Mercenaries pursue profit, and Hero's temptation of profit is most effective for Arthur.
Mercenaries talk about money without hurting feelings. Arthur's answer is that as long as Hero's reward is satisfactory, he is willing to accept the challenge of the Frost Thunder Legion.
Hero only whispered in Arthur's ear, and Arthur decided to jump, no matter whether there was a sea of fire or a deep abyss ahead.
The two of them had agreed and prepared for each other.
Prince Hobbs was slightly surprised by Hero's request to second Arthur and Hughie, and he formally agreed after pretending to be reluctant.
Prince Hobbs was more concerned about Hug hie. Hughie was a hot potato for the old prince. Rex had no good intentions in putting him by his side. It was already a headache that Hughie was bypassed in the military merit reward this time. Therefore, sending Hughie away from the Snow Wind Legion would definitely have more benefits than disadvantages.
And Shine had calculated this point, so he confidently promised Arthur a reward in advance.
Arthur had a lot of things to deal with. The three hundred warriors brought back from the orc wasteland came to ask for leave to return home, and half of them planned to retire. The experience of being captured by the orcs was unforgettable enough. They were tired of fighting and fighting, and just wanted to take the generous rewards Arthur gave them and the king's bounty and go home to farm and retire.
Returning home alive from the battlefield was the most satisfactory ending for the soldiers. Arthur did not try to keep any of them, and said goodbye to these warriors and brothers in tears.
In addition, Arthur also planned to deal with some of the gains on hand. Arthur's trip to the orc wasteland was very fruitful. Apart from the payment to Professor Sharing and the pensions for the soldiers who died in the war, the remaining wealth was also of great value, including many orc weapons and equipment above level 4, spirit mother stones, rare minerals, medicinal materials, and magic beast materials, which filled Arthur's space bracelet and most of June's space ring.
When the front military city was burned, in order to make room for coal, Arthur took out these things and filled up an underground storage room.
These things were too valuable and very time-consuming to handle. Jose and Monkey were sent by Arthur to deal with the aftermath of their brothers who died in the war. Arthur, who had no one available, made very slow progress in handling them.
After learning about it, Dino was very interested in what Arthur had in his hands. In the end, it was agreed that Dino would personally buy all the orc weapons and equipment and half of the spirit mother stones in Arthur's hands for 200,000 gold coins.
Because of the limited gold coins on hand, Dino paid a deposit of 30,000 first, and the remaining gold coins would be collected within three months.
After finishing the work at hand, Arthur could get up with Dino. In addition to Gold and the other three, Arthur went to the Frost Thunder Legion with Alia, the old dwarf Telugu, and Moral, who was doing nothing in the Snow Wind Legion.
A new challenge began...
At the same time, the 300,000 orcs of the Golden Lion Family crossed the cedar forest with great momentum and stepped into the human border again.
There was a small palace in the middle of the mighty orc army. The palace was built on a huge carriage, and the carriage was pulled by eight tall mammoth war beasts.
This mobile palace was the carriage of the Lion King Elliot.
Elliot had not set foot on the human territory for twenty years. The last time he fought in the human territory, he was only one of the heirs of the Lion King. At that time, the entire cedar forest was still the territory of the orcs.
He originally wanted Hicks to repeat his experience, but he didn't expect it to fail halfway. Thinking of this, Elliot's anger, which had already subsided, surged again. This time, the beasts not only wanted to invade the inland areas of the human race, but also wanted to reclaim the large territory east of the cedar forest.
The mobile palace suddenly stopped.
"Go and see why the troops are not leaving?" Elliot walked out of the palace and stood on the shaft with his hands behind his back.
A sturdy lion guard captain ran over quickly, "Your Majesty, General Chili is kneeling on the roadside in front to apologize."
"Apology? It seems that he was defeated this time. Let him come over to answer."
Chili's armor was crooked, and there were bloodstains on the corners of his mouth and chest. His black sideburns were covered with dust. He knelt on one knee as soon as he got close, "I am ashamed of your majesty's trust. Please punish me."
Elliot frowned, "Didn't you lead the troops to advance to Tongan City before? Why are you in such a mess now?"
"I was stupid and fell into the trap of the human cavalry, who wanted to assassinate Prince Hicks. The army was led into the front army city, and the human race used a fire attack to set the whole city on fire. I fought against Juno and Hobbes of the Snow Wind Legion, and escaped after being seriously injured." Chili still believes that Arthur and his men deliberately fled to the front army city to set a trap for him.
"Them again?" Elliot gnashed his teeth, "First they assassinated my son, then they destroyed my vanguard army. I swear to find these damned humans and skin them alive!"
On the official road leading to the Frost Thunder Legion's base, Arthur was riding a tall wildebeest and walking side by side with Joan. He sneezed without any warning.
Arthur rubbed his nose, glanced at Alia behind him, and muttered to himself, "Who is thinking about me?"
Singer, the headquarters of the Church of Light, the West Hall.
The sun shines through the tall floral glass of the church, casting mottled colors in the hall.
Cardinal Mirror, one of the three giants of the church, paced back and forth in the long hall with his hands behind his back.
The crisp and rhythmic footsteps sounded, and the footsteps stopped outside the door of the West Hall.
Darryl turned around with a smile on his face, "Come in, Captain Vance, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
The leader of the Knights of Light, the eleventh-level Grand Knight Vance Wilburn, bowed slightly and saluted, "Sorry, Bishop, I kept you waiting for a long time."
"It's okay, we must always be patient and confident about good news."
Vance's expression froze, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. Although there is new information coming back, there is still no clue. The bad news is that Arthur, who we suspected before was connected with the dark wizard, has just been canonized as Viscount Jiang by Stacey for his military exploits. It will be troublesome to move a kingdom's officially canonized titled noble without solid evidence."
Darryl showed a hint of disappointment on his face, but the disappointment flashed away, so fast that it seemed that it had never appeared.
Oilier still smiled and said, "It's okay, we just need to be more patient. If it's a fox, it will show its tail sooner or later."
"Yes, I will arrange for them to pay more attention to every possible clue." Vance saluted again and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute, Captain Vance, this time I asked you to come not just for the dark magician."
"Please give me your instructions."
"I need you to personally lead people to the war front. I'm worried that there will be changes there recently?"
"Red Rock City?"
"No, Sigh Canyon, Frost Thunder Legion, the real threat to the church will only come from that side." Oilier said faintly.