The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 959 - 0956 Splitting the Family

Chapter 959: Chapter 0956: Splitting the Family

Chapter 959 -0956: Splitting the Family

Apart from Marquis Nuta, another Marquis was captured—Marquis of Chongshan, Elton Golden Chrysanthemum Medal.

The Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family belonged to the established Marquis Families. Their lands were adjacent to Marquis Nuta’s fief, but compared to Marquis Nuta, who had the strength of a Domain Knight, the forty-year-old Marquis of Chongshan only possessed the power of a Sword Saint.

The surname Golden Chrysanthemum Medal originated from a magic potion flower—the Chrysanthemum Medal; the family’s badge was a circular badge in the shape of a chrysanthemum.

Marquis Elton was not only captured himself; nearly the entire Knight Class of his territory was caught in the same net.

At that time, he had summoned all his followers to his Golden Chrysanthemum Fortress, intending to hold the castle until the Pioneer Mandate ended. As a result, when Sapphire breached the castle, none of the noble knights escaped. From his domain alone, he contributed four Earls, twelve Viscounts, and a large number of Knights.

“Your Highness, Elton didn’t have much choice. Most of his family’s wealth has already been plundered by the Knight Order, and he simply can’t pay the ransom for himself and his followers.”

The speaker was Marquis Dimaria Yuhua Stone.

In the study of Bull Hoof Fortress, Liszt had his first audience with Marquis Nuta. As an old acquaintance and someone who had already made it clear he considered himself a follower, the Marquis enjoyed the freedom to act as he pleased.

The two were sitting across from each other at a desk, each savoring tea, in a very friendly atmosphere.

Originally, Marquis Nuta had stayed on Black Horse Island for quite some time and had developed a fondness for green tea. Since then, he had secretly smuggled goods like sea salt, glass, and white paper with the Flame Territory. The Yu Huashi Family had long been disillusioned with the Eagle Kingdom, and it was completely normal for them to lean towards the Flame Kingdom.

“Marquis Dimaria, if I successfully persuade you to surrender, what treatment do you think I should give to the Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family?” Liszt asked casually.

Dimaria laughed and said, “Your Highness, actually there is a very good method to quickly subdue the Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family.”

“Oh, let’s hear it.”

“Elton has a younger brother named Elroy who is only thirty years old and just a Viscount; however, he is already an old Sword Saint, not far from Completion. It is only because Elton has suppressed him that he has been unable to advance to Earl. Additionally, Elton acts recklessly while Elroy is steady in his conduct.”

At this point, Dimaria’s implication was clear.

Both Elton and Elroy were Sword Saints, but Elroy obviously had more outstanding talents and a more stable character, making him more suitable to be the family head, inheriting the title of Marquis.

Liszt could use the pretext of incorporating the family to elevate Elroy to the Marquis’s position. Elroy would surely be grateful to Liszt and control the Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family well.

However, Liszt did not intend to do so.

He smiled faintly, “The Yu Huashi Family can be preserved, but the Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family cannot. If Elton is willing to surrender, I can maintain his Marquis’s position after the establishment of the Kingdom. But as for his followers, they will form new families on their own, and Elroy is no exception.”

“Your Highness, what do you mean?” Dimaria did not understand Liszt’s intentions immediately.

“The Flame Kingdom is a new nation, and the old powers need to be broken, not to guard against the strengthening of a single family, but to create more families, to assist me in ruling the vast lands of the Flame Islands.”

“I understand now, Your Highness.”

Dimaria caught on immediately, “Indeed, a new Kingdom needs many Nobles and Knights… Actually, coming to this land, even if Your Highness did not divide the families, those powerful Noble Knights would also take the initiative to leave. Your Highness, the Yu Huashi Family is also willing to divide.”

“Hmm?”

“I will disperse those followers who are Knights, including my nephew Deborah Yuhua Stone. Since we have come to a new Kingdom, I hope the Yu Huashi Family can also be reborn on this land and fully integrate into the Flame Kingdom.”

Liszt smiled and nodded, “You are a Noble who understands the situation. Be assured, as followers of mine, the Yu Huashi Family will only continue to grow and will not decline. The population in the territory is not large, but there will be endless wars in the future, capturing enough people to replenish the losses of the great families.”

…

When Elton Golden Chrysanthemum Medal was summoned, the second of the marquises, Dimaria did not leave. He had already obtained Liszt’s approval and became an assistant in the recruitment of knights.

“Elton, we have known each other for a long time,” Dimaria said. “I have made His Highness’s intentions clear to you, even without splitting your followers, you have no ransom to redeem them. Moreover, you have seen for yourself the growth of the Flame Kingdom and the decline of the Eagle Kingdom. I hope you will think carefully about your choice.”

After listening to Dimaria.

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Elton glanced at Liszt, whose face was expressionless, merely allowing Dimaria to persuade surrender without offering any signs of friendship.

With Liszt’s status, it was unnecessary for him to show a smile to any noble.

All prisoners of war were at his disposal—either pay a ransom to leave or surrender and pledge loyalty—there was no other path to choose. If it were not for their status as nobles, they might not even have had the chance to meet Liszt.

“But if my family’s followers are split up, how is the Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family supposed to develop?”

“Serve the kingdom for three years, cultivate the land for His Highness, and after three years, you will be granted a fief. The Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family can naturally rise again with the land received.”

“Without knights, how can we rise?”

“After three years, there will definitely be a large number of knights who cannot be ennobled,” Dimaria explained. “You can naturally recruit these knights to serve your family.”

“What about my elves?”

“The elves are still yours, they just need to serve for three years… Otherwise, you could return to your territory in the Eagle Kingdom at the cost of a few Greater Elves, and continue to be free; of course, if your territory’s wealth allows, you could also pay the ransom for those followers who wish to return. His Highness is always lenient with nobles and respects your wishes.”

Elton may have been mediocre in talent and ludicrous in his actions, but he was born into a great noble family after all, and calculating benefits was instinctual for him.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, “In that case, I am willing to follow behind His Highness. The Golden Chrysanthemum Medal Family was originally established to serve His Highness.”

…

Following the two marquises, Liszt individually summoned two other nobles.

One was Geoffrey Begonia, a Completion Level Sky Knight with the rank of earl, who was promised at least a viscountcy when the kingdom was established, promptly chose to follow; the other was Elroy Golden Chrysanthemum Medal, a thirty-year-old with promising Sword Saint talent nearly at Completion Level, who without needing Liszt to say much, immediately expressed his willingness to follow.

Later, during the evening banquet.

Liszt invited all seven earls who had not yet chosen to pay their ransoms to sit at the table, personally convincing and recruiting them. Among the hesitant, six earls finally announced their allegiance, leaving only one earl—a Common Level Sky Knight—who after much thought, decided to pay the ransom.

With that,

Discounting their noble ranks,

With this Pioneer Mandate, Liszt directly subjugated one Domain Knight, one Completion Level Sky Knight, six Sword Saint Level Sky Knights, and twenty-five Common Level Sky Knights. In addition, more than eight hundred Elite Earth Knights and over three thousand eight hundred Common Earth Knights, along with more than seven thousand six hundred Apprentice Knights.

Liszt did not confiscate the knights’ elves, only requiring three years of service.

The number of elves he truly obtained came from the four earls who paid the ransom, totaling seven Little Minor Elves. As per requirement, at least three of them had to be of the Magic Potion or grain type.

However, compared to the high-level human and material resources of knights and elves, his greatest gain was the lower-class serfs. Over five hundred thousand serfs, civilians, and craftsmen were frantically transported to Flame Island.

The newly born Flame Kingdom needed population replenishment the most.

Cultivating the land, everything would eventually be obtained in time.

As night fell, and in his study reviewing the gains of this war spoils, Liszt said to himself with some regret, “The only thing that is a bit discordant is that these knights and serfs all come from the Eagle Kingdom. It would be better if I could plunder the Steel Ridge Kingdom a few times to balance it out…”