Possible Dragon Battle Aura (Fourth Update, Last Month's Make-Up Update 12/15)

In the blink of an eye.

It was already mid-November.

A month had passed since they arrived on the mainland in mid-October and the Campaign of the Pioneer Order began. The flames of war across the Sardine Bay region stretched for over a thousand miles.

The Sapphire Grand Duchy's knight orders frantically plundered everything in sight. Working with local mercenary bands, they divided up the land's resources and production, continuously transporting supplies and people back to the duchy. Liszt's first shipload of serfs had already returned to the territory and set sail back with plenty of supplies, while the second shipload had departed long ago.

Zambrota, the territory's diplomat, had returned with the fleet as well.

"My lord, before I departed, Advisor Gortai and the two officials, Isaiah and Blair, were diligently arranging the serfs' food, clothing, shelter, and daily lives. The families of the incorporated knights were also properly settled... The serf attrition rate was not high. Fewer than four hundred were lost."

"Four hundred losses cannot be called low. With more careful care, the losses could certainly be reduced further." Liszt sighed.

His conscience was condemning him.

His role in the serf trade was no less shameful. Though he could hide behind following the crowd or promise compensation in the future, he still could not feel wholly justified. He had, after all, received a modern education and possessed normal values. Faced with the impact of this barbaric, primitive civilization, his thoughts remained tangled.

He wanted to be a saintly savior, yet he simply could not manage it.

When profit lay before him and desire drove his instincts, he could only tilt toward the nobles and fight for his own share of the benefits.

As for revolution, he had even less of the ability or courage for that—under a