Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 314 - 314 154 No Secrets

314: Chapter 154: No Secrets 314: Chapter 154: No Secrets Zabron and other Guards were guarding the entrance, preventing anyone from approaching the backyard.

Leon scrutinized the three men before him, having already made arrangements for them.

“You all understand why I’ve called you here today.”

One of the older soldiers nervously responded, “Mr.

Leon, we haven’t breathed a word to anyone during this time, Lord Zabron and his men can testify to that.”

The other two remained silent, quickly nodding in agreement as if pounding garlic.

Leon nodded, “I know you’ve kept your mouths shut.

I expect that to continue.

I don’t want to waste words telling you to forget what you saw that day, but let me give you a piece of advice…

Revealing things beyond common understanding brings no good, only calamities beyond imagination.”

Listening to the dangerous warning, the three soldiers bowed their heads, “Understood, we will keep this secret for you forever.”

“I hope I can trust you, but trust needs time, and for a long time to come, you cannot leave my sight.”

“However, I am not a cruel or ungrateful man.

I don’t want to confine soldiers who defend our lands and homes, nor do I want you to be uneasy about this unexpected event.”

“So, as an exception, starting today you will join the Guards Cavalry, undergo training, and once you truly become qualified Guards Cavalry, I will grant you an annual salary of no less than twenty-one gold crowns,” Leon did not just threaten, but openly informed the three men of his thoughtful arrangements.

“Twenty-one gold crowns?!

Us?” The three soldiers’ eyes widened, stunned by the unexpected boon.

Wasn’t this turning misfortune into a blessing?

As he watched their disbelieving expressions, Leon continued, “Although your Martial Arts skills are not yet up to the standard of my guards, you displayed enough courage during the Battle of Longka.

I am giving you this opportunity now, it’s up to you to seize it.”

Frankly, even without his favor, these three men could likely have passed the upcoming cavalry selection.

After all, they were Conscripted Soldiers of notable ability from the Three Kingdoms, otherwise, they would not have initially been assigned to guard the prison.

“Merciful sir.”

The older soldier suddenly fell to one knee, clutching his chest and bowing, barely able to contain his excitement.

“We failed to guard the prisoners properly, and are guilty of negligence…

Not only did you not punish us…

but you’ve also granted us such favor.

I’m clumsy with words and don’t know how to thank you!

Now I can only swear to serve you to my death.”

Another man, realizing later, also knelt down and vowed, “Mr.

Leon!

If any of us dare speak out, may we be forever cast into the purgatory of God Vinoles after death!”

“I…

I will do the same, anyone who dares leak secrets, I’ll be the first to spare none,” the youngest soldier followed suit in swearing.

“Good, remember your oaths.”

Leon gestured for them to rise and then dropped another bombshell, “Besides, I’m not afraid to tell you, if I could enable the Wolf Family Young Master to walk in the sunlight again, then those who fight for me might also one day experience such miracles…

Do you understand what I mean?”

The three soldiers, still basking in visions of a bright future upon hearing his words, were slow to grasp the Lord’s implication.

However, Hawk and the others standing silently by, widened their eyes instantaneously.

They looked at each other, seeing the shock and disbelief in each other’s eyes.

The earliest followers of Leon, none of them fools, had harbored guesses about their Lord’s mysterious powers due to their fear and incomprehension of gods and witchcraft, always keeping their thoughts to themselves, barely daring to discuss them.

But now, their Lord had proactively promised them such a miraculous opportunity…

“This!?…

Are you implying?” The older soldier paused, finally realizing the Lord’s almost explicit hint.

Everyone present, being warriors who earned their keep with sword and spear, clearly understood the price behind such a high salary.

Most were willing to take this inevitable risk to obtain the wealth they couldn’t otherwise dream of in their lifetimes.

But…if even the worries about this cost could be disregarded…

it was unfathomable.

Could Mr.

Leon be a Divine Envoy sent by the gods to this world?

Whether it was the six guards or the three potential cavalrymen, each displayed a hesitant trance in their expressions, their eyes slowly filling with zeal.

A second life cannot be measured in money.

The promise of this ultimate price, initially, should sound as unbelievable as the nonsensical ravings of a charlatan looking to swindle money.

But the miracle of Canis’s resurrection was right before their eyes, witnessed by each one of them…

As even Zabron and his men cast fervent gazes in his direction, and felt the surge of sudden fanatic devotion, Leon shook his head.

He slightly poured cold water on his subordinates’ fervor, “Although that is the case, I am not a deity myself.

To receive such a miracle, one must still qualify in the eyes of the true ruler of life and death.

The unknown, I fear, might not receive such a miracle’s favor.”

The three men swallowed hard, looking at each other uneasily.

The older soldier raised his head again, tentatively asking, “Honorable Mr.

Leon, we are but lowly commoners…

not noble like you or Lord Canis; how could we possess such qualifications before the gods?”

Leon replied with a sigh, “What noble or lowly?

Five months ago, I was nothing more than a hunter’s son, living in the wild, even worse off than you.

And Canis’s ancestors, I heard, were just fishermen in Farayel.”