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Although these lords also had Elite Knights in their houses with some of them even having more than two, they weren't as powerful as Fredrinn.

If only he wasn't serving Alaric, some of them would have considered hiring him to their houses.

"By the way, how is Sir Jared doing, my lord?" Alaric asked while looking at Nathan. This guy would be his future father-in-law so he wanted to maintain a good relationship with him.

Nathan smiled and replied. "He is doing well now. That guy is tough so you don't have to worry about him. He should be back to his best form in a couple more weeks."

"I see. I'm glad to hear that. Once this is over, I will visit Ryvaad to propose marriage to your daughter." He felt that it was the perfect time. He didn't want to make Hershey wait for too long.

Nathan didn't expect him to bring this up at this moment, but he was overjoyed.

Their two houses had already confirmed their mutual interest in the marriage between Alaric and Hershey. All that was left was for Alaric to propose.

Nathan didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Then I will bring the good news to Hershey once I return home! Hahaha!" He laughed heartily.

Alaric was the perfect son-in-law that he was looking for. He had the background, the strength, and even the looks. Finding someone like him would be difficult.

The lords cast envious gazes at Baron Nathan.

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Meanwhile, the battle within Alverton was slowly coming to an end.

At this moment, only slightly over a hundred orc warriors were left, and of the four orc generals, two had already been killed.

"Let's wrap up this battle!" Fredrinn shouted as he jumped off his horse.

He then led his team to charge toward the two exhausted orc generals.

The orc generals' movements had noticeably slowed down after having their stamina almost depleted, but despite the significant reduction in their speed, their power was still strong enough to create a large hole in the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

They weren't able to hit the nimble warriors led by Fredrinn, but they caused massive destruction to the streets of the town. Some nearby buildings were also dismantled after being struck by their large weapons.

Soon, another orc general fell after having its neck stabbed by Arthur, leaving it writhing on the ground as it slowly bled to death.

The last orc general was the strongest of the four, but with the combined force of Fredrinn's team, more and more wounds appeared on its towering body which gradually weakened the fearsome monster.

In another half a minute, the monster fell to its knees with a 'thud'.

Thud.

"Now!" Fredrinn lunged at the weary beast and plunged his sword deeply into its chest.

The orc general lifted its head and weakly stared at him before it collapsed to the ground.

Bang.

The ground trembled as the huge beast fell.

Fredrinn pulled out his sword and looked at the situation.

There were only fifty orc warriors left while the three lords still had over a hundred and twenty warriors.

Seeing that they had already killed the orc generals, the warriors were invigorated and their morale soared.

It only took them less than fifteen minutes to kill the remaining orc warriors.

"We won!"

"Victory!"

Everyone raised their weapons while triumphantly cheering.

The battle went a lot easier than they had imagined and they knew that it was largely because of Fredrinn's seventeen-man team. If it weren't for them, the battle would have ended differently.

"We can celebrate later! Collect the loot!" Lord Ermac eagerly shouted, his raucous laughter echoed through the streets of the town.

Lord Elvin and Lord Reno also excitedly instructed their men to collect the spoils.

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"The battle seems to be over now," William remarked when he heard the celebratory shouts of the warriors inside the town.

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"Everyone, let's go back to the camp and gather our soldiers. It's about time to attack that orc settlement!" Alaric's calm voice suddenly drifted into their ears.

Hearing this, the lords furrowed their eyes.

"Yes, my lord!" They didn't linger any further and quickly left to gather their men.

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Mission: Orc Subjugation II

Mission Difficulty: Hard

Now that you have gathered enough men, head to the orc settlement and destroy it!

Rewards: 800 Battle Points, 40 EXP, 40 Stat Points, Equipment Upgrade Card x1, Random Trait Card x1

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Another hard mission.

Alaric squinted his eyes upon seeing the system prompt.

He then closed the cyan screen and headed to the camp to make his preparations.

An hour later, the one-thousand-man army began their march.

The snow was starting to melt as spring approached.

Now that a large portion of the snow had melted, the group marched unhindered.

"I see someone coming!" Argus frowned as he stared in the distance.

With his enhanced vision, he saw a few men coming toward them.

Upon hearing his voice, the warriors subconsciously grabbed the handle of their weapons.

"Wait! They are allies!" Alaric raised his hand, signaling to the warriors to keep calm.

Earlier, he sent a separate force to eliminate the patrolling orc warriors in the forest beyond Alverton, ensuring that the beasts at the orc settlement would remain unaware that they were coming.

Soon, eleven men came into view, and leading them was a familiar face. It was the warrior who had always been with Lucas from the start and was now the current commander of House Silversword's armed guards.

It was Warrick.

"My lord, I have come to give my report!" Warrick saluted respectfully.

After getting the Orc Lord's beast soul crystal from Alaric, he had successfully advanced and became the third Transcendent Knight of House Silversword! However, his breakthrough hadn't been publicized yet.

"Speak." Alaric nodded.

"My lord, we have completed our task. All the orc scouts have been killed without any accidents." Warrick reported.

Alaric smiled faintly. "Good! You can follow us now."

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