The next day.
Veylin and several guards appeared at the entrance to the prisoner camp. He had come to assess just how useful these captives might be.
Thirty Shatterrock Knights sat scattered across the muddy ground, gently rubbing their cramping guts. When Veylin entered, they immediately fixed him with hostile stares.
Veylin ignored them, walking steadily through their midst without betraying a thing. Profiles kept appearing in his mind, one after another.
He passed a knight with a broken arm, whose eyes brimmed with hatred.
[Brian Ironfist] [Level: Third-Level Knight] [Bloodline: earth's grip (bronze tier) 29%, mixed bloodlines 71%] [Abilities: hatchet mastery, riding mastery] [Overall assessment: physically robust and an excellent knight. Bloodline concentration has reached the activation threshold; purification is possible at relatively low cost.]
Veylin made a mental note and moved on to the next man without stopping.
[Sauron] [Level: Third-Level Knight] [Bloodline: son of firm rock (black iron tier) 27%, mixed bloodlines 73%] [Abilities: riding mastery] [Overall assessment: sharp reflexes and considerable defensive talent. Bloodline concentration has reached the activation threshold; purification is possible at relatively low cost.]
Sample after sample was silently analyzed, each representing a precious resource that could be converted directly into fighting strength.
Veylin's heartbeat quickened slightly.
He felt less like someone inspecting a prisoner-of-war camp and more like a miner who had stumbled into an undiscovered gold mine!
His gaze finally settled on the mixed-blood dwarf in the corner. When that string of information appeared in his mind, his breath caught sharply.
[Ora Stonebeard] [Level: Fourth-Level Knight] [Bloodline: Oser strategist (silver tier) 42%, hill warrior (silver tier) 17%, mixed bloodlines 41%]
``` [Overall assessment: enormous bloodline potential. An extremely rare bearer of bloodlines from two races. The two bloodlines within his body show no rejection