"Normally, you could look among the recruits who have just enlisted. That won't work now, though. You'll have to wait two months, until recruitment opens in the second half of the year. But they usually recruit very few then. Another option is to look for veterans retiring this year. Now is the perfect time. The newly trained recruits have already started replacing them," the unit commander said.
"Veterans? How old are they?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked, blinking.
"The oldest are a hundred and fifty, and the youngest are seventy," the deputy captain said.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk was startled at first, but after thinking it over, he realized they weren't really that old. Comparing Dark Elf and human lifespans, that was only about twenty-five to fifty-and that was assuming humans lived to a hundred. Besides, Elves remained young and strong from thirty-five onward, only beginning to age gradually at two hundred and fifty.
Although this cheat fell far short of the Night Elves' immortality, it was still pretty damn impressive! Humans had neither a World Tree nor a Sunwell, after all. Their ability to reproduce, however, was far greater than the Elves'. While Yu Lin Bloodhawk was lost in thought,
the unit commander spoke again. "Regiment Commander, you could actually apply to make the First Squad your Baron's Guard. Of course, the members would have to agree. Everyone knows how well you've treated the First Squad."
"The First Squad?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk considered it, then shook his head. "No, not them. They're still young, and they could become officers someday. If they joined my guard, the highest position they could reach would be guard captain, with no room for further advancement. That wouldn't be a good deal for them. They're the seeds of the Bloodhawk Regiment."
He looked up at the