Lord of the Sky City

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In order to regain control of the mining fields in Backhill Village, Rocky knew he had to strengthen his Guard Corps, only by doing this could he recapture the mines and hold them as well. He was very familiar with Backhill Village, after all, and knew that starting mining operations there would attract a large number of Dark Demons, so he had to rely on land forces for defense.

Because of this, the use of contribution points was quite straightforward—clearly, they were to be exchanged for soldier equipment!

Once he had made this decision, he immediately took action and began to search through the extensive exchange list.

Although everyone knew that Void Magic Armor was the strongest individual weapon, its prohibitive cost had always prevented it from truly being mass-produced and popularized. Even though people managed to develop mass production type armor, it could only equip a small portion of warriors; it was far from being enough to equip every individual.

And so, even though Void Magic Armor had advanced to the Fifth Generation, and the Sixth Generation armor was being developed, the equipment for ordinary soldiers had not been phased out. Instead, it had continued to develop over the years. The exchange list of Sky Alliance included a large amount of such equipment.

The quality of these pieces varied, strong or weak, the range of choices was very broad, so after Rocky roughly reviewed the types and prices, he had a general idea in mind.

In the Alliance’s exchange list, the most basic equipment, which was also the cheapest, could be obtained for just one contribution point per full set.

A “full set” referred to the three major components: weapon, shield, and armor. One contribution point could exchange for a full set, which was quite inexpensive. Considering the number of people in the Thunderhawk City Guard Squad, even fully equipping them would only require a few hundred contribution points.

However, although the prices of ordinary equipment were low, the quality failed to meet Rocky’s standards. He had personally led the defense of Backhill Village, so he knew very well how intense and terrifying battle with Demons could be.

Fighting Demons was akin to dancing with death; no matter how strong a warrior was, even a slight mistake could lead to instant death without any chance for recovery, and ordinary equipment simply couldn’t meet this level of combat requirement.

In such a situation, if the Guard Corps were to have any chance against the Demons, or even defeat them, efforts had to be made from two fronts.

One was to improve the overall quality of the Guard Corps, and the other was to enhance the quality of their equipment.

As the old saying goes, “To forge iron, one must be strong themselves.” If they were strong enough, their chances of surviving against Demons increased, and they might even defeat them. Monte and Lin Feng were prime examples of this.

As the strongest warriors in Thunderhawk City, even if Monte and Lin Feng only used the most ordinary long swords and broadaxes, they were capable of killing Demons on their own. This was the result of their formidable personal strength.

However, making every member of the Guard Corps as formidable as them was simply impossible, although the Guard had never ceased their training, even intensifying it. The personal quality of the guards had significantly increased compared to when they were tasked with Backhill Village, but they still couldn’t face Demons alone.

As far as Rocky knew, besides Monte and Lin Feng, only about the squad leaders in Thunderhawk City’s Guard Corps could confront a Demon head-on, but even that was just holding their ground; it was still difficult to say whether they could kill a low-level demon on their own,

Hence, the only way for the Guard Corps to stand against Demons was the second method: improving the level of the equipment.

Rocky was very experienced in this area. The reason he had been able to lead the Guard Corps in defending Backhill Village was because they relied on sufficiently superior equipment. He had personally made Rune equipment for every warrior in the Guard Corps, and it was with the enhancement from the rune equipment that they withstood multiple attacks from the Demons.

So this time, when Rocky prepared to use the contribution points to exchange for equipment, he directly dismissed the cheapest ordinary equipment and set his sights on the more expensive, but also higher quality, Magic Energy Equipment.

As an advanced product of ordinary equipment, Magic Energy Equipment had been very popular since its inception, and as it had been developed long before the land was overrun, it had evolved and matured in various aspects over the many years.

The current Magic Energy Equipment was divided into six levels, each level denoted by one star, each star representing a different amount of Magic Energy.

One-star Magic Energy Gear was the most common and basic type of Magic Energy Equipment, providing about 50 to 80 points of Magic Energy; the exact value depending on the manufacturing craft and technology, which could vary slightly.

Two-star Magic Energy Gear was considered premium equipment, providing about 80 to 200 points of Magic Energy, already capable of considerably enhancing the soldiers on both offensive and defensive ends.

Three-star Magic Energy Armor was typically high-grade equipment, each set offering at least 200 to 400 points of Magic Energy. In terms of Magic Energy alone, Three-star Magic Energy Armor provided a level of Magic Energy comparable to the earlier models ofVoid Magic Armor. Of course, apart from Magic Energy, theVoid Magic Armor also incorporated many technologies, so no matter how powerfulthe Magic Energy Equipment was, it couldn’t be compared to the Void Magic Armor.