Exclusive military units vary in strength and weakness.
The weak ones are only a little better than ordinary arms, such as the basic three series of infantry, cavalry, and archers.
But the upper limit of strength is far more outrageous.
Some are even worth one for a hundred.
Boris’s Flying Tiger Cavalry, pulled out alone, can defeat at least five cavalry of the same level.
If they form a formation, then this number can be doubled, making them true kings of the battlefield.
"My Flying Tiger Cavalry was decided upon after discussion between my father and Wang Zun, and it uses the active spine of a mutated flying tiger," Boris explained seriously.
This was originally a secret that had not been passed down. Even if others had the Flying Tiger Cavalry’s unit recruitment book, they still would not know how the unit was trained.
However, Boris felt that since he had aligned himself with Toji Hisami, he had nothing to hide and laid out everything, both what he should and shouldn’t say.
The Winged Tiger is a mid-level monster, not a particularly rare one.
However, mutated flying tigers are extremely rare, and removing the flying tiger’s spine while preserving it and keeping it active is a skill in itself.
It is precisely because of so many specialized techniques that the Flying Tiger Cavalry has remained the Chen family’s unique military force for so many years.
The spine that Boris possessed had been specially prepared for him by his father.
For this reason, a massive amount of resources and energy had been consumed before he was brought into the trial world.
"If you want to develop powerful, exclusive troops, then the fusion components must be carefully selected."
Generally, experiments on exclusive arms are conducted using common treasures or precious materials.
However, Boris knew the origin of his Flying Tiger Cavalry. If one simply used ordinary materials to forge an exclusive unit, the chance of crafting a truly powerful unit would not exceed 1%.
The spine he used at home had also been paired with various rare materials.
Toji Hisami fell into deep thought after hearing this.
First of all, he needed to determine what kind of troops he required.
As far as the current situation was concerned, the best foundation for a modified unit was actually his shield guards.
The shield guards were the elite of his territory; both in terms of strength and individual quality, they were outstanding, even when compared to Boris’s Flying Tiger Cavalry.
Using the shield guards as a carrier, the success rate after transformation would be extremely high.
However, because these men had already transitioned into shield guards, they possessed the inherent characteristics of shield guards.
If he wanted to convert them to a new unit on this basis, he had to take into account the characteristics of the shield guards, otherwise the internal conflict would ruin the result.
Of course, there was also a shortcut: completely erasing the shield guard traits.
Yet Toji Hisami was reluctant to give them up. After all, the shield guards were remarkably reliable, capable of both offense and defense.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Toji Hisami’s mind.
The words "capable of offense and defense" seemed to open up a whole new world for him.
"I couldn’t help but recall a few things from my previous life."
"Xuanwu!"
The Four Symbols of the sky, the Northern Xuanwu, where the tortoise and the snake interwine, combining the heavy resilience of the turtle and the swift agility of the snake, perfectly balancing offense and defense.
"Wouldn’t it be fitting to transform the shield guards into a style like Xuanwu?"
"We could call them the Xuanwu Guard."
"Now that we have the Xuanwu Guard, can we also form the Suzaku Guard, Qinglong Guard, and Baihu Guard in the future?"
Toji Hisami clapped his hands, his mind made up.
"I will develop them toward Xuanwu!"
He immediately drew out a scroll and wrote down the characteristics that the Xuanwu Guard should possess.
Seeing this, Boris stood up and quietly departed, leaving only Lyra behind.
Toji Hisami was completely focused, quickly jotting down sentence after sentence of detailed descriptions.
The first priority of the Xuanwu Guard had to be defense. Defense consisted of both physical and magical resistance, both of which had to be taken into consideration.
Much like the silver-white unicorn, which weakened all types of incoming attacks to achieve superior defense, he could draw inspiration from that concept.
The Xuanwu Guard should be able to create a shield to first absorb and weaken incoming attacks, before using their own heavy equipment to withstand the rest, achieving near-perfect defense.
In the future, this capability could be further strengthened through rigorous training or other methods to enhance the shield’s strength.
This approach prevented the unit’s base characteristics from being overloaded right at the start, which significantly reduced the risk of evolution failure.
If Toji Hisami had demanded an invulnerable soldier right from the beginning, there would be no point in even calculating the success rate, a one-in-a-thousand chance would be considered pure luck.
After perfecting the defensive concept, the next natural step was offense.
In Toji Hisami’s vision, the Xuanwu Guard’s attack methods should be twofold. First, counterattacks.
The shield should absorb the impact of enemy blows and accumulate that force; once it reached the threshold of the Xuanwu Guard, it could unleash a destructive counter-burst.
Second, surprise attacks.
The Xuanwu is heavy and formidable, giving enemies a preconceived illusion of slow simplicity.
However, the Black Snake is agile, so the Xuanwu Guard needed to be equipped with an attack method reminiscent of a striking serpent, such as a heavy whip or a chain weapon.
Toji Hisami’s descriptions grew increasingly detailed and thorough.
Lyra, who watched from the side, saw her initial curiosity gradually turn into deep solemnity.
Although she had not seen the final result yet, she could already picture the image of the Xuanwu Guard simply through Toji Hisami’s description.
Heavy infantry wearing thick armor, holding massive tower shields, with deadly chains concealed behind their defenses.
No matter how fiercely the enemy attacked, they would stand tall and motionless, as steady as a mountain.
When the enemy grew exhausted, an absolute landslide of counterplay would erupt like a crashing wave!
Even if the enemy refused to tire, there would still be surprise attack options to shatter their defense.
As Toji Hisami reached the end of his notes, everything gradually became crystal clear.
Soldiers who could be transferred to the Xuanwu Guard needed to possess a high level of personal capability.
For other lords, achieving this within the three years of the trial might be impossible.
However, for Toji Hisami, it posed no real problem.
With the blessing of Heaven Rewards Diligence, the baseline quality of his soldiers could rise rapidly just by forging iron every day, let alone through specialized training.
Everything designed by Toji Hisami could have its difficulty reduced through structured discipline.
When every hurdle could be solved through training, the overall difficulty approached zero for Toji Hisami.
For shield techniques involving the combination of explosive physical power and magic, Lyra could design targeted training courses.
For physical strength and conditioning, increased nutrition and physical exercises would handle the rest.
Shield-striking techniques and whip skills were both martial techniques that could be practiced through repetition.
As for the heavy armor, he could return and have Polo the dwarf specialize in crafting it.
If their initial capability fell short, he could simply increase the thickness of the armor plates. A little extra weight was nothing.
If a two-centimeter-thick steel plate could not stop an enemy’s strike, it would be replaced with a five-centimeter-thick one.
After all, wearing it acted as weight-bearing training––with Heaven’s blessing, the soldiers themselves would grow stronger over time.
Toji Hisami spent a long time perfecting these designs on paper.