15: Clarissa's Development

Noman Ya Continent.

Clarissa joined the Vanguard Army, left Snowwind Town, and entered the outskirts of the Northern Barren Mountain Range.

Along the way, Clarissa heard from soldiers in the army that a large number of orc activities had been discovered outside the Northern Barren Mountain Range.

The threat level was extremely high, especially for nearby towns and villages.

What their Vanguard Army had to do was to take the initiative, constantly search for and kill those orcs!

At the same time, they also had to provide support, because most towns and villages had troops stationed there, and although their numbers were small, it was entirely feasible for them to resist for a while.

At that time, a “Magic Distress Call” would be raised, and if the Vanguard Army saw it, they would immediately go to support.

The thousand-man army Clarissa was in was Vanguard Team 7.

The Vanguard Army had more than ten thousand-man teams, organizing an army of over ten thousand to eradicate the orcs.

If large-scale orc sieges or mass gatherings of orcs were discovered later, they could immediately report it and dispatch a large army.

“Counting the time… it’s estimated that in these two months, the orcs might launch a large-scale invasion…” a soldier looked at the sky. Every year, the orcs would launch at least two super-large-scale invasions, with over a hundred thousand orcs!

The largest scale in history even exceeded a million!

One must know that even ordinary orcs could fight two human Knight Apprentice-level individuals, let alone ordinary people.

Fortunately, the soldiers were all trained and practiced the Breathing Technique.

Even the weakest were at the Knight Apprentice level.

Moreover, the strength of the human army also lay in its military formations and equipment.

However, orcs were not just ordinary orcs; there were also many extremely powerful elite orcs, orc leaders, and so on.

Their strength was several times or even more than ten times stronger than ordinary orcs!

“Orc invasion…” Although Clarissa had not experienced a major invasion, she had experienced an orc invasion of her hometown, and it was precisely because of this that she had lost everything.

Fortunately… she met the great God!

The System God! It gave her a new life!

“A team of orc troops has been spotted ahead!” The scout returned to report.

“Attention, all! Prepare for battle!” The commander ordered, and all the soldiers immediately sprang into action.

As for “auxiliary forces” like Clarissa, they moved freely outside the military formation.

The thousand-man army marched mightily in one direction.

Clarissa, on the other hand, went to the side-front of the military formation, reaching the top of a slope, and looking forward, she discovered a large group of green-skinned monsters.

“So many orcs…” Clarissa looked at the orc army of such a scale before her, a large group of green muscular lumps, all over two meters tall, and Clarissa felt a chill down her spine.

However, this large group of orcs seemed to transform into individual source points.

Clarissa’s eyes flickered… Although it was impossible for her to directly confront the orc army.

However, she focused on agility, playing guerrilla warfare, constantly picking up scraps, and even “stealing kills” when teammates were about to finish off an enemy, and her teammates would even praise her: “Well done! Thanks for the help!”

“Prepare!” The commander told his soldiers to prepare for the charge.

The group of orcs ahead might have just over a hundred, and although they had a tenfold numerical advantage, they could not be careless; if something went wrong, they might suffer considerable losses.

“Charge!” With the commander’s order, he himself, holding a long spear, led the charge, rushing out first.

“Kill!” The Vanguard Army roared and charged forward.

Clarissa and the other auxiliary forces also immediately moved.

However, unlike the collective charge of the Vanguard Army, they scattered out.

Clarissa was among them, running to the side, one hand on the hilt of the knight’s sword at her waist.

“Roar!!!” Although the orcs were ambushed, they showed no panic or fear whatsoever.

They charged fiercely towards the Vanguard Army.

Swish! Swish!

For a moment, various colorful elemental combat techniques flew about.

Orcs did not use combat techniques, but their physiques were extremely strong; the higher the rank of the orc, the stronger its physique, perhaps their innate Breathing Technique was to temper their bodies.

For powerful orcs, taking combat techniques head-on with their physical bodies was not an issue at all.

Clarissa secretly developed herself.

A battle lasted half an hour.

This group of orcs, who knew no “retreat,” were all killed.

However, the Vanguard Army also suffered over a hundred casualties.

Even with military formations, even with coordinated efforts where many fought few, and even with good equipment.

They still paid a considerable price, and the most important reason for this was the inherent difference between orcs and humans.

Secondly, the strength of these “military” orcs was a notch higher than that of the “loose straggler” orcs.

It was like the difference between a regular army and a militia.

Clarissa secretly “developed” + “stole kills,” and managed to achieve eleven orc kills.

The source points gained from these orcs were considerable.

Adding them up, there were over 1600 source points in total.

On average, each one exceeded 100 source points.

Clarissa used 1000 source points to upgrade; [Talent Enhancement I] → [Talent Enhancement II].

As for combat techniques, she would not use source points to upgrade them unless absolutely necessary, after all, with the improvement of her talent, her mastery of combat techniques also grew stronger, and through practice, she could improve her proficiency.

Clarissa still had over 600 source points in her hand, and after some thought, she exchanged them for a low-tier elemental knight’s sword.

It cost 300 source points: Low-tier Elemental Knight’s Sword - Breeze’s Kiss.

It came with wind elemental properties, slightly increasing attack speed and sharpness.

The original knight’s sword was casually tossed into Clarissa’s backpack.

Clarissa saw that such a small-scale battle could yield so many source points, and she became even more excited for the upcoming wars.

Immediately after, for three consecutive days.

Clarissa followed the Vanguard Army and participated in seven eradication battles.

In these battles, Clarissa accumulated 106 orc kills!

She obtained over 13,000 source points.

Clarissa upgraded [Swordsmanship Mastery II] → [Swordsmanship Mastery III], [Talent Enhancement II] → [Talent Enhancement III].

And during these three days, extensive practical combat allowed Clarissa’s mastery of basic swordsmanship to progress from Mastery to Great Accomplishment.

Low-tier combat techniques [Whirlwind Sword] and [Earth Shattering Slash] progressed from Mastery to Proficiency.

Clarissa looked at the 20,000 source points needed to upgrade her talent again and immediately felt that she was too poor!

She still had over three thousand source points, which she continued to save.

Clarissa’s physical attributes had already reached 12.7 points.

Exceeding 10 points meant entering the Formal Knight level!

Now, Clarissa was already a Formal Knight!

Coupled with Clarissa’s distinguished military achievements.

Although she was not part of the regular army, she was rewarded with several thousand gold coins!

She was even given the rank of Centurion!

However, because she was not part of the regular army, she had no real authority, but she could receive the salary of a Centurion.

And she also had some rights.

It was considered an extra gain, but for Clarissa, source points were even more important.