After the war came the tallying of spoils and the absorption of its gains. Tens of thousands of shipwrights and their families, along with over a thousand knights and their families, were successively settled in Iron Hoof City to await arrangements.
Only after careful screening would these shipwrights and knights be relocated to Black Horse Island.
These matters required little concern from Liszt. He merely needed to show himself and accept the oaths of loyalty from the selected knights.
Construction in Flame Territory was booming, while the search for overseas islands proceeded with meticulous diligence.
In the blink of an eye, the first ten days of May had passed. Among the captive knights, two more had sworn allegiance to Liszt, one of them even being a Sword Saint Count.
"Duerte, have you truly decided to abandon your count's fief and title in the Eagle Kingdom to follow me?" Liszt was quite surprised by the choice made by this Sword Saint Count, Duerte Red Apricot. Anyone who could become a landed count in the Eagle Kingdom could not possibly be without deep roots.
To be willing to forsake a count's fief took no small amount of courage.
Ever since making his decision, Duerte had been remarkably composed. "Your Highness, I do indeed possess a count's fief, and my family is quite prosperous. However, my territory lies along the coast. I had originally been waiting for His Highness Alonso's plan to succeed, so that I could earn military merit upon the sea. But now the Eagle Kingdom's great sea plan has already failed, and my path forward has been blocked as well."
Liszt neither agreed nor disagreed.
Duerte continued, "But Your Highness plans to establish a new nation, where opportunities to earn military merit are everywhere. Moreover, with the strength of Your