Time passed slowly, and Qixing Territory developed steadily according to the established plan.
In the study, Velin leaned back in his chair, reading the official documents issued by the royal capital.
Ten months had passed since the Magic Crystal Mine incident. Under the pressure of the Hurricane Legion, coupled with the royal family's tacit approval, the nobles who had originally wanted a share could only suppress their ambitions and did not dare provoke Earl Hurricane, Chairman of the Noble Council of Dany Province.
During the ten months since Kyle had left, Velin had not been idle either. He used the connections at his disposal to expand the number of troops he could deploy.
At the beginning of September in the year 9750 of the Radiant Calendar, the kingdom issued an official notice announcing that 1,638 kingdom nobles had volunteered to participate in the Faith Holy War. They included two dukes, thirteen marquises, thirty-three counts, 367 viscounts, and 1,223 barons willing to take a gamble.
Ever since the Seven Years' War between the Kingdom of Isia and the Ironforge Mountain Dwarf Kingdom had ended, most nobles had yet to recover during these ten years.
On the battlefield, the only way to gain Battle Merit was to trade the professionals and elite troops in one's hands for it.
Back then, in order to lure Dwarf Governor Bruce into the trap, the Sixth Commander's Department had directly thrown out two legions totaling one hundred thousand men as bait.
From the perspective of that level of command, the forces of two legions might have been no more than two chess pieces.
But to form two legions, several counts and dozens of viscounts were needed just to scrape together two qualified legions.
Without exaggeration, although the nobles of those two legions had gained substantial Battle