The Military Queen-Chapter 90 - 72: The Soldiers’ Home
Seeing is not as good as asking, Ling learned about her current period through some inquiries, which proved to be around the 10th century BC, the Hammurabi era. Upon knowing this, Ling felt a tinge of disappointment; the 10th century BC meant the famous Sky Garden did not yet exist.
Where there’s loss, there’s gain. After a few more questions, she received another thrilling piece of news; she was now under the rule of the most famous King of Babylon in history, Hammurabi.
However, glimpsing this renowned "King of Amor" was no small feat. As Ling was not overly keen on chasing celebrities, she naturally suppressed the urge to pay homage and started to seriously study the mission manual.
The system mission listed in her mission manual: "Condition for obtaining a map to leave Babylon City, accumulate a total of 3000 Military Merit Points. Recommended Mission One: Have an audience with the King of Babylon."
Ling noticed some differences in the current mission manual compared to before. The main battlefield seemed to have no so-called clearance conditions, only stating that leaving this city and heading to the next required Military Merit Points. Accumulating 3000 points, the originally mandatory system mission had now become a recommended one, and it was noted that the recommended mission could be completed or ignored.
To leave Babylon City and obtain a map, one only needed 3000 Military Merit Points.
Ling walked a few more steps and stopped in front of a building called "military station," Ancient Babylon used cuneiform writing. For player recognition convenience, the game system had already set up automatic language translation, so reading text was not an issue.
According to Ling’s observation, the "military station" was the place where player soldiers most frequently frequented.
It was narrower than Ling had imagined, about fifteen or sixteen square meters in size. Upon entering the door, the first thing she saw was three or four wooden notice boards over two meters tall, cluttered with hundreds of papers of messy writing and various sizes. The paper materials differed, as Ling felt with her hands, immediately obtaining basic material information in her mind.
"From Egypt, the papyrus. From forest beasts, the Beast Skin Paper." The Loli Investigation Skill quickly responded, indicating that the content of the missions listed differed based on the paper material on the notice board.
On the papyrus, it said, "Eliminate bandits harassing the civilians in the suburbs, duration ten days, military merit 100." "Escort traders out of the city, duration one month, military merit 200." "Assist the rich merchant Ba Jia and his love rival in a duel, duration one day, military merit 50." The missions listed on the papyrus were relatively less rewarding but also simpler in difficulty.
The tasks described on the older-looking Beast Skin Papers were more complex, "The city’s herbal shop needs ten Soul Resurrection Grass, no set duration, military merit 300""Assist a prominent merchant in collecting three beautiful Female Slaves, duration ten days, military merit 500," "Escort military provisions to neighboring states, duration three months, military merit 1000." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
"Hello, Private First Class Ling, this is your first visit to the military station. I will introduce you to a series of functions of the military station." Ling turned around to see a woman who had appeared beside her, seemingly the person in charge of this military station. She wore a long robe that was both wide and lengthy, covering down to her ankles, moving silently as she walked.
After the woman’s explanation, Ling roughly understood the situation in Ancient Babylon City within the "Military Road."
During Hammurabi’s reign, Babylon had just calmed foreign conflicts, the national military force was depleted, and agriculture and commerce within the city were booming. Despite small-scale regional conflicts and bandit attacks happening occasionally, in recent years, there were also several incidents of wild animal attacks outside the city. To ensure the safety of civilians and traveling merchants, the "military station" was thus established.
In other words, this also provided a reasonable excuse for the "Military Road" system for the emergence of "Player Soldiers."
"Function one of the military station, you can withdraw your salary here. In urgent situations, the military station can provide up to ten times your monthly salary in advance. However, you must complete the missions assigned by the military station afterward to repay the interest. Function two, you can come to the military station to adjust your military rank. Function three, use military merit to exchange for any items you need, including real-world currency and any Weapons you might need in Military Road." The person in charge of the military station was a woman cloaked in Arabian Cloth. Her voice was melodious and pleasant to the ear but lacked a human touch; she repeated the same phrases every day until she became numb.
