Chapter 94: 94. Personnel Arrangements

Among Luoning's three subordinates, Maiken, Aierlong, and Ruidar, the one currently in urgent need of points was Aierlong.

This second Transcendental to follow him was currently in the state of an Intermediate Mage (212/300), lacking a bit of progress to advance to Advanced.

After completing the achievement this time, Luoning obtained a full 160 points of Energy Essence; he divided these into two parts, investing all 88 points of Energy Essence into Aierlong to let him break through to Advanced.

"How is it?"

After the operation, Luoning asked Aierlong, "Any new gains?"

"Yes!"

Aierlong's eyes shone with brilliance; his current state was excellent.

"My Lord, I have acquired two types of Magic: Holy Shield and Light Binding Technique."

"Oh?" Luoning became interested. "Tell me about them."

Holy Shield, a Tier 3 Light Attribute Magic; simply put, it applies a light shield to the target, which can absorb damage from Magic and Battle Techniques, but cannot block physical attacks.

As for Light Binding Technique, it is a type of restraining Magic; in Aierlong's words, it uses tentacles of light to bind the target's limbs, rendering them unable to move.

With this breakthrough, Aierlong still lacked offensive spells, having gone further and further down the path of defense.

"Come, cast Light Binding Technique on me and let's see how strong the binding force is."

Luoning stood up, deciding to experience it personally.

Aierlong extended his fingers to trace the Spell Pattern of the Light Binding Technique in the void; it was clear that this Magic was much more complex than the previous ones, with likely over a dozen light nodes.

As the Spell Pattern was completed, Aierlong pointed at Luoning, and instantly, golden tentacles of light emerged from the void beside the latter's limbs, coiling around Luoning's legs and arms like pythons.

"The binding force doesn't seem weak?"

Luoning moved casually and discovered that his limbs were already bound, completely unable to budge.

He focused his Qi, tensing the muscles in his arms, wanting to forcefully pull one hand free, but found the binding force greater than he had imagined.

With his level at the early stage of Intermediate, he actually could not break free.

"Stronger than I thought."

Luoning opened the panel and added all 80 Attribute Points to his Knight progress, reaching Intermediate Knight (133/200) at this moment.

"Break for me!"

Luoning shouted in a deep voice, his limbs suddenly exerting force; the tentacles of light binding his limbs became unstable, and this spell was about to be broken by Luoning.

However, one breath, two breaths...

Luoning's face turned flushed, and finally, after seven or eight seconds of stalemate, the light on his limbs shattered bit by bit and dissipated.

He rubbed his wrists; fortunately, he had managed to shatter this Magic in the end, otherwise, it would have been embarrassing in front of his subordinate.

"The binding force is quite good!"

Luoning praised, "It should be enough to restrain an average Intermediate Knight."

He changed the subject, "By the way, when Maiken broke through to Advanced, he also awakened memories; what about you, any new gains?"

When Ruidar was summoned, the other party claimed to be a Commander of the Flame Expeditionary Army.

Later, when Maiken broke through to become an Advanced Knight, he awakened a memory, claiming to be the Regiment Commander of the Seventh Knight Order of the Flame Expeditionary Army.

Now that Aierlong had also broken through to Advanced, he wondered if any memory fragments had been awakened.

"My Lord, I have also obtained a piece of information."

Aierlong nodded, "This information tells me that, like Maiken and Ruidar, I also come from the Flame Expeditionary Army. In this army, I served as a 'Holy Physician', specifically responsible for healing and support."

The Exhilaration Technique, Flash Spell, Healing Spell, Holy Shield, and Light Binding Technique he currently mastered were all healing and support in nature; the title of Holy Physician was quite fitting, though it would be more accurate if changed to Holy Support.

Luoning was finally certain that these three people he had summoned were definitely connected.

And as their strength increased and their memories recovered, it was very likely they would bring him certain information unknown to the world.

After Aierlong withdrew to digest the effects of the upgrade, Luoning was finally completely free.

From the expedition on the 21st to the evening of the 23rd today, in just three days, he could be said to have taken down three savage tribes.

Although the Huitu Tribe was not yet fully under control, with the "native" Babulin and the other three Primary Knights there, controlling the people there should not be a problem.

At that time, it would be nothing more than promoting his policies again, while using small favors to win over the hearts of the people.

As long as the living conditions of these savages did not worsen in the short term, and he let the seeds of hope for the future grow in the hearts of many of them, everything would be easy to handle.

"I didn't expect things to progress so smoothly."

For the next period of time, as long as the Heiling Tribe did not actively provoke him, he would not go looking for trouble with them.

According to his plan, he would first digest the territory of the Three-Party Alliance, get the industries here started in their embryonic form, and then make further plans.

This was not to say he would wait until the end of time; in fact, the time to attack the Heiling Tribe would not be delayed too long, estimated to be after next year's spring plowing.

"It's just that my dual-class breakthrough to Advanced is a bit slow."

He was currently 67 Attribute Points away from breaking through to Advanced; after reaching Advanced, the Knight Rank would require 300 points, and the Mage level would require 400 points.

In other words, he still needed 767 Attribute Points to become a Bronze Knight and a Great Mage.

Following the plan, it would take about five months, which would be just about after the spring plowing.

By then, once he broke through, Shanlin Town would likely possess four Tier 4 Transcendental professionals simultaneously; even if the Heiling Tribe had the backing of the Sain Territory, it would be difficult to withstand Luoning's offensive.

"Let Ruidar take Tangmu, Zhuweite, Ximu, and Babulin to garrison the Huitu Tribe and monitor the movements of the Heiling Tribe."

Ruidar's strength was far beyond Sileiyin's; having him garrison the Huitu Tribe was absolutely no problem.

Letting Tangmu and the others go was also to ensure there were people he trusted to use.

"As for the defense of the Qingzhu and Ziguo tribes, with Ruidar at the front, there is no danger here. Let Huoen and Jennie stay in the Ziguo Tribe while also taking care of the defense of the Qingzhu Tribe."

Luoning took Ailin with him, so he didn't have to worry about these two having any ulterior motives. Moreover, judging from this experience, the Huoen couple had surrendered willingly.

As for the rest of the people, they would all be brought back to Shanlin Town by Luoning.

Thus, the Transcendental professionals in Shanlin Town, besides himself, included Maiken, Aierlong, Ailin, Dawei, Wodun, Dandi, and the three knights from the Huitu Tribe who had surrendered but whose names were still unknown, totaling nine people.

These nine people were more than enough to be responsible for the defense of the territory, and they could also find time to form a Hunter Squad to go out hunting.

Luoning did not expect that in just two months, he would be able to gather so many Transcendental by his own power.

Once the horses, weapons, equipment, Infantry, and Archers were all trained, he would be able to form a regular Knight Squad.

Just like that, the next day proceeded according to Luoning's plan, with Ruidar taking men to the Huitu Tribe, preparing to take over the people there.

Meanwhile, Luoning remained at the Ziguo Tribe to demonstrate to Hong Knight how to reel silk from silkworm cocoons.

In reality, this process was simpler than opening cotton; there was no need to even add wood ash when boiling the cocoons.

The only difficulty was that there was no Spinning Wheel at hand, only a spindle, which was inconvenient to operate.

He decided that upon returning to Shanlin Town, he would definitely have Ba'er make a few Spinning Wheels first. As for the Loom, he had to see what the Looms of this world looked like first.

In the morning, the little girl Ailin completed her census as promised, with all 242 people of the Ziguo Tribe registered.

To reward her, Luoning allowed her to call him brother.

But the little one, whether because she was wary of Luoning's intimidating power from yesterday or just a bit shy, fidgeted for Along time without making a sound.

She didn't manage to call him brother, but she did manage to call Wilson over.

Having been separated for so many days, Wilson had missed his Lord very much, fearing that the Lord might have met with some accident, so he was unusually excited to see him at the Ziguo Tribe, offering warm greetings while exaggeratedly praising Luoning's strength.

This time, Wilson also brought the census results from the Qingzhu Tribe; including Wodun and Dandi, the Qingzhu Tribe had a total of 354 people, all registered.

With this, the population of Luoning's territory had already increased to 2,725 people.

Luoning praised Wilson's efficiency and simultaneously assigned him a task—

To train more Village Chiefs and send them to the villages he had renamed Qingzhu Village, Ziguo Village, and Huitu Village, preferably those who had mastered the Ridge Tillage Method.

To him, the Transcendental only needed to be responsible for defense and did not need to interfere with construction.

Upon hearing that he was actually going to become the Administrator of so many territories, the light in Wilson's eyes shone brightly, and he immediately stated that he would definitely train and select the most suitable ones as soon as he returned.

Of course, the first thing the hardworking Administrator had to do was complete the census for the Huitu Tribe.

He believed that very soon, Luoning's Population Prosperity achievement would be completed.

I have an urgent matter and am going on Along trip. I am on the high-speed rail this afternoon, so the evening update will be a little late.

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(End of this chapter)