Not all knights are from wealthy aristocratic backgrounds, and although many nobles retain their knightly heritage, they are almost a set of armor and weapons inherited from the family, and there are no other valuable items.

Just like Count Bennett, if Count Bennett was captured on the battlefield, then he would not be able to pay enough ransom.

The same is true for most nobles, which is why these knights enter their respective principalities' knight legions in search of a chance to change.

The knights who join the principalities are generally divided into two purposes, one is to improve their own strength, these knight families themselves lack inheritance, or the inheritance is not perfect, so they want to join the knight legion of the principality to get a boost in strength.

And the other is that the family itself is rich, they have a good inheritance, they have enough family heritage, they join the knight legion for power, whether it is military merit or their own position promotion in the knight legion, it is their goal.

The five principalities could not redeem all their knights, and the ten thousand knights were thrown into the Duchy of Kamai.

And how to deal with these knights has become a big problem, it is a pity to kill them, but it is impossible to make these knights switch to the Principality of Kamai, but it cannot give them peace of mind.

After the captives had been held in the camp in the city of Gomba for a month, despair spread through the camp, and 10,000 knights waited eagerly for redemption from their captives until they watched a knight with a powerful family background leave the camp.

It was not until a month later that none of the captured knights were ransomed and left the camp.

A feeling of being betrayed by their own principality rose in their hearts, they were fighting for their respective principalities, and their principalities had abandoned them like this, without regard for their lives or deaths.

Among the more than 10,000 knights, most of the knights are middle and low-level knights, while there are not many high-level knights and knight chiefs, and most of the knights of these two levels have been redeemed.

Because a family that can cultivate two levels of knights, a high-level knight and a knight chief, the wealth will not be too small.

That morning, all the 10,000 knight captives were assembled in the square, and all of them had been tortured by hunger, and all of them had lost their physical strength.

The chief knight of Bodleian was in charge of guarding these knights here, and members of his family were unharmed despite their early departure from Inner Gold City.

However, due to the plundering of Neijin City, his family also suffered heavy losses, you must know that his family members were in a hurry when they left, and the property they could take away was limited, especially because of the rebellion in Neijin City, Abel did not send people to Neijin City.

In other words, although the war between the Principality of Kamai and the five principalities has ended, and the Principality of Kamai has won, the lost Inner Gold City has not been recovered, which makes the Inner Gold City nominally the city of the Thundering Principality at this time.

It is precisely for this reason that Abel has stopped sending food to Inner Golden City since a month ago, which also makes it impossible for the family of the Grand Knight of Bodleian to return to the territory in a short period of time.

This made the Grand Knight of Bodleigh extremely angry, he knew that Abel would give him an explanation, but he did not have a good temper with the ten thousand knights who had deprived his family of land.

He couldn't abuse these knights because of the knightly code, but it was within his purview to manage them more strictly, and to make them eat only some food to maintain their minimum physical fitness every day.

And as long as he commits a crime and does not listen to the knight captive, he will never be soft, which makes more than 10,000 knight captives, each of whom is very afraid of him.

Coupled with the suppression of their own strength, although the emotions of more than 10,000 knights became more and more desperate, there was no excesse.

These knights were waiting for the Duchy of Kamai, for Abel's decision, for a decision about their fate.

Principalities generally sold knights who were unable to pay the ransom as prisoners, or abandoned their fighting spirits and threw them into the mines, never to see the light of day again for the rest of their lives, or simply killed them.

Of course, if the captured knight is innocent, there will be a small number of recruits, and this opportunity is generally rare, and the main reason is loyalty.

The knightly inheritance of each principality is passed down among the families of knight nobles, and even if knights are recruited, they will betray due to family reasons.

While more than 10,000 knights were panicking, the figure of Abel, dressed in wizard robes, appeared on the wooden platform at the front of the captive camp in a white light.

"Intermediate wizard!" Among the more than 10,000 knights, some knights had already recognized what the white light just now was, it was the light of 'teleportation', and a soft cry appeared in the knight's mouth.

A powerful mid-level wizard, how old is Abel, he is already an intermediate wizard, and the knights present all have a kind of light and terrifying thoughts.

Although wizards are not allowed to participate in the world, it is a rule, a rule of the wizards' guild, a rule that all wizards must follow.

However, this rule is particularly weak in the face of Abel, a blacksmith grandmaster, because the status of a blacksmith grandmaster is more noble than that of a junior and intermediate wizard.

Just as those who are of high status will use Grandmaster Abel instead of Wizard Abel when they call Abel, they all agree that Grandmaster Blacksmith is Abel's main job.

So even the Wizards' Guild did not see Abel as a simple wizard, but as a blacksmith and a part-time wizard.

Therefore, Abel is a wizard, but he can become a duke and a king of a principality, on the one hand, because the military exploits are too high and must be rewarded in this way, and on the other hand, it is the identity of the blacksmith grandmaster.

The identity of an intermediate wizard is the strongest in the world for ordinary knights, they have never seen a high-level wizard, and the strongest person that most knights have seen in their lives is an intermediate wizard.

If at the beginning, the more than 10,000 knight captives were defeated in the war because of the absolute suppression of the equipment of the Principality of Kamai, then the identity of Abel's intermediate wizard made them full of fear of the Principality of Kamai.

How long an intermediate wizard can live, the knights don't know, but most knights know one thing very well, some of the intermediate wizards in the principality have appeared in the principality when they were grandparents, and when it comes to them, the intermediate wizard still hasn't changed.

The words mysterious king, mighty king, almost immortal king, these words rose in the hearts of more than ten thousand knightly captives, whose eyes were already on Abel, on this mighty king who decided their fate.

"Knights, I'm sorry to tell you that your principality has abandoned you!" Abel said loudly, glancing around at the 10,000 knight captives below.

As soon as his words fell, more than 10,000 knight captives exploded in an instant.

Although they were mentally prepared and could guess from the situation in recent days, they still couldn't accept the result when they heard it with their own ears.

The war was started by their principality, and this kind of state-level war, which ended with the abandonment of the knights, was unacceptable to them.

"Quiet!" Abel said in a deep voice, the momentum in his body instantly rose, and the dual-line great knight chief and intermediate wizard, coupled with the unintentional exudation of the slightest dragon might, suppressed the more than 10,000 knight captives in the entire captivity camp.

The hearts of the more than 10,000 knight captives sank almost at the same time, and at that moment they could hardly think, they could not breathe.

Originally, more than ten knights among the more than 10,000 knights were powerful knights, with a physical fitness that was far more powerful than ordinary knights, and they would not be suppressed so easily, but the defeated prisoners, coupled with many days of detention, food shortages, and unarmed.

Even though Abel's suppression had been dispersed to more than 10,000 knight captives, it still suppressed more than ten knight chiefs.

More than 10,000 knight captives retracted with Abel's momentum, and the entire captive camp continued to breathe, and all the knights' eyes were refocused on Abel's body, and Abel's strength was far beyond their expectations.

"Originally, my way to deal with the enemies who invaded my Principality of Kamai was to throw you into the mines, and spend your whole life to make amends for what you did to the Principality of Kamai!" When Abel said this, the more than 10,000 knight captives below couldn't help but be shocked, this was the worst outcome, but they seemed to hear the turning point in Abel's tone.

"However, the Principality of Kamai understands that you are being bewitched by the Principality, and it is not your intention to come to the Principality of Kamai, so I give you two choices, one is to abolish the fighting spirit, send you to the mines of the Principality of Kamai, and work for twenty years, and you can be free after twenty years!" Abel said in a deep voice.

The more than 10,000 knight captives are not stupid, they can cultivate to become official knights, and each of them is far more intelligent than ordinary people.

What is the meaning of working for 20 years, being abolished and entering the mine, let alone 20 years, it is lucky to live for 5 years, besides, even if you really work for 20 years and come out of the mine alive, that life will be ruined, what is the point of coming out alive!

More than 10,000 knight captives did not say anything, they were all waiting for Able to say another option.

"The second option is to become a knight of the Duchy of Kamai, of course, the premise is that you have to write to your family, they must migrate to the Duchy of Kamai, and of course the title of the original family will also be recognized in the Duchy of Kamai!" Abel said in a deep voice.

These two choices made the eyes of many knight captives present light up, you must know that the average small family is also a family, there is only one knight, they can't go back, then the family will also be annexed by other nobles.

"Your Majesty King Abel, my family needs permission from the Duchy of Taikos to leave the Duchy of Taikos, and it will be difficult for the Duchy of Taikos to agree to my family's relocation!" said a knight chief.

To tell the truth, the more than ten knight captains who can stay here are all knight chiefs who are not valued in their respective principalities, and their families are very weak, but just like that, the principality will not let a knight captain's family move out of their principality.

The Knight Chief is also a resource, as long as the Knight Chief's family is mastered, then the Knight Chief cannot leave the principality.

Even if the chief knight is captured, he will not be able to serve the other principalities, otherwise what awaits him is the extinction of the family.

"My Principality of Kamai wants your family to relocate, which principality would dare to stop it?" Abel asked with a big laugh.

Only then did the knight chief think that the strength of the Duchy of Taikos had now fallen to the bottom, and although the war was over, the real reckoning was not over, and the final end of the war had not yet been carried out.

"Your Majesty King Abel, I, Chief Jeremy, will be the sword in your hand, your enemies will be my enemies, your wishes will be my orders, and I will always submit to your throne, please accept my allegiance!" the Jeremy Knight Chief knelt down on one knee and swore aloud.

Abel was very satisfied with the performance of this knight Jeremy, and this kind of public statement had a great impact on other knights.

His figure disappeared in a flash of white light, and then appeared in front of Captain Jeremy, he pulled out his knight's greatsword, tapped it three times on Captain Jeremy's left and right shoulders and head, and then said in a deep voice: "I accept the allegiance of Captain Jeremy!"

With the allegiance of Knight Captain Jeremy, most of the knights in the captive camp chose to be loyal, especially the more than ten Knight Captains, all of whom were loyal to Abel just like Knight Chief Jeremy.

And the knights who did not swear allegiance on the spot did not refuse, but their situation was a little special, such as having two knights in the family, or it was too difficult for the family to relocate.

When Abel left the camp, there were less than 3,000 knights captive in the camp.

Knight allegiance is a solemn thing, and no knight will be deceived by false knightly allegiance, because the oath of allegiance is the most important part of the existence of the knightly profession.

Abandoned by the original principality, these knights were already free in status, and the old oath could no longer bind them, and the new oath restored their status from captives to knighthood.

Of course, this knight status can only get the life treatment of a knight at present, and if they really want to enjoy the knightly cultivation treatment of the Principality of Kamai, they have to wait for their family to be moved to the Principality of Kamai.

The relocation of the families was a big project, but the Principality of Kamai, with the power of victory in the war, did not force the five principalities to make the family difficult.

Or what the five principalities want to do most now is to quickly relocate these families to the Principality of Kamai, knowing that these nobles chase them every day and demand the redemption of the family knights.

Now it is best for the Principality of Kamai to want these families, these families have no knights, and for these principalities, it is just more of a waste of food.

In the process of the relocation of these knight families, the representatives of the five principalities have also come to the Principality of Kamai, and they have not sent representatives before, but because Abel has been busy with the matter of captivity, he has not bothered to negotiate with the representatives of the five principalities.

"Your Majesty, there are too many knights in the Duchy of Kamai at once, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for our Duchy to accommodate these knight families!" Count Brooke bowed down and said above the main hall of the King of Kamai's palace.

Abel rarely appears in the palace, but because a major war for the future of the Principality of Kamai has just ended, there are some things that must be dealt with, so he has to stay in the palace of Gomba City.

The placement of the knight family is very troublesome, among these knight families, the knight family with heraldry must at least prepare a fief for it, which is the foundation of the knight family, without these, those knight families will not be able to survive when they come to the Principality of Kamai.

In addition, those knight families who do not have heraldic coats of arms must at least have a decent job, and these must have enough cities to settle in.

However, although there are not many knights in the Principality of Kamai, the nobles have already occupied the interests of each city, and they can't encroach on the interests of the nobles of the Principality of Kamai itself because of foreign knight families!

"I know what you mean, Lord Brooke, that our Principality of Kamai is too small!" Abel said to Count Brooke with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty, our principality is too small!" said Earl Brooke, bowing excitedly.

"Father, you and Count Brooke negotiate with the five principalities together, let them spit out enough land, I don't care how the five principalities coordinate with each other, I need the Principality of Kamai to have enough cities to welcome the incoming knight family!" Abel turned to Count Bennett on the side and said.

Abel's title to Count Bennett made the important ministers of the Duchy of Kamai present very helpless, knowing that as a king, his status should be the most noble in the formal occasions of the principality, but he still followed the original title.

But because his identity is too noble, and his own strength is too strong, so in this regard, whether it is the important minister of the principality, or the palace steward Burbitch, who should have the duty of guidance, it is difficult to say anything.

"Your Majesty, I will negotiate with Count Brooke, and I will definitely make those five principalities pay a price that will make their hearts ache!" said Earl Bennett, he was different from Abel, and he would not be rude in this palace hall.

Due to his identity, Count Bennett is now an important power holder in the Duchy of Kamai, because there are not many members of the Harry family in Harvest City, and Count Marshall will not participate in government affairs, so the power of the original royal family is basically reflected by him now.

The two counts of the royal family were given to Earl Marshall and Earl Bennett, and in the eyes of others, the Harry family and the Bennett family of Harvest City were like one.

Abel was not too involved in the negotiations, which should have been handled by more experienced ministers, and he would only lose his dignity if he was involved in such matters.

Months have passed, and with the arrival of spring, the Duchy of Kamai seems to have ushered in a new glory, and there are 10,000 knights in the Duchy, and the families of these knights have also come to the Duchy of Kamai.

The territory of the Principality of Kamai has also increased, and although it is said to be a negotiation, it is almost a unilateral condition of the Principality of Kamai, and the five principalities discuss how to distribute the conditions among the five principalities.

In the end, the Duchy of Kamai was compensated by the Duchy of Thunder, the Duchy of Raqqa, the Duchy of Koror, and the Duchy of Lalvi, while the Principality of Tykos, the initiator of the war, paid the price of five cities.

These fifteen cities were carved out of the Principality of Thunder, Raqqa, and Koror around the Principality of Kamai and handed over to the Duchy of Kamai, as for how to adjust the distribution of these cities among the five principalities, the Duchy of Kamai did not care anymore, anyway, the benefits were already in hand.

Among the fifteen cities received by the Principality of Kamai, because of the previous experience of Neijin City, all the nobles in the entire city were expelled, and the cities received were basically cities without nobles.

Such a decision would have caused chaos in the fifteen cities due to the lack of administrators, but due to the large number of knightly noble families who took refuge in them, these cities were quickly replenished by administrators.

The version of the Principality of Kamai has expanded a lot at once, and the extra land is enough for the knight families who come to take refuge to survive, and the Principality of Kamai officially has a huge knight army of 10,000 knights.

The five principalities, which had lost a lot of land, suddenly fell in strength from the middle to the upper principalities due to the lack of knights and wizards.

The Kingdom of St. Ellis did not intervene during this period, and the strength shown by the Duchy of Kamai has already made this ancient empire have a sense of fear, and the most passive thing in the empire is Abel's real combat power.

On top of Abel's combat power, four high-level wizards have been killed, and six orc high-level sacrifices have been added, which can make any high-level wizard dare not directly fight him again.

And the tragic situation of Niyan City made the three empires even more afraid to be enemies of it, as long as they couldn't figure out how he turned Nanyan into a dead land, they wouldn't directly start a war with him.

Since the end of the war, four months have passed, and Abel has finally dealt with the things after the war, and the Duchy of Kamai has become the largest duchy in the entire Holy Continent because of its fifteen more cities and a large number of territories.

Now, except for the three major empires, no principality has a larger territory than the Principality of Kamai, and due to the addition of 10,000 new knights, the strength of the Principality of Kamai has jumped to the second only existence of the three empires.

"Your Majesty, King Kenneth of the Duchy of Keane has sent an envoy and is waiting for your reception outside the palace!" the butler Burbeech found Abel who was reading a book, and bowed down to report.

"What's the matter with the Duchy of Keane looking for me?" Abel asked strangely, putting down the book.

The intelligence organization of the Principality of Kamai has always been handled and reported by the Burbee Butler, so he knows more about what is happening in the principalities.

"Your Majesty, the Duchy of Keene can't hold on anymore, I heard that their grain is so low that they don't even have seeds for spring ploughing, and the Duchy of Keene may be the first Duchy in the Holy Continent to be wiped out due to reduced crop production. The Burbig butler replied with a bow.

"What do you mean, they want to buy food from me?" Abel asked, a little surprised.

No wonder he was surprised, his relationship with the Principality of Keene was not good, the grudge back then made him ruin the wizarding circle of the Principality of Keane, no matter how he tried to find him, he shouldn't have found him here!

"Your Majesty, have you seen the messenger?" asked the Burbee butler again.

"Well, bring the messenger to the main hall, and call Earl Brooke and my father to the main hall!" Abel said with a wave of his hand.

After saying that, he stood up and stretched his waist, his exploration in the dark world has slowed down recently, but the results are still good, he has already explored most of the real Tarasya, and more importantly, his last twelve-level wizard crystal is about to be full again.

This was also the reason for the war, which delayed his cultivation in the dark world for some time, otherwise he would have entered a full state earlier.

Able walked out of the study, went to the cloakroom, and with the help of a maid, changed into a formal dress.

Although the Duchy of Keene has declined, the least respect still has to be given, and when Abel, who has changed into a gorgeous robe, walks into the main hall, Earl Bennett and Earl Brooke are already waiting in the main hall.

He greeted the two of them and walked to the middle seat and sat down.

At the same time, the Burbeech butler brought the envoy of the Duchy of Keene to the main hall on time.

"Your Majesty, I am Viscount Breger of the Duchy of Keen, and I have come to meet you on behalf of King Kenneth!" said Viscount Breger, the envoy of the Duchy of Keen, bowed to Abel and bowed respectfully.

Abel was stunned, for the attitude shown by the Viscount of Brege was not what an envoy representing his king should have, and this kind of half-body courtesy was not in accordance with the norm.

At this time, Viscount Brage represented King Kenneth of the Duchy of Keane, and it can also be said that this gift was given on behalf of King Kenneth.

Not only Abel was stunned, but even the Earl Bennett and Count Brooke on the side were also stunned, and no one thought that Viscount Breger would be a nobleman who did not understand etiquette, not to mention that Viscount Brege was a messenger, just saying that he had the title of viscount, it could be said that he must have a inheritance in family etiquette.

"Viscount Brege, excuse me, sit down!" Abel bowed slightly, returned the salute, and said with a smile.

Since Viscount Breger treated him with such courtesy, he also repaid Viscount Breger with honorable etiquette.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Viscount Brege bowed and sat down in the chair arranged by the butler of Burbitch.

"Your Majesty, first of all, on behalf of King Kenneth, I would like to congratulate you on your successful victory over the five bandits, and your deeds will be remembered by the world for a perfect war!" said Viscount Brege, as soon as he sat down, began to praise the war that had ended.

Everyone present can understand his psychology with the Duchy of Keen, four of the five principalities have invaded the Duchy of Keane, so he will say that they are robbers.

"I don't like war, but I've never been afraid of war!" Abel said with a faint smile.

What achievements will be remembered by the world, it is all fake, if the Principality of Kamai is weakened now, then what is recorded in the history books may not be what it is, and the achievements will only be recorded by the strong.

"I have been commissioned by King Kenneth to make you a presumptuous request, the Duchy of Keane requesting that it be annexed to the Duchy of Kamai!" As soon as Viscount Breger's words were spoken, both Earl Bennett and Earl Brooke could not help but step forward, and the excitement on their faces overflowed.

Abel was only slightly puzzled, to be honest, if it weren't for the few families related to him, he wouldn't have taken over a principality, just because the principality had made his cultivation very slow.

Of course, this slowness is relative, and his cultivation speed is like a flying speed in the eyes of any wizard in the Holy Continent.

He couldn't figure out why the Keene Duchy had chosen to invest in the Duchy of Kamai over the other option.

"Your Majesty, the Duchy of Keene has reached the point of exhaustion, our people have no food to eat, our Duchy has no ability to resist foreign invasions, King Kenneth is no longer able to control this Duchy, we are surrounded by robbers, and the only thing that can keep our people alive is the Duchy of Kamai!" said Viscount Bréger sincerely.

The Duchy of Keene has basically become an empty shell, but now the Duchy of Keene, the Duchy of Larvi, the Duchy of Taikos, the Duchy of Raqqa and the Duchy of Koror have suffered a serious loss of strength because they have just received a major blow from the Duchy of Kamai.

However, the four principalities after the loss of strength are also stronger than the current Duchy of Keen, and these four principalities have lost a large number of earthen cities, and they need to reduce their losses, so it is their choice to invade and occupy the cities of the Duchy of Keene again to make up for the losses.

It's just that the strength of the four principalities is a bit lost a bit now, and it will take some time to recover, and due to the sudden decline in strength, they also have to guard against the invasion of other imperial vassals, so they don't have the energy to invade the Duchy of Keene in a short time.

"What does King Kenneth want?" Abel asked in a deep voice, not showing much excitement.

The Duchy of Keene is large and does not share a border with the Duchy of Kamai, and once the Duchy of Keene is added to the Duchy of Kamai, then the land between the two Duchies will have to be opened.

Of course, it is not difficult to open a permanent road to the Duchy of Keen, whether from the Duchy of Raqqa or from the Duchy of Koror.

It's just that Abel needs to know what the requirements of the Duchy of Keane are, and King Kenneth won't give him a Duchy directly.

"King Kenneth has only one condition, and that is to ensure that the royal family of the Duke of Keane is treated as they deserve in the Duchy of Kamai!" said Viscount Brege, bowing down.

This requirement is not high, it can be said that it is too low, but it is precisely this that reflects the current real situation of the Duchy of Keane has made King Kenneth have no courage to propose conditions.

"King Kenneth's dukedom will not change, and his family can permanently designate a city in the Duchy of Keane as his family fiefdom!" Abel said in a deep voice after thinking about it.

This answer made Viscount Breger very satisfied, knowing that it is impossible to have a higher condition than this, there is no other lord of a country, although King Kenneth has changed from a king to a city lord, but he can choose a city among the principalities of Keane, which is enough preferential treatment!