The First Magic World War-Chapter 231 - 226, well, let’s talk about morality later.

Krel Brittany did not spend much effort to subdue the Mostar Knighthood.

Whether it was Blood Knight Diack, Green Knight Enzo, or another captain, they all decided after a discussion to fully support him and strike at the South Serif Territory.

With the intention of winning over the Mostar Knighthood, Krel still let them lead this knighthood.

Krel could almost be counted as one of the most outstanding individuals of the younger generation in the Fars Empire, so Charles was not at all surprised that he managed to handle the Mostar Knighthood.

However, considering various aspects, Charles gave his superior a special suggestion to divide the Mostar Knighthood into three and select excellent soldiers to supplement the Purple Goldfinch Knights, allowing Blood Knight Diack and others to recruit additional troops.

Krareel adopted this suggestion and indeed had Blood Knight Diack, Green Knight Enzo, and another captain each establish a new knighthood, drawing a group of robust soldiers into the Purple Goldfinch Knights and the Maple Knights.

Viscount Berlenton’s Purple Goldfinch Knights are some of the strongest forces on the continent, stronger than many private knighthoods of count-level nobility.

Julius Axler gave this knighthood to Krel Brittany also with significant consideration, as it would remove a disobedient great noble from the empire and gain a loyal commander.

The Goldfinch Knights had fought until they lost their leader, which shows the fierceness of the battles and the severe casualties, indeed necessitating personnel replenishment.

As for Krel, he also supplemented the Maple Knights because he had personally founded this knighthood and felt differently about it.

After the split, the Mostar Knighthood ceased to exist, which was very beneficial to Krel Brittany.

After the split, the three captains were each able to obtain a knighthood of their own which they were quite satisfied with. Though Krel Brittany drafted a group of strong soldiers from them, gaining the authority to recruit soldiers was, for them, more beneficial than detrimental — at this time, it was actually easy to gather disheartened soldiers from defeated forces and supplement their ranks.

Krel Brittany, having taken over the Mostar Knighthood, was not so eager for the other two knighthoods remaining, whose forces had been severely depleted in battle, each reduced to less than five hundred men.

He stayed at Mostar Castle for seven days and did a simple reorganization of his knighthoods, then decided to personally lead the Purple Goldfinch, Maple and the newly established three knighthoods in a raid on the South Serif Territory, leaving Charles and Anatasiya in Behemoth, and also gave Charles an order to gather the remaining two knighthoods.

Although Krel Brittany didn’t say so, Charles guessed that he had also received a recommendation about himself from Blood Knight Diack and Green Knight Enzo.

Clearly, Krel had adopted it.

Honestly, Charles had no interest whatsoever in going to war in the South Serif Territory.

He was too happy to stay behind.

Krel’s departure was well-organized.

After leaving Mostar Castle, he said to Charles, who had come to see him off, "In this troop, only Abner and you are the people I trust. Abner will come with me to fight, the rear can only be entrusted to you."

"Our strategic goal is not to overtake the South Serif Territor, but to escalate the war to draw in Ferlanden’s army, so we really need a stable rear."

"Do not disappoint me, for we are of one body."

Charles smiled slightly and said, "I will protect the home front for you."

"You can trust me at any time."

"You know, I’d really like to become part of the Brittany family."

Kreel Brittany revealed a smile, his trust in Charles was also based on this point, and there was no more stable political alliance than a marriage alliance, especially since the Brittany family could offer Charles so much.

Both publicly and privately, Charles would never betray.

Beyond interests, there lay his appreciation of Charles.

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In Kreel Brittany’s eyes, Charles was an outstanding commander and a very good friend, capable and of excellent moral character, and of solid integrity.

Well, that’s enough about morals.

Charles bid farewell to Kreel and had just returned to Mostar Fort when his diary transmitted a thought: Charles Meklen had temporarily obtained the rule of Mostar Fort, satisfying the conditions to set up the sixth labyrinth. Mostar Fort was about to undergo maze-ification. He was to complete eighteen cycles of taxation during this period and was not to leave the area.

Charles was slightly surprised. He had never expected "Agmillar’s Labyrinth" to set such a condition this time.

Perhaps for the people of the Old Continent, this condition was very challenging since taxation had always been a major problem for feudal governance.

But for someone who had read about the post-feudal era, where taxes were as common as hairs on a cow in books, Charles had a completely different understanding of heavy taxation.

He returned to Mostar Fort and immediately gathered all the nobles of the city to discuss the ownership of the Duke’s Mansion.

After the deaths of two generations of dukes, the nobles of the Behemoth Duchy, though reluctant, also realized that the country would probably no longer have a duke, so everyone coveted the inheritance left after the downfall of the duchy.

The Ducal Mansion in Mostar Fort was the most luxurious residence, a perfect symbol of status for the nobles who valued luxury and indulgence.

However, previously no one had enough authority to suppress the other dissenters.

Though Kreel Brittany had the status, he was a member of the Brittany family and had to maintain some decorum, so he had not dealt with the matter.

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As soon as Kreel Brittany left, Charles immediately convened the nobles to discuss the disposal of the Ducal Mansion, giving all the nobles of Mostar Fort a "hint" that he was "ordered" to handle the inheritance of the duke.

Charles had grown up in the Behemoth Duchy, but his home was not in Mostar Fort; it was in Seagull City, the third-largest city of the Behemoth Duchy, a coastal city. Indeed, he had spent a few years studying in Mostar Fort before entering university since both the Lemann Public School and the Behemoth National College were located there.

He considered himself familiar with Mostar Fort, but he had never realized before that the city had so many nobles. Those of the 37th rank and above were considered lower-tier nobility, and those of the 24th rank and above belonged to an insurmountable class. Mostar Fort had well over five hundred lower-tier nobility and dozens from the insurmountable class.

This was certainly not all; part of Mostar Fort’s nobility, fearing war, had fled to Strasbourg or other places.

This was not all of Behemoth Duchy either; these were just the local nobles of Mostar Fort.