After entering the command camp, they saw many imposing generals sitting inside. After seeing the medal on Locke's chest, they all stood up.
No one present were members of the Dunmei Dark Blade Dragons. Even though there were only a total of few dozen people in the Special Forces, more than 80% of the difficult tasks in the Kingdom of Dunmei were handled by them.
Seeing that everyone was standing, Clifford immediately called out, "Don't be too reserved. Locke is only the Team 5 Captain of the Dunmei Dark Blade Dragons!"
Hearing that, everyone became even more cautious. In their eyes, Locke was only about 16 years old! Despite his young age, he was already a member of the Dunmei Dark Blade Dragons' elite group!
Seeing everyone's reaction, Clifford realized that he had said something wrong.
Helpless, Locke could only say to them, "I'm really sorry! Actually, I'm just a newbie, and I've only carried out a few missions. So, you don't have to stand in ceremony with me."
After hearing Loke's words, they did not dare to sit down anymore!
As far as they knew, only a few rookies had managed to complete a few missions that the Dunmei Dark Blade Dragons tasked them with and survived.
The two of them were helpless. The First Prince walked in and waved at the crowd before they sat down. After the main general, Locke, arrived, the first prince began to talk about his plans to defend the south.
As the surrounding countries were not fully prepared, Locke was very busy these three days. He had to appear twice a day, and each time, he would appear in the middle of the war.
This way, he could use the power of the Steel Dragon to cause great damage to the undead abyssal creatures.
Locke's wish was to enter the battlefield, but he was quickly rejected by First Prince Jeffrey!
His reasoning was that even the General should not wantonly waste his stamina. Instead, he should let the soldiers do most of the work. When the soldiers were under immense pressure, Locke's appearance would boost their morale, and they would try their best to resist the attacks from their enemies! Otherwise, if all the combat units' mana were exhausted from the start, they would have no way to deal with the enemy's main forces or enemy generals.
Locke had originally thought that the first prince was not proficient in commanding battles, but he did not expect him to have such a high level of command.
"Alright! I will follow the grand marshal's instructions. I will rest in the camp. Just say the word, and I will immediately enter the battle!"
After the meeting ended, Prince Jeffrey immediately set up a temporary tent beside the command camp for Locke and Clifford so they could rest there.
In the camp.
Locke lay down on the bed, and Clifford took out his tea-brewing tools from his backpack. He raised the teapot in his hand and said to Locke, "Do you want some tea?"
Since he had nothing to do, he could not sleep. Locke immediately stood up and sat down at the table.
After fifteen minutes, the aroma from the teapot filled the room.
"Wow! What is this? Why is it so fragrant!"
Seeing Loke's ignorant expression, Clifford chuckled. "This is tea made from some spirit herbs that have been specially processed and dried! It helps with mana recovery. Drink more! When the war starts, you won't have time to recover your mana!"
Upon hearing this, Locke checked his magic status bar and realized that he did not use much magic power along the way.
Most of the mana was provided by the Steel Dragon's new core! Furthermore, the dragon's core was made up of a real dragon heart, and it had dozens of times more magic power than before!
By automatically gathering magic power through the Steel Dragon, the core of the dragon would automatically restore all its magic power within a single day!
The total amount of the magic essence inside the Steel Dragon's core was several tens of times more than that of Locke, Clifford and others added up.
Name: Hanos Steel Dragon
Power: Unknown
Spirit: Unknown
Toughness: Unknown
Agility: Unknown
Seal: Second stage removed (The remaining eight stages have not been removed)
Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, Wind, Thunder, Light, Dark Ice
Although he had removed the second seal, Locke was still unable to see the full attributes of the Steel Dragon.
What surprised Locke was that after this battle, he actually obtained millions of experience points and 100,000 Merchant Shop Points!
This made Locke extremely happy!
Initially, he thought that EXP and shop points had to be earned through missions, but now it seemed that he only needed to kill enemies continuously!
He immediately shared the one million experience points with Eliza. After points were added to the both of them, he directly jumped from Level 15 to Level 25. This level was equivalent to directly upgrading from the beginner level of a great sorcerer to the beginner level of a magister!
After completing this, Clifford's gaze could not help but sharpen as he stared at Loke.
'This kid! He became a Magister after drinking tea! This is a little too terrifying!'
He shook his head and pretended he didn't realize the change in Locke. Then, he picked up the cup of tea that had almost cooled down and drank it in one gulp.
Time passed quickly, and dawn arrived. The battle outside had reached its final stage.
One of the generals immediately came to Locke's camp and woke them up.
"Locke and Sir Clifford, please come out now!"
After they'd received instructions to move out, the two immediately flew into the sky. Locke converted the entire body of the Steel Dragon into a bright light skin. White rays of light shone from a few hundred meters in the sky, illuminating the entire southern defense line.
When the soldiers saw the light from the steel dragon, they went crazy and fought even harder than before.
Locke then launched a few attacks at the army of abyssal undead creatures. After a few hours, he had eliminated close to 10,000 undead soldiers.
The experience points obtained by the system kept increasing, and so did the Merchant Shop Points. Because there were not many opportunities like this, Locke put in a lot of effort to make the most of this opportunity to earn more EXP and Merchant Shop Points. This was truly a rare opportunity!
Under his continuous attacks, the battle ended before dawn.
Prince Jeffrey saw the battle from afar and became even more respectful towards him! Such tremendous destructive power was definitely on par with the capabilities of the late High Priest Hanos!
After the battle ended, Locke greeted them and returned to his temporary camp to rest without eating! Due to the limited time they had to rest, Locke and Clifford tried their best to enter a deep sleep as soon as the battle ended.