Volume 1 Chapter 85 (1/2)

Chapter 85 — Triumphant Return

Translator: SaltyTank

Editor: AyaSnow

Legend Rating?!

Soran opened up his attribute screen, and there really was an additional colu was now 1 It was considerably difficult to raise one's Legend Rating, and for now at least, it had only peculiar uses It did not directly affect one's strength before reaching the Realends, and Soran could only use it as a bonus to his Diploend Rating was equal to one bonus point in these basic skills The rating would play a decisive role after entering the Realends, but that was still a ways off

Soran was only looking around the battlefield again when, suddenly, nes of data showed up in his vision

”Unlocked battle record”

”Auto system initiated!”

Before Soran could react, an entire paragraph popped up

”The Legendary Battle of the Bone Crusher Tribe: In Septe, Whiterun launched an assault on the Bone Crusher Ogre Tribe to expel the res of the Bone Crusher Tribe and killed an advanced Ogre Officer (Level 14) Tales of the Legendary-grade battle will soon spread around and be known by the entire southern region Legend Rating +1”

Though unexpected, it wasn't particularly iiving it too ht

In thea while, the Whiterun soldiers had started cleaning up the battlefield Their casualties numbered around six hundred; every war and battle carieve over the deaths of their allies, and the soldiers started gathering the dead bodies and severed limbs of those who had fallen in battle It was custo the bodies of the deceased back to the city and give them proper funerals and burials The injured were sent back to the city as well for further treatment, because even divine spells could not heal every injury, and medicine and potions were required for extensive treatment

It was also a fact that priests had to expend their own life force in order to heal others, though the people of the world did not publicly acknowledge it Just looking at the average life expectancies of Legendary wizards, druids, and priests, it was pretty obvious that priests were giving up some life force since wizards could live for up to a millennium, and druids could live for a few centuries, while priests had only a century or two Priests though believed that returning to the embrace of their deities was part of their mission, so it was not like they minded too much anyway

Alrees The adventurers had also suffered some casualties, albeit less than the army Party members would take care of the bodies of dead teammates If the deceased was a solo adventurer, his or her body would be burnt on the spot, and the ash would be buried nearby Most people of this world preferred to have their body buried in the soil after death, but adventurers were different If they buried the dead adventurers' bodies into the ground, they ht end up as food for race to the deceased, which hy the co the ash

With the help of soathered his ashes with a piece of cloth, then dug a hole nearby and buried it He wanted to set a gravestone for Yarse, though he was not sure what to write on it Yarse was a Grade 3 ranger after all, and he deserved at least that much for his acco, then pondered over what to write next

”Yarse, a brave half-elven ranger Protector of Autures and killed an ogre officer in the very last moments of his life May his soul receive eternal peace”

Soran could not think of anything else, so he stopped there He then placed Yarse's broken longbow and eviscerate sword into the pit It may seem wasteful, but it was a tradition in this world to do so, and it was a tradition worth preserving One's weapons were an extension of one's body, thus it was only natural to bury the with their deceased owner It was the same for the Whiterun soldiers who died in battle; the army would not reuse their arside the braves who gave their lives for the city

The city officials had clashed more than once with the army on this issue Politicians and nobles found the practice to be extreed to the city As such, they believed they should have the right to collect the equipment of the deceased and redistribute it to other soldiers, but the proposal waswas adht that their equipment acted as part of their bodies, and it was basic respect to bury one's body in its entirety Perhaps this was the obstinance of warriors

The soldiers went on to search the half-built ogre fortress, where they found plenty of loot, but that was unrelated to Soran, as the iteet the rest of their pay when they returned to Whiterun

The Whiterun officers ordered their men to take the valuables away, then ordered them to burn the unfinished fortress This was to prevent otherdown there As Soran was injured, he went back to the city along with the other injured soldiers and adventurers Those who could still fight had to mop up other monsters nearby, such as the lizardmen that had moved out of the Dark Swamp

If the lizardht just retreat on their own If not, then the Whiterun army and adventurers would have to kill the h, so just six hundred soldiers was enough to handle the rest