The Indomitable Martial King Chapter 148

A turquoise brilliance completely covers the blade of the Zhamma sword. The mercenaries gathered today shouted in horror.

“Blade Auror!”

“oh my god!”

“Orcs use aurors! “Are you sure the rumors were true?”

The giant who had refuted this trembled with a pale complexion.

“Oh my god! “How could an orc!”

Boom!

Tashid waved his sword in the air. A majestic roar sounds as the Blade Aura splits the air. Thinking, the giant took a step back.

Tashid scolded coldly.

“go away.”

“Hehehe!”

The giant, who had been hit with a truly deadly blow, began to run away frantically towards the castle gate. His life was so dark and intense that he didn’t even seem to be aware that he was acting indecently.

‘You’re doing well today too.’

Looking at Tashid, Reppenhardt smiled happily. In this way, humans who had deep-rooted prejudice against other races and had no room for improvement were appropriately filtered out along the Tashid line.

After shrugging his shoulders, Reppenhardt opened his mouth.

“Then please continue. “I’ll just go inside.”

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A young man followed Reppenhardt as he entered the castle. He was a young man who appeared to be in his late 20s, with black hair and blue eyes.

“Baek King.”

“Ah, Lord Asreil.”

Leffenhardt turned his head and looked down at him. This young man was Arsreil von Cato, currently the leader of the Antares Knights, a knightly order under Repenhardt.

“How is it? “Did you see anyone useful among those gathered today?”

“The skills are trustworthy since they are filtered by Sir Russ and Sir Tashid. But just because you have skills doesn’t mean you have the qualities to be a knight… … .”

Asrail looked out the window and looked dissatisfied.

He was one of the few noble knights in the Knights of Antares who received regular knighthood training. He is a proper knight with not only skills but also etiquette and knowledge. In addition, his swordsmanship was amazing despite his age, and he could be said to be the strongest in the current county of Antares, excluding Auror users and other races. (Actually, if you exclude all the Auror users and other races, there are not many people left.)

In any case, it was thanks to the King’s reputation that Arsreil, who could easily receive a knighthood no matter where he went, came under Reppenhardt. Arsreil, who had been training as a knight, was slowly looking for a lord to serve, and with good timing, Repenhardt became famous through the Crovence Civil War.

Since a warrior of the level of a king would be worthy of being a lord, Asreil immediately rushed to the kingdom of Antares. Reppenhardt, who was already disappointed with the proper article, also willingly accepted Arsenal and took on the role of general manager. Russ was going to return to the Tenes family someday, so I couldn’t tie him to the Antares Knights.

Asleil was also moved by Reppenhardt’s kindness and pledged his sincere loyalty. Although it had only been about ten days since they met, Asreil had already become as loyal to Reppenhardt as Russ or Tarsid.

With a loyal face, Asreil gave advice to Reppenhardt.

“I am afraid that if you gather too many knights who were mercenaries, the authority of the knights will fall, King White.”

“Are the orcs okay?”

“Again, you are talking about what happened back then… … .”

Asrail blushed and was embarrassed. Leffenhardt chuckled.

It was Tashid who first faced Asreil, who came to the country of Antares. Even then, Asrail was furious at having his knight, himself, deal with the orcs. Although I had heard rumors that the different races under the King of Power were different from ordinary races, even so, it was still difficult to acknowledge the orcs.

However, after facing the sword, Asreil had to completely abandon that thought.

Tashid’s sword was more delicate and powerful than that of a knight. And his attitude and tone of voice were also completely different from the Orcs he knew. The elegant and sophisticated way of speaking was enough to make you believe that it was a serious article.

And the decisive one is Blade Auror!

The moment Asreil saw the great light residing in the Charmado, he threw away all his prejudices and was impressed by Tashid. It no longer mattered that the opponent was an orc. That green-skinned orc was clearly an excellent swordsman worthy of respect.

“Sir Tashid, don’t you have the dignity and skills befitting a knight?”

“It would be great if everyone thought like you.”

Leffenhardt clicked his tongue. Even though he came from a noble family like Arsreil, he clearly had an amazing personality to accept others obediently. This is a rare type of person with an open mind and a broad mindset.

However, not all humans currently gathered in the Kingdom of Antares are like that. There was no problem because the knights were thoroughly filtered, but among the remaining soldiers, there were still some who could not give up their prejudices.

About two-thirds of those who truly recognize other races, like Asreil? It was a fairly high ratio, but even so, the remaining third was still ordered by Reppenhardt, so they did not openly ignore the other races, but they were not deeply convinced.

‘Well, the rest will change naturally as they work together with other Orcs and Dwarves.’

Asreil’s expression hardened and he remonstrated again.

“More than half of the current Knights of Antares are mercenaries. Of course, I teach knightly manners and attitudes, but even so, if there are too many former mercenaries, the atmosphere of the knights will become less moderate. “Isn’t this something that needs some consideration?”

Leffenhardt thought for a moment.

To be honest, from his perspective as a wizard, knights were just people who were full of pretense and only pursued unnecessary ostentation. He gathers only mercenaries or only knights, but it seems to him that they are all the same.

‘But wouldn’t it be better not to deviate from common sense as much as possible?’

From his past life experience, Leffenhardt keenly felt that he had a way of thinking that was quite distant from that of ordinary people of this era. Only by acknowledging that can you overcome failure and take a new path.

‘There are certainly some irrational aspects of chivalry, but it is still better than mercenaries who have no restrictions at all.’

Leffenhardt nodded.

“Then, Lord Asreil, you will be completely in charge of selecting knights from now on. “I’ll tell Russ and Tashid too.”

Asreil’s face brightened. How could he entrust not only the position of leader but also the personnel authority of the knights to someone who had only seen him for about ten days? This is impossible unless you trust him a lot.

“I will definitely repay your trust, King White!”

Asreil knelt down, moved. The determination to serve Reppenhardt faithfully once again made the young knight’s heart beat fiercely.

Reppenhardt helped him up with a gentle smile.

“I trust you, Lord Asreil. “Be nice to me.”

“of course!”

Reppenhardt laughed heartily as he watched Arsreil running straight into the front yard.

“It’s one less thing to do.”

Still, I feel a little sorry to see Asrail, whom I like so much.

To be honest, the Knights of Antares were not that important to him right now. It’s not that he ignores them, but Repenhardt, who is a wizard and has troops of different races, does not value knights as much as other nobles.

Asleil may be happy to have been assigned the most important mission, but for Reppenhardt, it is just one of many tasks that need to be handled.

‘Ah, Asrail will do well. At least he’s better than me, a former wizard.’

Leffenhardt turned away again. Honestly, now was not the time for him to worry about the elegance of the knights. There were many other troublesome things besides that.

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Reppenhardt arrived at the office and sat down at the table. An elf woman who was busy filling out documents looked at him and said with a smile on her face.

“White King! “Why are you here now?”

“I’m sorry, Flora. “Are you behind on a lot of work?”

An elf woman named Flora brought a large bundle of documents and laid it down in front of Reppenhardt.

“This is a document that needs to be processed.”

She is one of several former slave elves whom Repenhardt raised and educated in the Duchy of Chatan. All nine orcs, including Talcata, were sent to the Blue Bear tribe for mental education, but the elves were still staying in the White King. This was because there were not yet enough elves to form a village.

So, seventeen elf women who had once been slaves were now living alongside Repenhardt, assisting with various administrative tasks.

Of course, I can’t say that my skills are very good. Since he is an elf who is a slow learner and his training period was only about half a year, he is not at a level where he can handle complex administrative tasks, such as simple accounting.

However, there were some who stood out among them. Flora was such a case. For an elf, she showed quite a talent for administration and was playing the role of Repenhardt’s secretary to a great extent.

“Now, please quickly check and sign.”

Leppenhardt sighed as he looked at the mountain of documents.

“What keeps piling up like this? “Just two months ago, I had nothing to do so I just played around.”

“Is it the same now as it was then? “There’s a pen here.”

“okay… … .”

With a tired look on his face, Reppenhardt began to look at the documents. Even though the county of Antares had a small population, there were quite a lot of things to worry about, such as trading goods with Taoban Trading Company, personnel management and salary management of newly brought in people.

And Reppenhardt’s concern was not only the warriors and mercenaries who flocked to him to become a knight. The refugees from Crovence Kingdom caused by the great famine, some of whom had heard only rumors, flowed into the Kingdom of Antares.

-They say the country of Antares is overflowing with grain.

-They said that if you go there, you can eat bread three times a day.

This territory, which was the original Gelbane Viscounty and predecessor to the County of Antares, is actually so barren that there is almost no farmland. However, the reason this rumor spread was because it was known that Repenhardt had supplied a large amount of grain to King Yubel’s army, and that he had purchased a large amount of grain from the Taoban Company to supply food to the Grand Forge and other races.

The number of refugees who flowed into the country of Antares, believing only rumors, was close to a thousand. And Leffenhardt accepted them all.

Unlike the original Gelfane Viscounty, the current County of Antares has a considerable area of ​​agricultural land. This is because King Yubel II, who wanted to give the land as a reward a little more, secretly added a nearby territory to it.

But the farmland had been idle for some time. These tribes had no experience of farming on ‘proper land’.

The orcs of the Blue Bear tribe and the elves of the Danheim clan are both people who managed to survive through gathering and hunting in remote areas. The dwarves of Grand Forge were quite engaged in agriculture, but they were not those who grew grain under the bright sun, but rather those who grew turnips, potatoes, mushrooms, and moss under the subterranean sun, Magrim. The type of agricultural knowledge was completely different.

Therefore, there was no problem at all in accepting those refugees and unloading the land that was idle.

Of course, they would have to provide food to last until the harvest, but currently Reppenhardt has enough money to do so. Because we receive grain from Taoban Trading Company at the cost price. It was already going so far that Siebold was slowly frowning.

The problem was that the administrative work that had to be done increased as a result.

“Ugh… … .”

Sighing, Reppenhardt quickly checked the documents and approved them. Contrary to his stern actions, the speed of his work was frighteningly fast. For someone who is a great wizard, strong in numbers, and accustomed to speed reading, this kind of administration is not that difficult.

‘But this is the only way I’ll be tied up here… … .’

While muttering, Reppenhardt processed the documents in a hurry. After reviewing and signing the last page, Flora walks out with all the documents. She crossed him and Siris came inside carrying her tray of tea.

“Mr. Leffenhardt, please have some tea.”

“Thank you, Siris.”

Reppenhardt blushed and took the teacup. Siris came and stood next to me, holding a tray to her chest. After drinking tea, Reppenhardt’s expression hardened again.

“But it’s a real problem. The job itself is not that big of a deal, but… … .”

Even though Flora was quite excellent, even by elf standards, she was still weak compared to properly studied human administrative management. Even now, there are still occasional errors in each document, so Reppenhardt has no choice but to always conduct a final review.

“I won’t be able to vacate Antares in this state. There are still many dungeons that you need to visit in order to increase your magic power. “We also need to find the relics of the four directions.”

Siris, who knew about Repenhardt’s past life, asked curiously.

“When you founded the empire, who was in charge of it?”

“At that time, I didn’t have to leave the imperial palace often. “There was also Marceline, who was Prime Minister.”

In the days of the empire, there was no need to worry about talent. As the land was expanded and villages continued to be built, it eventually took the form of a country. So even dwarves and elves, who were slow learners, were given enough time to learn administrative tasks.

But now we need to lay the foundation for the country from the beginning. There is no time or talent.

‘I thought it would be easy if I decided from the beginning and established a country… … ‘There is another problem with this.’

Siris asked a question while looking at Reppenhardt sighing.

“Then wouldn’t it be okay to call Marceline and ask her to represent you?”

Leffenhardt expressed his disapproval.

“that is… … The situation is very different from the days of the empire. Now, it’s an administrative job that only manages humans, right? It’s okay to get help from elves, but wouldn’t there be a problem if dwarves were to act as substitutes for humans?”

It certainly seemed like there would be people who would have animosity in that case. The Kingdom of Antares was only just beginning, and it was not yet time to reveal too much about other races. This means that dwarves and elves cannot be placed in management positions over humans like in the past.

Siris nodded.

“but… … “Nowadays, there is very little human management in the country of Antares.”

If you distribute the land to the refugees and give the land to the hastily created Knights of Antares as a fief to rule, you will be able to establish the foundation of the territory.

However, if you look inside, it is quite poor. Knights from noble families could manage their lands quite well, but among mercenaries, there were many dark-eyed people who could not even read. Therefore, they had to take the bizarre administrative action of appointing a servant of King Baekseong as an administrative assistant to the knights just because he knew how to read.

“The country of Antares is currently in its infancy with a very small population, so it is doing well, but it cannot continue like this.”

Among humans, we must select trustworthy people. Their skills must be verified, and useful people must also be trained.