Chapter 17 Contribution Distribution

The last official Ouyun warrior died, and Richard kept issuing retreat orders with sound magic. The remaining 200-odd soldiers finally couldn't stand the pressure of the battlefield and kept joining the fleeing team.

However, the wild boars that the Ou Yun soldiers rode had poor endurance and were no faster than the Green Flag Army's horses. Soon the retreating army was caught up by the knights led by Richard and his two companions.

Richard only cast two fireballs, which consumed a lot of magic power and made him stop competing for military merit. Richard had been reserving magic power to use the divine power sensor to prevent other Ouyun professionals from suddenly appearing. However, his knights such as Hansen advanced left and right among the Ouyun soldiers and gained a lot of military merit.

The principle of the plane war of the Kingdom of Jeff has always been to not take ordinary prisoners. After all, even if these ordinary Ouyun soldiers are transported back, they will just be slaves who mine until they die. They believe in the great god Ouyun and may start a riot at any time. Therefore, few caravans of the Kingdom of Jeff are willing to bear the cost of plane transfer for ordinary Ouyun people.

Soon, the retreating teams of Ouyun soldiers were eliminated. George ordered three teams to hunt down the other scattered Ouyun soldiers, while he himself began to count the military merits. Since there was no designated commander for this mission, the military merits of the mission were equally divided.

The Ouyun soldiers killed during the mission will be calculated separately from the mission military merits. This is why George and Bob want to get rid of this group of Ouyun soldiers so much. And because the three teams in this mission belong to different commanders, and there is no direct relationship between the three officers, it is extremely important to calculate the military merits clearly.

After final statistics, a total of one Ouyun priest, six Ouyun official warriors, and 462 Ouyun ordinary soldiers were killed.

Among them, Richard had the least military merit. He and the knights under his command were all waiting for the opportunity to deal with the priest from the beginning. Most of Richard's magic power was also spent on dealing with the priest. Knights such as Hansen did not have much military merit because they needed to protect Richard.

However, Richard's team also suffered the least casualties among the three teams. Except for two injured knights, Pine was even promoted to a formal knight in the battle. The other two teams suffered heavy casualties. The formal knights have fighting spirit to protect their bodies, and they can still survive in the chaos, but other ordinary knights can't do it. Almost all of them were injured. Eight ordinary knights died under George, and one formal knight and twelve ordinary knights died under Bob.

The only official knight who died was injured in the warhorse and was besieged by several official soldiers. In order to avoid being completely surrounded, Bob did not go to rescue him and was eventually killed in the battle.

The casualty ratio between the three teams and the Ouyun people reached an astonishing 1:22. In addition to the excellent performance of the tactics formulated by George and Richard's successful killing of the priest before the priest released the Song of Courage, the main reason was that the gap between the professionals on both sides was too big. The advantages of equipment and mounts also made the Ouyun people realize the gap between the Ouyun plane and the Jeff Kingdom.

Of course, Richard's final sound magic also worked wonders, causing the last Ouyun soldier to lose his will to fight and just run away, wasting the wild boar's energy.

On a simple wooden board, the heads of the Ouyun people were piled up. Richard, George and Bob were discussing the division of military merits here. This was the difference between missions and battles. It was to prevent everyone from being unwilling to perform missions with less military merits in order to compete for military merits. The military merits for kills in the mission could be calculated by the superiors, and finally the superiors needed to submit a reasonable written report to the Military Merit Department.

Richard got the divine power crystal left behind by the priest after his death. "The divine power crystal is my trophy. It's okay for it to belong to me."

Although the divine power crystal can also be exchanged for ten military merits at the military merit office, Richard, who killed the priest, has the highest ownership right. Richard also revealed to George and Bob in advance that this divine power crystal was what he needed.

George and Bob had no objection to Richard possessing the crystal of divine power. Richard took out a magic-sealing box made of metal and put the crystal of divine power in it. The magic-sealing box was made of special metal and could isolate magic power with the magic circle on it. It was the most commonly used box for transporting magical materials.

George and Bob then divided up all the official Ouyun warriors, with George and Bob getting three each. George took out two official Ouyun warriors by himself, which also gave Richard a clearer understanding of his fighting power.

Next is the military merit of ordinary Ouyun soldiers, which is also the bulk of the military merit this time.

Bob spoke first, "Your Excellencies, this time my team and I undertook the most dangerous mission, and in the end we suffered the highest losses. My team should receive the highest military merit."

Looking at his armor that was still dripping with blood, Richard almost agreed, but George stared at Bob and Richard with sharp eyes and whispered, "My team members also carried out the mission with you. If it is dangerous, they took the same risk as your team. I would rather our military merits be distributed based on contribution to the mission, not loss. After all, we are an army, not a charity. People who are incompetent should accept reality."

Richard knew that George was trying to win military merit for him and himself, so he immediately agreed to distribute it in the form of contribution.

Although Bob was unhappy, he turned back and said that he wanted to get the largest share of the spoils. George and Richard had no objection. They were of noble birth and were not as short of money as Bob. He also said that he would not write the written report to the Military Merit Office and needed George or Richard to do it for him.

Richard suddenly noticed Bob's smugness and couldn't help but complain in his heart: "It seems that Bob's original purpose was the spoils of war. Besides, his soldiers are not from noble territories, and Bob doesn't need to bear the pension. I really don't know what he wants so many gold coins for."

Richard was in a blessed position, but he didn't know how to appreciate it. The 200 gold coins Baron Henry gave him allowed him to equip his soldiers with good horses, lances, and one-handed shields. Bob, who was born a commoner, couldn't even afford his own equipment. As a second-level knight, he was still equipped with ordinary weapons, while George's equipment was all enchanted equipment.

In the end, Richard received 110 military merits and a small amount of combat items. In one mission, he completed more than half of his military merits. In fact, Richard still took advantage of the other two teams. However, without Richard's magic, they would not be able to get rid of this group of Ouyun people.

There were wounded soldiers in all three teams, so George ordered the wounded to carry the military merits and spoils back while the others continued to complete the mission.

Richard's team lost two wounded soldiers, but gained a formal knight, so their combat effectiveness was improved. However, the combat effectiveness of the other two teams decreased a lot, and several wounded soldiers among the formal knights also chose to go back.