Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 228 Special Magic and Building Enhancement

Su Mu and Forrest floated to another high platform to uncover the level 3 magic brought by advanced earth and wood.

The water rippled like the sound of drums, and all the soldiers who heard the sound were greatly encouraged!

【Joyful Moment (Level 3 Water Elemental Magic): Increases the morale of the selected friendly unit by 1 point. Duration is affected by spell power.

Advanced Water Elemental Mastery: Increases the morale of all friendly units by 2 points. Duration is affected by spell power.

In the past, having so much water magic might have given Su Mu a headache. But since Ouling mastered advanced water elemental mastery, that problem no longer exists.

He has everything his subordinates have. His subordinates are his boss; that's the twisted aspect of his governing style.

Furthermore, regarding the spell "Encouragement," human soldiers are heavily reliant on morale in battle. If their morale is diminished by the enemy, they are prone to rout or refusal to fight. Mastering "Encouragement" can at least inspire the troops in unfavorable situations, enabling them to fight to the death.

However, jubilation is a very useful bonus for Su Mu. He possesses the Advanced Alliance Leadership skill, which allows his troops' morale to exceed 3 and stack without limit. Each point of morale increases the probability by a high 4%. If he has more than 10 points of morale, his troops have a 50% chance of receiving Divine Blessing Continuous Attack, and even immunity to various mind magics such as Fear and Intimidation.

"Very good. Both of these level 3 spells are extremely useful. When Ouling returns, we can learn them."

The main threats are actually Orling and Maggie. Orling possesses advanced water elemental mastery, while Maggie has arcane wisdom and a large amount of magic power, allowing her to use strategic spells multiple times. If both of them master level 3 magic, they can provide comprehensive coverage during the final battle.

This is where the role of elemental mastery comes into play. After all, without advanced elemental mastery and the spell of wisdom, it is impossible to learn level 3-4 magic.

Castle factions can build level 1-4 magic guilds; having elemental mastery is sufficient.

Someone like Ivan can't learn teleportation for now and has to rely on other heroes for support. If there's a chance, we should find some advanced fire magic for Ivan.

After seeing this level 3 spell, the two moved to the adjacent magic building, wanting to see the special spell that had been developed.

Maggie had been in charge of this matter, but she was a famous sleep master who spent all her time sleeping except for making money, and the magic apprentices rarely saw her.

Fortunately, before leaving, Sidelos served as the administrator for a period of time, which basically set the tone, and the research and development was eventually completed.

"My lord, what brings you here..."

The magic apprentice manager was quite surprised to see Su Mu walk in. He was one of the original batch appointed by Maggie. The remaining few had hardly ever seen Su Mu before, only having glimpsed the lord from afar.

After all, magic apprentices are professionals who focus solely on their studies. They didn't even participate in the earl's promotion, so it's normal that they don't know Su Mu very well.

"How's the special magic being developed going? I want to go see!"

"You mean the Frost Shield?"

"Take me to see it."

Su Mu followed the magic apprentice to a magic platform filled with water elements. He saw countless ice walls arranged around it, and in the very center, a floating ice shield was formed, guarding the soldiers.

【Frost Shield (Level 2 Special Magic): Can add a layer of ice shield to soldiers, with a 50% chance to negate the effect of one exorcism spell. Enemies that touch it will have their speed reduced by 3 and have a certain chance to be frozen.

Evaluation: Cannot coexist with Fire Shield.

Su Mu was amazed by the effect of the ice shield. He specifically used an exorcism technique and discovered that the ice shield gradually melted after being dispelled, releasing water vapor, but protecting the internal magical energy structure. In other words, if one had a layer of frigid ice shield protecting them, there was a 50% chance it would protect against buff spells. "Not only does it have a chance to resist exorcism techniques, but it can also reduce the enemy's speed; it's a very powerful spell."

The most practical slowing spell currently is undoubtedly the Slow Spell, as it's an active spell with greater flexibility. The Frost Shield, on the other hand, is a defensive spell; it might make enemies consider the consequences of their attacks, thus influencing their decision-making.

This is a strategic confrontation. For example, if the opponent casts a Fire Shield, should the high-damage unit still attack it? Would it be more beneficial to attack other units first and then attack after dispelling the Fire Shield? The same applies to an Atmosphere Shield. If a unit benefits from this buff, will the enemy's ranged units consider avoiding them?

From a certain perspective, this is exactly the effect that defensive magic is meant to achieve.

More importantly, it's a level 2 spell that all heroes can learn, making it highly versatile.

It's a pity that it can't coexist with the Fiery Shield; otherwise, the Fearless Swordsman, with two layers of shields, would truly be invincible.

After witnessing the special magic, Su Mu instructed the magic apprentices to work diligently and left them a reward to encourage them to conduct research.

With the gold coin reward, everyone could study more magical materials, which naturally made the apprentices very happy.

This time, advanced civil engineers can also recruit cartographers and spend gold coins to develop magic scrolls. In this way, they can even mass-produce level 2 magic scrolls, which will be a significant improvement.

Of course, this matter isn't so simple, and magic map masters can't be trained in a short time. Maggie still needs to carefully search for people with magical talent to advance to magic map masters, or she could contact Cedros and poach some talent from the Arcane Empire.

After completing the Level 3 Magic Guild, Forrest continued to build the temple, which is the biggest source of Kuraki's Level 6 troops, so it would be best to have it.

[Temple: Monks are allowed to be trained here.]

Basic output: 3/week (Advanced Civil Engineering +3);
Recruitment cost: 400 gold coins per person

Since the Mystic Sanctuary calculates the number of monks trained separately, the monastery is essentially an expanded, independent building. Given the current castle growth rate, it can acquire 24 monks per week, which can then be upgraded to Mystic Prayers. In terms of the number of Tier 6 troops alone, this number is quite formidable.

[Supply Warehouse: The supply warehouse provides you with an extra 1 piece of wood and 1 piece of ore every day.]

Resources required: 5000 gold coins, 5 primal stones.

Special Effect 1 (Advanced Civil Engineering): Provides an additional 1 Crystal and 1 Gem.

Special Effect 2 (Advanced Civil Engineering): Provides an additional 1 sulfur and 1 mercury.

Additional resources required: 10000 gold, 10 logs, 10 gems.

As for resource warehouses, there's no need to think too much about them; after all, they are a castle faction, and crystals and gems are more scarce for them. However, since they can't build level 7 barracks right now, and special resources are being used evenly, the effects aren't yet apparent.

If they were a Hell faction with an extra supply of sulfur, their development speed would be unimaginable.

After constructing several buildings in succession, Forrest was completely exhausted. He didn't even have time to build the Griffin Castle before he went to the Magic Guild to recover.

The remaining buildings are not critical, so we can take our time. Su Mu was getting impatient.

News has arrived from the North that the elven dragon knights have reached the Dry Grass Snowfield and are leading their troops to attack Winterhold. He must return to Bearhold!

(End of this chapter)