Military merit is the highest honor for a soldier.
The Kingdom of Isaac attaches great importance to military merit. Arthur and his soldiers ventured into the wilderness, plundered the beast camp, bravely rescued captives, assassinated the son of the Lion King, and burned the former military city, making great military merits. Hobbes, even though he was a prince, personally went out to greet the returning soldiers and gave them the highest honor and courtesy.
After the welcome ceremony, the Snowstorm Army held a banquet, which was not only a celebration banquet for the victory of the former military city, but also a welcome banquet for Arthur and the soldiers to return home.
Drinking the celebratory wine, the whole military camp was filled with a festive atmosphere. Soldiers came to toast Arthur, because only Arthur could go home alive.
Arthur drank too much soon, and then he didn't remember how much he drank. He vaguely remembered laughing with Jose and the monkey, and the next scene turned into crying with Buck and Silas, and it seemed that there was a scene where Golly pinched his nose and forced him to drink...
After drinking too much, Arthur's memory has become blurred. He doesn't remember how the banquet ended, nor does he remember who sent him back to the tent.
When Arthur woke up drowsily and drank water, the sky outside was full of stars.
The banquet started at noon. Arthur didn't know how long he slept. When he turned over and wanted to continue sleeping, he didn't know why he couldn't fall asleep again.
During the days in the Orc Wasteland, Arthur and the warriors who were in danger never had a peaceful sleep. At that time, the biggest hope was to sleep enough at once after returning home.
Now that he is home, he can finally sleep peacefully in the military camp, but Arthur has insomnia.
Arthur didn't know that many soldiers had insomnia like him that night.
Arthur simply didn't sleep, and walked out of the tent with his clothes on.
Arthur and the soldiers' tents were concentrated in the northwest corner of the military camp. Although they had just experienced a great victory, the Snow Wind Legion's vigilance did not slacken at all. There was a sentry every few dozen meters, and a night patrol team passed by every once in a while.
Today's night was very good. Arthur had no purpose, just strolled around the military camp casually, thinking about something in his mind.
A slightly thin figure unexpectedly appeared in Arthur's field of vision. Alia was holding the fence of the inner circle of the camp and looking at the night sky in a daze.
Looking at the girl's back, Arthur felt an inexplicable sourness in his heart. In the past few months, he and the soldiers were running around in the orc wasteland. Alia had suffered too much. But since they had a private conversation not long after entering the wilderness, they had no chance to spend time alone. Even at the banquet that just ended, Arthur didn't have the chance to toast the girl.
Arthur walked over gently, "Why haven't you slept yet?"
"I can't sleep, and you haven't slept either?" Alia didn't look back, and the girl recognized Arthur from the footsteps.
"Maybe you're not used to the comfortable environment that has suddenly changed." Arthur stood beside the girl, so close that their arms almost touched each other.
The two smiled at each other, and then no one spoke.
"Thank you!" Arthur suddenly spoke again.
"Why?"
"You've suffered during this period. Without you, the soldiers might not be able to hold on at all."
"Only the soldiers?" Alia tilted her head and looked at Arthur.
Arthur's face turned red again, and he opened his mouth but said nothing.
"You're shy again." Arya chuckled.
"I just don't know how to express it."
"Okay, I'm going to sleep." Arya stretched lazily, and when she raised her arm, she just touched Arthur's hand, but neither of them cared.
"Sleep?"
"Yes, I'm sleepy now." Arya turned and walked towards her tent, walked a few steps and suddenly turned back, "I forgot to tell you, you are very likable when you are shy."
Arya stuck out her tongue and ran away quickly.
Arthur scratched his head, "It's really strange, there are still people who like shyness, women are harder to understand than orcs?"
The next day, Prince Hobbes continued to go to the tent to discuss matters.
After a great victory, it is natural to reward merits. Arthur and many generals who have made second-class military merits or above in this battle were recruited into the military tent.
Hundreds of officers of all levels suddenly poured into the spacious tent. The middle and low-level officers like battalion commanders and captains usually had no chance to enter the tent. Arthur and his friends were arranged to stand in the first row because of their great achievements.
Arthur unexpectedly found a familiar figure among the military leaders sitting in the front row, Dino Howells from the Grand Duke Palmer Palace. He sat just below King and was ranked above Joshua.
Dino's eyes swept over and nodded slightly at Arthur with a smile.
Arthur couldn't go over to salute in the tent, so he could only nod in return.
In the medal awarding session, the lieutenant next to Prince Hobbs held a long scroll of military merit and began to read aloud the battlefield deeds of the meritorious officers and the level of military merit.
The officers who were read out stepped of the line, saluted, and were awarded medals to the sound of military music. The commander of the army to which the military merits were awarded the medals for the first-class and special-class military merits, and the commander of the corps personally awarded the medals for the first-class and special-class military merits.
Every officer whose name was called stepped forward with a smile on his face. This was the most glorious moment for a soldier.
The military merit book in the hands of the lieutenant read from beginning to end, but there was no name of Arthur and his men. After the lieutenant finished reading the military merit book and returned to his original position, Arthur's mood also sank to the bottom.
At this time, Prince Hobbes slowly stood up and unfolded a yellow scroll in his hand, "The King's Commendation Order:"
As soon as the prince spoke, everyone, including Gino, stood up and saluted.
"To protect the border and the people is the duty of the soldiers, to expand the territory is the merit of the soldiers, to fight bravely is the glory of the kingdom. Today, I heard that Captain Arthur Hilllo of the Snowstorm Legion led his troops deep into the Orc Wasteland... This king conferred:"
Prince Hobbs deliberately paused for a moment, and after describing a long series of battlefield achievements, he got to the point, and everyone pricked up their ears.
"Appoint Arthur Hilllo as Viscount Jiang..."
When Prince Hobbs finished speaking, the officers below forgot that this was the central army tent, and they exploded instantly.
"Appoint! It's actually a title!"
"And it's a title!"
"Three consecutive promotions! Rare in the history of the kingdom!"
It's no wonder that the lower-level officers were so shocked. It was extremely difficult to be a knight in the Kingdom of Isaac. Graduates of the Blood Glory Academy were only awarded the title of knight. Now Arthur was directly promoted from a civilian to a viscount, skipping the knight and baron, which was considered a three-level promotion.
What surprised and made the officers below even more jealous was that Arthur, the Viscount, had a title. Titled titles were called power titles. The kingdom would then grant fiefs according to the title. With fiefs, there would be taxes, and a private guard group could be formed.
The difference in privileges and benefits between the kingdom's power titles and honorary titles was simply a world of difference.
In addition, Arthur's title actually contained the word "Yong". The kingdom's power titles were not randomly given. Those with titles containing the words "WU", "Yong", "than", "Yi" and so on were all generals in the army recognized by the king. For example, the title of the deputy commander of the Into Corps was the Marquis of "you", and the former commander of the army, Joshua, was the Earl of "Yuyun".
The importance of conferring a title on Arthur this time was rare in history.
From this title, it can also be seen that His Majesty Stacey attaches great importance to the upcoming war between humans and beasts. As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a great reward. The king actually expressed his attitude by conferring a knighthood on Arthur. All those who have made great military achievements in this war will definitely receive a great reward from the king.
Arthur's knighthood was not only his own luck, but also part of the imperial power. Prince Hobbes's next words made Arthur truly understand what the imperial power was...