Chapter 1502: Chapter 1502: I’m So Jealous

In front of the Star Eyes Clan’s residence, Gordon handed Yang Yu a bottle of Magic Potion as deep and dark as the Star Sky.

"That feather of yours, where on earth did you get it?

I took it to make potions, and that old granny kept nagging and asking non-stop; my head was spinning from her questions.

I’ve been an adventurer for so many years, and this is the first time I’ve seen a feather like that.

I even asked the well-informed Sena, and she didn’t know either."

Taking the Potions, Yang Yu played it off vaguely:

"It’s something I got in that Hall of History.

I never knew how to use it before.

After looking into some information, I figured I should use it to make a Magic Potion. That’s why I asked you.

I owe you one."

Gordon smiled faintly. "Don’t say things like you owe me.

If you really feel you owe me, then just bring me more interesting little toys.

If you don’t have any, don’t worry about it.

I know what you’re all doing. Honestly, I think you’re pretty amazing.

I don’t really like saying stuff like this, but I’m honored to be of help to you.

You rushed back just wanting a good rest, I can understand how hard it’s been."

Yang Yu smiled, then flipped his hand and tossed the Potions to Iyas, who was not far away,

"Doing it for this world is just incidental.

I’m just someone dragged into this world-scale conflict and forced to act.

Enough talking.

Iyas, drink the potion, we’re setting out right away!"

Hearing Yang Yu’s words, Iyas gently shook the bottle, and an indescribable sense of familiarity and intimacy overflowed from within.

She popped the cork, and downed the Magic Potion in one go.

A wave of sour-sharp sensation hit Iyas; it was like she’d eaten ten lemons at once, her expression scrunching into a knot that wouldn’t relax. Iyas tasted an unprecedented jealousy—clearly that old granny who made the Magic Potion knew exactly what this was, and was seething with envy that Yang Yu’s group got their hands on it, so she secretly "added extra seasoning."

Not long after finishing the Magic Potion, a different kind of refreshing clarity spread through Iyas’s whole body; her body sparkled, as if she had received a fierce blessing from the goddess.

"[Iyas’s Luck has increased by 5 points due to using a Magic Potion.]"

This message popped up on the panel, making Yang Yu truly green with envy.

Tools or Skills that boost Luck are really rare; up to now, Yang Yu had only seen two.

At first, Yang Yu wanted to use the Magic Potion on himself; if he could raise his Luck from 1 point to 2, that’d literally be doubling it.

Considering that the effect of [Angel’s Feather] only boosts Luck by 10%...

When fishing, Yang Yu could raise his Luck to 11 points. He didn’t know whether this Magic Potion could apply to that extra 10 points of Luck; if it only turned his pathetic 1 point of Luck into 1.1, then rounded off, it’d basically be like he hadn’t used it at all.

So, Yang Yu ultimately gave the potion to Iyas.

Percentage-based boosts are best used on characters with high stats to maximize the gains; with Luck as trash-low as his—only a single-digit number—what he needed was fixed-value boosting tools.

He didn’t know if he’d ever meet an Angel again, or whether Angel’s Feather had any usage limits. If there were no limits and he could still run into Angels, Yang Yu would definitely think of a way to pluck the Angel bald, not leaving a single feather behind, and turn everyone in the party into a Luck Emperor.

After saying farewell to the [Red Blood Rose], they boarded Lotcar, and Yang Yu’s group once again set out for the front lines.

Thanks to the Goddess Sect’s round-the-clock work, the temporary Teleportation Arrays were all completed. Setting off from the Star Eyes Clan Stronghold, reaching each nation was no longer any difficulty.

The only downside of the Teleportation Array was that, since the sites were all hastily set up, every teleportation node needed caretakers to meticulously maintain it, and Yang Yu had to pay all of those costs.

Each caretaker was expensive, and even if Yang Yu didn’t use those Teleportation Arrays, it was still a huge daily expense.

With Yang Yu’s current assets, he could hold out for at most half a year. After half a year, he’d have to run around looking for sponsors just to solve the funding problem.

If possible, Yang Yu still hoped to wrap up this war as soon as possible, instead of dragging it out for half a year.

Right now Yang Yu was almost touching the Level ceiling; although the System had said he could enter the Overload Level, who knew what the hell Overload Level even meant. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Maybe, as the System’s owner, he could surpass Level 200, but every Level after 200 required huge amounts of Experience. In the short term, Yang Yu definitely wouldn’t be able to gather that much Experience, and would only be able to watch as the Demon King and the Hero kept getting stronger, widening the gap between them and him.

By then, it’d be hard to beat them.

Because of that, Yang Yu didn’t dare delay. After a simple rest, he didn’t linger and headed straight for the next battlefield.

For the next battlefield, Yang Yu chose the Wansheng Republic.

On the Wansheng Republic’s side, the Demon Clan had invaded from the barren fringe lands.

Although Ming Dalak had used the war between the two republics to sweep away corruption in the court, in order to maintain popular support, he still spared some of the old Nobles who voluntarily returned their power, exiling them far from the political center to serve as City Lords, and establishing oversight agencies to monitor them.

Because of this, some City Lords in remote regions weren’t exactly enthusiastic about resisting, and some even defected to the enemy.

Fortunately, the Wansheng Republic had a large number of Special Subhumans and all sorts of Special units trained by Ming Dalak, so the situation on the field could just barely be called acceptable.

What worried Yang Yu was that the Demon King Army might push north from the Wansheng Republic into the Luo Ze Empire, and then occupy the fertile Sailuomen Plain.

The Wansheng Republic had already confirmed one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

He was a Samurai whose whole body burned with flames, and the title of Four Heavenly Kings was something he personally claimed; his name was [Red Flame Monarch] Ammonval.

From the various reports sent back, [Red Flame Monarch] Ammonval was clearly the "Strongest Spear" under the Demon King.

Many experts of the Wansheng Republic had fought him. [Red Flame Monarch] Ammonval seemed to have his own combat aesthetics and principles; once he recognized someone as a worthy opponent, he would face them in an open and honorable duel. He despised cowards from the bottom of his heart, and when facing such cowards, he would have no hesitation in giving them a harsh lesson.

Because of this personality, [Red Flame Monarch] Ammonval’s advance wasn’t all that fast, and he had shown the Wansheng Republic quite a lot of unique Skills. The Wansheng Republic even possessed Memory Crystals of his battles with various opponents.

Yang Yu rarely fought battles he wasn’t prepared for. Currently, they had the most and most reliable intel on [Red Flame Monarch] Ammonval, so Yang Yu wanted to go meet this [Red Flame Monarch] Ammonval, known as the "Strongest Spear."

Besides that, there was another reason...

[Red Flame Monarch] Ammonval was in the Wansheng Republic, so the "Strongest Shield" was bound to be in the Teren Republic.

As the Four Heavenly Kings’ "Strongest Shield," he would definitely be an Iron Turtle type—time-consuming and troublesome to fight, and able to easily stall until reinforcements arrived.

...If the Demon King came with a massive army, he could just tank their hits until they were crying, then drag them away.