The Captain fell with a heavy thud.
Carlos remained standing for one second longer, looking at the Hobgoblin’s dead eyes.
Then his legs finally gave out and he fell beside One.
The slime moved its damaged body against his hand.
Carlos slowly closed his fingers around it.
"We won."
[Calculating final-wave rewards]
[Calculating Hell completion rewards]
[Special achievement conditions detected]
Carlos remained on the ground.
He did not care about the rewards yet.
One’s core had a visible crack running through the middle.
The Troop Recovery Potion restored the slime’s health, but the damage notification had not disappeared.
--
Blue Water Slime One
Level 2
HP: 51/110
Core Status: Damaged
Warning: Maximum HP will decrease over time until the core is repaired.
--
"How do I repair it?"
No answer appeared.
Carlos opened the Trade section and searched for slime medicine, core repair items and troop healers.
Nothing was available.
"Stay with me."
One moved weakly against his hand.
Carlos used his last Troop Recovery Potion anyway.
[Blue Water Slime One is already under the effect of a Troop Recovery Potion]
[Potion use cancelled]
He had forgotten that the first potion was still working.
Carlos’s thoughts became a mess. He took several breaths and forced himself to calm down.
The system was still calculating rewards. Hell difficulty had given him items connected to his territory after the last conquest.
There was a chance it would give him something that could help One.
He looked around the village while waiting.
The bodies had not disappeared.
Neither had the equipment from the final wave.
Carlos pushed himself up using the Barbed Javelin as support.
"We are not leaving a single weapon behind."
His ribs hurt with every step, but he went through the battlefield and collected the equipment one piece at a time.
[Goblin Warrior Sword x8 obtained]
[Goblin Round Shield x8 obtained]
[Goblin Warrior Leather Armor x8 obtained]
[Beastmaster’s Black Whip x1 obtained]
[Dire Wolf Leather Armor x1 obtained]
Then Carlos stopped beside the Hobgoblin Captain.
The crescent glaive remained on the ground. Its blade had cut through shields, bodies and Carlos’s Reinforced Leather Vest without losing its edge.
He picked it up.
--
Captain’s Crescent Glaive
Uncommon Grade
A heavy polearm carried by a Hobgoblin Captain.
Effects:
Slashing Power +20%
Heavy attacks deal increased damage against shields and light armor.
Requirements:
Strength: 25
Polearm Proficiency: 30%
--
Carlos placed it in his inventory.
The Captain’s Iron Scale Armor was badly damaged around the shoulder joint, but most of it remained usable.
[Damaged Iron Scale Armor x1 obtained]
He now possessed thirty-five captured weapons, ten pieces of captured armor and eight shields.
Most Lords would have seen dead enemies.
Carlos saw equipment his territory did not need to manufacture.
He tried storing the Dire Wolf’s body.
[Inventory storage failed]
[Unprocessed corpses cannot be placed in a Lord’s Inventory]
Carlos did not have a proper skinning knife, and he had no idea how to process something that large without ruining it.
He left it where it was.
The golden reward panel finally appeared.
[Final Wave completion rewards]
[Copper Coins x650]
[Wood x120]
[Stone x100]
[Iron Ore x35]
[Processed Leather x20]
[Medium Recovery Potion x3]
[Troop Recovery Potion x3]
[Territory Experience x50]
[HELL DIFFICULTY COMPLETION REWARDS]
[Goblin Warrior Barrack Blueprint x1]
[Captain’s Training Ground Blueprint x1]
[Goblin Commander Promotion Token x2]
[Territory Expansion Token x2]
[Random Rare Equipment Chest x2]
[High-grade Recovery Potion x2]
[Lucky Draw Ticket x3]
[Goblin Blood Crystal x10]
[Territory Experience x100]
Carlos grabbed one of the High-grade Recovery Potions before reading anything else.
--
High-grade Recovery Potion
Epic Grade
A powerful recovery potion intended for high-level Lords and troops.
Effects:
Restores a large amount of HP.
Heals severe internal injuries.
Excess recovery energy may repair damage ordinary potions cannot affect.
--
"Use it."
The golden potion appeared in his hand.
Carlos did not hesitate.
Epic potion or not, One had nearly shattered its core protecting him.
He opened the bottle and poured the golden liquid directly over One’s core.
The slime’s body absorbed it immediately.
Golden light filled its entire body.
[Warning: Potion grade greatly exceeds the troop’s current level]
[Excess recovery energy detected]
[Severe core damage is being repaired]
The two sides slowly pulled together until the line disappeared.
--
Core Status: Stable
HP: 110/110
--
Carlos’s whole body relaxed.
One returned to its round shape and bounced into his chest.
The impact hurt his broken rib.
"Not so hard."
One bounced again, a little more carefully.
[Blue Water Slime One Favorability increased by 20]
--
Favorability: 40/100
--
Carlos placed one hand over its body.
"You did well."
The special achievement panel appeared next.
[Achievement Unlocked: HELLBOUND]
[Condition: Complete two consecutive Conquest Levels on Hell difficulty]
--
Hellbound
Unique Beginner Title
Awarded to a Lord who refuses every safe road through conquest.
Effects:
Hell difficulty completion rewards +5%
Fear resistance +10% while inside a Conquest Gate.
Warning:
Equipping this title causes future Hell conquests to recognize the Lord as a priority challenger.
--
Carlos read the warning twice.
"Priority challenger?"
The system gave no explanation but for some reason, Carlos felt jitters in his spine, it sounded dangerous.
Almost like the system itself was daring him to stop.
Carlos equipped the title.
[Title equipped: Hellbound]
He had already chosen Hell.
A title that made Hell more dangerous was not going to scare him away.
Carlos opened the Goblin Warrior Barrack Blueprint.
--
Goblin Warrior Barrack
Uncommon Grade
Summons trained Goblin Warriors equipped with a sword and round shield.
Troop Abilities:
Shield Block (Level 1)
Formation Fighting (Level 1)
Daily Summon: 1 Goblin Warrior
Building Requirements:
Wood x200
Stone x150
Iron Ore x30
Goblin Weapons x10
--
Carlos looked at the weapons inside his inventory.
The requirement that would stop most Lords had already been fulfilled several times over.
With the rewards from all three waves, he also had enough wood, stone and iron to construct it.
He could finally obtain a real close-combat troop.
The rest of the Hell rewards remained in his inventory.
Two Promotion Tokens would eventually improve Goblin troops. The Training Ground could strengthen an entire fighting force, while the two Rare Equipment Chests could improve Carlos immediately.
He had also received two Territory Expansion Tokens, three Lucky Draw Tickets and ten Goblin Blood Crystals.
The rewards far exceeded anything the previous waves had given him.
But Carlos had fought with only one troop, had his armor destroyed, suffered a cracked rib and nearly lost One.
Hell had taken enough from him to justify every reward.
Before he could decide, the Level 2 completion panel changed.
[Conquest Level 2 cleared]
[Returning Lord Carlos Goldwin and surviving troops to the territory]
The village vanished.
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