Chaos Crown

Chapter 59, Post-War Harvest (5000-word chapter!)

In the apple orchard in the early morning, the dense fog dissipated, the sun was shining brightly, and the temperature began to rise rapidly.

The soldiers from Evening Star Town began to clean the battlefield, everyone had a shocked expression on their faces, and many veterans who had served for more than ten years could not contain their surprise.

More than 400 corpses!Two camps!Kobold Dragon Vein Warlock!Hobgoblin Warlords!

3 people?

God, my lord, are you serious?

More than 300 professional soldiers and 400 semi-professional soldiers came to the apple orchard.

"Hey, old Mark, have you seen this scene?" A young soldier looked at the large pits one after another on the ground, the charred corpses of goblins, the remains of kobolds that had been chopped into pieces, and the piles placed in the center of the manor. Two heads, and the purple dragon knight, Priest Su Lun and the female barbarian who were tired and sitting with their backs against the wall.

"I've never seen it before!" Another veteran shook his head, still terrified. He pointed to a large charred hole on the ground: "But I've seen this before. Do you know what it is?"

"This is the hole created by the fireball technique. One fireball technique is enough to kill a dozen fully armed soldiers, young man." The veteran showed off his experience, but couldn't hide his shock: "They, How did 3 people do it?"

"Forget it, it's not the time to talk about this, so hurry up!" The veteran didn't have time to lament the brutality of the battle, so he seized the time to clean up the battlefield.

He is 35 years old this year, which is already an advanced age among fighters. If a professional fighter does not have the strength of a master, his physical strength will start to decline after the age of 30, and his physical function will decline rapidly after the age of 40, so professional soldiers tend to lose weight. At the age of 37-38, they are forced to retire and become semi-professional reserve forces such as guards or patrols. If they can be promoted to the master level, they can maintain their physical strength until they are about 50 years old.

Legendary warriors and legendary barbarians can further maintain their physical fitness until they are 60-70 years old, but compared with druids, mages, warlocks, and priests who often live for hundreds of years, the life span of fighters is really short.

He had to hurry up. Although the loot had to be handed in for this task of cleaning the battlefield, everyone could secretly hide some valuables. As long as it wasn't too much, the lords and nobles wouldn't care.

There were exclamations everywhere on the battlefield.

"Quickly, cut off all the heads!" Brandon Doherty, the lord of Evening Star Town, is a soldier in his forties. His eyes are deep, his mustache is sunken, and his body is straight and masculine. Charm, it's no wonder the former baroness chose to marry him.

The lord baron was very excited, he kept patting his waist, amplified his voice and ordered his soldiers to cut off all the heads.

A head is worthless because it has no value in itself.

The heads are worth tens of thousands of gold, because they represent power and glory!

The heads of these kobolds and goblins will be sent back to the city, and the people in the town will immediately use special methods to preserve and marinate them, and then hang these heads around the city. In the kingdom, this is the easiest way to show your strength The way.

If someone wants to challenge the sovereignty of humans in this land in the future, then they have to weigh whether they can compare to a kobold tribe diplomacy and a whole goblin camp, and whether they can compare to a kobold dragon warlock plus a hobgoblin warlord!

This is the consequence of daring to violate Cormyr's sacred territory!
The lord baron believes that Arabel, who is tens of kilometers away, will receive this news soon. The orc Khan Tukin will definitely know that Cormyr killed 3 people with only 400 people. If he wants to attack, It is necessary to weigh how many orcs, goblins, and vassals under his command can be sacrificed.

My territory is safe!
Thinking of this, the lord baron became even happier and stretched out his hand: "Your Excellency Salian, thank you for your hard work."

"We are all glorious Cormyrs. It is our duty to protect the glory of Cormyr!" Aaron squeezed out a smile. He looked really tired, and patted his leg to indicate that he could not stand up.

The lord of Evening Star Town immediately pressed his shoulders to signal him not to get up: "Manuel has a good son! I believe, Lord Aaron, the name of Salian will one day be rejuvenated because of you."

Without further ado, Brandon Dougherty immediately cashed in the bounty for Aaron.

The reward for destroying the kobold camp is 1500 Golden Lion Coins, and the reward for destroying the Goblin Camp is 2000 Golden Lion Coins.

These are all what the trio deserves. To some extent, the money given to destroy the goblin camp is still too small. The hobgoblin warlord who has activated the divine favor twice in a row should be more than this price, but Aaron didn’t either. Haggle again.

I felt that there was less, so I deliberately let the hobgoblins plunder and kill again, forcing the local lord to ask for a higher price before making a move. This is the most typical lawful and evil behavior. How many lives were sacrificed.

3500 Golden Lion coins are also a huge burden for a lord baron, but Brandon Dougherty doesn't have to pay much money himself. The recent chaotic situation, blocked trade routes and casualties in nearby villages have made the baron It is easy to collect a large amount of donations from merchants, commoners, guilds, and nobles, and it is even normal for the lords to keep some of them privately.

Aaron didn't care about that much, as long as he got 3500 Golden Lion coins.

Still taking risks to make money!
After receiving the bounty, a soldier came over to whisper a few words to the lord baron, and the lord baron immediately told Aaron that many spoils of war were found in the goblin camp.

According to unwritten rules, a small part of the spoils can be owned by the three of Aaron.

"Asha, Eleanor, can you still get up?" Aaron smiled at his two adventure partners.

"Of course!" the female barbarian shouted, holding a halberd in both hands, "I can do it!"

Asha was seriously injured. She was cut open by Adan-heavy hammer, and her heart was almost exposed to the air. A normal person would have died long ago.

But the barbarian is so powerful. The barbarian in the berserk state has a similar self-protection mechanism. After being fatally injured, the barbarian can stop the berserk to resist the coming of death.

After receiving divine healing from Miss Priest, Asha's injury has stabilized.

"Eleanor?" Aaron pretended to approach casually, holding the little hand of the pastor with his big hand, and his fingers moved from top to bottom, across the delicate palm of the pastor.

Eleanor's body trembled slightly from Aaron's behavior, her sea-blue eyes squinted at Aaron, and she didn't shake off his big hand, nor did she immediately agree.

In fact, this is considered to be an agreement. It was Eleanor's last stubbornness not to succumb to Aaron in front of others.

Miss Pastor was seriously injured. Her right arm was broken and dislocated, her tendon was injured, her left thigh muscle was pulled, and she had several bruises on her body. It was difficult for her to even stand up.

She naturally wanted to see the spoils with Aaron, but she wanted him to help her, Eleanor couldn't say it!
Fortunately, Aaron was always so considerate, the viscount took the initiative to help the pastor up, but he grinned his teeth in pain.

"You need treatment, Aaron!" Eleanor leaned wearily on Aaron's shoulder.

"Healing? But, isn't the priest by my side?" Aaron blinked: "I'm absorbing Eleanor's energy! With you by my side, I don't feel any pain anymore!"

this man!

Miss Pastor couldn't help giving Aaron a coquettish look, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, as if the wound on her body didn't hurt so much anymore.

In a corner of the Apple Manor, there are piles of looting gains from the goblins during this period, including currency, commodities, minerals, and many weapons and equipment made by the hobgoblins themselves.

The soldiers next to them were lighting a fire to burn all the human jerky made by the goblins.

No one will eat these meats, and the cannibals will be cursed. Even the most unscrupulous chaotic and evil gods can't stand this. As long as any human being eats these meats, the gods' kingdom will refuse their entry , even if these souls go to hell and successfully win the lawsuit against the devil in the court of hell, they still cannot escape the end of being transformed into the devil.

This is part of the original covenant.

These meats cannot be discarded or buried at will. Although the mortals in the kingdom are also concerned about burials, there are too many scavengers in the wild, so many that they can eat all the bones clean.

Looking at the fires burning around him, Aaron couldn't help thinking of another sentence.

It will be a success!

Perhaps, the ending of most adventurers is like this, buried in the wilderness, melted in the flames, and only a small ashes are buried in the soil.

Adventurers are always well rewarded, because danger always comes with reward!
Now, Aaron is receiving his second payout.

Loot looted by goblins!
Before Aaron could start picking, he heard a whistle behind him.

"Whoa~"

"Student, you can't take these away!" A familiar voice came from behind, and Aaron looked behind him full of surprise.

With sword eyebrows and star eyes, a dignified appearance, a smile hangs on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes are full of affirmative paladins.

Unruly, with arms crossed, a ranger in leather armor with a knife and a sword hanging from his waist, and a stick of foxtail in his mouth.

"Senior? Why are you here!" Aaron said happily.

"Why are we here? Hehe, we followed you all the way here!" Sir Leonard strode to Aaron's side, and the paladin used lay on hands to heal Aaron and the three to help them recover from their injuries, and then Laughing and patting Aaron's shoulder: "Good job! Aaron, I couldn't help but want to shoot a few times, but I didn't expect that you really solved the problem yourself! Well done, junior, just Even your senior Disma is proud of you!"

"...Not bad." Disma kept his hands folded, and he looked away, unwilling to look directly at Aaron.

"You followed me all the way? Then why didn't you help?" Aaron couldn't help complaining, "We were almost finished! If I had known that you were following us, I wouldn't have used such a risky plan."

"If you know, then is there any point for us to follow?" Leonard tapped Aaron's chest with his fist, then smiled and nodded at Eleanor: "Thanks for your hard work. Miss Priest."

"It's okay." Eleanor shook her head lightly. Miss Priest's injury has stabilized a lot under the treatment of Lay on Hands. She no longer needs Aaron's support, so it's not easy for her to continue leaning on Aaron.

A feeling of disappointment lingered in Eleanor's heart, and Miss Priest suddenly felt that the two seniors, Aaron, were not so likable!

After exchanging a few words, Leonard brought up the old story again. He looked at the loot piled up by the soldiers and asked very simply: "Aaron, you have already taken the bounty. The booty we plundered, are you going to ask for money, or are you going to ask for fame?"

Aaron was silent. He stared at the spoils that had been piled up like a hill. He knew in his heart that most of these things were plundered by goblins. They were the property of the villagers near Evening Star Town and the adventurers who died in battle. property.

He thought of the souls longing for revenge last night, the injured and dead adventurers who had just entered Evening Star Town, and the orphans and widows left by Volker.

"Name." Aaron said softly.

"Aristocrats pay attention to fame, priests praise piety, and everyone loves gold."

- Aaron's favorite quote
"What about you?" Leonard also asked Eleanor and Asha.

"Ask for a name!" Eleanor hardly hesitated. Miss Priest held Aaron's little hand a little harder, and exchanged a glance with him, her sea-blue translucent eyes filled with affirmation and determination.

I support your decision!
"I... Hey, I really lost to you! Okay, okay, I really earned a bit too much this trip, I want a name, I want a reputation, okay?" The barbarian saw Aaron and Aaron. Linuo wanted to be named, and she was relieved after struggling for a while.

This trip really earned too much, too much, so much that Asha still felt like she was living in a dream.

Now that you have earned so much, it is acceptable to give up a little bit, right?
Or keep up with Aaron, in case there is such a good thing next time?
"Very good!" Leonard clapped his hands, and Aaron's senior had a wider smile on his face: "You know, Aaron, there are many people who need this money more than you, very much."

"I will take these, but I will not greed you for a penny, I will distribute the money to those in need."

"However, before that, you each choose one of the trophies that you like."

Leonard pointed to the pile of loot.

Aaron browsed for a while, and immediately fell in love with a piece of equipment.

Extraordinary equipment, rare level, frost giant belt!
This belt contains the power of a giant, which can increase the wearer's physical attributes by two levels, and it also comes with a frost shield, which provides powerful fire magic resistance!
Relying on this belt, Adan Heavy Hammer dared to bear the scorching rays of the Kobold Dragon Vein Warlock.

Aaron's physique is already low, he needs this very much, living is the capital of conferring a god!
"That's all." Aaron picked up the belt.

Eleanor is very simple, Miss Pastor didn't choose at all, she directly pulled out a silver statue of Our Lady of Suren carved with jade from a pile of souvenirs by virtue of her induction.

"This is the sacred object of our Lord." Eleanor held the icon in her arms.

Asha chose a ring, which was also a Transcendent item.

Extraordinary equipment, non-common level, emerald ring.

This ring contains guiding aura, which can strengthen the barbarian's hit rate when using giant weapons, making it difficult for the enemy to dodge. It is the most needed equipment for Asha.

All three were satisfied with the result, and the rest of the spoils were handed over to Leonard. He and Disma left the manor ahead of time and returned to Evening Star Town for operations.

It took a long time to clean the battlefield, and when the army started to return, it was already afternoon.

But, people are coming!
Residents of Evening Star Town, villagers from nearby villages, and merchants all crowded at the gate of the city. They lined up and expressed the highest degree of respect to Aaron, Eleanor, and Asha who were walking in the front on horseback. welcome!

"Aaron! Aaron! Aaron! Our purple dragon knight! Our hero!"

"Aaron! Aaron! Aaron!"

People cheer!Sending flowers and applause to Aaron-Salian, they shouted Aaron's name, and the civilians waved their handkerchiefs excitedly, trying to attract Aaron's attention, as long as the viscount's eyes swept over here, people will There will be uncontrollable screams.

Women and children gathered by the road to watch, pointing at the heads of kobolds and goblins and couldn't help but marvel. Many city residents have never left the city walls in their lives, and they can only see these creatures occasionally. When he really appeared in front of himself, the praises were endless, and everyone scrambled to witness the hero's demeanor.

"Aaron! Aaron! Aaron!"

"Well done, heroes of Evening Star Town!"

"You will always be our most honored guest in Evening Star Town."

"Glorious Purple Dragon Knight, please accept our respect!"

People crowded together, shouting Aaron's name, mesmerized.

The 3-person group destroyed two camps, killing all the kobolds and goblins overnight!
Bards have already begun to write their stories, and their names will become the protagonists in the poems, which will be sung nearby until a new epic is born.

Aaron was wearing a tattered burqa, his cloak was stripped like rags, his hair was untied but loose, his gloves and breastplate were full of cracks, and his sword was broken in half. What a battle.

With his super good looks and amazing sense of presence, anyone who sees Aaron can't help but nod in his heart.

This is the purple dragon knight we imagined!The purple dragon knight who guards the border, the pride of our Cormyr!
The crowd cheered louder and louder, Aaron suddenly felt his body tremble, and the power of Slaanesh exploded!

His warlock professional level has improved!
Feeling the power filling again in his body, feeling the surging magic power in his blood vessels, a smile appeared on Aaron's face.

Is this what you want?Slaanesh?
　Aaron's current class level: Level 4 Chaos Warlock / Level 2 Warrior

　　Frost Giant Belt: Constitution +4 (Constitution cannot be raised above 20, cannot be superimposed), fire damage resistance, fire damage immunity below 10 points.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)