698 Indulging in production Part 1 (1/2)

At this point in time, the commander of the sixth camp then instructed his trusted soldiers to leave Viscount Piac. Even though the battle had ended, Viscount Piac's face was still white as sheet. He could never have imagined going through a battle of such proportions. During Metatrin's defensive war, he only contributed some money and hired a few people to help in defending the city walls, while he himself hid in his residence.

The cavalrymen removed their armor and took out the items from the pouches hanging around the warhorses. These items were metal bottles filled with Restorative Water. Saleen had specially given it to the cavalrymen for restoring physical strength. The infantrymen also got some.

The infantrymen did not remove their armor as they did not deplete much physical strength. They did not have warhorses, so they had to stand ready to react to any new situation.

Two emblem groups of infantrymen began cleaning up the battlefield. This so called cleanup was to ensure that the enemies were fully dead and to remove any valuable items from the enemies' bodies.

The soldiers from the sixth camp were like a bunch of ants. They acted in regulated movements and they did not create any unnecessary noise.

The envoy group from Holy Rock City also got off their horses and rested. The two sorcerers remained silent, deep in thought. Duke Barde was planning something as he readily agreed when the sixth camp requested to take a one hour break.

A usual cleanup of the battlefield would require more than an hour, but the sixth camp did not need any prisoners. They only wanted equipment. The alchemical arrows and metal arrows which were expended had to be retrieved. The soldiers had to inspect their armor for any damage, those who needed a new set of equipment had to inform their commanders quickly.

Very soon, the casualty rate of the sixth camp had been calculated; one-hundred and seventy-five soldiers were dead and nine-hundred and fifty soldiers were wounded.

Of the dead people, there were over one-hundred light infantrymen. There were dozens of cavalrymen whose injuries were too serious that even a mage would not be able to save them. None of the heavy infantrymen died, only a few of them sustained light injuries.

There were about one-thousand injured personnel, less than one-hundred sustained serious injuries. The formation of the sixth camp kept fluctuating, allowing it to always outnumber the enemy. The moment one got injured, they would immediately fall back.

”Let the lightly injured people carry the heavily injured people back to Metatrin and send five-hundred people to protect them,” the camp commander swiftly ordered. Saleen placed a lot of emphasis on the sixth camp. This commander had just defected to Saleen, so he paid a lot of attention to the loss of soldiers. This battle could have been fought better.

The injured soldiers were gathered. The heavily injured personnel were placed on chariots, while the lightly injured people were bandaged. Riding on the infantry's horses, the injured soldiers began the return trip along the original route while being protected by five-hundred troops.

When this group of soldiers returned to Metatrin City, Saleen was still occupied with issues from the mercenary group. Upon learning that the sixth camp was ambushed within Phoenix's borders and sustained around one-thousand casualties, Saleen had mixed feelings.

Saleen was worried because he did not have sufficient generals. Since the country was just established, there were not many reserves. Going to war so quickly would be detrimental to development. Saleen was overjoyed because the chaos in Phoenix had given him a reason to join in the war though.

It was no small matter that an envoy group was attacked.

Saleen immediately traveled to the palace from the alchemy factories in the southern city and summoned all the nobles which were conferred by him.

”Congratulations, my king.” Duke Renee was the first to speak. She was a person from the Tiffany family. The grand mage Tiffany who came to Metatrin City was also from the same family. Many talents had left this family, but it never declined.

In a mage's words, it could be said that the bloodline of this family was naturally powerful.

Renee was a very intelligent person. When she first decided to defect to Metatrin, she kept the lowest profile, yet she had brought along the most money.

Now that Saleen had established a country, she begun devoting all her efforts to planning.

”There is nothing worth congratulating.” Saleen scanned the other nobles, and noticed that the nobles were mostly jubilant.

”The Phoenix people have rebelled, it definitely wasn't an accidental assault. There is nothing to rob from an envoy group, their actions were ordered by Solar City. I think that County Queen Lex's Huoxing City is also in danger. My king, you have to contact County Queen Lex quickly, both countries have to sign an agreement to quash the rebel soldiers in Phoenix together!” Renee was simply speculating and she could know what had happened in Phoenix. Her political instincts were very strong.

”My king, Renee is right.” Irene added, ”By cooperating with County Queen Lex, we can enter Phoenix rightfully. The rations in the north are only sufficient for ourselves. The moment you expand, we have to rely on Phoenix's granaries to rear the armies. It is the same case for Bitter Water County too. My king, please make a decision soon, don't wait for Holy Rock City to define their stance!”

”What do you guys think?” Saleen looked at the other nobles.

Aini said, ”I am willing to build a new city for you, you can delegate the matters over there to me.”

At that moment, Saleen was more assured. ”With Aini developing the new city, the new city can be constructed much faster. Aini can summon a huge number of spirits, conserving my own troops. These troops can immediately participate in the war in Phoenix.”