Before the main residence's gates.
A mercenary corps was standing by there.
There were roughly thirty mercenaries, some Demi-humans and some humans, though Beastkin overwhelmingly made up the majority.
Beside each of them stood a large gray hound.
They were giant dogs with bodies comparable to tigers and physiques no less imposing.
These large dogs were called Lion Tiger Beasts. In Kararagi, they were the equivalent of the Earth Dragons of the Dragon-Affiliated Kingdom of Lugnica. They were widely known as mounts, but were difficult to breed outside Kararagi, making them quite rare elsewhere.
Compared with Earth Dragons, Lion Tiger Beasts had far less raw strength, but they surpassed them in agility.
The group waiting before the gates was clearly using Lion Tiger Beasts as mounts.
Thus, when Fang Li and the others emerged from the gates, they came face-to-face with this group.
"Captain!"
Everyone immediately called out in greeting.
"Hey!"
Rigurd promptly raised a hand in response.
At that point, there was no need to explain who this group was.
They could only be Iron Fang.
"So, what do you think?"
Rigurd spoke with a hint of pride.
"Every one of them is a fierce fighter, you know?"
That much could be sensed from the atmosphere surrounding the mercenaries.
Though Iron Fang was merely a mercenary corps, it was Anastasia's main military force in her bid for the throne, and its strength could not be underestimated.
At the very least, if their numbers were equal, Iron Fang would not lose out in the slightest against the Royal Knights.
Under the condition of equal numbers, the only force in the Dragon-Affiliated Kingdom of Lugnica that could likely surpass Iron Fang was the Royal Guard Knights, who gathered elites from the great houses and fought exclusively for the royal family.
Thus,