Immediately after the recruits' parade, they were divided into various armies.

The 4,000 soldiers recruited this year have completed their training, and according to the plan of the General Staff, after the Goddess's Birthday, the Haaland Territory will also plan to recruit 4,000 recruits.

Based on past experience, the orcs will invade again next year, and the Haaland territory will inevitably face a war.

In the last battle, the orcs suffered heavy losses in the direction of Haaland's territory, and Richard led his soldiers to annihilate a legion of orcs, and was promoted to earl by merit.

Orcs are very vindictive and love to strike at enemies that come up. Especially the new nobles are often targeted by the orcs, making them untenable.

As soon as Martins was promoted to earl, the orcs sent a legion to attack and capture the county of Martins. Even the county of Roger, which lost most of its territory in that war, almost followed in the footsteps of Count Martins.

The orcs are not weak in intelligence, although they suffered heavy losses last time because of their high self-esteem, this time they should learn their lesson and attack the territory of Haaland to send more soldiers.

Moreover, the Jonathan family transferred two legions into the Grand Duchy of Starnik, although the territory of Haaland was expanded by 9,000 troops, the Iron Lion Legion was expanded by 8,000 troops, and the northern defense line was reduced by more than 20,000 soldiers.

According to Richard's estimates, this war orc must focus on the Harland Territory, and it is possible that the Orc Legend will appear in the Harland Territory in person.

According to the plan of the General Staff, the situation next year is very tight.

Moreover, as long as there is a war, there are losses, and there are losses, and these 4,000 recruits are ready to be used to replenish the war losses.

Now that the economy of Haaland's territory is running well, it can actually continue to expand its army.

However, due to the reality of the territory, if the quality is strictly required, the territory can train up to 4,000 soldiers a year, and if it continues to expand, it will only reduce the level of training.

Richard was reluctant to be indiscriminately filled with soldiers, and the Dawn Plane was the elite soldiers who decided the war. Although the number of soldiers is useful, it is simply not able to compete with a strong army of professionals.

The Grant Kingdom has close to 400,000 regular troops, and it is estimated that the outbreak of war will not be able to defeat the Divine Radiant Empire's few hundred bipedal dragoon regiments. Because the bipedal dragoon regiment, having the initiative in the war, can attack the scattered enemy at any time.

Years of war practice have made everyone attach great importance to elite troops. The noble lords, only when there is no way, will expand the size of the army, instead of building elite soldiers.

If Richard had hundreds of lion cavalry and one or two thousand demon beast cavalry under his command, he naturally did not need to train a large number of recruits and expand the number of troops.

However, there were only a few lion cavalry under his command, and although the Demon Beast cavalry was fully expanded, there were only four hundred and fifty of them included in the reconnaissance unit. Although Haaland's territory has abundant financial resources and can continue to buy Warcraft war horses, qualified officers and cavalry are not something that can be cultivated in a short period of time.

The external situation has not allowed the Harland Territory to slowly expand its elite troops, and the situation in several countries near the Grant Kingdom is grim, and the power of the Orc Empire in this region has become stronger. Several countries are still under attack by orcs, and large numbers of infantry are needed to defend the strongholds. So whether it's the Grant royal family, or Duke Jonathan, a large number of infantry needs to be built. The same is true for the Haaland family, which needs a large number of infantry.

The recruits did not complete their training, and their combat effectiveness was not good at all, and they were probably only better than the conscripted serfs.

In next year's war, as long as it is not until the last minute, the General Staff of the Harland Territory will not let soldiers who have not completed their training participate in the war.

The plans made by the General Staff are often prepared for the worst, and they are not necessarily accurate.

Special units cannot be established in a short period of time, and if they want to protect their territory, the only option is to expand the lowest-cost ordinary infantry to maintain the stability of the battle line.

After watching the recruit parade, Richard returned to his residence.

Last year, it ate more than 200,000 people, and this year this force has been integrated into the Haaland territory, and the territory has ushered in a great development, and its strength has surpassed that of the southern counties.

Even the Harland Mage Guild is the same, the population increases, so will the number of children with magical talents, and this spring school year, five elementary schools have added six new people to the Haaland Mage Guild.

Next year, Richard plans to build a sixth elementary school and purchase a second crystal ball from the Grant Mage Guild to test magical qualifications, continuing to expand the scope of testing and training more magical apprentices to provide nourishment for the Harland Mage Guild.

Throughout this year, Haaland's territory was still recruiting talents, and Nolan's store was constantly advertised, successfully recruiting three low-level magicians and six or seven magic apprentices.

Coupled with the people recruited in the past few years, the Haaland Mage Association has more than 100 reserve members, ranking seventh in the Grant Kingdom in terms of scale, surpassing the two dukedoms of Loran and Guise.

Compared to the rigid and conservative system of other great nobles, the development of the Harland Mage Guild is very amazing.

If it continues to develop at a normal rate, it is estimated that it will not take a few years to surpass the Grant Mage Association and become the center of magic research in the Grant Kingdom.

After killing the necromancer Savio and annihilating the ogre horde, Harland's territory captured the most valuable loot.

The ogre skin had been made into enchanted armor by Richard and distributed to the second brigade.

In addition to the strong smell and smelling a little foul, this enchanted armor has more defense than the snake scale armor, and it has also been added by Richard with a ring of magic shield magic. As long as the fighting spirit is released, an invisible shield can be formed outside the ogre leather armor, this magic shield is good at defending against magic attacks, and in general, the value of the ogre enchanted armor exceeds that of the snake scale armor, which is the same as the super magic metal enchanted armor produced in Harland's territory.

Although the Haaland Territory has mastered the manufacturing technology of brute force armor and light spirit armor, it is limited by the output of blood steel and oyalite copper, and can only make a few dozen pieces every year.

Moreover, for the sake of technical secrecy, Richard is not worried that outsiders will master the technology of manufacturing enchanted armor, and like the alchemy bomb, it is the core of Haaland's territory that masters the technology.

After obtaining the seal of royal power and signing an anti-leakage contract, Richard taught the rune inscription technique to outsiders, and the production of enchanted armor slowly increased.

Up to now, the Harland Territory has produced a total of 600 pieces of enchanted armor, most of which are concentrated in the first brigade and a few backbone squadrons, and the ogre leather armor is equipped in the second brigade.

Compared to the advantages of the ogre leather armor, the soldiers did not care about its disadvantages at all. After all, in a dangerous battlefield, survivability is fundamental, and everyone doesn't care about the smell of ogre leather armor. People who go to the battlefield can endure any harsh environment.

Sometimes even when you go to the toilet, you have to pull it into your crotch.

In addition to the ogre skin, the ogre's brain marrow was refined into a deep meditation potion by the priest of the Dawn Church, and distributed to the twelve branches of Haaland's territory.

This potion allows the mage to enter deep meditation, and it also has a great auxiliary effect on the advanced mage apprentice advanced mage.

After receiving the potion, Richard communicated with the other magicians of the Mage Guild, leaving it all to the High Mage Apprentice.

After the High Mage Apprentice used it, nine people advanced successfully. With the addition of nine new magicians, the official members of the Harland Mage Guild have exceeded forty.

After more than ten years of training by Richard, the strength of the mages in Haaland's territory has become quite strong, although the backbone strength is not very good.

The Ogre's Demon Core Harland's territory was also divided, and these dozen or so Demon Core Richard, Sophia and other high-level officials did not interfere, and all of them were given to the magicians who participated in the war, so that they also reaped a benefit.

The role of the Demon Core is similar to that of the Demon Crystal.

Haaland's territory has mastered the magic crystal charging technology, and can charge more than a thousand standard magic crystals every year.

Relying on the magic crystal charging technology, there is no shortage of magic crystals in Haaland's territory, and even some magic crystals can be taken out for magicians to do research. Even scientific research units such as the Materials Research Institute and the Magical Biology Research Institute sometimes apply for magic crystals to conduct some special research.

The value of the materials on the ogre's body is already good, and the necromancer Savio has seized treasures of even higher value.

The first is the space altar and portal, which are extremely valuable to a magical organization.

With the Space Altar and Teleportation, mid-level mages in Harland's territory will be able to master teleportation spells.

Mastering this spell, the mage has an extra backhand near the mage's tower.

Moreover, the space altar and the portal can also form a teleportation array, if the teleportation array can be successfully built, even if the cost is very high, it cannot transmit large quantities of materials, which will greatly promote the economic exchanges between the two regions.

From the time the teleportation altar was captured, the Harland Mage Guild met to study it, and finally decided to build the portal in the Tower of Flames.

By mid-September, the space altar and portal had been installed, and Richard and Sophia had also personally tested the short-distance teleportation technique.

This spell is teleported at a distance of ten kilometers, as long as the coordinates of the space altar are engraved in the spiritual power space, and the magic can be used within ten kilometers, it can immediately appear near the space altar.

With space altars and portals, it is very helpful for middle and high-level magicians to travel.

After all, in addition to the four-ring magic short-distance teleportation technique, there are also seven-ring magic medium-distance teleportation techniques and nine-ring magic long-distance teleportation techniques, with teleportation distances of about thirty kilometers and one hundred kilometers respectively.

With a radius of 100 kilometers, it can cover about 31,400 square kilometers of territory. With the exception of the eastern county of the Grotta River, it covers most of the territory of the southern foothills of the Eagle Mountains.

After entering the legend, there is also a legendary teleportation technique with a teleportation distance of more than 300 kilometers, and a space altar can cover more than 270,000 square kilometers of land.

The portal has been built, and the space altar has been installed.

The Harland Realm Mage Guild began to deal with the most valuable Legendary Dragon Crystal.

The Legendary Dragon Crystal contains a huge amount of magic power, which can be made into powerful magic items of the legendary level, even if it is placed in the Magic Kingdom of Makholm, it is still a treasure of great value.

However, the most effective way to use this kind of legendary-level energy source is to act as the energy core of the mage tower and create artificial magic wells, which is the greatest help for a magical organization.

Richard already has a starlight necklace, and there is no shortage of lethal and powerful attack methods, and in addition, his magic level is impossible to refine legendary-level magic items.

As for inviting powerful magicians to make legendary magic items, Richard first had no channels, and second, he had no trust, so he didn't think about it at all.

In order to put the legendary dragon crystal to good use as soon as possible, the construction of a third mage tower has been put on the agenda. Sophia and Wendy have been busy for the past six months, mainly because of this matter.

After much discussion, the decision was made to build the third Mage Tower at Fort William.

After all, Fort William is the core of Haaland's territory, and it is not only very convenient to build the Mage Tower in Fort William, but also to strengthen Fort William's defenses, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

In December, the Harland Mage Guild once again ushered in good news, Wendy was successfully promoted to the Five Rings Magician.

Throughout the year, many members of the Harland Mages Guild have been promoted, and in addition to Wendy, Annie was also promoted to the rank of Triple Ring Wizard in November.

Even Sophia has completed her meditation progress, preparing to advance to the seven-ring magician after the goddess's birthday. Although it is difficult to advance to the advanced profession, Sophia has a lot of confidence.

If it weren't for the fact that Philip had been delayed too much, according to Sophia's meditation speed, she would have been able to complete the advanced level last winter.

It has been six and a half years since Sophia was promoted to the Sixth Ring Mage, and she is a highly gifted person, and normally it takes five years to complete the meditation progress. Even if it was a delay in giving birth to a child, Sophia also did a lot of very valuable research, and the feedback on meditation was very good, and the reason why it slowed down the speed of advancement was because Sophia spent a lot of time on deducing the highland meditation method, which delayed a lot of effort.

The Highland Meditation Method can only be promoted to the ninth rank, and if you want to be promoted to a Legendary Profession, you need to complete the Meditation Method to the Legendary level.

The collection of Harland's territory meditation method is relatively rich, including the legendary fourth-order Starlight meditation method, the legendary second-order Book of Death, as well as the highland meditation method that can be cultivated to the ninth ring, and the fourth-order meditation method for ogres.

In addition, Richard also deduced the creation of the Book of Fire, the Book of Curses. The deduction of the Book of Flames was relatively smooth, and Richard had already deduced this meditation book to the ninth level, and he could cultivate to the level of the sixth ring.

The progress of the Book of Curses is slower, and it has just been deduced to the seventh layer, and it can only be cultivated to the fourth ring.

The creation of two meditation books confirmed many of Richard's ideas, and after many exchanges with Sophia, he decided to work together to deduce the legendary meditation method.

The legendary meditation method involves the root of magic, and there can't be a little mistake when meditating, so the two of them are cautious when deducing, I'm afraid it will take a long time.

Starting this year, Richard has no time to deduce the Book of Fire, the Book of Curses.

Butler is a high-grade magical qualification, and the speed of advancement is very fast, and his cultivation is the Book of Curses, and the deduction of this meditation book can only rely on himself. Harland's territory has adopted a tolerant attitude towards knowledge, and has made the magic book available to him, and as long as he contributes enough, the Fourth Meditation Method, the Book of Death Meditation Method, and Butler can copy it.

As for the strongest Starlight Meditation Method, because it involves the traverser, Richard has to keep a hand.

(End of chapter)