The Snella Family

Instead of knocking on the door, Saine simply vanished in a flash.

His powerful physique allowed Saine to achieve the ultimate control over his muscles.

Even when entering Gezes City earlier, Saine didn't use flight magic; instead, he simply leaped over the wall with his legs... and jumped right in.

With a physique score of over 200, Saine is enough to go toe-to-toe with other Knight of the same level who have recently broken through.

Along with his physical abilities, Saine's fighting style also changed.

However, during his battle with the Second-Level Black Magician a few years ago, Saine did not make much use of his physical advantages.

Even Saine himself wasn't very comfortable with close-quarters combat with enemies.

His powerful physique merely gave Saine an extra layer of backup and concealment.

Those opponents who mistook Saine for a weak Mage and attempted to get close to him and cause him trouble will likely be pleasantly surprised once they get near Saine!

The architecture of the Snella residence differs from that of the Grant Family Green Source Land.

The human nobles on the Main Continent of the Wizard World prefer to build castles.

While a very few of the native human nobles of the Western Islands had the habit of building castles, the vast majority still lived in grand mansions.

Including some noble services, traditions, and concepts, they are also quite different from the nobles on the Wizard Continent.

Baron Snella's Estate appears somewhat dilapidated and decaying from the outside, but once inside, one discovers that the Baron's Residence is actually quite well-maintained.

The entire Baron's Residence had nearly two hundred servants alone.

This doesn't even include the hundreds of guards and servants who patrol and watch over the entire mansion.

It was wartime, Baron Snella's Estate originally had as many as three hundred guards and servants.

However, two hundred of them were conscripted by the count to guard the walls of Gezes City.

The remaining hundred or so guards in the manor are the last remaining strength of the Snella Family.

If the Gezes City were eventually captured by the Josephine Kingdom, these hundred-odd guards would be the last force protecting the Snella Family as they retreated into the heart of the Teuton Kingdom.

Even during wartime, it is always the ordinary people at the bottom of society who suffer.

Noble families like the Snella Family, though they may also fall into hardship due to the impact of war, at least have no shortage of food and drink.

And when danger strikes, these nobles are definitely among the fastest to run away.

Many nobles of Gezes City have fled to the heart of the Teuton Kingdom, and even to its capital.

Many of the women in the Snella Family and the second and third in line to the throne also retreated to the rear.

Only Baron Snella himself and his eldest son did not leave.

Besides the fact that Earl Hank of Gezes City was keeping a close eye on things and preventing Baron Snella and his party from leaving.

Another reason is that Baron Snella and his family were not particularly willing to leave the homeland where they had lived for generations.

Unlike other noble families whose history spans only a few hundred years, or even a little over a hundred years.

The Snella Family is an ancient family with a history spanning over a thousand years.

This family once held the title of earl, but it has been declining for hundreds of years.

Not only were their noble titles demoted, but the Snella Family also failed to stand out among the baronial families.

Although they were quite ordinary among the baronial class of the Teuton Kingdom, the Snella Family still wielded considerable power in a corner of Gezes City.

The Snella Family is arguably the second most influential noble family in Gezes City, after Earl Hank.

This is not because of the wealth or military power of the Snella Family Snella Family, but because of the land they own.

Nearly two-thirds of the land around the Gezes City suitable for growing Buckwheat Bran Wheat belongs to the Snella Family.

Even in the most difficult times, the Snella Family preferred to sell their treasured antiques rather than their land.

It originates from the unique wisdom of the Snella Family heads throughout the ages.

Wealth and antiques can be regained, but land, especially fertile fields, is not so easy to acquire.

Due to the constant warfare on Thousand Leaf Coral Island, gold and antiques are not hard currency in its three kingdoms; only food remains the eternal Truth.

If the war could be eased even slightly, the Snella Family, with its vast tracts of land around Gezes City, could easily turn its fortunes around in just one or two decades.

The Snella family patriarchs had thought the same thing, but unfortunately, ever since the Teuton Kingdom lost a large amount of territory more than a hundred years ago, making Gezes City the front line against the Jansen Kingdom, the Snella Family's hard times had begun.

On average, a war breaks out every few years, resulting in a severe loss of civilians around the Gezes City.

The trampling of farmland and plunder of food during the war were also very noticeable.

Just over a hundred years ago, the Snella Family could easily organize a private army of more than a thousand men.

However, maintaining the equipment needed for over three hundred people is now their limit.

As for the more than two hundred servants in the mansion... in fact, the Snella Family didn't spend much money to support them, just enough to keep them from starving.

On the contrary, the guards not only need to be fed, but also need to spend money on equipment and weapons.

At this moment, Baron Snella, the current head of the family, was sitting in a hall at the back of the mansion with a furrowed brow.

This year, the Jansen Kingdom has come on strong, seemingly poised to annex eleven border cities of the Teuton Kingdom, with Gezes City being just one of them.

As an ancient family with a heritage spanning over a thousand years, the Snella Family may appear to have declined and fallen into disrepair, but it still possesses a wealth of cultural heritage.

In particular, more than a hundred years ago, the Gezes City nearly fell under the war pressure from the Jansen Kingdom.

At that time, the Snella Family produced a magical artifact that had been passed down for hundreds of years, which defeated the vanguard of the Jansen Kingdom and prevented the fall of Gezes City.

But it is also this experience that has led to a mixed bag of successes and setbacks for the Snella Family over the years.

The Teuton Kingdom family used noble titles as leverage and threats to trick the Snella Family into giving them two precious magical items.

Even Earl Hank at this time was constantly eyeing the Snella Family's strength and resources.

Whether they can hold onto Gezes City this time, according to Earl Hank, depends on the performance of the Snella Family.

"That damned brute!" Baron Snella, who was usually quite well-mannered, couldn't help but slam his hand on the armrest of his chair.

The Hank Family is a Knight Family, and Earl Hank himself is a high-ranking Knight Attendant.

This is a burly man who appears rugged on the outside but is actually very cunning on the inside.

On the surface, the Hank Family's foundation seems to surpass that of the Snella Family.

But so far, this guy hasn't said a word, he's just kept pushing the Snella Family forward.