Charles nodded slightly. "All right, understood."
Although, in theory, Charles now possessed territory nearly the size of a province.
In reality, however, these territories did not have as many resources or as large a population as the Half-Elf Province.
Their tax revenue was also a notch lower.
Charles maintained six thousand cavalrymen, already an enormous expense.
The cost of a single cavalryman equaled that of several infantrymen, whether in recruitment or daily upkeep.
Next came the armored cavalry, but Yvenjieling did not take the initiative to introduce them.
The Armored Knights were what Charles cared about most. Every time he returned to the Osela Plane, he would make a point of asking about them, so Yvenjieling had no need to report on them.
Charles turned to Elendil's request for aid, his brow furrowing.
Elendil's Verdant Crystal Domain was about to face an offensive from the half-elves of three counties.
According to Elendil's estimate, the half-elf coalition from those three counties could field roughly seven to eight thousand half-elf soldiers.
As well as ten to twenty thousand miscellaneous human troops.
That was an enormous army.
Given their elite quality, seven or eight thousand half-elf soldiers could, if fighting orcs, contend with an orc force of at least twenty thousand.
They might even gain a considerable advantage.
As for the human soldiers, they mainly existed to hold the line. Their sole purpose was to stand before the half-elves in shield formations and prevent the enemy from charging straight into their faces.
Judging from the comparison of military strength—
The Verdant Crystal Domain currently had two swordsman regiments and one knight regiment.
Each regiment numbered around a thousand, all half-elves, with elves serving as their commanders.
Their loyalty remained uncertain, but according to Elendil, they were reliable.
The half-elf swordsman regiments served the