While they were passing through the town Damien and his legionnaires were basking in the glory of their victory even for a man like Carl who usually like to act humble since he follows the way of chivalrous knight seem happy š with cheering of the people and waved back.
So after walking for a while Carl turned to Damien and said :' I will bid farewell for the time I shall lead the man to the barracks in order to organise them and make schedule for vacation so they can rest and be with their family '.
Damien already knew about this:' I will see you later at night to discuss futur endevors and don't forget to start preparing for the new recruits that we will be receiving soon as we will soon need them to face those hyenas '.
Carl then said:' it will be done as you ordered lord as fo the new recruits we will need to expand the barracks even double them in order to be able to accommodate them I hope we will receive your support in this matter '.
Controling the military authority in this world is really important and essential so anything related to it must be done under the approval of the lord anything else and it would be treason as for Damien he already had ideas about this but for now he will follow this arrangement so he nodded:' you will have my full support I will allocate to you the necessary funds, materials and manpower to achieve this'.
Then Carl bowed and left as for Damien he was heading for the castle after all he need to rest from the journey take a shower then speak with Crowley about the ruins the found and if they made in progress in finding to whom they belonged and what kind of danger exists in it.
Few minutes later he was Infront of his castle š° welcoming him was Crowley,the servants and the guards under levy the exudes a powerful pressure while they may lack the bloodlust of countless battles but they can accumulate that with time so he must tell levy to lead hisan in punitive raids against bandits and the hostile tribes in the jungle in order for them to play in role in the upcoming battles and become a significant force they need to pay the tax of blood.
They all bowed when they saw him and said in unison :' welcome back lord and congratulations on another triumph '.
Damien nodded and said :' thank you everyone you may return to your chores as for you Crowley and levy walk with me please '.
They both answered:' yes lord' after that Crowley waved for the servants to go about their work and followed Damien inside as where he was going abviously to his study minutes later they where inside Damien was sitting on couch šļø and facing was the two man then he gestured for them to sit.
After that he started talking:' as you both now with the victory over Dylan and taking back Manheim the civil war in our barony has ended but before we can celebrate š„³ as you know I got two new information one is about the ruins and the second about the heyina tribes in the desert šļø but for the time being we will the problem of heyina tribes for a later time is it clear'.
They both nodded and levy said:' I agree with you lord for the time being the treath of those cursed warmongers and barbic race can be put to hold until they unite as that will enable to destroy in one full swoop instead of hunting in the desert as then out enemy will not be the heyina but tha atmosphere and difficulty of logistics to provide for the soldiers and believe that will be a nightmare if we don't prepare well'.
Crowley next to him said:' I too think the same my lord the huge material and manpower that is needed is one of the reasons that this part of the land is under their control to this day'.
Damien also had the same taught but unlike his counterpart he has a solution but that for later to reveal he said:' I also think the same way so our strategy toward for the time being will be a defensive one but now I want you to tell me everything you know about this ruin and the level of danger in their'.
This time Crowley took the lead and said :' lord since we didn't want to reveal to the other power the existing of the ruins our gathered information is minimal but we got four clues from it the first one it belonged to an old knight order known as the roaring knights their is records of their activities in this region second its a trial ground to select members or inheritor as I have seeing this kind of ruins and usually the danger level is mid may injur you but not kill you third only those under the age of thirty and first grade life form can enter and finaly that light church in out Territory seems to have got wind of it or they already knew of it's existence they just didn't know where exactly situated as they have approached us in order to launch a joint operation but we didn't answer waiting for you return'.
Then it was levy turn:' I believe lord we should keep the ruins under our control as it will be a huge boost to the power of the barrony but the decision is yours lord'.
After that Damien started thinking š¤ from the name of this order of knight the sound like a righouts one so him getting the inheritance is doubtful due to his affinity with the dark element as order like this tend to hate those with this affinity thinking of them as nothing more of demons in human skin plus he is a vampire š¦ a dark creature in any story he has ever heard so he will be grateful if he doesn't trigger some kind of contingency plan or trap šŖ¤ left behind so partner up with light church doesn't sound bad they may have maps and knowledge about what inside plus he doesn't think he has the power to eat this fat meal alone and church of light will provide that kind of cover.
So after thinking for a while he said :' set up a meeting with the Decon of the church of light tomorrow morning also I want both of you and Carl to be present if there is nothing else you may excuse yourself '.
Seeing Crowley still sitting Levi bowed and left.
Then Crowley said :' you master we got a message from the grand-duchy they congratulate on your victory over Dylan the traitor and the great job you are doing ruling...'
But before he can continue Damien cut him off and said:' Crowley just tell me the bad š news šļø '.
Then Cowley said:' a delegation from the light church will arrive in few days to take sit Carl to join them as he a one in million years genius born with the double affinity of light and thunder thus making him able to cultivate their main knight manual the thunder ā” and light šÆļø of origin '.
Damien chuckled:' so the couldn't sit still even for a year and the already made a move I have only on e question can we stop them?'.
Crowley scratched his head his youn master is really fierce that's a a giant church led by a grade six or seven god even a sneeze š¤§ from could destroy the grand-duchy not talking about their fledgling barony and said:' to answer your question lord absolute no even if knigh Carl doesn't want to join them they will probably kill him than let him serve under someone who has dark affinity plus it's the dream of every knight to join them specifically one who adhere to the code of chevelry like Carl what we should be thinking about lord is what compensation we should get for giving him up'.
Damien nodded and said:' I think first we should probe Carl then see what we can do for the time being only inform Carl about and ask him to come for a meeting after he is done In The barracks also try to get me as much of blood of first grade life form beast specialy those with dark, shadow or earth affinity '
Crowley bowed and left.
Left alone Damien looked through the window šŖ it seems that he should double his cultivation to become a scond life form as that will give him some kind of assurance over his life and he should really embrace his new reality that he is a vampire š¦ and he should act like it when dealing with other specialy those with prejudice against dark creatures and he probably should go hunting tonight to supplement his undead legion no he should study his spells as nothing beat personal strength but before that he should take a shower eat drink š· some fresh blood rest and then he will start his training.