Lord of the Oasis

“Everything in the village is normal, but in the ruins at the bottom of the village, we found a new ancient passage. There are a lot of dangers and troubles there,” James nodded and said.

He looked troubled, he continued to report to Kant, “A large number of demonized creatures are breeding in the depths of the village and forming an attack group to launch a surprise attack on us. The situation is more serious now. After Mr. Bandake arrived, he personally led the army to suppress the demonized creatures and barely blocked the attack.”

“Barely?” Kant noticed the key words in James’s words.

“Yes, Lord Kant. The number of demonized creatures is increasing, and the attack is also becoming fiercer.”

James’s tone was solemn, “Since yesterday, the demonized creatures in the ancient passage have appeared in groups. So far, the Swadian sergeant and the sniper crossbowmen at the front have all been killed.”

“What?” Kant was shocked.

Then, he looked at James and said in a low voice, “Are you kidding me?”

These were the top combat strength of Level 5!

Even if the troop class of the Kingdom of Swadia was not the strongest among the infantry and crossbowmen, how could all the infantry and crossbowmen equipped with the best armor suddenly be killed?

Kant was extremely serious. “Tell me what happened.”

“Yes, Lord Kant.”

James’s face was solemn, he reported, “Just as the backflow of the underground river decreased and the ancient passage was discovered through the gap in the mountain, the magic creatures hidden in it took the opportunity to launch an attack. Swadian sergeant and the sniper crossbowmen used their lives to resist the attack of the magic creatures, so all of them died in the battle. No one survived.”

After pausing for a moment, James said in a deep voice, “Their deaths have provided us with the necessary time to mobilize our follow-up troops. That’s why we were able to stop the demonic creatures from attacking the ruins at the last moment.”

“That’s right.” Kant nodded, his expression softened. “They are all brave warriors.”

“That’s right, they are brave warriors.” James nodded in agreement.

The Swadian sergeant and sniper crossbowmen that Kant had sent here were the only level 5 troop class, but there were less than 30 of them. Facing the attacks of hundreds of knight-level demonized creatures, they were able to hold on until reinforcements arrived before they were completely wiped out, this was enough to show that these swadian troop class had a valiant spirit that was close to that of a stubborn rock.

The demonized creatures that James had mentioned were truly demonized creatures.

It had the combat strength of a knight.

Ordinary infantrymen could not fight against it at all. They could only kill it through the cooperation of a level-4 troop class and a level-5 troop class. Once the advantage in numbers was formed, even a small number of level-5 elites would be killed.

For example, in this battle, 13 Swadian Sergeant and 10 Swadian sniper crossbowmen were completely wiped out.

“How did the battle situation become so grim?”

Kant frowned and turned his head to look in the direction of the evil cave.

Just inside the city wall, Rhodoks, the veteran lance operator, and the Ravenston Ranger were sitting there resting. There were visible traces of blood on their armor. As for the pile of linen jackets that had been taken off, they had been dyed a large dark red.

Obviously, they were soldiers who had been replaced in the cave ruins.

“Half an hour before you arrived, the demonized creatures had just launched a wave of attacks.”

James said solemnly, “It was during this wave of attacks that six of Rhodoks’s senior spearmen were killed. If it weren’t for the Ravenston Rangers who used their two-handed greatswords to engage in close combat, the demonized creatures in the entire ancient passage would have almost broken through the line of defense formed by the infantrymen and charged out.”

“You didn’t recruit any extra troops?” Kant frowned and asked.

“Yes, I did.”

James nodded and replied, “I recruited 200 Rhodoks, but my main mission is to clean up the battlefield and transport supplies. The main battlefield is still a small number of veteran infantrymen, as well as the Rangers in Ravenston.”

“Well done.” Kant nodded and understood.

The npcs under Kant could not level up their troop class.

In other words, due to the limitations of the system, if they wanted to level up their troop class, they had to be determined by Kant himself.

Otherwise, even if Kant gave full authority to an npc, they would not be able to level up their troop class due to the limitations of the system. This was a restriction of the system’s rules. It was directly locked as a core function, it was not a non-core function that allowed npcs to build villages and buildings. Only Kant could use it.

Kant already knew about the system’s restrictions.

Thus, he was not surprised.

“I’ll go to the ruins to take a look myself later.”

Kant warned James in a deep voice, “This village must not yield to those demonized creatures. Even if we do our best, we must defend this village. This is related to our future.”

“I will do my best!” James nodded solemnly.

“Yes.” Kant patted his shoulder, his expression equally solemn.

This was related to the future development route.

Aaron’s village must not be lost. Otherwise, it would be too difficult for the castle of Drondheim in the oasis lookout to support itself. The impact on the future would be quite far-reaching.

Entering the Council Hall.

The village-level Council Hall looked extremely simple and crude.

Kant did not care as he sat on the main seat.

The hardships he had suffered were still in his mind. His hard work was still fresh in his memory, but Kant did not care.

The key now was to level up the troop class.

A data box appeared in his eyes.

Kant’s mind contacted the system in his mind and directly gave an order, “Open the village’s troop class interface!”

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[ upgradable troop class: Rhodoks, veteran Spearman × 40 people ]

[ cost 80 denar per person, level up to Sergeant Rhodoks ]

..

[ upgradable troop class: Rhodoks, veteran crossbowman × 20 people ]

[ cost 80 denar per person, level up to Rhodoks, sniper crossbowman ]

..

[ upgradable troop class: Ravenston Ranger × 40 people ]

[ cost 80 denar per person, level up to Raventon Ranger ]

..

[ upgradable troop class: Rhodoks x 200 people ]

[ cost 10 denar per person, level up to Rhodoks proficient spear-wielder ]

[ level up if experience points overflowed ]

—— —

The interface of troop class appeared on his retina.

As Kant had expected, after the tragic battle situation in recent days, these original level 4 troop class could all be upgraded to become a stronger level up 5 troop class!

Even the 200 Rhodoks recruited by James showed that their experience points were overflowing, and they could be upgraded continuously.

The battle was fierce.

Kant’s face was solemn.

He could see the madness of the demonized creatures from the experience points of these troop class.

It was not only the inferior version of the demonized wolves.

Even the genuine demonized black bears, demonized lions, and demonized wolves appeared in the ancient passage, launching wave after wave of attacks. They were almost unafraid of death, and every battle was quite fierce.

The most fortunate thing was that there were no vicious demonized creatures.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with these demonized creatures with the formation of 40 senior spear-wielders from Rhodoks and the continuous rain of arrows from the Ravenston Rangers at the rear, as long as the formation was slightly torn open by the vicious demonized creatures, it would definitely be devoured by the hundreds of ordinary demonized creatures at the back with an absolute advantage in numbers!

However, Kant also felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

Back then, he had only encountered a fake version of the demonized wolf pack in the ruins.

But now, the ones that appeared in the ancient passage were actually ordinary demonized creatures.

The ferocious demonized creatures might really appear next.

Those were terrifying creatures that were far beyond the Knight class and had already grasped extraordinary strength. Only Grand Knights who also grasped extraordinary strength could deal with them. Even if Kant wanted to fight them head-on, there was no strongest enemy that troop class could face head-on!

Although a level 5 Swadian Knight was strong, Kant was not sure that a one-on-one PK would be able to defeat a beast-type demonized creature.

After all, the Swadian Knight was the strongest in a group battle.

“Don’t think so much.”

Kant shook his head and communicated with the system in his mind. He said in a deep voice, “All troop class, proceed to level up immediately!”

[ ding… system prompt ]

[ all level up costs 14,000 denar. ]

[ yes/no? Level up? ]

[ remark: Rhodoks Upgrade spear player level up to 2,000 denar, follow-up upgrade skilled spear player level up to 4,000 denar, this fee is included. ]

“Level up!”

Kant confirmed the option to level up.

The data stream instantly spread along with his thoughts.

The turbulent data stream rushed out of the council hall and directly engulfed all the troop class outside.

The promotion ended in just a few seconds.

Kant opened his eyes slightly and stood up from his chair. He turned to James, who was still waiting for his orders, and said, “Stay here. I will lead a team into the ruins to investigate. What exactly is that so-called ancient passage?”

“Lord Kant, please pay attention to your safety!”

James reminded him solemnly, “According to the people in Riverston, there is darkness inside.”

“I understand.” Kant nodded.

But he was fearless.

Darkness?

During the collapse of the ground, Kant had been shot to death by the Ravenston Rangers. They seemed to be female demons. Even if there was some darkness, he did not believe that they would be able to withstand the sudden increase in the quality of the reinforcements, they could withstand the damage of swords, bows, and arrows. They could withstand the slaughter of their bodies being destroyed!

40 Rhodoks Sergeants, 40 Rhodoks sniper crossbowmen.

And 200 level 3 Rhodoks proficient spear-wielders.

And 47 Ravenston Rangers, including the 40 Ravenston Rangers that were recently recruited every week.

These were the elite troops stationed in the village of Aaron.

Not to mention the 188 Swadian man-at-arms that Kant had personally brought with him. They were equipped with heavy chain mail, half swords, a heater shield, and a lance used by the cavalry. They were extremely valiant!

Kant turned his head slightly.

Seven mage apprentices who had mastered magic were still looking out of the window in the direction of the evil cave.

Looking at their appearance, it seemed like they had discovered something.