Lord of the Sky City

The Guard Corps last updated their equipment more than a year ago, when Rocky had just joined the Sky Alliance. Then, he used the one thousand Contribution Points obtained from joining the Alliance to replace a batch of equipment for the Guard Corps. It was with the support of this new equipment that he was able to take Backhill Village without a fight.

Now, the Guard Corps was preparing to move out again, and this time they were facing an even larger and more powerful number of Demons.

The ruins that Rocky and Karina planned to explore were bound to be teeming with a massive number of Demons, a fact that had already been personally confirmed by Karina; therefore, the Guard Corps would undoubtedly become the main force.

However, compared to the number of Demons, the Guard Corps seemed far too small. Although Rocky had recently conducted a recruitment drive that increased the size of the corps from three hundred to five hundred, their numbers still paled in comparison to the Demons. Therefore, they had no choice but to improve their equipment, so that the Guard Corps could be outfitted with better gear. Only in this way could they play a bigger role in combat.

As a result, Rocky not only put forward almost all his Contribution Points but also took out five hundred thousand Gold Coins from Thunderhawk City's treasury, entrusting them to Lin Feng and asking him to immediately head to Sirius City to exchange and purchase equipment.

Lin Feng was the vice-captain of the Guard Corps and knew the situation of the corps even better than Rocky. Rocky felt very assured entrusting this task to him. Sirius City was originally the Sky Alliance's Contact City. Even if they were to remain in Backhill Village, the Alliance members in the nearby airspace would still contact them for any matters, and since it was a large Sky City, the city was quite well-stocked with various resources. As long as they had Contribution Points and money, they would definitely be able to buy what they wanted.

After receiving Rocky's orders, Lin Feng did not delay and immediately set off to Sirius City with a team.

Since Sirius City was representing the Sky Alliance in the defense of Backhill Village, contact between Thunderhawk City and Sirius City was very frequent, and the distance between the two was extremely short. It took Lin Feng and his team only several minutes by Skyship to arrive in the city, where he promptly got in touch with the Alliance's staff to start the equipment exchange.

In just two days, Lin Feng completed the mission, spending all the one thousand Contribution Points and five hundred thousand Gold Coins given to him by Rocky!

Of course, although all the Contribution Points and Gold Coins were spent, they were not wasted. Lin Feng also brought back a batch of very powerful Magic Energy Equipment!

As the vice-captain of the Guard Corps, Lin Feng knew exactly what the Guards needed, so he had only three targets this time: first was weapons, second was shields, and third was Armor — the so-called "big three."

These "big three" are the most common and practical types of equipment. A soldier equipped with these three can basically go straight to the battlefield. At the same time, they are the most important pieces of equipment for soldiers. As long as these three items are of high quality, other items such as helmets, wrist guards, and battle boots, even if of lower quality, will not have much impact on combat. Thus, Lin Feng's main targets for purchase this time were these three types of equipment.

The first thing he selected was weapons. In the battle against Demons, offensive capability is extremely important because trying to match the defensive power of Demons is clearly a foolish choice. Rather than defending against the fierce onslaught of the Demons, it is more practical to kill them first so they can't attack. But Demons have powerful defenses; hence, a high-quality weapon becomes key to combat.

Lin Feng, well aware of this, spared no expense and directly purchased Three-Star Magic Energy Longswords for the Guard Corps!

The star level of Mana Equipment indicates its quality, with One-Star and Two-Star regarded as regular Mana Equipment. They are fitted with a limited number of Magic Stones and offer restricted mana enhancement, which is especially noticeable in weapons. However, due to the affordability of this equipment, it is the most widely used. Most City Lords of Sky City equip their soldiers with this level of gear, and even the Guard Corps currently uses primarily Two-Star equipment.

Compared to the approachable One-Star and Two-Star Magic Equipment, Three-Star Magic Equipment can be considered high-level. The price of a piece of Three-Star Magic Equipment is usually three to four times that of One-Star and Two-Star gear, and the gap is even greater for weapons. However, the difference in power between the two is also immense.

Three-Star Magic Equipment generally contains over two hundred points of mana. What does this mean?

Do you remember Rocky's first set of Void Magic Armor, the Blood Pattern Mark II? As the first generation of Void Magic Armor, the longsword equipped with the Blood Pattern Mark II, once enhanced by the Armor, only had a power of about two to three hundred points. This means that the power of Three-Star Magic Energy Weapons is now almost on par with the old-style Void Magic Armor!

With such power, soldiers would naturally be more adept at dealing with Demons, so Lin Feng didn't hesitate to buy hundreds of Three-Star Magic Energy Longswords and then the same number of Three-Star Magic Energy Shields and Armor.

In battles against Demons, especially in large-scale conflict, it's impossible to avoid being attacked by them, and I probably don't need to explain how formidable the Demons' attacking capabilities are—just looking at the lands they have already occupied is telling enough.

Therefore, while ensuring offensive capability, the pressing issue was how to ensure that soldiers could survive the ferocious attacks of the Demons.

This problem was always quite a challenge, and it was to address this challenge that the ultimate weapon, Void Magic Armor, was eventually created. Of course, Lin Feng had no intention of solving this challenge himself; his plan was quite simple, to equip the Guard Corps with better protective gear. Thus, he followed the standard of weapons and chose Three-Star Shields and Armor.

A combination of a Three-Star Magic Energy Shield and Three-Star Armor forms a fairly complete and formidable defense system. Add in sufficiently powerful weapons, and soldiers could basically confront Normal Demons face-to-face. Of course, this assumes one premise—that the user is strong enough.

No matter how good the equipment, in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use it, it is no better than scrap metal. Bernardo, who once dueled Rocky clad in Holy Angel Armor, is the best example. The same is true for regular soldiers; even if a bunch of useless soldiers were equipped with Three-Star Magic Equipment, or donned customized Void Magic Armor, they would still be useless.

But Lin Feng wasn't worried about this at all, for under the leadership of Monte and himself, every soldier of the Guard Corps had undergone very rigorous training. This was true for the veterans, and despite recently recruiting many new soldiers, it was equally true for the new recruits—who faced even more rigorous training than the veterans did. Thus, as long as the Guard Corps donned their new gear, they would absolutely not fear the Demons!