While Swain ordered Hortz to assist Cereya in recruiting the army, he began to prepare the army's equipment. He first sent a few business bachelors he had found to negotiate with the weapons dealers, and at the same time asked Larry, who was left behind in Hydonnice, to find a way to build a workshop.

Savin knows very well that sooner or later the problem of equipment will have to be solved by himself, and it is not enough to rely solely on purchases, first, the cost is too great, and secondly, the supply cannot be guaranteed, and what he wants to build this time is not a mercenary regiment, but a legion that is enough to deal with a real war. In fact, Sawan didn't tell Main the truth, on the surface he said that he was building a knights, but in fact, he was really going to build a legion.

After dealing with the Magic Guild a few times, Sawan gradually understood a truth, some things should be done first, as for the reasons or other things, you can think of a way after the fact, if you listen to the Magic Guild for everything, then you can't do anything.

A few days later, the people who had been sent to inquire about the price returned, and after some discussion, it was decided to purchase the equipment of 2,000 people first, and if there was a need in the future, it would not be too late to buy more. Due to the abundance of funds, the weapons dealers quickly shipped goods, and truckloads of brand new armor and weapons were continuously transported into the city of Tetur.

Now the Duke's Palace has become the headquarters of Sawan, the Duke of Amberton's family has moved to live in the palace, and it has become a military camp, if the Duke of Amberton sees this scene, he will not know how distressed he will be. Now the Duke of Amberton is too busy every day to take care of other things, arranging henchmen, co-opting ministers, and pacifying the troops stationed in various places is enough to keep him busy.

Savan also did not interfere in the affairs of the duke, so as not to cause him to react, and Saviin did not intend to ask about the state affairs of Hieronis from the beginning, but there was one thing, Sahain had to firmly grasp the military power. Now Teitor's city defense has been captured by Hortz, and the guards of the palace are all Sahain's people, and the Duke of Amberton wants to sit in this position, and only Sahain can be relied on at present.

However, the army in the field is a troublesome matter, although the generals stationed in various places have written letters to express their allegiance, but after all, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, who knows what they plan in their hearts. There is no other way to solve this problem than to show strength. Therefore, Savan was not in a hurry to take the army from the outside, and he had to lay his own foundation first.

In order to create a little momentum for recruitment, Sawan ordered some of the original mercenary regiments to put on brand new armor and swagger around the streets of Tetur every day.

Many people asked to sign up as soon as they heard that the Holy Religious Knights were recruiting, but this time Savan put forward a higher demand, which must be strong, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, and must not be afraid of death, because in the near future, this knight order will face an extremely cruel war.

Many people who signed up only saw the glamour of the Knights, but rarely considered that one day they would really go to war, and they thought that the Holy Knights were like those noble knights, flying all day long, hunting and playing. Therefore, Sawin set a rule for recruitment, those who signed up must be from civilian backgrounds, and they have to stab themselves, and those who can't do it must not be accepted.

Sure enough, this request made many people retreat, although it was their own knife, but most people were still reluctant, this kind of people just want to take military salaries to make a living, and let them harm themselves.

The recruitment went well on the whole, but the matter of the magic musket made Samin nerves his head, and although money was not an issue, the problem was that there was no one. Sawan asked some craftsmen to inquire, and when they looked at the drawings, they shook their heads and said they couldn't do it, and sure enough, as Main said, it was a dwarven craftsman to be able to do the job.

After much thought, Sawan finally made up his mind that he was going to visit the dwarves and ask a group of craftsmen to return. Coupled with the fact that there was no suitable person to lead the construction of the port, Sawan was even more determined to hire dwarven craftsmen. The magic musket is an indispensable element in building this army, as long as you have a large number of magic muskets, you can sweep through most of the country's armies in a short period of time, so no matter how difficult it is, Sawin is determined to do this.

When Sawin called a meeting and proposed that he should personally invite the dwarven craftsmen, everyone was unanimously opposed, and now many things had to wait for Sahain's decision, and he would have to delay a lot of time when he left, so everyone objected without thinking.

Sawin smiled and said to everyone, "I understand everyone's hard work, there are indeed many things that need me now, but these things are not the most important things. Now our top priority is to build a strong army as soon as possible, only then can we do other things, and building an army is inseparable from a sharp weapon like the magic musket, so this matter must be done by me personally. ”

"Hire a dwarven craftsman and let someone else do it for you, so why bother with it yourself?" Hortz retorted.

Sawan replied, "It doesn't have to be me, it's that I have to do it." One thing you don't know, in fact, I have a bit of a relationship with a dwarven craftsman, so I went to him to have a chance of success. ”

Everyone was curious and asked, "When did you get involved with the dwarves again, the dwarves don't like to deal with humans very much." ”

So Sawin told him about his encounter with the dwarf Vos, and everyone was convinced, and Sawin was very resolute in his decision, so everyone could only agree to Savin himself.

With things just around the corner, Sawan packed up a little and prepared to set off, and because both Narros and Cerea had their own things to do, Sawan decided to take Raun with them. Although Narros repeatedly asked to go with her, Sawan considered that the matter of guarding the king was too much to do and that it must be carried out by someone who absolutely trusted him, so Savin finally refused Narros's request.

The main dwarven colony is in the northwest of the continent, where countless mountains are rarely visited by humans, and thousands of miles away from Hironice in the south. Luckily, a teleportation well had been built after Main had arrived not long ago, which saved Sawan a lot of time.

Savin Raun reached the nearest city to the dwarven colony via the teleportation well, and from there he rode horseback to the savannah of Morin's country before reaching the dwarven mountains.

Without saying a word, on this day Savin Raun finally crossed the savannah to the foot of the famous Loja Mountains. Lawn introduced Savan: "When you get here, you can basically reach the edge of the human world, and beyond that is the territory of the dwarves, which is generally difficult for humans to reach. ”

Savin looked up at the majestic mountain in front of him and couldn't help but be a little curious, so he asked, "Why do dwarves have to live in the mountains, there is not even a road here?" ”

Lawn smiled: "Because in addition to the dwarves are a handicraft, they also like to dig ores, especially rare gems, which is a great hobby of dwarves, if there is the best gem in the world, it must be in the hands of dwarves, and their treasured gems are probably unimaginable to humans." ”

As soon as he heard that there were gems, the greed of the dragon clan of Savin rose up again, and he eagerly asked, "Where are all these gems hidden?"

Lawne shook his head and replied, "I don't know about this, the dwarven treasure house is said to be in an extremely secret underground, and no one can find it except themselves." ”

"It turns out that the dwarves are also misers, and I thought that only the Duke of Amberton was a miser. At this point, both Savin and Lawne burst out laughing.

Sawin and Lawn continued to ride his horse, the speed of which was much quicker thanks to the help of wind magic. After another day of walking, the two of them had entered the depths of the mountain, where there was no sign of human activity at all, and they saw that the towering mountains seemed to be giants on the shore, and anyone seemed so small in front of them.

In front of such majestic mountains, even Sawan put away his share of dragon pride. Savin said, "This place is amazing, and it is enough perseverance for a dwarf to live in such a place. ”

Lawne also chimed in: "Yes, humans can't adapt to this place at all, even if you get a bucket of water, you have to walk for a long time, anyway, I definitely can't stand it." ”

The two of them continued to ride their horses into the depths of the mountain, and after walking for a whole day, they were sitting on a stone to rest, when suddenly they heard a loud explosion from the mountain, and the rocks around them trembled, and the sand and earth poured down the slope like flowing water.

Savin Lawn looked at each other, stunned by the horrific explosion.

(End of chapter)