Chapter 332: Wishes Are Beautiful!

【Intelligence Report Two: Thirty li southeast of Dark Goat Island lies a cluster of reefs.

Surrounding this reef cluster grows a vast quantity of coral.

The presence of these coral reefs attracts various marine creatures to settle, such as a school of Magic Clams capable of producing Water-Congealing Pearls that have taken up residence here.】

【Intelligence Report Three: Although the Magic Swift Eagles possess no combat ability, as the first type of flying magical beast owned by Storm Domain, their utility is unquestionable.

Yet for several consecutive days, the Magic Swift Eagles have seemed somewhat irritable, leaving the members of the flight squadron, including Efland, confused and uneasy.

In fact, this is because the Magic Swift Eagles have reached their breeding and mating season.

You may allow the archers to temporarily set them free; once mating concludes, they will return automatically and regain their normal emotional state.

Moreover, during this outing, they might even bring a surprise!】

【Intelligence Report Four: This world is home to countless adventurers.

There are Wasteland Adventurers, Forest Adventurers, and even Swamp and Desert Adventurers.

Yet Maritime Adventurers are exceedingly rare.

This is because the cost of being a Maritime Adventurer is extremely high; one must possess a sea-going ship capable of riding the wind and breaking the waves, and such a ship must be equipped with a Sea God Stone.

This single item alone, conservatively estimated, costs at least five hundred gold coins, which is one of the reasons almost the vast majority of adventurers cannot hope to afford it.

Furthermore, the rewards and dangers at sea cannot be weighed against the costs.

Although the resources within the ocean are inexhaustible, they all lie hidden beneath the waves.

Thus, the 'treasure' Maritime Adventurers can find is merely a newly discovered island.

But as maritime shipping grows increasingly advanced, discoverable islands become fewer and fewer; only by venturing deeper into more remote and dangerous regions is it possible to find new gains.

Yet even if a new island is discovered, whether it holds valuable treasures remains uncertain.

Therefore, this is the reason Maritime Adventurers have almost vanished to this day.

However, recently, in a certain tavern within Iron Wolf City, a middle-aged man claiming to be a Maritime Adventurer stated he had obtained a treasure map.

It recorded a treasure located in the outer seas.

The value of this treasure is no less than three thousand gold coins.

He hopes to find a sponsor to fund his treasure-hunting expedition.

In return, he will take only two-tenths of the treasure, while the remaining eight-tenths of the profits can be distributed to the sponsor.

Initially, the merchants and nobles who heard this were very interested, but upon learning the amount of gold required for sponsorship, all merchants and nobles lost interest.

This is because the adventurer's sponsorship condition is at least six hundred gold coins.

He needs this sum to purchase a sea-going ship capable of venturing out to sea, along with corresponding supplies!

In other words, aside from the treasure map he speaks of, this adventurer possesses nothing else.

Although he repeatedly guaranteed that the ship would be returned after the expedition, the nobles clearly did not buy it.

Everyone worried that with such a large sponsorship, if the other party fled with the funds, would it not all be lost?

Under these circumstances, the adventurer's expedition plan has been stalled for a long time, even reaching the point of imminent abandonment.

What all the nobles and merchants do not know is that this adventurer's promise is genuine.

And the treasure map in his hand is also real.】

【Intelligence Report Five: After Catherine returned to the Hernand Family, thanks to the affection of the current Duke of Hernand, the Violet Family flourished.

However, like offspring of other families, while receiving benefits, one must also make sacrifices for the family.

For instance, almost all noble offspring must face arranged marriages by the family.

Of course, due to Catherine's special circumstances and the Duke of Hernand's affection, the Hernand Family did not forcibly require Catherine to obey the family's arranged marriage.

Yet this was merely a lack of force; the Hernands still had family offspring bring youths from other families to visit Violet Castle, hoping to arrange a marriage between Catherine and offspring of other families.

And Catherine, constrained by family propriety, could not refuse too coldly.

Today, led by Catherine's cousins from the Hernand Family, several heirs from other families arrived at Violet Castle.

Furthermore, after witnessing Catherine's beauty, these heirs immediately launched a mad pursuit, presenting the many gifts they had brought.

Catherine is extremely distressed by this!】

【Intelligence Report Six: Orc attacks on the Northern Frontier continue,

but because prolonged small-scale raids have numbed the kingdom's nobles and the Northern Legion.

They mistakenly believe that the Orcs will only conduct such small-scale plundering this year.

What they do not know is that the Orcs' recent plundering was merely a probe of the defensive situation.

Tonight, the Behemoth Orcs have gathered tens of thousands of main forces to march south.

This also means that turmoil in the North this year is inevitable, and a kingdom-wide campaign is about to begin.】

【Ding! Daily intelligence refresh complete...】

Good heavens! Gervas exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

What did I just hear?

The Spring of Life?

Although it is merely in its embryonic form, as long as there is an embryonic form, what is there to fear about waiting a few days?

Just over ten days ago, I was longing for a method to effectively heal severely injured personnel.

I never expected the System to find one for me within a few days.

System Godfather! You possess independent consciousness, don't you?

If you do, say something?

I will surely serve you, old sir, very well!

Gervas waited for a moment; the answer he received was clearly that he was overthinking it.

This was more likely just a coincidence.】

But regardless, his small wish had been realized.

Perhaps if the need arises in the future, he could make more requests to the System.

Of course, after the joy passed, Gervas was drawn to the final message.

The main Orc force in the North is preparing to raid southward; another Kingdom War is now unavoidable.

This news was clearly not good for the nobles.

It was not only the northern nobles who would be affected.

The nobles in other regions faced the same situation.

After all, the northern Orcs were enemies several times more formidable than the tribal savages.

Previously, when the tribal savages invaded, only some nobles in the Southern Region were conscripted.

But if there is war in the North, conscription is often carried out across the entire nation.

Although a full national mobilization with one hundred percent conscription is generally not reached, conscripting one-third of the nobles nationwide is likely necessary.

This also means that many nobles in the Southern Region will certainly be conscripted this time.

Furthermore, the scale of the conscription shows that the northern campaign is absolutely a life-grinding machine.

The reality was indeed so, according to past records.

If the casualty rate for Kingdom Wars in other regions is three-tenths,

then the casualty rate for the northern campaign basically exceeds six-tenths.

That is, six out of every four men would fall.

This is a terrifying casualty rate.

"I have just participated in the Kingdom War in the Western Region; surely I won't be drafted again?"

Although war means earning merit, Gervas felt that if he could play it safe, he would definitely play it safe until he became a 'God' before going out to show off.

After all, he had the System; if he could play it safe for three or five years, by then he could raise thousands of light cavalry and would no longer need to be so low-key.

Of course, the wish was beautiful; it was just unknown whether the reality at that time would be harsh.