There were only thirty-one troop upgrade vouchers, so naturally it was impossible to use one on every resident.
So in the end, Ethan decided to first give a round of upgrades to everyone in the expedition teams. Excluding No. 39, who had passed away, there were four expedition teams with a total of twenty-four people.
One voucher per person left seven vouchers remaining.
Of the remaining seven, Ethan distributed them to the four remaining teams, giving one to each team leader.
The last three were kept as reserves.
"All right, all of you use them right now. Let me see the results."
Ethan gave everyone a quick instruction.
Everyone immediately tore open their troop upgrade vouchers. The first to upgrade was Wood Eight. His whole body instantly looked as if it had been inflated, swelling up right before their eyes.
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[Resident: Wood Eight]
[Strength: 20]
[Defense: 13]
[Agility: 12]
[Level 2 Troop: Axeman, can equip two axes and become a Dual-Axe Warrior.]
[Traits: An offensive-type troop with strong attack power and medium defense. Its defense can be increased appropriately.]
[Special Abilities: Great Strength Creates Miracles, Explosive Axe]
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"Did Wood Eight turn into Cheng Yaojin?"
[T/N: A general of tang dynasty who used axe.]
Looking at Wood Eight, now covered in bulging muscles, Ethan was genuinely shocked.
This level-two troop upgrade voucher was really kind of insane. It directly turned someone who was just a bit burly into Cheng Yaojin. The speed of this expansion was way too exaggerated.
And there was even an extra special skill, Explosive Axe?
[Explosive Axe: When attacking enemies or objects with an axe, there is a 50% chance to trigger a critical hit, and even consecutive critical hits.]
'Awesome!'
And as Wood Eight upgraded, several of his teammates beside him also upgraded one after another.
They were all the same type as Wood Eight. From slightly burly or skinny lumberjacks, they instantly turned into one muscular Spartan warrior after another.
Quite a few people had their original clothes directly torn apart by their rapidly swelling muscles.
If it weren't for the toughness of the dragon armor, it probably would have burst apart as well.
And aside from Wood Eight's group, Stone Six's group was even more exaggerated. Mining was already physically demanding, so when Ethan originally selected Stone Six's group, he deliberately arranged some of the stronger people into his team.
Now, after Stone Six's group used the troop upgrade vouchers, it wasn't just swelling anymore.
It was practically regeneration.
Not only did their builds become bulkier, but one or two of them even grew taller. Those who were originally around one meter seventy-eight all shot up to over two meters tall in an instant.
And the degree of muscle expansion was not inferior to Wood Eight's group at all.
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[Resident: Stone Six]
[Strength: 15]
[Defense: 15]
[Agility: 15]
[Level 2 Troop: Fearless Warrior, can be equipped with mounts to serve as cavalry.]
[Traits: A well-rounded troop. The kind that's like a brick. Wherever it's needed, that's where it goes.]
[Special Abilities: Great Strength Creates Miracles, Travel speed bonus +50%, Courage bonus in battle +50%]
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After reading the attributes of Stone Six's group members, Ethan finally understood why they were called an all-around troop. Their overall stats weren't particularly outstanding, but there were also no obvious weaknesses.
They gained bonuses while traveling, and also gained bonuses in battle.
A classic supply-type troop.
'Pretty good!'
As for the other two groups.
After Hunter Five's group used the troop upgrade vouchers, the effect was completely opposite to that of Stone Six's and Wood Eight's groups. None of them upgraded toward explosive muscles.
Instead, they became taller and slimmer, with a sort of long-legs, long-arms look.
Maybe because they were stretched taller, they appeared slimmer, but the muscles on their bodies were extremely even, giving off a very coordinated visual impression.
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[Resident: Hunter Five]
[Strength: 16]
[Defense: 12]
[Agility: 17]
[Level 2 Troop: Archer. When equipped with a bow and arrows, gains +100% penetration!]
[Traits: A ranged attack troop. If it can learn the Precision skill, it will become the king of ranged troops!]
[Special Abilities: Visual range +100%, Penetration +100%, Speed +50%]
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It fit a hunter's abilities quite well.
Ethan was also very satisfied with the evolution direction of Hunter Five's group. That left only one group, Herb Three.
Ethan noticed… Among the four groups, the evolution effect of Herb Three's group was the strangest.
Because Herb Three's group neither developed horizontally like Stone Six's group, nor vertically like Hunter Five's group. After using the troop upgrade vouchers, they seemed to show almost no change at all.
If there had to be any change… It was probably that the muscles in their arms became a bit thicker, and their eyes became a little more spirited.
Ethan checked the prompt for Herb Three.
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[Resident: Herb Three]
[Strength: 15]
[Defense: 10]
[Agility: 20]
[Level 2 Troop: Scout. Possesses extremely strong vision and high agility.]
[Traits: The best troop for reconnaissance and terrain exploration. Can learn multiple survival and mounted archery skills. A versatile troop with high agility and low defense]
[Special Abilities: Travel speed bonus +100%, Visual range +100%]
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Ethan had always felt that using Herb Three's group only for herb gathering was a bit of a waste.
Now that they had awakened reconnaissance abilities, that was pretty nice. And several of their skills could speed up map exploration, which would also let him quickly remove the fog around the villa area.
Tomorrow's exploration time was really something to look forward to.
Besides the four expedition teams, the other four team leaders also used [Troop Upgrade Voucher (Fake)], but what surprised Ethan the most was actually Guard Seven and the cook.
Guard Seven directly upgraded into a Sentinel, and even gained a throwing ability.
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[Resident: Guard Seven]
[Strength: 17]
[Defense: 12]
[Agility: 16]
[Level 2 Troop: Sentinel. Possesses extremely sharp eyesight. When equipped with a spear, can awaken the throwing skill.]
[Traits: A troop effective at both close and long range. If it can learn the Precision skill, it will become a substitute ranged attack troop!]
[Special Abilities: Crisis Prediction, Visual range +50%, Speed +100%]
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Overall, the upgrade effect looked pretty good.
It was just a pity that Ethan's troop upgrade vouchers were limited. Otherwise, upgrading all of Guard Seven's subordinates would have been a really great thing.
At that point, as long as a few of them guarded the home, let alone other lords coming to stir up trouble, even if monsters from this world came to attack, with the strength of level-two sentinels, they could easily hold the line.
However, Guard Seven's abilities still weren't as magical as the medical woman's.
What shocked Ethan the most was… After upgrading to a level-two troop, the medical woman actually awakened support-type troop abilities directly.
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