Chapter 777 - 5000 Soldiers? (1/2)

Chapter 777: 5000 Soldiers?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Rhode stipulated that he would bring 5000 soldiers to the Winter Castle, but where could he find that many of them?

Not only Marlene, but other members such as Marfa, Joey, Randolf, and Sol also had this doubt as team leaders of this fortress However, all four of them held vastly different duties Marfa was responsible for frontal attacks andorder in the fortress Joey led the Thieves and was ation and observation Randolf’s tea and defensive duties outside the fortress As for Sol, his subordinates of half-demons were mostly in an elite squad who followed Rhode closely and only helped Marfa maintain order in needed times

In the previous battle with the Undead Are losses Fortunately, Randolf and Sol did e attacks while half-deer than humans Marfa’s mercenaries suffered the e probleht to recruit soldiers to make up for the numbers, their recruitment methods idely different Marfa had the simplest method because mercenaries ere experienced in close-combat were the most common, which hy he could easily transfer ht or train up newly recruited mercenaries On the other hand, Joey and Randolf needed to be ers and Thieves to be experienced After all, their duties weren’t training Rangers and Thieves Sol’s half-demons were the hardest to replenish because just as the naside humans However, this wasn’t due to discrimination Instead, it was because the half-deainst fla blankly after the half-demons leaped over the flames in battle?

It was due to this reason that Sol knew the number of half-deested Sol to not focus his attention only on the half-des like the half-beasts and half-elves weren’t treated well in the Country of Light Due to the racial discriht, the treatreat Rhode suggested that if it was possible, Sol could recruit thee would be too narrow if he were to search for half-demons only while huh half-beasts and half-elves lacked certain abilities of the half-deth, after all, and could s, which wasn’t a bad choice

But even if this was the case, they didn’t replenish too one and the nu the ht, was still less than 2000 Rhode said that he would bring 5000 soldiers, so where could he possibly find them?

Marfa asked Rhode about it despite his ice-cold expression Marfa had spent a long time with him and realized that his expressionless face was only a habit and he wasn’t a man of little words This hy his men weren’t terrified of Rhode and they reco them to the Winter Castle If yes, they would surely need more soldiers…

However, Rhode’s answer surprised everyone He stated that this ti his usual elite squad to the Winter Castle because they had suffered gravely and were still regrouping Moreover, the fortress needed forces to stabilize any situation This hy he wouldn’t lead Marfa and his team and not even John There were only three confir—Orchid Heart, Anne, and Gillian Rhode intended to bring Orchid Heart to gather soht turn out handy against the Undead Creatures As for Anne, it was just out of his habit After all, he knew that even if he didn’t bring her along, she would sneakily follow hith as Rhode’s abilities rose, and she had also reached the Legendary Stage like him When Rhode reached the th as the fire ele

As for the others, Rhode made them stay in the fortress He needed Marlene and the others to otiate the transactions with the other regional representatives about the Holy Maiden Statues

Days passed and Marlene and Lize didn’t receive any news froht that the fortress in the Land of Atonement lacked manpower Of course, there were more than 5000 residents in the Land of Atone a bunch of kids and elderly women into battle

Rhode remained silent to their doubts The only preparation that he had done was toBoats The rear of the Winter Castle was yet another border junction between the Munn Kingdoht, where Li to Lydia’s orders, Limestone City would dispatch 2000 soldiers to join Rhode and his tea the way, Rhode could negotiate the transaction of the Holy Maiden Statues with Limestone City’s owner

However, the most important soldiers were nowhere to be found

Everyone had different views as to where Rhode had gotten the 5000 soldiers especially after he told Marlene that he wouldn’t mobilize the forces froht be waiting for the arrival of the Battle Angel Arel Arht arrisons from Paphield and the Deep Stone City But this wasn’t practical because 5000 was a huge number and there were considerations of replenisha into battle Previously, Bayer brought 2000 troops to support the Land of Atonement and already needed two months of preparations

An army marched on its stomach and this was the top priority However, apart fro Boats ready, Rhode had been spending time with Christie all day—he didn’t have the time to accompany her due to his busy schedule and now that he was finally free, he spent the tea and chit-chats with her