Chapter 477: Chapter 222: Post-war Gains (2)

By evening, the last of the Cavalry had returned to camp.

Following them were endless Gnolls and earth goblins. These Alien Race Warriors set up their camps right next to the humans. In the past, the noble masters of the Human Race would have likely flown into a rage.

But in just a few short days, the noble human masters had undergone a major change of heart regarding this group of Alien Race Warriors.

Besides the rise in Robson’s personal prestige, the main reason was that these alien races were genuinely formidable in battle. After spending more time with them, the masters of the Human Race discovered that, aside from their ugly appearances, these aliens didn’t seem to have any other shortcomings.

A group of alien Chieftains walked into the Human Race’s camp under the watchful eyes of the human nobles, and no one thought anything was amiss.

Robson was in the back of his command tent. Now that everyone had returned, it was time for him to look at the summary on his Mount & Blade panel.

This wasn’t just about satisfying Lord Robson’s curiosity; the Mount & Blade panel was now deeply integrated with Affleck’s military merit system. The data on the panel was the most important reference for Robson to check if there were any issues with that system.

First, he tallied the death statistics for the entire war.

Looking at the shocking numbers, Robson couldn’t help but be taken aback.

The Tiger Race Warriors they had faced were truly elite.

Ever since the battle at Thermopylae, when he had unlocked the path to Extraordinary Soldiers, Robson had rarely seen such heavy casualties in his army.

The First Corps’ combat losses were as high as one-tenth!

Robson’s heart clenched when he saw this number.

To think, it was no exaggeration to say that the First Corps was now composed entirely of Tier Six Soldiers.

A full one hundred Tier Six Warriors were lost here forever, and among them were even more than twenty Extraordinary Soldiers.

And this was only the number of deaths, not including the wounded.

However, to Robson, the Soldiers of the First, Second, and Third Corps were each as precious as treasure. As long as they could be saved, no effort would be spared. This was also why the Warriors from the First to the Third Corps fought so fiercely. Therefore, there was no need to count the wounded as total losses.

If the First Corps’ casualties were this terrifying, the other corps were even worse. The Second Corps’ losses reached a staggering two-tenths, and the Third Corps was not far behind.

The tallied numbers left Robson speechless.

It is said that a general’s success is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers, but these Soldiers were the very foundation Lord Robson had started with. It was impossible to say he felt no attachment to them.

At this rate of attrition, he estimated it wouldn’t be long before the First, Second, and Third Corps were completely replaced with new blood.

In fact, this trend was already beginning to show. Of course, it wasn’t due to battlefield losses, but primarily due to the personnel turnover caused by the military merit system—rewards were given, and promotions were made.

It had even gotten to the point where, within Affleck, there were now talks of being "from the First Corps" or "from the Second Corps."

Robson could do nothing about this. ’Wherever there are people, there will be conflict.’ The Mount & Blade panel couldn’t turn his Soldiers into absolutely loyal simpletons. He could only ensure that these men wouldn’t cause any trouble while he was still around.

Besides, Affleck was currently just a tiny little place. Without a sufficient foundation, these things were not really worth worrying about for Robson.

After reviewing the First through Third Corps, Robson began to look at the other corps. He was surprised to find that, aside from the first three, the other corps didn’t seem to have suffered major losses in this war.

The Cavalry Team had lost several dozen men, which was actually quite high. However, compared to ratios like one-tenth or two-tenths, it was much less.

Robson guessed the reason was likely that the Fengman Knight Order had drawn most of the enemy’s fire.

As for the Fourth through Seventh Corps led by Ais, they had basically suffered no casualties at all.

Robson had positioned this army on the reserves bench as the main backup force. Firstly, Ais was inexperienced, and secondly, it was to be ready for any unexpected situations.

Therefore, by the time Ais entered the field, the battle was mostly over. They didn’t encounter any large-scale resistance, and correspondingly, they didn’t suffer any significant casualties.

’Overall, the numbers are acceptable,’ he thought. ’It’s just that the death rate among the elite troops is too high.’

Of course, this "overall" assessment could not include the Alien Race Warriors.

The casualty rate for the alien races was as high as fifty percent. This was the casualty rate, not the death rate; the death rate was two-tenths.

However, Robson wasn’t so generous with the Alien Race Warriors. Apart from the most severely wounded, whom Robson would give a cow and a sheep and have a priest treat, the rest were basically left to fend for themselves.

It wasn’t that Lord Robson was cruel; his pockets were simply empty. There was nothing to be done. Besides, the main advantage of these Alien Race Warriors was their vast numbers, so they didn’t need to be coddled.

Even so, the morale of the alien army consistently remained around seventy percent.

Robson had made a point to investigate and found that these Alien Race Warriors were truly accustomed to oppression. After the battle at the Centaur King City, Robson sent men to console the heavily wounded Jackal Wolfman Warriors, giving them wealth and a certain degree of security. Those Gnolls had been moved to tears of gratitude.

One could only comment on the "excellent" welfare system of the Beastman Empire...

As the saying goes: high risk, high reward.

Robson had suffered such severe losses on the battlefield this time, but the corresponding gains were also unparalleled.

The most obvious gains, of course, were seen in the First through Third Corps.

In this battle, the First through Third Corps had fought against genuine elites.

Just as Robson had predicted, after this battle, Lord Robson’s Extraordinary Corps was finally about to take shape.

In the First through Third Corps, Tier Seven Soldiers had begun to emerge.

The First Corps had the most, of course. After all, it originally had the largest number of Tier Six Soldiers and had shouldered the brunt of the fighting. This time, the number of Extraordinary elites in the First Corps began to skyrocket.

The First Corps originally had nearly two hundred Extraordinary Warriors. After several battles, the percentage of Extraordinary troops in the corps had been forcibly raised to fifty percent!

Now, the First Corps had eight hundred Soldiers, four hundred of whom were Extraordinary.

The Second Corps had ten percent. This was mainly due to its previous excellent performance on the Julian Plain. Back then, the Second Corps, along with several Algeria Corps, had intercepted the main force of the Centaurs during their breakout, which had raised its percentage of Tier Six troops.

In this battle, the earliest batch of Tier Six Warriors in the Second Corps had now become Extraordinary. Robson had later replenished the Second Corps to full strength, but it had lost two hundred men in this battle. Therefore, the number of Tier Seven Soldiers in the Second Corps was now just over ninety.

As for the Third Corps... to be honest, it once had the potential to surpass the Second Corps. However, ever since the Julian Province campaign, the Third Corps had started to fall to the bottom.

The Third Corps only had a few dozen Extraordinary soldiers, and its Tier Six rate had just barely reached eighty percent. The Second Corps’ Tier Six rate was already at ninety percent, while the First Corps remained at one hundred percent.

The Cavalry Team’s performance had to be evaluated in stages, as five hundred of its Cavalry had joined later on.

After a few battles, the overall strength of the Cavalry Team had risen. Its Tier Five rate reached eighty percent.

What didn’t match the Tier Five rate was, naturally, the Extraordinary rate. With a Tier Six rate of fifty percent, the Extraordinary rate had already reached twenty percent. This meant there were a full two hundred Extraordinary Cavalry!

In total, Robson now had nearly one thousand Extraordinary Soldiers under his command!

Of course, these Extraordinary Soldiers still needed to be converted, and Robson had to find an opportunity to slip away to do it.

These nobles from beyond the pass seemed to have submitted for now, but the secret of the Mount & Blade panel was too significant. It was better to be cautious.

Aside from the Extraordinary Corps, the next group with the biggest improvement was, surprisingly, the Alien Race Warriors?

He had to admit it: the alien races were truly... fast to expend, but also fast to train.

After this wave, not only had the number of Tier Five Warriors not decreased, but it had increased by nearly two thousand. If you counted those who had died, this single battle had produced a full three thousand new Tier Five Alien Race Warriors!

In contrast, the corps led by Ais showed a rather lackluster improvement. Their Tier Four rate reached sixty percent, and a few scattered Tier Five soldiers began to appear.

However, this was within Robson’s expectations. ’If you can’t get on the bus, you’re left behind to eat the exhaust fumes.’

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