A Strange Feeling

When Agrieten killed the demon commanding the enemy army, Damian's army performed the best during the war.

Now, his meritorious service was enough for him to be granted two baronies under his command, in addition to the original territory Damian had been gathering all this time, which would officially be his.

Everyone thought he would die soon, and taking advantage of that would be his greatest move in the years to come.

According to the law of the north, if you have three baronies under your command, you can ascend directly to a count.

Counts wield immense power in royalty, especially if it's hereditary.

Damian didn't need any of this; his purpose was in war, but the more power he had, the more careful he was with each of his moves.

The total number of hereditary nobles in the north only amounted to forty-six. Damian's family status would now be extremely important in the north.

There's no legal threshold for ascending from baron to viscount. As long as you have three territories, you can be promoted.

However, after being promoted to count, you have to assume responsibilities while enjoying the privileges.

If recruited by the royal family, you must provide a large group of troops, even if they are servant soldiers. The responsibility is to have a large army to meet the demands of the king, which are simply based on defending the territory.

Damian had other plans, so he didn't fear taking on all this responsibility.

When Drogo and Wilson killed the demon commander, the war merits mostly served Damian, who had been providing important resources in this war.

Damian directly delivered the heads of powerful demons and sought credit through his relationship with the Northern Army.

Although this is somewhat against the rules, it almost directly shows the nobles' distrust of local bureaucrats.

But Damian would prefer to expose this contradiction to his superiors rather than seek trouble by seeking credit through third parties.

The last time he was deprived of credit, Damian no longer trusted the northern bureaucrats.

If the king doesn't give a satisfactory answer this time, no one should blame Damian in future wars for the consideration he has given to the rules until now.

Today, Damian's territory army is a very important force in the north.

The reason the Northern Army fought well this time was that the soldiers under Damian's command played a very key role.

"Take the wounded, put them on the puppets, and let's get out of here." Damian, like any careful leader, made sure to save every man who hadn't been seriously injured.

Frieren, who was beside him, looked at the battlefield and said, "Humans shouldn't fight until the Demon King is eliminated."

"It may be so, but we were always about fighting, and we're becoming weak."