Lord of the Oasis

The bright moonlight shone down, with a chill that seemed to penetrate the bones.

Naron Desert, Sentinel Oasis.

The fierce battle at dusk has come to an end with the gnolls who have completely fled.

The smell of blood is still strong.

like a slaughterhouse.

After all, this is a battlefield of fierce fighting. There are corpses everywhere, blood everywhere, and even the sand is dyed red, leaving only the dead corpses, and the depths of the eyes that have been scattered, hidden for the living eager.

But no one on the battlefield can hold back, and there is no mercy.

Only the victors are qualified to be saddened by the cruelty of war, and the losers can only be buried and turned into the dust of history.

Kant felt it very well.

If the loser of this battle is him, it is estimated that the bodies on the ground will not be buried.

Gnolls do not despise human corpses. For these primitive races, thin-skinned and tender human corpses are, to a certain extent, their most delicious meat.

Gnolls and humans are two completely different races.

"Only the winner is the king and the loser."

Kant murmured silently in his heart, he had no pity on this tragic battlefield.

It doesn't matter how many gnolls die, on the contrary, he is very sorry for the Swadian soldiers who died in this battle, which is equivalent to the loss of his military power.

As a statistician, the caravan leader has already drawn the battle damage result.

There were 100 Swadian peasants, 58 were killed, and 42 remained.

The original Swadia recruits were 30, 24 were killed, and 6 remained.

Of the 35 Swadian militiamen, 16 were killed and 19 remained.

lost heavily.

According to the results, Kant's troops were hit hard.

It will be difficult to recover in a while.

Seeing this result, Kant frowned.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed down his irritability and said bitterly, "92 people were killed in action, the price is too high."

The cost is more than great.

Level 0 units lost more than half.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 units were nearly wiped out.

It is a major blow to the future development of "Dehrim".

Without arms, Kant would be unable to organize defenses.

Without the peasants, Kant was even less able to make the village develop.

"But it's fine."

Kant sighed lightly, with a bit of happiness in his eyes.

Although the losses were heavy, he still had a system that could recover some of the losses.

[Ding...After your bloody battle, the enemy was completely defeated. 】

[Temporary mission: "Persistence in Adversity" completed]

[Rewards: Dinar × 1000, Prestige × 500, Honor × 1]

[Introduction: In this cruel battlefield, your bravery inspired your troops, sticking to the faith in your heart, and defeated a large number of brutal and tyrannical enemy troops. 】

The system dialog box gives the Kant reward.

But before the dialog box disappears, a new dialog box reappears.

[Ding...Because in this battle, you won more with less, and achieved impressive results. 】

[Evaluation: Epic victory. 】

[Get reputation × 100 points. 】

[Get honor × 1 point. 】

This is about the system, the evaluation of this campaign.

The results are amazing.

"Epic victory?"

Kant clenched his fists, his heart beating fast.

It was a surprise.

Especially the 2 points of honor, although the losses on the battlefield are heavy, but with these 2 points of honor in the lottery in the mall, if you are lucky, you can recover all of them, and even have some extra.

After all, for Kant, the [power to deter the enemy], which can be called an artifact, was obtained by lottery.

Right at this moment,

The system dialog appears again.

Troops dialog.

【Ding...Someone in your army can be upgraded】

This battle is over.

After a tragic fight, the soldiers have been able to continue to upgrade and be promoted to stronger arms.

"Open the troops interface."

Feeling a little dignified, Kant took a deep breath.

It's about the strength of his troops.

The system dialog box expands directly, and it is densely listed.

………………

[Upgradable troops: Swadian farmers × 42 people]

[Spend 10 dinars per person, can be upgraded to: Swadia Recruit]

[Ding... The current experience is overflowing, and all staff can be upgraded continuously]

………………

[Upgradable troops: Swadia recruits × 6 people]

[costs 20 dinars per person, can be upgraded to: Swadia Militia]

[Ding... The current experience is overflowing, and all staff can be upgraded continuously]

………………

[Upgradable troops: Swadian Militia × 19 people]

[costs 30 dinars per person, can be upgraded to: Swadia Light Infantry/Swadia Partisan Shooter]

[Ding... The current experience is overflowing, and all staff can be upgraded continuously]

………………

[Upgradable units: Desert Bandit × 17 people]

[Spend 25 dinars per person, can be upgraded to: Desert Bandit Elite]

[Ding... The current experience is overflowing, and all staff can be upgraded continuously]

………………

Sure enough Kant expected.

After this "epic victory", all surviving troops can be upgraded.

Even the experience has overflowed.

According to the system, you can continue to upgrade the second stage after the upgrade.

It can also be seen how amazing Kant's gains in this battle are, and how difficult it is to achieve this decisive victory under the attack of 2,000 gnolls!

One careless, it is estimated that they will be wiped out here.

Swallowed.

Kant swept across the arms interface: "However, the upgraded dinar seems a bit surprising."

According to the current upgrade of arms, a total of 1367 dinars are spent.

Not counting the cost of the next two upgrades.

Because Kant doesn't know how much the remaining arms can be upgraded with the overflowing experience after the arms are upgraded.

Actually don't worry.

Even the current 1367 dinars are huge numbers for Kant.

Sell ​​dates for 500 dinars.

Recruiting a Desert Bandit costs 30 dinars.

Complete the temporary quest "Perseverance in Adversity" and earn 1000 dinars.

The current Kant balance is 1470 dinars.

If all the arms are upgraded, then Kant will return to the time when the fuel is exhausted, and he can't even pay the maintenance fee for the next week's soldiers, and the situation is extremely embarrassing.

Of course he wouldn't do it.

"It's a headache."

He squeezed his brows hard, obviously he had just won the victory, but Kant felt a little tired physically and mentally.

It was as if the body had been hollowed out.

Just as he was thinking, he heard rapid footsteps behind him.

Rowan, the cavalry captain who fought with the squire knights before, also walked over covered in blood and bowed his head with a complicated expression: "Lord Baron, Hobson Knight and Hank Scholar, I hope you can come over and talk."

"Well, okay." Kant nodded.

Kant has now regained his status as a baron, and Rowan's tone is respectful, without the slightest impatience.

Because Hobson and Hank are the proof of Kant's identity, for Rowan, a small cavalry captain, his identity cannot be wrong in front of Kant at all.

Kant walked quickly to the Consulate, where the squires and knights were resting.

In the previous charge and fight, these heroic squire knights caused huge losses to the gnolls, and at the same time, they also injured many people, and even the price of several deaths.

"Knight Hobson, how are the casualties?" Kant asked in a solemn tone as he walked over.

"Six people were seriously wounded, seven people were killed." Hobson Knight replied.

Kant frowned even more, and said apologetically: "Sorry, Hobson Knight, this matter has dragged you down."

This is indeed a drag.

If it weren't for Kant, there would be no need for these squire knights to come to the sentry oasis and fight so many gnolls.

"This is the fate of a knight, a glorious death in battle."

The Hobson Knight shook his head and took a deep breath: "Compared to mediocre death, death in battle is always worth remembering."

After a slight pause, he turned his head to look at Kant, and said in a secretive tone: "In fact, we are here to solve troubles for you. This is another task of ours, and there is no directly stated task."

"I don't understand." Kant frowned.

"After all, you are the blood of the Duke of Lions."

Hank Scholar walked out of the Consulate Hall, leaning on a cane and said: "I don't believe that with my identity, I can have 50 squire knights exclusively for the Lion Castle to protect it. In fact, this is just an ordinary inspection."

"I'm sorry." Hobson Knight apologized to Hank Scholar.

"No, I can guess this kind of thing." Hank Scholar shook his head and smiled, and said solemnly: "You nobles are always like this, so I don't like dealing with you."

The topic was over, both of them understood.

Kant frowned, and in his mind, he also recalled his cheap father Cameron.

"It's you." He muttered to himself.

If so, maybe everything makes sense.

"Baron Kant." Hank Scholar said, interrupting Kant's meditation.

"What's the matter, Mr. Hank." Kant returned to his senses.

The Hank scholar said: "The gnolls have been defeated. If nothing else, they will not continue to attack for a long time, so I plan to leave here."

"Leave?" Kant was stunned.

"Yeah, I'm going to leave."

Hank Scholar looked at the dunes in the distance with some emotion, shook his head and said: "The Lost City is just a legend after all. I originally thought that Duke Cameron was moved by my discovery, and finally supported my investigation. Now think about it. , It's really too arbitrary to conclude the legendary lost city with just one sentence."

"This..." Kant opened his mouth and said nothing.

Hank Scholar shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I plan to go back, this investigation can be considered a fulfillment of my dream." Sigh slightly: "The lost city is a legend after all."

In fact, countless people have searched for this famous legend of the Principality of Lions in history.

If there are really clues, it is estimated that they have been discovered by now.