Fantasy Lord: Beginning with Daily Intelligence-Chapter 132 - 111: Defeated and Taken—Territory Secured (Part 2)

Chapter 132: Chapter 111: Defeated and Taken—Territory Secured (Part 2)

"Sir, three Apprentice Knights are seriously injured, twelve Apprentice Knights and seven Official Knights are wounded."

Steve, with a weary body, walked over and respectfully reported to Thor.

"Take those injured knights back to my brother’s castle for recuperation and treatment!"

Thor nodded and then gave the command.

"Yes!"

Steve responded respectfully and quickly began directing people to take action.

One by one, fatigued figures began making simple stretchers, sending the severely injured knights back to the castle.

Fortunately, with Thor and Reine, two exceptionally powerful Great Knights, the Eagle Territory’s Knight Order suffered little damage, with not a single death.

Tono and Barbus, on the other side, did not fare as well.

Even though Thor’s forces held back most of the enemy, they still suffered significant losses.

Tono lost one Official Knight and three Apprentice Knights in battle, with more than twenty seriously wounded, while Barbus similarly lost one Official Knight and five Apprentice Knights, with even more severely injured.

Yet despite this outcome, Tono and Barbus couldn’t help but show a trace of joy.

Because this was far better than they had anticipated.

For this campaign, they had actually prepared for heavy losses.

The Sheep-headed Man’s strength was not weak; even if they could capture the territory, the losses would not be small.

What they didn’t anticipate was Thor’s overwhelming power, which drastically reduced the losses.

Tono and Barbus exchanged glances.

"Tono, it seems we underestimated your younger brother!"

Barbus grinned, his voice lightly laughing.

"Indeed!"

Tono also smiled, and in that moment, amidst his fatigue, there was a bit of excitement.

His younger brother was so powerful, with equally strong subordinates, the future prospects were almost unimaginable.

"Come on, let’s go!"

"We should really thank him properly this time!"

Barbus spoke with a smile.

Tono nodded.

Then, the two stepped toward where Thor was.

Thor had arranged some matters for after the battle.

He was preparing to meet with Tono and Barbus.

But before he could move, Tono and Barbus had already approached.

"Young man, it seems I underestimated you, Thor. You are not only as capable as Father but even more exceptional!"

Tono’s excited voice rang out from afar.

"Brother!"

"Lord Barbus!"

Thor greeted them with a smile.

"Thank you very much this time!"

"Lord Thor!"

Barbus performed a knightly salute, speaking with gratitude.

He understood very well that without Thor’s intervention, not only would their efforts have failed, the losses might have been even more severe.

This gratitude was genuine from the heart.

"Lord Barbus, no need to be so polite!"

Thor returned the knightly salute, then laughed and shook his head.

"This is not about politeness!"

"Lord Thor, if you ever need anything in the future, just say the word, and I, Barbus, will not decline if I can do it!"

Barbus spoke earnestly.

"Hahaha, maybe I will indeed trouble Lord Barbus in the future; I gladly accept!"

Thor laughed and nodded, not continuing to refuse.

Although their interaction was brief, Thor understood Barbus’s character.

He did not mind forming a good relationship with such a person.

"Alright!"

"Thor, have your Knight Order’s injured been taken care of?"

"Would you like me to send someone to help?"

Tono laughed as he spoke, then gestured to the battlefield.

"It’s almost done; I sent the severely injured knights first to your territory, brother."

Thor nodded.

"That’s good!"

"Make arrangements first, take a break!"

"Later, we’ll go and look over the entire territory!"

Tono nodded and spoke with a smile.

At this moment, his expression was inevitably filled with excitement.

He had been eyeing this territory for a long time.

The resources available here were even more plentiful than those in his own territory, providing better options for future development or expansion.

However, the strength of the Assad Family descendants was not weak; despite several conflicts, he suffered quite a few losses and gained no advantage.

Now he finally held it in his hands.

Even though part of it needs to be divided up, it was still enough to fill Tono with anticipation.

"Okay!"

Thor responded.

There was no refusal to this.

Although his losses were minimal, faced with benefits, he naturally wouldn’t refuse.

Moreover, this wasn’t just a bit of profit.

It’s a place worth 2,000 gold coins annually.

Possibly even more.

After all, the Assad heir hadn’t developed or utilized the territory adequately.

A large iron ore deposit, to Thor, wouldn’t just bring 5,000 gold coins a year; even if shared among three families, it would still exceed 1,500 gold coins annually, not to mention the "Agate" from the Danube River, one of the main ingredients for Low-Level Life Potions. Selling raw materials may not be very valuable, since the most valuable is actually Life Grass, used for Low-Level Life Potion preparation.

A single bottle of Low-Level Life Potion at the previous Loren City auction fetched 200 to 300 gold coins, and its annual income would be no less than 5,000 coins, perhaps even more.

These gold coins are enough to train several Great Knights.

Under such benefits, they naturally couldn’t ignore it.

He utilized the Knight’s Breathing Technique, Thor first restored his own depleted Life Source Power.

Then he checked the condition of the entire Knight Order.

Until dusk gradually dimmed.

Only then did Thor walk towards the distance.

There, Tono and Barbus had long gathered together.

"Brother!"

"Lord Barbus!"

Thor walked over and spoke gently.

"Thor, let’s move!"

Tono spoke with a smile, then led the two into the territory.

The three first headed into the somewhat dilapidated castle.

Compared to checking things one by one, obtaining information from within the castle would be much simpler.

As a castle breached by the Sheep-headed Men, no living persons remained inside the castle, but various documents were scattered around.

Under Tono’s orders, soon knights stepped forward to organize them.

Amidst the light of oil lamps.

Half an hour later.

The three obtained accurate intelligence.

As the intelligence appeared before them.

Whether it was Tono, Barbus, or Thor, they all couldn’t help but show a trace of joy.

Because the gains from this territory were far greater than they had imagined.

More than 3,000 acres of farmlands had been opened up; although most were destroyed, a small portion remained intact and was close to harvest time, consisting mostly of grains.

In addition to this, although no gold coins were found, various supplies roughly equivalent to 2,000 gold coins were present.

More importantly, there were mines.

From prior knowledge, this territory had one large iron ore deposit, one small copper ore deposit, and one source of "Agate."

But actually, this wasn’t accurate; instead, it had one large iron ore deposit, two small copper ore deposits, and two sources of "Agate."

That’s right, not only was there one additional small copper mine, but the production of Agate was also doubled.