c74: Consuming Thousands (2)

[Predator’s Gaze - B] [Exo-Skeletal Armor - S] [Appraisal - B] [Mana Frenzy - A]

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MISSIONS

-> [NEW!] [LONG TERM!] Locate Richard Marc.

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The new subordinate was already a Rook and Jason grinned happily when he saw that it was at Rank II instead of Rank I. At least he didn’t have to use up any kill points in taking it from Pawn to Rook. Jason couldn’t upgrade any of his Rooks until they had enough Hierarchy Points, and both the Adamantine Ant Soldier Rook and Moonlight Wolf Rook were only about halfway to a hundred percent in the hierarchy. At least with the Queen, he could boost a lot of the other Pawns and make them have higher defenses as well.

Jason immediately called on thirty Pawns that weren’t yet subordinates of either Rook and he made them the Queen’s subordinate. Out of the thirty, fifteen of them were Soldier Ants, and the other fifteen were split between the Pawn Rank II Moonlight Wolves and the Pawn Rank II Adamantine Ant Scouts. So now, Jason had fifty subordinates that were boosted by the Rook-based buffs and he was slowly building a proper defensive unit for his army.

[Due to the high mental fortitude of the [Adamantine Ant Queen], all the subordinates under her command will receive the special trait [Free Servants]]

[Free Servants: This trait allows the user to give orders to his subordinates without consuming any stamina.]

Jason hummed in surprise. That was unexpected! So he didn’t have to use up any of his stamina at all for the thirty subordinates that were under the Adamantine Ant Queen. It wasn’t a lot, but it was still going to be a large boost to him in the middle of a fight. Since the Adamantine Ant Queen was one of his strongest subordinates, he was going to be using her a lot, and that meant he wouldn’t have to use up much stamina when sending her out with her subordinates.

Jason tossed another magical stone into his mouth and chewed on it calmly before he bent and grabbed the large Magical Stone from the Adamantine Ant Queen. Jason began to think about what he should do with this stone. A stone like this would definitely bring him a lot of money, but at the same time, it would also give him a huge boost in his abilities. Jason hummed curiously while thinking about what to do with it. Either option could be useful to him since he needed both money and power, but in the end, he decided that he would eat it.

Even though it would give him a lot of money, the other stones that he got from the ants could do the same things. The other stones couldn’t give him the boost that this one stone would give, so it was better to eat this one and then sell a lot of the smaller ones to make money.

Jason threw a few smaller stones into his mouth first and chewed on those before he glanced at the large Magical Stone with an exasperated look. Jason couldn’t believe he was doing this. Just a few days ago, he was worrying about how he was going to pay rent this month, and now he was here eating Magical Stones like they were a snack. He was consuming hundreds of thousands of dollars each time he chewed.

Jason shrugged before he cracked down on the large Magical Stone. He chewed all of it easily. The stone was very tough and it had almost the same hardness as granite. But Jason’s teeth were stronger than ever before because of his status as superhuman, so the stone didn’t stand a chance against his bite force.

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The user has consumed [2] low-level Magical Crystals

+40 MP

+0.3% Strength

+0.5% Stamina

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The user has consumed [1] high-level Magical Crystal

+550 MP

+5% Strength

+5% Stamina

+1% Agility

+2% Durability

[The skill [Mana Frenzy] has evolved into S Rank. This skill is no longer evolvable.]

[At current level; Max Boost: 100%]