As the Xinfei Merchant Guild began building a production base at Xinfei Farm in the Stantin Duchy, it also selected a site north of the farm, less than twenty kilometers from the border between the Stantin Duchy and the Black Rice Wasteland, and set aside grounds specifically for its Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps to be stationed.
Xu Yi and Servini had been talking inside this Guards Base.
When the two stepped outside, they saw two groups already assembled in neat ranks on the large parade ground in the middle of the Guards Base. On the left stood the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guards Corps, while on the right stood the five hundred private guards Servini had brought with her.
In this respect, Angklu's frequent lament that "the Stantin Duchy can hardly be called a country at all," which Xu Yi deeply understood, was perfectly accurate.
Otherwise, it would have been utterly impossible for Servini, the Princess Royal of the Lampari Kingdom, to casually bring five hundred private guards into another fully sovereign country.
Here, however, Xu Yi had merely notified the local lord, Count Wellen, and easily arranged for Servini to enter the Stantin Duchy with her private guards.
The two groups stood in separate formations on the large parade ground, and the difference between them was obvious at a glance.
Servini's five hundred private guards wore matching uniforms and identical emblems of the Lampari Kingdom's Royal House. Most importantly, they were all human. Standing side by side, they looked exceptionally orderly, forming a complete combat formation at a glance.
The Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps, by contrast, looked somewhat chaotic.
The most obvious reason was the extremely diverse makeup of the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps.
They also numbered five hundred, but only a hundred were human guards. Of