The Founding of the Knight Academy (5)

The changes to the Imperial Army had a considerable long-term impact.

Brandt led two hundred people out of Winged Gorge. Once they entered Danube Province, the group steadily grew, and by the time they entered Volga Province, their numbers had nearly reached a thousand.

A force of one thousand, all at least Apprentice Knights, slowly entered Calais Province.

There, Brandt also met the Female Legendary Ryan had mentioned—a woman whose face seemed incapable of aging, fair and luminous, with an air of exceptional valor. The only things one could criticize were her ears and that head of pale golden hair that did not seem human.

Hether. That was her name. Brandt sensed a faint threat from her. Though she had concealed her legendary power well, he could still feel that strength seeping through.

The two Legendary figures faced one another a hundred meters apart on the road. Only after a moment did they introduce themselves.

"So many people. Are they all students of the Northern Kingdom Knight Academy?"

Hether looked at the carriages behind Brandt, displeasure in her eyes.

"Not all of them. Some are children of nobles. They are following us to the Imperial Capital to let their fathers see the changes there."

"Send them back."

Hether spoke, and her voice spread through the enormous group like dragon might. Every noble in the carriages was blasted out, tumbling miserably onto the ground. Furious and terrified, they stared at the stunning woman mounted on her warhorse.

"I have no interest in tending to the filth of nobles. I am going to the Imperial Capital to ask whether the Emperor intends to incorporate the armies of Blazing Snow Province into the Imperial Army as well."

Every land had its own customs. The army of Blazing Snow Province had long been under