Not all knights are from wealthy nobles. Although many nobles retain their knight heritage, they are mostly just a set of armor and weapons passed down from their families, with no other valuable items.
Just like Earl Bennett back then, if Earl Bennett was captured on the battlefield, he would not be able to pay enough ransom.
The same is true for most nobles, so these knights will enter their respective principality knight legions to look for opportunities to change.
Knights who join various principalities generally have two purposes. One is to improve their own strength. These knight families lack inheritance, or the inheritance is not perfect, so they want to join the knight corps of the principality to improve their strength.
The other is that the family itself is rich, they have a good inheritance, and have enough family background. They join the Knights Legion just for rights. Whether it is military exploits or their own position promotion in the Knights Legion, these are their goals.
The five principalities were unable to redeem all their knights, so these ten thousand knights were abandoned in the Principality of Camai.
How to deal with these knights has become a big problem. It would be a pity to kill them, but if they want to get these knights to switch to the Principality of Kamai, they cannot feel at ease.
After these prisoners were held in the prisoner camp in Gamba City for a month, despair spread in the prisoner camp. Ten thousand knights were eagerly waiting to be ransomed when they were captured, until they saw a powerful man Knights with family background leave the prison camp.
Until a month later, no captured knights were seen being ransomed and leaving the prison camps.
A feeling of being betrayed by their own principalities arose in their hearts. They fought for their respective principalities, but their principalities abandoned them without caring about their life or death.
Among the more than 10,000 knights, most of them are middle and low-level knights, and there are not many high-level knights and knight captains. Most of the knights at these two levels have been redeemed.
Because a family that can cultivate two levels of knights, Senior Rider and Knight Commander, will not have too little wealth.
This morning, all 10,000 knight captives were gathered in the square. Each of these knights had been tortured by hunger and looked pale, completely losing their strong knightly demeanor.
The person responsible for guarding these knights here is Lord Knight Bodley. Although the members of his family left Neijin City early, they were not harmed.
However, because Neijin City was plundered, his family suffered heavy losses. You must know that his family members were in a hurry when they left, and the property they could take away was limited. Especially since Neijin City was rebelling, Abel did not send anyone there. Inner City.
In other words, although the war between the Kamai Principality and the five principalities has ended and the Kamai Principality has won, the lost Neijin City has not been taken back. This makes Neijin City nominally a city of the Thunder Principality at this time.
It is for this reason that Abel stopped delivering food to Neijin City a month ago, which also made it impossible for the family of Grand Knight Captain Bodley to return to the territory in a short time.
This made Knight Commander Bodley extremely angry. He knew that Abel would give him an explanation, but he had no good temper towards the 10,000 knights who caused his family to lose their territory.
Due to the knight code, he cannot abuse these knights, but it is within his scope of authority to manage these knights more strictly and make these knights eat only some food to maintain minimum physical fitness every day.
And as long as the knight captives committed crimes and disobeyed discipline, he would never show mercy. This made each of the more than 10,000 knight captives very afraid of him.
Coupled with the suppression of their own strength, although the mood of more than 10,000 knights became more and more desperate, they did not behave excessively.
These knights are waiting for the Principality of Kamai, waiting for Abel's decision, a decision about their fate.
As for how to deal with the captive knights who cannot pay the ransom, the principalities usually sell them into slaves, or throw them into the mines after abolishing their fighting spirit. They will never see the light of day again for the rest of their lives, or they will be killed directly. Drop them.
Of course, if the captured knights are innocent, a small number may be recruited. This opportunity is generally rare, and the main reason is the issue of loyalty.
The knight heritage of each principality is passed down among the families of knight nobles. Even if knights are recruited, they will betray because of family reasons.
Just when more than 10,000 knights were panicking, the figure of Abel, wearing a wizard's robe, appeared on the wooden platform at the front of the prison camp in a ray of white light.
"Intermediate wizard!" Among the more than 10,000 knights, some knights had already recognized what the white light just now was. It was the light of 'teleportation', and a soft cry appeared in the knight's mouth.
A powerful mid-level wizard, Abel is already an intermediate wizard at just how old he is. The knights present all have a very scary thought.
Although wizards cannot participate in the secular world, this is a rule, a rule of the Wizards Guild, and a rule that all wizards must abide by.
But this kind of rule seems particularly weak when facing Abel, the blacksmith master, because the status of the blacksmith master is more noble than that of a junior and intermediate wizard.
Just like those with distinguished status would use Abel Grandmaster instead of Abel Wizard when calling Abel. They all agree that Master Blacksmith is Abel's main job.
Therefore, even the Wizards Guild did not regard Abel as a pure wizard, but as a blacksmith and part-time wizard.
That's why Abel, as a wizard, can become a duke and the king of a principality. On the one hand, his military exploits are so high that he must be rewarded in this way, and on the other hand, he is a master blacksmith.
For ordinary knights, the identity of an intermediate wizard is the strongest person in the world. They have never seen a high-level wizard. The most powerful person that most knights have seen in their lives is an intermediate wizard.
If at first the more than 10,000 knight captives were defeated in the war because of the absolute suppression of the Kamai Principality's equipment, then Abel's identity as an intermediate wizard made them full of fear of the Kamai Principality. .
The knights don't know how long an intermediate wizard can live, but most knights know one thing very well. Some intermediate wizards in the principality have already appeared in the principality when their grandfathers were alive, and when it comes to them, those intermediate wizards The wizard remains unchanged.
Mysterious king, powerful king, almost immortal king, these words rose in the hearts of more than 10,000 knight captives. Their eyes had been fixed on Abel, on this powerful king who decided their destiny.
"Knights, I'm sorry to tell you that your principality has given up on you!" Abel looked around at the tens of thousands of captive knights below and said loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, more than 10,000 knight captives exploded with a bang.
Although they had been mentally prepared and could guess it from recent events, they still couldn't accept the result when they heard it with their own ears.
The war was initiated by their principality. This kind of national-level war ended with the abandonment of the knights, which they could not accept.
"Quiet!" Abel said in a deep voice. The momentum in his body instantly rose. The dual-type great knight commander and mid-level wizard, plus the slightest trace of dragon power unintentionally revealed, brought the entire prison camp to more than 10,000 knights. The captives suppressed.
The hearts of more than 10,000 knight captives sank almost simultaneously. At that moment, they could hardly think or breathe.
Originally, more than ten knights among the more than ten thousand knights were powerful knights, with physical fitness many times stronger than ordinary knights. They would not be suppressed so easily. However, after defeating the captives and many days of fighting, they could not be suppressed so easily. Prison, short of food, and defenseless.
Even though Abel's suppression had been dispersed to more than 10,000 knight captives, he still suppressed more than ten knight captains.
More than 10,000 knight captives withdrew with Abel's momentum. The entire prison camp was breathing continuously. All the knights focused their attention on Abel again. Abel's power was far beyond their expectations.
"Originally, the way I dealt with the enemies who invaded my Principality of Kamai was to throw you into the mines and spend your whole life to make compensation for what you did to the Principality of Kamai!" Abel said this. At this time, the more than 10,000 knight captives below could not help but be shocked. This was the worst possible outcome, but they seemed to hear the twist in Abel's tone.
"However, the Principality of Kamai understands that you are bewitched by the Principality and that coming to the Principality of Kamai is not your original intention, so it gives you two choices. One is to abolish the fighting spirit and send it to the mines of the Principality of Kamai to work. You will be free in ten or twenty years!" Abel said in a serious tone.
The more than 10,000 knight captives are not fools. They can be trained to become formal knights. Each one of them is far more intelligent than ordinary people.
What does it mean to work for twenty years, be deprived of grudges, and enter the mine? Let alone twenty years. You are lucky to live for five years. Besides, even if you really work for twenty years and come out of the mine alive, , then your life will be ruined, and what’s the point of coming out alive!
More than 10,000 knight captives did not say anything. They were all waiting for Abel to say another choice.
"The second option is to become a knight of the Principality of Kamai. Of course, the premise is that you have to write to your family, and they must move to the Principality of Kamai. Of course, the title of the original family will also be recognized in the Principality of Kamai. !" Abel said in a deep voice.
These two choices brightened the eyes of many knight captives present. You must know that a small family in general is a family with only one knight. If they cannot go back, then the family will be annexed by other nobles.
"His Majesty King Abel, my family needs permission from the Principality of Techos to leave the Principality of Techos. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Principality of Techos to agree to the relocation of my family!" A knight commander came out and bowed.
To be honest, the more than ten knight captains who can stay here are all knight captains who are not valued in their respective principalities. Their families are very weak, but even so, the principality will not let the family of a knight captain move away from itself. of the principality.
The knight commander is also a resource. As long as the knight commander's family is controlled, the knight commander cannot leave the principality.
Even if the knight captain is captured, he will not be able to serve other principalities, otherwise his family will be exterminated.
"We, the Principality of Kamai, want your family to relocate. Which principality dares to stop it? The Principality of Takos?" Abel asked with a smile.
Only then did the knight commander think that the strength of the Principality of Tekos had fallen to the bottom, and although the war was over, the real reckoning had not yet ended, and the final ending of the war had not yet been carried out. With the strength of the Principality of Camai, if Abel proposed If the demands are not met, then the destruction of the country is imminent.
"Your Majesty, King Abel, I, Knight Jeremy, wish to be the sword in your hands, your enemies will be my enemies, your wishes will be my orders, and I will forever surrender to your throne. , please accept my allegiance!" Knight Commander Jeremy knelt down on one knee and swore loudly.
Abel was very satisfied with the performance of Knight Commander Jeremy. This public statement had a great impact on other knights.
His figure disappeared in a ray of white light, and then appeared in front of Knight Commander Jeremy. He pulled out the knight's sword and tapped Commander Jeremy's left and right shoulders and head three times. Then he said in a deep voice: "I accept the allegiance of Knight Commander Jeremy!"
Following Knight Commander Jeremy's allegiance, most of the knights in the captive camp chose to be loyal, especially the dozen or so knight commanders, who all pledged their allegiance to Abel just like Knight Commander Jeremy.
The knights who did not pledge allegiance on the spot did not refuse, but their situation was somewhat special, such as there were two knights in the family, or it was too difficult for the family to move.
When Abel left the prison camp, there were less than 3,000 knight prisoners in the entire prison camp.
Knightly allegiance is a solemn thing, and no knight will use false knightly allegiance to deceive, because the oath of allegiance is the most important part of the knight's profession.
Because these knights were abandoned by their original principalities, they were already free in terms of status. The original oaths could no longer bind them, and the new oaths restored their status from captives to knight status.
Of course, this knight status can only obtain the living treatment of a knight at present. To truly enjoy the knight training treatment of the Kamai Principality, they must wait for their family to be moved to the Kamai Principality.
The relocation of families was a big project, but with the power of Kamai's victory in the war, the five principalities did not forcefully embarrass these families.
In other words, what the five principalities want to do most now is to quickly relocate these families to the Kamai Principality. You must know that these nobles are chasing them every day to redeem their family knights.
It would be the best thing for the Duke of Camai to want these families now. These families no longer have knights. For these principalities, it is just more waste of food.
During the relocation of these knight families, representatives of the five principalities have also arrived in the Principality of Kamai. It is not that they did not send representatives before, but because Abel has been busy with the captives, he has no intention to communicate with the principals of the five principalities. Negotiate with representatives.
"Your Majesty, there are too many knights in the Duke of Camai all of a sudden. It may be difficult for our principality to accommodate these knight families!" Earl Brooke bowed and said in the main hall of the Duke of Camai's palace.
Abel rarely appeared in the palace, but because a war concerning the future of the Kamai Principality had just ended, he had to stay in the palace of Gamba City because of some matters that had to be dealt with.
The placement of the knight families is very troublesome. Among these knight families, the knight families with heraldry must at least prepare a fief for them. Can't survive.
In addition, those knight families without heraldry must at least have a decent job, and there must be enough cities to accommodate them.
Although there are not many knights in the Principality of Camai, the nobles have already occupied the interests of every city. We cannot allow the interests of the nobles of the Principality of Camai to be usurped by foreign knight families!
"Earl Brooke, I know what you mean. Our Principality of Camai is too small!" Abel said to Earl Brooke with a smile.
"Yes, Your Majesty, our principality is too small!" Earl Brooke bowed excitedly and said.
"Father, you and Earl Brooke negotiate with the five principalities to let them spit out enough land. I don't care how the five principalities coordinate with each other. I need Kamai to have enough cities to welcome the coming knight family!" Abel turned to Earl Bennett and said.
Abel's title to Earl Bennett made the important ministers of the Principality of Kamai present feel helpless. As a king, his status should be the most noble in the formal occasions of the Principality, but he still followed the original call.
However, because his status was too noble and his own strength was too strong, neither the important ministers of the principality nor Burbage, the palace steward who was supposed to have the duty of guidance, could say much on this point.
"Your Majesty, I will work with Earl Brooke to participate in negotiations, and we will definitely make the five principalities pay a heartbreaking price!" Earl Bennett bowed and saluted. He is different from Abel, and he will not be in this palace hall. Discourteous.
Due to his status, Earl Bennett is now an important person in power in the Principality of Kamai. Because there are not many members of the Harry family in Harvest City, and Earl Marshall will not participate in government affairs, the original power of the royal family is now basically controlled by He comes to embody it.
One of the two earls of the royal family was given to Earl Marshall, and the other was given to Earl Bennett. In the eyes of others, the Harry family and the Bennett family in Harvest City were as if they were one.
Abel did not participate too much in the negotiations. This kind of matter should be handled by more experienced ministers. His involvement in this kind of thing will only lose his dignity.
A few months have passed, and with the arrival of spring, the Principality of Kamai seems to have ushered in new glory. Tens of thousands of knights have suddenly appeared in the Principality, and the families of these knights have also come to the Principality of Kamai.
The territory of the Principality of Kamai has also increased. Although it is said to be a negotiation, the Principality of Kamai is almost unilaterally imposing the conditions, and the five principalities are discussing how to distribute the conditions among the five principalities.
In the end, the Principality of Kamai received three cities each as compensation from the Principality of Thunder, the Principality of Raqqa, the Principality of Koror and the Principality of Larvi, while the Principality of Taikos, the initiator of this war, paid the price of five cities.
These seventeen cities were allocated to the Principality of Kamai from the Principalities of Thunder, Raqqa and Koror surrounding the Principality of Kamai. As for how to adjust the distribution of these cities among the five principalities, the Principality of Kamai I didn't care anymore, since the benefits were already in my hands.
Among the seventeen cities received by the Principality of Kamai, due to the previous experience of Neijin City, all the nobles in the entire city were expelled, and the cities received were basically cities without nobles.
Originally, such a decision would cause these seventeen cities to become chaotic due to the lack of managers, but due to the large number of knight noble families who have taken refuge, these cities quickly supplemented their managers.
The territory of the Principality of Camai suddenly expanded a lot, and the extra land was enough for the knight families who came to seek refuge. The Principality of Camai also officially had a huge knight army of 10,000 knights.
The five principalities that lost a lot of land, due to the lack of knights and wizards, suddenly fell from the middle and upper-class principalities to the lower-class principalities.
The Kingdom of St. Ellis did not intervene during this period. The strength shown by the Principality of Camai has made this ancient empire feel frightened, and the most passive thing in the empire is Abel's true combat power.
In addition to Abel's combat power, he had killed four senior wizards and added six senior orc priests. At this point, no senior wizard dared to directly oppose him.
The tragedy in Niyan City made the three empires dare not be enemies with it. As long as they couldn't figure out how he turned Niyancheng into a dead land, they would not go to war with him directly.
Four months have passed since the end of the war. Abel has finally finished handling the matters after the war. With seventeen more cities and a large amount of territory, the Principality of Camai has become the largest principality in the entire Holy Continent. .
Now except for the three major empires, no principality has a larger territory than the Kamai Principality, and with the addition of 10,000 new knights, the Kamai Principality's strength has suddenly become second only to the three empires.
"Your Majesty, King Kenneth of the Principality of Keen has sent an envoy and is waiting for your reception outside the palace!" Butler Burbage found Abel who was reading a book and bowed to report.
"What could the Principality of Keen do to me?" Abel put down the book and asked strangely.
The intelligence organization of Kamai Principality has always been handled and reported by Butler Burbage, so he knows more about what is happening in each principality.
"Your Majesty, the Principality of Keen can no longer survive. I heard that their food supply is so low that they don't even have seeds for spring plowing. The Principality of Keen may be the first principality in the Holy Continent to be wiped out due to reduced crop yields." Butler Beech bowed and replied.
"You mean, they want to buy food from me?" Abel asked in surprise.
No wonder he was surprised. His relationship with the Principality of Keen was not good. His grudges back then caused him to destroy the wizarding circle of the Principality of Keen. No matter how hard he tried, he should not be found here!
"Your Majesty, have you seen the envoy?" Butler Burbage asked again.
"Okay, take the envoy to the main hall and call Earl Brooke and my father to the main hall!" Abel waved his hand and said.
After saying that, he stood up and stretched. His exploration in the dark world has slowed down recently, but the results are still good. He has explored most of the real Talasha, and more importantly, his latest level 12 wizard. The crystal is filling up again.
This was because of the war, which delayed his practice in the dark world for some time, otherwise he would have entered the full state earlier.
Abel walked out of the study and went to the cloakroom. With the help of a maid, he changed into a set of formal clothes.
Although the Principality of Keen has declined, the minimum respect still has to be given. When Abel, who had changed into a luxurious robe, walked into the hall, Earl Bennett and Earl Brooke were already waiting in the hall.
He said hello to the two of them, walked to the middle seat and sat down.
At the same time, Butler Burbage brought the envoy from the Principality of Keen to the main hall on time.
"Your Majesty the King, I am Viscount Breger of the Principality of Keen, and I am here to meet you on behalf of King Kenneth!" Viscount Breger, the envoy of the Principality of Keen, bowed to Abel and said respectfully.
Abel was stunned, because the attitude shown by Viscount Breger was not what an envoy representing his king should have, and this kind of half-length salute was not in line with the norm.
At this time, Viscount Breger represented King Kenneth of the Principality of Keen. It can also be said that this gift was given on behalf of King Kenneth.
Not only Abel was stunned, but Earl Bennett and Earl Brooke were also stunned. No one thought that Viscount Breger would be a nobleman who did not understand etiquette. Not to mention that Viscount Breger was an envoy. Just saying that he holds the title of viscount means that he must have inherited the family etiquette.
"Viscount Breger, no courtesy, please sit down!" Abel bowed slightly, returned the salute, and said with a smile.
Since Viscount Breger treated each other with such courtesy, he also repaid Viscount Breger with noble etiquette.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Viscount Breger bowed and sat on the chair arranged by Burbage's butler.
"Your Majesty the King, first of all, on behalf of King Kenneth, I congratulate you on successfully defeating the five bandits. Your record will be remembered by the world. This was a perfect war!" Viscount Breger began to praise as soon as he sat down. of that war.
Everyone present could understand his mentality with the Principality of Keen. Among the five principalities, four had invaded the Principality of Keen, so he would call them bandits.
"I don't like war, but I'm never afraid of war!" Abel said with a faint smile.
Whatever achievements will be remembered by the world, they are all false. If the Principality of Kamai weakens now, then it is uncertain what will be recorded in the history books. The achievements will only be recorded for the strong.
"I am entrusted by King Kenneth to make a presumptuous request to you. The Principality of Keen requests to be merged into the Principality of Kamai!" As soon as Viscount Breger said the words, Earl Bennett and Earl Brooke couldn't help but ask. Taking a step forward, the excitement on their faces was palpable.
Abel was only slightly confused. To be honest, if it weren't for the families related to him, he wouldn't have taken over a principality. It was because the principality had slowed down his cultivation.
Of course, this slowness is relative. His cultivation speed is as fast as flying in the eyes of any wizard in the Holy Continent.
He couldn't figure out why the Principality of Kean would choose to invest in the Principality of Kamai instead of other options.
"Your Majesty the King, the Principality of Keen is at the end of its rope. Our people no longer have food to feed themselves. Our Principality no longer has the ability to resist foreign invasions. King Kenneth is no longer able to control this Principality. We are surrounded by bandits. , the only thing that can allow our people to survive is the Principality of Camai!" Viscount Breger said sincerely.
The Principality of Kean has basically become an empty shell, but now the Principality of Larvi, the Principality of Tekos, the Principality of Raqqa and the Principality of Koror surrounding the Principality of Keen have suffered a severe loss of strength because they have just suffered a major blow from the Principality of Kamai. .
However, the four principalities after the loss of strength are also stronger than the current Principality of Keen, and these four principalities have lost a large number of earth cities. They need to reduce the losses, and then invade and occupy the cities of the Principality of Keen again to make up for the losses. , is their choice.
It's just that the strength of the four principalities has been greatly lost now, and it will take some time to recover. Moreover, due to the sudden decline in strength, they also have to guard against the invasion of other empires' vassals, so they do not have the energy to invade the Principality of Keen in a short period of time. of.
"What does King Kenneth want?" Abel asked in a deep voice without showing much excitement.
The Principality of Keen is very large, and it is not adjacent to the Principality of Kamai. Once the Principality of Keen is added to the Principality of Kamai, the land between the two principalities will have to be opened up.
Of course, it is not difficult to open a permanent road to the Principality of Keen from the Principality of Raqqa or from the Principality of Koror.
It’s just that Abel needs to know what the requirements of the Principality of Keen are. King Kenneth will not directly give him a principality.
"King Kenneth has only one condition, which is to ensure that the Duke of Keen's royal family will be treated with their due status in the Principality of Kamai!" Viscount Breger bowed and said.
This request is not high, it can be said to be too low, but it is precisely this that reflects the current real situation of the Principality of Keen that King Kenneth has no courage to raise conditions.
"King Kenneth's dukedom will not change. His family can permanently designate a city in the Principality of Keen as his family fief!" Abel thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
This answer made Viscount Breger very satisfied. It is impossible to have higher conditions than this. There is no two masters in one country. Although King Kenneth has changed from king to city lord, he can be in the Principality of Keen. Choose a city and that’s a lot of perks!