As night fell, the south bank of the Benliu River was full of flames.
It was the Golden Lions burning the corpses.
The preliminary statistical results of this battle have also come out. In this battle, the Golden Lion Legion suffered more than 4,000 casualties, wiped out nearly 10,000 dwarves, and captured more than 15,000 people. In addition, there were a large number of dwarves who jumped into the rushing river. Unable to count.
Such a result can be described as a complete victory, and the threat of Marquis Dawson dropped a lot.
At least if the Golden Lions chose to withdraw at this time, the dwarves on the other side would never dare to pursue them.
This battle also gave Ke Lin a more intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Golden Lions.
It is indeed the most elite unit of the St. Hilde family. If the Black Cavalry is the first cavalry in the north, then the Golden Lions can be regarded as the first cavalry in the north.
This also made Colin covet this army.
Although the cavalry is invincible in field encounters, there are still many restrictions, such as siege warfare, or in the case of harsh terrain conditions, it is difficult to exert its strength. Therefore, Colin needs an elite infantry regiment as a Replenish.
Originally, Colin considered the half-elven Silver Moon Guard, but now it seems that the fighting power of the Golden Lion Army is obviously much higher than that of the Silver Moon Guard, so he put his mind on this army.
So, although the night was dark, Colin went with Vera to visit the wounded soldiers and win people's hearts.
I have to say that in Vera's capacity, doing such a thing is really getting twice the result with half the effort. In addition, she is kind-hearted, and every soldier who had a cordial conversation with her was so excited that tears filled their eyes, as if they would be willing to help each other in the next second. She gave her life.
After following along for a while, Colin found out with embarrassment that he himself was a little redundant. Vera's charismatic aura completely concealed Colin's existence, and he quickly became a little follower...
Afterwards, Colin simply handed over the task of winning people's hearts to Vera to complete alone. Anyway, their husband and wife are one body, and their allegiance to Vera is basically equivalent to their allegiance to Colin.
After leaving the wounded barracks, Colin saw that the Cavaliers of Campbelling had been waiting by the side, as if they had something to report.
"What's wrong?"
"Master Viscount, those dwarven captives have been settled, may I ask... how should we deal with it?"
Hearing the captive, Colin frowned.
According to his practice in the two previous wars, he would not give the captives a way out.
However, that time in the Eastern Territory was to avenge the Black Cavalry Army, and that time in the Troll Empire, because they were in the enemy country and could not place prisoners, so they had to kill them all.
But Ke Lin also knew that if he did too many things like killing prisoners, he would definitely suffer backlash.
At least, once his notoriety was determined and spread, if he encountered the enemy in the future, he would definitely consider Colin's reputation for killing prisoners, and would not dare to surrender, and would only desperately resist.
Moreover, strictly speaking, the dwarf captives this time were also from the northern border. If they were to kill them all, then Colin's reputation would be bad.
"Is there enough food for the Golden Lion Army?"
"It can last for more than a month."
"In that case, let's keep these captives first, but control their food intake, one meal a day, as long as they don't starve to death."
"Yes, my lord!"
Cavalier Campbelling nodded in agreement, and was about to leave, but listened to Colin's order: "By the way, pick out all the professionals among the captives and send them to me."
"Yes!" Although the Cavaliers of Campbelling didn't understand what Colin was going to do, they still took the order and left.
Apparently, Colin was going to turn the professionals among these captives into blood slaves and add them to the Blood Shadow Guard.
Colin was quite looking forward to the harvest this time, because he knew that there was a fifth-tier fighter among the captives.
You know, in the entire Glorious Empire, there are only two paladins, and there are no more than ten sixth-level professionals. Therefore, fifth-level professionals are definitely considered top-notch combat power.
Thinking of this, Colin walked briskly towards his camp.
…
As the night deepened, Vera finally ended her condolences to the wounded soldiers.
Rubbing her sore waist, Vera also walked out of the wounded barracks, ready to return to the tent to rest.
On the way, she met Mage Cusius who seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
"Teacher? It's so late, haven't you rested yet?" Vera's voice was a little hoarse, obviously she talked too much during the condolences just now.
"I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk." Cuxius smiled, and glanced at the guard behind Vera.
Vera immediately understood what the other party meant, and turned around and said, "You guys go back first, I will walk with the teacher."
The guards hesitated for a moment and retreated a certain distance, but they didn't go far.
"Teacher, if you have anything to do, just say it."
Cousius looked at Vera for a moment, and suddenly said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for more than a year, you seem to have matured a lot."
Vera gently brushed the ends of her hair, and said with a smile, "I'm going to grow up, I can't be a carefree child all my life."
Cuxius nodded, his eyes full of approval: "Indeed, if it was a year ago, you probably couldn't wait to ask me, what is the forbidden curse that killed your father?"
Vera was silent.
In fact, on the day Cuscius appeared, Vera was going to ask about this matter, but was stopped by Colin.
Moreover, Colin also told her that the mage Cusius who took the initiative to come to the door may not have good intentions.
Originally, with Vera's kind personality, she would not judge her teacher with such malice, but after experiencing the betrayal of her adoptive father, the nineteen-year-old girl is no longer as easy to trust others as before.
Seeing that Vera was silent, Cusius sighed and said in a deep voice, "Vera, I hope you know that the teacher will never hurt you."
Vera looked up at her teacher, but immediately lowered her head and whispered, "Well, I believe you."
Cusius didn't know whether Vera really believed in him, or just perfunctory, but he also knew that his student would not be easily moved by a few fluffy words.
"To be honest, the teacher came to the northern border this time, indeed for the sake of that gentleman from the San Theon family, and I also know what he did in the city of Fallen Eagle.
Of course, I didn't know that his target was your father. If I had known this earlier, I would have stopped it... "
Vera suddenly raised her head, looked directly at her teacher, and asked, "So, what happened in Falling Eagle City? Did Mr. Ji really sacrifice a whole city of people to complete the forbidden spell?"
"That's right." Cusius nodded solemnly, "After discovering the forbidden curse of the Eye of Petrification, Mr. and I spent nearly twenty years modifying and perfecting it, and finally developed a new one. Forbidden Curse—The Eye of Judgment!"
"The eyes of judgment?"
"Yes." Cusius took out a scroll from the mage's robe and handed it to Vera, "This is it, you can study it yourself."
"I..." Faced with such a candid attitude from Master Cushius, Vera was a little dazed for a moment.
After a while, he took over the casting scroll of that terrible forbidden spell with slightly trembling hands.
But she didn't open it to watch.
With Vera's character, she is absolutely unwilling to study, or even understand a spell that needs to sacrifice a city's people, no matter how powerful it is.
However, the curiosity of being a mage made her want to know exactly how this terrible forbidden spell existed.
Cousius looked at Vera who was struggling, and said with a slight smile: "The scroll has been given to you, you can study it carefully. However, remember to keep it secret, this forbidden spell is not only the hope of our mage's rise, but also may become our life-threatening spell .”
After saying this, Cusius left in a hurry.
Leaving Vera standing there, staring at the scroll in her hand, dazed.
(end of this chapter)