shield],
“There are six tribes, with each tribe having around ten to fifteen Elite goblins, or four to five at the least. All in all, there are 52 Elite goblins.”
All of these 52 were Elite Monsters above level 15.
If they were all taken care of at once, it should bring Dean McKenzie and the two dogs up to level 15.
And these 52 essence fragments should be enough to enhance the [Bone Hardening] effect of the [Bone Shield] to level 3, or possibly even to level 4. In other words, just by consuming them, the enhancement of the Bone Shield would be tremendous.
But Dean McKenzie still thought it wasn’t enough!
“We need to be stronger. Although the current Bone Shield is already very strong, very few can shatter it in one hit within level 20, but others can hit it multiple times.
Besides, the opponents I will be facing are not those below level 20, but the Fallen Professionals whom even individuals like Anthony fear.
Therefore, it’s not excessive to intensify the strengthening of the Bone Shield no matter what!
Let’s also consume the Strong Bear and the Earth-armored Hog!”
Dean McKenzie made up his mind, then, leading the Strong Bear, he directly rushed towards the [Earth-armored Hog’s] territory.
To be precise, the Strong Bear was leading him to the [Earth-armored Hog’s] territory.
Under the guidance of the Strong Bear, Dean McKenzie soon encountered the [Earth-armored Hog],
Name: Earth-armored Hog
Quality: Ordinary
Level: 19
Attributes:
Strength: 8, Agility: 2, Physique: 10
Attack: 8
Defense: 10 (15)
Spirit Power: 10
Skills: Wild Hog Charge (2nd level), Earth Armor (1st level) ps: Due to racial traits, each point of physique increases the defense of the Earth-armored Hog by 1 point.
Name: Earth-armored Hog King
Quality: Elite
Level: 20
Attributes:
Strength: 12, Agility: 4, Physique: 16
Attack: 12
Defense: 16 (30)
Spirit Power: 20
Skills: Wild Hog Charge (2nd level), Earth Armor (2nd level) (It usually wraps itself in thick mud for protection), Pig King Trample (1st level)
Those attributes, that defense!
They are absolutely terrifying!
Moreover, they always move in herds. A group of wild hogs has two to three hundred members, including nearly twenty Elite Earth-armored Hogs.
Undoubtedly, they are an insurmountable existence for goblins.
Of course, that’s relative to the goblins. In front of Dean McKenzie, this group of Earth-armored Hogs posed no threat at all.
Dean McKenzie simply found a large rock with some height, lured the group of Earth-armored Hogs over, and then things became straightforward.
Their formidable defense, which was invincible in the eyes of the goblins, was like paper against Dean McKenzie.
Not a single hog could withstand a Bone Fang.
Not even the Pig King.
From the time this herd of pigs was brought over, to Dean McKenzie ending the combat, barely half an hour had passed.
Ninety-five percent of the two to three hundred Earth-armored Hogs had fallen.
The remaining eighteen elite hogs, all were thrown into the Land of Bone by Dean McKenzie, after he had them lose their ability to resist.
By then, Dean McKenzie’s Land of Bone already housed 70 monsters of elite quality.
Looking at the Land of Bone, full of skeletons led by Doggy Two and Doggy Three, guarded the 70 elites.
Dean McKenzie felt a strong sense of achievement, but at the same time, he felt a tad bit greedy.
“It’s a shame there are no monsters of the Excellent Template!”
But Dean McKenzie was just speaking his mind.
He himself knew that monsters of Ordinary and Elite Templates were more common. Ninety-nine percent of the professionals who leave Spring City every year belong to these two levels.
Excellent Templates are highly sought after in Spring City, and there isn’t even one Bell Bella’s kind of rare creature every few years.
“Forget it, if there’s none, there’s none. After all, the Rare Template is nothing special!”
Then, Dean McKenzie waved his hand, driving away the sour atmosphere, returned to the Earth-armored Hog Territory, quickly cleared the battlefield, and then headed towards the territory of the Strong Bear.
The situation with the Strong Bears is different from that of the Swiftwind Wolves and Earth-armored Hogs.
They do not live in groups, and generally move around individually.
And most importantly, all of the Strong Bears are basically of elite quality.
Name: Strong Bear
Template: Elite
Level: 20
Attributes:
Strength: 20, Agility: 3, Physique: 15
Attack: 20
Defense: 15 (20)
Spirit Power: 20
Skill: Powerful Swipe(3), Thick Skin and Meat(2)
Even a plain Strong Bear was as powerful as the Earth-armored Pig King.
And there are at least twenty to thirty such Strong Bears.
Dean McKenzie was both surprised and delighted, and he cheerfully got busy in the forest. Like a boy stepping on a bonfire flame, one by one, he sent them into the Land of Bone.
The present Dean McKenzie is a complete terror in close combat.
The enhanced Bone Fang has as high as 50 piercing attacks and 65 meters of attacking distance.
The Giant Sword is only 40 meters, with this he got an extra 25 meters, allowing the opponent to run an additional 24 meters.
Any bear seen by him could not get up close.
So, Dean McKenzie just wandered around the forest, and the Land of Bone had gained twenty to thirty more elite monsters.
But when Dean McKenzie approached the center of the forest.
“Roar!”
A deafening roar sounded.
Then, under the amazed gaze, a five-meter-tall Strong Bear with an impressive aura walked out.
Dean McKenzie’s subconscious threw an Appraisal Skill at it, which was a hit!
Name: Strong Bear King
Template: Excellent
Trait: Defense Strengthen^ level) (Base defense and defense skill effects increased by fifty percent)
Level: 20
Attributes:
Strength: 30, Agility: 5, Physique: 25
Attack: 30
Defense: 25 (50) (37.5)
Spirit Power: 50
Skill: Powerful Swipe(3), Thick Skin and Meat(3), Bear King Roar Cannon(i) ps: There may be skill attributes that have not been explored