Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 462 - 462 216 Heroic Knight

462: Chapter 216 Heroic Knight 462: Chapter 216 Heroic Knight On a midsummer night in the southern region of Orland, the climate was pleasant and the moonlight spilled from a brilliant starry sky, giving a cool appearance.

Having bathed away the travel dust, it was a time for sleep, yet Leon still found it difficult to drift off.

Looking at the night view outside the window, he continued to ponder ceaselessly.

Following the decision to expand the military in the meeting, it was planned to fully staff the Knight Order—a few dozen sets of cavalry armor, weapons, two hundred and some sets of infantry chain armor, blades, shields, and bows; thirty pack horses for essential military transport; the initial disbursement alone amounted to 2615 gold crowns, consuming over half of the Public Treasury’s funds.

This was not yet counting around seventy quality military horses needed to be purchased, conservatively estimated to cost between nine hundred to twelve hundred Gold Coins.

With the expenses for building the army completed, the additional monthly maintenance cost of the 500 fully-staffed soldiers was not trivial either.

Simply calculated, given such military exertion, the deficit in the territory’s finances next year would reach as high as 1800 gold crowns.

The severely strained funds made Leon lament whether he was naturally a spendthrift, truly unable to retain any wealth.

He couldn’t help but sigh, uncertain whether the tax reduction implemented during his previous visit to the south was right or wrong; he had never anticipated that just after settling down, he would face a grave crisis.

Thinking of this, Leon felt some regret about having easily agreed to let dozens of Dwarf Remnants move north.

He hadn’t expected to need to activate the war machinery so quickly; currently in Avalon, even if the nine Dwarf artisans were to overwork their forges to the point of smoking, crafting sixty-five sets of cavalry armor would still take more than two months.

As for the several hundred sets of infantry chain armor, it wasn’t worth wasting these master blacksmiths’ valuable time, better to purchase from the various trade associations in other cities.

It was a pity—if the original group of Dwarfs were still here, cutting out the middlemen could have saved a considerable amount of money for this military expansion, with higher efficiency and better quality…

Amid these worries, Leon felt his waist tightly embraced, sensing the familiar body of a girl gently pressing against his back.

Buried in her lover’s neck, Olivia sniffed the clean scent on Leon after his bath, a smell she found reassuring.

“…whatever happens, I will always be by your side,” the girl whispered soothingly.

“Mm.” Leon’s expression relaxed somewhat, the pressure slightly alleviated by the girl’s comfort.

Touching Olivia’s hand, he seemed to draw strength from the emotion of his partner.

“I will definitely protect all of you,” Leon responded.

He turned around, gripping the girl’s shoulders: “Besides, we’re not without options.

I’ve spoken briefly with Lord Eriv, if the situation really becomes irredeemable, the Farolis Family won’t insist on defending our lands; we could take our people north to Duwana County in Great Vestra Territory, Lady Adelina’s father, Earl Rahman of the warhound family will welcome us.”

If worse comes to worst, my relationship with Princess Ines is also quite good.

As long as I hide you well, we could also seek refuge in the territory of the West Bay County Lady…”

Leon’s mind raced, he remembered from the map that north of West Territory, accessible by sea, there was a large island kingdom called “Northnia.”

If this land really faces a dead end swallowed by the Undead Calamity, taking everyone to flee by sea is also an option.

Thinking of this, he inwardly noted that thinking about all this was still premature.

The Omlos Continent is not the “West O’los Continent” from his previous life’s artistic creations.

On this land, there are thousands of powerful Knights of Valor and many Spellcasters, and just within the Royal Family of the Northern Kingdom, there are three powerful adult Fire Dragons.

Apart from Lydwen III’s dragon known as “Overlord,” another named “Beauty” is under today’s Crown Prince.

There’s also a dragon called “Mountain Rock,” the mount of Marquis Deyatuk of the Southern Royal Domain, a cadet branch of the Royal Family.

And Undead and Demons are far from being mere fantasy for the nobility of the world’s kingdoms.

As long as there’s unity, it’s not impossible to contain the spread of the Eternal Night Domain.

“Princess Ines…”

At the mention of this name, a sense of crisis inexplicably surged in Olivia’s heart.

She snuggled closer into Leon’s arms, looking up and muttering softly: “Last time you just went to help once, and you’ve already become quite close with the Princess…?”

Hearing this, Leon came back from his thoughts.

Looking at the girl with a mysterious look in her eyes, sensing something subtle, he detected a slight hint of jealousy.

“What are you thinking?

I meant our political relationship.

She still owes me a favor.

Besides, why are you calling her ‘Your Highness’?” Leon laughed, embracing Olivia tightly, and gently kissed the girl.

“You are my true Princess.”

Without further words, Leon immediately showered his full affection to calm the adorable little jealousy of the girl.

…

The whistling of the wind outside the high walls of the fortress concealed the blush-inducing sounds.

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The next morning.

Leon, rejuvenated and spirited, arrived early in the study.

Before beginning to deal with the administration of the territory, he decided to send someone first to summon Knight Larian for a talk.

Soon, the Ranger Knight, who was on duty patrolling Avalon Town, had swiftly returned to the Lord’s Fortress.

“Good day, Mr.

Leon, you summoned me?” Larian entered, greeting and bowing.

“Please sit, Lord Larian, I have some information that I must share with you.”

Leon, serving currently as the Chief of Public Security of Avalon Territory, did not hold back and informed his fellow knight in full detail about the Undead Calamity.