Chapter 173

At this moment, the system's voice still rang in Qin Feng's ears.

"Ding dong~ Respected Knight Commander of the Starlight Knights, you are granted the following privileges: 1. 【Starlight Power】: All troops deal an additional 20% Star Magic damage. 2. Permanent garrison rights within Starlight Knights cities. 3. Monthly receipt of intermediate strategic resource supplies. 4. All signed merchant societies receive a 30% discount. 5. Command authority over armies, up to a maximum of one hundred million troops, including Tier 9 units."

"…"

As Knight Commander, these privileges were quite powerful.

First was Starlight Power.

It directly added 20% Star Magic damage to all troop types—a detail that surprised Qin Feng.

Star Magic… was exceedingly rare; wizards on the War Continent had studied it for thousands of years and still understood very little about Star Power.

Star Magic was a special form of magic that approached true damage infinitely closely.

Because few studied Star Magic, few armies possessed resistance against it.

"It seems the Starlight Knights have mastered some degree of Star Power…"

Qin Feng shook his head and let it go.

The second privilege was currently useless.

The beginner map… Qin Feng remembered there were no Starlight Knights cities at all.

Even the War Continent had barely any.

Their cities were mostly scattered across the vast cosmos.

The third privilege concerned material resources.

Starlight Knights military ranks naturally came with various resource rewards.

Monthly supplies could be claimed.

The problem was… the beginner map currently had no Starlight Knights outposts—there was nowhere to claim them.

He could only wait until the beginner map reset in one day.

The fourth privilege demonstrated the Starlight Knights' strength.

Nearly every shop across the entire realm, even throughout the cosmos, offered a 30% discount!

This was the result of agreements the Starlight Knights had signed with countless factions, though these agreements had limits.

Evil forces like Abyssal Demons or the Netherworld naturally had no friendly dealings with the Starlight Knights.

But.

Major merchant societies, major churches… all could enjoy the discount.

This was extremely useful, since most large-scale events were organized by these major churches.

This privilege would undoubtedly save Qin Feng a huge sum of money.

The fifth privilege granted him access to a portion of the Starlight Knights' military forces.

Of course, with Qin Feng's current rank, he could not obtain any powerful troop types.

Still useless.

…

Closing the panel, Qin Feng exhaled slowly.

The Starlight Knights' privileges were secondary; exchanging for the military rank was mainly to deter those who might attack him.

The cost of angering the Starlight Knights was not something everyone could bear.

He looked at the still bewildered Starlight Knights and asked, "Do you have enough supplies?"

The scorched earth buff on the beginner map would last one day—they clearly couldn't leave and staying in this isolated realm was wisest.

One knight immediately reported: "Report, Tyrant Knight Commander, our supplies are sufficient, but ammunition is low—the legendary defense towers can no longer be deployed!"

Qin Feng fell into brief thought.

The mission wasn't over—more monster attacks might still come.

But the problem was…

He had no time to guard them.

At that moment, a Starlight Knight walked over slowly and said, "Two Knight Commanders, we've confirmed it—this is a Cataclysm-tier Secret Realm!"

"Cataclysm-tier Secret Realm?!"

Aileen's eyes lit up, gleaming with intensity: "I can sense… the Netherworld's secrets are hidden within this realm!"

Her gaze burned into Qin Feng: "Tyrant Knight Commander, let's explore it together!"

"…"

As her words ended, the system's voice popped up.

"Ding dong~ Knight Commander Aileen has issued you the unique hidden quest 【Investigate the Secret Realm (SSS)】. Accept?"

…

【Investigate the Secret Realm (SSS)】

Quest Description: Knight Commander Aileen invites you to jointly investigate the newly appeared hidden Secret Realm. She senses it conceals secrets of the Netherworld.

Quest Difficulty: Unknown

Quest Type: Unique Hidden

Quest Objective: Uncover the secrets within the Secret Realm

Quest Reward: Unknown

…

Qin Feng blinked. SSS-level quests were rare.

Especially an unknown-difficulty unique hidden quest—the reward must be immense.

But… Qin Feng still wanted to go alone.

Aileen is only at Shi Shi-level strength right now, and Qin Feng still has to be responsible for her safety.

She's basically dead weight.

Moreover.

The difficulty of this Secret Realm is actually unknown—no one knows what terrifying existence might be hidden within.

Qin Feng still wanted to go find some potions first, to boost his strength a bit.

Anyway, with the Scorched Earth buff in play, there's no worry about someone else stealing the first clear.

Seeing Qin Feng's troubled look, Aileen also let out a soft sigh.

Sure enough, this man finds her too weak, doesn't he?

She said directly, "Tyrant Knight Commander, I won't hold you back—at worst, just let me die in battle!"

Qin Feng also gave a dry cough and said, "No, I need to go find a few bottles of potions right now; the Secret Realm matter might have to be delayed."

"Potions?" Aileen blinked. "What potions does the Tyrant Knight Commander need?"

"Mastery Potions!"

Hearing this, Aileen blinked her bright eyes.

Mastery Potions… the effect is simple: lower the equipment's stat requirements.