Because the Lagrange Kingdom's ratio of soldiers to civilians had been extremely imbalanced in the early days, over the years Roland had done little beyond replenishing the Swift River Infantry corps' combat losses. Most other soldiers were added through the system. The Knights had been training all along, but the results were movingly modest. Overall, Roland had never touched his own young labor force, and that population had been steadily growing. With the kingdom's pro-birth policies and vast lands, as long as Roland did not explode his army in a militaristic and aggressive frenzy, the population would naturally snowball upward. On top of that, Roland had unlocked a technology tree that was practically a trump card in Middle-earth—intensive farming! If Roland was truly allowed to develop until the War of the One Ring, he was confident that his kingdom alone could hold the North.
"The Road to Revival is almost done?" Roland looked at the towns under his control. There were already nine in total, and the only remaining one was close to completion as well. The system's definition of a town was not singular: an area that reached a certain population, or one that possessed a complete urban system, was counted as a town. That neatly included both cities and fortresses.
"A Mage Tower... and any one spellcaster inheritance..." Roland murmured. Compared to the Mage Tower, he actually valued the spellcaster inheritance more. Spellcaster inheritances were far more troublesome than warrior inheritances. Warriors only needed to train their Battle Qi, compress it, and temper it to advance. Spellcasters, however, needed to meditate to raise their spiritual power, then use their Mental Power to communicate with the elements and synthesize mana. That required many rare magical items to satisfy their cultivation needs. Therefore, spellcaster inheritances were far stricter and required