This chapter is an extra update thanks to a reward from Sect Master "Ink-Colored Horizon." One update for now; the remaining five will be made up later.
Liszt had developed many suspicions over Alonso's sluggish response, while Garcia and Fox, the two Sky Knights, were even more embarrassed. A lord's utter indifference toward his followers truly left people feeling awkward and chilled to the heart.
Moreover, information investigated from the Iron Ridge Kingdom had already been delivered to Tulip Castle. When Liszt led his men to seize Trapped Dragon Mountains, Alonso Cyclamen had been in the northern borderlands of the Eagle Kingdom, confronting the Iron Ridge Kingdom's Dragon Knights, though no direct battle had broken out.
About a week after Trapped Dragon Mountains was occupied, Alonso still appeared on a battlefield. That had been roughly a month ago.
"So Alonso may not have returned to Impact River Plain?"
"Father thinks so too. It's possible that news of the Trapped Dragon Mountains Iron Mine never got through at all, so Alonso knew nothing about it and naturally made no move." Levis was the one answering. He had personally brought this news over, while also taking the opportunity to ask Liszt several questions about cultivation.
Levis was six years older than Liszt. At twenty-four this year, he was already just one step away from becoming a Sky Knight.
With Liszt's Earth Handbook as cultivation material, his progress toward becoming a Sky Knight had been fairly smooth. He should be able to ride the momentum and become a Sky Knight next year.
The sight of three Sky Knights in one family was about to become reality.
"Forget it. Whether Alonso pays the ransom or not... Brother, when will the family fleet be able to return?"
"Soon, probably. Once the iron ore has