Chapter 487: The Tempting Reinforcements

After Ruidar left, Luoning also finished his inspection.

The official members of the Knight Order he had stationed here numbered two thousand seven hundred, and the logistics personnel were nearly three thousand as well.

When there was no fighting, these logistics personnel and soldiers could all lay down their weapons to carry out his land-cultivation system, growing food on this land.

He did not know why he liked farming either; perhaps it was a deep love for the land from the depths of his soul.

There was nothing wrong with that.

Luoning cast Wind Shadow Art to arrive above Watchtower, observing the opponent's situation.

His Mental Power radiated outward, covering a radius of over thirteen li; it could be said that the entire Watchtower was within the range of his mental shroud.

"The number of people in Watchtower is quite high."

Through his Mental Power, Luoning roughly calculated that the number of enemies should also be around six thousand, not much different from the number of his own men.

To be honest, if a war really broke out, the group of people below would not be able to block him if he cast the Jiu Ji Moha Destruction Storm or Fire Rain Star Fall.

Even if there were survivors, the Knight Order stationed at West Wind Hill would come up to harvest them, and they could quickly bring this camp under control.

Luoning had already felt the deterrent power brought by an absolute powerhouse; the opponent either had to bring out an opponent of the same level as him, or they had to send enough Professional Knights and Magicians, equipped with a large amount of Transcendental equipment, to have the qualifications to contend.

But clearly, Watchtower had neither of these things.

"I am currently only a level nine Transcendental; once I become a Legendary and master the Extreme Origin Power, even if they use human-wave tactics or bring out a large amount of Transcendental equipment at that time, it will still be of no use."

Once Luoning became a Legendary, he might even be able to emulate the first Aoerlante the Great, using force to compel all nobles to bow their heads, thereby becoming the common lord and establishing an empire.

Luoning's current Knight cultivation progress was full, and his Magician cultivation progress had reached (5368/30000); he would break through to Legendary in at most four years.

If his Kingdom had not yet been established by that time, could he emulate Aoerlante the Great, directly using force to compel the nobles to submit, and then be crowned King?

By comparison, Luoning still preferred to use an army to conquer, because in such a confrontation, a large number of nobles from the old order would be eliminated, thereby reducing the difficulty of him establishing a new order.

If they all surrendered voluntarily because of his strength, it would be much harder to deal with these people than to slaughter them on the battlefield.

Of course, all of this had to wait until the Holy Storm Organization was completely cleared out.

"Huh?"

Luoning sensed that there was a sizable army thirteen li away marching toward Watchtower.

"Logistics? Or reinforcements?"

He drove his Wind Wings to approach, and the area covered by his Mental Power also extended toward that side as he moved.

"This troop has at least six thousand people, equivalent to the strength of two ordinary Knight Orders plus logistics."

Luoning was certain that this group of people must be reinforcements for Watchtower.

"It looks like the opponent must have known that West Wind Hill was handed over to me to defend, which is why they increased their troops. However, do two Knight Orders think they can contend with a Blazing Sun Knight?"

With doubts, Luoning lowered his altitude slightly, and at the same time used a Light-Bending Shadow Spell Scroll to carefully observe this group of people.

He didn't know until he looked, and once he did, it was somewhat of a pleasant surprise.

"That group wearing robes should all be Magicians; tsk tsk, twelve Magicians, this is quite a big move."

"Oh, and there are one, two, three... a full seven Magic Cannons."

"And a group of Magic Archers!"

Luoning took out the sensing device made by Suofeiya from his Space Ring, but did not find any special fluctuations, which meant that there was no alien energy similar to Witch Soul Power in the vicinity.

So this group of people was safe.

"If this group of people can all surrender and be brought under my command, that would be of great help to me."

His gaze turned to the twelve-person Magician squad.

One can never have too many Magicians.

In this way, he was very reluctant to directly use Magic to blow this group of people to death.

"Wait for Ruidar to come back to discuss it, and see how to take this group of people down with as little loss as possible."

On the other hand, Ruidar and Denni each rode a Griffin, and before long, they arrived at the Red Pine Castle area.

Looking down from the sky, the scenery formed by the red maples was very fiery.

Such scenery was very attractive to Ruidar, who had short red hair and a Fire Attribute; if he could, he would even like to walk around and take a look in this woodland.

Red Pine Castle was located in the center of the woodland, occupied a vast area, and was relatively luxurious; it must have taken a lot of effort to build it.

"We have arrived!"

Denni led Ruidar to land on the Shizhuipingtai. "Let's go, Ruidar. I'll go report first in a moment; you wait in the hall for a little while."

"No problem," Ruidar responded politely.

The two arrived at the fortress hall, Denni went to report, and Ruidar sat alone on a bench, waiting quietly.

There was no tension here that a great battle was about to begin; he predicted that the Crown Prince asking him to come over should not be about this aspect.

Perhaps, he just simply wanted to meet?

In the backyard, Jialete's study.

Denni had long expected that the Crown Prince would be unhappy; sure enough, as soon as he finished talking about Luoning, the latter's face turned gloomy, and there seemed to be signs of anger.

"You mean, Luoning came but didn't come to see me?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Denni could only bite the bullet and nod; he actually didn't want to offend Luoning, but he wanted to offend the person in front of him even less.

"Marquis Luoning must have had some urgent matter, so he couldn't spare the time to come over."

Jialete sneered, "That dump, what urgent matter could there be?"

"Alright, you may withdraw." He waved his hand.

Denni bowed with his hand on his chest, preparing to withdraw, but stopped after taking two steps. "Then, about Ruidar..."

Jialete looked up at Denni indifferently. "You don't need to worry about that."

"As you wish."

Watching the other party leave, Jialete clenched his fists.

His status was that of Crown Prince, he was the commander-in-chief of the front line, and at the same time, he was Luoning's brother-in-law; in any case, he should have come to pay a visit.

Now, the other party had actually sent a commander with no status to come instead, while preferring to hide in that dump of a place, West Wind Hill, rather than come to experience the beautiful environment of Red Pine Castle; this was clearly looking down on him.

In the past, he was not like he was now, hating and resenting someone; the outside world only felt he was arrogant and conceited.

The appearance of Luoning had released the narrow-mindedness, extremism, and even stupidity within Jialete, and it was getting worse by the day.

Ruidar waited and waited in the great hall.

From the morning, to noon, to the afternoon, and finally to when the setting sun was about to sink, he did not see the figure of Jialete.

"Is this an attempt to give me a show of force?"

Ruidar's temperament was very steady, and he did not get angry because of this.

However, being left hanging here for the better part of the day had already reached his limit.

He stood up, walked out of the hall, and said to the Guard nearby: "If His Highness Jialete asks, just say that there are still matters at West Wind Hill waiting for me to handle; if there is anything to instruct, just write a letter and have someone send it to me."

He was loyal to Luoning; although the other party was the commander-in-chief, orders were discounted when they reached him.

That Ruidar could wait quietly for so long was already giving plenty of face.

Before the Guard could even respond, he saw Ruidar take a few steps out and soar into the air toward the Shizhuipingtai.

Just as Ruidar was about to board the Griffin and prepare to leave, however, Jialete's figure landed on the platform.

"What is this, Ruidar? Did I give you permission to leave?"

Arriving behind him were also three tall Knights wearing heavy armor, who looked like they were not weak in strength.

Ruidar let go of the Griffin's reins and handed them to the Guard at the side to look after.

"Your Highness, I have waited here for the better part of the day, but all I received was your neglect. As the commander of West Wind Hill, I have the right to be responsible for my troops and defensive line, rather than wasting time here."

A flash of anger crossed Jialete's eyes; as the saying goes, like master, like servant.

Luoning was impolite to him, and this Ruidar was the same.

Moreover, why should a commander with no status act so calm in his base camp?

"I ordered you to come; this is a military order."

Jialete narrowed his eyes, "You left without my consent; this is disobeying a military order! With me, anyone who disobeys a military order faces imprisonment and fines at the lightest, and hanging at the worst! Heh, have you thought about the consequences?"

Hearing this, the three people behind him wore mocking expressions; they knew His Highness was about to establish his authority.

"I wonder how Your Highness intends to punish me?"

Ruidar was not provoked, nor did he show a fearful expression; he glanced at the three people behind Jialete.

"Are you planning to join forces with the three people behind you to kill me here?"

"Disobeying a military order and still acting this relaxed and indifferent—is this the level of Luoning's commanders?"

Jialete sneered, "Today, I will let you know the consequences of disobeying a military order!"

Before his voice had faded, he waved his hand violently, and the three heavy-armored Knights immediately stepped forward, surrounding Ruidar tightly.

The atmosphere instantly became tense to the extreme.

(End of this chapter)