Chapter 15 Reward

Although Baron Harden's rank is relatively low, his strength is very strong. Although he retired from the position of legion commander, he is still a heavyweight officer in the Northern Frontier, responsible for commanding operations in one direction.

He has influence in the capital Nolan, and the channels of information are very wide.

Baron Harden knows that some magicians in Nolan have been using captured orc professionals for blood experiments.

Especially the royal magic laboratory, which requires a large number of experimental subjects, so living orc professionals are more valuable than dead ones.

Ordinary orcs can also be used as experimental consumables and can also serve as slave labor.

"Tell the priests accompanying the army not to be afraid of wasting their mental energy and to do their best to treat the injured orcs. Immediately use healing magic to treat the captured snake-bodied professionals and send them to Fort Wright first. After the war, they will be escorted to Nolan in exchange for merit."

"The military judges of each unit should hurry up to report their military exploits and reward the meritorious personnel as soon as possible to boost morale."

Baron Harden knew that the casualties of the Eighth Battalion were already heavy, especially the Sixth Squadron, the main force of this battle, suffered more than half of its casualties and had lost its combat effectiveness without reorganization.

Now rewarding the merits can stabilize the morale of the army.

It is very complicated for the legion to count military exploits.

Each squadron has a military judge responsible for recording merits.

Specific to the Mad Lion Legion, after the war, the merits of each soldier will be registered and then made public at the squadron headquarters. The list of meritorious personnel will also be posted on the wall for everyone to supervise and see if any officers have snatched the merits.

Soldiers are awarded completely according to the number of people per head. A first-level professional will receive one small merit, a second-level professional will receive two small merits, and a third-level professional will receive three small merits. ɱ

Killing a fourth-level professional will reward one medium merit, killing a fifth-level professional will reward three medium merits, and killing a sixth-level professional will reward one great merit.

Killing a seventh-level professional will reward three great merits, and killing an eighth-level professional will reward five great merits.

Killing a ninth-level professional will reward one extraordinary merit and be awarded a hereditary baron.

Killing a legendary professional will directly be awarded as a hereditary earl.

Reaching the hereditary earl level is already the top of the pyramid of the Grant Kingdom. The entire Grant Kingdom, with a territory of two million square kilometers, has only seven dukes, four marquises, and eight earls.

Including the royal family, there are only twenty hereditary families in the ruling class.

In the past hundred years, because there has been no expansion of territory and no great victory that people admire, no low-level nobles in the kingdom have been promoted to hereditary earls.

In the thousands of years of recorded history of the Dawn Continent, no ordinary soldier has killed a legendary professional and been awarded a hereditary earl.

Soldiers who can kill legends in war are basically either legends or high-level professionals. Such a person must be a high-ranking official in the army.

The orcs from the north invade the south every three to five years. In the past hundred years, no legendary professional has died in the Kingdom of Grant.

It is extremely difficult to kill a legendary professional in a war. Unless there is accurate intelligence and an ambush is set in advance, it is possible to succeed.

In addition to the merit of heads, the superiors will also apply for merit for officers who have made outstanding contributions after the army wins the battle.

For example, in the defense of Castle No. 3 this time, the brigade applied for medium merit for the three professional officers who survived.

According to the results of this battle, it is not difficult to approve it.

The military judge will also count the contributions of the military merits obtained by cooperating to kill the enemy, and convert them into a part of gold coins according to the proportion, and reward them to those who contribute less.

The soldier who kills the professional with a magic crossbow can share one-tenth of the military merit.

The special equipment of each squadron, the explosive arrow, also needs to be exchanged for the collective military merit of the squadron.

There are wars in the northern region all year round, and humans and orcs compete for the right to survive.

If humans lose the war, their parents, wives and children will become slaves, and even become food for orcs.

Many brutal orcs have the habit of cannibalism.

In such an environment, it is necessary to have a strong army stationed in the northern border area.

Years of war have slowed down the corruption of the various armies in the northern border.

Most of the hereditary nobles whose fiefdoms are in the northern border are strong and brave, and have rich war experience.

If the heirs of one generation are not good, it is difficult for the title to be passed down.

Especially in the front-line areas facing the attack of orcs, the hereditary nobles are almost all first-generation military nobles, and their combat effectiveness is quite strong.

With military merits, the influence of the nobles in the northern border has become very large. Many branches of the nobles in the northern border are also developing to other regions. The voice of the nobles in the northern border is also the loudest in the noble parliament, almost one call and a hundred responses.

The most important thing to create a strong army is fair rewards and punishments. The three main legions in the northern border can maintain a general fairness when rewarding merits.

In this battle, the casualties of the sixth squadron were not small, which can be regarded as outstanding military merits. The Sixth Squadron suffered more than half of its casualties in the battle to defend the city, but it did not collapse. It held on to the castle and laid the foundation for victory in the battle.

If the Sixth Squadron collapsed, the orcs would occupy the castle. The Baron Cavalry Regiment would lose the opportunity to attack, and the first line of defense of Pratos would lose its support point.

The Sixth Squadron deserves the first credit for this battle.

Moreover, the Sixth Squadron killed and wounded more than 100 orcs, with six professionals, and the exchange ratio between the enemy and us was also very good. This kind of real merit is generally approved by the Legion Department.

Sure enough, the Legion Headquarters approved it just a few days after the report was submitted.

Diara, Richard won a medium merit once, and military judge Owen won three small merits. In addition, the Sixth Squadron won a collective medium merit once, and collective merits can be exchanged for enchanted weapons at the Legion Department.

Richard and Diara discussed and decided to use it to replenish three bursting arrows.

There are only three archers in the squadron. The basic archery of this kind of archer is already at the fourth level, which is enough to be compared with Richard. Fortunately, this kind of archer was protected by everyone and did not die, otherwise it would be very difficult to replenish the archers.

Basic archery has reached the fourth level, which can be called a talent. It is very troublesome to transfer people from any squadron.

Replenishing a bursting arrow consumes one small merit. After Richard and Diara discussed the remaining seven small merits of the squadron, they prepared to exchange them for several low-level enchanted armors for the grassroots officers who are valued.

The casualties of the squad leader in this battle were too great. More than half of them were killed or injured, and it can be said that there was no one available.

Even Richard's eldest brother Ron was slightly injured, with a purple chest and two broken ribs.

Third brother Hayden was very lucky and was unscathed in the battle.

In addition to the merits of command, Richard also had merits of killing enemies. In the battle, Richard shot a first-level dog-headed man to death with one arrow, and cooperated with more than ten comrades to kill a third-level snake-bodied man. In addition, he shot and killed several orc soldiers.

The soldiers were not considered meritorious deeds. Killing a first-level dog-headed man was one small merit, and killing a third-level snake-bodied man was three small merits.

In the battle to kill the snake-bodied man, military judge Owen confirmed that Richard made the greatest contribution.

Moses, the captain of the second squad, made the second contribution, but unfortunately Moses had died on the top of the city. The remaining dozen soldiers played an auxiliary role and did not effectively kill the snake-bodied man. They just participated in the battle to kill the snake-bodied man and made a little contribution.

Finally, Owen discussed with the soldiers and decided to let Richard get the merit, and then give three gold coins to each of the dozen soldiers. In addition, he also needs to take out thirty gold coins to pay pensions to the family of Moses who died.

Counting the thirty gold coins of pensions issued by the legion. Sixty gold coins, if not squandered, are enough for Moses' family to live for many years.

After this battle, Richard got one medium merit and four minor merits, including the three minor merits he had accumulated. He already has one medium merit and seven minor merits.

Although Ron and Hayden participated in the battle, they did not make any contribution.

If the two of them were lucky enough to survive this war, they should be able to get a commemorative medal for the defense of Pratos. Getting a medal is to accumulate qualifications, and when you are promoted in the future, the medal merit is the biggest asset.

Ron's student-level breathing method has been completed, and he can start practicing the professional-level breathing method. Unfortunately, he has no war merits, and the legion stipulates that personal war merits cannot be traded. In order to exchange the legion breathing method, Ron must kill the orc professional and make war merits.

Ron has been slightly injured, and it is difficult for him to make merits in the next battle. This matter still requires Richard to find a way.