Chapter 793: Testing The New Recruits On Spot - 2

Chapter 793: Testing The New Recruits On Spot - 2

Alena and Jialou finished signing the High-Level Mana Contract, while their subordinates signed Intermediate Mana Contracts.

"From now on, you are no longer our subordinates, but citizens of Lord Leo’s Territory," Jialou declared firmly.

"We understand!" their subordinates responded boldly.

They fully trusted Jialou and Alena, and Lily was satisfied with that. She could clearly sense their feelings. Though there was a bit of reluctance, hope for the future in their hearts was much stronger.

"Jialou."

"Lady Lily!" Jialou immediately straightened up.

"From today onward, you are assigned the position of Battalion Commander, and..." She turned towards the 28 people.

"Choose one person from each group and meet Brother James. He is the Deputy Military Commander, head of all defensive units, just below Leon—the Military Commander. If their performance is satisfactory, they will be assigned the positions of Company Captains, who serve under the Battalion Commander."

Leo handed her the Territory Military hierarchy, and though the unfamiliar terms initially confused Lily, she quickly learned them.

The military hierarchy was as follows:

Territory Lord (Territory Leader) > Military Commander > Deputy Military Commander > Brigadier > Regiment Commander > Battalion Commander > Company Captain > Squad Leader > Soldier/Guards

A separate section for the territory police also sat directly under the Vice Lord (Vice Leader), a position held by Lily.

Though, there was no need to implement such an extensive hierarchy right now when the territory’s population was abysmal, there were simply not enough people to fill all the positions. But groundwork was necessary.

Both Alena and Jialou were shocked.

Leon was also in the territory?!

What kind of territory was this, where the top 3 freshmen, who could easily defeat the second term’s top 3 students on their own, were all in the same place?

However, they quickly calmed down and focused on what mattered. It soon became apparent that they were unfamiliar with many of the terms.

Lily spoke up.

"You will gradually come to understand these things as you stay here. As you must have noticed, our population is small, so these positions don’t mean much for now. You have ample time to familiarise yourselves with everything. As for the important matters, Brother James will explain them to you."

Jialou nodded and led the men away.

"Lady Lily, what do I need to do?" Alena asked.

Everybody seemed to have been assigned a position except for her.

"You said you were good at administration, so you will help with that until you can take over."

Currently, Sylrael was handling all the administration in the territory alongside Lyswenna. It was time to share some of their burden so they could spend more time training their bodies.

Sylrael had received a five-year cultivation resource voucher, and she needed to use it fully.

Just then, somebody contacted Lily.

’Lady Lily! A group of people have arrived on avian beasts!’ Aeila informed her.

’What is their intention?’ Lily asked.

’They all have their weapons and armour equipped, and a few bowmen have even drawn their arrows. They’re here to attack!’ Aeila reported hurriedly.

’Good. It seems we can test the new recruits right now. Don’t allow them to cross the territory boundaries. Fire arrows in a way that forces them to land outside.’ It was Leo who had spoken this time.

He even instructed the stronger individuals to stay back so the newcomers could prove themselves.

Atop one of the 200 tall Titanbreath Lotuses, Leo calmly analysed the approaching attackers.

"79 people... The leader seems to be Peak 3-star. Around 10 are between Low 3-star and Mid 3-star, while the rest are in the 2-star realm."

’Hmm, Howl, use this opportunity to stretch the limbs of your avatar.’

Having Howl join the fight would balance things out against the numerous Low-to-Peak 3-star wood elf archers.

’Might be a bit excessive...’ Leo suddenly thought.

Sure enough, when an elf shot a wind-infused arrow, the avian beast couldn’t dodge in time with the ’luggage’ on its back. The arrow lodged itself in its head, sending the beast plummeting and causing the ’flying platform’ beneath the feet of around 15 people to disappear.

’I am sorry, My Lord!!’ the elf, Faelyra, cried out.

Leo simply shook his head helplessly but said nothing.

Meanwhile, at the attackers’ location...

"What the hell?!" the Peak 3-star leader, Pintu, shouted.

"Barriers!! What the fuck are you all doing?!"

At the leader’s reminder, the people responsible for erecting barriers immediately deployed them.

As the 15 people fell, a wind mage immediately supported them, letting them float alongside his avian beast until they reached the back of Howl.

"L-Leader, quick!" the wind mage struggled to call out. Controlling the fall of 15 people at once wasn’t easy.

"Hmph! Land outside the boundary! The Colossus will destroy that territory soon enough. We might as well loot them while we can."

A sinister glint flashed across Pintu’s eyes as he observed the watchtowers and the elves stationed around them.

"Elves... and gnomes?" Pintu scoffed.

"Looks like the leader exhausted all his resources buying a handful of elves and had to settle for gnomes. Keke, this will be fun."

Pintu had already noticed that the central 200-meter-tall tree seemed to be special. He also spotted a nearby bright red and orange tree bearing fruit.

Greed had already filled his eyes.

On the ground, James was already approaching the walls of the commercial area.

"Jialou, get your men ready. If your fighting capabilities aren’t up to the mark, I won’t let you off with a few simple words," James said sternly.

He’d already commanded troops in Kendru City, so he knew what needed to be done.

Behind them, Orvik had also arrived with the Prototype Golem, accompanied by six archer elves ready with their bows.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Howl’s Avatar descended the slope with heavy steps, followed by Cindriss and Zharrissa.

Pintu and his men had just landed when they saw the defensive troops emerging through the incomplete territory gate.

"Hmph, weaklings," he said proudly.

He had 78 people with him, 79 including himself. Collectively, they could take down even a Mid 4-star being. From the looks of it, only the white lizardwoman possessed the highest strength, at Pseudo 4-star.

It would be a breeze. He wouldn’t even need to summon his beasts.

"Hehehe, they even have a golem construct. I wonder how much it would sell for. At least 5 million AC in the bag if I manage to get it intact."

He fixed his gaze on the gnome operating it.

"I just need to take him out."

Pintu then looked at James and Jialou, who were leading the troops.

Too old... That guy must be the territory leader, he figured.

James looked too old to be an academy territory leader, meaning Jialou must be the leader.

"Attack! Mages! Target the watchtowers first!"