HPDBC Chapter 383: Award ceremony
Chapter 383: Award ceremony
chapter 383: award ceremony
raven, the leader of the mercenaries, gave the order to his men, and they carried boxes which they placed in front of the soldiers.
everyone had a hunch of what was happening.
this was another reason why they were seated according to their ranks.
and it explained the gaps between those sitting on the front and those behind.
the mercenaries placed the chests on the front rows.
"now, let's conduct an award ceremony to commemorate your work here, and that which is to come."
the chests contained weapons and armor.
there were rings to increase their stats as well.
general zaurele was granted stone slabs for a hihiirokane golem, while the other 99 golem drivers were given many slabs for a mythril one.
28000 iron golems had been hunted already.
thanks to that, there were plenty of items and weapons for everyone.
so far they had opened 25200 wood chests, 2800 silver chests, and 25 golden chests.
that included what they obtained before answering the distress signal from the holy land.
from those results, it seemed that silver chests had a 10% drop rate, and gold ones 0.1%.
items obtained from gold chests:
-3 necklaces that increased stats by 2000
-1 lump of orichalcum ore
-3 magic device cubes
-8 adamantite golem stone slabs
-5 non-adamantite weapons
-5 non-adamantite armor pieces
items obtained from silver chests (approx.)
-1400 rings that boost stats by 5000
-140 magic devices (large, extra large)
-280 adamantite weapons
-280 adamantite armor pieces
-560 hihiirokane golem stone slabs
-45 non-adamantite weapons
-45 non-adamantite armor pieces
items obtained from wood chests (approx.)
-14000 rings that boost stats by 3000
-1400 magic devices (small, medium)
-2800 hihiirokane weapons
-2800 hihiirokane armor pieces
-5600 mythril golem stone slabs
-700 non-hihiirokane weapons
-700 non-hihiirokane armor pieces
first, it was obvious golden chests were extremely rare.
the odds were less than one in a thousand.
there were three necklaces that boosted stats found from gold chests.
the rainbow chest dropped by gordino, the dungeon's final boss, contained a necklace that boosted stats by 3000. those found in gold chests were inferior, but still useful.
those necklaces boosted strength, intelligence, and endurance, so he gave them to his friends.
they also gathered all body stone slabs for an adamantite golem.
extra large stone slabs had shown up too, but no goliath size ones yet.
one lump of orichalcum ore had dropped before they left to the holy land, but none had appeared since.
maybe it was just bad luck, or there was a limit of one lump for a party.
but at least they had obtained a large amount of items made of monster and plant parts from the gold chests.
he took as many safety measures as he could think of.
thanks to that, there had not been a single casualty so far.
"i'm aware, yes."
rath was still waiting for the actual reply to his question.
it had only been two months, but he had noticed the extremes allen went to for safety.
"i'll be blunt then. compared to your lives, everything you see in front of you is as valuable as scrap metal for me."
"""scrap metal?!"""
everyone repeated in disbelief.
they tried to imagine that, but no matter how they thought about it, it all looked like treasure to them.
the price of everything in front of them rivaled the national budget of large countries, so they could not see it as scrap metal.
"rath, if one of your men was in danger, but you could save his life by using your extra skill on that adamantite spear, what would you do? the spear might vanish past the horizon and never be found again."
they still could not understand, so allen tried to explain with more realistic terms.
rath, a deer beastman, had become a spear saint after undergoing a talent change.
his extra skill [brave lance] was a powerful spear throw.
allen had seen him use it before, the spear would always pierce through the enemy and continue flying further away.
there were times when it would fly so far away that it was impossible to find the spear again, so rath always carried reserve spears.
"of course i'll throw it, if that will save his life."
rath answered saying he valued that life more than his spear.
"well, what if it was your life you had to save? can you say you wouldn't hesitate to do it if your spear was borrowed?"
"...i see, i understand now."
rath answered, carefully looking at the adamantite spear in front of him.
"that's about it. i'm sure there will come times when our lives will be in danger, but i would hate to know a borrowed weapon was the reason for casualties."
rath finally understood what allen meant by undervaluing the items so much.
if the weapons were borrowed, one's family would basically be indebted for life trying to repay it, making the decision to give up one's life easier to take.
there would be some who might get afraid of losing their equipment in the battlefield too.
allen did not want his army to hesitate while fighting for their life.
when fighting against opponents with many thousands of stats points, a one second delay could mean the difference between life and death.
no matter how valuable their equipment was, allen wanted them to always value their lives more.
rath could tell allen made that decision to give away the equipment after considering the effects loaning it would have.
"i, rath, pledge my life to allen's army."
rath exclaimed that out of the blue.
this was something he felt comfortable putting his life on line for.
hearing that, all the other generals and soldiers bowed at allen too.
(hm? again, that's exactly what i'm trying to avoid.)
allen wanted to insist that he wanted them to take better care of themselves, but that was not exactly what the soldiers meant.
he decided to accept their loyalty for a bit, and the ceremony came to an end.
that night there would be a festival in all the cities too, to commemorate the finalized construction of heavy user island.
the soldiers carefully carried their new weapons and armor, and left the temple.
"hey, commandant allen."
habarak spoke to him, his tone a bit coarse, but still being mindful to call him by his title.
"master habarak? what is it?"
since he was not a soldier of his army, allen answered with a more polite voice.
"i finally finished one of the items you asked for."
"ohh!! thank you very much!!"
(that's exciting news!)
allen was really excited hearing that.
an item which could not be bought with money had been made.