Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 936 - 469: Hero_2

Chapter 936: Chapter 469: Hero_2

"You all go back and rest well, and I’ll notify you after I’ve made arrangements," said Xi Che, who also needed to think about the best assignment for Long Dangdang and his team.

As a demon hunting squad, Long Dangdang and his team were still housed together. Their merits were reported directly to the Sacred Legate and the Federation by the Command Department. They not only destroyed three wraith altars but also brought back extremely important information. The Wraith Empire’s situation behind the frontlines was clearly lacking in endurance, and the Empire’s powerful experts couldn’t be produced endlessly. For the Federation’s Legion, this was undoubtedly great news.

The reason why they hadn’t launched a full-scale attack earlier was to control battle damage. After all, humans who died could possibly become wraiths, especially the powerful experts. One must know, if a 9th Rank human died, it was very likely equivalent to the Wraith Kingdom gaining an additional 9th Rank. The gap created by such a loss and gain was like two ranks. If this situation spread, it would be a true disaster for humanity.

Therefore, the Federation’s Legion was very cautious when attacking; one reason was to destroy the corpses of dead human warriors and the other was to minimize casualties as much as possible.

The most important point of the news brought back by Long Dangdang and his team was that the rear of the Wraith Empire was actually somewhat empty, meaning that the Federation could completely follow the battle tactics currently devised and, with the most prudent approach, gradually eradicate the threat of the Wraith Kingdom completely.

Back in the camp, everyone returned to their quarters for self-recovery, and also to calm their emotions.

Long Dangdang returned to his quarters and began meditation right away. As Little Evil absorbed the Soul Crystals for advancement, the filtered pure spiritual power began nurturing him back. He needed to calm himself to better receive and integrate the nourishment, thereby truly enhancing his spiritual power.

After a professionist advanced to 9th Rank, the most important thing for further improvement was to enhance bodily strength, or outer spiritual power, as well as the enhancement of mental strength; this was true for all professionists. The only difference was that for close-combat professionists, the increase in outer spiritual power was more important, while for magic professionists, advancement in mental strength was more crucial.

However, after reaching 9th Rank Level 3, both needed to be enhanced synchronously.

9th Rank belonged to the domain of realms; the more powerful the 9th Rank powerful expert, the stronger the domain’s power. Therefore, even close-combat professionists needed to possess strong mental strength to enhance the power of their domains.

The number of Soul Crystals obtained this time was by no means small. Long Kongkong had not revealed his identity immediately but allowed them to take away the Soul Crystals. Now that Little Evil was advancing with them, and after its filtering, Long Dangdang did not need to worry about any issues with these Soul Crystals. He could feel that Little Evil in the contract space was getting stronger every moment.

With the enhancement of his cultivation, Little Evil’s absorption speed of the Soul Crystals increased significantly. The larger consumption led to faster advancement. Moreover, the wraith energy contained in the Soul Crystals subtly influenced Little Evil, and although Long Dangdang as the blood pact host prevented any change in nature, Little Evil’s abilities transformed due to devouring a large amount of Soul Crystal energy, which was unexpected for Long Dangdang.

Through this operation deep inside the Wraith Kingdom, Long Dangdang had found that Little Evil’s Mental Shock caused noticeably more damage to wraith entities than before, seeming to naturally have a certain restraining effect on the wraiths’ Soul Flames.

This made Long Dangdang even more expectant of Little Evil’s advancement to 9th Rank.

The day after their return, they felt some changes within the Federation’s Legion. Frequent movements occurred within the camp, and couriers’ horns sounded from time to time; the array formations inside the camp were also undergoing some changes.

The wraith energy in the air had also changed, with the clouds evidently becoming thinner, as if they had receded towards the heart of the Wraith Kingdom.

Although it wasn’t completely certain, Long Dangdang had at least an eighty percent confidence that this was related to the three wraith altars they had destroyed. The overall coverage and total amount of wraith energy had decreased.

"Captain Long Dangdang, the Command Department requests your presence for a meeting. Please bring all your demon hunting squad members as well," a courier arrived early on the third day at Long Dangdang’s quarters with the summons.

After two days of rest and recuperation, everyone had recovered, and they had begun to gather for cultivation the previous night.

The group donned their respective professional outfits and followed Long Dangdang to the Command Department.

When they arrived outside the Command Department, they found that some of the surrounding tents had already begun to be dismantled, an obvious sign that the army was about to embark on a march.

Upon entering the marshal’s tent, they saw dozens of officers standing on either side, with Supreme Commander Xi Che sitting in the middle. With the level of cultivation Long Dangdang and the others had achieved, they could clearly sense the strong spiritual power fluctuations within the tent. It was likely that every person standing there possessed a cultivation at the 9th Rank.

At the same time, Long Dangdang was pleasantly surprised to see some familiar faces. His teacher, Reckless Knight Hai Jifeng, as well as Cowardly Knight Na Ye were both present, but the Wind Listener, Zi Tianwu, was not. Given Long Dangdang’s understanding of the army, mages and summoners tended to be more independent compared to other professions and had their own barracks.

"Demon Hunter Team 1911’s commander Long Dangdang, along with all team members, pays respects to Supreme Commander Xi Che," Long Dangdang said, placing his right fist across his chest and giving a knight’s salute to Xi Che.

The demon hunting team had an extraordinary status within the Federation, so they didn’t need to observe the formalities too much.

All the officers in the tent couldn’t help but turn their eyes toward the young group who appeared surprisingly youthful.

What they didn’t realize was that while Long Dangdang and his team were resting over the past two days, the reputation of Demon Hunter Team 1911 had already caused a sensation in the military camp for their achievement of destroying three wraith altars behind the Wraith Kingdom, causing a recession of wraith energy. This feat could certainly be described with great merit and accomplishment. To think that so many powerful experts and the Federation’s Legion at the frontlines had only managed to destroy a few wraith altars themselves.

Moreover, these young individuals, as the top talents of the Great Impartation Contest, were well-known, particularly Long Dangdang, who as the champion, was a candidate for future Sacred Legate.

Xi Che smiled slightly and said, "No need for formalities. Your merits have been reported to the Temple and the Federation, and we have received a response. Your rewards have been decided."

While speaking, Xi Che rose from his seat, approached Long Dangdang and the others, and, placing his right fist across his chest, he initiated a knight’s salute towards them.

Long Dangdang and his companions quickly returned the salute.

Xi Che spoke with a serious expression, "Approved by the Federation and verified by the Temple, it is confirmed that Long Dangdang and the Demon Hunter Squad 1911 have collectively completed the task of destroying three wraith altars of the Wraith Kingdom. Each of you is awarded ten million military merits, and each shall receive a Holy Haochen Medal. Additionally, Long Dangdang is hereby appointed as Commander of the Knights Temple’s Luminous Knights Order. Ling Menglu as the Grand Shepherd residing within the Order, with the other four retaining the integrity of the team, also joining the order with the treatment of deputy commanders."

Ten million military merits, Commander of the Luminous Knights Order, but most importantly, the Holy Haochen Medal.

The Holy Haochen Medal, named after Long Haochen, the first President of the Temple Federation, could only be obtained by making significant contributions to the Federation. Each Holy Haochen Medal held authority equivalent to the Temple, entitled the bearer to attend the Temple meetings and to possess a voting right as equal as that of the Temple. If previously Long Dangdang and his team were still part of the reserve Sacred Legate, they were now on par with the Temple itself.

This was no joke, nor was it something just anyone could obtain. In the entire history of the Temple Federation, the Holy Haochen Badge had been an extraordinary honor, awarded on average only once every century.

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