The snow giants stopped outside Snowfield City for two days and then basically dispersed. After losing Vernon, the other snow giant tribes basically lost their will to fight. Even after the king's order was issued, several tribes continued to come for support.
, the strength is stronger than before.
But without the unified command of Snow Giant King Vernon, the more tribes came, the more chaotic they became. They couldn't even form a simple alliance like the three major tribes before, and no one wanted to be the vanguard.
After two days of being frozen like this, the royal court soldiers who came with Vernon broke the deadlock. They simply left with Vernon's body, preparing to return to the royal court first.
And the gathered Snow Giant tribe simply left in the same manner. At least from now on, this group of humans is considered harmless. Unlike the White Dragon, the White Dragon wants to compete with the Snow Giant for prey in the snow field.
Even the extremely hungry white dragon will directly prey on the lone snow giant.
Snowfield City, on the other hand, is completely in a state of passive defense. The humans inside rarely go out, let alone compete with the snow giants for prey. As for whether humans will take other actions after gaining a foothold in the snowfield, that is the king's question.
It is something that only families and a few large tribes would worry about, while more people only see immediate benefits.
Most leaders of snow giant tribes are not willing to use their tribe's warriors to compete with a race that does not seem to threaten their own interests.
As soon as the royal court's troops left, it was as if they had set a demonstration, and many tribes followed suit and left.
In the end, even the three major tribes at the beginning were shaken.
"Since everyone has dispersed, I, the White Wind Division, will also leave tomorrow. During this period, so many wars have gathered here, and the surrounding prey has almost been emptied. The food we brought is not enough. We can't do this anymore.
The dry waste is here."
"This city is not far from the hunting grounds of several of our tribes."
"These humans only dare to stay in this city. How dare they come out to touch our hunting grounds? We just need to leave a hundred soldiers each to monitor them."
"But this way, it will become more and more difficult to drive these humans out of the snowfield."
"Hu Lier, this is all we can do now. The other tribes are all scattered. I'm afraid we won't have the chance to attack again until the next king appears."
"Oh, that's all it can do."
The leaders of these large tribes all know that leaving Snowfield City is a hidden danger, but now that Vernon is dead, because Vernon died suddenly, there is no arrangement for the next Snow Giant King. This situation is not a problem for the Tate lineage.
Time cannot choose a new Snow Giant King.
During this period of time, the royal court had too much time to take care of itself, and the powerful large tribes were unwilling to take the lead. After all, Snowfield City had also proved that it was a tough guy, and if the large tribes did not take the lead and set an example, the small and medium-sized tribes would not even take the lead.
There may be some enthusiasm.
After confirming that the Snow Giants had basically evacuated, this short but fierce battle finally came to an end. The two sides entered into a strange balance. Although the Snow Giant King died, Richard could not sweep away the snowfield like the ogres in the wilderness.
The Snow Giants on the mountain are not forces on the same level at all. If they act too aggressively and are surrounded and suppressed by a large tribe of Snow Giants, the gains will outweigh the losses.
We can only take advantage of this balance to accelerate the accumulation of strength. However, Aragorn brought good news to Richard. The Ice and Snow Key, the sacred weapon of the Snow Giant clan, was taken by Aragorn. This thing is in the hands of the Snow Giant.
In the tradition, it is an important token for choosing a king. To become the new Snow Giant King, in addition to being a person of Tate's lineage, you must also have the ability to use the Ice and Snow Key. Now the Ice and Snow Key has fallen into the hands of Aragorn.
The royal court will most likely encounter difficulties when electing a new king, but until the new king appears, as long as Richard doesn't get angry to death, Snowfield City will be safe for the time being.
After the snow giants basically evacuated, Richard did not break his promise and handed over the knowledge he agreed to share to Aragorn. He even provided Aragorn with a copy of those notebooks. Aragorn simply gave Aragorn a copy these days.
While studying in the study room of the underground ruins, Aragorn became interested in the godhead that has now become the Tower of Energy. However, Aragorn did not ask for his love for the previous agreement, but only asked Richard to agree when the time was right.
Let him study another half-finished godhead.
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Miracle City
After a great battle, the atmosphere in the Northland became a little solemn. The impact of the battle with the Snow Giant was actually not as great as the battle with the Orcs, because most humans didn't know much about the Snow Giant, and not many people talked about it.
It is said that a great victory was achieved, but the casualties of 20,000 to 30,000 people were real. These 20,000 to 30,000 people were basically natives of the North. They were all someone's husband or someone's son. Let's go around a bit.
, basically every household in the North knows one or two soldiers who died in battle, several flag regiments were directly disabled, and young people from some villages agreed to join the army, but none of them may be able to go back this time.
The impact of the heavy casualties was to dampen the enthusiasm of young people in the North to join the army. The bloody casualties made them understand the cruelty of war. After all, although the North was bitter and cold, the people would not be unable to survive, especially in the Hunter family.
After gradually taking control of the Northland, the people's quality of life has improved, and they will not be unable to eat without joining the army.
In order to minimize this negative impact, Richard and a group of senior officials gathered in the meeting hall of the Northland Duke's Palace to discuss the aftermath.
"Master Richard, according to post-war statistics, more than 17,000 soldiers were killed in this battle with the Snow Giant. A one-time pension of more than 20,000 gold is required. The number of injured is equivalent to the number of killed. Depending on the severity of the injury,
, in general, we need to spend at least more than 10,000 kinnars. Counting the post-war rewards, we need to spend at least 50,000 jinnars. There are also tens of thousands of jinnars spent in advance preparations for the war. Our finances
The shortfall may be as high as 100,000 gold naars.”
In the conference hall, Richard was sitting in the main seat, and Egger was reporting to Richard the aftermath of the war. The expressions of several senior generals did not change. Anyway, under the Hunter family's system, they just led
When the soldiers are fighting, it is not their turn to worry about post-war appeasement, not even the recruitment and recruitment of new soldiers.
Richard's head hurt when he heard it. He always felt that this was just like collecting a debt. The debt he owed was much scarier than credit card debt, Huabei Borrowing and various online loans. It was just a matter of living without paying for that kind of money.
It's just a little uncomfortable. I owe money to the army, but I owe something big.
Although Richard's prestige and control over the North will not cause any mutiny, if he is really unable to pay out pensions and rewards, it will definitely be a huge blow to morale. If the soldiers want to fight in the future,
It's not that easy to work hard. Reputation is something that accumulates slowly, but it only takes one time to destroy it.
"Is the gap so big? Haven't the profits from soap and cigarettes from the south been sent? And the sea trade also has a share of our Hunter family."
Richard asked again without giving up. Richard had not personally managed finances for a long time, and he only had a general idea of the Hunter family's financial situation. After the trip to the south, the Hunter family had lived a comfortable life for a while.
.The property that can be used immediately amounts to more than 200,000 kinnars. After cooperating with the fourth prince, soap and cigarettes also quickly opened up sales in the south. A lot of jinnars are accounted for every month. Now the finance department
There was even a gap.
Fortunately, many members of the Hunter family's army did not want a penny after accumulating military exploits. They just wanted to obtain better skills and training resources, thus saving Richard some money. Otherwise, the gap would only be bigger.
Egg looked at Richard and nodded his head to confirm and said:
"Because of the recent large-scale construction of colleges according to your order, coupled with the rapid expansion of the army, the previous fiscal surplus has been almost consumed. Our current income is only enough to maintain the daily expenses of the whole territory. The only good news is that the previously issued
There is no need to repay the bond worth tens of thousands of gold.
But now it’s difficult for us to issue new bonds, as most of the kingdom’s businessmen and nobles will not recognize our bonds.”
This good news is very spiritual, because the previous buyers of the Hunter family's tens of thousands of gold bonds were all nobles from the River Valley. Now that the River Valley has been dealt with by Moriel, most of the creditors have reopened their businesses.
Many of the bonds were even confiscated by Hunter soldiers during the house raid and returned to their original owners. Naturally, there was no need to pay back the money.
What the Hunter family has done in the North is basically to isolate themselves from the aristocratic class of the kingdom. It has even been slightly resisted. If they want the powerful people in the Central Plains and the royal capital to subscribe to the Hunter family
Bonds have also become a very difficult thing.
Even though the Hunter family's financial income is growing like a snowball, Richard's pace of building a business is also even faster. Military administrative expenditures and various projects are constantly being rolled out, and Richard has a fixed monthly salary.
A large amount of kinnar was spent, and the income only maintained a tight balance. With the war, so much extra spending suddenly turned into a big financial hole.
However, no matter how poor you are, you can't waste the army now. After thinking about it for a while, Richard gave the order to Egger:
"Now we will cut the administrative expenses in half, push back the money, and wait until next month to pay. First, ensure the payment of pensions and bounties. If there is not enough, you can discuss it with Lin Te and get it from the Demon Suppression City.
The caravan will allocate part of its funds."
"Yes, Master Richard."
The current size of the Hunter family is not such that they cannot spare 100,000 Jinnar, but every penny has its own use and cannot be easily misappropriated. Only after Richard speaks can the original use of the money be changed.
Although the casualties and the consumption of money and materials in this battle were considerable, the benefits it brought were also very obvious. In addition to completing the established goal of preserving Snowfield City, all the heroes participating in the battle, including Richard, basically improved a lot.
Among them, the one who has been upgraded the most is Xi Aier, the salty fish elf.
After the battle, Xiair was directly promoted by five levels, from level 10 to level 15. The attribute panel also underwent major changes.
Because the financial management skills have reached the master level, Xi Aier, who has been promoted to five levels in a row, has finally made a step-by-step improvement in strength this time, reaching the level of the earth level. Finally, he can get rid of the unicorn holy beast he recruited.
Despite the embarrassing situation, I also learned the new skill of elementary logistics.
The other heroes participating in the battle have also been improved. Moriel and Natalis have each been promoted to one level, and their strength has been slightly improved. However, for heroes of this level, the improvement in strength brought by a level upgrade is not obvious.
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And Elena, who participated in the whole process, has been promoted two levels in succession to level seventeen like Richard, and her personal strength has reached the level of mid-level in the sky.
In addition, Rhodes and Sir Mulak who participated in the battle have also been promoted to one level each. It can be said that this battle was a bumper harvest of experience for Richard and his men. Only Catherine, who was presiding over the situation in the river valley, missed this feast.
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I am afraid that there will be a short period of stability next, and the tone of the Hunter family will probably be based on steady development and making every effort to digest the current results.
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Monaea
As the royal capital of the orcs, this city still looks very prosperous on the desolate eastern plateau.
In the past hundred years, the orcs have been winning battles with humans and gaining advantages. The atmosphere in the whole city is very warm, as if all the orcs feel that they are not far away from regaining their former glory.
It’s just that the atmosphere in Monaya has been a bit gloomy recently. An expedition that the Orc King Haldane had high hopes for ended in the annihilation of the entire army. According to the intelligence from the humans, even the defending warrior Geert who led the army went into battle.
Died on the spot.
This was an unprecedented defeat. In the past hundred years, the orcs had not suffered such a big loss from humans, so much so that Haldane now wondered whether he had been tricked by the so-called human god.
However, the god Adriello, who was suspected by Haldane, appeared in Haldane's palace again. No one knew how he came in, but the moment he appeared, Haldane subconsciously
He wielded the weapon at hand, and within a few seconds the surrounding guards also reacted. They all surrounded him with a roar, as if they were ready to chop the opponent into pieces at Haldane's command.
"Dear Your Majesty, please don't be nervous. I have no ill intentions towards you."
Facing a large group of orcs with weapons at each other, Adelillo didn't look nervous at all, and still communicated with them with a calm expression.
"Oh? Then can you explain to me how General Geert died?"
"I think this is just an accident. None of us expected the strength of the humans in the North.
I came here to invite Your Majesty to join an alliance."
"Your words cannot make me believe you anymore."
Haldane was somewhat wary of Adriello and did not immediately order to capture him, but his suspicions did not lessen and he always maintained a certain degree of vigilance towards him.
"Your Majesty, the world is changing. If you don't choose to believe me, you will miss your last chance."