Rise of the Lycans

Chapter 12 Handling the Aftermath

This war with the Goblin Horde had taken a huge toll on Regent's soldiers.

Under Marcus and Catherine's organization, all the soldiers who were not seriously injured acted as healers.

They received herbs and cotton cloths from the two Transcendents and bandaged up the wounded with broken arms and legs. Knight Horst on the side couldn't bear to do so and sent out all of his men to work with the soldiers of the Regency Territory to save the wounded. Kane, assisted by Horst, sat down on a relatively clean land and rested alone.

At this time, Catherine, who had already finished counting the casualties, walked over to him.

Looking at Kane's exhausted appearance, she asked worriedly, “My lord, are you alright?”

Earlier, she had witnessed the attack that Kane had suffered, and after such a violent explosion, Catherine did not think that Kane would be able to remain unharmed.

Kane weakly waved his hands, trying to show that he was not seriously hurt, “It's fine, Catherine.”

But in Katherine's eyes, it was like a consolation.

Pushing down her heavy heart, Catherine reported the casualties of the soldiers in this war.

“My lord, earlier we led a total of 42 armed infantry, 3 scouts, and 24 cavalry, totaling 69 men.”

“After the war with the Goblin Horde, we lost more than 30 people, including 21 armed soldiers, 9 cavalrymen, and one trainee Transcendent.”

Such a huge depletion of personnel would make both the policing and guarding of the Regency Territory very vulnerable.

Kane sighed and instructed Catherine, who was on the side, “All soldiers killed in battle should be given to their families, one to two drei coins as a pension.”

In the Dilan Kingdom, there were generally only three currencies in circulation, which were the Marion Copper Coin, the Kairos Silver Coin, and the Deli Gold Coin.

The names of the people in front of their currencies were all, people who had performed great feats since the founding of the kingdom.

Among them, Marion was the greatest magician in the history of the kingdom, and it was he who created the extraordinary profession of mage.

Kairos was the second king of Diran, he made many new reforms and actions, such as the policy of allowing commoners to become extraordinary, founded an academy to allow commoners to enroll, and led the human race to defeat half of the orc territory, so he was very popular among the people.

The last one is Deli, the builder of Dilan Kingdom. As the first knight in human history to break through to the fifth rank of epic, his strength is beyond doubt, and he is the one who breaks all the intelligent races' view of human beings.

Before Deli, the human race had always been regarded as a race with only intelligence but no strength, only slightly stronger than the kobolds.

It was Deli, the human lord, who led all the humans to establish their own kingdom.

And usually people would call the currency Marion Coin, Kairos Pen, and Deli Coin for convenience. “Yes, my lord.” Catherine nodded her head to show that she understood.

Kane continued to ask, “The Reed you mentioned earlier was also killed in battle?”

“Yes, my lord, killed by that lowly Goblin Supremacy.” Catherine said with great heartache.

“Eh ...... Lost another future Transcendent well.” Kane looked at the sky a bit helplessly.

The losses incurred from this battle were huge, not only the soldiers' pension fees, but also the supply of soldiers and reserve Transcendents, I'm afraid that it will take a long time for the Regency Territory to slow down.

After reporting the situation to Kane, Catherine once again joined in the rescue.

Until it was close to dusk, the evening sun of the setting sun shone on this battlefield, adding a different color to its heavy atmosphere.

After burying all the soldiers who died in battle, Kane's group, along with Horst's squad, walked out of this forest.

In the village of Maike, the villagers who had worked for a day walked back to the village from the wheat field, the children ran back to their homes under the urging of their mothers, and the old villagers still sat under the trees and appreciated the dusk.

In this peaceful atmosphere, Kane and his troops walked into the village.

The villagers were shocked to see the bruised and battered troops, and wondered what kind of enemy could have wounded this majestic troop so badly.

Not only that, but the villagers also noticed that beside Kane's group, there was also a squad of cavalry with fuller spirits, and their leader, who was riding his steed, was talking to Lord Kane.

“Which lord is that?” A villager asked.

“It's Lord Horst, Lord Kane is an uncle, I didn't expect him to come back.” The one who answered the question was an elderly villager who had experienced three generations of Lords of the Rigit Territory in his life.

Kane and the others quickly passed through Maike Village and headed towards the castle.

The villagers who had just finished their salute, on the other hand, lost their interest in going home to eat and speculated about the situation that happened in the forest.

“Grandpa Dis, you are the wisest person within our village, what kind of monster do you think Lord Kane encountered to be injured like that.” A young villager asked feeling puzzled.

“En~ Maybe it's a bear goblin, grandpa, when I was young, I've encountered this kind of monster, they are so powerful that even a hundred soldiers are no match for them.”

The young villager was quickly distracted, “Then grandpa, how did you escape.”

The older villager sucked on a pipe and looked at the evening sun, “At that time, I used my wits to fool that monster, and finally managed to escape.”

Saying that, he also lifted up his sleeve, revealing a deep and long scar, showing it to the young people around him. “See, this is what was left behind at that time.”

As expected, the young men looked at the old man with admiration. “Too powerful Grandpa Dis, I really want to go around adventuring like you.”

The old man's bragging didn't last long before it was revealed by his companion at the side.

“Little Aerite, don't believe this old man's words, that injury of his, ah, he accidentally cut himself while doing farm work in the past, it's not a bear gnome.”

The old man who was pierced through the lie, looked at his companion with an angry face, “Good you Etem, you wait for me.”

The discussion at the scene quickly changed into, bragging between the older and younger villagers.

It wasn't until the old village chief just couldn't look away that he ended the farce.

..........

Back to Kane and his party.

The moment they returned to the castle, the steward Guise had already led a group of servants and stood at the city gate to greet them.

A large number of wounded were transferred to the medical room inside the castle.

Physician Lim and his two assistants were too busy to deal with the sudden influx of wounded, so they had no choice but to ask the servants in the castle to help.

On the other hand, Horst was personally arranged by Guise to rest in a bedroom.

Although Catherine and Marcus were involved in the battle, they were suppressed by their breath the entire time in the back, and they didn't suffer any injuries.

As for Lord Kane, he had to honestly stay in the medical room.

Actually, Kane's body had recovered earlier, but his weak disguise along the way fooled everyone.

So after he was helped into the medical room by the crowd, he immediately gave Lim a look. Lim was also worthy of being the Kane family's personal physician, he understood and shunned everyone back, then helped Kane into the medical single room alone.

“Lord Kane, what are you .....” Lim said somewhat questioningly.

“Lim, I am not in any serious trouble, this matter must not be publicized.”

“Yes, my lord.” Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Lim nodded his head in agreement and then exited the room.

In order not to arouse Horst's suspicion, Kane would only have to stay in this medical room for a while.