After the battle, Suhlen checked on the eight ballistae. Fortunately, they weren't damaged. Only two of them had some small problems, and they would be fine once they got back.
The surviving ogres were stabbed, and the injured goblins, houndhead men, and gnolls were also killed. Suhlen didn't have any medicine to treat them, and the uninjured were all locked up. However, there weren't many goblins, houndhead men, and gnolls captured in this battle.
Most of the slaves had escaped during the battle, and the rest had been killed. The slower ones had been captured by the barbarian warriors, and the total number of captives was just over a hundred.
Apart from the captives, the spoils of war were the most abundant. The ogres' armor and maces were all made of iron. Due to the craftsmanship, they weren't light. An ogre's full set of armor weighed close to two hundred pounds. Only ogres and giants could use such heavy equipment.
Suhlen was prepared to bring the equipment back to the furnace for recasting. There were close to two hundred ogres, and all of their equipment weighed more than two tons. Moreover, they were made of iron, not ore. Even if Suhlen's territory had iron mines, it would take at least half a month for the houndhead men in the mines to produce two tons of iron.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Suhlen didn't leave immediately. It was still drizzling, and he didn't want to rush back in the rain. There weren't many roads in the wilderness, and it would be even more difficult to travel if it rained. It wouldn't be good if he couldn't make it back in time and had to set up camp in the wilderness.
However, he had to send someone back to inform the territory. He found two uninjured barbarians and had them send the message in the rain. Suhlen brought the others into the ogre camp that hadn't been completed yet.
Although the camp wasn't completed yet, the houses had been built. However, the ogres' houses still needed to be cleaned. After all, ogres weren't very particular about hygiene, and their houses couldn't be expected to be very clean.
However, it was good enough to have a place to shelter them from the wind and rain in this weather. Although the autumn rain was as thin as a cow's hair, it carried a chill. Although the barbarians had strong bodies, it didn't feel good to be in the rain for an entire night.
After letting the slaves clean up the camp, Suhlen moved in. The barbarian warriors went to make a fire and cook. Kris went to deal with the aftermath of the battle. Suhlen brought the ogre wizard's body to a room.
The Ogre Wizard's body was placed on a large stone platform. Normal Ogre corpses weren't worth much, so Suhlen gave them to the gnolls as food. The Ogre Wizard's body was still valuable.
Suhlen took out a sharp knife and slit open the ogre's chest. The ogre looked fat, but after cutting it open, Suhlen realized that it wasn't bloated. Instead, it was a layer of fat covering the ogre's strong muscles, especially its stomach.
It looked like a swimming ring, but upon closer inspection, one could vaguely see the outline of strong muscles.
Su Lun took out the ogre's heart and stored it in ice. In addition to the ogre's heart, Su Lun found a barbarian skinning master to skin the ogre wizard and collect some of the ogre wizard's blood.
As a magical creature, ogre wizards had a certain amount of magic power. Although Su Lun didn't know how to make magic potions and magic items, as long as he sold these things to wizards, he could get a good price. If he could recruit an alchemist, then these things would come in handy.
After storing the things properly, Suhlen waved his hand and put them all into his storage space. Although the storage space provided by the system was only three cubic meters, the things inside would be in a static state. They would be the same as when they were put in.
The barbarian warriors were in high spirits. At night, they specially prepared a grand bonfire party. The party was held in an empty space in the camp. They even used the scattered wood to build a canopy. Other than the barbarians who were on night watch, all the other barbarians participated.
These barbarian warriors were very happy to have defeated an ogre tribe today. They saw this battle as an honor. All the barbarians used special paint to leave a tattoo on their bodies.
After this battle, all the barbarians who participated in the battle leveled up. The strongest barbarian warriors had already leveled up to the Barbarian Greataxe Berserker. As a non-hero profession, they were almost at the top at this level. If they wanted to continue leveling up, they would need to create their own hero template and become a hero.
The number of self-created hero templates was very small, and Su Lun only had one so far, so this path was not realistic. Even if Su Lun got a self-created hero template in the future, it would definitely not be enough for them to upgrade all of their units to the top tier. Of course, this didn't mean that they couldn't level up in the future.
It was just that they couldn't rely on the system's experience to level up. If they worked hard, there was still hope to break through the bottleneck and become a hero. However, the probability was too low. It was considered high if one out of a hundred or even a thousand top soldiers succeeded.
In fact, the only creatures in this world that didn't have a bottleneck were dragons. As long as they lived long enough, they could slowly become adult dragons, young dragons, old dragons, and ancient dragons. There was no bottleneck at all. After passing the ancient dragon stage, as long as they didn't die of old age, they could become ancient dragons, ancient dragons, ancient dragons, and even ancestral dragons.
Of course, it would take at least tens of thousands of years for a Young Dragon to become an Ancient Dragon. Apart from a few creatures, no creature could live for such a long time.
The lifespan of a human was between 70 to 100 years, which wasn't short in this world. Gnolls only had a natural lifespan of 35 years, goblins and kobolds were even shorter. Dwarves had a lifespan of 300 to 500 years, elves had a lifespan of 500 to 1000 years, and even half-elves had a lifespan of 300 years.
Of course, if your strength reached the legendary level, your lifespan would naturally increase greatly. The profession with the longest lifespan was the wizard. As long as a legendary wizard didn't seek death, they could easily live for hundreds or thousands of years. Even if their life was coming to an end, they could choose to reincarnate as a lich. In theory, a legendary lich could live for at least 3000 to 5000 years.
Therefore, a legendary wizard's wealth was no less than that of a young dragon. The power of a wizard came from knowledge.
Time also made them very powerful.
PS: Thank you to the Jealous Cult for the 2000 reward. Thank you to the Heavy Dragoon for the 200 reward.
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