Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

Naga's recruiting light cocoon is rather strange.

The whole body is aqua blue, with streaks of gray turbidity mixed in between.

Just like polluted sea water.

It is not as pure as the recruitment light cocoon of the orthodox water mage, but it is unique.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the cocoon of light was completely condensed.

The sound of waves crashing onto the beach echoed all around.

What appeared in the light cocoon was a two-meter-tall guy with a snake lower body and a six-armed humanoid upper body.

Her hair turned out to be wild sea snakes, which reminded Zong Shen of the mythical Medusa. Her skin was light green, and her six arms held six different weapons.

Comparing humans and other two-armed races, this guy's weapon configuration can cost as much as three.

The not-so-full breasts were covered with gold-rimmed shells. The upper body still had relatively smooth light green skin, but the lower body was covered with dense scales from the navel.

The thick snake-like lower limbs can be folded to support her body and maintain her standing posture.

Just like a lamp stand.

When she moved, she moved forward, not too slowly.

While moving, there is still a little water flowing under the body for lubrication.

Along with a slight friction sound, Naga will leave a distinctive water stain wherever it passes.

This guy also looks like a snake spirit.

A great human monster with a pointed face, long narrow eyes, fanged mouth, and perfect snake skills!

He is worthy of being a hero with a 0-point appearance setting, and his appearance really does not meet human aesthetic standards.

Zong Shen estimated that if he chose 10 points of appearance, the Naga in front of him would be more charming.

As for now, he can only describe this guy's appearance as "a child who stops crying".

If he were still on earth, this look could be used to scare children.

She was seen moving her body, approaching Zong Shen from more than ten meters away at a speed similar to a human trot.

Four of the six arms were folded in front of the chest, and the remaining two were pressed against the forehead, bowing to him.

This should be a unique etiquette of the Naga tribe.

After all, bodies and cultures are different, so it is normal for completely different etiquette to arise.

"In the name of the Maelstrom!"

"Come at your call!"

"My humble lord, Masai Sharanami is reporting to you."

"May you be like the maelstrom that can tear everything apart, and no one can shake your majesty!"

The Naga Sea wizard in front of him named Masai Sharang. Although he was not good-looking, his voice was very pleasant. This reminded Zong Shen of the legend of the mermaid singer.

"Welcome to join us."

"In the future we will set foot on the ocean!"

Marine strategy has always been in Zong Shen’s planning.

It is a supplementary expansion plan for the follow-up to the continental hegemony.

In fact, there are as many, if not more, secrets hidden in the ocean than on the continent.

After all, the difference in area is there.

Zong Shen would never believe that there were no secrets in the ocean surrounding the Endless Continent.

He has come into contact with many clues of ancient civilizations related to the ocean.

The two sides had a very ordinary exchange.

Masai Samelang behaved very calmly or indifferently.

But indifference is always easier to get along with than irritability.

After learning a little bit about the situation, Zong Shen narrowed his eyes and entered the attribute checking process.

As a sea wizard with an appearance score of 0 and full tendencies, Masai Sharnami's comprehensive attributes are definitely not low, and it is even estimated that he can touch the threshold of a low-level legend.

With a little expectation and curiosity, he focused on the list of attributes that emerged in his mind.

[Hero: Masai Samelang]

【Sea Wizard】

[Qualification: Epic (low)]

[Race: Deep Sea Naga]

[Level: LV1]

[Experience value: 0/100]

[Hunger and satiety level: 80]

[Health value: 2855]

[Number of people under control: 0/252]

【Power: 117】

[Agility: 179]

【Wisdom: 733】

[Charm: 37]

[Remaining allocable attribute points: 0 (default allocation status)]

[Remaining allocable skill points: 0 (default allocation status)]

[Remaining allocable weapon proficiency: 0 (default allocation status)]

[Detailed attributes: (Click to expand)]

[Weapon Proficiency: (Click to expand)]

[Hero skills: (click to expand)]

[Lord level passive skills: (Click to expand)]

【Loyalty: 75】

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As expected, this guy's wisdom attribute reached 700+.

As long as you improve a little more, you can reach the threshold of the legendary low-level level.

This is an attribute acquired in exchange for ugliness.

Only the pure is the most powerful.

As a sea wizard, Masai Samelang's main strength lies in spellcasting, especially water spells.

The home court is in the sea, but as an amphibious creature, Naga can also live ashore.

But when compared to the ocean, the overall strength must be discounted by at least 30%.

This is why Zong Shen has always firmly believed that attributes cannot represent everything.

The living environments of different ethnic groups are also very different.

Some environments can greatly increase combat effectiveness, while other environments can reduce combat effectiveness.

This is the situation of the Naga who came ashore.

Therefore, even if the Naga tribe is very powerful, they cannot dominate the continent.

At most, they can only plunder coastal areas.

It is said that those upper-class elves went to the ocean to avoid disaster. Under the influence of the magic whirlpool, they transformed into the Naga clan and occupied a place in the multi-ethnic trend.

However, even if his strength has to be compromised, Masai Samelang is still an excellent spell caster.

Zong Shen briefly took a look at her other attributes.

The emphasis is still on [Hero Skills].

After all, an outstanding hero talent is enough to greatly increase the hero's potential.

With a thought in his mind, the detailed list was unfolded.

What appeared in front of me were one purple, two orange, three [hero skills] and talents.

[Ocean Shark Princess (Purple): When in the ocean environment, the casting speed and intensity are increased by 30%]

[Six-armed elite (orange): The six arms can control six weapons or different shields respectively, and enjoy single superimposed gains]

[Deep Sea Toxin (Orange): All attacks are equipped with Deep Sea Toxin, which can cause poison damage of 0.1 basic magic damage per second to the target. It lasts for 30 seconds and can be stacked up to 100 times. At the same time, the bite of the sea snake hair can also cause the same damage. The poisoning effect]

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The three talents represent the characteristics of the Naga tribe.

The first [Ocean Shark Princess (Purple)] is an additional blessing given by the environment.

The second [Six-Armed Elite (orange)] represents the equipment gains of the six arms.

The third [Deep Sea Toxin (Orange)] is a passive effect added to the attack. It seems ordinary, but it is actually very powerful because this poison can be superimposed 100 times.

Even if it only has 0.1 of its own basic magic damage per second, if the stack is full, it can turn into thousands of points of damage per second, and it also has high growth potential.

This ability is very suitable for consumption in battle, especially when combined with the large-scale destructive water magic mastered by the Sea Wizard, it is definitely a poisonous one.

Zong Shen originally wanted to give her a gift as usual, but after much thought, he didn't have a weapon suitable for Master Fa.

This guy only has two weapons on his six arms, a short bow made of hard coral and fish tendon as the main material, and an ordinary staff.

So after much thought, I could only give up temporarily.

At present, tailor shops can produce good third-level robes.

Princess Jenny will pick one for her when the time comes.

In order to prevent Masai Sharang from having only two shells on his chest to cover his shame.

After checking her attributes, Zong Shen motioned for her to stand behind him.

Then he took out the fourth [Practical Hero Recruitment Scroll (Gold)].

After selecting Activate, the selection prompt appears again.

[Optional ethnic groups: humans, elves, orcs, cat ears, dog ears, high elves, dwarves, night elves, skeletal undead, ghost undead, naga, murlocs, half-dragons]

[Note: Heroic talents of different races will have different attribute tendencies and talents]

【Please make a selection】

…

This time he chose half-dragons as the race to recruit heroes.

Originally, he planned to recruit more strange ethnic groups to join the territory.

I guess the half-dragon's talent should be pretty good, after all, he is considered a dragonborn with a larger clan.

It must be the best among dragon-born creatures.

Groups of half-dragons are distributed and recorded in many places throughout the Endless Continent.

They are also the dependents that many five-color evil dragons prefer to tame.

Xiao Heizi once mentioned half-dragons to him, so Zong Shen knew more about them.

Most half-dragons are not weak in combat effectiveness and have inherited some characteristics of true dragons.

Such as claws, fangs and strong scales.

They have human-like dragon claws and a powerful tail.

He fought extremely bravely, with the ferocity of a real dragon in his heart.

The advantages are simply too numerous to mention.

Now Zong Shen can experience it by recruiting half-dragon heroes.

After he made his choice, new hints emerged.

[Confirmed ethnicity is: half-dragon]

[Please select the gender of recruiting hero talents]

【Male】【Female】【Asexual variant】

[Note: Different genders will form different branches of talent differences]

[Note II: Male half-dragons are 100% warriors, female half-dragons are 100% draconic casters, and asexual mutants are 100% masters of a certain type of dragonborn mutation. There is no technical branch of heroes of this ethnic group]

…

The half-dragon clan is different in gender selection.

Instead of pressing [Male] and [Female], press [Male] and [Female].

The differences in statements represent differences in ethnic characteristics.

This proves that the half-dragons are not a highly social ethnic group, but they are definitely an intelligent ethnic group.

There are three types according to gender.

They are [male] corresponding to the warrior, [female] corresponding to the draconic caster, and [asexual variant] corresponding to the uncertain mutation tendency of the dragonborn.

The so-called mutants are probably guys who can't reproduce, but get more true dragon blood.

After thinking about it, he decided to give it a try by choosing [Asexual Variant], turning his bicycle into a motorcycle.

After confirmation, the prompt in front of you is refreshed.

[Confirmed ethnicity is: half-dragon]

[Confirmed gender is: asexual variant]

[Please select personality tendency]

[Option I: Cruelty (all attributes +35 points extra, mental toughness reduced by 50%)]

[Option II: Ferocious (strength +80 points, agility +30 points, charm -30 points, wisdom -50 points, spell casting tendency talent reduced by 50%)]

[Option III: Temperance (strength +100 points, agility +10 points, charm -30 points, wisdom -50 points, spell casting tendency talent reduced by 50%)]

[Option IV: Melancholy (wisdom +100 points, charm +20 points, strength -30 points, agility -50 points, warrior tendency talent reduced by 50%)]

…

In terms of personality tendencies, half-dragons have four options.

Zong Shen chose [Irritability] without much hesitation.

Since they all chose half-dragons, it would be better to build up muscles.

If he simply needed the Dragon Master, he might as well count on the two pure-blood dragons, Xiao Heizi and Lan Xiaodai.

After making a decisive choice, the prompt is refreshed again.

[Confirmed ethnicity is: half-dragon]

[Confirmed gender is: asexual variant]

[Confirmed personality tendency: irritable]

[Please select the age group for recruiting heroic talents]

[Choice I: 40~45 years old (graduating into adulthood, all attributes will have an additional +35 points)]

[Choice II: 120~125 years old (strong in prime of life, extra +70 points for all attributes, +3 for unknown skills)]

…

Half-dragons have a shorter lifespan than true dragons.

Overall, their lifespan is similar to that of the dwarves.

You can live to be three to four hundred years old.

Considering the relationship between life span and potential, Zong Shen chose the age range of 40 to 45 years old.

Half-dragons of this age have just come of age.

After confirming again, a new prompt appeared again.

[Confirmed ethnicity is: half-dragon]

[Confirmed gender is: asexual variant]

[Confirmed personality tendency: irritable]

[Confirmed age group is: 40~45 years old]

[Please adjust the appearance rating]

[Default is 5 points]

[For every 1 point decrease, an additional 10 attribute points will be added]

[For every 1 point increase, an additional 10 attribute points will be reduced]

【Please adjust】

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There is nothing to hesitate about this choice either.

Zong Shen's tone towards the half-dragon was similar to Naga's.

I don't expect them to have any accomplishments in terms of appearance.

Therefore, it was decisively lowered by 5 points, making its appearance score 0.

Using an ugly half-dragon in exchange for fifty attribute points is a very good deal.

The final selection is completed and the lock confirmation prompt appears.

[Confirmed ethnicity is: half-dragon]

[Confirmed gender is: asexual variant]

[Confirmed personality tendency: irritable]

[Confirmed age group is: 40~45 years old]

[Confirm appearance score: 0 (comprehensive attributes increased by 50 points)]

[Are you sure to start random recruitment under the above conditions?]

【whether】

…

The conditions were confirmed and Zong Shen chose [Yes].

The recruitment scroll in his hand turned into a black-gray light ball and fell to the open ground.

Like a strange seed, it condenses into a new recruitment light cocoon.

Zong Shen only had to wait for more than ten minutes to see the half-dragon hero he DIYed himself.

To be honest, this kind of hero recruitment roll is quite interesting.

Far more exciting than those traditional recruitment rolls.

Self-selection coupled with some randomization makes the recruitment results ever-changing.

The initial training fit of the recruited heroes will also be higher!

Currently, he only has two recruitment papers left on hand!