After capturing Sibeck City, the Blackrock Army began looting the nobles and wealthy merchants who had not yet managed to flee.
Two days later, at the barracks within the city, Velin gathered his direct troops.
On the parade ground, more than thirteen thousand soldiers from Qixing Territory stood in neat formation. As they looked at the man they had sworn loyalty to, their eyes were filled with respect.
Before the battle, Velin had promised Hebrew that once they captured the city, he would bestow a name upon the Second Battalion.
Today, it was time for him to fulfill that promise.
Lowering his head slightly, Velin looked at the determination on the faces of the three thousand soldiers standing at the front, then signaled Kyle with his eyes.
Seeing his lord's signal, Kyle took out the prepared military banner and presented it to him.
"Come."
Hearing his lord's voice, Hebrew stepped forward with a resolute expression, one step at a time. When he reached Velin, he struck his chest in salute and declared loudly, "My lord, Hebrew, commander of the Second Battalion, salutes you."
The three thousand soldiers of the Second Battalion behind Hebrew moved in perfect unison, placing their hands over their chests and lowering their heads slightly in respect.
There was no impassioned speech, nor any sermon recounting the past. Velin grasped the blank banner before him and used Battle Qi as ink to write the designation of the Second Battalion upon it—Ice Sword Camp.
He had originally intended to name the Second Battalion after Hebrew's Knight Order. But after much consideration, he chose this name instead: first, to commemorate Lady Anastasia's passing; second, because it matched the nature of Hebrew's Battle Qi; and third, because swordsmen made up roughly sixty percent of the Second Battalion.
He summoned the