Chapter 160 Battle Settlement
Xu Lai is very happy now. Even though his physical strength has almost dropped to the red line, he still feels full of strength.
He had left the job of last-ditch killing to the knights and rangers under his command. Yan Feng and Tahan were both pulled by him to pick up the corpses together.
As expected, the orcs came from a barbaric land. They were covered in broken leather armor and were completely worthless.
The only valuable mount, apart from being able to kill and eat meat, humans cannot tame it at all.
Xu Lai didn't want a dead wolf. He had a few supply trucks in his space backpack, but the wolf meat was juicy and astringent and didn't taste good.
The wolf skin is worth some money, but compared with the capacity of the space backpack, it is not worth it. After all, Xu Lai cannot skin it on the spot, so he can only stuff the whole wolf into it. .
The same is true for the supply truck. Even if a bad wolf is stuffed into it, it will automatically allocate space according to the number of units of food and fur.
What Xu Lai picked up were firstly the gold coins dropped by the soldiers, and secondly the weapons in the hands of the wolf cavalry.
This group of guys didn’t bring a penny with them to the battlefield, and the only ones worth any money were the two double swords made of fine steel in their hands.
Xu Lai not only picked it up by himself, but also brought Yan Feng and Tahan to pick it up together. The infantrymen and crossbowmen guarding the guards pretended not to see them, and the farmers cleaning the battlefield didn't even dare to look at them.
After all, the battle was not over yet, and no one knew whether there was any danger hidden in the pile of corpses. Xu Lai sent his men out again, and Pierce simply sent a few paladins to follow. Xu came to his side.
As paladins, they disdain to do such a thing.
Besides, no matter who loses the loot, it is impossible to lose their temple.
Only Xu Lai is self-aware. With his relationship with Count Aini, if he doesn’t take advantage of the opportunity to get more money now, there is a possibility that they won’t give him any money later.
The moment the battle just ended, Xu Lai counted his troops.
Unfortunately, the battlefield was too fierce. Xu Lai focused more of his attention on the front, at most taking care of Tahan, Yan Feng and the others on both sides.
The Paladin's holy healing skills were indeed released to his subordinates, but when Xu Lai's subordinates and colleagues were injured at the same time, they usually only chose to take care of their own people.
Xu Lai can understand this, and it would be the same if it were him.
One is a living person, and the other is a partner and subordinate who gets along day and night. It is self-evident which one is more important.
If it were Xu Lai, he would not have pushed these knights out of the way to block the guns, let alone use the precious holy healing skills on them.
After all, Xu Lai's own health recovery was not much, and he often had no time to take care of it, so after this battle, his losses were relatively large.
Three of the eight knight retinues died, mostly those who rushed into the battle in the later stages and died to protect Xu Lai.
There were quite a few mercenaries who died. Most of them were killed in the battle, a total of 5 of them. One ranger also died. The knights had thick armor and had shields in their hands, but none of them survived.
Although the mercenary's advancement fee is higher than that of the knight's retinue, because he does not have a shield, he kills a lot of enemies and suffers heavy casualties.
Except for Yan Feng and Tahan, a total of 27 knights were brought out. In the blink of an eye, 9 were gone, leaving only the last 18.
The money lost was second. Xu Lai made a lot of money during this trip, and there was still a lot left after he advanced.
After giving the extra gold coins to Su Ya, Xu came here and still had a full 100,000 gold coins.
In addition to those who swept up the battlefield today, there must be no shortage of money for the time being. What he lacks is the experience needed to advance these warriors step by step.
The losses have been so heavy, Xu Lai has to make up for it.
I don't know how long it took, but Xu Lai only knew that he was extremely hungry. The wolf cavalry, whose morale had collapsed, seemed to be ready to gather for another fight under Talosi's preparations.
Pierce decisively ordered the entire army to withdraw. Even though the morale of the Wolf Cavalry is definitely not high now, fighting when all of our own troops are exhausted, hungry and weak, even if they win, the losses will be extremely heavy.
Besides, the priests and priests of my family have thrown out countless healing spells. Even if there are potions to replenish them, they may have dried up.
Priests and mages without mana are not only weaker than militiamen, but their effects are also very limited.
The most important thing is that without the support of healing techniques, life cannot be restored, and the death rate of soldiers will increase many times. This is what the human race cannot bear now.
Seeing that the humans began to retreat, Talosi was extremely anxious. However, even after rest and recuperation, it was not easy for the troops to recover their morale, and they would suffer severe morale penalties if they attacked again.
With low morale, even the recruited troops showed signs of sluggishness, not to mention the other wolf cavalry, not to mention that they were dragging their feet and couldn't get up quickly.
And even if the human troops retreat, they can calmly transport the packed supplies and wounded into the city under the cover of the fortress and the forward shooter troops.
After entering the city, the battle was basically over. Countless golden lights fell from the sky. Xu Lai knew that the battle was settled.
Only those who are heroes are qualified to see this scene. Even nobles such as Count Ani are not native heroes after all and can't see anything.
Through detection spells, they might be able to notice the change in Xu Lai's level, but they wouldn't be surprised. The scale of this battle was probably the largest that the orcs and prairie nobles had ever seen in their lives, and Xu Lai was only level 14.
As the only hero participating in this battle, no matter how many levels Xu Lai improves after this battle, they will not be surprised.
I didn’t know that Xu Lai was settling the battle. After entering the city, Pierce invited Xu Lai to report to Count Aini and share the credit.
Inviting Xu Lai to come with him, Pierce just wanted to tell Count Aini that Xu Lai is now bound to the temple. If you don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, you can still score some spoils for Xu Lai.
In this battle, not only was he victorious, but the most important thing was that Xu Lai was recognized by all the temple knights.
Even the other knights who returned to the city took the initiative to greet Xu Lai, as if they recognized Xu Lai's identity.
However, Xu Lai shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'm a little tired, let's go back and rest first."
Even Pierce, an 8th level master, is exhausted, let alone Here is Xu Lai who has been busy after the battle.
Xu Lai was really tired, but he was not so tired that he could not even say a word to Count Aini.
Pierce knew it was an excuse, but he didn't try to persuade him. He smiled bitterly and headed to the fortress with only his personal guards.
Pierce, who has used the sacrifice skill, is bound to die. Even if he still has a resurrected Crimson Archbishop, the chance of his being sacrificed on the battlefield and keeping his body intact is really low.
Especially since Pierce killed so many wolf cavalry, once the sacrifice effect ends, he will definitely be torn apart by the angry group of wolf cavalry.
In the end, Pierce relied on the effect of Xu Lai's ultimate defense to miraculously recover 1 point of life when the last drop of life was burned out, ending the effect of sacrifice.
Pierce's crucial holy healing spell brought him back from the brink of death at 1 point of life, so Xu Lai really saved his life.
Even if this doesn't count, just because he later desperately brought the knights to snatch his "body", Pierce had to accept such a huge favor.
Therefore, not to mention that Xu Lai just didn’t want to see Aini, even if he told Aini not to come off the stage on the spot, Pierce would stand firmly behind Xu Lai.
Xu Lai actually didn't think much about it. He actually wanted to use the momentum of the temple to get some more benefits for himself. After all, he had actually lost many high-level troops.
But at this critical moment when the battle was settled, he really had no time to deal with that annoying noble.
On top of the city, at the gate of the city, inside and outside the school grounds, inside and outside the military camp, everyone with the status of a hero looked at Xu Lai who returned to the camp with extremely envious eyes.
There was no way, the golden light above Xu Lai's head was too dazzling. They had never seen the golden light last for such a long time.
[Battle Settlement]: A brilliant victory.
In this battle, you and your subordinates killed a total of 560 Level 4 Warg Knights, 1099 Level 5 Warg Warriors, and 872 Level 6 Warg Warriors.
Level 5 Wolf Knight 2913; Level 6 Wolf Warrior 1024; Level 7 Wolf Warrior 852.
Level 5 Golden Eagle 41; Level 6 Roc 13; Level 7 Thunderbird 3.
A total of 6th level ranger*1; 5th level mercenary*4; 7th level paladin*1; 6th level knight*32; 5th level knight retinue*71; 4th level trainee knight*123 were lost.
Your level has been increased.
Your level has been increased.
Your level has been increased.
Your knights*7, knights*2, knights' retinue*5, and mercenaries*4 have been promoted.
This battle is the first victory between the empire camp and the stronghold camp's large army. You and your troops will receive a morale +5 reward (only effective when fighting against the stronghold camp, this reward disappears after the battle fails)
In this battle, you defeated the stronghold camp and gained reputation*100.
In this battle, you completed the achievement of snatching the Orc King's Banner, gained reputation*1000, and received the special reward "The Banner of the God-given King".
The Heaven-given King Banner: Allows you to transfer a reward from the Beast King Behemoth Banner to your own banner.
[Behemoth Flag]: The Pioneer King flag drawn by the Beast King himself, has the qualification to command the Beastman Chief.
Basic attributes: Increase the basic morale of the troops in the stronghold camp by +5. When the flag is still flying, the morale of the entire army will be an additional +10. (Deprivable)
Special attribute: Increases the attack of all troops in the stronghold camp by 20 points. (Deprivable)
Behemoth Reward: Ignore 20% of the physical defense of all enemy units. (Deprivable)
As the commander of the Temple Knights, it is natural that Xu Lai should have a share of the Temple Knights' victory.
Judging from his own results, it is certainly impossible to upgrade to three levels in a row, but if the results of the entire Temple Knights are included, Xu Lai even feels that most of these three levels have been deducted.
And except for him, all the cavalry who followed him into battle were promoted, except for Tahan and Yan Feng.
Yan Feng is the most regrettable, this guy has killed the most enemies, and Yan Feng shot two of the three thunderbirds himself. However, he has already been upgraded to a hero, and there is no room for advancement.
(End of this chapter)