Chapter 303: Counting the Spoils
After killing the legendary dog-headed man, Richard ordered the soldiers of Harland Territory to bravely pursue and annihilate the orc army with all their strength.
In just seven or eight days, Harland's army cooperated with the Grizzly Legion to pursue and annihilate 20,000 orcs.
Of course, among these 20,000 orcs, there were more than 15,000 sheep-bodied people, and only 5,000 main orcs were defeated.
Harland Territory has used sheep-bodied slaves for many years and found that sheep-bodied captives are more useful. Richard used captives such as wild boars, werewolves, and dragon vein dog-headed people to exchange sheep-bodied people from the Grizzly Legion, which is a win-win situation for both parties.
The Grizzly Legion will get more bounties, and Harland Territory will get more sheep-bodied people, and the number of people engaged in animal husbandry will increase greatly.
After the death of the legendary dog-headed man, in addition to the high-level enchanted long sword in his hand, a space magic equipment was also seized.
It took Sofia more than ten days to crack this high-level space bag, and the harvest inside surprised Richard.
This space bag has a space of about 60 cubic meters, and it was made using the technology of the Markholm Magic Kingdom. Like the enchanted long sword used by Kiram, although it is not a legendary magic item, it is also a very valuable magic item. Not counting the internal seizures, this space bag alone can sell at least 50,000 gold coins if it is sold.
After unlocking the space bag, Sofia first discovered that there were more than 5,000 magic crystals in the space bag.
Whether for humans or orcs, magic crystals are strategic materials and very precious items.
Among these magic crystals, about dozens of magic crystals are medium magic crystals.
Generally speaking, the ones circulating in the market are basically standard magic crystals. Standard magic crystals contain less magic energy and are mined in large quantities. Even in remote places like the Grant Kingdom, there are large circulations in the market.
Even small nobles and merchants often treasure some magic crystals in their hands.
As far as Richard knows, five magic crystal mines have been discovered in the Kingdom of Grant, two of which are near Nolan, one in the Duke of Jonathan in the east, one in the Duke of Fox, and the last one in the Earl of Paulus near the coast.
However, the output of these magic crystal mines is not large. The six mines together produce about 20,000 magic crystals per year.
Today, the Orc Empire has not yet broken through the defense line of the Kingdom of Grant on a large scale, and has not collected a large amount of spoils, nor has it occupied the magic crystal mines of the two Dukes Jonathan and Fox. The magic crystals inside the Kiram space bag must come from the Orc Empire, and are probably supplemented by the base in the north of the Eagle Mountains.
The magic energy contained in the medium magic crystal is ten times that of the standard magic crystal. A medium magic crystal can fill a four-ring magician with magic energy within three hours. And if the magic energy is exhausted and you want to recover naturally, you need at least half a month of meditation.
In the market of the Kingdom of Grant, medium magic crystals are rarely seen.
Richard has successively purchased tens of thousands of discarded magic crystals, and none of them are medium magic crystals.
Sophia had used medium magic crystals several times when she was working in the Markholm Magic Kingdom. According to her story. In the Markholm Magic Kingdom, one medium magic crystal can be exchanged for twelve standard magic crystals.
According to this standard, converted into gold coins, one medium magic crystal is worth 120 gold coins.
But in the Grant Royal Family, medium magic crystals are in short supply. According to the rumors that Richard heard, those great nobles who mastered medium magic crystals almost hoarded this precious resource for their own use. Even if they traded, they would basically trade precious goods from the southwestern magic countries.
The Harland Territory has mastered the magic crystal charging technology, and the research on the magic steam engine is also underway. This batch of magic crystals is very useful for the development of the territory.
In addition to magic crystals, a large amount of blood steel, mountain copper, mithril, and refined gold were found in the space bag. These magic metals add up to about 30,000 kilograms, 90% of which are the most common blood steel, and the remaining 9% are mountain copper. The amount of mithril is about 300 kilograms, and the refined gold is packed in a precious wooden box, which adds up to only 6 kilograms and 7 taels.
The total market value of this batch of super magic metals is about 70,000 gold coins. If blood steel and mountain copper are refined into enchanted armor, 500 soldiers can be equipped.
The power in the Orc Empire is relatively decentralized, which is a warlord alliance. However, the orc royal families are relatively strong and can suppress and coordinate the contradictions of all parties to reduce internal disputes.
The northern part of the area of Grant Kingdom and Stannik Grand Duchy is the fiefdom of three orc dukes.
More than a decade ago, the legendary wild boar died in battle, and this duchy was taken over by the Orc Empire. In the past ten years, it was mainly the dog-headed dukedom that fought with Grant Kingdom. In particular, the six orc legions directly under Kiram have defeated Grant Kingdom several times.
The dog-headed duke Kiram is a very suspicious person. After getting the space bag from the Markholm Magic Kingdom, he stored a large amount of precious resources in the entire territory in the space bag.
In addition to magic crystals and super magic metals, this space bag also contains a large number of magic ores and magic plants, some of which even the knowledgeable Sophia does not recognize.
But the total value of the identified items is about 40,000 gold coins.
With these magic materials, the research and procurement funds of the Harland Mage Association will be reduced a lot. Such a large amount of magic materials is enough for the Mage Association to use for two or three years.
Richard also seized a relatively detailed map from the legendary dog-headed man's space bag. This map is 160 square meters in size, and all the towns in the northern border of the Grant Kingdom are marked in the southern part of the map.
The map uses the words of the Magic Kingdom of Markholm, and it seems that the map was drawn by people from the Magic Kingdom of Markholm.
There are a large number of harpy people in the Orc Empire, and the footprints of these harpy people are almost everywhere in the northern border. It seems that the two sides cooperated to draw this detailed map.
In addition to the topographic map of the northern border area, the map also has very detailed surveys of the central and northern parts of the Eagle Mountains, including the entire Dog-headed Dukedom and half of the Wild Boar Dukedom.
According to Richard's rough estimate, the area of the territory drawn on this map is about three million square kilometers, which is close to more than a dozen provinces in Richard's previous life.
Although Harland Territory has its own map surveying department, because of the mathematical knowledge brought by Richard, it may be a few points more detailed than the map in the hands of the legendary dog-headed man. However, the area of Harland Territory that is detailed is very small, only including the area near the territory, about less than 80,000 square kilometers.
There are no detailed maps available outside the Harland Territory. Two years ago, when Richard participated in the intervention army's expedition to the Grand Duchy of Stanik, he could only rely on aerial scouts to scout the terrain.
Whether it is the Lion Duck Knight or the Magic Hot Air Balloon Group, the reconnaissance radius is at most one hundred kilometers, and they can only bring back the general terrain. With this comprehensive map, it is very useful for Harland's army to fight in the northern border.
After getting the map, Richard immediately ordered the territory's surveying and mapping department to hurry up and copy several copies. They were sent to the territory library, government affairs office, Grotta River County, Demon Hunter Guild and other departments.
Because the map area is too large, copying the map is also a troublesome thing. However, there are a large number of magicians in Harland's territory. With the cooperation of magicians, visual magnification spells can be used to see every corner of the map in detail.
In addition, the handicraft industry in Harland's territory has also developed to a certain level. Now there is a very good natural glue that can be used, and thick parchment can be glued together.
Although Harland's territory has established a papermaking workshop for more than ten years and can produce a large amount of qualified paper, the quality of the paper is far less durable than handmade parchment.
In order to keep improving, Richard decided to spare no expense. It takes five or six months to copy a map. Not counting the labor, the material cost alone costs more than a hundred gold coins. It is a real luxury.
Marching and fighting are not only difficult, but also full of accidents. In order to prevent this precious map from being damaged in battle, Richard ordered the map to be sent to the rear. As for the front-line battle, the map surveyors were asked to record a copy of the northern part of the military station.
In addition to these general supplies, the most precious items in the space bag are two legendary items.
The first one is the legendary third-level dragon crystal. Legendary items cannot be measured by gold coins. Even if the Grant royal family gives Richard a million gold coins now, he can't trade out several legendary magic props in the territory.
Every legendary treasure is a precious heritage for a family, a force, and a kingdom.
Together with this legendary third-level dragon crystal, there is also a magic book.
This book is not very thick, but the style is very simple. It looks like an antique from more than a thousand years ago.
There are many Dragon Vein Kobolds in the book. It seems that the legendary Kobolds are very attentive to this book. The book records a magic ritual that can use the power of this dragon crystal to transform ordinary Kobolds into Dragon Vein Kobolds. As for the power lost by the dragon crystal, it is supplemented by blood.
According to the description of this magic book, each transformation ritual requires blood sacrifice of about 30,000 intelligent beings.
The legendary Kobolds have performed dozens of blood sacrifices, slaughtering more than a million intelligent beings, most of whom are humans and orcs of other races.
Finally, Kiram discovered that the blood sacrifice of Kobolds has the best conversion efficiency, and can successfully transform 300 Dragon Vein Kobolds at a time.
In the past ten years, Kiram has basically only performed blood sacrifices on Kobolds, anyway, this race is very fertile.
After getting this legendary third-level dragon crystal, Richard naturally would not study the transformation ritual and consume the energy of the magic crystal to transform the Dragon Vein Knight.
Compared with adding one or two thousand Dragon Vein Knights, Richard still wants to use this legendary third-level dragon crystal to build a wizard tower, and then install a magic crystal charging array.
Consuming the energy of dragon crystals and adding one or two thousand dragon vein knights will greatly increase the military strength of Harland Territory, but this is only a one-shot deal. Even if two thousand dragon vein knights are added, the power of the Harland family cannot compete with the Jonathan family and the Grant royal family. On the contrary, they will be afraid and use the hands of the orcs to consume themselves.
And building a magic tower and installing a charging magic circle can continuously bring magic crystals to the territory.
According to Richard's estimation, using this legendary third-level dragon crystal as the core to build an energy room, at least one magic well that exceeds the Flame Tower can be built.
According to the current magic crystal charging level of Harland Territory, this magic tower can charge one thousand magic crystals every year.
For a magic organization, the magic tower is the core. Because of coincidence, Harland Territory has built three magic towers, surpassing several duke families, the same as the Grant royal family.
Even within ten years, the three magic towers in the territory are enough.
In addition, this legendary dragon crystal is also very useful to the Jonathan family. Absorbing the power inside the dragon crystal is enough to advance a ninth-level dragon vein knight to a legendary level. Because the energy inside this dragon crystal is so strong, it can even allow two ninth-level knights to be promoted successfully.
If this dragon crystal is used for exchange, a large number of items from the Jonathan family can be exchanged. It is estimated that more than a dozen books of meditation and breathing methods can be exchanged, and a lot of precious resources such as high-level potions can also be exchanged, which can greatly increase the strength of the Harland family in a short period of time.
However, this kind of exchange is actually very disadvantageous. Richard would not do such a thing as exchanging legendary resources for ordinary resources unless there is another purpose.
The second legendary magic prop is a three-foot-long emerald green wooden stick.
Although Richard noticed that this wooden stick contained powerful energy, he did not recognize this legendary item. It was the knowledgeable Sophia who saw this item in a magic book.
This emerald green wooden tube is the tree heart left by the legendary first-level tree man.
Before the legendary ogre Greso came to the Eagle Mountains hundreds of years ago, it was a legendary tree man who occupied the magic well in the west of the Eagle Mountains. However, this legendary tree man was unruly and attacked the soldiers of the Orc Empire. He was killed by the Orc Legend and his army, and this legendary tree heart also fell into the hands of the Orc Duke.
Thirty years ago, the orc duke died of old age, and Kiram got this legendary tree heart by cunning and robbery.
This legendary tree heart is a natural legendary staff like the lightning staff. Using this staff to release wood magic will reduce spell consumption and increase power.
Of course, this emerald tree heart can also be made into the core of the energy room of the wizard tower through a special transformation magic array.
Kiram is a dragon vein dog head man, and wood magic has not been awakened in his blood. Otherwise, holding this legendary staff would be more difficult to deal with.
This staff is very useful for Harland Territory. Through this staff, wood spells such as Life Praise, Plant Revival, and Forest Song are released to promote the growth of magical plants, which is very useful for Harland Territory Botanical Research Institute. In addition, you can also hold the staff to release offensive magic such as Thorns, Wood Thorns, and Life Extraction, which plays a key role in battle.
To avoid attracting the attention of the Grant royal family, the legendary third-level dragon crystal Richard did not plan to use it now, and the legendary tree heart Richard was prepared to be left to Sophia. She was most proficient in wood magic and could make the most of this staff.
Not counting two legendary magic props, a priceless map, and two high-level magic props, Harland obtained magic materials worth 170,000 gold coins from the legendary dog-headed man's space bag. By using this part of the materials, the strength of Harland's army will increase by a few points.