“I think it’s better to be careful. After all, the Great Prophet was once the most outstanding sage of the Horned Demon Clan. Now that the legendary Human God of Slaughter has appeared, we should temporarily abandon our plan to attack Qingwei City and take advantage of the fact that the Human God of Slaughter has not yet risen to power to eliminate him.”
This horned demon was one of those who deeply believed in prophecies. Upon hearing that the human god of death had appeared, his first reaction was to eliminate him, regardless of whether it was true or not.
After the two finished speaking, a discussion broke out in the hall, with some people supporting the idea of striking first and others believing that it was unnecessary to go to war.
Kress naturally supported Quint City's all-out effort to nip the danger in the bud, but his status here was not high enough to have a say.
At this moment, someone suddenly said:
"My lord, I think it would be better to put Li Boyang on the blacklist and increase the reward. The geniuses of my Horned Demon Clan will naturally be interested and will take the initiative to hunt him down."
Upon hearing this, Feren, who had been in a dilemma, instantly realized it was a great idea and immediately said:
"The plan to raid Qingwei City remains unchanged. As for the legendary human god of death, he will be placed on the blacklist at number 999, with a reward equivalent to that of number 500. Let the geniuses of my Horned Demon Clan hunt him down themselves. You all go and make your own preparations."
Everyone responded in unison:
"Your insight is profound."
With a single word from Faelen, the others had no objections and left the hall one by one.
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Chapter 183 Crossing the Angry River
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Deep in the Great Wilderness Forest.
The group tasked with crossing the Rage River and mapping Gwent has reached its banks.
The vast river, hundreds of miles wide, crashes with towering waves, its turbulent waters sweeping everything in their path.
The mission involves a total of 47 people. After crossing the Nu River, they will head to different directions from Qingwei City to work together to record the terrain around the city.
These forty-seven people came from different gangs and ancient countries. Unfortunately, Yu Fei, Meng Bufan, and Bian Buyi were among them, while Ye Qingwu and Yue Yongsi were not.
Besides these three, there was another person whom Li Boyang knew, Qu Weiyang, who also took on this task.
Upon reaching the banks of the Nu River, Yu Fei gathered everyone together and declared with righteous indignation:
"Gentlemen, a snake cannot move without a head. There are seventeen points around Gwent that need to be recorded. I think we should first select a temporary commander to assign who will scout these seventeen locations."
Yu Fei glanced at Li Boyang casually as he spoke, then looked away.
Meng Bufan, who always followed the lead of the Pegasus, immediately echoed:
“That’s right. If we don’t choose a commander, it’s hard to decide how many people to send to each of the seventeen points, and who should go.”
Someone immediately asked:
"We don't know any of these people, so how do we decide who should be the leader?"
"I think we should decide by rank. Whoever has the higher rank should be the commander in charge of this mission. If the ranks are the same, we should compare military merits. That way it's fair."
Military ranks are determined by accumulated military merits, with nine ranks in total, the ninth rank being the lowest and the first rank being the highest.
The reason for using accumulated military merit is that military merit is, to some extent, equivalent to currency, and can be traded and consumed, while accumulated military merit belongs entirely to the individual.
Therefore, it is common for people to have exceptionally high military merits, but their accumulated military achievements are only a small amount.
According to the rules of the Human Alliance:
Those who have accumulated less than one thousand military merits are not considered to have entered the ranks.
Once a person accumulates 1,000 military merits, the Human Alliance will award them the rank of Ninth Grade.
Those who accumulate 5,000 military merits will be awarded the rank of eighth grade.
The higher the rank, the more accumulated military merits are required. A seventh-rank military officer needs 20,000 accumulated military merits, and a sixth-rank military officer needs 50,000 accumulated military merits.
Moreover, military ranks are generally used as a symbol of status, because military merit can only be obtained through wars against other races, and the higher the rank, the greater the contribution to the human race.
In this way, those who hold military ranks will be respected wherever they go within the human race, because they have shed blood for the human race.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Meng Bufan immediately said:
"Forget about those who aren't ranked, but those who are ranked, please take out your medals."
"I have a ninth-rank medal."
"I have one too."
The one with the medal immediately took out a brass one, with the words "Human Race" engraved on the front and the words "Nine Ranks" on the back.
The ninth rank of military officer is not difficult to achieve; more than two-thirds of these forty-seven people possess it.
Li Boyang did not take out his medal. Half a month ago, he had just checked Yu Fei's military merits in the Hall of Military Merit. After Yu Fei proposed to select the commander based on military merits, he knew that the commander would fall to Yu Fei this time.
Like Li Boyang, Qu Weiyang did not take out his medals. From the beginning, he focused on his sword and seemed unaffected by anything outside.
Sure enough, after everyone else had taken out their medals, Yu Fei revealed a silver medal.
"An eighth-rank medal, that's awesome."
"This brother must be from one of the ten major sects or four ancient families of the human race, or he must be from an ancient dynasty."