A few days later
The renovation of the Demon-Suppressing Castle has been completed,
Although this stone castle looks dilapidated, its foundation has not been damaged.
Only part of the wooden structure was destroyed, and the main body of the castle was almost intact. After all-out repairs, within two or three days, the Demon Suppression Castle was restored to the point where it could be entered.
After the Flying Bear Army entered the Demon Suppression Castle and the Sword Eagle Knight in the sky confirmed that Grugesh had led his troops back to the depths of the wilderness,
The coalition forces gradually began to withdraw, and Thor did not have time to linger here. As the soul of the kingdom, his importance is not much lower than that of King Ren, and he must not leave the royal capital for a long time.
However, Thor left another surprise for Richard when he left, perhaps as compensation for the fact that Richard would bear most of the pressure from the ogres in the wilderness,
When Sol left, he left the newly formed army in the river valley, which he had trained for more than a month and still had some actual combat experience, to Richard,
In Thor’s opinion, having 20,000 garrison troops led by Dane in the river valley is enough to stabilize the situation,
After all, the valley area is located between the Northland and the Central Plains. If the Northland is lost, it only needs the garrison to guard the natural barrier of Zhenbeiguan. With the terrain of Zhenbeiguan, 20,000 defenders have their backs against the valley area. This big granary can last forever,
If the central plain is lost, it doesn’t matter whether the river valley is still there or not.
The arrival of the newly formed army of 20,000 people in the river valley is of little significance. Instead, it is left to Richard to use it in the Demon Suppression Castle to better deal with the ogres.
As for whether these 20,000 people are willing to stay, most of them are from the valley. Although the valley is rich, its wealth has nothing to do with the hardship of the newly formed army. They have a lot of nostalgia for the river valley, and they may have a little bit of nostalgia for the country, but they don’t necessarily want to go back.
There may be some people who don’t want to stay in the North, but even with a military order, not all of them can change their will,
As long as Richard reorganizes their education for a month after taking over, and gives them a share of land, he will slowly be able to turn them into real Northlanders. Anyway, after experiencing the ogre disaster, nothing else in Northland will There are as many as there are in Borderlands now.
In fact, the only problem left for Richard with the new army is whether Richard can afford to support him.
Don’t look at it now that Richard has been granted the title of Pingye Bo, and has gained a large area of territory, with more than one million people under his rule, but Richard’s territory has just been taken over, and he has also experienced the plunder of ogres,
It will take a lot of time to convert into money and food. It will be very difficult for the Hunter Territory’s original basic base and the manpower and force of the annexed Will Territory to raise more than 10,000 flying bear troops, let alone another army.
Although there were many difficulties, when Sol mentioned it to Richard, Richard responded without thinking, patting his chest and saying that the benefits would be eaten first, and then he would think about how to digest it.
Fortunately, Saul was honest enough and took only a small amount of his assets with him when he left, leaving at least three months of rations for the new legion, which was equivalent to leaving some room for change for Richard.
The self-produced grain in the North will definitely not be enough this year. The farming season has been delayed, the villages have been destroyed, and the damage caused by the war cannot be resolved by Richard for the time being.
Fortunately, although the Northland is remote, it is not an isolated enclave. Soon after Sol withdrew his troops, Richard immediately arranged for people to go to the Northland to buy grain.
While Sol is still suppressing the situation in the river valley, the grain merchants in the river valley are somewhat scrupulous about raising the price of grain. Richard wants to collect enough grain for two years.
Except for the Flying Bear Army and the newly formed army in the river valley that continue to guard the border, the rest of the gathered army has completely left.
After respectfully sending Thor off, Richard immediately rode the red flame single horse back to the Stone Castle,
The speed of the Red Flame Horse is indeed not on the same level as that of ordinary war horses. With the bonus of the Divine Walking Boots, Richard rushed from the border to the Stone Castle in just one day.
“The task has been completed, do you want to receive the reward?”
“Yes”
In the expanded Interior Hall, Richard chose to receive the mission reward without hesitation,
As early as when Richard killed the ogre chief Amu, the mission was already in the completion stage, but he never had time to receive the reward.
“Reward unit-Champion Knight X1!”
“Reward treasure-Knight’s gloves!”
“Congratulations on gaining 65,000 experience points!”
“Congratulations on your upgrade!”
“Congratulations on understanding the new skill defense (beginner level)”
Defense (Basic): The physical damage you and your troops receive is reduced by 5%.
Upgrading defensive skills requires two skill points
But after understanding the defense, Richard did not hesitate at all. He used the skill points obtained from the upgrade and the previously reserved skill points on defense techniques, directly upgrading the defense techniques to the intermediate level, and the effect was also reduced from 100% to 100%. The physical damage of 5 has been reduced by 10%.
With this damage reduction, the overall strength of the soldiers under Richard’s command has been improved a lot. When combined, units like the Crusaders that have just entered the knight-level strength have basically become stronger when fighting under Richard’s command. He is an invincible existence in the knight level, but he has not crossed the threshold of the peak knight and the great knight.
As for the diamond man, a unit with already high defense, it becomes even more difficult to get a 10% bonus in defense skills.
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Richard
Level: 10 (3400/150000)
Strength: 22.9
Physique: 22.1
Agility: 21.9
Spirit: 9.1
Beast Breathing Technique (Grandmaster) has reached the highest level, Blue Qi Entrainment Technique (Advanced), Offensive Technique (Advanced), Defense Technique (Intermediate Level)
Specialty: Control
Available skill points: 0
After reaching level ten, Richard’s attributes have still improved slightly, but the experience required for upgrading is also increasing. Fortunately, both his own strength and the strength of his subordinates are also constantly improving,
Be able to continuously gain more experience from stronger enemies, forming a virtuous cycle.
A pair of inconspicuous gloves once again appeared out of thin air on the desk of the Interior Department,
Richard picked up the gloves with ease
“Knight’s Gloves: You and your soldiers march faster by +1”
The properties of the knight’s gloves are weaker than those of the walking boots, not to mention compared with the Vulcan Sword last time. Just working with the walking boots can enable Richard to act alone or lead a system army. Moving faster when moving might work wonders sometimes.
Although the rewarded treasures are a bit stretched, overall, Richard is quite satisfied with the rewards given in this mission,
After all, the rewarded unit is the upgraded version of the Champion Knight of the sixth-level human race. This powerful unit greatly enhances the high-end strength of Richard’s men.
“Dang, Dang…”
“Bang!”
“Stop, stop!”
If the champion knight rewarded by the mission only satisfied Richard before, then it was already a surprise after testing his strength.
The champion knight who appeared in the Stone Castle was directly accompanied by a red flame horse. It seems that the champion knight’s mount is related to the stable,
During the fight, Richard felt that his opponent’s riding skills were simply superb, as if they were growing on the horse’s back, truly a man and a horse,
Richard has been riding horses since he was a child. It is no exaggeration to say that he is proficient in equestrian skills, but in front of the champion knight, he is like a beginner.
Richard, who has great knight strength, was swept off his horse by the champion knight before he could even get past ten moves.
Obviously the champion knight is far more powerful than a great knight, and should have crossed the threshold of an earth knight,
This is a top-level force that few in the entire kingdom have.
“What’s your name?”
“Zebul, respected envoy of God!”
The champion knight’s tone was still quite respectful to Richard, who was not as powerful as him, but his head was a bit straight and his attacks were a bit ruthless.
After chatting briefly for a while, Richard seemed to have thought of something and said again:
“Zebul, have you ever married?”
Zebul:……