The ceremony went on as one after another people pledged their allegiance to Percy as soon 17 of the 21 chiefs had bent the knee.
In Avalon , while the Draco family mentained the national army , the other clans also mentained a small amount of independent soldiers that were permitted by the government to prevent internal rebellions and defend their own territory from petty issues like bandits.
Collectively across all 21 clans the total number of independant soldiers were well over 500,000 in number which were pledged as bannermen to the Avalonian throne today alongwith every clan leader that bent the knee.
This meant that not only did Leif manage to present a strong external image , but he was also successful in gaining a lot of added benefits for the avalonian throne , as with a simple trick he was able to rally 500,000 soldiers to the Avalonian army.