a few days later

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The Demon Castle has been repaired.

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Although this stone fort looks dilapidated, you haven't hurt the foundation.

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Only part of the wooden structure was destroyed, and the main body of the castle was almost intact. It took only two or three days to repair it with all-out efforts, and the Castle of Demons had recovered to the point where it could be stationed.

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After the Flying Bear Army was stationed in Zhenmo Castle and the Sword Eagle Knight in the sky confirmed that Grugesh had returned to the depths of the wilderness with his troops,

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The coalition forces gradually began to withdraw, and Sol did not have time to delay here. As the soul of the kingdom, his importance is not much lower than that of King Ren, and he must not leave the capital for a long time.

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However, Saul left another surprise for Richard when he left, perhaps as compensation for the fact that Richard would bear most of the pressure from the wild ogres.

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When Sol set off, he left the newly formed army in the river valley, which he had trained for more than a month and had a little actual combat experience, to Richard.

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In Sol's consideration, the 20,000 garrison army led by Dane in the river valley is enough to stabilize the situation.

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After all, the river valley is located between the north land and the central plain. If the north land is lost, only the garrison army needs to defend the natural danger of Zhenbeiguan. With the terrain of Zhenbeiguan, the 20,000 defenders are backed by the river valley, a large granary. To be able to hold on to the old days,

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If there is a loss in the Central Plains, it doesn't matter whether there is a river valley or not.

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The newly formed army of 20,000 people to the river valley is of little significance, but left it to Richard to use it in this town magic castle to deal with the ogres better.

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As for whether these 20,000 people are willing to stay, most of them are suffering from the river valley. Although the river valley is rich, this wealth has nothing to do with the suffering of the newly formed army. How much nostalgia there is in the land, maybe there is a little local feeling, but it is not necessary to go back,

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There may be some people who don't want to stay in the North, but it's not something they can change if they want to.

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As long as Li Cha rectifies the education for a month after taking over, and gives them a point, they can gradually become real northerners. Anyway, after the ogre disaster, there is not much else in the northern region. The Lord's Land now has as many as it wants.

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In fact, the only problem left to Richard by the new army is whether he can afford it or not.

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Don't look at the fact that Li Cha has been awarded the title of Uncle Pingye, and he has seized a large piece of land and ruled more than one million people, but Li Cha's land has just been taken over, and he has also experienced the looting of ogres.

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It takes a lot of time to convert it into money and food. It is very difficult to raise more than 10,000 Flying Bears from the original basic board of Hunter and the annexed Weir, let alone raising another legion.

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However, although there were many difficulties, when Saul mentioned it to Richard, Richard patted his chest almost without thinking.

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Luckily, Saul did his work well enough. He only brought a small amount of money when he left, leaving at least three months of rations for the newly formed army, which is equivalent to leaving some room for Richard to change his life.

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The self-produced food in the northern region is definitely not enough this year. The farming season has been wrong, the village has been destroyed, and the damage caused by the war cannot be resolved for the time being.

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Fortunately, although the Northland is remote, it is not an isolated enclave. Not long after Sol withdrew his troops, Richard immediately arranged for people to go to the Northland to buy grain.

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While Sol was still under pressure in the river valley, the grain merchants in the river valley were somewhat shy and did not dare to drive up the price of grain. Richard had to store enough grain for two years.

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Except for the Flying Bear Army and the newly formed army in the river valley, the gathered army has left completely.

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After he respectfully sent Saul away, Li Cha immediately rode back to the Stone Castle on a single fast horse.

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The speed of the red flame horse is indeed not on the same level as that of ordinary war horses. With the bonus of divine walking boots, in just one day, Li Cha rushed from the border to the boulder castle.

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"The task has been completed, do you want to receive the reward?"

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"Yes"

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In the expanded Interior Hall, Richard chose to receive the mission reward without hesitation.

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As early as when Richard killed the ogre chief Amu, the mission was already in the completion stage, but there was no time to collect the reward.

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"Reward Arms - Champion Knight X1!"

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"Reward Treasure - Knight Gloves!"

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"Congratulations on getting 65,000 experience points!"

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"Congratulations on your upgrade!"

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"Congratulations on comprehending the new skill defense (primary

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Defense (Elementary): Physical damage taken by you and your troops is reduced by 5%.

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Defense upgrade requires two skill points

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But after comprehending the defense, Li Cha did not hesitate at all, and used the skill points obtained from the upgrade together with the previously reserved skill points on the defense technique, directly raising the defense technique to the intermediate level, and the effect was also reduced from 5% physical The damage became a ten percent reduction,

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With this damage reduction, the overall strength of the soldiers under Richard's command has improved a lot. With a few additions, such as the Crusaders, which had just stepped into the knight-level strength, they were basically at the knight-level when they fought under Richard's command. It is an invincible existence, but it has not crossed the hurdle of the peak of the knight and the great knight.

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And the Diamond Man, a unit with high defense, is even more puzzled to get a 10% bonus on defense.

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Richard

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Level: 10 (3400/150000)

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Strength: 22.9

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Constitution: 22.1

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Agility: 21.9

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Spirit: 9.1

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Beast Breathing Technique (Grandmaster) is the highest, Blue Breathing Technique (Advanced), Offensive Technique (Advanced), Defense (Intermediate)

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Specialty: Domination

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Available Skill Points: 0

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After reaching the tenth level, Li Cha's attributes still have a slight improvement, but the experience required to upgrade is more and more. Fortunately, whether Li Cha's own strength or the strength of his subordinates is also constantly improving,

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Able to continuously gain more experience from stronger enemies, forming a virtuous circle.

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A pair of inconspicuous gloves appeared on the table in the Interior Hall again.

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Li Cha picked up the gloves with ease

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"Knight Gloves: You and your soldiers have +1 marching speed"

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The attributes of the knight gloves are even weaker than those of the supernatural boots, not to mention compared to the last Vulcan sword. Just in conjunction with the supernatural boots, Richard can act alone or when he leads the system army. Faster, and sometimes it might work wonders.

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Although the rewarded treasures are a bit stretched, on the whole, Richard is quite satisfied with the rewards given by this mission.

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After all, the rewarded arms are the upgraded champion knights of the sixth-order human soldiers. This powerful arm is another great enhancement to the high-end strength of Richard's men.

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"Clang, clang..."

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"boom!"

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"Stop~lightnovelpub.net~stop!"

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If before, the champion knight rewarded by the mission only satisfied Richard, then after testing his strength, it was already a surprise.

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The champion knight that appeared in the boulder castle directly came with a red flame horse. It seems that the champion knight's mount is related to the stable.

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During the fight, Li Cha only felt that the opponent's riding skills were simply superb, like growing on horseback. The real man and horse are one.

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Li Cha has been a horse rider since he was a child. It is no exaggeration to say that he is skilled in horsemanship, but in front of a champion knight he is like a beginner.

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Richard, who has the strength of a great knight, was swept down by the champion knight before he could even make ten moves in the hands of the champion knight.

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Obviously, the strength of the champion knight is far more than that of the great knight. He should have already crossed the threshold of the earth knight.

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This is a top-level force that is rare in the entire kingdom.

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"What's your name?"

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"Zeble, the venerable divine envoy!"

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In the tone of the champion knight, he was still quite respectful towards Richard, who was not as strong as him, but his head was a little straight, and he was a little ruthless when he learned from each other.

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After chatting briefly for a few more words, Li Cha seemed to have thought of something, and said again:

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"Zebel, have you ever married a wife?"

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Zebble: ...

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