Link took his men and said goodbye to Orvador and ran all the way, and finally rushed back to the dock where the fleet was anchored before the sun set in the evening.

"What's wrong with you? A big battle with the Snake Cult?"

Ashley saw Link and his group from afar and got off the boat in advance to greet him.

Hundreds of Link's subordinates were exhausted, and almost all were injured after several battles. Dozens of seriously injured people were placed on the captured war horses and were escorted back all the way.

Fortunately, these soldiers have been upgraded several times and have been given strong recovery capabilities.

Slight injuries are basically free and can recover by relying on self-healing power.

As long as severely injured people do not have broken arms and legs, they can recover their health, but it only takes a longer recovery period.

"Also, are you talking about getting someone back? Are there so many thousands of people?"

Ashley continued to question Link.

It’s not her fault, the Third Independence Fleet of the Imperial Navy she commanded, so far, all the crew and sailors have only 4,000 or 5,000 people.

Now Link directly brought back the Rodocs who were of the same number as her fleet, which naturally made her feel a little outrageous.

Link was counting the number of casualties, but after being interrupted, he did not explain, and even replied:

"There may be more, don't worry."

“There are more refugees?!”

Ashley raised her voice, and she felt it was necessary to make Link realize clearly that she was the real commander of the fleet.

Link notified her after everything happened, giving her a feeling of being looked down upon.

Moreover, these Rodocs were rebels of the Old Bass Empire, and they helped fuel the demise of the Old Bass Empire.

Although it was already an old story in the previous dynasty, Ashley, who was born into a traditional aristocratic family in the empire, found it difficult to have a good impression of these Rodocs.

"Did you take me, the fleet commander seriously? I just said..."

"The exclusive sale rights of VC Holy Water in the Golden Sea in the future."

Link replied lightly.

"What...what...selling rights?"

Ashley's accusation, which had been loudly abruptly, began to stutter when she heard Link's words.

"I think we have a happy cooperation this time, and I also believe in the strength of the Barence family. In the future, the sales of holy water in this area of ​​the Golden Sea will be given to you."

"Uh, really? Do you trust me so much?"

Ashley asked in a low voice, disbelief.

Because the Empire Maritime Department found the channel for VC Holy Water and provided real and effective samples, it gave itself the opportunity to become the commander of the Empire Fleet.

Although the ships and personnel have to raise their own resources and the family background accounts for a large part of the factors, in addition to this, a large part of the credit is counted on the VC Holy Water.

You can gain this by just providing samples and channels. If you control the agency rights in the Golden Sea, you must not take off directly?!

Ashley was trapped in beautiful fantasy. The most wonderful scene must be that she appeared in front of the old antiques in the council hall, shocking their dog eyes.

As I thought about it, I couldn't help but smile foolishly.

Link looked at Ashley who was already in an inexplicable state of self-interest, without interrupting her enjoyment, and shook her head and walked away.

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"There are more than 200 minor injuries, but none of them are seriously injured. There are more than 50 serious injuries. Apart from a few who are really unable to rescue them, there are no other problems. At most, I have to say goodbye to the military camp in the future."

Varre reported to Link.

"There are five Vigia guys who died directly. They were unlucky when the Snake Cavalry charged and couldn't hold on."

Thomas added heavily.

"Have you brought it back?"

"As you told me, I brought them all back."

"Please give them sea burial tonight, and be with those unrescued Vigia guys."

When war, you will be injured and die. This is something that will never be avoided.

Despite Link's blessing, almost all of the Vigian mercenaries who had been under him for a long time have been greatly improved.

Especially in terms of battlefield survival rate.

But when encountering a fierce battle, Link is powerless, and there are always times when he is unlucky.

The most regrettable thing is that these dead Vigia guys cannot bury their hometown, and they even have no time to return to Miluo Island.

It is already summer season, and even if the fresh corpses are left for two days, they will rot and smell.

There is no way to store it, so you can only bury seas according to the traditions of Vigian mercenaries.

It would be great if there was saltpeter. Ice-made and refrigerated the bodies of these Vigya guys and could be taken back to Miluo Island.

“Saltpeter…”

Link touched his pocket and suddenly remembered the cylinder container found from the group of alchemists.

Such a long raid and battle, without losing it is simply a miracle.

Putting it back in his pocket and avoiding the sight of the people around him, Link returned to his single cabin.

Locked the door, opened the cylinder container and checked it carefully. It was the first time Link had an intimate contact with the alchemy of the forbidden level.

Open the cylinder and there is a piece of moisture-proof kraft paper with the common words on it. Unfortunately, Link is illiterate and left it aside.

Then he shook the cylinder and found something like sandy and soil inside.

By the way, Link approached and sniffed it with his nose.

"Sure enough, it's just gunpowder!"

Link thought that such a big noise was made at the head of Ankara, and at that time he suspected that some powerful magician had made it.

After asking Ashley for his success and the other party said he had never heard of any magician, Link judged that it was the power of gunpowder.

I got closer and smelled it again. A smell of saltpeter came to my nose, reminding Link of the reckless experience he was a child:

Fried cow dung, manhole covers, and toilets, Link was even so brave that he stuffed a 'black spider' into his father's cigarette.

After my father was blown off a front teeth, Link was tied up and sucked the cowhide belt for an afternoon.

"Is this thing considered a forbidden alchemy?"

Link thought about it carefully and found that gunpowder was indeed qualified.

Not to mention anything else, as long as you can get the explosive pack that overturns the Ankara walls, all the castles of the noble lords will become vulnerable.

The reason why the noble lords can control the rule of the countries on the mainland is, first, the force of the soldiers and knights under their command, and second, the protection of the strong castle.

Even if you face several times the enemy, just hide in the castle and work hard to defend, you can support the arrival of reinforcements.

The noble lords who watched and helped each other firmly took root in the countries of the mainland with this point.

It is also because of this that although the people of the mainland have suffered from the tyranny of the noble lords and have revolted against their rule countless uprisings in history, there are no successful cases.

The closest people to success are the people of Rodok, but they are just struggling to survive.
Chapter completed!