Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

Chapter 1082 - 264: Exploiting Human Nature (Part 2)

This item alone has granted Audrey’s troops the ability to slaughter demigod-level entities.

If a Lord possessed a dozen divine artifacts, wouldn’t he take off right from the ground? Relying on these semi-divine artifacts or divine artifacts, he could swiftly build up a legendary-level army and generate a vast amount of wealth. Becoming divine would merely be a matter of time for him; he’s essentially holding the protagonist’s ultimate script.

So, it’s perfectly understandable for anyone to harbor such ambition, even Lin Rui couldn’t resist the temptation.

However, upon hearing Velen’s suggestion to use others’ ambition and greed, Lin Rui felt a bit uneasy and asked, "Wouldn’t that make me a swindler, deceiving others? Exploiting others’ greed to sell them discarded items at high prices."

Even though these are sealed semi-divine artifacts or divine artifacts, Lin Rui couldn’t possibly sell them at dirt-cheap prices.

Not to mention too much, exchanging ten sealed items for one semi-divine artifact seems like a reasonable price?

This means the Golden Pansy Domain would receive one semi-divine artifact or billions of Spirit Crystal Coins, while the other party in the trade only gets a few unusable scraps...

This made Lin Rui feel it’s a bit unethical.

After hearing Lin Rui’s concerns, Velen rolled his eyes at him and said, "I didn’t expect your moral standards to be so high. Where was this moral level when you were snatching my book?"

Lin Rui chuckled and said, "When I was taking your book, I had already decided to bring you along, so it was merely helping you move."

Velen clapped his hands and said, "Then continue to think of it this way. Is this an unequal trade? You’re providing everyone an opportunity for rapid rise."

"You are contributing to the Heavens and Myriads of Realms, finding talents that can drive out the Power of Deathly Silence using the fastest method."

"Does everyone know for sure they’ll win when they buy lottery tickets or scratch cards? It’s all because of greed."

"At worst, just consider it a lucky draw."

This theory... left Lin Rui somewhat unsure how to evaluate it.

Does a lucky draw count as deception?

It seems quite similar, as most people who buy lottery tickets know they won’t win; it’s just about hoping for that slim chance.

What if they do win?

Those who buy sealed divine artifacts are probably the same, gambling on what-if. What if they succeed?

This is essentially a willing buyer and a willing seller.

Therefore, Lin Rui looked at all the items and simply put them away.

Placing these items within the Altar of All Heavens can obviously enhance the prestige of his trading window.

Anyone from another plane who opens the Altar of All Heavens and sees a plethora of divine artifacts on display would instantaneously have their blood boiling and be extremely excited.

All items are marked as sealed, and the prices are fair to all. Whether you can unseal them depends on your own capability.

The Golden Pansy Domain wasn’t forcibly selling them.

They could even be collected as antiques, although not suitable for forces with the Altar of All Heavens.

Such forces generally possess one or two genuine divine artifacts, whereas ordinary Earl’s Domains and Duchies might find them suitable.

They might buy a few sealed divine artifacts to display in their castle, leaving them as heirlooms for future generations.

Perhaps when the family declines, some descendant might incidentally unseal them.

Based on this assumption, these items definitely don’t lack for sales channels, as nobles and noblewomen’s vanity is even hundreds of times stronger than that of common folks.

At their salons and balls, having several divine artifacts can also enhance their reputation.

Subsequently, Lin Rui didn’t keep his focus on this matter, instead turning his attention to Wutong, asking, "Any discoveries at the altar?"

Wutong calmly replied, "It’s an abandoned altar named Bafumei Altar. Its usage has been reduced by 80%, and now its effect is that you can choose to accept a sacrifice, and the next battle will see enemy troops’ numbers double, while a blast-fall item can be unsealed."

"Unseal?" Lin Rui finally showed interest.

"It means transferring the erosion of Power of Deathly Silence from one item to the altar, making a blast-fall item usable."

Lin Rui looked at Prophet Velen in amazement, asking, "Can it really be done like that?"

Velen calmly responded, "There’s nothing surprising about it. This Power of Deathly Silence still exists; it merely flows from one place to another. Such operations are quite common in the Desolate Domain World."

This actually adheres to the principle of energy conservation.

Lin Rui turned to Wutong, asking, "Have you performed the sacrifice?"

Wutong shook his head and said, "Sacrifice requires a large amount of flesh."

Which means the altar can’t be used this time, and we’ll have to wait for the next opportunity.

But we’re unsure if we can transport to this vicinity next time.

Nonetheless, Lin Rui immediately thought of Audrey; her Ring of Blood Soul should contain a large amount of flesh to enhance soldiers’ talent.

Lin Rui then turned to Violet and asked, "Have you seen Audrey? Has she arrived yet?"

Violet immediately shook her head, saying, "I haven’t seen her or her troops yet."

Lin Rui furrowed his brows: "That shouldn’t be the case. Audrey’s mine isn’t far from here; how come there’s no sign of her yet? Her troops outnumber all of us."

Moreover, she possesses divine artifacts, Sacred Treasures, with her collection of Sacred Treasures second only to Lin Rui.

[Ghost Cloak: Holy Treasure: Look up at the sky, feel the vast majesty. Under the cloak, souls gain freedom. The cloak follows every silent night, guarding the owner’s mystery and power. All the undead army under the command gets a dark-style Ghost Energy Cloak, greatly enhancing soldiers’ attack and recovery abilities. Attacks have the Strangulation trait, carrying spiritual damage equal to 0.6 times the opponent’s lost Life Value. Killing an opponent grants a 6-second Exhausted Heart effect, restoring 0.6% of own Life Value and 0.1% of Spiritual Energy Value per second, and this effect can stack. If a Heroic Spirit-level unit is killed, own Life Recovery Speed permanently +2 per minute.]

[Celestial Kingdom Armament: Death Guard Banner: Sacred Treasure: No matter how brutal the battle, we will watch you. Even while slaughtering enemies, we make judgments. Amid the fury of war, we’ll be defending by your side; we are the cold gaze of the Lord of Death, we are his Reaping Blade. As long as this banner appears on the battlefield, friendly deceased units maintain +20% battle strength, +20% life, +20% defense. (Note: This treasure can be destroyed. Durability 1000/1000)]

With these two Sacred Treasures paired with her numerous strategic traits and commander traits, her troops are epic-level, certainly not weaker than legendary-level.

Furthermore, with the support of mythical artifacts, she can completely crush demigod-level armies.

Even facing mythical-level units, she is not without fighting chances.

Theoretically, her speed in clearing a mine shouldn’t be vastly different from others.

But Lin Rui has already traveled from the Prophet Tree House to the temple, yet there’s not even a trace of her.

Lin Rui immediately felt something was amiss; Audrey tends to attract peculiar and mischievous occurrences.

Anyway, wherever there’s something odd or sinister, she’s prone to encounter it.

The Desolate Domain World here is exceptionally bizarre and wicked; if she encountered something, Lin Rui finds it completely normal.

Thus, Lin Rui promptly called for Presto and said, "You head toward the mine where Audrey is responsible immediately. If you don’t find her traces, observe from a distance for a maximum of ten minutes, then quickly report back."

If Presto reaches and observes for ten minutes without any sign of Audrey.

Then there’s no need to overthink; she must have encountered trouble.

However, Lin Rui wasn’t too worried about her safety.

She’s already Tier Nine, about to ascend to Divine Spirit, and she has such a powerful army below; if even this could cause an issue.

Lin Rui wouldn’t have much of a solution even if he went over.

Presto immediately took to the air, ensuring, "I will proceed immediately to clear the situation."