Seated in the chair of honor in Little Riverheart Castle's council hall, Leewilliam was in excellent spirits. He had effortlessly gained a castle. His side had suffered only several dozen knight casualties, yet they had captured two Sky Knights and a large number of Earth Knights. Together with the knights absorbed earlier at Snow Pear Castle, the more battles they fought, the more knights they seemed to have.
Although, according to the plan, all supplies belonged to Liszt, the military merit belonged to Leewilliam.
At the same time, all the noble lords of Coral Island could select and absorb these surrendered knights. So long as they could afford the expense of maintaining knights, there was no shortage of knight captives. Even elite Earth Knights had been captured in large numbers, and plenty of them could not afford their ransom, leaving them free to be chosen.
Leewilliam was in excellent spirits.
Liszt was equally delighted. He had captured two Sky Knights in succession, one a Count and the other a Viscount. Their ransom was no ordinary wealth could repay.
Beaming, he asked the Count, "Father, you captured a Sky Knight before as well. What price did he pay to ransom himself?"
The knights of Coral Island basically all knew about this matter, and Liszt naturally knew it too. He was only asking needlessly to vent his excitement.
The Count's eyes shone. "In that battle, I received two sprites as ransom!"
"A Sky Knight is worth two sprites. Then Yevich will pay two. But Dipola is, after all, the Raging Wave Marquis's nephew, and his territory is quite wealthy. He should pay a little more—four sprites." Liszt instantly decided on the ransom terms.
Yevich was poorer, so he would pay less; Dipola was richer, so he would pay more. Fair and just.