Lord: My troops can evolve indefinitely.

Chapter 99 The Right Solution

Luo Xuan's current leadership value of 35 points seems high, but after deducting Azathoth and Lilith, very little is left.

"It's still too little," Luo Xuan muttered to himself.

As Azathoth and Lilith under Luo Xuan's command continue to evolve and grow, the required leadership value also increases.

Although Luo Xuan has improved his leadership stat considerably, he is still somewhat stretched thin.

Once recruited troops are successfully summoned, they will be permanently bound to the lord. They cannot be traded with other lords, nor can they be returned to troop buildings.

This means that if Luo Xuan were to abandon the skeleton soldiers he currently commands, all the resources he has invested would be wasted.

This is something Luo Xuan cannot accept.

Luo Xuan looked at the skeleton soldiers who were still reinforcing and tamping the walls near the perimeter, feeling somewhat regretful.

Since their recruitment, these skeleton soldiers have worked diligently, digging trenches and building city walls.

Although their combat strength is low, they have the advantage of not eating, drinking, sleeping, or resting.

If Luo Xuan were to die in battle, that would be one thing, but it would be too much of a waste to give up on him directly.

Luo Xuan thought of his talent; he could use these skeleton soldiers as materials, which might be the best solution.

However, this will create new problems.

Currently, Luo Xuan's main forces are Azathoth and Lilith.

Both have already evolved to orange legendary quality. To continue evolving to red epic quality, 32 materials equivalent to a tier 1 melee soldier are required.

Luo Xuan didn't have that many materials at his disposal before.

Even if Luo Xuan currently has enough materials, Azathoth or Lilith's leadership stat will still increase after they evolve.

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Using talents to deplete low-tier units like skeletons that consume leadership points is indeed effective and doesn't waste resources, providing temporary relief from leadership pressure.

However, once Azathoth or Lilith evolves into an epic unit, their leadership stat will surge again.

The command value that was just freed up will be taken back in an instant, and in the end, the gap will only get bigger and bigger.

The tiny spark that had just ignited in Luo Xuan's heart was instantly extinguished by the cold reality; it was almost an unsolvable vicious cycle.

"Using talents to wear down skeletons is only a temporary solution!"

Luo Xuan sighed softly.

Moreover, if we choose to consume the skeleton soldiers at this point, we will lose a free workforce that works around the clock and never complains.

For the subsequent development of the territory, searching for moon coral on the mudflats during the Blood Moon, or any other arduous work, who will Luo Xuan ask to do it?

Abandoning these skeleton soldiers would undoubtedly disrupt the development of the territory.

If you don't give up these skeleton soldiers, and you don't have enough leadership points to recruit naval units, your territory will lose a great opportunity to become stronger.

No matter what he chose, Luo Xuan was not satisfied.

Luo Xuan leaned gently against the city wall, his mind racing as he tried to deduce other more suitable and feasible solutions.

"Skeleton soldiers, Naga, skeleton soldiers, Naga..."

Luo Xuan muttered unconsciously to himself, wondering how to properly replace these skeleton soldiers with Naga soldiers suitable for naval warfare.

Suddenly, Luo Xuan's eyes lit up, and he had a new idea.

Since directly using skeletons as materials to evolve Azathoth and Lilith is not feasible.

How about we change our approach and use skeletons as materials to evolve a new main force in naval warfare?

Theoretically speaking, it is possible.

Luo Xuan had two goals: first, he didn't want to waste these skeleton soldiers; using them as materials wouldn't be a waste.

Secondly, they wanted to have enough naval forces to cooperate with Azathoth and seize the opportunity to attack the three monster camps on the seabed.

Recruiting a group of low-level Naga troops is feasible, as is evolving a brand-new main force suitable for naval warfare.

The only thing to consider is what I mentioned before: without this batch of skeleton soldiers, there will be no one to take on the heavy labor that follows, and the development of the territory will stagnate.

However, this problem is not urgent.

Although the skeleton soldiers continued to reinforce the city walls, this was merely icing on the cake; Luo Xuan simply gave them some work to do so they wouldn't be idle.

In other words, the territory does not need skeletons for construction in the short term.

As for searching for moon coral in the mudflats, that's not urgent.

We are currently in the Cold Moon phase; Moonlight Coral is only available during the Blood Moon phase.

Even during the Blood Moon, the formation of Moon Coral takes time, usually starting about a week after the Blood Moon begins.

With this in mind, Luo Xuan finally made a decision: to use the skeleton soldiers, which were no longer needed, as materials to evolve another main unit.

However, selecting a training target is also very important. It cannot be chosen randomly. Ideally, it should complement Luo Xuan's two current main players.

Currently, Luo Xuan's Azathoth and Lilith, although both have ranged attack capabilities, are still classified as melee units; they simply have ranged abilities.

Just like the human spearmen, you can't consider them ranged units just because they can use spears to throw attacks.

Therefore, Luo Xuan plans to train a ranged unit this time, so that its role will be different from that of Azathoth and Lilith.

In fact, what Luo Xuan really wanted to train was a flying soldier, who would have a great advantage in both reconnaissance and combat.

However, since the main purpose is to cooperate with Azathoth in the underwater battle, there may be units that can both fly and fight underwater. Such units may exist, but they are not something that Luo Xuan can currently access.

After making the decision, Luo Xuan immediately logged off to investigate the data and began to look up the composition of the Naga tribe's troops.

Because Luo Xuan had previously reported that his lord talent was diplomatic ambassador, the effect of which was a command value of three races' troops without any side effects.

Luo Xuan had chosen the Elemental Race, Demon Race, and Undead Race at the time, so he didn't know much about the Naga Race, only some simple impressions.

Luo Xuan examined the low-tier units of the Naga race, hoping to find those that suited his needs.

However, after Luo Xuan began to examine the situation carefully, he discovered that the Naga's troops were different from those of the other races he had encountered before.

Due to their unique ecology, the Naga race has not only their own troops, but also troops from many subordinate races, as well as some domesticated sea monsters.

Subordinate races such as fish-men and lobster-men, and giant sea monsters such as dragon turtles.

Strictly speaking, these units are not Naga, but they are part of the Naga race.