The square of the restricted military zone was filled with people, but although there were many people, it was not chaotic at all. Those who wanted to enlist knew some basic rules of being a soldier, such as listening to the orders of their superiors.
The army was a very costly group. No matter which country it was, it was a huge financial burden. The basic resources in Saint Solon were very scarce, so there were not many professional soldiers. These professional soldiers, who did not need to do farm work except for military training, were also the elites of the major countries.
The rest of the soldiers went to farm during the busy farming season and went for military training during their leisure time. These soldiers had relatively low combat strength, but when they were formed, a legion of tens of thousands of people still had a strong deterrent force.
White followed the crowd to the conscription office to register. When he saw the dense crowd, he was shocked. There were probably more than 10,000 people who had come to register. With the population of Dragon City of 100,000, excluding the old, the young, the sick, and the disabled, a considerable proportion of the remaining young people had come to register.
" This is the Lord's charisma.'
Warter sighed. He suddenly felt uncertain. With so many people coming to sign up, Dragon City definitely wouldn't accept all of them. Moreover, he saw many guards from the original city. Although these people weren't strong in combat, they had experience in the army. The competitive pressure suddenly increased a lot.
Other than humans, Warter also saw many Orcs and Elves. From their auras, he knew that they were all true warriors. The soldiers recruited this time were all humans from Dragon City. The Orcs and Elves were here to help with the selection.
"Everyone, pay attention!"
A muscular Beastman with a bear's head stepped out of the crowd. His eyes were filled with blood and gave off an extremely oppressive feeling. Anyone who was scanned by his eyes would feel the fear of being stared at by a wild beast. Warter shrank his neck when he saw this Beastman. He knew that this was definitely not an ordinary soldier. He was probably a high-level expert who could be called a Grand Knight among humans.
The bearman's voice was extremely loud, and he shouted in the not-so-standard common language of the continent,""…Although the great Galakrond His Holiness is not here, His Holiness is watching this place in his own way!”
The Werebear pointed with his finger, and something that looked like a wooden stake suddenly appeared on the surrounding walls. These wooden stakes were engraved with complex and strange patterns, and they flickered with a faint luster. At the top of the wooden stake was something that looked like an eye. They were watching the scene without leaving any gaps. It was the Scout Guard that Louis had released.
Louis attached great importance to the army, but as a lord, he couldn't be present at everything and do everything himself. He had to maintain a sense of mystery, so he used these scouts to watch the first recruitment of Dragon City.
After seeing these dozens of scouting guards, the applicants present were all shocked. To ordinary people, the spells of mages were mysterious things, especially after knowing that the person controlling these magical spells and watching was the respected lord. These people automatically lowered their heads to show their respect.
"Praise you! Lord Galakrond!"
"Praise you! My lord!"
“……”
All sorts of titles rose and fell, causing the scene to be a little chaotic for a moment. However, all that was heard were respectful greetings from everyone.
Seeing that they were almost done, the bearman, who had followed Lisafre to Dragon City and was directly recruited by Louis as a soldier, calmed them down.
The bearman was also a little depressed. He was a powerful tier 7 warrior of the bearman race. Why did he come to this city ruled by dragons and start training human soldiers?
One had to know that the orcs and humans had always been enemies. There were countless small battles at the border, and if they encountered a year when the harvest was not good, it was very likely that a war involving hundreds of thousands of people would occur.
However, the bearman did not think too much about it. He was sincerely grateful to the Dragon Lord who had saved his people and rewarded them with such delicious food. He also knew that he could not return to the orc country, nor could he go to the human country. This Dragon City was probably the only place he could live in.
He collected his thoughts and continued to shout in the common language of the continent with an accent,"…His Holiness Galakrond is benevolent and great. He does not wish to see his elderly parents left without anyone to support them. Therefore, those who are the only children at home should go back. Don't waste time for us to investigate!”
As soon as the bearman finished speaking, the crowd whispered, and some people left regretfully.
However, most of the people stayed. In this poor world where wars were constant, there were very few families with only one child. Because of illnesses, wars, and other troubles, children from only one family were too easy to die prematurely. Therefore, even in poor families, there were usually two or more children.
"My lord does not need so many soldiers. At most, 2,000 of you can stay behind. Now, split up into groups and accept the test!”
The crowd began to split up and undergo an inspection one by one according to the order. The people who were inspected were the orcs, elves, and the young priests who had once been in the church.
"No, this is too short."
"Your physique is too weak. You're not qualified."
"No problem."
"He has a disability."
“……”
After a round of inspection, another batch of people was eliminated.
White was lucky. He was one of the people who were left behind. He was getting more and more nervous, as if he was facing an important life decision. It was as if he was looking at the college entrance examination. He was terrified of the upcoming assessment.
Warter stole a glance at the people around him and found that many of them were as nervous as him. When he saw this, he heaved a sigh of relief.
So everyone was nervous.
"Lady Lisafure, there are more people left than I imagined. Could it be that the physical fitness of humans is so good?”
The bearman came to Lisafre's side and whispered, his tone filled with surprise. As humans with a more developed agricultural civilization, the total population of humans far exceeded that of orcs. However, because of the innate physical fitness of orcs, they were almost born to be good warriors. With their stronger individual combat ability, they fought back and forth with humans. During the peak of the orcs, they almost destroyed all human countries.
However, judging from the selection of these civilians, the quality and proportion of them becoming soldiers were not low.
As a powerful ninth-rank warrior, he could also be an assassin. Louis would never let such a talent go. Compared to the elves who were more agile in combat techniques and preferred to use bows and arrows, these orcs with combat experience were more suitable to train the army.
Apart from being used by Louis to vent at night, she was also the chief instructor of the soldiers during the day. Louis was basically squeezing her to death...
The wolf girl stood on a high spot with her arms crossed. She looked at the remaining 4,000 humans and grinned,""If we can eat good food for more than two months in a row and our physical fitness is still so poor, then humans are too weak.”
Lisafure's words made the bearman understand. That's right. Due to the lack of resources, most of the civilians did not have enough to eat. They were malnourished and their faces were pale. Of course, their physical fitness was not good. The orcs were the same in this aspect. They were even more lacking in resources. However, because the orcs were talented, their basic physical fitness seemed to be stronger than humans.
"Alright, continue! His Holiness does not need so many people. He will use other methods to filter them. It will be enough to keep 1,500 to 2,000 people.”
"Yes, sir!"
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