Reborn Combo Mage

"Carlos, you will recruit a group of reserve members from the prison camp for training, and then send them to the Iron Guard for training, and recommend the best to me."

Now is not the time when the force was founded. After having a certain foundation, Uriel is more strict in selecting candidates for training. Loyalty is still the most important. In addition to loyalty, he must also consider the abilities and growth potential of his subordinates.

The Shadow Guard system is also directly under the Wild Stone Tower. In the past, Simone was also in charge of the Shadow Guard system. With Simone being appointed as the supreme commander of the Iron Guard, the Shadow Guard system is temporarily under the control of Uriel himself until the new supreme commander. Take office.

"Yes."

Carlos and other Shadow Guard leaders bowed to their orders and directed members to test and recruit new members in a covert manner.

After Arkady returned to Kilik Island, he informed the core members of the Kilik family of his decision to attach himself to the Wild Stone Tower.

"Uncle Arkady, your decision is ridiculous."

The head of the Kirik family retorted loudly, thinking that Arkady's decision was ridiculous.

"Pierce, do you want the Kilik family to become the dust of history?"

"That way the tribesmen will at least die bloody, which is a hundred times better than being slowly assimilated and disappeared by others."

The head of the Kilik family stood firm.

"Pierce, I know what you are worried about, but your worries are unnecessary. What we will rely on are the remnants of the Black Marsh Magic Academy, not the Biggs family."

"Uncle Arkady, are you sure?"

Hearing that the person he was attached to was not another family, the attitude of the head of the Kilik family softened.

"Do you think the Conrad family can be destroyed with the power of the Biggs family?"

"Of course it won't work."

The strength of the Biggs family is very clear to the families in the southeast corner. After the death of Master Edmundo, whom they had tried their best to cultivate, the Biggs family was not a prominent force in the southeast corner and was almost defeated by the neighboring ones. The two unpopular forces were destroyed.

Even if the Biggs family steals a large number of blood-strengthening potions from Mossolie Island, it is impossible for them to compete with the Conrad family, which has two official knights. If you think about it carefully, the idea that there is someone behind the Biggs family is true.

"Uncle Arkady, will our attachment to the remaining forces of the Black Marsh Academy of Magic cause an attack from the Holy White Academy of Magic?"

The attitude of the head of the Kilik family has changed drastically. He can now accept being attached to the Wild Stone Tower, but he is still a little worried.

"Pierce, your worries are unnecessary. The Mosolie Islands are no longer dependent on the Magic Academy. With the establishment of the Islands Alliance, do you think those big shots who have worked hard to establish the Islands Alliance will allow the Holy White Magic Academy to operate on their territory? Pointing fingers?"

"Uncle Arkady, I personally have no objection."

"We agree."

It is very common for knight families to rely on the power of mages in this world. As long as the family can retain its attachment to the Wild Stone Tower, it is a good choice for the Kilik family.

"Owner."

"Simone, please call me Tower Master in public from now on."

"Yes, Lord Tower Master. I have completed the preliminary construction of the Iron Guards in accordance with your instructions. Currently, the Iron Guards consists of two battalions, one is the Thunder Snake Battalion and the other is the Viper Battalion. Each battalion has ten The guard station is divided into large, middle and small guards. The small guard is responsible for five hundred soldiers, the middle guard is twice as many, and the big guard is four times as many."

"According to your instructions, I recruited a large number of young men from the Conrad family prison camp to enrich the Iron Guards, and mixed them into different guard houses. Currently, the guard houses of the two battalions of the Iron Guards are small guard houses. , less than half of the soldiers in each guard station are led by trainee knights from the Knights Hall."

"War is the best grinder. Simona, you command the Iron Guard to regain the islands occupied by the Conrad family and completely bring the southeastern corner of the area under the rule of the Wildstone Tower."

Uriere clicked on the map of the archipelago with his baton, and the southeast corner area has been circled. It is an isosceles right-angled triangle area with the deserted rock island as the vertex and extending for more than two hundred nautical miles to the due north and due west. .

There are hundreds of large and small islands scattered irregularly in the southeast corner area, most of which are uninhabited islands, and there are only fifty-two islands suitable for human habitation.

The largest of these fifty-two habitable islands are Conrad Island and Kilik Island. These two islands are almost symmetrically distributed on both sides of the midpoint of the base of an isosceles right triangle. They are the closest to the Mossolie Islands. Islands in the Outer Rim.

"As ordered!"

Simone commanded the two battalions to set off. She had participated in the plane war when she was training with Edmundo, and commanded the Iron Guard to easily deal with the small teams left by the Conrad family on those islands.

"Your Excellency, I, Enoch, are here."

Not long after Simone's Iron Guards left, the ministers, head of the family, and several important figures of the Kirik family boarded Conrad Island with expressions of sadness on their faces, and went to see Uriel.

"After signing this contract, the Kilik family will be the vassal family of the Wild Stone Tower from now on."

The shadow guard handed a blood contract that had been prepared to the members of the Kilik family. After receiving the blood contract, they gathered around and carefully inspected it. After making sure that there were no traps in the strict blood contract, they bit their fingers and left a mark. , complete the signing of the blood contract.

"The Biggs family, the Kilik family, and all humans living in the southeast corner area are under the jurisdiction of the Iron Guard. Simone, the supreme commander of the Iron Guard, is away fighting. She will make arrangements for you when she comes back."

After the blood contract was signed, Uriel signaled that Arkady and others could go out.

"Uncle Arkady, the tower owner doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about our attachment?"

After all, the Kirik family is also a big family in the southeast corner area. They have Arkadi, an official knight, but Uriere doesn't seem to pay much attention to them.

"Let's see how the supreme commander of the Iron Guard arranges for us first."

While waiting, Arkady was not idle. He tried his best to inquire about the situation of the Iron Guard, and found out the status of the Iron Guard in the Blackstone Tower and the organizational structure of the Iron Guard.

About three days later, having taken all the habitable islands under her jurisdiction, Simone returned to Conrad Island with some guards. Arkady wasted no time, and felt that Simone's report was almost complete, so he took the core family members to see Uriere.

"Master Tower Master, Captain Simona, we want to know how you arranged the Kilik family."

"Kirik Island is a big island. I plan to set up a large guard station on Kilik Island. The Kilik family can select five hundred people to join this guard station."

Simona has already thought about the arrangements for the Kilik family.

"what?"

Arkady and others couldn't believe their ears. They thought that even if they didn't set up another legion for them, they could get an independent battalion anyway.

But Simone only gave Kilik Island the establishment of a large guard station, and this large guard station was not under their control. The Kilik family could only provide 500 soldiers for the guard station. This arrangement seems extremely absurd to Arkadi and others.

"Yes, it is a large guard base. Kilik Island, Conrad Island and Gris Island are at the same level in the Iron Guard organization."

"Lord Tower Master, this is not fair treatment!"

Arkadi and others protested.

"I don't see anything wrong with Simone's arrangement."

"Tower Master, do you think that I, a formal knight, am not as important as a mid-level trainee knight?"

Arkady looked in disbelief. He thought he had been suppressed by Simone, but he didn't expect Uriere to directly support Simone publicly.

"That's true. In my eyes, loyalty is the highest standard for measuring value. If you sign this contract, I can allow you to build a new battalion. Otherwise, this is the treatment you deserve."

"Tower Master, the Kilik family is your vassal, not your slave."

Arkady took the contract and looked at it. This contract was basically the same as a slave contract.

"This is the treatment of a vassal. If you still have objections, you can go back to the island to prepare. I can still take Kilik Island by spending a little more time."

Uriel looked directly at Arkadi and the others coldly, not allowing them to continue arguing.

"Yes, Tower Master, I'll take my leave."

Arkady and others left with ugly expressions.

"Simone, prepare for battle."

"Yes, Lord Tower Master!"

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"Uncle Arkadi, that tower master doesn't treat us as human beings at all, and you still want to work for him?"

After returning to Kilik Island, the anger of the Kilik family leader finally broke out.

"Hmph, this kind of force is not worth serving."

Arkady was keen on clinging to the Wild Stone Tower because he thought he could obtain a high position. This was a good way out for him personally and for the Kilik family, but he never expected that Uriel would not take him seriously at all.

In Uriere's eyes, a low-level knight like Arkady only needs some time to cultivate and has little value at all. Of course, if Arkady was a young knight instead of an old knight, Uriere would take a high look at him and feel that he has the potential to be cultivated.

"Arkady, head of the Pierce family, are we going to abandon the Kilik family?"

Seeing that Arkady and Pierce were determined to run away, a core member murmured.

"Igor, as long as we live, the Kirik family will not perish and will flourish again."

After the failure of the fight for hegemony with the Conrad family, Pierce and the others were preparing for the Fire Plan. They originally thought that the Fire Plan would be useless after the Conrad family was replaced, but they did not expect that Uriel did not take them seriously at all.

Arkady and Pierce will restart Project Tinder for their own benefit. This time the plan is even more harsh. In order not to attract Uriere's attention, they will only take a very small number of tribesmen to escape from the Mossolie Islands.

"It's obviously fine, why are you running?"

Igor was very disappointed and disapproved of Arkady and Pierce's approach of throwing them at the tribe.

"you!"

Igor, who was muttering to himself, looked down at the sharp sword thrust out of his chest, and looked back in disbelief at the head of the Kilik family who stabbed him in the back.

"Homeowner!"

Other core members of the Kilik family also exclaimed at this scene.

"Igor is no longer of the same mind as us. If he informs us, none of us will be able to escape."

After the head of the Kilik family gave a cold shout, the core members who exclaimed immediately fell silent. They were all tied to the pirate ship by the head of the Kilik family. If they didn't follow them, they would die.

"Everyone go back and tidy up. Meet at the Fire Project preparation point at midnight."

The head of the Kilik family took back the blood-stained sword and asked the core members of Silence to act as ordered.