Throne of Vientiane Civilization

At the desk of the Qinzheng Palace, Zhou Xu was seriously looking at the latest report sent by the Southern Border Garrison.

At the beginning of the report, it was directly stated that they had won the battle, which made Zhou Xu feel quite good from the beginning.

Continuing to look down, the most troublesome problem now is undoubtedly that a large number of ratmen at the scene have fled in all directions.

Zhou Xu can know with his imagination that the subsequent carpet search will be a time-consuming and laborious trouble.

In the intelligence, they also mentioned the huge evil demon, which was mentioned before, but Zhou Xu did not take it too seriously.

Because they can deal with it.

When he received the news, the evil demon had been eliminated by them, so what else should he care about?

However, it is not difficult to see from this report that the evil demon is still a bit tricky when its strength increases.

This time, the two extraordinary mages, Bo Lewen and Locke, took turns to fight with the Wood Elf Mage Corps on the front line, and finally Zhou Chongshan, a warrior in the Hundred Refining Realm, made a finishing move, which successfully killed it.

If they lack a little bit of high-end combat power, the difficulty of the evil demon will double.

And if there is no high-end combat power like Bo Levin, the existence of the evil demon will reach a point where it is almost unsolvable.

Of course, this is just a speculation made by Zhou Xu at this stage based on limited information.

The evil demon may have other weaknesses, but they have not discovered them yet.

But in any case, the above information is enough to show that the upper limit of the evil demon is not low. Even after being summoned, it can continue to grow by devouring creatures.

However, in contrast, the evil demon's IQ is obviously limited, and it seems that there is no negative emotion such as fear. In a weak state, it does not know how to escape, but only knows how to fight.

Combined with this information, the image of a brainless war machine has basically emerged.

At the same time, according to Soros's analysis, combined with the limited information provided by Bo Levin and Locke, it can be determined that the evil demon was summoned through some kind of evil sacrificial ritual, and it is a special energy body formed after swallowing a large number of sacrifices.

And this does not seem to be a method that the rat people would have.

Or the ratmen had never shown such a war method in the long battle with their lizardmen in the past.

Under this premise, Soros also specifically mentioned in the report that the series of actions and combat styles of the ratmen on the opposite side this time were completely different from those shown in the past.

"A big change in style. Sacrifice ceremony..."

The problem of tactical style mentioned by Soros could not actually be used as substantial evidence, but combined with the evil sacrifice ceremony, it also made Zhou Xu think about it.

[We still have to be a little careful about this matter and pay attention to it in the future. ]

At this moment, the evil demon has been solved after all, and at the same time, they have no more intelligence information to assist him in analyzing and speculating on this matter.

In this way, it is useless to continue to entangle a problem that is definitely not understood.

Continue to read on. At the end of the report, Soros certainly did not forget their latest discovery.

[A huge saltwater lake that the pterosaur riders can't see the end of when flying in the air? ]

When Zhou Xu saw this sentence, his expression was a bit subtle.

[Fuck, didn't they find the sea? ! 】

The Qingshui Lake on their side of Black Moon City is already large enough, but from a distance, it can be clearly seen that it is surrounded by green mountains, and it is not so endless that you can't see the end at a glance.

A saltwater lake that can make the pterosaur riders flying in the air unable to see the end?

Zhou Xu really can't think of anything else except the sea.

It's just that the lizards have never seen the sea and mistakenly think that it is a huge lake.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu couldn't help but feel a burst of laughter.

After reading the entire report, Zhou Xu closed it and put it aside.

After adjusting his thoughts a little, he spread out a blank piece of animal skin paper and began to write about the rewards for the southern border troops.

The entire reward system was drafted by him. If it was just a simple military rank and gold and silver rewards, he basically didn't need to think about it, he could just write it down.

[The first credit for this battle must be Bo Lewen, Locke and Zhou Chongshan. 】

[Bo Lewen's current position is the bishop of the state religion in the rainforest area. He has no military affairs. This time it is considered a military merit, so he will skip the lieutenant rank and be awarded as a major. 】

This kind of situation had never happened before in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and military ranks were basically awarded one level at a time.

It was no exaggeration to say that he was promoted to major right away.

But there was no other way. Judging from the situation described in the battle report, Bo Lewen's contribution in this wave was greater than that of Locke and Zhou Chongshan, and it was not justified to make him a captain. The major was already the result of Zhou Xu's control.

Under this premise, Zhou Xu would naturally not be stingy with the rewards of gold, silver, fine wine, and silk.

Locke was in a similar situation, but he was different from Bo Lewen. Locke's only legal identity in the Great Zhou was a citizen of the Great Zhou. Zhou Xu made an exception and allowed him to go to the front line with the Wood Elf Mage Corps.

To put it bluntly, he was just an ordinary citizen.

In response to this situation, Zhou Xu wrote directly, "Ennoble Locke as a royal mage and confer the rank of captain."

The royal mage was undoubtedly a position specially established by Zhou Xu for him.

Simply speaking, it can be understood as a senior position in the personal mage corps. According to Zhou Xu's current idea, only extraordinary mages with extraordinary strength and sufficient merit can be canonized as the royal mages of their Great Zhou.

As for Zhou Chongshan, he was directly promoted to colonel.

The same was true for Soros and Bai Tu, who performed well as commanders during the period. They were all promoted to colonel, Soros to major colonel, and Bai Tu to lieutenant colonel.

If there are still several officers with the rank of colonel in their Great Zhou, then there is only one officer with the rank of major colonel at this stage!

After this battle, Soros can be said to have become the highest-ranking officer in their Great Zhou.

Zhou Xu didn't have any thoughts on this. After all, Soros was stationed in the South Border Fortress, fighting against the rat people all year round, and he won military exploits every year. It was natural for him to have this rank.

At the same time, he was not worried that Soros would continue to be promoted, and in the end he would have no more titles.

Because this will never happen.

According to intelligence, the area has been pushed to the seashore. Since he has no plans to go out to sea, there are obviously not many military merits left for Soros.

If nothing unexpected happens, Soros may not have to worry about his military rank in the next few years.