"It's alright, Lord Quenier," the Tree Elf girl shook her head and laughed, "Lord Quenier transferred his duties to me before he left, I can make decisions."

"Who are you?" Brand looked at the other curiously.

The Tree Elf girl smiled slightly, she already knew this young Human Lord in front of her, but Brand did not know her. She extended her hand and smiled, "Fini, my duty is Archer Captain. Hello, Lord."

This 'human etiquette' startled Brand. He had never seen such an outgoing Tree Elf. In his impression, Tree Elves were a simple and cautious group.

However, Brand still reached out and shook Fini's hand.

"Since that's the case." He hesitated for a moment, then replied, "I'll entrust Medisha to you. She's my finest subordinate. I hope you can cooperate happily."

"Of course, I never dreamed that a hero who experienced the Saint War would come to lead us," Fini said happily.

"Hero?" Brand looked at Medisha in confusion. Although this Silver Elf Princess performed excellently in all aspects, whether in etiquette or handling matters, she could completely represent the Silver Elf's epitome. But he still found it hard to associate her with the word 'hero,' filled with historical significance.

Because no matter how you look at it, Medisha still seemed like a human underaged girl who hadn't fully grown. No matter how calm and mature, she still appeared to him as a little sister-like figure.

The Silver Elf girl gave him a gentle smile.

"Lady Medisha, may I ask how old you are now? Did you experience the Lily War?" Fini asked curiously again.

Medisha looked at Brand and said, "Actually, I'm in a Spiritual State. I had already long returned to the ancient homeland before the Lily War. If not for Lord, I would still be under the dark power. But Lord awakened me, as if it were a call of destiny."

"Sorry, I didn't know you were already..." Fini couldn't have imagined Medisha had long passed. She looked at her with sympathetic eyes, "You must be a heroic spirit now? I heard heroic spirits assist wise kings..."

The Archer Captain couldn't help but glance at Brand.

"Ahem, it's not that exaggerated." Brand began to cough loudly immediately. "It's just legend." He always believed that his time-traveling was to make up for regrets. His greatest hope now was to support the future Princess in reviving Erune.

Regarding Fini's casual words, he hadn't even thought about them. The throne was an unimaginable temptation to Erune's greedy nobles, but to him, it was just a burden.

Returning to the topic, he was extremely satisfied with the Archer Armor jointly created by Bai Lu and Tama. It's no wonder that they were future Master Level figures. This improved Magic Armor was impeccable in every way:

Feathered Shooter Armor

Defense: 4.5, extra +2 defense against arrows, weight reduced by 20%

Wind Wings: (Recharge for ten minutes) Grants brief Floating Ability when activated, increases dexterity by 10%, dodge extra by 5%, lasts for 10 seconds.

Although the added Magic Cloak isn't cheap, it's far simpler than enchanting triple Array on the armor. Moreover, the enhancement brought by the Magic Cloak is leaping, with 10% dexterity and 5% dodge increase. Although it's only short 10 seconds, you can imagine how many losses a Tree Elf Archer can avoid when they suddenly activate this ability while being approached by cavalry or infantry.

Their opponent surely would be greatly surprised.

The entire set of armor requires an additional cost of about two thousand Thor, and three hundred sets would be sixty thousand Thor. With Brand's current output, it would only take half a year relying solely on the Shafren Silver Mine's income to outfit all the Tree Elves.

But the overall combat power improvement from upgrading the Tree Elf Archer's new equipment would far exceed this sixty thousand Thor investment. Money can be earned again, but special units are as rare as biological nests in Vaun. Good steel should be used on the blade, Brand firmly believes this.

Moreover, the Magic Crystal Mine is soon to be officially operational, and the Magic Crystal Mine in the Black Forest produces three standard units a day (*), considered a super rich mine. Though currently all these Magic Ores are consumed internally in the territory, Brand believes it will soon be saturated. He's preparing to export the surplus crystals — after all, these crystals are hard currency in any era in Amber Sword's history; it'll be an enormous wealth.

(* One standard output of Magic Ore is one Flame Pattern Agate, or ten Secondary Moon Crystals.)

Looking long term, Brand does not think he'll always be short on money. Once the Black Forest is developed, it'll be immense wealth. But what he needs is a strong army to guard these precious assets belonging to Erune.

"Excuse me, Lord." At this moment, Caglis finally averted his gaze from the Light Spirits flitting around the hall. He always felt choosing to follow Brand was the wisest decision — as only beside this lord were so many novel things.

Of course, only Brand tolerated his Guard Captain shifting focus to unrelated matters during serious discussions — such as previously telling jokes to Monica — Brand pretended not to see.

Switch this to any other serious Lord living in Erune or elsewhere in Kruz, facing Caglis's frivolous attitude, they'd likely kick him out of the hall to reflect on what noble principles he'd violated.

But Brand was undoubtedly the most suited master for Caglis; he merely asked, "Is there anything else, Caglis?"

"Certainly." Caglis replied, "And there's a letter for you, Lord."

"My letter?"

Brand was at a loss; his subordinates wouldn't randomly write to him, the only one who'd do so could only be that person. Looking at the letter Caglis produced, he couldn't help but pause.

What had the historical Princess written in the letter this time?

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PS: Tragedy, some things delayed, but luckily still completed one chapter. So just one update today, it's too late, apologies to everyone, sorry. As far as I remember, there are still four dual updates remaining. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)