Starting Today I'll Work As A City Lord

"Failed, the next group." James's loud voice sounded and the ten commoners left dejected.

This was already the tenth team or also 100 people. No one had passed the obstacles and ran through the full course.

The person with the best score had only completed two-thirds of the course, which was 200 meters. Lucas had not expected this at all. Wasn't this too weak?

"Young master, the commoner's bodies are too weak. It's quite good to have such a grade," Ben said.

"Hah… change the rules. Those who complete 100 meters pass. Those who complete 200 meters will have a 50% increase in salary. Those who complete 300 meters will have their salary doubled." Lucas said helplessly. He could only bring out the soldier ranks in advance.

Originally, he had wanted the soldiers to train for a while before dividing them into ordinary soldiers, elite soldiers, and special soldiers. Currently, it seems like he would need to implement it already.

"That's fine. In the army, the strong are respected." Ben agreed.

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At the end of the day, only 8 people completed 300 meters, 32 people completed 200 meters, and 108 people completed 100 meters.

Lucas was very dissatisfied with this number, especially the amount of people that completed 300 meters. There were actually only 8 people much less than the amount that he wanted.

"Young master, the 8 people who completed 300 meters are all top hunters in the territory. They are all people who can hunt wild boars, wolves, and bears alone." Ben looked at the familiar faces in the crowd and said happily.

As someone who lived in the same territory, Ben knew these people. He also recognized the skill of many people.

He named a person Chris. Lucas looked over and found that he was only about 20 years old. Ben said that he dared to hunt a tiger alone.

"Oh! Very good!"

Lucas looked at the 148 people in front of him. They didn't look so good right now. All of them were hugging a bowl and devouring their food. Even if they choked, they were reluctant to spit it out. They would instead forcefully swallow it like they were the reincarnation of a bunch of people who starved to death.

"After they eat the food to their heart's content , take them to the military camp and start training today." Lucas ordered.

The military camp wasn't far from the castle. Two days ago, Lucas made it with the help of people with him. Although it looked very crude, it was still a military camp.

Ben took the people to the military camp. Lucas heard that Ben had served in the army, so he temporarily gave these people to him.

Under the lead of Ben, 148 people were taken to the military camp. According to the requirements, they raised their heads and chest, closed their legs, and put their hands right next to their legs standing in a line.

Chris looked at this with full curiosity. The reason that he came to join the army was because he was tempted by the bowl of roasted pork noodles. After all, he was a top hunter and didn't lack food to eat.

Now he was a little curious. Everything in this military camp was full of nobility which aroused his curious heart.

Chris looked at Ben, who was on the platform. He knew how strong Ben was. It was said that he had made contributions to the military when he was young and even went to the capital to become a knight.

It could be said that Ben is one of the few people that Chris admired. City Lord was also someone that he admired. Especially the bowl of roasted pork noodles which he was unable to forget.

"Cough cough…" Ben's original calm eyes immediately became sharp and full of killing intent which made the originally noisy team quiet down in an instant.

"You are the ones who passed the assessment. Some of you have very good grades and some of you have very poor grades. So, there will be differences in treatment."

Ben immediately said what everyone cared about. "The salary you get when you first join the army is based on your performance during the assessment…"

When these words fell, many people breathed a sigh of relief. The reason why they came to join the army was for the high salary.

"Now, line up to confirm your names and family members and addresses. If you unluckily die in battle, then the pension will be paid to your family."

Ben left after he finished speaking. He wanted to study the training method that the young master gave him again. Even though he had used his 5 sons to practice in the past 2 days, he was still a bit rusty.

"Everyone, come with me." Aiden shouted from the side.

Everyone immediately followed and then came to a warehouse. Aiden handed over a warrant before they were allowed to enter.

There was a middle-aged man sitting inside. He was one of the three clerks that was recruited. He was now in charge of logistics in the military camp.

"There are a total of 148 training uniforms, including shoes, hats, towels, wooden cups, wooden bowls, and other stuff!" After reading the warrant, the logistics clerk immediately bought the supplies.

Aiden turned his head and shouted loudly. "Now, all of you line up and come forward one by one to get your supplies."

Chris was the first in line. He went to the front of the logistics clerk. He held a pen and was at a loss because he was illiterate.

"Illiterate? You introduce yourself and I'll write." The logistic clerk smiled kindly. He took the pen from Chris' hand and wrote on the sheepskin roll. Literate people could see two words written on the sheepskin roll: Military File.

"My name is Chris. I am an orphan, I live in Sedona City…"

After the logistics clerk finished writing, he took a wooden token from the side and wrote Chris's name on it. There was also a number 001 on it.

These things were the two things that Lucas got in the past 2 days. He had especially wasted a lot of energy on the military camp.

The logistic clerk handed the wooden token to Chris and said seriously, "You must not lose this token. This is the proof of your identity."

"Thank you!" Chris smiled shyly, and then went to Aiden's side.

"This is your training uniform. Everyone will wear this uniform in the future. People who don't wear it will be punished." Aiden shoved a bunch of things into Chris's arms and said sternly.

Lucas had spent a lot of silver coins to get these items. He wanted to make a military camp which had the feeling of a real and standard military camp.