Chapter 31: The Sword of Steel
Pushing open the long-closed wooden door, Lorain Hill walked out, washed his face with clean water, and looked up at the blue sky, as if he was in a different world.
It's been seven years, it's been a long dream.
Her eyes turned from red to blue, and then a current of air enveloped her body and flew into the sky.
The verdant mountains are as always, far to the east, and the peaks of the Sigh Mountains are looming in the clouds.
Lorain Hill flew towards the village where the giant snake had been slain, the wind whistling in his ears, the long-lost wind pressure, bringing a comfortable touch, a pleasant feeling spreading in his heart.
At this time, the village has become a city, the upper part of the hill is a stone hall, schools, nurseries, hospitals and other public facilities, halfway up the mountain is a warehouse, a warrior training camp, a shooting range, a workshop, and at the foot of the mountain is a huge market, around which a patch of colorful mushroom houses surround the market, leaving only a few main roads to pass through.
When Lorain Hill came to the sky above the city, he saw a prosperous landscape, with freshly finished bunnies running happily through the streets in all their colourful clothes, shouting slogans and wielding spears in the training grounds, and the evening bazaar lit up with orange lights and noisy crowds haggling for bargains.
She slowly landed in the square in front of the council hall, and then the delighted guards around her immediately ran to gather everyone.
On the tower next to the council hall, a bronze bell was struck, and the sound spread throughout the mountain city, and the rabbits in the city looked up one after another, and when they saw the figure of the silver-haired and red-dressed, cheers rang out throughout the mountains, and messengers on fast horses scattered out of the city, announcing to the cities of the rabbit-eared tribes, telling them that the Supreme Highness had finally returned today.
After receiving the letters, the high-level officials of various cities also poured out of their nests and rushed to the city.
In the vast council hall, rows of tall brass candlesticks are displayed in the hall, reflecting the brilliant lights inside.
On the steps of the hall, there was a magnificent throne with gold carved corners and a soft red back.
On the throne sat a silver-haired maiden, her hands resting on the armrests, and seven years had left no trace on her, still exactly the same as before.
Sixteen or seventeen years old, if you meet for the first time, it is easy to think of her as a weak girl, although she is indeed strong.
Lorain Hill's crimson eyes slowly swept over the rabbits present, with familiar old faces and new members joining.
"Now, I want you to report on the results of these seven years in turn."
"Your will, Your Highness." The crowd replied in unison.
The first to come out was the lord of Snake Slashing City, Kanda, who was now wearing steel armor and a white cloak, with a resolute expression, much more stable than back then.
"Your Highness, this is the cultivated fields, orchards and lakes that we have opened up in the mountains for nearly seven years."
Two rabbits pulled out a long table from the side, and a large map was pulled out, with the location of each city, the divisions of all the origins, their size, and a brief description.
According to the statistics of various cities, there are about 20,000 acres of cultivated land, 5,000 acres of orchards, 600 acres of lakes, and an annual output of about 20 million catties of grain, about 16 million catties of fruits, and about 3 million catties of fish and mussels and aquatic products.
Looking at the stewards and city lords' non-stop reports, Lorain Hill was also calculating quickly in his heart.
The average yield of this arable land is almost at the level of the Mercury Dynasty, but it is still far from the industrial agriculture of the previous era.
One is because of the lack of chemical fertilizers, and the other is because of the mountainous terrain, some arable land is not as easy to operate as flat land.
The production of natural fertilizers has to be put on the agenda, and food scraps, straw, etc., are better raw materials.
If the chemical fertilizer is refined, it is still too difficult to reach the current level of rabbits, so it is better to go and develop more farmland.
"At present, basic education in all cities has been fully popularized, and all underage rabbits will enter schools to receive education."
"The courses of study include but are not limited to literacy, arithmetic, literature, history, philosophy, agriculture, combat, and herbal medicine."
Education is not bad, Lorain Hill nodded with satisfaction.
Then there's the armament.
"After continuously consuming the Transcendent Fruit to improve our physique, we are currently having more and more Transcendent Warriors."
"Each city has a standing 80-man steel-armored soldier and a reserve militia of 200 people."
"Among them, there are more than 2,400 transcendents in sequence 1, more than 600 transcendents in sequence 2, 135 transcendents in sequence 3, 16 transcendents in sequence 4, and 1 transcendent in sequence 5."
"Who's Sequence 5?" The girl asked with more interest.
"Your Highness, it is Kanda, the lord of this city." A scribe next to him replied.
It's him, this once hot-blooded young man is now so mature that he almost didn't recognize it.
Kanda, the girl knows, it was only sequence 2 at the beginning, but she didn't expect to improve so much in seven years.
Loren Hill blinked, the information of which was in her mind.
Name: Kanda
Race: Orc (100% rabbit ear)
Identity: Lord of Snake Slayer City
Status: Healthy (no abnormalities)
Sequence: Primordial Sequence 5: Steel-Eater's Sword (Evaluation: Gold Excellence)
Talent:
[Strong] (Excellent): Tough physique, strong strength, strong resistance to blows.
Ability:
[Iron Eater] (Excellent): It can absorb iron, strengthen bones, and also strengthen muscles. (Strength +1)
[Song of Courage] (Excellent): A loud singing voice can boost the morale of your companions, reduce fear, and slightly increase your strength.
[Broken Steel Sword] (Excellent): Attaches its own magic power to weapons, increasing sharpness and toughness, and has a miraculous effect on cutting steel.
Skill:
[Tempering] (excellent): It can temporarily temper a certain part of the muscle or tissue to enhance the resistance, but it will cause irreversible damage to the body for too long.
[Training Soldiers] (Excellent): I have organized and trained many recruits, and I have my own set of experiences and methods.
This is a good material for being a general, the girl thought to herself, and then made a copy of the knowledge that Pullman had taught him back then, such as the art of military formation and the art of war, and recorded it in a heritage gem.
"In this gem, the art of war of the Mercury Dynasty is completely recorded as a reward for your promotion to Sequence 5."
A transparent gem flew out of the girl's hand and slowly landed in front of Kanda.
The steel-clad warrior excitedly held it in the palm of his hand and knelt down on one knee.
"Thank Your Highness for the reward, I am willing to go to the soup for Your Highness, and I will not hesitate!"
No wonder he was so excited, the Mercury Dynasty was famous for its fierce reputation, fighting in the north and south, starting from scratch, successively defeating ogres, orcs, elves, and so on.
After nearly a thousand years of war, many races have been wiped out, and the discipline, tactics, morale, and military strategy of its army are unparalleled in the world, even if it later disintegrates due to its own internal reasons, other races do not dare to try its edge, and that kind of awe and fear are almost engraved into the bones of the enemy.