"You two, take two teams of Knights and return the way you came. Take these two to my estate; my guards will take over the watch." Kayal said, pointing at C.C. and Evangeline, who was tightly bound by glowing ropes.
"You despicable scoundrel! I will never forgive you! I'll chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!" The small doll, bound next to Evangeline, shrieked furiously. Her knife had been disarmed, rendering her completely harmless, so all she could do was yell. The Knights didn't feel much aversion towards such a life form. Not bullying women was one of the Old Knight's Six Articles. Although Kayal's New Knight's Six Articles didn't include this, they still maintained a tolerant attitude.
Evangeline, on the other hand, watched Kayal coldly, not saying a word, her attitude sending shivers down one's spine.
Kayal smiled faintly. Vampires naturally had an inherent dislike for him, and coupled with the annoyance his actions caused, it was not surprising for Evangeline to react this way. However, Kayal was very eager to see Evangeline's expression when she saw Remilia... It would surely be like a comet colliding with Earth, a clash of thunder and fire, wouldn't it?
Thinking of this, Kayal smiled. It was just that things were gradually getting better here. He had only just entered Scotland and already encountered an immortal girl, an eternal Vampire. This was truly a harvest.
Kayal was already eager to slowly enter the forests of Scotland to explore its mysteries.
How could he be distracted by returning to his territory?
Kayal had already made up his mind. A team of thirty Knights took the order, then took the two uneasy individuals by carriage towards Red Leaf Ridge.
And the subsequent events proceeded almost smoothly.
Six thousand infantry entered Scotland. From here, information was relayed by Knights. Magical Beasts were indeed Magical Beasts. Although the infantry immediately formed defensive lines with large shields, the power of the Magical Beasts was still very strong. Among the hundreds of Magical Beasts discovered, almost all of them caused casualties to the infantry. The most resulted in complete annihilation, the least in several casualties. Kayal lost fifteen hundred infantry overnight, but Kayal remained calm in the face of danger, sitting composedly, leisurely drinking tea in Evangeline's small wooden hut.
Evangeline's small wooden hut was no longer that messy and dirty. Sunflowers had been planted in the flowerpots on the windowsill by Kayal. A pebble path led from the door through the flower garden to the defensive camp where the Knights were stationed. Both the first and second floors had been cleaned thoroughly by Kayal, making it feel very cozy. Kayal and Artoria lived there, while the Knights built up defenses to guard against the invasion of Magical Beasts or wild animals, so as not to disturb His Majesty.
And information slowly converged in Kayal's hands. In the hall, on a sandbox made by Kayal himself from clay and soil, flags were planted on various Scottish hills, slowly forming a formation, a game of chess.
Kayal gazed intently at this chessboard, silent.
In his hand, a small notebook was filled with scribbles and drawings, all containing information about Magical Beasts.
Among them, Magical Beasts like foxes and squirrels had low combat power. Although they possessed intelligence, they couldn't compare to Holo and couldn't even be tamed, so they could only be killed one by one... Large Magical Beasts like tigers, leopards, and lynxes had undergone different degrees of gigantism due to mutation. They were excellent for riding or combat, and would be very useful for cultivating mounts or for battle in the future.
As for Magical Beasts like rhinos and wild horses, they all needed to be captured and tamed through strategy.
And gray bears, giant wolves, etc... due to their excessively strong combat power, needed to be annihilated or subdued.
Kayal frowned slightly: He just didn't know if the size of the territory had any relation to their strength.
These Magical Beasts regarded their territory as a hunting ground. Just one giant ape could make Nottingham Forest in Camelot devoid of any Magical Beasts. Thinking about it this way, perhaps there was some truth to it.
As Kayal frowned slightly, a cool fingertip gently touched his brow.
He looked up to see Artoria, who was gently smoothing away the furrow in his brow with her finger, as if the hut reminded her of the tender childhood days she and Kayal had spent in a treehouse, staying out all night. She smiled gently: "Since becoming Lord Sage, Kay, you've been frowning more often..."
He chuckled, then reached out and grabbed Artoria's cool little hand. Kayal gently pulled her to him, embracing her, and simply smiled faintly. Closing his eyes, he quietly savored her tenderness in his arms, and her fragrance, like a lily. She seemed unapproachable to outsiders, like an invincible god of war to be worshipped, but this was merely a carefully constructed facade by Kayal. This way, the future parliamentary system, after pacifying the world, would not only bring political maneuvering into the open but also elevate the royal family to a higher status, existing as a symbol of faith. In the future, if no major problems arose, the imperial family would no longer face any threats.
England was different from France. Among the many European countries that could behead their emperors like weeds, only the Barbarians of France dared to do so.
While Kayal held Artoria, eyes closed in a moment of warmth, he had already formulated a strategy against the Magical Beasts and immediately began to implement it.
Kayal's five thousand squad leaders, who had ten years of his training and were very experienced in localized tactics, had all been integrated into these sixty thousand troops.
In other words, as long as Kayal gave the order, his "disciples" would handle the rest.
This could also be considered a test for Kayal's disciples. If they couldn't even handle a Magical Beast without developed intelligence, how could Kayal trust them when they faced Rome, or even the battle-hardened legions of Macedonia that had already reached the Persian Empire, during the future struggle for supremacy?
This battle was not Kayal's, but his disciples'!
An order was delivered to the various infantry squad leaders by hundreds of galloping Knights: Depending on the situation, for Magical Beasts living in groups, the priority is annihilation; for invincible Magical Beasts, the priority is to kill them; for mountable Magical Beasts, the priority is capture; for single Magical Beasts, the priority is to lure and trap them.
As for whether the information within this order would be clearly understood by his disciples, Kayal didn't care.
In Evangeline's small wooden hut, Kayal sat calmly, waiting intently for news from his disciples... A campaign of loving and killing Magical Beasts spread across the land of Scotland...