Elder’s Gamble

However, what Dominguez announced next made everything feel more real.

"Right after the war is over, [Wolf Teeth Legion] would be dismissed. All of the elite forces would return to their home kingdom and don't need to maintain the subordinate relationship with the king of Chambord. Also, the king of Chambord would only take on the position as the Legion Commander and can't gain real military power."

"In 15 days, [Wolf Teeth Legion] would move towards the southern battlefront." Dominguez stood on the stage and finished announcing the order from Emperor Yassin.

The next three to four hours were long and boring.

The rewarded masters and representatives of the rewarded kingdoms went up to receive the treasures, magic gems, weapons, etc. Of course, the losers also had to hand over some stuff.

Fei liked treasures, but he hated waiting in line to receive them; he felt like he was back in his previous life and was waiting for an ATM at a bank. However, he was the king, and there were people who would take care of that for him. After the ceremony was over, the king returned to the campsite of Chambord right away.

Fei was now the king of a level 1 affiliated kingdom, a level 2 noble of Zenit, and the Legion Commander of [Wolf Teeth Legion]. He was a really powerful and influential figure, and he was sought after by a lot of people.

When he arrived at the campsite, he was scared.

Chambord's campsite was surrounded by people, and it was hard for people to pass through. If these people weren't wearing nice clothes and didn't have presents in their hands, Fei would have thought that these people were here to cause trouble.

These people were all here for Fei.

Fei knew stuff was about to go down, and he quickly switched to Assassin Mode and disappeared from the magic carriage.

Just as he predicted, right after he disappeared from the magic carriage, the "visitors" saw the king's carriage and quickly rushed over. With flattering smiles on their faces, they reported their masters' names and the presents they had. From the look of it, it seemed like they even wanted to stuff the gifts through the window on the carriage.

After hearing the noise outside, Fei who was already back in his tent was a little excited.

He called over a Saint Seiya named Ivanovic. After taking the order, this man bowed and left.

What happened next made all the Chambordians laugh.

There were a few tables set up in the campsite, and the empty field where the soldiers practiced was fenced off as well. Everyone who was here to give presents to Fei was let in one by one. After they handed the gift and got their information registered, they were asked to leave politely.

No one was kicked out for giving a present, but they couldn't see the king of Chambord.

The two tough-looking warriors of Chambord who made into the top-13 list explained with smiles on their faces. They said that the king was tired after the competition and needed to rest; if he was awakened at this time, he would definitely be enraged and would kill some people.

Even the most powerful and noble "visitors" had to leave docilely.

They can't do anything against true power.

In the entire afternoon, the person who was in charge of doing the recording got sore hands and got changed out more than a dozen times. All the Bylaw Enforcement Officers and Saint Seiyas who were in charge of moving the presents felt numbness and soreness in their shoulders; they were more tired now than when they were in the competition.

The campsite was finally less crowded when the night arrived.

Smiles never disappeared from the Chambordians' faces; their faces almost couldn't handle it. Even [Fallen Princess] Victoria who was usually lazy even ran out to help. Golden stars circled in her beautiful eyes as she looked at the mountains of presents, and she wanted to take her shoes off and roll around in these presents while shouting, "These are all mine... all mine..." If she wasn't scared of Fei's scolding, she would have done it right there.

In the afternoon, Angela had already arranged fast horses and messengers to pass the news to Chambord City.

If everything was smooth, the kingdom that was small and remote in the north would get the news by tomorrow evening. A huge celebration would take place there as well.

Now, no affiliated kingdoms dared to challenge the king of Chambord, and all the affiliated kingdoms who had conflicts with Chambord would probably come to Chambord and beg for forgiveness.

"Chambordians are too sly!"

The last person who handed over the present was a mid-aged nobleman. When he walked out of the campsite and saw the celebration happening inside the enclosed zone, he had to sigh and comment.

He never needed to go to a kingdom of bumpkins and try to establish a friendship, and it seemed like these barbaric and greedy people didn't understand the principle of taking and giving! For the entire afternoon, these people only did two things; received gifts, and receive more gifts!

They completely forgot about giving back in return.

In fact, they didn't even give a verbal promise back, let alone actually gifts in return. Everyone was here to see the king of Chambord, but none of them saw that greedy bastard.

...

"Hahaha! Is this what it means to have a cramp in the hands while counting money?"

Fei laughed proudly as he looked at the report that [Fallen Princess] Victoria handed to him. Although he had the magical item [Horadric Cube] and could make money in many ways, it was still thrilling to see this much treasures.

What he received in the afternoon was more than the taxes and other revenues the royal family of Chambord got in the last 10 years!

Everyone was happy in the central tent, including Lampard who usually had a straight face.

Although Fei was the key in turning Chambord's situation around, every member of Chambord contributed to the success of Chambord by sweating and bleeding for the kingdom. They all watched and participated in the rising of Chambord, and they all felt a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Even if Chambord grew into a huge empire and the king of Chambord had numerous warriors under his command, no one could take this sense of pride and accomplishment away from them.

Drogba who had a tough guy appearance was so excited that he started crying.

At other times, Pierce would grasp this opportunity and laugh at him. But now, this white-haired tough man was also sobbing. Half a year ago when he used suicidal methods against the black armored enemies, Pierce thought he was dead for sure. At the time, he didn't know that a miracle took place, and he didn't know that the miracles didn't stop reoccurring...

Only the people who experienced the hard, tough, and dangerous times at Chambord could understand why these tough men were crying.

Robbin and his father, old Aryang, were sitting in the central tent quietly. Although they never experienced what Chambord went through, their emotions were all pulled by what was happening around them.

"Victoria, separate the gifts into two piles. Divide one pile so everyone in the camp gets a share, and put the other pile onto carriages….. they would be useful later..." Fei gave the report back to the [Fallen Princess] and gave her, who was an yet unidentified person, an important role.

However, Victoria didn't realize that her value was confirmed by the king; her attention was completely focused on something else. With excitement in her eyes, she asked: "Everyone in the camp? So I get a share too?"

"Are you really a princess? You are so greedy." Fei frowned; he had nothing else to say to this girl.

"Ah?"

Victoria lowered her head in disappointment as tears appeared in her eyes.

But in the next moment, she realized that her share of the treasures wasn't taken away despite the fact that she was scolded by the king. The smile instantly came back to her face, and she rushed out of the tent to get everything organized. Her tight red dress drew out her sexy figure, and her exposed and slender lower legs were very seductive; she was a very attractive girl.

Everyone else in the tent laughed as they saw the exchange between the king and the [Fallen Princess].

This girl who said she was a princess was very special; she was the only person who could get scolded by the king with a straight face.

Fei shook his head again.

Although the background of Victoria wasn't confirmed, she was good at managing money and had her own theories; perhaps that was her talent or she learned these things through her own experiences. Since she was a detail-oriented female, Fei was comfortable letting her handle this task. She wasn't a powerful warrior after all; even if she wanted to play tricks, she couldn't escape from Fei's hands.

At this moment, Fei was reminded again that Chambord lacked other talents other than warriors.

"Your Majesty, what are your plans for [Wolf Teeth Legion]?" old Aryang who was silent suddenly stood up and asked respectfully.

"Eh... I'm not sure yet."

Fei got a headache just thinking about that. The knowledge he learned in his previous life as a university student and in Diablo World didn't cover military; it was hard for him to construct a formal military legion, and he hadn't even thought about it yet. In fact, he hadn't had the chance to brush his teeth after dinner.

"Your Majesty, I have some ideas that you can reference..." As if he was well prepared, old Aryang took out a white scroll from his sleeve and raised it over his head.

Everyone was surprised by old Aryang, including Robbin himself. As a Team Commander of Saint Seiyas, Robbin had been earnestly training his men and didn't have much time to take care of his father. He knew that his father was recovering well with the help of the king, but he didn't know that his father prepared a scroll with a lot of content.

"After that day, father hadn't talked about the military for six years. Why today..." Robbin looked at his father and felt like the proud heart in his father's thin body was being revived.

The atmosphere in the tent toned down.

As a "newcomer" who arrived less than two weeks ago, old Aryang didn't have an official position. The reason he was able to come here today was that he was Robbin's father. Technically, what he was doing was recommending himself; it was a bit sudden. To put it more directly, it felt like old Aryang didn't know his place. Constructing the new legion was core to the king, and it would determine the future of Chambord. Why would the king hand over such an important task to an "outsider"?

Fei glanced at old Aryang, but old Aryang looked very calm.

His lightly bent body was as firm as a statue, and his white hair made him look like as if he had been through a lot. Due to his illness and long-term homelessness, he looked like a man in his 70s despite his real age of 50. However, his bright eyes weren't cloudy; instead, it looked like they were filled with wisdom.

Fei signaled his bodyguard Torres to take the white scroll from old Aryang, and he read it afterward.

After a while, Fei sighed and looked at old Aryang for a while. Soon, he waved at the people in the tent and said, "You guys can leave now." He then looked at old Aryang and said, "Please stay."

Although no one knew what the king was thinking about, everyone followed his orders.

Robbin looked at his father with worry in his eyes. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, so he also quickly left the tent as well.

It was finally quiet in the tent.

"Teacher Aryang, please take a seat here. Let me finish reading this first." Fei pointed at the seat beside him and said. Afterward, he went back to reading the scroll. He was 100% focused.

Old Aryang finally let go of the breath that he was holding.

Before meeting the king of Chambord, he had almost given up completely. But it seemed like the gods pitied him and his son and placed a huge opportunity in front of them after torturing them.

He believed in his own judgment; he believed in what his eyes that had seen both glory and pain were telling him. The people who rushed over today to gift the king of Chambord only saw his glory today, but old Aryang saw the insane potential in this young king.

Old Aryang had been carefully observing what was happening since the day he arrived. After these days of observing, he understood the advantages and disadvantages of Chambord.

The advantages Chambord had were the young, powerful, charismatic, and different king who had unlimited potential as well as the fearless warriors under this king's command.

The disadvantages Chambord had to deal with were limited territories and population. On this continent that was filled with tricks, strategies, powerful masters, warrior energies, magic power, and talented genius, Chambord couldn't dominate using only the strength of one person; even those top-tier warriors had their own forces and influences.

Without talking about other examples, Emperor Yassin clearly represented this idea. The part of the reason why Emperor Yassin was named the rare super genius among hundreds of empires was that he had control of level 1 Empire Zenit on top of his own individual strength.

A real kingdom and a real empire required both talents in strength and wisdom.

Chambord didn't lack strength, but it did lack wisdom and intelligence. There were only powerful warriors, but there weren't talented military commanders and administrative management experts. Although the king of Chambord was able to create a lot of miracles, he wasn't a talented general.

Of course, old Aryang didn't underestimate the king of Chambord.

In most cases, legendary kings and emperors weren't great commanders. The king of Chambord had that undescribed mystery and unspeakable charisma, and anyone including reckless warriors would listen to his orders.

From this competition, it was clear that [One Sword] who was famous and admired by many lost to the king of Chambord in both strength and charisma. Masters like [Wind Fire Dual Warriors] from the Gudong Kingdom, [Silver Armored Vicious Sword] who was an arrogant character, haughty Princess Cindy of the Bulan Kingdom, and black horse Shevchenko all admired and looked up to the king of Chambord, didn't matter if they lost to him or not.

In comparison, [One Sword] exposed his narrow-minded personally and fell from his throne. Currently, even regular warriors favored the king of Chambord, let alone heroic figures who had their own perspectives.

Now, the king of Chambord was a level 2 noble with more power, the Chambord Kingdom was a level 1 affiliated kingdom with more resources, and there was the opportunity to construct the new legion. In old Aryang's mind, all the required setups were there, and the only thing that was needed was proper operations. He felt like this was the opportunity for the king of Chambord to separate out of Zenit to establish his own empire!

What the king of Chambord needed the most were talents.

Talents in all fields.

Old Aryang knew that he was such a talent, especially in terms of military. He had his own glories, and he had that undoubted pride in his heart. If the king of Chambord trusted him and gave him the opportunity, he was confident that he could help the king of Chambord become a dragon that could soar in cloud nine.

Of course, he also needed the king of Chambord's help to take his revenge and wash off the stain on his name.

He had observed enough these days, and the scroll Fei was reading right now was prepared by him in advance; he knew that the king of Chambord would be the champion for sure.

What he did today was pretty much a gamble. Although it wasn't proper for him to recommend himself when he had no official position yet, he was testing to see if this king of Chambord was someone who was ambitious and brave enough to have his loyalty.

At this moment, he knew that he won the gamble.

The king of Chambord didn't disappoint him.

That phrase "Teacher Aryang" was enough for him. Right now, he was just patiently waiting for the king of Chambord to finish reading the scroll.

On the scroll, he mentioned all kinds of recommendations from how to construct the legion to how to grasp the control of [Wolf Teeth Legion] after the war was over and become a real powerhouse.

He believed that these things could move this young and unpredictable king.

…..

After two hours.

"Why aren't they out yet?"

Robbin was very anxious as he walked around outside the central tent.

This master warrior had sworn his loyalty to Fei, but he was a little scared of his father who had been always serious in front of him. He knew his father, and that was why he was afraid that his father might offend the king with his direct words and stubbornness. If that happened, Robbin didn't know which side he should stand on.

The other warriors of Chambord were wondering about the same thing.

When old Aryang asked that question two hours ago and gave Fei the white scroll, a lot of people realized that they have underestimated this old man who was almost crippled.

This old man must have a special background.

Just as everyone was getting a little impatient, the curtain to the central tent opened. After seeing the smile on the king's face as well as how the king was helping old Aryang to move around intimately, they relaxed and knew that the situation wasn't in its worse state.

However, what the king said next shocked everyone.

"From now on, Teacher Aryang would be fully in charge of the construction of [Wolf Teeth Legion]. Everyone has to listen to him, and the ones who don't would be charged with the crime of treason