The renovation of the Demon Suppressing Castle has been completed.
Although this stone castle looks dilapidated, its foundation has not been damaged.
Only part of the wooden structure was destroyed, and the main body of the castle was almost intact. After all-out repairs, within two or three days, the Demon Suppression Castle was restored to the point where it could be entered.
After the Flying Bear Army entered the Demon Suppression Castle and the Sword Eagle Knight in the sky confirmed that Grugesh had led his troops back to the depths of the wilderness,
The coalition forces gradually began to withdraw, and Thor did not have time to linger here. As the soul of the kingdom, his importance was not much lower than that of King Ren, and he could never leave the royal capital for a long time.
However, Thor left another surprise for Richard when he left, perhaps as compensation for the fact that Richard would bear most of the pressure from the ogres in the wilderness.
When Sol left, he left the newly formed army in the river valley that he had trained for more than a month and still had some actual combat experience to Richard.
In Thor's consideration, having 20,000 garrison troops led by Dane in the river valley is enough to stabilize the situation.
After all, the River Valley is located between the Northland and the Central Plains. If the Northland is lost, the garrison only needs to defend Zhenbeiguan. With the terrain of Zhenbeiguan, 20,000 defenders have their backs against the large granary of the River Valley.
Can keep it till the end of time,
If the central plain is lost, it doesn't matter whether the river valley is still there.
The arrival of the newly formed army of 20,000 people in the river valley is of little significance. Instead, it is left to Richard to use in the Demon Suppression Castle to better deal with the ogres.
As for whether these 20,000 people are willing to stay, most of them are Kuhaha from the River Valley. Although the Valley is rich, this wealth has nothing to do with the Kuhaha of the newly formed legion. To say that they have no interest in the River Valley.
I have a lot of nostalgia for the place, maybe a little bit of rural feeling, but I don’t necessarily have to go back.
There may be some people who don't want to stay in the North, but even with a military order, they can't change their will.
As long as Richard rectifies the education for a month after taking over, and gives them a share of land, he will slowly be able to turn them into real Northlanders. Anyway, after the ogre disaster, there is not much else in the Northland.
The land of the Lord now has as much as it needs.
In fact, the only problem left for Richard in the new army is whether Richard can afford to support him.
Don't look at the fact that Richard has now been granted the title of Pingye Bo, and has gained a large area of territory, with more than one million people under his rule. However, Richard's territory has just been taken over, and he has also experienced the plunder of ogres.
It will take a lot of time to convert it into money and food. With the Hunter Territory's original base and the manpower and force of the annexed Will Territory, it will be very difficult to raise more than 10,000 flying bear troops, let alone another army.
However, despite the many difficulties, when Sol mentioned it to Richard, Richard responded without thinking, patting his chest. The benefits would be eaten first, and then he would think about how to digest it.
Fortunately, Saul was honest enough and took only a small part of his assets with him when he left, leaving at least three months of rations for the new regiment, which was equivalent to leaving some room for change for Richard.
The self-produced grain in the North is definitely not enough this year. The farming season has been delayed, the villages have been destroyed, and the damage caused by the war cannot be resolved by Richard for the time being.
Fortunately, although the Northland is remote, it is not an isolated enclave. Soon after Sol withdrew his troops, Richard immediately arranged for people to go to the Northland to purchase grain.
While Sol is still suppressing the situation in the river valley, the grain merchants in the river valley are somewhat hesitant to raise the price of grain. Richard wants to collect enough grain for two years.
Except for the Flying Bear Army and the newly formed army in the river valley that continue to guard the border, the rest of the gathered army have completely left.
After sending Thor off respectfully, Richard immediately rode back to the Rock Castle on a single horse with red flames.
The speed of the Red Flame Horse is indeed not on the same level as that of ordinary war horses. With the bonus of the Divine Walking Boots, Richard rushed from the border to the Stone Castle in just one day.
"The mission has been completed, do you want to receive the reward?"
"yes"
In the expanded Interior Hall, Richard chose to receive the mission reward without hesitation.
As early as when Richard killed the ogre chief Amu, the mission was already in the completion stage, but he just didn't have time to collect the reward.
"Reward unit-Champion Knight X1!"
"Reward treasure-Knight's Gloves!"
"Congratulations on gaining 65,000 experience points!"
"Congratulations on your upgrade!"
"Congratulations on understanding the new defense skill (beginner level)"
Defense (Elementary): Physical damage taken by you and your troops is reduced by 5%.
Upgrading defense requires two skill points.
But after understanding the defense, Richard did not hesitate at all. He used the skill points obtained from the upgrade together with the previously reserved skill points on defense techniques, directly upgrading the defense techniques to the intermediate level, and the effect was also reduced by 5%.
The damage has been reduced by 10%,
With this damage reduction, the overall strength of the soldiers under Richard's command has improved a lot. When combined, units like the Crusaders that had just entered the knight level were basically already at the knight level when they fought under Richard.
He is an invincible existence here, but he has not crossed the threshold of the peak knight and the great knight.
As for the Diamond Man, an already high-defense unit, getting a 10% bonus in defense skills makes it even more difficult to solve.
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Richard
Level:10(3400/150000)
Strength:22.9
Physique:22.1
Agility:21.9
Spirit:9.1
The Breathing Technique of the Beast (Grandmaster) is the highest, Blue Qi Entrainment Technique (Advanced), Offensive Technique (Advanced), Defense Technique (Intermediate)
Specialty: Control
Available skill points: 0
After reaching level ten, Richard's attributes still improved slightly, but the experience required for upgrading also increased. Fortunately, both his own strength and the strength of his subordinates were also constantly improving.
You can continuously gain more experience from stronger enemies, forming a virtuous cycle.
A pair of inconspicuous gloves once again appeared out of thin air on the desk of the Interior Department.
Richard picked up the gloves with ease
"Knight's Gloves: You and your soldiers march faster by +1"
The attributes of the knight's gloves are even weaker than those of the walking boots, not to mention compared with the Vulcan Sword last time. Just working with the walking boots can also enable Richard to act alone or lead the system army in action.
Being faster may work wonders sometimes.
Although the rewarded treasures are a bit stretched, overall, Richard is quite satisfied with the rewards given by this mission.
After all, the rewarded unit is the upgraded version of the Champion Knight of the sixth-level human race soldier. This powerful unit greatly enhances the high-end strength of Richard's men.
"Dang, Dang..."
"boom!"
"Stop, stop!"
If the champion knight rewarded by the mission only satisfied Richard before, then it was already a surprise after testing his strength.
The champion knight who appeared in the Stone Fortress directly came with a red flame horse. It seems that the champion knight's mount is related to the stable.
During the fight, Richard felt that his opponent's riding skills were simply superb, as if they were riding on the horse's back. The man and the horse were truly one.
Richard has been riding horses since he was a child. It is no exaggeration to say that he is proficient in equestrian skills, but in front of the champion knight, he is like a beginner.
Richard, who has the strength of a great knight, was swept off his horse by the champion knight before he could even get past ten moves.
It is obvious that the strength of the champion knight is far more than that of the great knight. He should have crossed the threshold of the earth knight.
This is a top-notch military force that few in the entire kingdom have.
"May I have your name?"
"Zebul, the respected envoy of God!"
The champion knight's tone was quite respectful to Richard, who was not as powerful as him, but his head was a bit straight and his attacks were a bit ruthless.
After chatting briefly for a while, Richard seemed to have thought of something and said again:
