Lord Highlander

   Chapter 680 669. Return

Suldak didn't expect that Viru would be promoted to a second-turn sharpshooter at this time, and the uncontrollable tyrannical aura spread from the top of the sand dune, and several fire snakes with spread wings rushed to the sky one after another. It exploded into fireworks.

  Once he steps into the ranks of the rank two powerhouses, Viru's own strength will achieve a qualitative leap.

In the Grimm Empire, as long as you are willing to work hard, it is not difficult to become a fighter. Especially the empire’s nationwide recruitment system makes all young people in the empire pay attention to this aspect of training, but if you want to advance to a fighter It’s not just about working out hard.

  The most important thing for ordinary fighters to advance to a fighter is to understand their own "potential". Only after comprehending the "potential" and the various attributes of the body reach the critical point can they break through the shackles of the first rank.

  Of course, among the many ordinary fighters, there is not one out of ten fighters who can complete the first rank advanced.

  A fighter who can advance to one rank can feel his own spiritual consciousness because of the relationship of "potential", so he has the carrying capacity. Therefore, a person who has changed to a combat profession can wear magic equipment, such as magic pattern construction, enchanted weapons and so on. The magic pattern structure is very expensive in the Green Empire. Generally, the price of the most basic set of magic pattern structure is more than 150 magic crystals, such as Suldak's "Earth Shield" magic pattern The price on the construction market is almost as high as three hundred magic crystals.

  The most powerful army of the Grimm Empire is called the Constructed Knights. They are legions composed of one-turn knights wearing magic patterns.

   If a first-ranked fighter wants to be promoted to a second-rank, the road is much narrower. Basically, among nearly a thousand fighters, at most one or two second-rank strongmen can be born.

Take Hailansa City as an example, there are only a handful of second-rank strongmen, and many second-rank strongmen will be recruited by the empire to go to the big battlefield to stabilize the war situation there, and to stay in the Green Empire. Rank two powerhouses are even rarer.

Viru's promotion to become a second-rank strongman is also due to his own strength accumulation. He was able to hide in the dark and kill sand bandits continuously, which is his good fighting style. At that time, he wanted to shoot and kill the leader of Lowell on the battlefield. I failed several times.

  The veterans of the cavalry battalion under the dunes almost all saw Viru standing on the dune and shooting explosive arrows. For a while, everyone looked up at the newly promoted second-rank powerhouse at the foot of the dune.

  The group of young reserve knights in the camp also showed longing looks on their faces.

  In the Grimm Empire, a second-rank knight can almost become the city defense chief of the entire city. They put down their work and saluted Viru on the dune.

It is rare to see such a scene of being promoted to a second-rank strongman in Hailansa City. Many fighters who pursue power usually do not stay in the city. They either participate in the plane war or are recruited into the big battlefield , Only when we are on the verge of life and death can we force ourselves to make continuous self-breakthroughs.

  A young reserve knight wearing standard armor stood beside the tent and said with emotion: "I really hope that some of us will shine like him one day in the future!"

The companion on the opposite side ridiculed him: "A few days ago, I was still trying to kill a sand thief. Every night I hid in my sleeping bag and shivered, and often woke up because of nightmares. Now I am envious of others. A Rank 2 powerhouse climbs up by climbing on corpses."

  The young reserve knight said with some guilt: "Please, there is a first time for everything, okay?"

  The companion behind the tent urged: "Hurry up and work down-to-earth, put up the tent quickly, and don't let the veterans of the cavalry battalion look down on you."

  The young reserve knight smiled and said: "This kind of scene is rare, I was thinking... If it is possible, I will ask what it feels like at the moment of advancement..."

  …

  Captain Gabriel has been a bit soft on his head recently. He stood beside a pile of supplies and directed his mercenaries to quickly set up tents.

I thought I didn't receive any decent missions this winter, so I followed this motley army that Suldak improvised, wandered around the desert twice, encountered some small groups of unlucky desert robbers, and killed them casually. Earn some extra money, this kind of task is usually not very lucrative. What Captain Gabriel cared more about at the beginning was that Suldak would pay the mercenary group hardware salaries every day. This part of the remuneration would allow the mercenary group members to have a daily salary ranging from ten to twenty silver per day.

  Although it is not high, it can still maintain the market price of the mercenary group.

It's just that Baron Suldak played a big game this time. He almost flattened the desert at the edge of the barren land with a force of destruction. Very forcefully leveled all the oases on the edge of the desert.

These sand bandits miscalculated the situation at first, and launched several battles in the desert. The mercenary group cut off nearly 500 sand bandit heads, and this income alone was earned from Suldak. Two thousand five hundred gold coins.

  After the war, the members of the mercenary group got together and analyzed these victories. What points did Baron Suldak rely on to win the battle.

  Leader Gabriel summed up the following four points: sufficient supplies, excellent weapons and armor, a few capable men who can turn the tide of the battle, and a holy light technique that is powerful enough to heal everything.

  Captain Gabriel has been guessing how many magic pockets Baron Suldak has in his hands to roam around in the desert without a logistics supply team at all, without worrying about the embarrassment of insufficient supplies.

   Not to mention the weapons and armor as much as possible, almost all the standard heavy armors of the guard battalion knights were stripped off, and worn by his cavalry battalion soldiers.

The followers of Baron Suldak were the ones who convinced Gabriel the most, not to mention the crazy Andrew on the battlefield, whether it was the ogre Gullitum or his mysterious female relative, The first time he saw it, it made him feel a lot of pressure in his heart.

   Now he suddenly discovered that Hawkeye, who had always been used to hiding himself in a corner without making a sound, had actually been promoted to the second rank at this time.

  Originally, Gabriel was still worried that the mercenary group’s high-profile campaign against sand bandits in the desert would attract the attention of those big sand bandits in the center of the desert. If elite sand bandits were sent out, this group of mercenaries would be no match.

   Unexpectedly, the opponent has not taken any action yet, and the combat effectiveness here has been greatly improved again.

  Seeing bursts of fire snakes shooting out from the sand dunes, a fire snake shoots straight into the sky, as if to blow away the clouds in the night sky...

  Captain Gabriel Gerry took a deep breath again, thinking that if Hawkeye had been promoted to a second-rank powerhouse before coming, Baron Suldak might not hire the sea giant mercenary group.

  …

  Gulitham sat in front of the big iron pot, watching the women busy cooking. This was his happiest time every day.

  Pieces of juicy horse meat were thrown into the soup pot. Although it was still a little frozen, it didn't matter to him. He was not afraid of eating raw anyway.

These women who were captives from the desert oasis, after a few days of adaptation, and after Selena's unremitting efforts to enlighten, finally found their place in the team again, and they began to actively behave, the first small goal Just to at least make yourself look less useless.

  Of course, what they don't know is that Suldak has lower demands on them. As long as he doesn't use despicable means to attract the enemies in the desert and drag down the entire team, then he doesn't mind if they continue to live.

  Now they are very active in grabbing the cooking.

In just a few days, the ogre Gulitham became a staunch supporter of this group of female captives. Now he seldom goes to the stables to look at the camels. There is so much horse meat here, he prefers to eat meat. Swallow the soup.

   Gullitum also suffered some injuries during the last battle, but after this period of time, Gullitum's injuries have almost completely healed.

  Gulitham didn't even raise his eyes to look at the fire snake on the top of the dune.

  Andrew carried half a bag of multigrain pancakes and placed them at the ogre's feet. Looking up at the fireworks exploding on the sand dunes, Andrew was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time.

  Seeing the surprise on Andrew's face, Gulitham said in a low voice, "I knew it would be like this. The power in his body has been suppressed for a long time."

  Andrew looked at Gullitum and asked, "Gullitum, can you see the power contained in his body?"

   The ogre nodded honestly, and said, "It's a kind of intuition."

   "Then, can you see if I have such power in my body?" Andrew stood in front of Gulitum, took a deep breath, and asked earnestly.

  Gulitum took a few serious glances before saying, "Yes, it's just that it hasn't been fully charged yet. Our boss also has it, but I can't understand it..."

   "Then do you have any?" Andrew asked curiously.

  Gullitmu smiled, and replied in a naive voice: "We ogres don't need to advance, just eat more and keep making ourselves stronger."

"All right!"

  Andrew put down the grain bag, then turned and left with a depressed expression on his face.

  He can't envy the ogre's innate fighting talent.

  …

   In the few days after Viru was promoted to the second rank, he has been repeatedly testing his own strength.

  The sight range of his eagle eye has almost doubled, and he can see everything within a twenty-kilometer range in the open area.

Viru's activeness during this time also made those bandits who wanted to approach them secretly suffer a lot. After he found out about the bandits, he would usually go up to them single-handedly. None of these sand bandits on the edge of the desert could resist a second-ranker The wrath of the strong.

Even if the sand bandits are dead, they will not think about looking for Viru, because they can feel... how cruel the 'poisonous snake' is behind them. For them, the best way is to escape with excellent horsemanship. Here, the farther away from him the better.

  Suldak's expedition lasted for nearly forty-three days, and all the desert oases near the edge of the barren land were wiped off the map.

  Looking at the map laid out on the wooden table, the desert area has been filled with various lines, and Suldak can be regarded as gradually exploring the terrain around the barren land.

In the tent were Captain Gabriel of the sea giant mercenary group, Andrew, Selena, and Viru. ​​Suldak was squatting beside the wooden table, marking some information on the map with a quill pen. Andrew approached Surdak, looked at the map and asked, "Boss, which oasis are we going to destroy this time?"

Suldak put down the quill in his hand, drew a straight line on the map leading to the entrance of the barren land, and then said: "I don't plan to go any further, the battle plan formulated this time has been realized. We will return to Wall Village tomorrow morning."

  Captain Gabriel finally breathed a sigh of relief. These days have been spent in the desert, and the harsh climate has made everyone miserable.

   "It's over so soon, time flies!" said Captain Gabriel.

  Andrew also said with deep emotion: "Finally, you don't have to chew sand here anymore. I hope these sand robbers will become smarter this time, and don't always provoke us to come over and wipe them out."

  However, he said with regret: "The veterans of these cavalry battalions can barely fight horses. If they go through a few more battles, maybe they will become more perfect."

"As long as you look like a cavalryman." Suldak didn't have too strict requirements for his private soldiers, and he had even lower requirements for the reserve knights of the guard battalion: "Those young knights in the reserve also have the appearance of knights. They have also suffered a lot, and it seems to be of great help to them, let’s go back, I can’t wait to show everyone what we have gained this time.”

  Viru looked at the map and felt that the buffer zone at the edge of the desert was still a bit narrow.

  He was a little worried that those sand bandits would retaliate against the villagers in the barren land, so he frowned and said, "Actually, we can still walk inside."

  Suldak shook his head and said, "It's too late, we have to return to Wall Village before spring comes."

   Then he said: "This time we were able to successfully wipe out these sand pirates, not only thanks to the mercenaries of the sea giants, but also to Vilu for his help..."

  The next day, Suldak led the team on their way home.

  …

  Suldak stepped through the void gate and came to the sulfur mine camp in Bump Mountain again. The camp was full of various war materials, including forage, food, weapons, saddle covers, tents, leather, etc.

  Seventeen desert oases were looted this time, among which the sand bandits had no time to evacuate with supplies. There were seven oases. Suldak basically ransacked all the desert oases.

  Aphrodite was lying on a flat volcanic rock slab, holding a thick magic book and reading it seriously, ignoring Suldak who came out from the void gate.

  (end of this chapter)