Chapter 664 - 376: War Breaks Out, Harvest Begins (Part 2)

"Young Master Thor!"

The three respectfully saluted.

"The Beastman War is about to break out, and the kingdom’s conscription has already begun. We need someone to take charge of the territory. Who among you is willing to stay behind?"

Looking at the three, Thor pondered for a moment and then spoke.

This time, although the Beastman War presented a great crisis, Thor also knew from daily intelligence that it held countless opportunities.

So, apart from the necessary garrison, Thor planned to take most of the force with him.

To use the Beastman War to temper the strength under his command.

To prepare for possible future wars beyond the territory.

"Well!"

Hearing Thor’s words, the three couldn’t help but feel shaken, and exchanged a glance.

In the end, it was Pelos who stepped forward.

"Sir, I will stay behind."

Pelos spoke respectfully, with a hint of a bitter smile.

Among the three, his strength was the weakest, and his talent was also the lowest.

Pelos was well aware of this fact.

Even with the Essence of Life, his improvement wasn’t as significant as Steve’s.

The Essence of Life Thor gave him, along with three bottles of High-Level Life Potion, were almost entirely used up, only allowing him to barely break through to the Sky Knight level.

While Steve, he knew very well, gave a few drops of the Essence of Life to his own son and only consumed one bottle of High-Level Life Potion.

The difference was clear almost instantly.

"Alright!"

"Steve, Uncle Marshall, the two of you should hand over the relevant matters in the coming days."

"Pelos, you prepare the expedition’s supplies."

"If there’s any issue, seek out Scott."

Thor spoke swiftly, arranging matters methodically.

"Yes!"

The three quickly responded.

Soon, the entire Eagle Ridge began to move into action.

A vast amount of supplies began to be mobilized.

Meanwhile, members of the Eagle Knight Order began to be selected.

This time, Thor planned to train his knight order, naturally preparing to set out with the elite.

In his estimation, about two thousand were to be selected from the ten knight orders across the entire Eagle Ridge.

For the previous Eagle Territory,

a two-thousand-person knight order, not to mention members of the Elite Knight Order, even selecting two thousand Preparatory Knights would be difficult.

But now, even selecting two thousand Official Knights posed no major problem for the entire territory.

Over the years,

a vast amount of resources had accumulated.

A vast amount of Gold Coins had been acquired.

The strength of the territory had grown by leaps and bounds.

It could be said that the current Eagle Ridge, if one could seize the opportunities and had enough talent, the resources obtained could surpass even what Thor acquired from the Dressrosa Family at the time.

After all, the annual revenue of Eagle Ridge was no longer comparable to the Dressrosa Family of the past.

Even occupying more than half of the Frost Moon Province and the entire Qinghai, the Dressrosa Family could not compare to the present Eagle Ridge.

More income naturally brought more resources.

As of now, Eagle Ridge, excluding Thor, Reine, and Neil Morton, had four Sky Knights in total: Steve, Pelos, Marshall, and Marco, while the number of Earth Knights exceeded twenty, and the number of Great Knights could already be counted by the hundreds, the number of Official Knights was not to say less than fifteen or sixteen hundred would definitely be there, and the number of Apprentice Knights had reached the tens of thousands level.

Moreover, it could be expected that with the passage of time, as long as Eagle Ridge overcame this crisis, it could rise even further.

After all, the massive turmoil in the Northern Territory led to the successive fragmentation of the major territories and a significant outflow of population.

Among them, Eagle Ridge absorbed a large number of people, including many knights and noble descendants.

These could grow even further in the future.

In the castle.

Thor was swiftly arranging matters.

Time quietly passed by.

In the blink of an eye, night descended once again.

"Ding, daily intelligence has been activated!"

"Open it!"

"Open!"

[Daily intelligence has been updated!]

.......

New information appeared, lines of text appearing in front of Thor. As he prepared to step into the Beastman War, the relevant information in the daily intelligence had clearly changed.

Of course, these changes were not in the main intelligence but only those concerning him.

The next morning when the sunlight spilled down.

A massive knight order was already fully prepared.

A total of over two thousand people.

Among them, the number of Great Knights exceeded a hundred, and every knight was relatively young.

The oldest wasn’t even over forty.

Not to say on this continent, but at least within the Tulip Kingdom, such talent was already quite remarkable.

Among them, many even had the opportunity to break through to Earth Knight.

Thor couldn’t help but wear a satisfied expression.

"Sir, the knight order consists of two thousand people, including ten Earth Knights, one hundred and twenty-three Great Knights, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven Official Knights, with five hundred seventy-five at the Official Knight Peak."

Marshall rode over to report respectfully.

"Not bad!"

Thor nodded in satisfaction.

After Thor nodded, Marshall rode back to the formation.

"Set out!"

"Victory!"

Thor drew his Knight’s Longsword, his voice deep as he spoke.

"Victory!"

One Knight’s Longsword after another was drawn.

The unified voice echoed throughout the skies.

The knight order of two thousand people set out in mighty force.

Heading for the Northern Territory.

This time Thor was taking away the very elite of the entire Eagle Ridge.

More than half of the force was entirely drawn away.

If it were before, this would have caused significant unrest in the entire Eagle Ridge.

But now there was no need to worry about these things.

On one hand, all the nobility in the Tulip Kingdom were mobilizing.

At the same time, all the conflicts were now interwoven in the Northern Territory. According to the daily intelligence, at least for the next three months, no problems would arise.

And more importantly.

Though Thor had left, he had left Ivira behind.

With a Tier Five Mage like her, her assurance of security was even stronger than Reine’s.

There was no need to worry about any unexpected issues.

Two thousand people, mighty and grand.

Along the way, nobles couldn’t help but be surprised.

But upon seeing the high-flying Eagle flag, these nobles breathed a sigh of relief.

Over the past few years, the Eagle Merchant Association had already proven the "friendliness" of the Dressrosa Family to all the Northern Territory nobles. In this case, there was naturally no need for concern.

While Thor was in action.

Nobility across the entire Tulip Kingdom was similarly taking action.

The kingdom’s conscription.

From Duke to Marquis, to Viscount and Baron, no one had the means to refuse.

Unless you could completely separate from the kingdom.

Otherwise, you must heed the call.

Such large-scale conscription naturally brought some chaos to the kingdom again.

But the Tulip King had no mind to bother with these now.

The successive changes had left him quite flustered.

And many knight orders began gathering towards the Northern Territory

Along with a large amount of war resources.

Compared to ancient Huaxia, the nobility of this era was relatively autonomous, with their territories and governance, but once a war broke out, it also meant that war resources needed to be prepared by themselves.

Just like Huaxia in the Spring and Autumn period in his previous life.

And such a result naturally led to further increases in prices.

Of course, these had nothing to do with Thor, as Eagle Ridge faced no shortages in resources. Especially since the development of the Eagle Merchant Association to its current level, even more so.

At the time two thousand set out.

A vast amount of supplies followed Thor and his group.

The appearance of these supplies naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Some nobles even had greed flashing in their eyes.

But seeing the mighty knight order with Thor and his group, these people couldn’t help but dismiss the idea.

After all, such strength was not something they could contend with.