Starting With an SSS-Rank Swordsmanship Talent - Chapter 130

Chapter 130: Maximum Battle Points
The monster smashed heavily and was buried deeply into the ground. A large wound could be seen in its chest that exposed the heart that was located just in between its collar bones.

The Ord Lord was still processing what had happened when another blade light struck it. This time, it pierced its heart and crushed it thoroughly with tremendous force!

Bang!

As the Orc Lord gradually lost consciousness, it saw a figure emerging from the darkness- a human wearing an expressionless face.

“I-It’s you…”

The Orc Lord soon collapsed after uttering those words.

“See if it’s dead and dig out its beast soul crystal!” Alaric shouted as he appeared behind Galanar and the other two.

Galanar nodded upon hearing his command and rushed toward the body of the Orc Lord. He then raised his two-handed heavy sword and swung it down.

Bang!

The Orc Lord’s head was cleanly separated from its body.

After making sure that it was dead, Galanar dug out its beast soul crystal and handed it to Alaric.

“My lord, here’s the beast soul crystal.”

Alaric took the red crystal from his hand and quietly inspected it.

What a fearsome energy! This is definitely top-class among the Disaster-grade beast soul crystals!

He carefully stowed the crystal. This wasn’t the right time to admire it.

The battle was far from over.

Alaric lifted his head and looked at the battlefield with narrowed eyes.

Among the eleven Orc Generals, four had already been killed, but a large number of orc warriors were still alive.

“Let’s help them clean up the remaining monsters,” Alaric commanded while signaling with his hand.

“Yes, my lord!”

Warrick and Galanar immediately rushed to support the warriors, while Roland lagged behind them.

Meanwhile, Alaric walked towards the headless corpse of the Orc Lord and frowned.

This monster isn’t as strong as I had remembered. Is this really the same Orc Lord that killed half of Vale’s veteran Knights?

Alaric turned the corpse over and studied its appearance.

Is it weaker because it appeared earlier than it did in my past life? Or are there stronger Orc Lords out there?

No one could answer his questions and it made him feel frustrated.

While Alaric was ruminating over this, the battle against the orcs was still raging.

In that short span of time, three more Orc Generals had been killed while hundreds of orc warriors had been slaughtered.

Half an hour later, the last orc warrior fell lifelessly into the ground.

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Mission Complete!

Rewards: Random Trait Upgrade Card x1, 100 Stat Points, 1000 Battle Points, C-rank Trait Card x1

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[Do you want to use the Random Trait Upgrade Card?]

[Yes] [No]

[Do you want to use the C-rank Trait Card?]

[Yes] [No]

Alaric clicked [Yes] since the battle was already over.

[Congratulations! Your Trait Sixth Sense (F) has been upgraded to Sixth Sense (E)!]

[Congratulations! You have awakened the C-rank Mana Gathering trait!]

Alaric quickly inspected his profile.

Alaric Silversword [Knight] EXP: 500/500 (Cannot receive more EXP before advancement)

Potential: B

Traits: Horseback Riding (C), Swordsmanship (SSS), Close Combat (C), Archery (F), Hunting (E), Tracking (E), Sixth Sense (E), Monster Affinity (F), Mana Gathering (C)

Strength: 100

Stamina: 50+

Agility: 100

Vitality: 32+

Endurance: 47+

Mana: 100

Battle Points: 5000 (Cannot receive more Battle Points before advancement)

Stat Points: 100

(Requirements for the next advancement: 500 EXP, 100 in all attributes, and 5000 Battle Points)

Just then, more prompts appeared before him.

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Mission: Evacuation

Mission Difficulty: Normal

Alverton will face another orc attack in a month. Persuade the residents to relocate to North Pine Town before that happens.

Rewards: 100 Stat Points

Penalty for failure: – 1000 Battle Points

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Seeing this, Alaric furrowed his eyebrows.

So there are still more orcs coming and it’s also possible that there is another Orc Lord.

Alaric’s expression changed. Things had already deviated from what originally happened in his past life.

From what he remembered, there was only one Orc Lord that attacked Vale and it had an army of thousands of orc warriors.

The next mission had already hinted that an even larger orc army would attack Alverton.

Suddenly, he heard someone approaching him.

“My lord, I’m here to give my report!” Warrick saluted with a solemn voice.

Hearing his tone, Alaric nodded with a serious look. “Go on. I’m listening.”

“Eighteen of our warriors died in battle, two of them are…”

It was a casualty report and hearing that they had lost almost twenty men made him feel a sense of sorrow. Those warriors were his loyal subordinates and losing them made his heart heavy.

“Gather the corpses of our comrades. They will be buried as heroes of the empire and their families will receive compensation to reward their sacrifice. Furthermore, their children will receive educational funding and they will also be prioritized for Knight training.”

He paused and took a deep breath before he continued.

“The date of their burial ceremony will be decided upon our return to the estate.”

Warrick was surprised to hear this. Usually, the nobility would only compensate the families of the fallen warriors. There was no such thing as a burial ceremony for the average warrior.

“I understand, my lord! I will relay this to the baron upon our return.”

Alaric hummed while nodding his head. “Do as you see fit.”

Afterward, the warriors gathered the corpses of their fallen comrades and brought them inside the town. Meanwhile, another group was tasked to dig out the beast soul crystals of the orcs.

They had come to an agreement that the spoils would be divided evenly among the participating groups. As for the beast soul crystal of the Orc Lord, no one dared to demand it from Alaric. Everyone tacitly agreed to give it to him.

To speed up the cleanup process, they asked the mayor to send them a group of skilled laborers to help in gathering the corpses of the orcs.

Unlike the goblin corpses that had little to no use, the corpses of orcs were more valuable so they had to be collected.