Global Lords: I Have Information System

Chapter 428: Chapter 327: Hoy Submits, The Fourth Heroic Level Talent

”Hoy will never betray the lord’s trust!”

”From today onwards, this is my homeland, the place I shall defend with my life!”

Hoy spoke passionately. After all, he is quite a seasoned and knowledgeable individual. His words were pleasant to hear, but regardless of his sincerity, once he joins the Lord’s domain, the initiative lies in Zong Shen’s hands.

”Very well, you may return to the ranks. There is an empty spot beside Dutra.”

Zong Shen pointed to the Dogman Chief Dutra who was standing tall beside Marie, indicating that Hoy could stand next to him.

Dutra stood on the edge, and beside him were 258 kobolds lined up. It’s estimated that this number will soon increase as the Dogman Tribe initially brought a considerable number of Dogman Eggs with them.

By asking Hoy to stand beside Dutra, Zong Shen’s intention was clear. First, it was to avoid suspicion, and secondly, it indicated that although Zong Shen accepted Hoy, he wouldn’t immediately place him in the core of the territory.

Hoy is a clever fellow and understood the implications. He obediently saluted Zong Shen and retreated, walking to Dutra’s side and even slightly bowing to greet the Dogman Chief Dutra.

His manners were impeccable. Another slave, the young Quete, noticed Hoy’s behavior. Among the slaves purchased by Zong Shen, Quete was the only one still a slave, wearing chains and working alongside the kobolds every day.

If he dared to slack off or showed any dissatisfaction or negativity, he would face intimidation from the kobolds. Despite their small stature, their scaled bodies and toothy snarls were quite intimidating to someone like Quete.

Currently, Quete was the most inconspicuous person in the territory.

Seeing Hoy and Alanna’s situation, Quete was tempted, his legs involuntarily trembling as he thought of stepping forward.

Just then, the Dogman Prophet beside him noticed his movement, feeling it disrupted the aesthetic of the kobold lineup, and promptly struck his shin with the magic staff in his hand.

”Stand...stand still!”

”No...no moving!”

The Dogman Prophet stammered a soft warning to Quete.

Every kobold did their best to stand straight and tidy, not wanting to embarrass themselves in front of the Lord. During this time, Zong Shen indeed fulfilled his promise, treating the kobolds with equality, granting them the same food rations and residences as other subjects.

However, due to lifestyle habits, racial differences, language barriers, and other reasons, it was still challenging for the kobolds to fully integrate with the other subjects of the territory.

In any case, everyone performed their duties, whether working or fighting. In essence, everyone contributed to the territory’s development. Therefore, no kobold considered themselves enslaved; instead, they felt a sense of protection in Zong Shen’s territory.

Hence, during this period, almost all the kobolds’ loyalty to Zong Shen increased to over 85 points. Zong Shen also honored his initial promise with actions.

Poor Quete, after being reprimanded by the Dogman Prophet, the courage he had painstakingly built up to request something from Zong Shen was snuffed out, leaving him to timidly stand among the kobold ranks.

At this moment, Zong Shen had no time for Quete as he was busy reviewing Hoy’s attributes.

In addition, before selecting personnel to set out for Odu Village, Zong Shen could reorganize the heroic command within the territory. Including Hoy, there were now four heroes in the territory, with the Dogman Chief Dutra being a special case, more suited to commanding kobolds than humans.

He casually glanced at the upright Hoy, and Hoy’s attributes appeared before his eyes.

[Hero: Hoy (Blue)]

[Talent: Excellent]

[Age: 35]

[Race: Human]

[Level: lv14]

[Experience Value: 1371/7275]

[Life Value: 225]

[Commanding Number: 0/91]

[Strength: 12]

[Agility: 16]

[Intelligence: 27]

[Charm: 21]

[Remaining Attribute Points: 0]

[Remaining Skill Points: 0]

[Remaining Assignable Weapon Proficiency: 0]

[Detailed Attributes: (Click to expand)]

[Weapon Proficiency: (Click to expand)]

[Heroic Skills: (Click to expand)]

[Lord-level Passive Skills: (Click to expand)]

[Loyalty: 80]

Hoy’s attribute panel was much higher than Marie’s when she first joined the territory.

Especially in intelligence and charm, marking him as a heroic-level talent inclined towards wisdom and charm.

Suited for internal governance and logistics work, not suitable as a combat hero.

However, this perfectly fits the current needs of Zong Shen’s territory.

An expansive territory must be composed of numerous heroic-level talents.

The most needed among them are logistics talents, acting like nodes that connect the entire territory into a vast command network.

Like the hierarchical structure on Earth—villages, towns, counties, building from points to lines, lines to surfaces, and surfaces to a complete three-dimensional territorial structure matrix.

Eventually, even large heroes could command minor heroes. As for the source of heroic-level talents, Zong Shen was not worried. There were the recruited ancient heroes, but besides them...

The indigenous forces already possessed a comprehensive system, among which heroic-level talents were not lacking. Additionally, heroic-level talents emerge continuously with knowledge and experience.

Of course, it needs to be mentioned here that while the world never lacks heroic-level talents, finding those with exceptional talent does require effort and luck.

Though high-talent heroes and low-talent ones have substantial differences in ability, low-talent heroic-level talents are still heroes. As the Lords develop and come into closer contact with indigenous forces, most Lords will gradually possess their own heroic-level talents.

The limit of command value would not hinder territorial development, because the command structure is not solely determined by the Lord. With such a heroic command system, theoretically, if enough heroic-level talents are controlled, commanding a kingdom is not a problem.

A hierarchical pyramid matrix structure, where the Lord only needs to be the apex of the pyramid.

Zong Shen pondered for a moment and opened Hoy’s [Heroic Skills]. Generally, hero’s talent skills and aptitudes are found here, hopefully bringing some surprises.

[Passive Skills: Trade Algorithms (Gains a 5% price advantage in trade)

Cold Personality (Indifferent personality, only desires honor and achievement, reduces territory resource consumption by 10%)]

From [Heroic Skills], it’s apparent Hoy’s talents lie in trade, command, and resource management.

He can reduce territory resource consumption, and in external trade, acquire an additional 5% price advantage.

Don’t underestimate this 5%. Once the territory forms trade caravans or establishes trade zones, creating a large and stable trade system, the revenue from this 5% price advantage will be significant.

Having a more concrete understanding of Hoy’s role, Zong Shen then opened [Lord-level Passive Skills]. The strength, agility, and intelligence systems were all empty, with only charm system containing [Command] and [Trade] at level 7.

Having reviewed Hoy’s attributes, Zong Shen closed the attribute list with a thought.

As the fourth heroic-level talent in the territory, Hoy can manage the territory’s material inflow and outflow, including daily tasks such as [market] listings.

Moreover, Hoy was already at level 14, ready to start work immediately, and there would be opportunities to train him later on.