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Steward Magnus stood hand in hand with the newly appointed Earl Great Oak, Brando, on the southernmost city wall of Sunset City, while Captain Depaul and his guards stood watch on the wall.

A massive army was leaving Sunset City, marching in a long, winding line like an iron torrent towards the Blackwater River.

At this time, three huge pontoon bridges were erected on the Blackwater River. The engineering team rushed to build them. The chief engineer of the engineering team, Sagras, came by boat from the Rotten Tree Beach to personally direct the work. In order to shorten the construction period, even the Rotten Tree Beach camp was shut down.

Fortunately, thanks to Sunset City's advanced shipping resources, Victor and Steward Magnus managed to gather a large number of small boats and complete the pontoon bridges in just five days.

At this moment, this massive army, composed of Victor's Golden Sunflower Family Private Army, the Great Oak Territory private army, and the allied Coalition of Nobles of the three eastern counties, is using these three pontoon bridges to cross the river southward.

Brando suddenly leaned forward, pointed to a spot on the shore, and excitedly said to Magnus, "Uncle Magnus, that's Teacher Victor."

Magnus, who was nervously holding the young Count to keep him from getting too close to the edge of the city wall, quickly said after hearing the Count's address, "Brando, you can call me Steward Magnus or Manager Magnus. I am just your retainer, and it would be too presumptuous of you to call me Uncle."

Unexpectedly Brando waved his hand and said, "My teacher said that when he's not around, I should listen to you, trust you, and call you uncle."

Magnus was deeply moved, but he still said, "No, no."

Brando suddenly said, "Look, the teacher has seen us and is looking at us over there."

Magnus looked over and could only see Victor pointing in this direction. It was still a bit far away, and there were city walls blocking the view, so it couldn't be proven that Victor could see them. It might just be Brando's wishful thinking. Therefore, he did not answer Brando's question.

Brando pouted when he saw that Magnus did not agree with him.

But just then, Victor suddenly waved in their direction, Brando was overjoyed. "See, I told you the teacher saw us, he's waving at us."

Magnus was also a little surprised, not expecting Viscount Victor to have such good eyesight, able to clearly see the people on the city wall from such a distance.

After watching for a while, Brando called out to Depaul behind him, "Captain Depaul, pick me up quickly, I want to wave to my teacher too."

After hearing Brando's words, Depaul looked troubled. After all, they were on the city wall, and he couldn't bear the responsibility if the young Count fell and hurt him.

Just then, Magnus said, "Give him a hug. It's the Count's request. I'll hold Count for you."

Since Steward Magnus had said so, Depaul naturally wouldn't make things difficult for him anymore. He tossed the sword in his hand to his Brando, lifted Brando up, and held him to his neck. Magnus also supported the young Count's back from behind.

Brando started waving in Victor's direction, and Victor responded. After waving for a while, Victor even made a downward pressing motion, signaling Depaul and the others to put Brando down.

Magnus quickly said, "Brando, Viscount Victor wants us to put you down."

He knew that Brando respected, even admired, his teacher Victor, and sure enough, after he said that, Brando obediently came down.

Victor seemed to have seen it too, nodding in their direction before turning his attention to the troops crossing the river.

Just then, James ran over. "Victor, you were looking for me!"

Victor nodded. "How are the warriors' rest and recuperation going? Have they all changed their warhorses?"

"Don't worry! The boys have been fattening up in Sunset City for several days, and they're all in high spirits now."

James's Cavalry had returned to Sunset City six days earlier, along with Sodoma's southward fleet. Sagras and his men also arrived in Sunset City aboard Sodoma's ships.

This time, the southward-bound fleet brought a large amount of supplies and warhorses, finally replenishing the Cavalry horses of all units, so that they no longer needed to concentrate the warhorses in one unit as before.

The troops that had suffered losses in battle were replenished, and their weapons and armor were repaired and replenished. At the same time, Victor also redeployed the troops, transferring the Santos Regiment, which had suffered the most losses, to Golden Sunflower Territory for reorganization, and drawing the Foss Regiment to the southward-bound troops.

Not to mention that with the addition of the Great Oak Territory's army and the allied Coalition of Nobles, the strength of this Southern Marching Legion directly doubled.