Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

Audrey burst into a happy laugh upon hearing that, quite reasonable—what kind of relationship could they develop right under her nose?

Su Dai stood beside with a gentle smile, watching Lin Rui effortlessly soothe Audrey.

This silly girl could never have imagined that in the short time they were apart, her home would be plundered.

So she cheerfully took from Lin Rui the gift he had prepared for her and used it right away.

[Ding, Audrey, the Moonlight Apostle under the command of the Lord, has acquired the Catastrophe-level trait Twilight Highlands and successfully advanced to a Catastrophe-level troop.]

[Twilight Highlands: Where humans rule, there are nobles; where vampires rule, there are vampire nobles. Human nobles tax, vampires extract blood and collect corpses. Where Dark Mages rule, they tax and extract blood, exploiting to the bone. Under the control of a Necromancer, each Undead, instead of consuming Spiritual Energy, will increase the Necromancer's Command Attribute by 0.01 and Spiritual Energy Value Limit by 0.1. Every hundred Undead increases the Necromancer's Spiritual Strength by 10% and Life Value Limit by 10%.]

"Hm?" What in the world is this!

Reading Audrey's new trait left Lin Rui stunned.

You work for me, and not only do you not earn anything, but you have to make offerings?

These Undead are just too pitiful. Worse off than the serfs taxed by humans.

Almost as soon as Audrey activated this trait, her Spiritual Strength began to expand rapidly.

Audrey exclaimed excitedly, "Lord, my Commander Value has shattered the Tier Three limit. Should I advance now?"

This naive and sweet girl might be a bit unconventional in her thinking, but she would do absolutely anything for Lin Rui. Whether or not to advance, she followed Lin Rui's command entirely.

Lin Rui felt somewhat ashamed of himself, not having prepared the items required for her advancement. The only [Forest Melody] item had been given to Su Xi.

Otherwise, with Audrey's current Catastrophe-level talent advancing, having a [Forest Melody] might have propelled her to Epic-level at Tier Four.

But Audrey had no such thoughts; having just received a gift from Lin Rui, she was delightfully pleased: "If I advance now, at Tier Four I'd be Catastrophe-level, Tier Five could be Epic-level, by Tier Six I'd catch up to Su Xi's Legendary-level. Then Tier Seven would be Demigod-level, and who knows, Tier Eight might even be Divine Spirit. Lord, you better keep your word! You said Explorers like Goddesses the most."

At that moment, Lin Rui truly felt that it's kind of nice for girls to be a little naive. Just like how Audrey didn't wonder why the [Forest Melody] went to Su Xi and not her.

Of course, organizing it this way was indeed to maximize the value of every resource for the domain. Ensuring both could reach Legendary-level by Tier Six.

So Lin Rui affectionately patted her head, saying, "Then just go ahead and advance. Before you reach Tier Five, I will definitely find an Epic-level trait treasure for you."

"Mm!" Audrey nodded happily, placing her complete trust in the Lord's promise.

The advancement task before Tier Five was always the [Mirror Image Trial], which she could consider passed by defeating a high-tier Elite-level mirror.

Today, Audrey had shattered thousands of Tier Four Elite-level monsters on the battlefield; such a mirror image challenge was a mere formality for her.

After unlocking the advancement, with a snap of her fingers, the placeholder mirror was obliterated by her Primordial Bomb (Black Magic Burst), without her even needing to call upon summoned creatures.

Now she really exhibited the imposing super cold demeanor of a Dark Mage.

If Death's Wings were to grow and overshadow the sky, she'd ride on its back, unleashing a powerful dark magic chill from above, while a sea of Undead devastated the ground below, making the title of Undead Catastrophe truly deserved.

Breaking through the tier limit with the Commander Attribute was something Lin Rui had genuinely never envisioned before.

Yet, this silly girl's actions were always peculiar, making nothing that happens to her seem too unbelievable.

After her advancement, she received another trait at the Catastrophe-level, but she wasn't satisfied, so she snapped her fingers again, Lucky Rejection!

Even the newly appearing trait didn't satisfy her.

"Why is my luck so bad today? Could today be an inauspicious day for hatching and advancement?"

Lin Rui wisely chose to stay silent; how her luck ran its course was self-explanatory.

After all, at the blessing ceremony hosted by the Lucky Goddess Priestess Yuyu, Lin Rui had increased his Luck Value by 10 points and raised his Luck Level by one.

"I got it, it must be because this draw didn't bask in the Lord's light. Father, may I borrow your back for a moment?"

The silly girl then took the chance to hop onto Lin Rui's back, embracing his neck, her chin resting on his shoulder, gently saying, "This time, a strong trait will definitely appear!"

"Lucky Rejection!"

"Aha!" Audrey instantly cheered with excitement: "I just knew this posture would be miraculous. Seems like I truly belong on the Lord's back, playing the female knight!"

[Breath of the Gods: Catastrophe-level Trait: The Breath of the Gods can reignite extinguished stars, and the Dark Mage emulated this power, allowing long-dead ancient remains to walk the earth again. Wherever the aura of the Dark Mage reaches, there is a chance to passively activate fallen Heroic Spirits, summoning powerful Undead units. Units resurrected by the Breath of the Gods, once annihilated, cannot be revived through Soul Summoning Skill or Resurrection Skill. (Note: Summoned powerful Undead units are at least Heroic Spirit Level and do not consume any Command Value.)]

Lin Rui couldn't help but laugh; gifting Death's Wings to Audrey was no longer optional. This new trait was best suited for riding the Dark Demon Dragon, wandering around aimlessly.

Where the wings of a Dark Giant Dragon enfolded, the ground became a fiery landscape, blazing into a dark and eerie realm from which terrifying Undead emerged.

Lin Rui hadn't finished imagining when the ground beneath his feet started to rustle and loosen, with grass and leaves tumbling about, until a skull emerged, appearing right at Lin Rui's feet.

"..." The manner of this entrance was something ordinary people would find hard to accept.

Lin Rui quickly stepped aside, and as soon as he steadied himself, a pale woman's hand emerged by his side, groping about as if a drowning person seeking a lifeline. It found his ankle, held fast, and tightly clutched Lin Rui's calf.

Then a pale-skinned, raggedly dressed female Heroic Spirit clung to Lin Rui's calf, half of her body climbing out from the earth.

This experience was as horrifying as it could get!

Lin Rui kicked half of her body to the side, then without a trace of good humor said to Audrey, "In the future, don't use this trait around me!"

Audrey stared innocently, wide-eyed: "This trait isn't under my control, Lord."

"Then get off! Ride the Griffin and make a circle around the territory, gather all these spirits and specters together. Don't let them pop up one by one like a haunting."

"Okay, okay, okay! You're the boss; I'll listen to you. Always taking it out on me."

Audrey jumped down, retrieving the lower half body of the female Heroic Spirit Lin Rui had kicked away, then fitted her back onto her troops. Once fully resurrected, it turned out she was actually a Tier Five Heroic Spirit level soldier! And she didn't consume any Command Value!

Aside from her terrifying manner of appearance, which was really too much for Lin Rui to bear, she had no flaws.

Besides the female Heroic Spirit, there were also three historical Undead nearby; two were Tier Five Heroic Spirit level, and one surprisingly a Tier Four Lord-level Assassin.

This [Breath of the Gods] trait, capable of passively activating nearby fallen Heroic Spirits, was supposed to be quite a normal trait.

Even if a Catastrophe-level Dark Mage runs all over the world, the Heroic Spirits that can be gathered should theoretically be very limited. The strength wouldn't skyrocket.

But this typical trait, in the Golden Pansy Domain, immediately became abnormal!

Anything involving probability transformed into something astonishingly bizarre within the Golden Pansy Domain!