Chapter 789 The Navy Fleet Brings Cases to Your Doorstep (the Strong Sea Monster Will Reward You with Ten Thousand Rewards)
The Commander of the Magic Council's Third Fleet, Lord Knight James Drake, has been very troubled recently.
"Commander, we don't have enough manpower." - Felix Winter, deputy commander of the fleet, came to his office once a day, and this topic always came up.
"Commander, we need to recruit more people." - Fleet Logistics Chief William Gunson, I have to say it every time I see him.
"Commander, in the past two years, we have lost 20% of the knights in our fleet! If we don't recruit anymore, we really can't do it!" - Even the boatswain of the flagship and the charge captain had to yell a few times when they saw him. …
There is no way, the charge captain who is responsible for boarding battles and close combat has always had the highest requirements for combat effectiveness. Without knights, we would not dare to engage in boarding battles. If we did not dare to engage in boarding battles, it would be like losing an arm!
James Drake was pulling his hair out with worry. The commander of the Magic Council's third fleet, the ninth-level knight, has just been able to rest recently.
Thanks to Togret, he has been extremely busy in the past two years:
First, last year, we rushed north to the Hermon Peninsula to meet the barbarians waiting there. After receiving the people, we sailed directly west to the northern tip of the New World, and then headed south along the coastline;
Quietly merged with the other three fleets, blocked the Golden Fleet of the Glorious Holy See, and launched a vigorous battle near Habana, the capital of the Storm Islands;
Returned successfully, sent the guests back to their hometown, and repaired the fleet. Just after I took a breath, I spent all day and night hauling goods back from the New World——
Forget about pulling other things, he actually pulled struvite!
The precious capacity of the parliamentary ships was not used to transport gold, silver, pepper, tobacco, carmine, indigo, and all kinds of rich furs, but it was all used to carry stones that had been condensed by bird droppings over hundreds or thousands of years. …
They also have to dodge and dodge in the Storm Islands and cross the blockade of the Glorious Holy See.
After all this torment, not only the entire fleet was paralyzed, but also its vitality was severely damaged. Commander Drake checked the strength of his troops and found that about one-third of the lower-level sailors had been replaced.
——Of course, sailors are worthless. If you stop at any port and throw out the shining silver coins, you can immediately attract a group of people. But level 2, level 3, level 4 warriors, and even level 5 knights are so valuable!
This is not something that can be recruited casually. The skill gap between the navy and the army is really huge.
He went ashore to recruit a group of army knights. After all, he couldn't swim or pull the sail ropes. Others were walking on flat ground on the bumpy deck. He swayed and vomited while holding a barrel...
What do you want them to do?
The space and capacity on the ship are limited! It is extremely valuable! It's such a waste to house a bunch of landlubbers!
The most reliable method is, of course, training among sailors. The problem is that level 2, level 3, and level 4 warriors can be trained in any way as long as they are given sufficient food, hard training, and perfect guidance; however, knights...
From a fourth-level warrior to a knight, it is an essential transformation. It is the body, spirit, blood, breath, everything, condensed together, and opened the mysterious door.
How many fighters have practiced from the age of fifteen to the age of 20, from the age of 20 to the age of 25, and from the age of 25 to the age of 30. As you get older, your energy and blood become exhausted, your physical strength begins to decline, and the strength you gather is still not enough to pass the test.
If you are an ordinary warrior, you will naturally have to practice hard, practice harder, and practice until death. As long as there is some way, such as relying on the family, the Temple of the God of War, and the military -
There are various ways to improve the success rate of passing the level. For example, drugs.
The [Burning Blood Potion] distributed by the Council and the [Burning Warrior] from the Temple of the God of War can help warriors overcome this hurdle to a certain extent. The problem is that using drugs to overcome customs clearance is extremely dangerous——
"Commander, Eric failed to break through and died." Bishop Ampton, a seventh-level war priest stationed in his flagship, quietly came in to report the bad news.
"What a pity. Eric is a good young man, very brave." Drake took off his hat and put it on the table, bowed his head in silence. Bishop Ampton also made a prayer gesture:
"I tried my best to save him. Unfortunately, even after using all my magic, he still couldn't survive."
Across the table, the two of them bowed their heads and were silent for a while. After a long while, Commander Drake put his hat back on and started the topic:
"Your Majesty, Bishop, how many warriors have failed to break through this year?"
"There are already fifteen of them. Ten of them can try again after one or two years of repair. Three are seriously injured and have no choice but to retire. Eric and Frey..."
He lowered his head for the second time and prayed for guidance from the God of War for the young men who failed to break through the barrier and unfortunately died. Commander Drake sighed deeply:
"Master Bishop, is it possible to provide better medicine? The failure rate of young men is so high..."
"[Burning Warrior] is already the best among the common potions in the temple. Those with a success rate of more than 80%, or those that can guarantee that the user will not be seriously injured or die after failure, are more than ten times more expensive. …”
And it has a price but no market. Only the children of great nobles, or the geniuses specially trained by the temple, may be able to use it.
Not to mention, those who are so powerful that they will be specially trained by the temple. Such warriors will most likely be able to succeed on their own without the need for medicine.
The result is that such secret potions are mostly provided to large noble families who are not willing to endure hardship and must be direct descendants of knights - only they have a particularly large demand for the safety of potions.
The two of them frowned at each other. After a while, Bishop Ampton stood up and let out a long sigh:
"I'll think of a way. ...I'll think of a way again..."
He pulled back his hair, walked out unsteadily, and returned to the office to read books and information, looking for ways to break through. After two days of this, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the small building next to the fleet barracks:
"boom!"
On the entire training ground, everyone turned to look at those who were running laps, carrying barrels, simulating rowing, and climbing masts and pulling sail ropes to simulate gang jumping. Then I saw Bishop Upton dancing, holding a volume of books, and rushed out with disheveled hair:
"I've found it! I've found it!—This might work!"
Commander Drake hurriedly blocked him back to his office to prevent the war-god bishop's image from collapsing too much and making it difficult to use him when praying before battles in the future. Bishop Upton's eyes were shining brightly. He raised the book in front of him and almost hit his face:
"look!"
Mr. Commander took it and looked at the cover first, "Medical Research." Oh, the journals run by the medical branch of the Conjuration Department are basically the exclusive domain of this branch. Bishop Ampton once submitted a manuscript, but unfortunately it was not accepted.
Let’s look at the article again, an old acquaintance, Gretel Nordmark. The commander first had a favorable impression:
No matter how fanciful the invention of Master Nordmark is, it is really useful. Whether it's the antidote to the "Sea Plague" or the solution to "Fabouti's Curse", even that rubber tube!
Well, so what did this Nordmark mage do this time?
Commander Drake looked hard, looked hard... turned it from beginning to end, paused, slowed down twice as fast, and then turned it from beginning to end. Then, he raised his head and looked at the bishop with confused eyes:
"...Is this spell useful in saving people?"
"It's useful!" Bishop Ampton's eyebrows were beaming... He was really beaming, and his gray eyebrows were almost flying out of his forehead:
"Look! Look! The experiment he did with [Fox Gloves]! The extract of [Fox Gloves] is indeed one of the main ingredients in [Burning Warrior], or other similar potions!"
Commander Drake's eyes jumped. One of the main ingredients of these clearance potions is [Fox Gloves]?
He really didn't know this. Although he was the commander of the fleet, he really didn't care about details such as the main ingredients in the potion.
The main thing is that he relied on his own strength to pass the test without taking any medicine. For the medicine distributed in the fleet, he just applied to the parliament and that was it. Who cares what it is mainly made of?
He flipped through the journal and lowered his head to read it for the third time:
"Fox Gloves..."
"[Fox Gloves], also known as [Witch Gloves], [Fairy Gloves], and [Dead Man's Bell], are a very powerful potion that can provide great energy to the heart." Bishop Upton's eyes were blazing:
"After swallowing a large dose of [Fox Gloves] extract, the heartbeat of the arrow-bristle pig increased rapidly and the blood pressure increased rapidly. Finally, the heart stopped, causing ventricular fibrillation..."
When it came to the last few words, his speaking speed slowed down, and he frowned and squeezed out. It was obvious that he was not familiar with the word "ventricular fibrillation". After squeezing out the word, the speaking speed increased again:
"This is exactly the same as when the boys failed in the advanced level! Moreover, Master Nordmark's paper also talked about how to rescue when this happens!"
Second level magic!
That [Direct Current Defibrillation and Electrical Cardioversion] is just a second-level magic! To be precise, it is just a combination of two first-level magics. If it were not for the difficulty, it would not become a second-level magic!
Compared with the fourth-level spell [Cure Fatal Wounds], its consumption is much smaller, and the success rate is even higher than [Cure Fatal Wounds]!
"...So, we can use this magic to rescue the young man who failed to pass the level?"
Commander Drake finally understood the paper. Based on the Bishop’s explanation, we came to the conclusion:
"So, have you learned this magic?"
"...No." Bishop Apton collapsed instantly in frustration:
"The distance between this magic and divine magic is really too big."
One thing is that he didn't even learn the pre-requisite [Electrocardiogram] magic. There is a real distance between healers like them who rely on the grace of God to cast spells and magicians.
"Moreover, Master Nordmark mentioned in the paper," the Bishop stood up, moved to Commander Drake's side, turned over a few pages of the journal, and pointed to one of the paragraphs for him to read:
"The amount of energy used in this spell is a preliminary estimate based on zombie and animal experiments. So far, no large-scale clinical trials have been conducted on patients."
"so……?"
"So, if we want to increase the warrior's success rate, we can ask him for help?"
With the character of Master Nodmark, he should be happy to come over, right?
Maybe even the treatment costs can be saved, or you can get a discount... There has been a lot of action recently, a large number of ships need to be built and repaired, and the navy's military expenses are also tight!
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Foxglove, also known as digitalis, is also known as fox glove, witch glove, fairy glove, and dead man's bell.
They are called fox gloves because it is said that the evil spirit gave the foxglove flowers to the fox, and asked the fox to put the flowers on his feet to reduce the sound of his footsteps as he foraged among the foxgloves...
A very powerful cardiotonic agent that contracts the heart muscle. Therefore, it is also a very suitable medicine to be used to assist warriors in passing levels and becoming knights (well, I nodded)
Of course, if you take too much medicine and cause foxglove poisoning, you will have ventricular fibrillation every minute. The whole foxglove plant is poisonous, so don’t try it out of curiosity, and don’t let animals at home eat it~~~