Chapter 314: Finis.h.i.+ng the Matters in the Posthouse
The data stream disappeared, and the quality of the troops instantly skyrocketed.
The 500 Swadian Light Cavalries had all been transformed into the Swadian Heavy Cavalries that were equipped with heavy armor, including men and horses. Their swords, hammers, spears, and s.h.i.+elds were fully armed, and could brazenly break through the formation of the footmen!
This victory had brought about a rich battle result.
This included the experience points needed to upgrade all the light footmen to level up and become an advanced troop cla.s.s!
There were also the 11 mage apprentices.
They could also level up.
Following Kant’s choice, the data stream appeared, the package was broken, and disappeared into the void. In the posthouse hall, the mage apprentices who were originally wearing white mage apprentice robes had completed their transformation and advancement.
They were wearing dark mage robes.
They were holding magic staffs with large gems embedded in them.
Their young faces had also turned into middle-aged men who had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
They were no longer apprentices who had just walked out of the Mage Tower and were still in the training stage. Instead, they had grasped high-level spells, various types of battlefield experience, and understood a large amount of elemental knowledge — official mages!
“My Lord.”
The mages bowed together.
They also bowed respectfully to the seven seniors from before, and their att.i.tude was extremely good.
Kant also nodded in satisfaction. “Not bad.”
These 18 official mages were stronger than the 30 mage apprentices. Whether it was large-scale AoE spells, single-target powerful spells, or all kinds of buffs, all of them had a qualitative improvement.
Previously, when they were dealing with those mercenaries who were demoralized, the mages did not cast any spells.
To these mages, they were just bunch of trash-like mercenaries. If they attacked, it was just wasting their precious spell slots.
Just the extraordinary knights, ordinary knights, and light footmen were enough to defeat those mercenaries. With the mage apprentices’ small status spells, it was even easier to deal with them.
The real use of these mages was more effective in intense high-end battles.
They were not yet necessary in the small-scale military conflicts.
But now, there was still a time for them to come in handy.
Kant waved his hand and arranged, “All 18 of you, follow me to Aaron and study the sun disk that is temporarily stored there.”. After a pause, Kant seemed to have thought of something, he said in a deep voice, “And study the mysterious items left behind by the Lost City!”
“As you command.”, the mages nodded.
“Aaron” Town was located on the peak of the mountain.
The peak of the mountain seemed to be a temple on the surface of the earth in ancient times. It was protected by the mysterious power of a strange object. After tens of thousands of years, it still had not disappeared. It was still in good condition.
It had even become the nest of the savage demonized creatures.
However, the world was unpredictable.
When Kant took down the sun disk of the temple on the surface of the earth, the temple instantly turned into ashes and collapsed in front of Kant’s eyes, as if it had already disappeared in the long river of time.
Therefore, Kant did not act rashly when facing the ruins of the temple underground.
There were many valuable items in there.
For example, there were three sun disks that released beams of light at the top of the ruins. After a clever refraction, the disks brought some dim light into the huge ruins of the temple so that it would not be completely dark.
Moreover, the most valuable thing was the golden coffin that was still placed on the stone platform!
It still stayed intact and did not has any damage despite thousands of years.
Ten thousand years ago, the bloodline of the G.o.ds had actually survived until now.
In fact, it had to be said that the coffin attracted Kant’s curiosity more than the material of its own gold.
If one could a.n.a.lyze the secret of immortality, it would mean eternal life. As long as it was a living creature that would die, it would yearn for the eternal life!
“Royal Knight, lead the team back to the castle.”
Kant immediately arranged, “Knights and heavy cavalry, watch over the captives on their return journey. After dispersing these captives, arrange them to the salt mine. Pay attention to sending troops to patrol the salt mine from time to time to ensure the safety of the place.”
“Understood!”, the captain of the Royal Knight from behind nodded.
This was a necessary order.
724 captives, the number was already too many.
Although they were under the watch of the royal knights and heavy cavalries, they could not cause much trouble.
However, in the salt mine, with only 30 light footmen and 40 desert bandits, in addition to the occasional camel caravans and civilians, they could not withstand the a.s.sault of nearly a thousand people. Furthermore, there were more than 300 captives in the area.
Even if the captives were to riot with bare hands, it would be enough to wipe out the salt mine posthouse!
Kant narrowed his eyes.
He naturally did not wish to see such an outcome.
After pondering for a moment, Kant added, “Send a Royal Knight to lead the 80 newly recruited desert bandits over the past two weeks to station at the salt mine posthouse to prevent a possible riot!”
“Yes!”, the Royal Knight captain who was listening to the orders behind immediately replied.
Kant took a deep breath and said, “At the critical moment, we can directly suppress them with force!”
The Royal Knight captain also replied resolutely, “Understood!”
A captive riot was dangerous.
Moreover, they had just become slaves and had yet to fully accept their unfortunate fate. They had not gone through a period of long-term fatigue and torture. Once there was a riot, there would be the effect of a herd of sheep who were in the same boat. All of them would start a riot.
Even if the salt mine was near a desolate desert, there would still be a riot, fighting for that short-term freedom.
Although it would eventually be suppressed and pacified, it would cause a certain amount of trouble to Kant.
After everything was arranged, Kant stood up. The next thing he had to deal with was more important matters.
He waved his hand at Rolf and warned, “Watch this posthouse and ensure that there are no problems with the table salt trade in the future. If there are no accidents, I will pa.s.s by the posthouse at the end of the month. When the time comes, just let me bring back all the gold eagles that have exchanged for.”
“Understood,”, Rolf said solemnly. “I will do my best.”
“Okay.”, Kant nodded.
As a well-known villain n.o.ble of the Continent of Caradia, although Rolf’s reputation was tarnished, his ability was certain. This was also the reason why Kant dared to let him manage the central posthouse and also deal with the trade caravan.
Kant was relieved that Rolf was in charge of this place!
Kant and the others are ready to move on.
However, the 30 Royal Knights, 100 knights and 500 heavy cavalry troops were escorting the 724 captured captives and trekking towards the “Drondheim” Castle.
They did not follow Kant.
There are only 10 Lion Knights and 18 mages although Kant goes to the “Aaron” Town.
They traveled light.
But these 28 men as guards, even a 500-men troop arrived, they will be easily defeated by these guards. The real combat strength cannot be measured by the number of people!
10 melee-fighting Lion Knights.
18 mages who master single, group, base stats, buff, and summoning spells.
How can they be weak?
They could only measure their combat strength based on the [ Nature Summon ] spell that the eighteen mages had mastered. Each of them could summon five golems, and they could cast it twice a day. In total, there were 180 golems.
Each golem was an elemental creature, and they had been treated with magic constructs.
They were 2.5 meters tall.
Their bodies were covered in solid stones and mysterious anti-magic runes.
In addition, they had a two-handed war hammer made of steel in their hands. It was enough for them to carve out a b.l.o.o.d.y path among the regular troops made of flesh and blood, and forcefully smash out a future!
This was also why the mages were the true main force of casting spells in the Enfath Empire’s troops.
Not only did they have single-target offensive spells.
There were also group-damaging spells, group-enhancing spells, and various types of basic offensive spells.
This included the ability to summon golems in key battle positions and form an army alone!
If an army were defeated on a certain battlefield, or if the defense line was in danger due to the enemy’s fierce attacks, these mages could summon golems as an emergency force to break through the enemy’s defense and crush the enemy’s fierce attacks, they could save the troops that were in a stalemate or predicament and form an advantage on the battlefield locally. From there, they could lead the way and form an overall advantage!
The world of warlike that the Enfath Empire was in was much stronger than the Continent of Caradia. Even the Pendor Continent could not compare to it!
Even the various battles that Kant had experienced were as laughable as a village chief’s infighting.
That was the real graveyard of the empire.
The battle of life and death that came from the races!
All the way to the south.
Baron Dylan led the mercenary group and arrived. At the same time, they sealed off the Stone Pa.s.s. There were very few trade caravans in the desert.
Or rather, no trade caravan would dare to risk the danger of being ma.s.sacred.
This was because all the n.o.ble families had already hinted to their trade caravan to temporarily stop the table salt trade. After all, they all believed that Baron Dylan, who had already obtained the support of the East County, could easily take over the Oasis Lookout.
At that time, it would be their time to make an appearance. It would be their time.
They could use all sorts of methods to coerce and bribe to obtain the owners.h.i.+p of part of the salt mine.
Or they could directly kill Baron Dylan and start a new table salt distribution. They could let all the great n.o.ble families eat their fill and unite together to chop off the claws of the East County that extended to the South County and North County.
When the n.o.ble families united, it could be said that it was equivalent to the power of the dukedom.
This was similar to the feudal era in Europe.
n.o.ble families were equal to the country.
And the high-ranking n.o.ble families were the important pillars to form the country!
In fact, a small n.o.ble or the second son of the Grand Duke who had been exiled would disappear quietly under the compromise of the various n.o.ble families. There would not even be many things recorded in the history books.
This plan was very beautiful. It was to stop the attack with silence and strike after the attack.
However, things were not as simple as they had imagined.
Kant was more than second son of the Grand Duke who they had originally thought was weak and incompetent and only had a benevolent character and reputation. Kant was more than an exiled n.o.ble that had no power at all. Kant was not a coward n.o.ble that would give up the salt mine that he fought to the others!
It was completely different!
Kant.
The ruler of the Nahrin Desert.
The powerful overlord of the Dukedom of Leo.
How could he fall because of this small setback? He would simply turn the tables and let these n.o.ble families know who the overlord was, and who set the laws and rules in the Nahrin Desert!
It was only because of the threat from the deeper part of the desert that Kant could only choose peace for the time being.
Otherwise, the Dukedom of Leo had already entered a strategic phase.
But for now, it was fine.
Kant went to his town in the Senwaya Range, looking for a solution to the problem.