Hiring the Bearman Race

But on second thought, the nobles should have very abundant food reserves. Even if a major war broke out in spring, they would be able to hold out.

"Has the news been delivered to the three commanders?"

"It has."

"Fine. I underestimated those nobles a little. I thought they would need to recuperate for a while longer." Mel slowly rose from the sofa, covered the coals in the stove with ash, and put on his coat as he prepared to head out and take a look.

The fact that those nobles dared to attack him again meant they had freed up their hands. The struggle for the throne clearly had not yet been settled, yet they were preparing to deal with him first.

With the cities Mel now occupied, he could send troops out to bite them at any time, so they would not let him remain so comfortable.

"Have they hired any powerful mages? Is there someone capable of dealing with me now? Send spies to investigate."

"Yes, my lord. We already have people planted in the nobles' army. They are recruiting soldiers now."

He was, after all, a great mage above level 70. If those nobles did not have someone capable of handling him, they certainly would not risk taking action.

Although he had long since sent out spies, commoners like them found it difficult to infiltrate the upper ranks of the nobility. The nobles, on the other hand, could easily plant spies in his army.

That was the current situation, and he had to face it squarely. Those nobles had ruled this continent for so long that, even though he had already stirred up a new storm, the ideas he wanted to promote had not truly taken root among the common people at the bottom.

"Have the