The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 244 - 166: The Black Wing Death God Spear Legion and the Black Iron Law of the 13 Continents (6560)_4

Chapter 244: Chapter 166: The Black Wing Death God Spear Legion and the Black Iron Law of the 13 Continents (6560)_4

"Monarchs of all nations yearn to employ the mercenaries from the Thirteen States of the Mountains."

"The Thirteen States of the Mountains is the country that uses the Secret Medicine of the Warriors on the largest scale. It is said that they have specialized techniques to reduce the cost of the Secret Medicine of the Warriors, which means all ranks in their top thirteen mercenary groups are at least warriors. This has led them to design a Warrior Infantry formation."

"They once claimed that heavy infantry regiments, capable of achieving victory through numbers, would replace the knights."

Robert interjected, "Such ideas could be baseless speculation. But we all know that after the Thirteen States eradicated a Barbarian Tribe in their mountains and gained the Spearman class, they combined the Spearman class with the Warrior class, forming the most fearsome army of the Thirteen Mountain States."

"Their individual battle prowess might appear insignificant before the knights, but the terror lies in their overwhelming numbers."

The back-and-forth between the two was close to infuriating Baron Taketick, who was also on the city wall.

Baron Taketick clenched his teeth and growled, "Do not underestimate the power of the knights."

"The knights have always been the firmest strength of mankind, and they have been so for over a thousand years. This will never change."

"Had it not been for the knights, we would have been obliterated in the ’Green War’ launched by the followers of the God of All Beasts two hundred years ago."

"Knights have always been mankind’s most reliable sword and shield."

Ivita suddenly recalled that Pan God had said that knights and the Secret Medicine system based on extraterrestrial relics only appeared at the end of the ancient civilization."

In other words, the main force of mankind a thousand years ago was not composed of knights."

That’s right, Ivita had seen human beings who claimed to be God-blooded from the Ancient World in the mural on the dome of the Fire Sacrifice Square."

Their main professionals, naturally, should have been great warriors who were half-human, half-demigod like the God-blooded."

However, over tens of thousands of years, knights became the mainstream profession for humans."

Therefore, the profession of knight might not be the ultimate choice for human beings."

On the contrary, the professions of wizard and witch have indeed continued from the Ancient World until today."

Ivita kept these thoughts to himself. He did not voice them out, for it would unquestionably infuriate Baron Taketick, who held the honor of knights in such high regard."

Ivita looked out at the magnificent Thirteen States Army."

The three beside him kept marveling at how formidable this army was and how they wished to secure its help. However, Ivita was pondering how he could organize such a powerful force."

Ivita sighed, burdened by the heavy responsibilities ahead."

Indeed, this army now seemed excessively powerful, but it might not be impossible for him to create a similar one in the future."

Such an army was necessary for the reclamation of Alsace."

Suddenly, an idea struck Ivita and he asked Councillor Ando beside him, "How much in gold pounds would it take to hire such a mercenary?"

Councillor Ando’s face twisted into a strange expression before he said to Ivita, "It’s not a price that a single nobleman can afford."

"The City Council of Ambros paid a hundred and ten thousand gold pounds to this troop."

"But that was actually a friendly price."

"To genuinely hire this army, I assume it would take several hundred thousand gold pounds."

Ivita’s eyebrows rose as he looked at the army, well, he was now only a few hundred thousand gold pounds away from having this army...

I...

Need money.

Baron Prank Taketick suddenly burst out laughing, saying to Ivita, "Good friend, the army I’ve been waiting for has arrived."

Another army appeared in the distance.

The main composition of this army was cavalry, which was a force mainly composed of knights, and the other troops were just there to assist the cavalry and the knights.

This army also had about 16,000 personnel in total, but the cavalry troops alone numbered 3,500, consisting mostly of ordinary cavalry. In addition to this, there was a Knights’ Corps of over six hundred knights and their attendants.

This Knights’ Corps was the absolute core of this force.

The remaining troops were crossbowmen, spearmen, and light infantry to aid the Cavalry Troops.

This was the typical army that a feudal kingdom would dispatch, centered around the knight profession, with most soldiers being just ordinary people, with a few warriors or other professionals mixed in.

Army like the one from the Thirteen Mountain States was indeed unique - specialized and professional mercenary force due to the barren mountains that compelled them to sell their military techniques.

It was Baron Taketick’s turn to be pleased at this turn of events. "Ha, this is reinforcements from the Kingdom of Potzstan!"

Councillor Ando and Robert both wore unhappy expressions.

The scale of the reinforcement deployed by the Potzstan Kingdom had caught the Ambros City Council off guard.

An irritated Robert couldn’t help but retort, "During the border conflict six years ago between the Potzstan Kingdom and the Sylimia Kingdom, both nations deployed over two thousand formal knights."

"Celebrating a casual deployment of aid is unseemly."

Ivita couldn’t help saying, "If over two thousand formal knights entered Ambros, our country would be ruined."

Hearing these words, everyone on the city wall kept an unusual silence and did not utter a word to refute.

Actually, everyone understood this logic.

But once a war breaks out and both factions are desperate to win, they only have one choice - to do whatever it takes."

Robert sighed while Councillor Ando fell into deep thought.

But Baron Taketick said, "We will cross the bridge when we get there."

"Our country can’t possibly be ruined just like that, can it?"