novelraw Chapter 529: Distribution
Chapter 529: Distribution
"Deal!"
Li Wei didn't bargain either, directly handing that Black and White Card—which revealed no clues and contained no information—to Allovell. The latter handed over an appointment commission, which appointed him as the Lord of Fierzway Fortress for generations to come. As long as Falcon Karl was still the ruler of this region, this appointment commission would be permanently valid.
At this point, the transaction between the two sides was considered complete.
At this time, Allovell smiled again, "Moving forward, I will be the Governor of Karndorf Fortress. I won't care about other matters, but could those captives of yours be handed over to me? I am willing to redeem them at market price."
"Congratulations! But there's no need for redemption. Consider these two thousand captives as a grand gift from me to Your Excellency." Li Wei's thoughts stirred slightly, and he chose to give them away for free.
Moving forward, he would still be a member of Falcon Karl's faction, at least in name.
Expecting him to outright rebel was impossible; he couldn't ruin his reputation.
But if they wanted him to easily dispatch troops and exert effort like in the past, that would also be very difficult. In a word: accepting orders but not summons. If they wanted him to help, they would have to offer sufficient benefits.
So, he would just maintain this superficial relationship.
"Many thanks!"Allovell didn't stay any longer and swiftly led his troops away. As Li Wei watched his retreating figure, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
In this hastily ignited great war, the biggest winner was actually Falcon Karl.
Without losing a single soldier or pawn, he took down Karndorf Fortress, along with all of Mountain Eagle Parker's wealth.
The key was that he also won an excellent reputation. Otherwise, if he had personally taken action to duel with his younger brother Mountain Eagle Parker, even if he won, he wouldn't have a good reputation. Duke Ver wouldn't be able to save face over it.
But now it had become a situation where the younger brother was too stubborn and refused to listen to his elder brother's earnest advice. So he brought ruin upon himself, ignoring the rules, actively attacking friendly forces, and was then counter-attacked and defeated, losing face to an extreme degree.
Aside from his own disgrace, no one else suffered any losses. Oh, except for that unfortunate fellow Li Siyuan who was coerced into it.
It was estimated that from now on, he would also become a battle-hardened lieutenant general under Falcon Karl, capable of singing and dancing...
Generally speaking, he truly integrated the forces. Didn't he see that Allovell was only the Governor of Karndorf Fortress, not the Lord!
Li Wei estimated that if the Decadal Frost wasn't approaching, Falcon Karl absolutely could have used a series of methods to beat him into submission next, forcing him to become the Governor of Liwei Keep...
Unfortunately, heaven's timing is hard to oppose.
Subsequently, Li Wei and the others returned to the fortress and began the distribution of the spoils from this battle.
In this battle, they obtained a total of 2,450 Gold Cards and 2,450 Purple Cards. Well, because many of the killed enemy troops were not qualified to drop Gold Cards and Purple Cards; they belonged to the 'newbie village' level. This was also part of humanistic care.
However, the good news was that there were two Seven-Star Gold Cards among them. Plus Li Wei's own card, that made three Seven-Star Gold Cards. As for Six-Star Gold Cards, there were as many as thirty-four, all of which were dropped by those Ducal Guards.
"Seven-Star Gold Cards can be exchanged for five-star quality magic cores, but at the same time, they can also be exchanged for other precious materials. How do you all think we should exchange them?"
Li Wei asked directly.
"I think the Blazing Legion needs a war standard, but we lack the materials to sew a war standard. Even if we have a magic core, it's useless."
Li Yue spoke first, and her words immediately gained everyone's approval. Just now, when Allovell arrived seething with killing intent leading five hundred heavy cavalry, that Black War Standard had truly made everyone envious.
And the Blazing Legion was already the number one legion in the current territory. They had fought many tough battles and made the greatest contributions, so this was well-deserved.
"Alright, then this Seven-Star Gold Card will be used to exchange for the materials to sew a war standard. I also have a five-star quality Blazing Magic Core here, which I will hand over to you to handle."
"Also, the thirty-four Six-Star Gold Cards obtained this time will all be used to strengthen the Five-Star Warhorses. Next up is the arrival of the cold wave, and the mountains will be blocked by heavy snow. There won't be any major battles. We can just use this time to improve the quality of the warhorses. All warhorses undergoing strengthening will be placed in the Mage Tower to provide as much mana as possible to increase the success rate of the strengthening."
Li Wei distributed once again, and this time there were similarly no objections. The role of a Five-Star Warhorse for heavy cavalry was extraordinary. If this strengthening was completely successful, then the Blazing Legion would be equivalent to possessing 42 Five-Star Warhorses.
"Lastly, allocate five hundred Five-Star Gold Cards to the Blazing Legion to incorporate the remaining 232 Heavy Cavalry Veterans into the Blazing Legion, striving to increase their lifespan by an average of ten years. As for those who need to forge Combat Cards, they can open Purple Cards to gather the required materials depending on the situation."
After the distribution to the Blazing Legion was completed, Li Wei looked at He Yibo again. He handed the second Seven-Star Gold Card to him, and at the same time handed him a Five-Star Frost Core.
"You also go and exchange for the relevant materials to sew and forge a Frost War Standard. After the exchange is complete, hand it over to Li Yue to sew for you, and then have Hathaway and Tucker forge it for you."
"In addition to this, I'll allocate five hundred Gold Cards to you. You and your centurions can decide for yourselves how to distribute and use them."
"Yes, my Lord!"
After He Yibo stepped forward to receive them, he withdrew with the centurions of the Frost Legion. This kind of distribution information would also be instantly transmitted to every soldier; there would be no middlemen.
At this time, Li Wei handed another five hundred Gold Cards to A Su, having her use them to enhance the strength of the Ranger Legion. The Ranger Legion's damage output capability was plain for all to see in today's battle, second only to the Blazing Legion.
At this time, there were still 950 Gold Cards left, and Li Wei directly allocated them to the Guard Legion. With just this wave, the overall attributes of the Guard Legion could be raised to All-Attribute Level 2 Awakening. A portion of them with slightly higher attributes could already reach Level 3 Awakening in certain attributes.
"Hathaway, you will uniformly open and categorize all the Purple Cards. The legions or departments can compile their needs for Profession Cards, and then they will be distributed uniformly. As for all the dropped gear, weapons, and resources, they will be handled according to the original methods."
Quick and decisive, the spoils of war were appropriately distributed. Next was the time for low-profile growth and digestion.
Of course, Hathaway and Tucker had to prioritize upgrading the two Mage Towers.
As for Li Wei himself, he split the Seven-Star Gold Card in his hand into two. One was used to upgrade Adai, and the other was exchanged for a Gold Command Token. This time, he needed to upgrade his Natal Farmer Card to six stars.
Although this speed was truly a bit too fast, he had no other choice.
The existence of things like Primal Assassins truly made him feel exceptionally insecure.
Of course, he couldn't upgrade right away at this moment.
He had to wait until all the legions had finished upgrading, had their attributes increased, and those capable of forging Combat Cards had forged them, forming new combat power, and the two Mage Towers had finished upgrading before he could upgrade.
And this wave was truly a massive harvest.
On the Blazing Legion's side, a one-time total of one hundred and twenty Heavy Cavalry Veterans, as well as fifteen veterans of the Blazing Legion, had successfully forged Dark Night Knight Cards.
There was no other way, they could only forge the lowest level ones.
There were only so many resources.
Among them, Thousand-man Commanders like Javier, Seth, Paul, Jocelyn, Duan Bowen, Victor, and Chang Wei could guarantee Dark Moon Knight Cards, but for the rest, there was nothing that could be done.
But even so, this was a massive improvement. It could increase their lifespan by roughly 50 to 100 years.
The combat power of the Blazing Legion directly increased by half!
As for the Frost Legion, only those at the rank of Centurion and above were able to successfully forge Combat Cards, totaling thirty people.
And then there was nothing left. Even if there were archers in the Ranger Legion who had reached All-Attribute Level 3 Awakening, there were not enough resources to forge Dark Night Ranger Cards.
Not to mention the Guard Legion.
At this point, the total number of 3rd-Tier Master Class practitioners in Li Wei's territory had reached 196 people!
Although the vast majority were the lowest-level Dark Night Combat Cards.
In addition, there were two 4th-Tier ones, He Yibo and A Su, but they were also trash.
Yes, there was no way around it.
With what they gained from this single battle, if used to cultivate an elite squad—assuming they cultivated ten 3rd-Tier Light Knights—it would probably just be barely enough.
But if they wanted large numbers, they could only do it this way.
Looking at it from the other side, those Samsara Travelers and Contractors—those were the true elites among elites. Unrivaled in single combat; fighting one-on-two, even one-on-three, or even one-on-ten, they might not necessarily be at a disadvantage.
However, when the numbers exceeded fifty, or exceeded a hundred, it would be a completely different outcome.
So this was the path that the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords had to take.
You cannot have both!
Next, Li Wei didn't go anywhere; he just stayed in the fortress, watching Hathaway busy herself there. Her progress over these past two years had indeed been significant. He wondered if she would have the chance to advance to a 4th-Tier Mage in the future?
Forget it, this matter couldn't be forced. A genius like Jiang Xinran needed a hundred years to reach the 4th-Tier.
"What are you thinking about? You've actually been zoning out for half the day."
Unknowingly, it had already grown dark. Hathaway, who finally had time to take a break and eat, sat over and asked. At this moment, her face was full of fatigue, looking as if she would fall asleep at any second. This was due to excessive consumption of spiritual power.
"Nothing. After you finish eating, go get some sleep. Don't worry, I'm here for everything."
Li Wei said softly. Outside, howling winds began to blow, and the temperature was continuously dropping sharply. This put quite a bit of pressure on everyone's hearts, and Hathaway's pressure was even greater.
So she hurriedly finished eating and haphazardly lay down beside Li Wei, quickly drifting into dreamland like an unkempt kitten.
Not far away, a squad of fifty guards was standing guard and patrolling. Above them, on the second and third floors of the fortress, A Su was leading a hundred archers, lying in ambush at their shooting positions, alternating day and night without interruption.
At the fortress entrance, five hundred Frost Legion Heavy Infantry were stationed.
Outside the fortress, on the vast empty land, there were also a hundred Flame Cavalry patrolling in each direction.
With such a deployment, perhaps an Assassin could still sneak in, but they absolutely could not walk out alive.
"So, in the end, I'm still just an ordinary person who fears death!"
Laughing at himself mockingly, harboring such thoughts, Li Wei also closed his eyes and drifted into dreamland. And in the night sky outside, the first snowflake finally drifted down.