Thinking of this, Nalant immediately asked Quick to summon the captured guards outside the castle again, and then selected a hundred people from them using the same method as before.
When these one hundred people were selected, Nalant was immediately handed over to Vivian, Quirk and others for instruction.
"Is this kind of force enough to deal with the invasion of dark creatures? If it's not enough, then I'm afraid I don't have any better way for the time being!" Nalant stood high in the castle and looked at the new guards being trained below.
Thoughts are flying.
As of today, including these new recruits, the number of combat guards in his hands has reached 435.
Among them are ten personal guards, twenty-five storm knights, 50 barbarian guards, 50 long-range attack teams, and 300 newly recruited guards!
The number of such troops is already equivalent to the total number of guards provided by three or four barons and minor nobles.
Fortunately, thanks to the Qiu Zheng and the small inventions made some time ago, he did not have to maintain so many guards to bring down the territory's economy.
Otherwise, not to mention food and military pay, the armor of the guards alone would be enough for him to drink a pot.
During this autumn campaign, he killed many people, especially the thousands of northern principality guards who were captured, so the leather armor captured from them was enough to equip the three hundred newly recruited guards.
Even though many of the leather armors have been damaged, Nalant asked Blacksmith John to reskin them a little, which will not affect the defense.
After letting his thoughts wander for a moment on the gentle slope, Nalant returned to the castle and continued to practice.
Time passed like this day by day, and a week later came in the blink of an eye.
These days, things in the territory have been arranged in an orderly manner, and Nalant has also lived a life of self-discipline, immersed in hard practice every day.
As time goes by, the real winter is gradually approaching, and when you wake up in the morning, you can already see white frost outside the castle.
Thick ice cubes can already be seen in the sinks and pottery jars placed outside the house.
According to Thomas and others, it is not the coldest time yet, and it will probably start to snow in the second half of the month.
According to tradition, this continent will have an extremely cold year every eight years, and this year happens to be the coldest year.
Once it starts snowing, it will not stop, and the cold low temperatures will not rise again until spring next year.
This made Nalant, a young man who did not belong to the Northeast before crossing over, tremble with fear.
This morning, after Narant had breakfast and was preparing to practice hard, the voice of the system suddenly came to his mind.
"Ding! As winter approaches, the temperature is getting colder. Moreover, this year will be the coldest year in the eight-year cycle. Can your subjects survive this winter safely with such severe weather?"
"System side mission: inspect the territory to confirm whether the citizens are ready for the winter!"
"System mission reward: information about the Holy Continent!"
"Uh, what is this?" Narant was a little surprised when he heard the movement in the system.
This task is released very regularly, but the reward behind it is beyond people's expectations.
"Holy Continent? Which continent is this? I remember that the continent where the Agate Principality is located seems to be called the Glory Continent, which means the continent favored by the God of Glory! Could it be... the New Continent?"
In an instant, Nalant thought of a possibility.
After thinking of this possibility, he couldn't sit still and immediately stood up and went to the vestibule.
"big Stone!"
"Sir, I'm here!" After a week of whaling, Dashiru and others had hunted five whales in total.
Each whale contains an average of twenty-five tons of whale meat.
This could not only satisfy the food of the new serfs, but also satisfy the food of the territory for one winter, so Nalant suspended the whaling mission of Big Stone.
Now Da Shitou and others have returned to their duties as soldiers and are responsible for following Nalant.
"Bring your master's white dragon here, let's get out of the castle now!"
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, Nalant led the personal guards out of the castle.
Arriving at the foot of the gentle slope, the heart guards were still training hard.
The same goes for the Storm Knight, who is constantly learning the knight's secret skill - the Flame Spear.
Narant hopes that they can complete it when the dark creatures arrive in one and a half months. However, it is not known whether this goal can be achieved.
Without disturbing any of his subordinates who were training, Nalant headed directly towards Maiye Village.
At this time, all the thatched houses on both sides of the streets in Maiye Village were occupied, and some of the original thatched houses that were slightly dilapidated were also neatly caged.
"I've met the lord!"
"I've met the lord!"
As Nalant arrived on a tall horse, both the natives of the Storm Territory and the newly joined serfs fell to their knees.
Now these new serfs have completely accepted their fate and begun to gradually integrate into the life of the Storm Territory.
And with these days, I can have enough to eat every day, and occasionally receive meat.
In this way, everyone felt that being captured was actually not that bad.
After all, let alone wanting to eat meat in previous years, even if you work hard at farming, you may not be able to have enough to eat every day.
Chapter completed!