The bright moonlight shone down, carrying a chill that seemed to penetrate the bones.
Nalun Desert, sentry oasis.
The fierce battle at dusk had come to an end with the fully fled wolf man.
The smell of blood is still strong.
It's like a slaughterhouse.
After all, this is a battlefield for fierce fighting. There are corpses everywhere, blood everywhere, and even the sand is dyed red. eager.
But no one can hold back on the battlefield, let alone show mercy.
Only the victors are qualified to mourn the cruelty of war, and the losers can only be buried and turned into the dust of history.
Kant understood it well.
If he is the loser of this battle, it is estimated that none of the corpses on the ground will be buried.
Gnolls don't dislike human corpses. For these primitive races, human corpses with fine skin and tender flesh are, to a certain extent, the most delicious meat for them.
Gnolls and humans are two completely different races.
"Only winners and losers."
Kant muttered silently in his heart, he did not pity this tragic battlefield.
It doesn't matter no matter how many Gnolls die. On the contrary, he feels sorry for the Swadian soldiers who died in this battle, which is tantamount to losing his military power.
As a statistician, the leader of the caravan has already obtained the result of the battle damage.
There were originally 100 Swadian farmers, 58 were killed, and 42 remained.
Of the original 30 recruits in Swadia, 24 were killed and 6 remained.
Of the original 35 Swadian militiamen, 16 were killed and 19 remained.
lost heavily.
Judging from the results, Kant's troops were severely damaged.
It will be difficult to recover for a while.
Seeing this result, Kant frowned.
Taking a deep breath, calming down the restlessness in his heart, he said bitterly: "92 people were killed in battle, the price is really too high."
The price is not only high.
More than half of the level 0 units were lost.
The level 1 arms and level 2 arms are almost completely lost.
For the future development of "Deherim", it will be a major blow.
Without arms, Kant will not be able to organize defenses.
Without the peasants, Kant was even more unable to make the village develop.
"But it's okay."
Kant sighed softly, with a bit of joy in his eyes.
Although the loss was heavy, he still had a system and was able to recover part of the loss.
[Ding... After your bloody battle, the enemy has been completely defeated.]
[Temporary task: "Persistence in adversity" completed]
[Rewards: Dinar × 1000, Prestige × 500, Honor × 1]
[Introduction: On this cruel battlefield, your bravery inspired your troops and stuck to your beliefs, thus defeating the numerous and brutal enemy troops.]
The system dialog box gives the Kant reward.
But before the dialog box was hidden, a new dialog box reappeared.
[Ding... Because of this battle, you won more with less and achieved impressive results.]
[Rating: Epic victory.]
[Gain reputation x 100 points.]
[Gain honor x 1 point.]
This is about the system, the evaluation of this battle.
The results are amazing.
"Epic victory?"
Kant clenched his fists, his heart was beating fast.
It was a pleasant surprise.
Especially those 2 points of honor, although they suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, but with these 2 points of honor in the lottery draw in the mall, if they are lucky, they can all be recovered, and even have some surplus.
After all, for Kant, the divine weapon [Prestige to Intimidate the Enemy] was obtained by lottery.
At this moment, the system dialog box appeared again.
Dialog box for arms.
[Ding...Someone in your army can upgrade]
This battle is over.
After fierce fighting, the soldiers can continue to upgrade and be promoted to stronger arms.
"Open the arms interface."
With some seriousness in his heart, Kant took a deep breath.
It's about the strength of his troops.
The system dialog box unfolded directly, densely packed.
... ... ...
[Upgradable units: Swadian farmers × 42 people]
[Spending 10 dinars per person can be upgraded to: Swadia recruits]
[Ding... the current experience is overflowing, and all staff can upgrade continuously]
... ... ...
[Upgradable units: Swadia recruits × 6 people]
[Spend 20 dinars per person, can be upgraded to: Swadian Militia]
[Ding... the current experience is overflowing, and all staff can upgrade continuously]
... ... ...
[Upgradable units: Swadia militia × 19 people]
[Spending 30 dinars per person, can be upgraded to: Swadian light infantry/Swadian guerrilla shooter]
[Ding... the current experience is overflowing, and all staff can upgrade continuously]
... ... ...
[Upgradable units: Desert Bandit × 17 people]
[Spend 25 dinars per person, can be upgraded to: desert bandit elite]
[Ding... the current experience is overflowing, and all staff can upgrade continuously]
... ... ...
As expected by Kant.
After experiencing this "epic victory", all surviving troops can be upgraded.
Even experience has overflowed.
According to the system, after the upgrade, the second-stage upgrade can continue.
It can also be seen from this, how amazing Kant's gains in this battle are, and how difficult it is to win this decisive victory under the attack of 2,000 jackals!
One mistake, it is estimated that their entire army will be wiped out here.
He swallowed and spit.
Kant scanned the unit interface: "However, the upgraded dinar seems a bit surprising."
According to the current upgrade of arms, a total of 1367 dinars will be spent.
Not counting the cost of the next two upgrades.
Because Kant didn't know how much the remaining arms could be upgraded with the overflow experience after the arms were upgraded.
In fact, there is no need to worry.
Even the current 1367 dinars is a huge number for Kant.
Sell dates for 500 dinars.
It costs 30 dinars to recruit a desert bandit.
Complete the temporary task "Persistence in Adversity" and get 1000 dinars.
The current Kant balance is 1470 dinars.
If all the troops are upgraded, then Kant will go back to the time when the fuel was exhausted, and he could not even pay the maintenance cost of the soldiers for the next week, and he would be in an extremely embarrassing situation.
Of course he wouldn't do that.
"It's a headache."
He squeezed the center of his brows hard, obviously he had just won the victory, but Kant felt a little physically and mentally exhausted.
It was as if his body had been hollowed out.
Just as he was thinking, there were hurried footsteps behind him.
Rowan, the captain of the cavalry who fought with the retinue knight before, also walked over covered in blood, bowed his head and said with a complicated expression: "My lord, Hobson Knight and Hank scholar, I hope you can go over and talk."
"Well, okay." Kant nodded.
Now that Kant has resumed his status as a baron, Rowan's tone is respectful without the slightest hint of impatience.
Because Hobson and Hank are Kant's identity proof, for Rowan, the little cavalry captain, his identity cannot be mistaken in front of Kant at all.
Kant hurried to the governing hall, where the knights were resting.
In the previous charge and fight, these heroic retinue knights caused huge damage to the Jackals, and at the same time, many people were injured, and even several people died in battle.
"Knight Hobson, how are the casualties?" Kant walked over and asked in a solemn tone.
"Six were seriously injured and seven were killed," Hobson Knight replied.
Kant frowned even more, and said in an apologetic tone: "Sorry, Knight Hobson, this matter has dragged you down."
This is indeed a drag.
If it weren't for Kant, there would be no need for these retinue knights to come to the sentry oasis and fight so many wolf men.
"This is the knight's fate, an honorable death in battle."
Knight Hobson shook his head and exhaled deeply: "Compared to dying in mediocrity, death in battle is always worth remembering."
After a slight pause, he turned his head to look at Kant, and said in a secret tone: "Actually, we came here to solve your troubles. This is another mission we have, and there is no direct stated mission."
"I don't understand." Kant frowned.
"After all, you are the blood of the Lion Duke."
Scholar Hanke came out of the governing hall, leaning on his cane and said, "I don't believe that with my identity, I can be protected by 50 retinue knights exclusive to Lion Castle. In fact, this is just an ordinary investigation."
"I'm sorry." Knight Hobson apologized to Scholar Hank.
"No, I can guess this kind of thing." Scholar Hanke shook his head and smiled, and said with some seriousness: "You nobles are always like this, so I don't like dealing with you."
The topic is over, and both of them understand it very well.
Kant frowned, and in his mind, he also recalled his cheap father Cameron.
"It's you." He muttered to himself.
If so, maybe it all makes sense.
"Baron Kant." Scholar Hank spoke, interrupting Kant's meditation.
"What's wrong, Mr. Hank." Kant returned to his senses.
Scholar Hanke said, "The gnolls have been defeated. If there is no accident, they will not continue to attack for a long time, so I plan to leave here."
"Leave?" Kant was slightly taken aback.
"Yeah, I'm going to leave."
Scholar Hank looked at the sand dunes in the distance with some emotion, shook his head and said: "The Lost City is just a legend after all. I originally thought that Duke Cameron was moved by my discovery and finally supported my investigation. Now think about it." , It is really too arbitrary to judge the legendary lost city with just one sentence."
"This..." Kant opened his mouth, but didn't say much.
Scholar Hanke shook his head and smiled wryly: "I'm planning to go back. This investigation can be regarded as the fulfillment of my dream." Slightly sighed: "The lost city is a legend after all."
This famous legend of the Lion Principality has actually been searched by countless people in history.
If there are any clues, it is estimated that they have been discovered by now.
(end of this chapter)