Chapter 121: Military Merit
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"What the hell, it ended in this situation."
Sean rubbed his cheeks wearily, looking incredulous.
"I thought they would be disguised a little more like a coincidence, but I didn't expect them to be so direct."
"Look at the Wagner Kingdom, just spent a lot of money to destroy a group of enemies and immediately surrendered, not even a symbolic offensive action, I'm afraid even a fool can see what tricks the people above are playing."
He clenched the staff in his hand, and his gaze seemed to pass through the wall to the center of the Victory Pass, where the form-level powerhouses temporarily lived and negotiated.
"Yes, now that I think about it, it is estimated that by the time we capture the victory pass, this war will be over, and the actions after that will will only be to reduce the consumption of rewards."
With a gloomy face, Nolan picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip.
"There are only a few thousand heavily armored cavalry left in the Silver Eagle Legion now, and the rest of the soldiers are either dead or taken prisoner by the enemy, and only those of us who realize that something is wrong have escaped and come back, not losing our lives there."
"Although I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, there is no way, we can enjoy certain privileges at the apprentice level, then we must abide by the rules of the game, otherwise there will be no good end."
Those of them who followed the army on the expedition were not fools, even if they didn't think of the crux of the problem when they first left, but after being reminded by their companions, they naturally found that something was wrong.
But now that they have joined this war, and even survived most of it, the loss of withdrawal at this time is a bit large, and these professionals who participated in the war are very confident in their combat effectiveness, and obviously feel that they can run away even if they can't win.
Of course, in fact, most of the Coalition Professionals managed to escape, with only a small number of Apprentices and a very small number of Cadets unlucky, leaving their bodies on the way to retreat.
The real unlucky ones are ordinary people.
The total number of troops involved in this war was about five million, and after the Battle of Victory Pass, only more than two million survived.
After more than a million soldiers on the side of the Karis Kingdom penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Wagner Kingdom, they were directly slaughtered by the Wagner Kingdom with traps, and in the end, only about 100,000 people managed to escape back.
The rest of them have either long since died under the enemy's butcher's knife, or have temporarily become captives, and even if they are redeemed in the future, their military exploits will be wiped out.
The Wagner Kingdom was also not comfortable, the coalition forces had suffered a large number of casualties in their initial offensive and desperate counterattack, and the original army of more than 1 million troops now only had more than 900,000, which was also a great loss.
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The massacre had a greater impact than the Battle of Victory Pass, with a large number of protests and even small riots in the five countries that participated in the war, but they were quickly suppressed.
On the first day of negotiations, the commanders of both sides of the war were court-martialed, and all of them were sentenced to death for breaching the peace, and as the executioner's hand fell, several heads were hung in front of the victory pass to calm the anger of the people and soldiers.
In fact, all those who have a little insight know that this is a scapegoat pushed by the top brass on both sides, and it is also a channel for the inferior people to vent their anger, so that this farce can end sooner.
Those who really planned the war were either great nobles or high-ranking professionals.
They didn't have the slightest repentance at all, they just sat behind the scenes and divided the dividends of this war, and by the way, gave insignificant rewards to the soldiers who fought desperately below, so that they could forget everything that happened before.
If there are those who eat meat, there will naturally be those who drink soup.
After their own apprentices and apprentices returned, the upper echelons issued some military merits as rewards one by one in the name of hard work, although they were not much, but they also gagged their mouths.
There is no shortage of smart people in this world, and there are not many people who will harm their own interests for the sake of the dead who have nothing to do with them.
As for the massacre?
What are you kidding, the heads of the initiators have already been hung on the city wall, and they dare to link this matter with the great formal and master-level powerhouses.
When all the professionals had this attitude, the families of the dead soldiers who wanted to make trouble gradually calmed down.
Substantial bounties were distributed, preferential policies were issued after the war, and while the martyrs were portrayed as martyrs, a little tax was seemingly benevolently waived.
Public opinion was controlled, law and order became strict, and stability became the primary post-war proposition of the five countries, and although the population had decreased considerably, the shackles on the feet of the living were loosened a little, and they would forget the cruel past.
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"Regardless of him, anyway, even if we see through this kind of thing, we can't say it, what's the point of discussing it again."
"What's more, the benefits assigned to us have not been reduced at all, and they have even doubled."
"In that case, then don't talk too much, so as not to invite trouble."
Sean played with the Silver Eagle Legion's insignia in his hand, pensing slightly.
"Oh, by the way, Nolan, do you have any plans for the future?"
"Intended?" Nolan didn't mention the previous matter anymore, "What else can I plan, go back and help rebuild the Silver Eagle Legion." ”
"It's not easy for me as a soldier to find such a safe and idle job, although the harvest is less, but life is quite comfortable."
"Unlike people with good talent like you, I don't plan to hit the formal level."
"Having forcibly broken through the apprenticeship level has made my soul a little unstable and full of flaws, and my only ideal now is to live to be two hundred years old and participate in fewer adventures."
"I returned a small fortune in this war, so I don't have to be so tired in the future, and when I don't want to do this, I can just find a place to live in seclusion and enjoy the life of a noble lord every day, how good."
Nolan's answer was not hesitating, he had forcibly broken through the apprenticeship level because of some things in his early years, which led to the basic cut off of his future path, and the soul defects caused by this were very troublesome to deal with, and it could basically be said that there was no hope of healing.
"Well, I'm not going to stay in the Silver Eagle Legion anymore."
"Oh, by the way, I wonder if you passed through Hogle on your way back? If you want to go from that side, can you do me a small favor? ”
Sean looked into Nolan's eyes and acted extremely sincere.
Nolan was not surprised by Sean's departure, so he didn't keep him.
Sean had joined the Silver Eagle Legion in order to make war money and get out of trouble, and he was also very talented, and Nolan knew that if such a person did not tie him up with a lot of benefits, he could not want to stay in this dangerous place.
Yes, dangerous, that's what Nolan says about the Silver Eagle Legion.
For a hopeless guy like him, there is naturally no problem in joining the Silver Eagle Legion, there is the blessing of a formal-level powerhouse, and he has received a lot of benefits, and he is usually very respected, of course he will not leave.
But Sean is different, Nolan can see his ambitions, although he has only just been promoted to the rank of apprentice, this guy is obviously not getting carried away, but looking more long-term.
This made Nolan secretly frightened, based on Sean's talent, it was speculated that it was not impossible for him to be promoted to the official rank, and for such a person, the Silver Eagle Legion was not so safe.
The Silver Eagle Legion is a force under the command of official warlock Mihayinli Strickland, and although he rarely comes to inspect, who can guarantee that he will not be idle and bored to keep an eye on the better professions among them?
If he discovers that someone in his clan has a good chance of being promoted to the official rank, who knows what this high-ranking powerhouse will do?
At that time, they will be forced to sign an unequal contract with the Eye of Judgment, or they will be forcibly strangled and even their own lives will be thrown there.
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Don't think that these high-ranking professionals have a high moral standard, the reason why they will show a calm appearance in the face of many things is actually that there are too few interests and they are not eye-catching.
Sean had also thought about this problem for a long time, he had no intention of staying in the Silver Eagle Legion from the beginning, and even now he had concealed the fact that he had been promoted to level 11.
The reason why he asked Nolan about his plans was not really to know about his movements, but to bring out things about himself in order to get Nolan's help.
"Going to Hogg City to do you a little favor?"
Nolan repeated his words.
"You talk about it first, if it's suitable, I'll definitely be able to help, but we've also been comrades-in-arms, if it's really a trivial matter, it's no problem."
"Trivial, of course." Sean replied with a smile.
"After the exchange of military merits, I should stay in Beloc Province, and I won't go back to Hogger City for the time being."
"Although I am here, there is still a little problem that has not been solved, and I hope that you will help me to bring a letter to Earl Scarlet in Hogle City, so as not to cause any misunderstanding and make him do something bad."
Hearing Sean's words, Nolan raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"Oh, of course this is fine, we should pass by there when we go back, just help you give it to him by the way."
"But I remember you left with him a little bit different......"
He duly stopped his doubts and looked up at Sean's reaction.
"Disagreement? There is such a thing. ”
"That guy wants to tie me up to his manor so that I can make money and expand his network for him."
"In order to achieve his goal, he gave me a little sweetness at the beginning, and even sent his daughter to me, pretending to be extremely sincere."
"It's a pity that I have already seen through his plan, and I have successfully escaped by taking advantage of the war later."
"But as hateful as he is, at least his daughter is obedient when she follows me, and if I don't go back, I'm afraid he'll play a trick of reselling."
Sean sneered, obviously very aware of the temper of this Earl of Scarlett.
He wrote this letter in order to make Satuk throw himself into a trap.
Even if he has no feelings for Estelle, he also sees her as a forbidden person and does not want others to touch her.
Now that the war is over, if there has been no news from Sean's side, perhaps Satuk will think that he has died or left in the war, and will behave inappropriately.
Therefore, his plan was to write a letter to Satuk explaining that he had been promoted to the rank of apprentice and that there would be opportunities to cooperate in the future, and at the same time give a proper warning, so as not to look bad on everyone's face in the future.
Seeing that Nolan agreed to his request, Sean's voice was much more relaxed, and after chatting for a while, he turned around and took his leave.
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Today is August 20th, the negotiations between the two sides have officially ended, and Sean has just walked out of Nolan's house when he hears that the channel for the exchange of military merit has been opened.
Even though the number of soldiers has decreased after many major battles, you can still see the camps from a high place.
They were smiling excitedly, and they were visibly delighted with the simple exchange list in their hands.
The people above finally didn't make any more moths, except for the addictive drugs on the top, although there were relatively few items that could be exchanged, but there was still no shortage of hard currency such as gold and silver coins.
From the time Sean left Hogar City to join the Silver Eagle Legion until the end of the negotiations, he received a total of about 11.2 million military merits, plus the doubling of military merits after the victory, that is, about 22.5 million.
Such a huge military feat, converted into gold coins, there are 225,000 pieces, if all of them are exchanged, piled together like a small mountain, can crush people to death.
Faced with such a big gain, Sean plans to exchange all his military exploits for Mithril or other materials, and then invest all of them in upgrading his staff.
This is an extremely crazy idea, if everything goes according to his vision, he will get a treasure that all apprentice-level mages crave, a staff that even the material cost is more than 400,000 gold coins!
As an alchemy mage, Sean certainly knew how difficult it would be to create such a staff, and his current alchemy level was not enough to perfectly display the potential of this staff, but he made such a decision anyway.
People can keep improving, if you can't do it once, then divide it into two or three times......
One day, the staff of reincarnation will be built to perfection by him, and then with this weapon alone, he will be able to be invincible at the apprentice level.
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With that anticipation, Sean returned home.
Because there are many people participating in the war, it is more troublesome to exchange military merits, but this is difficult for him