Chapter 213: Inheritance (I)

Training ground.

Robin and O95 sat on a bench, carefully observing the replicant soldiers in the training grounds, who were conducting a simulated actual combat battle.

Through observation, Robin's replicant force that has now followed O95 to the planet Wendini has actually been completely retained by O95, and has generally improved to a certain extent in terms of personal strength. Of course, after a year of operation, there are also many new faces in this unit, and a large part of the replicants are very common faces in various mercenary armies, but they are slightly stronger in terms of personal ability. In addition, Robin also noticed that there were several natural people in this force, and among them there was even a blue man who once made Robin feel extremely new.

"How does it feel?" As Robin watched closely, O95 had been observing the expression on Robin's face, eager to know what Robin, the 'Undefeated God of War', thought of this unit.

"It's very good, and the personal ability is generally very strong." Robin nodded appreciatively: "The various equipment of the troops is also very balanced, at least it seems to be impeccable." ”

After receiving Robin's compliment, O95 couldn't help but smile smugly: "I'm honored to receive such an evaluation from you." ”

"I'm curious, why does your unit look a little different from other replicant mercenaries? At least in the other mercenaries I've seen, their staffing is not that complicated. ”

"That's because my goal isn't just to make this force a death squad." O95 leaned back, and said with a cold gaze: "I know, most of the mercenaries you have seen before are the kind of single-configuration teams, and if you don't look at the numbers on your faces, the people in the troops are almost exactly the same." ”

O95 is an exaggeration, but in fact, the vast majority of replicant mercenaries are very homogeneous. Exactly the same sniper formation, exactly the same assault formation, exactly the same fireman formation. Most of the replicant mercenaries can barely make up for these three basic staffing.

"You mean...... Death squads? Robin chewed on the word, gradually beginning to understand the meaning of O95.

"Yes, death squads." O95 shook his head with a wry smile: "I think you should understand the class system pursued by the Empire. In the Empire, the only way to become a true nobleman is to fight for the Empire. As a result, almost every day, thousands of gifted natural persons receive the title of Cadet Knight through genetic evaluation. They will then be sent to the extragalactic galaxy to fight. In the extragalactic system, the Cadet Knights who have no roots in the Empire are just the lowest-ranking officers, and when compared to the military establishment of your Republic, their rank is no more than the captain of one of your infantry combat squads. Unlike your Republic, though, his battle group must be formed by himself. Their immediate superiors, the nobles who have been fighting in the extragalactic system for many years, will provide loans and sell replicants in the army. ”

"The battle group must be formed by itself?" O95's words made Robin's eyes widen in surprise: "You mean, those probationary knights have to borrow money from their immediate superiors after arriving in the army, and then spend money to buy replicants run by their superiors from their superiors?" ”

"Yes, many of the great nobles of the empire do that. What you may not know is that the Empire is also very strict with the restrictions on the great nobles, and they must earn enough merit every year to keep their titles. Therefore, participating in the war in the extragalactic system takes up most of the time of the great nobles. In addition, selling the replicants they manage to the Trainee Knight is also their main means of making money. This is a good fit for them, selling replicants to their apprentice knights, on the one hand, they can rely on the apprentice knights to earn merit for themselves, and on the other hand, they can also take advantage of the opportunity to accumulate wealth. This kind of good thing that kills two birds with one stone, a fool will refuse. ”

Hearing this, Robin couldn't help frowning: "Then what if the trainee knight has died in battle before he has paid off the loan?" ”

"The Imperial Knights are very well paid, and under normal circumstances, after a battle, even if the Trainee Knights are unfortunately killed, they will not gain nothing during the period. The nobles who signed a loan agreement with the trainee knights would rely on this agreement after the war to get the inheritance of the trainee knights, and those replicant soldiers who survived the war would also be counted as inheritance. O95 pointed to the replicants in the training ground who were simulating combat: "Actually, the replicants who can be recovered by the great nobles are lucky, at least there are people who will pay for their serum." But you know, the guys who can become apprentice knights are not weak, and in most cases, their post-war pensions are enough to pay off their debts. Therefore, after paying off the debts, the great nobles had no right to receive his subordinates. So there are only two fates left for those replicants, one is to be free and become free replicant soldiers. 2. The ownership rights belong to the family members of the probationary knights. But in either case, the replicant soldiers will no longer have access to free serums, and they will have to rely on their own strength to feed themselves. That's why you'll see so many free replicant mercenaries across the Empire. ”

"So...... Who will hire these freelance replicant mercenaries? ”

"Some clever probationary knights will pay a low price to hire some freelance replicant mercenaries and use them as cannon fodder and death squads before going to war in the extragalactic system. In addition, some nobles who put their main forces in extragalactic systems to participate in wars will also hire some freelance replicant mercenaries from time to time, relying on them to solve some problems in their territories. Speaking of this, O95 pointed to himself: "At the moment, this is our main business project. ”

"The nobles will need to hire replicant mercenaries to solve the trouble?" Robin turned to look at O95.

"Yes, those nobles have been fighting in the extragalactic system for many years, which makes it inevitable that they will concentrate most of their forces there. As a result, the defense forces in the territory will become less sufficient, and their territory is either a galaxy or a planet, it is a large area, and it is difficult to ensure the safety of the territory if only a few elites rely on it. Therefore, it is a good choice to spend money to hire some replicant mercenaries to solve the problem. ”

"Who would intrude on the lands of the nobles? Xenomorphs? ”

"That's right." o951ù put on an appreciative expression and said with a smile: "The rejection of xenos by the imperial system has made this group very hostile to the nobles of the empire, and as time has passed, xenos have begun to unite and form a new force. They are very smart, and their targets are all the noble territories with weak defenses, and they will take everything like locusts in transit, so after the nobles realized this, this was in great demand. ”

"Sounds good, but what does that have to do with what you said earlier?" Robin held his chin and said thoughtfully, "Before that, you told me about the replicant serum, saying that you wanted to seek my help and permission. Then you took me to see them training, and told me that the unit you set up for Leona was not a replicant mercenary in the usual sense. Now, you're talking to me about xenos again. After going around in such a big circle, you have never been able to understand 1ù your true intentions......"

"Hahaha......" Seeing Robin so simply break this point, O95 could only smile helplessly: "It seems that I still can't hide it from you, I thought you would at least be interested in what I said." ”

"Yes, your words did arouse my ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］