Chapter 926 - 539: Silver Lion Battle Banner, Otherworldly Recruitment

The width is about fifty centimeters.

Once it’s unfolded, the length is a full meter.

Three lions are depicted upon it.

The lions stand atop a cliff, with a Golden lion in the center.

Its forelimbs tread upon a protruding boulder.

Beside it are two Silver lions.

All three lions have their jaws wide open, unleashing a heaven-shaking Roar.

There is a domineering aura of looking down upon the world, the majestic bearing of the King of a Hundred Beasts.

The lions are rendered vividly, sewn with golden and silver thread.

The edges of the banner are also stitched with Silver thread into a circle of intricate patterns.

One side of the edge is cut with triangular waves.

The other side is sewn around a hollow wooden rod that matches the width.

It can be fitted onto a flagpole.

Zong Shen gripped one end and flicked his hand to spread it open.

The banner immediately let out a rustling sound as it unfurled.

"Roar~"

There was also a faint sound of lions roaring.

As if from beyond the heavens, yet right beside his ears.

It was unclear whether it was an illusion or real.

At the same time, a faint golden halo surfaced on the banner’s face.

Signifying that this banner was by no means an ordinary item.

Not only ancient and timeworn, it also carried an indescribable domineering presence.

Like a king of a hundred battles, forged in iron and Fire, bearing an unyielding will to triumph.

A will capable of scorning all enemies.

Zong Shen placed the banner on the table, his eyes focused on it.

[Silver Lion Battle Banner (Gold)]

[Quality: Epic Level]

[Effect: Within range, Cavalry Basic Attack +35, Life Value +200, ground Riding Beasts’ basic Speed +2, impact power +10%]

[Range: 500 meters radius]

[Skills: Silver Lion Rider’s Other Dimension Recruitment (usable once every 168 hours, recruits 24 Tier Four Lion Guard Knights, 12 Tier Five Lion Charge Knights)]

[Recruited Lion Knights will be prioritized into the banner’s Recruitment Command Value pool]

[After the banner is damaged, the Lion Knights within the Recruitment Command pool will enter an ownerless state for 12 hours]

[In the ownerless state, the Lord can take them over with priority, consuming his own Command Value]

[Recruitment Command Value: 8000 points]

(An unrestricted Other Dimension recruitment item—spend a few years and you might rebuild a full Lion Knight Order.)

"This is a fine thing."

"Baron Bezos must have been looking for this banner, right?"

Zong Shen lifted the banner with both hands, surprise and expectation on his face.

This [Silver Lion Battle Banner (Gold)] was definitely an incredibly powerful Epic Item.

It provides a range Enhancement Effect, strengthening all Cavalry within a radius of five hundred meters.

And it can recruit without limit.

Cooling Time is one week.

Each use can recruit 24 Tier Four Cavalry and 12 Tier Five Cavalry.

Most importantly, the recruited Cavalry do not occupy the Lord’s own or any other Hero’s Command Value.

Instead, they first occupy the Recruitment Command Value attached to the banner itself.

A Tier Four Warrior consumes 3 Command Value, a Tier Five Warrior consumes 4.

Those 8000 points of Recruitment Command Value are enough to accommodate several thousand recruited Cavalry.

However, the banner’s Recruitment Command Value can only be used for its attached Other Dimension Recruitment.

It cannot be diverted elsewhere; it counts as dedicated Command Value.

Assuming a year has fifty-two weeks.

By this time next year, Zong Shen will have 1248 Tier Four Lion Guard Knights and 624 Tier Five Lion Charge Knights, occupying 6240 points of Recruitment Command Value.

This does not factor in potential casualties and sacrifices in the meantime.

All in all, fully realizing the banner’s potential requires time.

The longer the time, the more Lion Knights are recruited, and the greater the gains.

"Truly excellent. This battle banner must be put to use immediately."

With that thought, Zong Shen grabbed the banner and left the Lord’s Fortress.

He went all the way to the open ground outside.

He chose to activate the [Silver Lion Rider’s Other Dimension Recruitment] skill.

The banner in his hand began to flutter without wind.

The flag’s face started to sway.

The golden halo on its surface kept expanding, turning into a golden beam that struck the Space before him.

At that moment, Space trembled as though it were solid.

The Golden light hammered against Space, gradually expanding into a strange Teleportation Gate five meters high and three meters in Width.

Right then, the Intermediate Spatial Mage who had originally been in the [Magic Hall] in Meditation Cultivation, Reese Ulysses, opened her tightly shut eyes.

She slightly turned her head, looking toward the Territory’s Central District.

She sharply sensed a clear spatial fluctuation erupting there.

Having once merged herself with Space, she was extremely sensitive to such ripples.

But she only paused for a brief moment before closing her eyes again.

Space holds many taboos, and she is deeply burdened by them.

On the spot, the golden Teleportation Gate before Zong Shen quickly stabilized.

"Da-da-da..."

Accompanied by the crisp sound of hooves striking the ground.

Ranks of Cavalry clad in Lion Rider Armor filed out in an orderly stream.

They rapidly formed three vertical columns in front of Zong Shen.

The center of the Teleportation Gate rippled like agitated water, with circles of waves.

Zong Shen could not see what lay on the other side.

Once all the Lion Cavalry had emerged from the Teleportation Gate.

The golden Teleportation Gate began to collapse rapidly.

It kept shrinking inward until it became a light point the size of a grain of rice.

"Pff..."

With the sound of a struck match flaring, it burst into scattered light particles and vanished.

Space returned to normal.

After these Lion Cavalry formed up into neat ranks, they dismounted one after another.

They drew their Knight’s Battle Swords, gripping the hilts with both hands, holding them horizontally before their chests, heads slightly bowed.

The blade obscured the faces beneath their Battle Helmets.

Their bodies were as straight and firm as tough pine.

This too was a Knight’s Etiquette.

In formality, it did not equal the solemnity of kneeling on one knee.

But it likewise conveyed respect.

They were different from the Lion Skeleton Knights.

The former were living Human Knights, while the latter had their flesh decayed, giving birth to Soul Fire as Undead.

There was a fundamental difference between the two.