after 5 days the money had come the soldiers started to train in muskets , in the morning las watched the training of the soldiers they trained in reloading ,accuracy , and tight battle formation ~named line infantry~

then las took a walk he was around the knight training area las looked at the knights who were training ,arthur was by his side "my lord the level of the knights is increasing they have been training for a month , but all of them have raised one level the knights who were level 1 now are 2 and the others are level 3 ,our knight order will be at the level of the everden knight order they may even became better this is........incredible the house with the most elite knights will be so strong from a house in the uncivilized north "

las had a smile he was very proud of himself "yes our knight order will became even stronger with time " leonard was training with the other knights a light was seen toward the direction of leonard "this it can't be i knew he was a talent but...." everyone froze the knights stopped "oi is this..." "no there is no way i haven't seen that in my life " "even in everden i never saw this "

las got up he slowly walked towards leonard he hesitated but spoke "leonard is that what i thing it is " leonard gave a nod he didn't even speak las looked at the sword who had a golden light around the blade "this is ... aura leonard you really are a talent "

when a knights forms aura the color of it is random no one knows how to force it became the color you want so it was normal for it to be golden but still something was wrong [what is with this color this is very heavy this aura is not human you need very strong magic to make something like this , and leonard said something about a dangerous felling and this amount of magic what is going on with the helstain territory something is wrong here ]

"first of all congratulations leonard i will give you a huge bonus for this for now you should go to rest for now " leonard was still surprised but he saluted las wasn't that worried that leonard will leave from his house after all leonard came all the way in the north he abandon his stable life to follow him so he was sure leonard will be by his side

the recruit order for soldiers came out some soldiers were sent in different places to choose men each group of soldiers had a number that they must recruit and have a standard

the villagers saw a rider with another 10 men the farmers run towards the village and the Women who were at the village doing housework everybody was scared "they are the bandits they are coming again " a woman shouted the men of the village tired of being taken advantage of raised the hoes "they are only 11 we can fight against them " a child who did not hide spoke up " grandpa look at this they have a flag with a golden dragon " the child was young he didn't know anything ,the old man tried to take him away to hide but when he heard this he looked back "what did you say " the soldiers were far away but now they could been seen

the old man shouted to the farmers " put down the hoes this is the flag of the lord they are soldiers of the household " the men heard him clearly they put them down the woman opened the doors the children were still scared

the soldier in horse back was holding a flag all of them were marching in perfect order and they wore the same clothes with spears at hand the soldiers marched towards the center the villagers were all looking at the men anxiously "what are the soldiers doing here " "is the lord going to raise the tax " "what is going on " " are they going to raise levies " "no i can't afford going to war i don't want to die " the commoners didn't trust the new lord for now this is why las wanted to give them some money together with the land

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the man on horse back looked around the village chief started to walk towards the man in the horse "my lord may i ask what the lords soldiers are doing in our small village " the soldier looked at him "chief do you know how to read ?" the chief paused for a minute "yes my lord i do " the soldier gave a nod "we must continue to the next village you must read this to all the villagers we will be back in 10 days ,there will be punishment if you don't read it to all the villagers "the soldier gave a glare to him the chief was scared "yes my lord i will handle it you don't have to worry "

the man raised his hand for the other to start the march before he left the man in horseback spoke back "don't call me that i am no lord just a servant of the great lord helstain"

when the men left all the villagers started to walk towards the chief women men old and young "chief what does the paper says " "is the lord going to raise the tax " "what does the paper says "

"back off i must read it first wait a minute " 5 minutes Passed the chief looked at the paper again and again "what the hell this is very good i can't really believe it , no it must be true the seal of the helstain family with the golden dragon and 2 griffins is there "

"what is it father ?" the son of the chief spoke the chief looked around and spoke "the lord is recruiting soldiers the soldiers we saw before will go with you in the capital , you will be paid 3 silver coins you will be clothed you will have a house and you can even become a commander if you are good enough in your duties and you will be fed but you must be from 16 -25 and from this village only 30 can go "

Richard a 16 year old orphan heard this he was bullied all his life many of the villagers liked him but the younger children didn't like him much so this was perfect he had no land no family nothing he came to this land at 11 year old ,richard had only a pendant it was wooden from the outside but inside it had a horse with two swords crossed its not a noble coat of arms after all its wooden but for richard is was very precious for him this was the only thing from his family

the chief looked around he saw the eyes of richard the child was good with the sword and bow after all this was the only way for him to live "richard come here you want to go right ?" richard gave a smile and he got near the chief other men followed the chief looked around" no one else ? there is a seat open we have 29 from the 30 ?" "i want to go father " the chief was young he wasn't that old other chiefs were very old so his son just turned 16 "what son you want to join the army of the lord ? "

"yes father i know how to read i will be useful to the army and i am not leaving richard alone im going " richard saved his life in the past and from then they become friends forever the chief didn't want to let him go he was scared for his son life not only from war but from the lord ,nobles kill peasant soldiers every day they don't care much in their eyes they are just bags the chief and his son spoke were talking about this the last 10 days

richard tried to stop his friend "you must stay here its fine to let me go alone you have a good life here there is no need to come its dangerous " "no im going i will never stop im going with you to join the lords army ,my sister was killed from the bandits you were able to save my life my sister was killed and im going to follow the lord who killed them "

"i remember everything from this day ,what the bandits did before they killed her they all took her before killing her and they just forced me to watch " the hate on his eyes were seen the bandits were killed but he was willing to follow the man who killed them at this moment richard gave up he knew he could to nothing to change his mind

richard smiled both of them raised their hands hitting each other and they hugged "then we will be together from now on i will have your back " richard smiled again "i will do the same "