When Richard and others returned, William informed the Northern Army of the news that they encountered the Snake Scouts.
The Northern Legion did not dare to neglect and sent legion scouts into the Eagle Mountains to investigate the enemy's situation.
Detailed information about the orc army and when it will invade? The senior officials of the Northern Army do not know much about it.
But the Knight Academy had already received the news, and when Richard returned to the academy, the academy teachers persuaded him to join the Academy Knights.
Richard already has his own plans for future development.
He had learned part of the Mad Lion Breathing Technique in advance, and it was the best choice to continue practicing the Mad Lion Breathing Technique, so he rejected the teacher's proposal and returned to Black River Fort after receiving his diploma.
When Richard left, he was not given any trouble by the college, and the college also understood his background.
Although William is not a hereditary baron, he is also an important officer in northern Xinjiang. Richard is not yet a professional. This is not a wartime emergency. The college will not offend William for a soldier.
After Richard received his diploma, he immediately went to Gascoigne Province with Hayden, where the Mad Lions were stationed.
Flame Castle is 150 kilometers away from Black River Castle. The castle stands on the mountainside. The nearby territory has not been well developed and looks relatively wild.
Compared with Black River Fort, Flame Fort is completely a military fortress.
There are not many free people in the castle, and most of the residents are the families of soldiers.
There are six hereditary barons near the Flame Keep.
These six barons are all first-generation barons. They obtained their fiefs for a short time and their territories were not well developed. They are all paupers among the hereditary nobles.
But the first generation of barons must have been outstanding talents and powerful warriors. Although the territory was poor, its own military strength was not weak and it was very experienced.
The strongest Baron Harden is a powerful seventh-level silver knight, whose combat power is comparable to that of a ninth-level professional.
It is rumored that Baron Harden has accumulated a lot of merits and has been granted two baronies. He is not far away from being promoted to a peerage.
There is also a smaller cavalry regiment under Baron Harden.
There are more than 30 professionals in this knightly group of more than 100 people, which can rival the main army as a whole.
After Richard and Hayden came to Flame Castle, they did not go directly to the military service office to register, but found Roland first.
The main army of the Grant royal family is organized into squads, squadrons, brigades, and corps.
The number of troops under each legion and each brigade is not fixed.
Normally, a main legion consists of ten infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades, a reconnaissance brigade, and a small heavy knight regiment.
Including medical, logistics and other special units, the number exceeds 20,000.
There are frequent wars in the northern border, many troops are understaffed, and the number of troops fluctuates greatly.
Roland serves as the deputy captain of the 8th Battalion of the Mad Lion Legion, with the rank of major.
Normally, the deputy captains of the main army have the rank of lieutenant colonel. Roland has relatively junior qualifications in the army, and it did not take him long to be promoted to deputy captain, and he has not yet had time to improve his rank.
"You brothers came so quickly, I thought you would rest for a while."
"The orcs may go south this year. I think we should seize the time to familiarize ourselves with the environment and complete the advancement as soon as possible."
With Roland's leadership, the two quickly completed military service registration.
Richard holds a diploma from the Knights Academy and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant as soon as he arrived, serving as the captain of the fourth squad of the sixth squadron of the eighth brigade of the Mad Lion Legion.
War breaks out frequently in northern Xinjiang, and it is difficult for all the major legions to be fully staffed.
The Mad Lion Legion is organized into eight infantry brigades, one reconnaissance brigade, and one knight regiment.
In the last orc invasion war, the Mad Lion Army lost 5,000 troops, and an infantry brigade was abolished. The cavalry brigade was also added to the Knights, and the remaining troops have not yet been replenished.
The Eighth Group only organized six and a half squadrons.
The Sixth Squadron is not yet fully staffed, and the eighth squadron has just been formed.
In the past two or three years, the Mad Lion Legion has been short of officers.
There is a vacancy in the military establishment, so Richard naturally does not need to compete with others. There is no conflict of interest among colleagues, and the relationship is relatively harmonious.
Not long after entering the Mad Lion Legion, Richard handed over four snakehead heads to the military judge.
With Roland's care, Richard was also a junior officer, so he was naturally not afraid of the squadron's military judge embezzling military merit. Within two days, the military merit was reported and recorded on Richard.
According to the laws of the Grant Kingdom, once military merits are registered, they are not allowed to be exchanged. Unless members of the same family want to advance to a title or expand their territory, military merits can be combined and promoted.
In the Mad Lion Legion, there is only a very low threshold for redeeming breathing techniques. The three-layer breathing techniques during the warrior apprenticeship can be redeemed for free after the recruits complete their training.
The fourth level breathing method only requires a small effort to redeem it.
The fifth level breathing method requires three small skills, and the sixth level requires five small skills.
If you want to redeem the subsequent three-level skills for junior professionals, you need nine small skills in total.
Killing three snake-like people is as difficult as climbing to the sky for a junior professional.
Only if you have many opportunities to make meritorious deeds can you accumulate nine small meritorious deeds.
If there is no backing, every step up will be extremely difficult.
Richard had just joined the Mad Lion Legion and had already accumulated twelve minor merits. After joining, he was already an officer. Compared with ordinary soldiers, he was already far ahead in the beginning.
Richard took out nine small skills at once and exchanged them for the three-level breathing technique that a professional needs in the early stages, and took the time to practice.
In exchange for the Breathing Technique of the Mad Lion Legion, Richard also needs to sign a special contract to ensure that the Breathing Technique cannot be leaked to anyone. Even his brothers and sons cannot share the Breathing Technique privately.
The contract is stamped with the seal of order and endorsed by this replica of the Church of Kingship and Order's artifact. Only a legendary professional can survive the artifact's backlash.
Once a professional who has not advanced to Legend violates the contract and leaks the breathing method, he will immediately be attacked by the royal seal. For thousands of years, no one has been immune.
You can only watch the exchange breathing method, not copy it. The first level breathing method contains thousands of words, and it will take several days to recite the third level breathing method. If you meet people with poor memory, it may take even longer.
Although Richard's memory was not as good as that of his younger sister Wendy, his mental strength was also very strong. He was able to memorize more than 10,000 words of breathing techniques in less than half a day, and he quietly wrote it down after returning to the barracks.
Most of the soldiers of the Mad Lion Legion who practice breathing techniques will do this. After all, human memory is limited.
If you memorize it today, you may forget it in a few days. If you write it down, you can review it frequently and figure it out. But you must keep it carefully. Once the breathing method is lost and leaked, the attack of the artifact will come. The copied breathing method is like your second life.
Generally speaking, if it is lost, your life will be in danger.
The Apprentice Breathing Method collected in Richard's home is from this source.
His uncle Powell had destroyed his copy of the breathing method after retiring from the army and did not practice it deliberately on weekdays. He had also forgotten most of the breathing methods he had studied for many years.
However, the physical fitness strengthened by practicing breathing methods has been retained, and the fighting spirit can be maintained in the body for many years.