An infinite journey that begins at Hogwarts

Facing the surging orc autumn hunting troops, Dawn City did not have the power to resist, but the belief that it did not.

This belief refers to most of the natives of Dawn City, such as the mercenaries who have just arrived. Although they have begun to enjoy various benefits of the mercenary union, a month or two is not enough for them to make the determination to serve Dawn City to their death.

After all, what benefits can they gain from fighting the orcs?

Killing an orc of the same level is not equivalent to killing a magical being.

The orcs themselves are synonymous with poverty and backwardness, and their corpses have little practical value.

Unless Dawn City is willing to pay a high price in exchange for the orc corpse.

But that would directly drag down Dawn City's poor finances, so how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the mercenaries is a very real problem.

On the other hand, the main body of the regular army in Dawn City is now the Yan Clan and the You Clan who have inherited the extraordinary profession of the Heroic Spirit Envoy, and they are also equipped with newly recruited young adults.

The advantage is that the personal quality of the soldiers is extremely high. Not to mention the Yan clan and the You clan, just these young men, who can survive in the original lawless city, are born to fight, and the proportion of professionals among them is Also very high.

However, the shortcomings are also obvious. First of all, the regular army training they have experienced is too short. Not to mention the professional masters such as cavalry, heavy armored soldiers, and archers, they even dare not say that they have fully mastered the city defense warfare training until now.

Moreover, Cedric did not want his army to be consumed by the orcs' Autumn Hunting Group. He could fight, but he could only rely on fighting to support the war, and he could not compete with the orcs in numbers.

But the problem is that Ugesh obviously wants to compete with himself for the number of people.

Cedric dragged his chin in the main seat and thought for a while before saying, "After the mercenary union issues a rally order, I will select 7000 mercenaries to help us resist the invasion of the orcs, and I will hold a dragon blood ceremony for these mercenaries. ceremony."

After hearing Cedric's words, the representative of the mercenary group couldn't sit still. He stood up first and said in a low voice, "Is this true?"

Then he realized that he had made a mistake, because in front of him was not only a city lord, but also a noble saint.

Just when he was at a loss, Cedric waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, "Really, but after accepting the dragon blood ritual, you will need to serve your life in the next autumn hunting. Under the contract lady's Witness it, I don’t think anyone wants to try divine punishment.”

The representative of the mercenary group smiled coquettishly and said, "Of course, Lord City Lord, I will sign up on behalf of my mercenary group."

The dragon's blood ritual that is rumored to make people infinitely powerful and even invulnerable is really attractive. For mercenaries who admire strength, this is even more attractive than yellow-orange gold coins.

Just like you may not be able to buy an excellent magic equipment from a mage if you have gold coins, but an excellent magic equipment can even save your life many times during an adventure.

"If there is a lot of competition, you can sort it out." Cedric pointed at Dolan's gold coins. He would leave the heavy work of identifying people to Dolan, a fat man.

But this fat man is really easy to use. If it weren't for the surname of the other party with gold coins, Cedric would even want to promote him to his favored one.

"Yes, Lord City Lord." Dolan stood up with a proud look on his face. Although this kind of job of presiding over the selection is tiring, the benefits are not small, and it means that he is really favored by the Lord City Lord. trust.

And being trusted by a living saint, Dolan suddenly felt that all his previous efforts were in vain.

Of course Cedric understands Dolan's little thoughts, but this is also the reason why he revealed his identity as a saint from the beginning. Uncle Liu may have to recruit counselors in person, but Yuan Shao only needs an official document. This is the difference between identity and status in the secular world. come advantages.

After checking his material library, the dragon blood ceremony that Cedric wanted to perform was certainly not the kind of dragon vein inheritance ceremony that consumes an entire dragon's life force and is held for one person.

It is a relatively popular ritual that increases strength, physique, agility, armor, and magic resistance. Of course, it does not rule out that some lucky people can actually inherit the dragon's veins.

After all, people's bodies are different.

However, even if it is not the Dragon Vein Inheritance Ceremony, Cedric's utilization efficiency of dragon blood is not comparable to that of third-rate mages.

Cedric had all the main materials. The blood of countless dragon beasts on the last trial road was used as the main body, and the blood of nine red dragons was used as the introduction.

The remaining materials can be scraped together. Even if they are less, they can still be bought in the trading city of Dawn City.

But there is still a question, and that is how to lead these 7000 mercenaries who have been bathed in dragon blood.

This immediately highlighted another major flaw of Dawn City, which was that there was no officer system.

You must know that an excellent officer is the core of the army. In this extraordinary world, he must not only be able to fight, but also be able to coordinate operations.

Fortunately, in the beginning, they only had to face the ineffective orc raiding groups in the Bloodweeping Plains and the two mountain ranges. Even if there were troops among them, the mercenaries could still handle it on their own as long as they did not form a large-scale group army.

However, according to the chaotic nature of mercenaries, there must be someone who can unite the crowd under unified command, and Cedric also wants to recruit the vast majority of the 7000 people into his army system after this autumn hunt. , even he won't be able to hold this large-scale dragon blood ceremony for the second time in the short term.

The only person who can overwhelm mercenaries is the mercenaries themselves. No matter how strong outsiders are, they will not really gain the love of mercenaries.

He needs to choose a favored one among this group of mercenaries, just like Ugesh chooses the orc king among the orcs.

As Cedric made up his mind, a feedback from the great source came. Everyone except Cedric was trembling under the power of the world's will. They were pressed on the chair and bowed their heads, as if they were really meeting the monarch.

A broken priest slowly condensed, Cedric grabbed it, and the power of the world's will instantly dissipated.

This is a mercenary priesthood, but the degree of completion is very low now. It cannot even support the weak divine power. It can probably support the faith of a false god, Cedric thought as he held the priesthood in his hand.

He had already expected this priesthood. After all, it was the priesthood he planned. When he first built Dawn City, he claimed that it was a mercenary city.

With the establishment of the mercenary union, the mercenary organization of Dawn City began to influence the mercenary world of the entire Flanaess, and Cedric thought that promoting a mercenary favored by the gods would be the catalyst for all the results, allowing him to obtain feedback from the will of the world.

Although the will of the world receded, all the natives still did not dare to look at Cedric. Although they did not understand what happened, they knew that their city lord had become more powerful.

Cedric smiled warmly and said, "I just received feedback from the will of the world. I will become a real mercenary god in the future."

"Is this true?" The representative of the mercenary group didn't care that this was the second time he was rude today. In fact, this news was more shocking than before.

Rogues have a rogue god, mages have a mage god, knights have a knight god

Almost all professions have their own true gods to protect them, but the hard-working mercenaries do not. This also leads to the fact that most mercenaries with ungodly beliefs will die because of their own chaos or evil souls after they die in an accident. Essence, reincarnate into the lower plane and become a demon or devil.

This is a result unacceptable to all mortals.

But now everything is turning around. A real mercenary god is about to appear. This means that even if your belief is not that pious, as long as you comply with the way of mercenaries, your soul after death will receive real benefits. destination.

He was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and finally said, "My Lord."