The Vastness of Magical Destiny
Chapter 565: Volume 14: Accumulate Thinly and Erupt Powerfully, - 9: Merger

The chilling atmosphere of Damarlinsk Castle couldn’t escape Shatima’s notice, but for an Ice Dragon, it was undoubtedly the best place to heal. She declined the offer to stay next to Lome and chose a room in the basement facing the Eye of Darkness, which would allow her to absorb the Nether Qi to the fullest extent to nourish her body.

For the first time, Shatima felt that staying here was an excellent choice. With food provided for free and no need to toil around in the wilderness in search of sustenance, she spent her nights cultivating and healing, and her days wandering around or having chats with her witty and humorous male companions. They discussed the intricacies of human martial arts and magic, which she wasn’t familiar with, from the perspective of a Dragon Clan’s understanding of magic. This lifestyle was far more fulfilling and pleasant than her previous freedom on Cordillera Wilderness or leisure in the Great Swamp Area. Deep down, Shatima also had a growing fondness for the seemingly aloof young Lord due to his "preferential treatment."

Sometimes, Shatima felt a bit guilty for staying like this. It seemed that the young noble lord had no restrictions or demands on her. With top-notch healing grounds, exquisitely rich food, and a comfortable living environment, she even started to fall in love with this lifestyle. Although she knew it was impossible to stay here forever, she still hoped to do something within her power for him. But now, the young Lord seemed quite busy, and his presence had become rare; the last time she saw him was the day before yesterday, and she wondered what he was busy with.

Komer was indeed busy. Mandu had already been set on the right path, but with the other three regions of Leon suddenly coming under his jurisdiction, the entire Lord’s Mansion became busier all at once. According to the agreement, Izmir, Murray, and Banassia were each allowed to organize a hundred soldiers for their Self-defense Army, selected from the original rabble of armed men. This selection process was so stringent that even Fran and Ilot, who were in charge of the examinations, found it overly rigorous. Yet, the Half-Beastmen were still eager to participate, as this was the only chance to don the majestic armor and become great warriors of the Self-defense Army. Every registration point was swarmed with tens of thousands of Half-Beastmen, but each point only had a mere hundred opportunities, leaving many of them disheartened.

In the end, after strong appeals from Fran and Ilot, Komer reluctantly agreed to increase the quota by three hundred, adding a hundred to each region. Even so, the intensity of the competition exceeded any that Fran had ever seen before, surpassing even the Kingdom of Myron’s selection process for the Kingdom Court warriors.

However, there had been little progress in the development of coal and iron mines in these three regions. Although the continuous influx of food and the patrolling by the Caucasus Self-Defense Forces quickly stabilized the situation, how to develop the abundant coal and iron reserves in these three regions was still a major headache for Komer. Puber and Caffrey had already set out for Jazair. Without official written approval from the kingdom on this matter, no one dared to sink their money into this bottomless pit.

The funds of the Caucasus merchants had already been swallowed up by the auction of the mines in the Mandu region, leaving the remaining three mines in need of funds from outside the Caucasus, especially from Luxembourg and Jazair, to be successfully sold. However, Leon had not yet been officially enfeoffed, and although it had not been confirmed in name, by custom, this territory should be returned to the original enfeoffed person, namely Duke Philip of Homer.

Boninski had been officially stripped of his noble status, and the destination of this territory was still an unknown quantity. Homer had sent a request to the Kingdom Star Chamber Court to reaffirm the ownership of the Leon region, but the Kingdom Star Chamber Court had been slow to rule, and this had given Komer a glimpse of opportunity. At the very least, his letters to Katya, Hoffman, and Duke Tez had had some effect, but clearly, this power was not yet sufficient. What the intervention of Puber and Caffrey would bring to the Caucasus was something Komer still wasn’t completely sure of, but he had already authorized Puber to use any means necessary, regardless of cost, to seize ownership of the territory of Leon and to seek to make Leon and the Caucasus direct territories of the kingdom.

After Puber’s departure, Komer had to take on the role of administrative officer, which he was not adept at handling. On the contrary, Eve began to show talent in this area when she was invited to help Komer deal with the daily administrative work, even though she was still not as experienced as Puber. However, for a girl to achieve so much was already very satisfying to Komer.

Eve was gradually adapting to life in the Caucasus, and although the ferocious appearances of the Half-Beastmen and the wild nature of the Barbarians were initially a bit unsettling for their group, they quickly discovered that, in most cases, these races deemed barbaric by mortals were actually much more simple and honest than humans. Considering the priests and priests of the Church of Light tirelessly promoting the greatness of the God of Light among these races and looking at the statues and temples established at street corners in Ugru by various naturally worshipful tribes, they even found some mysteriously looking missionaries lurking in the darkness, Eve’s group even had the feeling of being in a bustling city in the southern part of the Continent.

Indeed, this place was not much different from those cities in the south, even the climate was similar. The complexity of the racial composition here was no less than that of some cities in the south, and perhaps it was a breakthrough for this continent that Barbarians could work and make a living blatantly on this land of the Caucasus.

In their free time, Havier, Bayezid, and Burianos all chose to take on the task of instructors of the self-defense forces that Komer was building, not for any particular reason but simply because they saw teaching as a way to prove their own abilities. To train these blockheads into warriors worthy of the Battlefield was indeed a remarkable feat.

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