Chapter 174 The combat power of a fortress commander
"Am I dreaming where the patient just spoke?"
"Yes, he spoke, Sergeant," replied a doctor in the room.
The doctors also had military ranks, since they were part of the army.
The room fell silent again, interrupted only by the sound of machinery.
"Did someone forget to inject the anesthetic?" asked the sergeant, still stunned.
"No, we did give him a general anaesthetic, and the dose was even 3 times higher than what soldiers are usually injected with" replied another doctor present, leaving the sergeant in confusion.
No one spoke in the meantime.
The sergeant continued to think for a while, not knowing how to react in this kind of situation.
"I've been in this business for 20 years and this is the first time I've seen this..." he thought silently.
"Inject him with 10 times the normal dose," he announced after a long reflection.
"The patient could die..." commented a member of the medical staff hesitantly.
The sergeant glanced coldly at the young man who had just spoken.
"This guy just woke up with 3 times the normal dose. If he wakes up again during a delicate operation, are you prepared to take the consequences?"
The young doctor didn't know what to say at the time.
The sergeant ignored him completely, then began to give orders to treat Maxime as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, in the other room, Dravus lay on a reinforced metal table, his inhuman weight and constitution posing unexpected challenges.
Captain Orvari had quickly explained to the stunned doctors that Dravus was now on their side.
But although the doctors had no choice but to swallow this information, the medical wards were not at all designed for figures of this size.
Fortunately, there were still a few large tables in the medical wing, which were generally used for large pets under contract.
Dravus was perforated with multiple gaping wounds, revealing organs whose textures were both familiar and foreign to human doctors.
A veteran doctor observed the massive body, his features marked by concentration.
"Indeed, Dravak have a better recovery capacity than humans."
"But even if his tissues regenerate at a very fast rate, he has too many wounds to stay alive. It's a miracle he even made it to our medical wing alive."
The doctor sighed.
"Let's just do our best and fate will take care of the rest."
...
Simultaneously, in the strategic meeting room.
Leïla was present with Kavasta, the fortress commander and all the regiment captains except the first, who was still on the battlefield.
"How are you feeling, Leïla?" asked Kavasta with eyes showing concern.
"She replied with a smile, although part of her face still showed signs of burning.
Her natural beauty was transformed into something fiercer and wilder.
Kavasta nodded in response, then continued:
"And the Dravak who put you in this state, how strong was he?"
The looks on the faces of the regimental captains, particularly those of a few including Orvari, changed to something much more serious.
But on hearing this question, Leïla frowned.
"His hand-to-hand power was pretty good but not on the level of a Dravak regimental captain, but that's still an awakened Dravak with one or more very powerful spells."
Come to think of it, her face paled.
If she hadn't dodged in time she really would have died from that ultra-fast fireball.
"To be honest, I don't think anyone here, apart from the2nd and1st regimental captains, has the skills to defeat it. And to kill it, in a duel situation, the commander would have to act himself."
Leïla's words provoked a wave of indignation among the captains ranked from3rd to 9th regiment.
But no one dared to speak out, for despite themselves, they could not but recognize that a Dravak with awakened bloodline had the ability to kill every one of them, at the slightest opportunity left to them.
They were just unreasonably strong on the same level!
But Kavasta wasn't at all bothered by these words.
He was a genius himself, and vastly stronger than a Dravak who had just awakened his bloodline.
By way of comparison, if a regimental captain could barely stand up to a Dravak with an awakened bloodline, then the fortress commander on a yellow-level battlefield could stand up to the level above a Dravak with an awakened bloodline!
In other words, a Dravak genius with an exceptional bloodline who had already exploited some of his bloodline's potential!
Otherwise, Dravaks with ordinary bloodlines couldn't be put on an equal footing with Kavasta, so frightening was the difference in combat power.
For the level of a fortress commander could even take him to Earth-level battlefields!
Generally speaking, regimental captains' levels were somewhere between black and earth.
On black-level battlefields, they could still retain a certain status, but on earth-level, they were simply ordinary soldiers.
For on an Earth-level battlefield, the species involved all had thousands of soldiers of the same level as a Dravak who had awakened an ordinary bloodline.
And as one of the greatest geniuses of the Western Federation, and above all as a genius who had already exploited part of his potential, Kavasta was even qualified to go to the sky-level battlefields, which was still one level higher than the earth level!
To sum up, it was possible to discern 4 levels of battlefields:
Yellow level, which normally corresponded to the level of the strongest soldiers of a mid-level species in a universe, i.e. between the top 3000 and the top 5000 of each universe.
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The black level, which corresponded to the level of the heroes of the top 1000 races.
Earth level, corresponding to the best warriors of the top 100 races.
Sky level, corresponding to the best warriors of the top 10 races.
Of course, sky-level battlefields were exceptionally rare, and even if they did appear, only old monsters would go to such battlefields.
Geniuses who could still grow would never be sent to these battlefields, as they were far too dangerous for them.
"So, the high school boy you told me about Orvari could have the level of a commander on a yellow-level battlefield?"
Kavasta's words stunned the captains, except for Orvari, who nodded heavily.
For her part, Leïla was confused, having just left the hospital and gone straight to the strategic meeting room under the orders of an adjutant waiting for her to come out.
She hadn't spoken to any Shibuya, and even she couldn't understand how she'd gotten back into the fortress.
She could only guess that her men had brought her back here.
"His maximum personal fighting power, according to the reports made by the Shibuya, should still be below an awakened Dravak, although he did manage to defeat one."
"It was only a newly awakened Dravak, and he took advantage of a surprise effect to take it down."
"I see, so why do you say he could be at the level of a yellow-level battlefield commander?"
Hearing Kavasta's question, Orvari took on a very solemn expression.
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"His men? What do you mean?" continued Kavasta suspiciously.
"According to reports, he has 2 knights and at least 50 apprentice knights under his command. The rest of his men are all at the peak of elite soldier, another fifty or so of them."
Kavasta was already surprised, and his thoughts raced as Orvari spoke.
"A high schooler could muster that many strongmen? That's already on the level of a Western Federation genius."
Namely, the Western Federation was actually just a small country on the giant continent they lived on.
There were 70 million inhabitants at most, but compared to the 1,000 billion humans on the planet, that wasn't much.
And compared to a certain planet called "Earth", this planet was 10 times bigger.
But after thinking about a few things, Kavasta frowned and commented:
"But whether it's his personal strength and his men from Eternity, it's still not enough to be a commander."
At this point Orvari gave an intriguing smile, while taking his cup of coffee in his hands.
"What if I told you that he's able to get most of his men to achieve a 3-point physique for a limited time, and on top of that he's able to subjugate humanoid species via a master-slave contract?"
Having finished speaking, he took a few sips of coffee with satisfaction.
Once again, the meeting room fell silent.
Whether it was Leila, the other regimental captains or even Kavasta, no one spoke.
The commander had even risen from his chair, so surprised was he.
He himself was the person here who most understood the weight of the words spoken by the second regimental captain!
Orvari placed his cup of coffee on the table with a satisfied look on his face.
"Very good coffee, what brand do you buy Commander?"
But Kavasta glared at him.
"What do you mean he can subjugate humanoid species via a master-slave contract?" he asked with a very serious expression.
Orvari clearly didn't care that the commander had ignored his question.
At that moment, he was thoroughly enjoying the looks of everyone in the room.
It was his unhealthy pleasure.
"There's currently a Dravak with awakened bloodline in the medical wing of the fortress. It's his slave."
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