Before Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso stood the Empire's Fourteenth Legion Knight Order, which looked like a Knight Order but was actually a hodgepodge of Imperial Knights. As a border garrison, the 14th Legion should have contained at least two fully organized Square Banner Knight Orders, and often as many as five!
What he faced now was a mixed Knight Order made up of veteran survivors who had fought their way out from every front. It was not that they lacked rapport; they had no coordination whatsoever... The gap in ranks was even more terrifying! From Fourth Tier Knight Commanders to First Tier Novice Knights, they had everything. It was practically a history of Imperial knight development...
"I don't understand! [Fenghua accent] Why are there members of the Freedom Will Knight Order here?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso rubbed his brow. Since when could cultists join the Imperial army? What? Why were they cultists? In the Empire, advocating for a republican council, hoping to abolish the Emperor and elect an aristocratic speaker instead, was already enough to get one killed!
"The Freedom Will Knight Order was once defeated in the southern territory. Its remnants retreated into noble lands in the eastern territory. They probably withdrew alongside us during one of those battles..." The commanders of the Yasuo Family's private soldiers discussed it among themselves.
"This is completely insane!" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso felt his head swelling.
"How about we arrest them, then..." One private-soldier commander made a chopping gesture.
"...Get lost!" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso kicked him away. Starting internal strife at a time like this? Did they think eastern nobles were like those southern nobles with nothing better to do? Those southern "immortals" had maxed out their political infighting stats, not the nobles of the eastern territory!
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