The Empire was extremely wary of great nobles possessing Supernatural Power, and imposed strict restrictions on it.
As a seventh-rank great noble of the Empire, Baron Filer had the right to be guarded by eight Knights. When the war began, he sent six of them to the Duke's side to follow him on his expedition into Nansera Territory. Later, while preparing the surprise attack on South Seraph, the remaining two Transcendent Knights died alongside Baron Filer on the battlefield.
Thus, Silver Doveburg had been left vulnerable, with almost no strength remaining.
Though Baron Filer possessed immense wealth, he had believed that having eight Transcendent Knights meant he would never need to hire outsiders.
In the great eastern nation on Earth, prolonged peace had left many young people without a clear understanding: hiring someone to work and hiring someone to risk their life had never carried the same price.
Charlotte had once wondered why Baron Filer had not hired a group of detectives and adventurers. But as he came to understand this world better, he finally realized something: hiring Transcendents to do work, hiring Transcendents to kill, and hiring Transcendents to fight in a war were three entirely different prices.
A few Flor could get a Transcendent to do some work for you, while a few Écu could get a Transcendent to kill for you. But to make a Transcendent take part in a war, the price had to be at least ten times higher.
After all, the first two were selling skills. The latter was selling one's life.
A Transcendent's life was truly worth a great deal.
Baron Filer had only a little over ten thousand Écu in cash, enough to hire merely a dozen or so Transcendents to fight for him for no more than ten days.
Baron Filer