After a while, Meng Biao stormed out, cursing as he went, leaving the soldiers guarding the door dumbfounded.

Damn it!

Meng Biao cursed, feeling like he'd been taken for a ride.

The compensation Fang Yu demanded wasn't much, but it was right at the upper limit of Meng Biao's expectations, which made him uncomfortable.

Thinking that he would still need to borrow troops from Fang Yu later, he had no choice but to reluctantly agree to Fang Yu's terms:

1. Double the sacrifice compensation for the families of the fallen soldiers.

2. Cover the losses of 15 marine ships of the Sharp Blade Army and replace them with warship-level vessels, making Meng Biao curse on the spot.

Clearly, the losses were at the ship level, but I'm being asked to compensate at the warship level?

Isn't this blatant extortion?!

However, clearly, in the art of negotiation, Fang Yu, who had once outsmarted Wang Yuanwei, the money-eyed Alchemist, completely outshone the battlefield-hardened Meng Biao.

In just a few words, Fang Yu had Meng Biao speechless, forcing him to grudgingly accept the compensation.

3. For the next period, the military budget of the Sharp Blade Army will increase by 50%.

This condition was similar to the last one, and Meng Biao tried to resist, but obviously, it was in vain and he was quickly cornered by Fang Yu again.

4. Since the Sharp Blade Army executed the assault mission, Fang Yu, as the owner of the Sharp Blade Army, should receive the reward for the assault mission.

Meng Biao had no objection to this one.

When borrowing the army previously, Meng Biao had promised Fang Yu that he would settle the Sharp Blade Army's mission reward with him.

This was already in the agreement, so there was nothing wrong with providing it.

However... after this ordeal, Meng Biao was somewhat afraid of Fang Yu.

This guy... doesn't miss any opportunity to squeeze benefits.

Meng Biao would rather fight several extremely difficult wars himself than haggle with Fang Yu for even a second longer.

It's like bullying an honest person.

...

After leaving Meng Biao's command room, Fang Yu first went to console his Sharp Blade Army and informed Li Chongjing about the compensation he had secured from Meng Biao.

"Remember, give double compensation to the families of the fallen brothers. If any family is in difficulty, let me know—I will absolutely help them!"

Fang Yu instructed Li Chongjing.

Those fallen soldiers, in a sense, died fighting for Fang Yu, so Fang Yu naturally sought to secure some benefit compensation for their families.

"Later, remember to ask Meng Biao for fifteen warships and the next military budget increased by 50%. Don't forget these."

Fang Yu repeatedly instructed, leaving Li Chongjing and the others taken aback.

How many benefits did our lieutenant manage to get from Meng Biao?

...

After returning from consoling the Sharp Blade Army, Fang Yu turned his attention to his panel.

This time, heading to the coordinates to build the sea battle wall, Meng Biao also settled the task for Fang Yu.

Coupled with the reward for deploying the Sharp Blade Army, Fang Yu's panel space had two task rewards settled:

"Congratulations on completing the [Building Sea Battle Wall] task, gaining experience +200,000, and all members gain military equipment coupon +1."

"Lord Fang Yu gains military merit +500, [War Drum] modification scroll +1."

"Congratulations on completing the [Probing Attack] task, gaining experience +250,000, and Sharp Blade Army's military budget +200,000 Silver Coins."

"Lord Fang Yu gains military merit +500, Marine Army standard intermediate enchantment scroll +10."

Seeing the settlement of the two tasks, Fang Yu immediately decided to make a roll for the [Probing Attack].

As the dice rolled continuously in the void, it quickly landed on a number:

4!

250,000 → 1,000,000

Military Budget: 800,000

Military Merit: 2,000

Standard Intermediate Enchantment Scroll: 40 copies.

Gazing at the rewards on his panel, Fang Yu shook his head and smiled.

Sure enough, missions from the military mostly offer military-related rewards.

Military budget, 800,000 Silver Coins, every single coin Fang Yu turned over to Li Chongjing, instructing him to bolster his Sharp Blade Army to enhance battle power for the upcoming Divine Hall Alliance Army campaign.

Although a portion of this 800,000 Silver Coins was from Fang Yu's own roll, he could solely claim it.

However, Fang Yu was unwilling to use this military budget.

He didn't want any of his troops to face sacrifice while battling on his behalf. With this military budget, the Sharp Blade Army could be upgraded and reinforced, which would minimize their casualty rates.

Including the standard intermediate enchantment scrolls which weren't useful for the Salted Fish, he let Li Chongjing apply them to suitable marine vessels in the Sharp Blade Army for enhancement.

After handing these to Li Chongjing, Fang Yu's gaze shifted to the other rewards.

Then, scratching his head, he quickly realized...

It seems...

His military merit was already enough to upgrade his rank to Captain level.

With the roll's doubling effect, Fang Yu's military merit skyrocketed by 2,500.

At this point, his military merit became: D-Class Lieutenant (5800/6000) → (8300/6000)

The merits are now sufficient to elevate the rank from Lieutenant to Captain level.

Thinking of this, Fang Yu stood up, ready to call the crew to set off and submit his rank upgrade application to Kong Huaao.

The reason he was so eager was that Fang Yu realized...

This time, despite having completed two tasks and rolled a decent 4-point outcome, his experience was still insufficient for a level up!

To move from level 30 to level 31, 1,700,000 experience points were needed, and at present, Fang Yu had only accumulated 1,450,000 in his experience pool.

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