Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 367 - 367 177 Recruitment Officer_2

367: Chapter 177 Recruitment Officer_2 367: Chapter 177 Recruitment Officer_2 Not to mention it had been several days…

without Kovis’s magic replenishment, he would have surely died of exhaustion halfway.

He shrugged his shoulders and threw the heavy log onto the ground.

——Boom!

Dust billowed.

Leon wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Given Olivia’s current rate of growth, if he didn’t use magic, he probably would never be able to beat his wife in this lifetime.

At that evening’s hall dinner, the returning group announced to the whole family at the long table the decision to move to Forest City.

The local servants at home didn’t seem too afraid; by this time, the armies, civilians, and merchants coming and going from the north and south had already made the dissipation of the curse of Nightmare Forest well known.

Although Olivia was somewhat reluctant to leave Selva where she had grown up, it wasn’t a permanent farewell after all, as Avalon Castle was not far from Selva, a day’s ride on horseback.

The next day, the entire estate plunged into the busy work of packing up important furniture and miscellaneous items.

Except for Mr.

Brian Sr., who needed to stay at Selva Camp to manage the troops and would not accompany them, everyone else was set to move to Avalon Castle.

Taking advantage of the bustle at home, Leon took the time to visit a tavern east of Selva, where he invited the Ranger Knight, asking him to bring Miss Magreina to tonight’s banquet.

He had heard that a few days ago, when Larian came to visit those ladies, he had informed Elena of his plan to embark again on a journey to the Holy Court Kingdom.

But it was only because of Elena’s persuasion that he had decided to wait until his return to say farewell in person.

Leon understood that this Ranger Knight, after observing over this period, seemed reassured about Martha’s future life.

But he did not want to let him go easily; before this Knight, who had eloped, departed, Leon wanted to make a final attempt to keep him.

Previously, he was just a knight from Selva, naturally unable to offer any substantial terms for recruitment as his resources were truly limited.

But now things were different; as Baron Avalon, his territory had expanded hundreds of times, and he had plenty of bargaining chips to attract talents.

As for the hostile relations between Orland and Kantadar from the war…

in this era, nobles and knights generally didn’t care too much about nationality, especially since Larian’s hometown was far to the south of Kantadar.

Moreover, there was no strict ethnic distinction between Kantadar people and Orland people, although they spoke different languages, essentially they were mostly the same Felu people.

And right now, because of his being a Kantadar person, Leon was even more eager to recruit Larian into his command…

considering his character and personality, he had prepared in his heart the very likely persuasive argument to keep him.

…

At the banquet, Leon deliberately arranged for Martha and others to sit close to Miss Magreina, also playing the friendship card for Larian’s party.

After learning of Leon’s current status at the beginning of the banquet, Larian, surprised, bowed solemnly, “So you have become a distinguished Baron, please forgive my previous oversight.”

Leon waved his hand and smiled, “We are friends, there’s no need for such formality, besides, I invited you to the banquet tonight because I have a favor to ask.”

Larian naturally assumed it was some quest to eliminate demons.

“…Has your territory encountered some trouble?

Rest assured, slaying demons is the duty of us Ranger Knights,” said the young knight, full of the spirit of ancient chivalry, puffing out his chest.

“You misunderstood, there are no demons in my territory yet, but I can’t guarantee there won’t be, I don’t know if you are aware, the forest to the south was actually once known as ‘Cursed Land,’ and who knows how many hidden dangers it still harbors.”

Leon shook his head, “Of course, that’s not only what I wanted to say.”

He gestured with his hand, “As Baron Avalon, I want to hire you, Lord Larian, to serve my territory, would you be willing?”

Larian hesitated, “…Hire?”

Magrina, who was chatting softly with Martha and others beside her partner, turned her head upon hearing Leon and Larian’s conversation, her concerns about her partner’s personal safety surfacing again…

“Indeed, you must be aware of the conflict between Orland and Kantadar?” Leon countered.

Larian nodded, “I have heard some bits during my time here and seen the massive troops passing through…

but this makes me even more perplexed, Mr.

Leon, knowing that I come from Kantadar, how could you think of recruiting a knight from the enemy country?”

“Without offending, although I fled Kantadar due to eloping with Magrina, I really find it impossible to wield a sword against my homeland for money,” the Ranger Knight shook his head.

Leon hurriedly clarified, “No, I want to hire you, not to have you campaign against your own country.

Moreover, in reality, the Thorns Flower family I serve has already ended its wars with Kantadar; now the Thorns Flower family rules ‘Glade County’ south of the forest.”

Leon sighed, continuing to explain, “That’s why, having been titled Baron upon my return, I and my companions have obtained quite a bit of feudal territory in Glade County, but this brought foreseeable troubles…

As you see, I am a noble of Orland, and even before becoming a noble, I was actually from Seryan.”

Hearing this, Larian’s brow furrowed.

He wasn’t very familiar with the war that had broken out between northern Kantadar and Orland, but while in the south, he had also heard that the King of Aviut had gathered an unprecedentedly large army to march east to invade the “ancient nation” of Seryan.