Chapter 19 Arrangement

The meeting continued. Locke had discussed the general plan with Jelson in advance. Now, Jelson mainly assigned the concrete tasks. Locke also added something on from time to time. It was not until night that the meeting finally ended. After all the Lieutenants greeting them, Locke and Jelson also greeted back before leaving. Walking in the camp, Locke reflected on whether the battle arrangements were complete or not. Unconsciously, he walked to the entrance of the camp. Tonight, Locke was ready to spend the night at Sylcean's place. "Hello, Sir!" At the entrance of the camp, two soldiers on duty saluted Locke. At Locke's current position, some of the rules in the camp had also changed for him. It was allowed to spend the night outside. When he walked to the tavern, the curtain of the tavern had already been pulled down. At this time, the tavern had already closed, but this was not a problem for Locke. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Locke knocked on the door. "I'm coming." Sylcean's voice came from inside the tavern. After opening the door, Sylcean punched Locke's chest slightly, "Why are you so loud? What if others hear you?" "I don't care." Locke said. He handed the coat to Sylcean. After he had been promoted to captain, the number of soldiers in the tavern had changed from two or three to nearly ten. The entire town now knew that the Green Palm Tavern was now protected by the Captain of Faustine Kingdom. "You're really not afraid of anything now." Sylcean rolled her eyes and said speechlessly. Looking at Sylcean's charming appearance, Locke couldn't help but breathe heavily and lift Sylcean. "Hey, don't be like this. Let me put my clothes away first... don't, let's go to the bedroom..." Sylcean struggled, but under Locke's mighty power, it was useless, not to mention that Locke had cultivated Battle Aura. The two of them stumbled into the bedroom. After they had sex for a long time, the small tavern fell into silence. It was already late at night. Sylcean fell into a deep sleep after this crazy sex. At this time, Locke was in high spirits. After cultivating Battle Aura, not only would the body be strengthened by Battle Aura, the spirit would also become better. Therefore, a few hours of sex was a small matter for Locke. At this time, Locke was feeling the Battle Aura in his body on the bed and was deep in thought. Previously, the Red Sea Flower Branch that Solon had given him could not be planted. Locke was already mentally prepared, but there was he still felt a little disappointed. Locke placed the Red Sea Flower by his side to cultivate. As expected, his Battle Aura circulated faster. However, when he saw that the branch was about to dry up yesterday, he did not know if it would still be effective after it dried up. And he did not dare to bet. He could only grind it into juice and drink it as Solon had said. "As expected, it only functioned for three days." Locke thought in his heart. Compared to the Battle Aura vortex that was only the size of a grain of rice when he had just cultivated, it was now the size of a mung bean, almost twice as big. As expected of a treasure bestowed by Young Master Solon. However, it was only to this extent. Locke deduced that according to the progress of his cultivation of Battle Aura every day, it would take another year for his Battle Energy vortex to reach the size of Uncle Joshak. And to reach the size of a bird egg as a low-level knight attendant had, more than ten years were needed. Humans could only live for less than a hundred years in their lifetime. Although Locke was only 18 years old, he did not want to live a muddle-headed life. Sir Will was only in his thirties, but he was already a high-level knight attendant. Locke was not too bad either. He did not believe that he would be worse than others. It seemed that he had to think of another way. Locke thought that whether it was the medicine from the military forces headquarter that could help with the cultivation of Battle Aura or the flesh of demonized creatures, they were all things that Locke could use at this time. Looking at Sylcean's peaceful sleeping face at this time, Locke's heart softened. He had also seen Sylcean's husband two days ago. A wretched middle-aged man with a long beard. After knowing Locke's position, he decisively said that he would not pester Sylcean anymore. Instead, he gave Locke a sum of money. The team had to start the war. The rear needed to be stable. This guy was a local tyrant. Locke could not do anything too excessive, so he let him go. However, Locke had deducted 70% of his profits from the dark business. His business and the money he offered was not for silver ducas, but for Karlaw's silver coins. Now, the Karlaw's silver coins devalued a lot, so the profit was not big. These silver coins were purchased by Baron's caravan. The exchange ratio was about 3:1. According to that guy's promise, he could give Locke 10 silver coins a week. In terms of conversion, it was 3 silver ducas. It was not bad. Of course, Locke would not let him go so easily. He was his woman's husband nominally, which made Locke very uncomfortable. He was ready to find a chance to kill him later but let him play the remaining value now. Other Captains looked down on these defeated Karlians except Locke. Some Karlians could live more comfortably after the defeat showed that these people were smart. Locke was the first person in their camp to accept Karlian's bribes. In the early morning, Locke was walking in the camp. The team was going to set out the next day. He had to solve some things as soon as possible today. When he arrived at the place where the military caravan was stationed, a caravan manager immediately came out before he could report. "Hello, Captain Locke. What's the matter?" The slightly plump manager smiled. This manager was from the same family as the Lieutenant who bribed him. Locke had an impression of him. Half of his current 20 silver ducas was from this person. Locke came here mainly for Sylcean. He couldn't leave Sylcean in Gizaton as the army set out. Although Gizaton was their camp's territory and some soldiers would be left here to guard the rear territory if they couldn't break into Frances City, Locke was still worried. Therefore, he came to settle Sylcean in the supply caravan of the military battalion. When the fat manager heard Locke's request, he immediately patted his chest and agreed. Locke was not the only one who had a woman. The other Captains had more or less a few women when fighting in foreign countries all year round. When fighting, they could not take care of their women. Therefore, they all placed their women in the transport team and let the logistics take care of them. Locke was not the first to come to have this kind of request. The fat manager was familiar with this kind of thing. "Is there anything else, Captain Locke?" The fat manager was very attentive to Locke. As the manager of the First Battalion's transport team, this fatty's status was no worse than Locke's. However, as Captain, Locke had power, and the hundreds of soldiers who were subordinated to him couldn't be underestimated. Secondly, his strength was strong. People who cultivated Battle Aura would more or less have a kind of pressure effect on ordinary people. As strong as Sir Will, he usually tried his best to restrain his aura, but he still gave Locke and the others a strong pressure. Therefore, these managers of the merchant groups had to rely on Captains like Locke. There was more than one merchant group, and Baron had three managers. Merchant groups were mainly made up of the big merchants in the territory. The managers of these big merchants occupied a total of five people in the merchant groups. In other words, the majority of the merchant groups in the military camp were occupied by the big merchants in the territory. This was also something that Locke only knew two days ago. Locke could not help but wonder if the extra salary provided by Baron in his squadron was actually given by these big merchants. "There's nothing else." Locke muttered to himself, "In the future, if there are any seized items, I will give them to you as a priority." Baron had stipulated that the resources obtained by the private "wandering" or the broken city were disposed of by the squadrons. This was to stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers in battle. After all, the soldiers were risking their lives. Without enough benefits, even the nobles could not let them fight absorbedly. As Captain, Locke had the right to decide how to deal with these seized items. "Thank you, Captain Locke." The fat manager was overjoyed. He was only the manager of a relatively large merchant group. Most of the goods seized in the camp were disposed of by Baron's merchant group. He could only compete with other merchant groups. His life was not comfortable. If he could get Locke on his side this time, it would be a good investment. After leaving the military logistics camp, Locke walked to Solon's tent. In fact, Locke could also entrust Sylcean to Baron's merchant group. But after all, he had to pull a few strings. It was better not to leave a bad impression on Baron. He had asked Uncle Joshak, and knew that most of the Captains did the same. Walking to the front door of Young Master Solon, the two soldiers were still guarding the door. Locke, who had cultivated Battle Aura, immediately sensed that these two soldiers had also cultivated Battle Aura. However, he could feel that these two people were no match for him. Their true strength was similar to when he did not cultivate Battle Aura, and might even be a little lower. The two soldiers also clearly felt the pressure Locke gave them and immediately reported. "Come in!" Young Master Solon's lazy voice came from the tent. Locke walked into the tent. After waiting for a while, Young Master Solon walked out from a screen. Looking at his half-torn clothes, it seemed that he had just woken up. Sure enough, Locke saw a touch of white skin behind the screen out of the corner of his eye. The battle was about to start. In the entire military camp, only Young Master Solon and Baron Cadozzi, had the right to bring women to their tents to have fun. "Power is really a good thing", Locke sighed.