Chapter 424

The content of the request for reward letter is very concise, and the wording is simple and clear, so everyone quickly finished reading the specific content.

"Merrick, this Magic User Gao De is considered your subordinate; I see that his military rank is still a first-class apprentice magic user, and he can actually receive such praise from Count Roland; how do you evaluate him?"

Captain Merrick had just put down the sheepskin when he was named by Colonel Greylin.

Captain Merrick thought carefully for a while before cautiously saying: "Gao De is an apprentice magic user who joined the Sea Sentinels only in the Frost Gold Month last year; I have not had much contact with him."

"However, when he performed his first mission, he won several second-class merits; he is indeed a person with outstanding ability."

"But because he is not a native of the dynasty and is still in the apprentice period, he was only promoted by a small level of military rank at that time."

"So that's it." Colonel Greylin picked up the request for reward letter and looked at it a few more times.

"The Wind Knot disaster is a big event; in such a big event, being able to establish the first merit, although there is some chance, the ability is beyond doubt."

"Transferring disaster victims in Yaxi Town is a small matter, but the points involved in all aspects are very complicated; he was able to arrive at the first time and handle it quite properly, which shows his attitude."

"The subsequent clearing of water beasts belongs to trivial matters; running around with magic users, hard and busy, but the merit is not much; he has great merits in hand, but did not pride himself on his merits, and did not look down on these small tasks because of this; the pattern is self-evident."

Big things see ability, small things see attitude, trivial things show pattern.

"Ability, attitude, pattern, all three are available..." Colonel Greylin tapped the table with his knuckles, making a clicking sound.

After pondering for a moment, he looked at Captain Merrick again and asked: "This Gao De, what is his magic user level now?"

For the specific magic user level of an apprentice magic user, how could people in high positions like Captain Merrick know so clearly?

But Gao De is different, because when he chose a guiding magic user, no one was willing to take on this duty, and Captain Merrick even held a small meeting for this, so he had more impressions of Gao De.

"When the Sea Sentinels selected last year, he was in the middle of the first circle, with 24 drops of liquid magic power, and was only fifteen years old; considering that he was a wandering beggar before, he must not have enjoyed any good cultivation resources."

"In this situation, he can still have such a magic user level at this age; he must be a person with extremely outstanding magic user talent." Captain Merrick replied.

"Middle of the first circle, that magic user level is indeed a bit low; the age is only sixteen this year, too young; the apprentice period has not even ended... But with such merits in front, it is unreasonable not to promote him exceptionally." Colonel Greylin said slowly.

Regarding Gao De's own situation, if you want to promote his military rank, in addition to the three negative buffs mentioned by Colonel Greylin, there is actually a threshold of not being a native of the dynasty in front of him.

These are all stumbling blocks on Gao De's promotion path.

But as long as he is excellent enough, all thresholds will cease to exist.

And Count Roland also specifically emphasized Gao De's unpretentious attitude in the request for reward letter, which shows his noble character.

Virtue and talent, talent and virtue, seem the same, but they are not; they happen to reflect the "cultural differences" between the two most powerful countries on the Nolan continent.

In the Holy Empire, talent is before virtue, talent and virtue are both available.

But in the Jin Quehua Dynasty, it is virtue and talent, virtue is before talent.

Having real examples of virtue is a huge plus for a magic user's promotion in the Jin Quehua Dynasty.

Count Roland is in a high position and naturally understands the twists and turns within the dynasty; specifically emphasizing this point in the request for merit letter also just shows that he is sincerely wanting to help Gao De ask for merit.

"First promote his military rank to sergeant; if he can be promoted to a second-circle magic user before the age of twenty, he will be promoted to warrant officer at that time."

"If he is promoted to the second circle after the age of twenty, he will be promoted to staff sergeant when he succeeds in upgrading the circle." Finally, Colonel Greylin made a resolution.

Captain Merrick heard this, and his eyebrows couldn't help but pick.

Gao De is still in the apprentice period, directly jumping two levels, from a first-class apprentice magic user skipping corporal, jumping to sergeant; this treatment is too rare!

But what is truly rare is in the next sentence: if he is promoted to a second-circle magic user before the age of twenty, he will be promoted to warrant officer.

A twenty-year-old warrant officer magic user, not to mention unprecedented, is too exaggerated, but in the history of the Sea Sentinels in recent decades, there has absolutely never been a warrant officer magic user of this age!

"Will this be inappropriate?" Sure enough, someone raised an objection on the spot.

"What is inappropriate? Just look at his performance and contribution in this disaster relief mission; how much military merit do you think it is worth?" Colonel Greylin's attitude was very tough, and he asked the magic user who raised the objection on the spot.

That person thought for a while, and finally knew that this occasion was not suitable for playing dumb; after thinking seriously for a while, he tentatively said: "A first-class merit?"

"More than that," Colonel Greylin shook his head and didn't let him continue to guess, "Second-class merits are not counted for the time being; just first-class merits are three."

"Three?!" *N.

Everyone subconsciously whispered.

It's not that the people present are inexperienced, but that the Sea Sentinels' evaluation requirements for first-class merits are very harsh; among the magic users present, many people don't even have two first-class merits on their resumes.

"This has already been decided." Colonel Greylin said calmly.

"The Sea Sentinels' requirements for first-class merit granting conditions are: first, in large-scale combat missions, playing a decisive role, directly affecting the outcome of the battle, such as killing or capturing key enemy figures, destroying key targets, or winning more with less, saving one's own side from danger, and one's own performance far exceeds ordinary people, such as covering the retreat of the main force, etc."

"Second, in non-combat missions such as disaster relief, saving a large number of lives or avoiding major losses..."

"Third, making revolutionary contributions to the dynasty, such as cutting-edge war weapon research and development, spell breakthroughs, etc.;"

"Fourth, being injured or disabled due to performing tasks and paying a heavy price, and the behavior meets the standard of 'meritorious service, worthy of being a model'."

"The Wind Knot disaster is undoubtedly a large-scale combat mission; according to Count Roland, Gao De's phantom spirit destroyed the Wind Dragon's energy core, which belongs to destroying key targets, directly affecting the outcome of the battle, meeting the first requirement; this is the first first-class merit."

"This Auckland rescue mission also belongs to a disaster relief mission; Gao De made a major contribution in destroying the Wind Knot, thereby allowing Auckland City to avoid subsequent disasters; the avoided losses are self-evident, meeting the second requirement; this is the second first-class merit."

"In order to destroy the Wind Dragon energy core, Gao De sacrificed his own special phantom spirit, meeting the fourth requirement, which is the third first-class merit."

"Can it be calculated like this..." The magic user who spoke earlier was still a bit indignant.

The same thing, calculated back and forth like this, and then counted three first-class merits; is this reasonable?

"Counting three first-class merits is justifiable in the rules and regulations; counting one first-class merit is also reasonable," Colonel Greylin naturally understood where his opinion was, and said unhurriedly: "But he is still young, so the above decided to calculate his military merit in the former way."

After Colonel Greylin finished speaking, no matter what the people present thought in their hearts, they had no opinion on their lips.

The fact is just like this; no matter where it is, for young people, it is always more lenient.

Because they are young, they have potential and are worth cultivating.

The Sea Sentinels' military merit evaluation is mostly very flexible, fluctuating up and down within a range.

For example, Gao De's merit in the Wind Knot disaster this time, the final military merit range that can be obtained is between one first-class merit and three first-class merits.

If Gao De were an old magic user of several hundred years old, his potential would be almost exhausted; the difference between more or less resources is actually not big; the resources invested in him are not to say wasted, but the cost-effectiveness is always not as good as giving it to young people.

In this situation, the Sea Sentinels would most likely only calculate it for him according to one first-class merit, and at most two first-class merits.

But Gao De happens to be a sixteen-year-old first-circle magic user, and he has not enjoyed too many cultivation resources before.

For such young people with obvious infinite potential, the Sea Sentinels are naturally willing to invest more resources, and when evaluating military merit, they will be more inclined to evaluate according to the upper limit in the rules and regulations.

Walmart Magic Material Store.

Gao De stepped into it.

Clerk Joel hurriedly came up to say hello.

Because of disaster relief, Gao De hadn't been to the store for a long time.

The business of Walmart Magic Material Store still hasn't improved.

However, with the blessing of the northern goods brought by Gao De, it finally had some business and also had a little bit of fame.

Some magic users nearby know that this inconspicuous magic material store will sell some rare ice-attribute magic materials and acquire tree seeds and magic tree seeds at high prices.

Gao De glanced at the account book slightly, didn't care about the bleak transaction volume, put down the account book, and cared about the tree seed acquisition situation during this period.

In this regard, Walmart Magic Material Store is booming; the new tree seeds collected during this period are nearly twenty kinds.

In addition, there are two more magic tree seeds, although the rank is only the first circle, but for Gao De, it can be considered a surprise.

After taking stock of the recent situation of Walmart Magic Material Store, Gao De went upstairs.

The charging of the Star Realm Teleportation has long been completed, but the rewards and military merit evaluation from above will come down in two days.

So although he has accumulated many good things in his hands that he wants to bring back to the north as soon as possible, he still suppressed his thoughts and chose to wait quietly in Duo'en.

Otherwise, if others can't find him, it will be bad if he loses etiquette.

More importantly, I am afraid that because of this delay, there will be variables in the reward.

The reward has not come down yet, but Gao De has actually roughly guessed the content of the reward.

If there is no accident, it should be a combination of Sea Hai Shao Bing first-class merit + cultivation magic potion/magic plant, and there is a small probability of attaching some supernatural equipment.

Because he is still young and still belongs to the persona of infinite potential waiting to be excavated in the Sea Sentinels, cultivation magic potion/magic plant is the "sharp weapon" to develop his potential.

For the next three days, Gao De restored his normal life and cultivation rhythm in Duo'en.

Magic material store, Sea Hai Shao Bing dormitory, and Collingwood Art Museum are three points and one line.

Cultivation method, rune practice, and sword skill class are the three major items that cannot be moved; free time is running to the library of the Sea Hai Shao Bing Magic User Tower.

On the fourth day, the reward from the Sea Sentinels had not come down, but an unexpected visitor to Gao De arrived first.

Gao De, who was still practicing rune drawing in the dormitory, hurried downstairs after receiving the notification that someone was asking to see him.

I saw a carriage decorated with extreme luxury parked quietly downstairs; the surface of the carriage was carefully painted with complex gilded scroll patterns, shining brightly in the sun.

What really caught Gao De's attention was the eye-catching golden feather emblem on the side of the carriage.

He had lived in Duo'en for half a year and was no longer an ignorant newcomer who had just arrived; he recognized at a glance that this was the unique logo of the family of Hou Jue Drake, the lord of Duo'en City and the County Hou Jue of Bailuo County.

People from the City Lord's Mansion? Why would people from the City Lord's Mansion look for him?

Gao De thought to himself.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a deep purple brocade robe walked down from the carriage elegantly.

This person had a firm face; after getting off the carriage, he looked at Gao De who was going downstairs, and first opened his mouth to confirm: "Are you Magic User Gao De under the Sea Sentinels?"

Gao De nodded slightly in response.

After confirming Gao De's identity, the middle-aged man immediately took out a sheepskin from his arms, his movements not sloppy at all.

"I am York, the steward of the Hou Jue Mansion; I came to find you this time to convey the intention of Hou Jue Drake."

"When the secondary plane suddenly appeared, Auckland suffered a disaster..." Steward York first read a lot of official words, then turned to the main topic, and began to expound on the origin, time, location, specific process of the Wind Knot mission, and Gao De's actions and corresponding merits in it.

Then it was a round of praise, and after the praise, he entered the reward merit link directly.

"Gao De, a first-class apprentice magic user of the Sea Sentinels from Duo'en Holdert Town; Hou Jue Drake, in order to show your outstanding contribution, specially rewards a prosperous shop in the Vantrolun District and a branch of thirty-year-old Dragon Bird Longqin Xuejun."

Gao De's heart moved violently.

Vantrolun District, which is the city district where the Sea Hai Shao Bing dormitory and Collingwood Art Museum are located, is the magic user district in Duo'en City, gathering many magic user-related industries.

The land price here is only one grade lower than the Kensington District, which is a gathering place for nobles.

Shops in this area, regardless of whether the saying of prosperous shops is exaggerated, regardless of size, as long as they belong to the category of shops, the value is starting at thousands of Jin Quehua coins, and they are often priceless.

This is a solid and generous material reward, direct and rough.

Gao De doesn't know if others like it, but he likes it very much anyway.

As for the second reward, Dragon Bird Longqin Xuejun, listening to this name, you know it is a magic plant, but Gao De really doesn't know the specific effect.

Because he had never heard of this magic plant before.

Steward York finished reading the reward, beckoned to the back, and two servants wearing unified costumes immediately ran over holding two boxes, respectfully handing the boxes to Gao De...

Gao De hurriedly took the box.

Touching it, he only felt that the box on the left was carved with exquisite cloud patterns, the wood texture was delicate, and small copper pieces were inlaid at the corners, revealing an ancient and elegant atmosphere;

The box on the right was obviously different; it was dark brown as a whole, the material looked special, the surface was covered with dense pores, and it felt slightly cool to the touch, and a faint medicinal fragrance could be faintly smelled, which was obviously specially made for preserving the medicinal properties of magic plants.

"The box on the left contains the land deed and house deed of the shop, and the box on the right contains the Dragon Bird Longqin Xuejun." Steward York introduced along Gao De's gaze, "Might as well open it and see."

Gao De opened the box on the left as requested, only to see two sheepskin rolls neatly stacked inside.

One is the land deed of the shop, and the other is the house deed.

The sheepskin roll recorded the location, area, and other information of the shop in gorgeous floral characters, and the edges were also stamped with bright red seals, revealing a sense of solemnity and authority.

Subsequently, Gao De turned his gaze to the box on the right and slowly lifted the lid.

Suddenly, a strange fragrance rushed to his face; it was a unique smell mixed with animal breath and herbal fragrance, which made people feel refreshed.

In the box, a fungus with a strange shape lay quietly; the cap was translucent white, and the surface was covered with dense silver patterns, like dragon scales, flashing with a faint light under the irradiation of light.

"Dragon Bird Longqin Xuejun, this is a magic plant unique to our Jin Quehua Dynasty, growing on cliffs, where silver dragon birds inhabit, stained with the breath of dragon birds." Steward York had already introduced it to Gao De in detail.

"The blood fungus contains pure silver dragon magic power without impurities; after taking it directly, it can help you condense magic power without any side effects, improve your magic user level; in addition, it can also improve your physique to a certain extent and increase some lifespan."

"Thirty-year-old Dragon Bird Longqin Xuejun is just right for a first-circle magic user like you."

(End of chapter)