"I have been in this world for six years and have been under the protection of my elders. It seems that this time my father arranged for us to capture the Iron Wildebeest so that we can gain some experience."
Kent is Richard's eldest cousin, ten years older than him. Unlike Morgan, a lucky man, Kent also has not awakened the blood of knights.
After ten years of hard training, I have just completed the professional advancement.
His talent is very average.
After advancing, Kent did not join his father Soros's mercenary group, but joined the Sixth Brigade of the Northern Army. He served as the deputy captain of the scout squadron under William.
The Dawn Continent is divided into four strata from top to bottom.
The top level is the hereditary nobility, whether it is the king at the top of the pyramid or the lowest hereditary baron.
The second stratum is the professional families, which are mainly families of low-level military officers and low-level civil servants.
The Harland family has now reached the pinnacle of this class. If they further accumulate enough military merits, they can become a hereditary noble. If they take a step back, they are likely to fall into the ranks of ordinary free citizens.
The third class is the free people class, which is mainly composed of urban residents, handicraftsmen, and small and medium-sized farmers. If free people want to cross class, unless there is a great opportunity, they can only work hard, and very few people succeed.
In the past twenty years, there have been no more than thirty families in Heihe Castle who have advanced from freemen to professionals. When enlarged to the entire northern border, there are only a few hundred families, just like a carp jumping over a dragon's gate.
There are millions of people in the northern border, and ordinary people who advance to professional professions can be said to be one in a million. It is more difficult than Richard's previous life to get into the top 2.
At the bottom is the slave class, including serfs, labor slaves, and noble private slaves. Slaves have no freedom in life, and the opportunity to change their destiny is even rarer.
In this world where extraordinary power exists, class consolidation is extremely serious, and those who can transcend classes can be called outstanding people.
Black River Fort is located in the northernmost part of Dragon Canyon and is the headquarters of the Northern Army.
The Grant Kingdom has been operating in Black River Fort for many years. There are hundreds of villages scattered nearby, with a total population of 4.5 million in tens of thousands of square kilometers. It is the core territory of the royal family in the north.
The Knights Academy is located in the middle of the Dragon Canyon, one hundred kilometers away from Black River Fort.
Richard and Morgan joined Hayden and rode fast horses for two days before arriving at Black River Fort. The four professionals, Kent, Powell, Roland, and Soros, had been waiting for them for a long time.
Hayden is Richard's third brother and his half-brother. He is two years older than him. He also failed to awaken his knight blood. He entered Grant Knight Academy for three years and is a middle-level warrior student.
Powell is Richard's uncle. He is already a second-level soldier. After retiring from the Northern Army, he opened a tavern in Black River Fort.
Roland is the brother-in-law of Soros. He is just thirty years old, but he has already become a fourth-level professional and serves in the Mad Lion Legion. In terms of talent alone, he is better than Soros and can rival William.
After William became a professional, the Harland family experienced earth-shaking development. Relying on William's support, the two brothers entered the Northern Army one after another and successfully advanced to become professionals.
He rose to become the top family under the hereditary nobility.
"The reason why I take you deep into the Eagle Mountains and into the activity range of the orc tribe this time is not only to capture the iron horned horse, but also to increase your experience against the enemy.
We northerners will encounter an invasion of orcs every few years. If we don't understand the enemy, it will be difficult to save our lives in the war. Every northerner needs the experience of facing war directly."
Uncle Soros patted Richard on the shoulder and gave some serious instructions.
Dawn calendar year 3252, February 8th.
The seven people rested for a long time and left Black River Fort overnight to prevent leaks and entered the depths of the Eagle Mountains.
The time of this operation was already spring. After a long cold winter, the forest was no longer particularly cold, but there was still thick snow in the shade.
There are almost no villages in the mountains, and signs of human activities are very rare. After half a month in the Eagle Mountains, Richard could not even find a hunter's cabin.
Everyone carefully searched the beast's path, and suddenly Powell whispered: "Be careful, it's the feces left by the earth dragon beast. This place is not far from the earth dragon beast's lair."
"How wide is the hunting range of the Earth Dragon?"
"The sixty kilometers around the nest are the territory of the earth dragon beast."
The second uncle, Powell, is a retired old scout who used to be the squadron leader of the reconnaissance squadron of the Fourth Battalion of the Northern Army. Not only does he have superb reconnaissance skills, he also has an extraordinary natural sense of smell and can smell smells that ordinary people cannot detect.
This talent allowed him to turn danger into danger many times and avoid several fatal dangers.
Earthdramons are high-level monsters, and adult Earthdramons are seventh-level monsters. Some powerful male Earthdramons can even grow to the ninth level.
Even if there are two mid-level professionals in the team, there is still a risk of the whole army being annihilated when encountering an adult earth dragon.
"Roland, go take a look at the tallest tree in the west. Everyone else should leave here as soon as possible. Let's smear some of the terrestrial drake excrement on your body to prevent the terrestrial drake from smelling strange smells."
Many Warcraft have the habit of hibernating, and so do the Earthdrakes.
Spring terrestrial dragons are very dangerous and extremely aggressive. They will kill any prey that intrudes into their territory.
But the earth dragon beast in spring is also very valuable. The glands in the mouth of the earth dragon beast will secrete dragon marrow liquid in spring, which can refine extraordinary potions containing dragon blood and assist sixth-level knights to break through the realm.
If there is a knight of level 7 or above leading the team today, there will be a chance to hunt the earth dragon beast and get the dragon marrow liquid.
Thoros was only a fifth-level warrior, not a daring fool. He was surrounded by either sons or nephews. He did not dare to provoke the earth dragon beast at all, and commanded everyone to stay away from danger.
The seven of them were lucky enough that they were not discovered by the Earthdramon when they left.
After wandering in the depths of the forest for more than ten days, from February to March, I finally found the footprints left by the wildebeests. After following the animal trail for three days, thirteen wildebeests were already looming.
The Iron Horned Horse is a low-level magical beast. Adult stallions are usually second-level magical beasts, and some strong horse kings occasionally grow into third-level monsters.
Mares are usually first-level monsters, and very few can advance to second-level or third-level monsters.
This group of iron horned horses is relatively small and does not have a third-level horse king.
According to Powell's observation, four male horses have reached the second level, four ponies are not yet mature, one of the remaining five mares has a second level, and the remaining four are all first level.
Warcraft has rough skin and thick flesh, and can also use blood spells. In head-to-head combat, its combat effectiveness is usually better than that of warriors of the same level.
Although this group of Iron Wild Horses did not have any intermediate-level monsters, their number was twice that of Richard's seven people.
If you are not careful, the number of seven people will be reduced.
The two families of William and Soros have more than a dozen children in total, and the only ones worth nurturing are Richard and Morgan.
Morgan awakened the blood of knights, and Richard showed extraordinary talent.
If the two of them were lost here, even if they captured the Iron Wildebeest, the two families would lose their future.
Moreover, Soros also loves his son and nephew, so of course he will not choose to act recklessly.
"Uncle, if we fight head-on, I'm afraid we have no chance of winning?"
Soros nodded slightly and said very confidently: "The most difficult part of this operation is to find the horses. As long as the horses are found, capturing the iron horned horses will become very simple."