Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 138 Bloodline Warrior Training Program

Pierce, the supreme commander of the Frontier Territory's army, arrived at the lord's castle almost at the same time as Egno, who had heard the news.

The two had each received the news revealed by Reiner and Asdalen in advance, and immediately started a fierce dispute over the distribution of dragon bone powder.

"Mr. Asdalen is right. Such precious magical materials must be used to train powerful soldiers. Spending them on growing potions is a complete waste!"

"Hmph, what do you know? Rare potion ingredients will play an important auxiliary role in your master's magic research. Moreover, Pierce, don't forget that the potions your soldiers drink are all made with potions."

Pierce, looking pale and bloodless, snorted coldly and retorted, "The pioneer territory needs a strong armed force to guard it, and we also need strong soldiers to go out and expand and plunder resources for the development of the territory. All of this is based on our real advantage in war..."

Pierce seemed to be talking incessantly, but in fact, what he said was just a copy of the theories instilled in him by Harvey, but it was enough to scare Egno, who had little political insight.

Harvey just got up and walked to the door of the study and heard Pierce talking so much that he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Okay! Stop arguing, both of you." Harvey walked into the study and pulled the two people who were arguing with each other apart. He then sat back at the desk and took out two documents that he had sorted out last night.

"Well, I've already made a plan on how to use the dragon bone powder."

He knocked on the table and said sternly to Egno, "The plan for the potion plantation remains unchanged, but I need you to use this bone powder to cultivate some rare magical plants, such as the materials needed for the Ancient Blood Knight's gift potion provided by Astaron... and the list of potion materials I listed in this plan."

Egno was very satisfied that he could get some bone meal to use in his own plantation, but when he thought that most of the bone meal would be consumed in growing potion materials for talent potions, he glared at the complacent Pierce indignantly.

Harvey turned to look at the eager Pierce and said, "The Bloodline Warrior training program cannot cover all the soldiers in the territory. You understand this."

Seeing Pierce nod obediently, Harvey continued, "I need you to select a group of soldiers and officers with outstanding loyalty and combat experience, approximately fifty in number, to participate in this training program."

Pierce quickly asked, "Sir, are you going to form them into a separate combat team?"

"Well, these soldiers will become an independent special operations team in the future, completing difficult missions for me that ordinary soldiers can't accomplish... When selecting them, try to ensure they are evenly distributed between the Defense Force and the Northern Army, and avoid any bias."

Harvey had heard about the conflict between the two factions that had formed after the army was divided into internal and external organizations. Pierce and others would not hide anything from him in this regard.

Harvey originally encouraged this kind of healthy internal competition, but he couldn't indulge it too much. Once this contradiction existed for a long time, it would probably intensify and deteriorate, turning the Defense Force and the Northern Army into armed interest groups that Harvey could not control, which would be a big trouble.

Therefore, gradually incorporating most of the senior officers and veterans of the two armies into the bloodline warrior training program is the most beneficial solution for Harvey.

Because in order to activate a bloodline warrior's innate abilities, there is an extremely important key point in the ancient secret methods and corresponding formulas used - the blood of the bloodline feeder is required to carry out the final transformation ceremony.

In Harvey's opinion, this was like a large-scale collective blood-shedding ceremony.

All warriors who took the bloodline potion and were transformed through the secret method would form a deep bloodline connection with the person who presided over the ceremony - the bloodline owner. This was also an effective method used by ancient wizards to control their powerful bloodline warriors.

We share the same blood and origin, and we will never betray each other...

According to the ancient ritual process described by Asdalen, the warrior followers who have completed the bloodline transformation will also be named by the wizard who becomes their master, and their original surnames will be changed to the family surname of the wizard.

However, the flaws and weaknesses of this ritual are equally obvious. That is, if the wizard himself dies, the warriors with the same blood as him will also become exhausted. In the worst case, they will become disabled or die suddenly.

This is also the reason why these bloodline warriors will fight to the death without hesitation when the wizard they recognize as their master is in danger.

"The transformation ritual...what happens if it fails?" Pierce couldn't help but ask after hearing Harvey's description.

Harvey smiled faintly and said soothingly, "Don't worry, the soldier you carefully trained won't be in danger of death. At most, he'll be weak and need to rest for a while."

"Also, you can take some of the recovery potion prepared by Egno to avoid leaving any incurable root causes of the disease."

Pierce breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said seriously, "Sir, I personally apply to participate in this bloodline transformation plan!"

Harvey stopped writing and looked at him in surprise. "Ah? You want to participate in the bloodline transformation? Pierce, you are already a vampire, and you have inherited the bloodline of Asdaren. You don't need to show your loyalty to me in this way."

He then stood up, walked over to Pierce, patted his shoulder and said comfortingly, "The trust and friendship between us don't need to be proven by this cruel bloodline binding ceremony."

Pierce hesitated for a moment before whispering, "A few days ago, Reiner mentioned that he had been a pariah in the past and was not qualified to have a surname. You immediately promised to let him use your family name..."

Harvey was instantly at a loss for words. Was this guy jealous of Reiner? But what on earth was this about them fighting over their last names? It felt weird...

"You... I'm not a noble. My family declined as early as my grandfather's generation, and my surname is not respected."

Harvey is a typical unlucky guy who goes bankrupt right after crossing over. Not only did both his parents die, but his family also fell into poverty. He had to sell all his land and properties to barely raise enough money to pay for his studies at the Spellcaster Academy.

However, he also understood why people of this era attached so much importance to a false name like surname. After all, it represented status and class. Just like mortals aspired to become extraordinary spellcasters, fame and power were always the ultimate pursuit.

He suppressed a laugh and punched Pierce in the chest. "If you want a noble surname, it's not that easy. Go find your mentor, Arsdalen. He comes from a noble ancient wizard family, and his surname can be traced back hundreds of years."

Asdalen has always treated Pierce as his own descendant.

(End of this chapter)