Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

From Liu Guozhong’s perspective, Zi Liyuan’s presence in the Great Xia Empire, owning a munitions company, had immense potential. His personal strength was also absurdly formidable, and he possessed the means to acquire various resources, even those from the Sea of Realms.

That’s why he had given him this talent list, to select some and recruit as followers.

The military recruited every year, but the talent they could recruit was limited; a few dozen or a hundred people were not missed.

Moreover, Liu Guozhong was not short on shrewd thoughts; he also wanted to milk more [Heart of the Lord] from Zi Liyuan.

The use of [Heart of the Lord] was tightly regulated within the Great Xia Empire’s military, and there was a severe shortage.

If he could secure even one more each month, it would be a substantial feat for the military of the Great Xia Empire. When it was time to climb higher ranks, wouldn’t the higher-ups consider him a priority?

It was a win-win situation!

Since he was on good terms with Zi Liyuan, doing him a favor, it could also contribute to his own promotion merits.

Liu Guozhong claimed he had hit a double win twice over; he was making a killing!

Zi Liyuan examined the list, along with the results of his own investigation, and had to admit, Liu Guozhong knew how to get things done.

On the list, ninety percent of the talent were professional civilians with decent talent, clean backgrounds, and decent characters; at least there were no duds.

The talents Zi Liyuan had selected all had a minimum quality of Silver Hero grade. As for Lord Grade talents with Gold potential, there were none on the list.

It wasn’t that Liu Guozhong was unwilling to include them, but such talents, unless for special reasons, either entered the Nine Great Divine States Academy or became esteemed guests of various forces.

Though Silver Heroes and Gold Lords differed by only one level, their values were worlds apart, vast and immeasurable.

Of course, when saying ’worlds apart’, it isn’t referring to on Blue Star, but rather in the Sea of Realms!

A Silver Hero, at best, can serve as a hero unit, enhancing their own strength considerably.

But a Gold Lord is different; once their talents enter the Sea of Realms, especially for professional civilians, they don’t just enhance their own strength, but also amplify the Lord’s territory they serve!

For example, a Silver Hero with a planting enhancement talent would be able to increase the yield of their crops when cultivating them.

However, a Gold Lord with a planting enhancement talent could increase the yield of their crops when cultivating and also bestow a planting enhancement buff to the entire territory!

Although the benefit of such territory-wide buffs is not powerful, the fact that many benefit from it can’t be ignored!

With the accumulation of small benefits, the effect can be quite significant.

For methods of advancing talents, Dragon Academy’s library contained specially compiled books.

These books came in two versions: one for common talents and another for rare talents.

The common talent version detailed very precisely what materials and resources were needed to advance from the normal White grade talent up.

In short, this book instructed ordinary professionals on how to promote their talents to Gold Lord level.

Between each level, the difficulty of promotion increased geometrically.

The rare talent version listed the various paths for advancing rare talents and the necessary materials, which were diverse and of high quality.

However, some rare talents could only be promoted to Blue Rare, with no further method of advancement available.

And some could be promoted to Purple Epic, but the required materials were not only vast but also of extremely high quality.

Initially, Zi Liyuan naturally took note of the advancement details for luck-related talents, but the outlook was not promising. There were only descriptions of the talent effects, with no method for advancement.

However, on the very last page of these books, there was a line of tiny text that might be overlooked without careful, deliberate inspection.

But this sentence almost made Zi Liyuan lose control of his mouth, and it took a great deal of willpower to suppress the urge to burst out laughing.

"All professional talents can be promoted with the use of [Lord’s Heart], up to the highest grade of Gold Lord Quality Talent!"

The all-purpose [Lord’s Heart], overwhelmingly versatile, was equally invaluable. How many would spend it to advance their talent abilities?

Moreover, each unique talent ability requires a different quantity of resources to be promoted.

For instance, number two’s bloodline talent, when advancing from Blue Rare to Silver Hero, used one [Heart of the Lord].

This is also why she initially entangled with Zi Liyuan in trade, and after being taken advantage of by Lord Zi in a vulnerable state and slept with, she was willing to become a vassal outright.

Indeed, Lord Zi gave too much!

Who could blame this fiery red-lipped beauty when upgrading her silver hero talent to gold Lord Grade required at least ten [Heart of the Lord]?

Number two was aware of her limitations; even though her talent was of great value, selling herself wouldn’t find a fool willing to offer ten [Heart of the Lord], not even two.

But Zi Liyuan gave them anyway!

He gave without hesitation!

He gave them!

Just by becoming one of his women and signing the Boundary Sea Contract, he gave her a pile of [Heart of the Lord]!

Outrageous!

Crazy!

At this moment, number two’s talent had been promoted to Purple Epic!

She had used up one hundred eleven [Heart of the Lord], resources that could have created one hundred eleven Lords!!!

Had it not been for the core resources needed to promote to the red legendary talent, which could only be obtained from the Sea of Realms, she could have asked Zi Liyuan for a thousand [Heart of the Lord], and he would have surely given them.

Encountering such a generous and impressive figure, strikingly handsome and formidable like the esteemed readers, who pampered her, why wouldn’t she marry him and cling to him tightly? Was she supposed to wait and watch other scheming foxes snatch him away?

Thinking of Xiao Yurou at home, the Fan Family quadruplets, and Black Dragon Sister Dailisi, number two felt fortunate she had acted early!

When Zi Liyuan selected talents, the first thing naturally was the person’s character, followed by their talent, with a minimum of silver hero talent; this way, it would cost fewer [Heart of the Lord] when aiding their promotion, wouldn’t it?

Although these items came to him as easily as the wind, he could not withstand the vast consumption himself.

In his hands, there was still a large group of Undead minions, howling and eagerly awaiting his feeding of the promotion template.

Regarding the talent requirements for these recruits, Zi Liyuan primarily selected auxiliary types.

For instance, in the case of cultivation talents, he chose those that could boost production, so that once the talent was promoted to gold Lord, couldn’t it cover the entire Lord’s territory? Explore more stories with empire

With several individuals possessing the same effect, and stacking them together, the territory’s overall output could be significantly increased.

As for recruiting combat talents, Zi Liyuan’s gaze turned directly toward Dragon Academy.

Every year tens of thousands of students enroll, yet only one thousand receive Sea of Realms quotas; where do the rest go?

Some are recruited by talents as subordinates.

Some choose to repeat a year at the academy, developing further for a chance to compete again the following year.

Some stay as teachers in the academy or teach at other ordinary schools below. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Some leave the academy to serve as offerings recruited by major powers.

Others bite the bullet and enter the Sea of Realms, hoping to change their fate through their own efforts.

Thus, even though Dragon Academy only has four grades, there are also fifth and sixth-year repeat students.

Dragon Academy allows repeating for up to two years; if this time is exceeded, one must either become a teacher after passing an assessment or leave the academy.

The extra two years given means Dragon Academy needs to provide two more years of resources, and the academy has thus fulfilled its duty benevolently and righteously.

Naturally, Zi Liyuan’s attention was on these proudly talented individuals from Dragon Academy.