Chapter 96 – Promotion to the Fourth Order
Chapter 96 – Promotion to the Fourth Order
After killing the Bipedal Flying Dragon, he carefully disposed of the materials on the Bipedal Flying Dragon.
The magic core of the bipedal flying dragon Richard wasn’t going to sell it for money, the seventh order magic core could not only be used as an energy source to build a mage tower, but it could also be used to replenish magical power when it mattered. When in a state of war, a magician’s magic power can be restored a little earlier, sometimes it is a world of difference between life and death.
Although the Aaron’s skin was tattered a bit, cutting and trimming it could still create a few pieces of enchanted leather armor. These enchanted leather armor, Richard was going to leave it for the important members of the Harland family to wear.
The entrails and brains of the magical beasts could be refined into Teng Hui potions, and the higher the level of the magical beasts, the better the effects of the potions would be.
Sophia was good at refining Teng Hui Potion, and when this batch of Teng Hui Potion was made, the territory would be able to train a few more professional officers.
Richard was going to let the soldiers and officers who participated in the war share some of the meat, and the rest as gifts to the middle and senior officers of the Harland territory, and the heavyweight civil officials, so that they could have a taste of it.
The most valuable Dragon Marrow Liquid, Richard was going to find Duke Jonathan’s Territory to exchange.
His father, William, had advanced to the sixth ranked professional for over five years and had accumulated a wealth of experience at this stage.
If using the Dragon Marrow Liquid could be exchanged for a high order potion to help William break through, it would be very cost effective for the Harland family.
After dealing with the materials on the bipedal flying dragon, Frank led the stragglers to already extinguish the mountain fire.
“How are the casualties among the soldiers?”
“The third squadron lost twelve in action and eleven were injured by the fire.”
Julian stepped forward and reported, “First Squadron had two killed and six fire wounds. The new 7th Squadron suffered one killed and nine fire wounds, and Squadron Leader Marcus suffered internal injuries and has been unconscious for some time.”
“Did Marcus suffer heavy casualties?”
Julian nodded and said, “I’m guessing it’s internal bleeding, and I don’t know if he’ll be able to make it back to the territory and wait for the wizard to save him. From my experience, it could be life-threatening.”
“I’m running out of spiritual power and can’t release a healing spell. Julian, you ride my warhorse and immediately go to Fort William to look for Wendy, and when you find her, have her rush back with you to buy as much time as possible.”
Suddenly Richard remembered that he still had a large amount of experience to raise his magician rank.
He immediately opened the attribute panel and added 27,000 experience points to the Highland Meditation.
The attribute panel changed instantly, the Highland Meditation idea was raised to the seventh rank, and his mental strength increased by 3 points.
Richard felt warm and comfortable mentally. According to his estimation, half of his mental strength should have been recovered.
I didn’t realize that there was such a benefit to advancing, if he saved his experience value and advanced after he ran out of spirit during the battle, it would be equivalent to carrying five more mental power recovery potions.
As soon as his spiritual energy recovered, Richard immediately ran to Marcus’ side and invested ten points of spiritual energy into the Cure Light Injury spell.
With Marcus’ current physical condition, the effect of Strong Cure Light Injury was far better than ten normal Cure Light Injury.
Consuming ten points of mental energy, the healing effect of a strong spell was quite a bit better than even a four-ringed magic to heal a serious injury.
After the spell was released, Richard immediately felt dizzy.
Having drained his mental energy twice, Richard immediately had a strong feeling of vomiting.
In an instant he fell to the ground in a sorry state, his eyes closed and he lost consciousness.
Richard fell into a coma, but after the healing spell was released, Marcus’ liver immediately stopped bleeding. Although he hadn’t woken up yet, he was immediately in a much better state, removed from the feeling of being in a life-threatening situation.
Richard saving someone from unconsciousness touched countless 7th Squadron recruits.
In the Morning Sun Continent, there were very few superiors who were willing to give and sacrifice for their subordinates.
Especially noble lords, who were often selfish to the extreme.
When Richard and Marcus first met, he was willing to drain his spiritual energy for him and backslide into unconsciousness. Following such a lord, even though they had just joined the territory, the soldiers’ confidence increased a bit.
After the crowd had walked for a small half day, about ten kilometers away from Fort William, Julian rode his iron horn horse and brought Wendy to Richard’s side.
Seeing Richard fainted on the back of the horse, Wendy cried and mourned, and found that Richard’s breathing was very even, and it looked like there was no danger to his life, only then for broke into tears, and after discovering that Richard was not in danger to his life, Wendy released the Cure Light Injury Spell for Marcus.
Wendy was a second ring magician with about twelve points of spiritual power.
With twelve points of spiritual power, one could release six Cure Light Injury spells.
Wendy proceeded to heal the four seriously injured, stabilized their injuries, and carefully took care of Richard as he returned to Fort William.
By the time Richard woke up, he had already been asleep for two days.
Yesterday, Sophia received the news and rushed to Fort William, she was a five-ringed magician and carried equipment to increase her spiritual power.
Under her rescue, the seriously injured basically survived.
Marcus also managed to wake up and his life was not in danger.
Hearing that Richard was still in a coma in order to save him, Marcus burst into tears.
Unlike the others, Marcus had only been captured by the orcs for a few months.
He was the deputy grand captain of the Soaring Eagle Legion, and the second tier legion was slightly less demanding compared to the main legion.
A more senior officer with the third rank could be promoted to the brigade first rank legion.
A deputy brigadier, in the legion, was already considered a mid-level officer. In normal times, one could reach out to the senior commanders of the legion.
But when faced with danger, the senior officers of the Soaring Eagle Legion even let them take the initiative to send themselves to their deaths in exchange for a tiny chance of surviving themselves.
Marcus was equally in tears at that moment.
After the defeat Marcus was reduced to slavery, and the orcs even experimented on his bloodline.
Taking advantage of the defeat of the orcs and the mass rebellion of the human slaves, Frank led the army to conquer the orc lab, and Marcus was lucky to survive.
Richard desperately tried to save Marcus, so that he could feel the warmth that had been missing for a long time.
After waking up, Richard went to the wounded camp to visit the wounded soldiers. He found the 7th Squadron Wounded Warrior Camp very dirty and disorganized.
Leading soldiers in the territory for several years, Richard paid close attention to life discipline, and the soldiers’ health regulations were very strict.
Especially the wounded soldiers’ camp, set strict requirements, ordered the treatment staff to wash the bandages daily and dry them in the sun.
Although there were no sterile conditions, they had to do their best to avoid infection.
After the establishment of military rules, the infection rate in the wounded barracks was significantly reduced.
The 7th Squadron had actually been in the army for a year, even though it was a squadron of new recruits. But they had just joined the Harland Territory and were unfamiliar with the territory’s situation, so for the time being, the requirements couldn’t be too strict.
It was necessary to let them gradually familiarize themselves with the territory and several other squadrons before they could be slowly reorganized and disciplined.
Richard did not directly criticize the officers of the 7th squadron, but transferred the wounded soldiers to the 1st squadron which had the best discipline, and gave two gold coins bounty to the seriously wounded soldiers on the spot.
(End of chapter)