Pale Emblem

Chapter 178: Battle Group or Team
The high-level orcs and barbarians began to flee, so Victor and his men stopped attacking and allowed the hunting team to wipe out those crazy orc fighters.

A few minutes later, the last orc fighter who was still holding out was surrounded and killed. This wild encounter ended with the victory of the half-elf side.

The next step was to clean up the battlefield, rescue the wounded, and other follow-up work. Of course, the leader of the hunting team did not forget Victor and his team. After all, they made great efforts and saved the hunting team from danger.

The leaders of the three adventure groups and the supervisor of the hunting team all came over to express their gratitude as soon as possible, followed by a round of greetings.

Hermann responded to them in a few words, while Victor and the others just watched and said nothing.

Since the saddle of the antelope mount had the emblem of the Golden Sunflower family on it, the three captains of the hunting team did not dare to show excessive enthusiasm for fear of angering the arrogant servants of the noble family. This saved Hermann a lot of trouble.

After the hunting team's inventory, the outcome of this battle has been determined.

半兽人一方共37人被击杀，包括1名屠夫、1名战斗萨满、6个蛮族战士和29个半兽人斗士。半精灵猎杀队也付出了12人战死、6人重伤的代价，牺牲者中有3名盾卫士、2名剑士和7名长矛手。

Compared with the results achieved, the casualties of the hunting team itself were still acceptable.

按照落叶城冒险者工会的承诺，冒险团在此次战争任务中击杀半兽人和蛮族都有赏金。一个半兽人斗士可以换5金塔、蛮族战士换20金塔、地灵萨满换60金塔、蛮斗士换100金塔、屠夫换120金塔。

These are just basic bounties. The actual bounties received by the hunting teams will be multiplied by their own casualty coefficient. In other words, the higher the casualties of the hunting teams themselves, the more bounties they will receive.

In addition, the hunting team is paid every time they go out on duty, and they are compensated for casualties. They can also get discounts when purchasing various equipment and supplies. Otherwise, adventure groups of all sizes would never go to the wilderness battlefield to work for a famous general.

The question now is, the butcher, the earth spirit shaman, two barbarian warriors and five orc fighters were killed by Victor and his men, how should the bounty be distributed?
Although these adventurers are in awe of the strength and famous background of Hermann and others, they will not give in once their own interests are involved.

The three leaders all expressed their willingness to hand over the basic bounty to Herman on the spot, and the actual bounty belonged to the hunting team. After all, the hunting team had casualties, and although Herman and others helped, they themselves did not suffer any casualties. According to the rules of the Adventurer's Guild, they could only receive the basic bounty, a total of 245 gold towers.

On the other hand, when they attacked, the hunting team had not yet been defeated. According to the rules of adventurers, the two sides were temporarily cooperating. Of course, if the hunting team had been defeated, the situation would be different. At that time, the morale of the orcs and barbarians was high, and the blood rage power was full. Herman and others faced huge resistance to attack, and the difficulty of the battle increased. It might not be possible to achieve the current results.

The three team leaders did not know the true abilities of Hermann and his men. They only considered them to be high-level professionals from the Golden Sunflower Family, and thus made a reasonable judgment.

Hermann did not raise any objections and readily accepted the more than 200 gold towers. He then asked about the current situation of the Braun Town stronghold and parted ways with the hunting team.

In fact, two hundred gold towers is not a small amount of money. When most adventurers retire, they only have two or three hundred gold towers in their pockets, not counting the houses and shops they have bought in advance. However, Victor now thinks that the money is too little with more than 245 gold towers. These gold towers are better than nothing.

The biggest gain from this combat rescue was actually experience, which gave Victor the most intuitive impression of field encounters.

When the number of combatants reaches a certain level, the limitations of the flesh and blood body will be highlighted and magnified and become their own weaknesses.

For example, the enemy's Barbarian Warrior was the most powerful individual on the battlefield before Victor and his team took action, but he failed to kill any half-elves. This was entirely because the hunting team sent four level 4 professionals to focus on the Barbarian Warrior alone.

The Barbarian Fighter only has two arms, two legs, a hammer and a shield. His field of vision is not unlimited, and his physical strength is not unlimited. He cannot take all directions into consideration, and is bound to lose sight of one thing while focusing on another. As a result, he is targeted by multiple professionals and is unable to do anything.

The limitations of the flesh and blood body include the fact that there are no eyes at the back of the head, so one cannot see one's own back; the knees bend forward, making moving forward more flexible than moving backward; and the fact that there is a limit to the strength of the body; the skin, bones, and muscles will all fatigue, get injured, and die.

All of the above limitations may be exploited by the enemy in battle. As long as there are enough people, these limitations can be magnified into fatal flaws.

This is why the hunting team wanted to divide and surround the enemy at the beginning, and the barbarian fighter fought back desperately, because he knew very well that once he was surrounded by half-elf professionals, he would be easily killed by being attacked from both sides.

Simply put, the limit of the flesh and blood body is death. Even if a strong person is surrounded by the enemy, he will most likely die.

Victor was no exception, and neither were his professionals and alchemists. If they were surrounded by heavy enemy forces on the battlefield, they would still die.

Ever since he integrated into the Alchemical Serpent Tentacles and mastered the extraordinary power of utilizing the void wind element, to be honest, Victor felt a little bit dizzy and almost forgot that he was still a flesh and blood body and could still be killed.

This battle reminded him not to be overly superstitious about his own extraordinary powers, but to pay more attention to the strength of the team.

"Master, are you worried about something?" Jessica noticed that Victor was distracted and couldn't help but ask.

Victor rode on the antelope, shook his head, and asked, "The battle just now made me feel that our team is still lacking something?"

“There are so many things missing!”

Ruth was on Victor's left, and said excitedly, "Master, when I graduated from the academy, I received an excellent evaluation for leadership. According to leadership theory, a mature small regiment should maintain 3 or 4 reconnaissance and liaison teams, each with at least 3 scouts; followed by two winged cavalry teams, each with 7 or 8 level 30 or above archers; then the main force, with at least 20 level 50 or above shield guards and level or above swordsmen; and finally the reserve support team, with well-trained awakeners... their role is actually very important."

The purpose and usage of the reserve support group are varied and it is difficult to explain them clearly in a short period of time. Ruth didn't know where to start.

Harvey, who was following behind Victor, took the initiative to come over and said, "As for the reserve support group... they usually do odd jobs. When there is a shortage of people in the battle, they have to step up. Haha, the battle group that Ruth mentioned is quite common in the army. Although the adventure group is also considered a battle group, it does not need to be divided so finely. When I was an adventurer, I also learned the techniques of using bows and spears. Swordsmen and archers also have to practice shield techniques. Professionals have to practice all kinds of combat techniques, and awakened ones have to practice even more. Ordinary people must train hard. If there is a vacancy in that combat position, whether they are professionals or not, they must go up to fill it. Only in this way can we ensure that the combat effectiveness of the adventure group will not collapse due to some casualties." "The small adventure group recruits ordinary half-elves as reserve forces because they are very cheap. We don't even have to pay them. We just need to make sure they are well fed and warm, provide them with weapons and equipment, and teach them combat techniques. Of course, reserve members who perform well will get an awakening opportunity, and the adventure group will pay for him to buy awakening secret medicine."

Ruth frowned and said, "That's if they can survive."

"It's better than starving to death, isn't it? And they grow up to be trustworthy." Harvey retorted unconvinced.

Harvey, who came from the lower class, understood better the difficulties of the lower class. The mortality rate of the city-state's poor who participated in adventure activities was of course high, but if they could not get enough food every day, they might as well join an adventure group and bet their lives on a future.

There is also a cruel fact. The higher mortality rate of ordinary adventurers means that the weak will be eliminated and the strong will remain. Anyone who can survive and become an awakener is not simple. Even if their strength and agility are not particularly outstanding, their mental body has completed the transformation in constant adventures, and their temperament has become brave and resolute.

In the battle just now, the Awakened Spearmen worked in groups of three, coordinating and performing very well. They even dared to fight head-on against the Orc butcher.

The Orc Butcher was tall and fat, with a red face and fangs, like a demon crawling out of the abyss, exuding a bloody and terrifying aura of killing. When ordinary civilians in the city-state encountered the Butcher, most of them would be frightened to the point of weakness, but when the Awakened Spearman's companion was killed by the Butcher, he dared to fight back and stabbed the Butcher's eyes, throat, heart and other vital parts with his spear. Even if the Butcher chose to retreat to his own line, it was not entirely due to the pressure of the Spearman, but who could deny that those Spearmen were extremely brave?

The sisters Ruth and Jessica are from the City-State Academy. Their ideas on regiment construction are different from Harvey's, and are more in line with the needs of the alliance's top leaders.

"Master, you must have heard of the Golden Wing family's unique career path, the Balance King Servant, right?"

Jessica took over the topic and said, "It is said that the Balance King's Servant can imitate the secret blood abilities of swordsmen, shield guards, and archers. They are equipped with a triangular iron shield, a short broadsword, a one-handed long knife, and carry two javelins. In battle, they can take on the responsibilities of defense, close combat, and long-range attack at the same time. They are the best choice for the reserve support group."

"The Golden Wings have always been considered the best of the sixteen pillars, because the Bright City's warband is the strongest in the alliance. The difference is that their backup support group has the Balance King's servants."

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"Although we don't have the career path of Balance King Servant, the master's combat breathing method can also comprehensively improve the combat skills of the awakened. In addition, the master's source blood forging method is very advanced. Combined with the doctor's secret medicine, the elite warriors trained may not be inferior to those high-level professionals or dragon veins." Ruth smiled slightly, full of confidence.

Harvey nodded vigorously. The reason why the Adventurer's House actively approached Victor was because of Victor's mastery of the Blood Forging Method. Now, Sister Ruth mentioned the Master's Blood Forging Method and Combat Breathing Method, and Harvey naturally chose to support them.

Ruth and Jessica were ambitious and wanted to build a top-notch war group for their master. However, Victor frowned unconsciously. He understood what the Ranger sisters meant, but the ideal of building a top-notch war group was beautiful, but the reality was full of difficulties.

The source blood forging method that Victor mastered can indeed cultivate third-order elite warriors. The problem is that the training cycle is very long. People have to receive training from childhood. By the age of 20, only half of them can complete the transformation of their bodies into ferocious ones, and the other half can only reach the peak of the second-order life level.

As for combat breathing techniques, it takes several years of practice to truly develop combat effectiveness.

It is different for professionals. Even adult half-elves, once they become professionals, will possess extraordinary fighting talents. Within a few months, they can skillfully use the combat techniques of shields, blades, bows and arrows, and long and short weapons. In another one or two years, their combat skills will have been perfected.

Compared with the source blood forging method, the disadvantage of the professional is that it is more difficult to complete the violent transformation, and it also consumes a lot of secret medicine resources. Therefore, there are many professionals below level 5, and the number of professionals above level 5 is rare and respected.

In the final analysis, Victor was still too poor. The tens of thousands of gold towers in his hands were like throwing money into the water without hearing a sound if he wanted to build a top-level war group.

Victor looked around and found that the gladiator was hesitant to speak, so he asked, "Kent, what do you think?"

"Oh...oh." Kent obviously wanted to express his opinion, but he seemed unprepared. After a while, he said, "I don't know the Balance King Servant of the Golden Wing Clan...but, when I was still in the arena, I heard that the new patriarch of the Golden Nightingale Clan defeated a 300-man battle group from the City of Light alone."

After these words were spoken, everyone was speechless.

Victor could never remember his past, but all signs indicated that he came from a famous Golden Nightingale family and was hostile to the new patriarch of the Golden Nightingale.

The news that the Golden Nightingale clan leader single-handedly blocked a standard regiment from the City of Light in the wild had spread throughout the Disa Alliance, and the clan leader was known as the strongest professional in the alliance.

There is more or less a component of the Golden Nightingale clan building up a reputation for the clan leader. But if the rumors are true, how much sense does it make for Victor to build a war group to deal with the Golden Nightingale?
"I just can't imagine how one person can defeat an army head-on?" Victor shook his head repeatedly to express his doubt.

"Well, we need to seriously investigate the authenticity and details of this matter." Ruth nodded.

Victor let out a long breath and asked the gladiator again: "Do you have any good suggestions?"

Kent scratched his head and continued, "I don't know anything about battle groups... There are also group battles in gladiatorial games, but they are only fought by a dozen people. However, when I was a thug for the Northern Thieves Guild, I participated in a melee involving hundreds of people. Anthony of the Thieves Guild divided the thugs into small teams, each with thirteen or fourteen people. They usually ate and lived together, and were managed by a small leader. Four small leaders were managed by one leader, and above the three leaders there was a big leader."

"The big boss took us to Xibang to fight the local thieves. We still acted according to our own teams, sometimes gathering together, sometimes dispersing, and the fighting style was very flexible... The only thing that made me dissatisfied was that there was an idiot in my team who ran slowly, resulting in his fastest speed in the team. In order to wait for that idiot, I could obviously run very fast, but I had to slow down."

"I complained to the small leader, and he told me that there is always one person who is a drag on every team. The people who drag on other teams are worse than that idiot."

"Today's battle gave me a familiar feeling, that is, the weakest part of the battle group will bring trouble to the others... The butcher I killed clearly felt the danger, but he couldn't run away. If he dared to run, those orc fighters would also run away, so he had to stay and was killed by me."

"The problem of the squad being held back is obviously not as serious as the chapter."

Victor couldn't help but look Kent up and down a few times, and he was impressed by this guy. The combat team model he proposed was very suitable for his current situation.