Chapter 339 Recruiting Elves
The absorption stone, also known as the energy-absorbing stone, is a special alchemical tool that can absorb various magic and fighting energy. The energy-absorbing stone was invented by the ancient wizards. In the entire Dawn Plane, only a few magic organizations have mastered the inheritance of refining the energy-absorbing stone.
More than a decade ago, in the world of the dead, Richard was almost taken away by the ancient lich. After surviving by chance, he mastered the language and writing of the ancient wizards.
After that, Harland Territory discovered a relic left by the ancient wizards, which was the floating city near the Flame Tower. By excavating the remains of the floating city, Harland Territory gradually mastered some of the inheritance left by the ancient wizards.
The energy-absorbing stone is one of them. Because it can absorb extraordinary energy, it is widely used in the territory for healing. Now Harland Territory also has a very high level of treatment for extraordinary injuries.
The surgical procedures in Harland Territory Hospital have developed very rapidly and are already quite mature. Sterile disinfection methods have emerged one after another, and special vacuum disinfection spells have been developed. Blood transfusion technology has also been mastered. Richard developed a blood typing spell more than a decade ago. Anesthesia is not a problem either. Harland Territory Hospital has mastered two anesthetics.
With the accumulation of experience, the level of alchemy is getting higher and higher, and the surgical tools are getting more and more sophisticated. With the help of magic power, Harland Territory has already reached a very high level in terms of surgical level.
Cancer surgery was successfully performed two years ago, and even craniotomy in brain surgery is being explored.
Although Harland Territory does not have advanced medical instruments, magic such as ultrasonic detection and X-ray detection can also play the role of B-ultrasound and CT.
The rapid progress of medicine has also greatly increased the average life expectancy of the territory's population.
According to the sampling statistics of the civil affairs department of Harland Territory, the average life expectancy of the territory's population is 52 years old, and the average life expectancy of the free class has increased to 58 years old.
In the hospital of Harland Territory, doctors performed surgery on the three elves, using energy-absorbing stones to absorb some of the remaining fighting spirit, and the conditions of the three high-level elves improved immediately.
Because the wounds were relatively large, the three elves needed blood transfusions.
Because of the extraordinary power of the Dawn Plane, blood transfusions have become very troublesome. Not only should we pay attention to the blood type problem, but also the blood problem. Blood transfusions with different bloodlines will cause blood power conflicts.
However, it is not difficult to transfuse blood to the elves, because the blood of the elves of the Dawn Tribe is exactly the same as that of the three Sylphs. After testing, there are sixteen people who can provide blood for the three of them.
Under the personal supervision of Adrian, the surgery of the three Sylphs was very successful. In less than half a month, their bodies have recovered 60% to 70%.
During this period, Richard talked with Sylph, Sano, Undine and others many times, trying their ideas, hoping to join Harland Territory.
The elves of the Dawn Tribe lost their territory and were already rootless. After drifting to the Central Continent, they became female slaves.
The elves are conservative and do not like to accept foreign tribes. Even if they risk being caught again and return to the East Continent, they can hardly take back the territory of the Morning Glory Tribe.
Moreover, the East Continent and the West Continent are thousands of miles apart. There are not only powerful sea tribes in the sea, but also many fierce beasts in the ocean. Only a few magic ships can cross the dangerous ocean and pass between the two continents.
These magic ships that can cross the sea are basically controlled by the human nobles.
Every magic ship is closely monitored by the nobles. If the elves want to take the magic ship back to the East Continent, they will only become the female slaves of the nobles again and fall into a more miserable environment.
The Morning Glory Tribe needs a stable territory to reproduce and survive. This kind of territory must be in the Central Continent.
Humans are the overlords of the Central Continent. They have almost divided up all the territories suitable for survival, and the remaining part has fallen into the hands of the orcs.
Dozens of elves are a piece of fat meat wherever they are placed. As long as their whereabouts are exposed, countless slave traders will come to capture and harass the elves. In the current situation, the elves can only survive by finding a shelter.
Richard is the only one who is willing to accept the elf tribe and provide a large forest.
Sylph and Sano have lived in the Central Continent for many years and are very familiar with the situation in the Central Continent. When they heard the conditions proposed by Richard, they were immediately tempted.
Harland Territory is now strong, with two and a half legions. Even if the number of high-level professionals is less, its strength has ranked third in the Kingdom of Grant, and even among the dukes of neighboring countries, it is already superior. With such a force to protect, dozens of elves can be sheltered to a certain extent.
Because Richard gave up the most precious spoils and treated Sylph and the other two, the elves generally have a good impression of Harland Territory, and the two sides also have a certain degree of mutual trust.
There is another important reason. Now that the time is ripe to join Harland Territory, you can be crowned immediately and get a large territory to settle the elves.
The title promotion system of the Duke of Harland Territory is the same as that of the Kingdom of Grant. For a country and territory, the title promotion system is the foundation and basis of everything.
Even if Richard was the first Duke, he couldn't take out land from the territory and reward anyone at will.
The most important condition for obtaining a territory is to have enough merits.
Now if Sano and Sylph join Harland Territory, they will immediately get a lot of merits, because in the previous battle, they joined forces with Richard to annihilate two squadrons of Warcraft Cavalry and killed Pirosa, a legendary enemy.
According to the reward system of Harland Territory, killing a legend can be rewarded with an earldom. Because Richard and others also contributed, the Bolton family and the elves can be rewarded with six baronies. After all, Pirosa died at the hands of Undine, and Sylph and the other two also played a key role in the battle.
In this battle, Thoros won six great merits, Roman won three great merits, Wilde and Driffin also made merits, canceled the slave contract and restored their freedom. The remaining soldiers won five great merits in total.
With the six great merits, the Thoros family has obtained enough merits to exchange for the second barondom.
According to the system of the Grant Kingdom, after being promoted to earl, you can have vassals. After being promoted to duke, the unowned land in the border area can be incorporated into the territory. As long as there is enough power, the territory of the duke of the northern border can be expanded almost unlimitedly in legal terms.
But because of the orcs, it is useless to take the territory that cannot be defended.
Richard planned to place the second barony under Soros in the East Grota River County. There are already two baronies, Grumman and Vida, in the north of this county. Both baronies are located at the northern foot of the Eagle Mountains, in the buffer zone between Harland and the Orc Empire. The defense pressure is very high, and there are not many people now.
Soros's territory is adjacent to Vida's barony, with an area of 1,200 square kilometers. Most of the territory is hills with low altitudes, and one-third of it is flat land. If the orcs are put aside, this territory is a very good barony.
Normally, the newly granted territories are basically on the front line.
The first territory William was granted was also lonely in the Eagle Mountains. Based on this territory, Richard eventually developed it into a vast dukedom.
Richard is not a foolish person. It is impossible for him to divide the mature territories to weaken the strength of the Harland family and strengthen the power of the vassal.
Although Soros is Richard's uncle, he will not make an exception in this matter. Soros is going to give this territory to his second son Morgan.
In recent years, Richard's eldest cousin Kent has been managing the territory. With the help of the development and growth of Harland Territory, the territory now has 16,000 people and the situation has basically stabilized.
After getting the second fief, Morgan reported his retirement to Richard and prepared to manage the territory himself to help the Soros family gain a foothold in the new territory.
After all, being an officer in Harland Territory is working for others, which is far worse than being the master of a territory. Richard also had very good development prospects in the Crazy Lion Legion and made the same decision as Morgan.
In order to speed up the development of the northern part of East Grota River County, Richard lent Morgan 30,000 gold coins.
With this 30,000 funds, Morgan bought 3,000 slaves from the slave market and recruited 500 soldiers.
Because the Dukedom of Harland has developed rapidly, there are already some adventurers and mercenaries in the territory. Morgan can easily recruit some experienced soldiers. With the addition of some veterans he recruited from the guard brigade, the combat effectiveness of this unit is rapidly forming.
Richard also gave some of the weapons and equipment that have been replaced over the years to Morgan.
After discussion, the elves decided to pledge allegiance to Richard in the name of the Bolton family and become the first vassal of the Dukedom of Harland at the level of Viscount.
The area of Viscount Bolton is 7,400 square kilometers. It is also located at the northern foot of the Eagle Mountains. Most of the territory is hilly and basically primitive forests. There are dragon vein monsters such as terrain dragons and wyverns in this area.
Because there is a legendary black dragon in the east of the Eagle Mountains, the Harland Territory also tries to avoid conflicts with the legendary black dragon, reduce the frequency of hunting monsters in the east of the Eagle Mountains, and maintain a rough balance in the region.
But with the elves joining, Richard decided to change his strategy and infiltrate the east of the Eagle Mountains, squeeze the territory of the legendary black dragon, and find a way to get rid of this enemy.
After being awarded the title and fief, Richard reported the document of the title to Nolan, and also sent a letter to explain the situation in detail to King Roger.
There are only seven or eight people in the Bolton family, and including the elves of the Morning Tribe, there are only more than 30 people in total. This tribe has many problems, and the biggest problem is the imbalance of the ratio of men to women.
There is only one male elf, who is an elf from other tribes rescued by Sylph. There are only four male members of the Bolton family. If they want to reproduce and develop the elf tribe, they must accept members of other tribes. However, there are almost no male elves in the continent of the Dawn Plane.
The elves have a long life span. As long as they settle down, there will be unlimited possibilities in the future.
After obtaining the fief, Sano and Sylph took the elves back to the new territory and temporarily settled in a small cave.
Elves like grand buildings, gorgeous music, beautiful dances, poetry and recitation. This is their nature, but the harsh environment must suppress their nature, and everything gives way to survival.
The Bolton family has controlled the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group for many years and has accumulated hundreds of thousands of gold coins. This part of the funds was exchanged by Sylph into magic crystals and stored in storage items.
After arriving in Harland Territory, Sylph exchanged some coins with magic crystals and hired two thousand contract slaves at a high price to build castles and houses for the elves.
Although there were only dozens of elves, the castle they were going to build was still magnificent, and various magic arrays were also prepared to be arranged in the castle.
After joining Harland Territory, Undine and the other six elven wizards also became members of the Harland Wizard Association. Undine was also nominated by Richard to become the third vice president of the Harland Wizard Association.
After entering the Harland Wizard Association, Undine immediately immersed herself in the ocean of knowledge.
The Harland Territory Wizard Association has accumulated fruitful results in magic research, many of which are unique, greatly expanding Undine's knowledge level.
From various advanced mathematical knowledge, to new magic and new understandings in the medical field, to Richard's creation and pioneering elemental particle theory, fighting spirit and magic conversion theory, magic crystal charging theory, etc.
There are also a large number of meditation methods in the Wizard Association, and there are two types of legendary meditation methods. Legendary meditation methods are extremely precious knowledge for any magician who aspires to be legendary. Even if it is not in line with one's own attributes, it can broaden one's horizons, inspire thoughts, and enhance the understanding of the essence of magic. It is the most precious heritage of a large magic organization.
In addition, there are also inheritances left by ancient wizards, such as the manufacturing method of energy-absorbing stones and the discussion of the internal model of energy-absorbing stones. The manufacturing principle of floating cities, the core of elemental furnaces, artificial magic wells, etc.
In the library of the Mage Association of Harland Territory, there are many books left by the church, involving ancient secret discussions such as evil gods, planes, and the Lord of the Dead, etc.
The journals issued by the Harland Mage Association have new papers in each issue, many of which are refreshing. The latest paper was written by Richard, and the content is about the interpretation of the text of ancient wizards, which surprised Wendy.
In addition, in Harland's territory, Wendy also saw many new inventions, microscopes, magic hot air balloons, telescopes, steam engines, etc., and even saw brand-new alchemical items such as magic steam engines.
Although the Harland Mage Association is small in scale, its accumulation of magic is already very profound. Its contribution to magic civilization is much greater than that of the large magic organizations of Markholm. If it continues to develop at the current speed, it is likely to become the center of magic civilization in the Dawn Plane.
In order to learn new knowledge, Undine had to earn a lot of academic contributions to study and read various papers and master new theories. In the end, Undine could only take out the magic books of the elven race in exchange for a lot of academic contributions. For a magician who was eager to learn new knowledge, she didn't want to wait a day.
In the end, Undine mastered a lot of new knowledge, and her magic accumulation improved by leaps and bounds. The Harland Mage Association also obtained the magic of the elven race, which enhanced its foundation.