Chapter 470

Chapter 470: Military Construction

Jenna found a new spot in the mountain area and spent three days recuperating. Not only did she heal her own injuries, but she also upgraded her strength back to Sequence 3. Her current extraordinary class was “War Sequence 3 · Frosty Sharpness.” This class focused on enhancing agility and making her weapons sharper, with an additional ice effect.

Among the same-grade classes Jenna knew, this one was relatively rare and challenging. She had been hesitant to advance until recently when she finally made up her mind to take the risk.

If she chose another ordinary class to advance to Sequence 3, she wouldn’t have much confidence in dealing with so many soldiers. But now that she has advanced to this class, she feels more confident.

After recuperating, she set out again, planning to check the village once more.

The sky was overcast, gray and dim even during the day. Jenna rode her horse carefully on the mountain path. As she approached the village, she dismounted and tied her horse to a tree nearby, hiding it. Then, carrying her long knife, she cautiously approached.

The mountainous area was filled with trees and shrubs, providing cover. With some effort, the girl slowly approached the village.

At this point, the village was already deserted, leaving only charred houses, ruins, and trampled fields.

She stepped out from behind the trees, examined the hoof prints on the road, and roughly deduced the direction these people were heading.

It happened to be towards the west, coinciding with her destination, Beacon City.

With that in mind, she no longer lingered, returned to the woods, and rode her horse back onto the road.

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Niede County Capital, Iron Anvil City.

As the name suggests, there were many blacksmith shops here. Long ago, iron ore from Niede County was transported here for smelting, and there were many blacksmiths.

However, with the rise of Red Gravel City in the northwest, this traditional method of smelting and forging gradually became outdated. Although many blacksmith shops remained, they could not compare to their peak.

At this moment, in front of a training ground in the city, many young men had gathered. They came from various villages in the mountains and were summoned by the local government.

They would begin three months of training starting today. The meals and clothing during training were provided by the government for easier management. During this period, they would acquire certain military skills.

From Lolan Hill’s perspective, this was adding a skill in the personal skills section: Military Proficiency LV.2 (including basic weapon usage, understanding of marching procedures, solid knowledge of field combat and survival, obedience to commands).

These people would become reserves for future mobilization when needed.

Outstanding individuals would be selected to enter the next stage of training. At this point, the government would provide certain subsidies and teach them methods of cultivating extraordinary sequences. After graduation, they would be incorporated into local patrol teams and law enforcement departments.

Using Lolan Hill’s system, this would be Military Proficiency LV.3 (proficient in using military weapons, riding horses, cooperative combat, familiar with basic formations, some discipline).

Currently, the armies that had experienced several major battles with the West Wind in Clancia appeared to be at about Military Proficiency LV.4 (proficient in military weapons, riding horses, familiar with most formations and knowing their roles, basic extraordinary resonance, firm will, good discipline, strict orders, understanding of tactical methods).

Those elite units with designations were likely at Military Proficiency LV.5 (proficient in many weapons, some extraordinary power and cooperative combat skills, riding horses, extraordinary resonance combat, formations like steel, fearless, disciplined like mountains, each individual clearly understands the strategic intent, tactical goals, and operational guidelines for this battle).

Furthermore, if those mercenaries from the West Wind were seen through Lolan Hill’s system, they would be at Military Proficiency LV.1 (knowledge of using a certain weapon, understanding of general combat procedures, able to understand basic commands).

Currently, in Clancia, there were only two large groups with substantial numbers reaching Military Proficiency LV.5: the Cataclysmic Knights and the Iron Sun Knights. The former had about 600 official members, and the latter had about 200.

Including attendant reserve members, the former could muster around 2000 people, and the latter around 500.

There were also other LV.5 combat units, but their numbers were very small, rarely exceeding 50, usually special forces. Most domestic elites still stayed at Military Proficiency LV.4. After all, Clancia was founded too recently, and a complete talent cultivation system had yet to be established. Everything was still imperfect and weak. In the future, units with their own designations would surely increase.

Of course, this was how the government of Clancia viewed it. In fact, in countries like Black Rock and Vergha, units reaching Military Proficiency LV.3 were already extremely rare elite forces.

In the absence of a unified and credible belief, many joined the military merely to make a living. It was far from any real combat spirit. Generally speaking, true elites often came from private armies of high nobility, trained from a young age. These were the foundation of the nobles’ rule.

In the city lord’s council hall, Lolan Hill sat in the center, listening to the reports from various officers below, mentally calculating the time and ratios.

“When the training grounds in Iron Anvil City are completed, we can train 3000-5000 people during the agricultural off-season each year, turning them into reservists (Military Proficiency LV.2). We will also select about one-tenth to undergo a year of full-time training and learning (Military Proficiency LV.3), supplementing them into various law enforcement and security teams.”

“Then, we will select the elite with extraordinary strength from various teams, pass the assessment, and participate in the final project of this academy, going through learning, training, and practical combat, gradually becoming part of the Dawn Horn Knights (Military Proficiency LV.4).”

Listening to these officers’ expectations and reports, Lolan Hill gradually gained a clearer understanding. Under normal circumstances, it would take an excellent youth from a mountain village, with decent talent, will, and effort, about 3-5 years to join the Dawn Horn Knights.

Don’t set your sights too high, Lolan Hill told herself. After seeing the Iron Sun Knights of the rabbit-eared race, she felt her perception might be skewed.

After all, not everyone had such opportunities and timing. She had slept in the forest for nearly seven years and, with the help of extraordinary fruits, data, and multiple battles with the remnants of the West Wind, this army was formed.

When it was first established, the Iron Sun Knights already had many Sequence 4 members. Adding to that the extraordinary fruits, potions given by Lolan Hill, and the trials of war, each official member (about 200) of this army was now around Sequence 4-5, while the attendant reserves were around Sequence 3-4.

Now, being able to mass-produce a lower-level army in 3-5 years was already quite difficult.

Although outsiders saw her as a wise maiden steadily handling and deciding on every detail, to herself, it felt like building a barracks in a game, watching well-equipped, orderly, and disciplined troops form, and feeling a faint sense of satisfaction in her heart.

Perhaps, this was another kind of farming.

(End of Chapter)