"Knight Jean, are you certain you wish to join our Land of Ashes?" Saine asked the brother and sister before him inside the tower master's residence at the top of the Holy Tower.
Level-4 Knight Jean was a red-haired knight standing only 1.7 meters tall. He looked very much like Gina; they were undoubtedly blood siblings.
Though rather short for a knight, Jean gave off an exceptionally fierce and sharp aura.
This was a Level-4 Knight unwilling to admit defeat. The moment Saine laid eyes on Knight Jean, he had formed this assessment of him.
"Yes. So long as Saine Master is willing to take me in and help me overcome my current predicament, I am willing to serve you for ten thousand years through a Magic Contract," Jean said respectfully to Saine before him.
Serving Ash Holy Tower for ten thousand years... that was more or less equivalent to pledging allegiance to Saine.
By this point in his growth, Saine had indeed recruited quite a few gods and lesser creatures from other worlds.
But among the Wizard World's native powerhouses, the only ones currently following under his command were Lunna and Xia Ya, whom he had personally cultivated and modified.
Restricted by differences in profession, the vast majority of knights, magical beasts, and Sea Folk of the Wizard World sought deep cooperation with a Holy Tower.
After all, the potions and Magic Guidance Equipment produced by mages sold far and wide both within and beyond the Wizard Alliance. This was the weakness of groups like knights and magical beasts that did not engage in production.
Generally, a more experienced mage of Level 4 or above would establish close cooperative relationships with three or four Knights' Halls in neighboring regions, even watching out for one another during Plane Wars.
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