Upon hearing Velin's words, Ilisis could be certain that the Prince had endured unprecedented torment of the soul.
However, if he endured it, Valient would become a true king.
In the vast majority of kingdoms, a powerful king was not a good thing for the nobility.
But for the Ilia Kingdom, a powerful king would bring more wars—or, in other words, more opportunities.
In recent years, many members of the family had chosen to join the Kingdom Army. Because of the peaceful times, many had remained in the same positions for nearly ten years without any chance of promotion.
"After we return, we must notify those young men to prepare in advance, lest war break out and they lose their lives due to insufficient strength."
Hearing his elder brother's murmur, Velin had no particular thoughts on the matter.
The Ex Family had one main branch and five collateral branches. The main branch had the most members, numbering around three thousand, while the smallest branch was naturally the Xing branch, with only him, Xuemiyya, and Lyanna.
Therefore, as long as his own family was fed, the entire branch had nothing to worry about.
In the Illusionary Realm World, time accelerated once more under Velin's influence.
Valient raised an army from a small mountain village, frequently crossing the border to raid nobles loyal to the False King.
In less than two years, with the companions he had grown up with as the backbone, Valient rebuilt the Black Thorn Knight Order.
In August of New Calendar 382, after bringing the Black Thorn Knight Order—which had ravaged the Southwest Region of the Black Thorn Dynasty for two years—back to the small mountain village where he had lived for sixteen years, Valient took his teacher and several veterans formerly of the Black Thorn Dynasty's Third