City of Desire [Kingdom Building]

Chapter 518: Cavalry

"By my authority, as the master of velvet garden. I grant Dranis Eltson access to the mist," I said and placed the mark of mist on him, before granting him access to it.

Mark of Mist is an extraordinarily useful skill.

I could use it on things as well as people. For me, it had become a lesser version of Share Authority.

"Thank you, my lord, for your trust in me," replied the cobbler with tears streaming from his eyes.

"You have earned it," I replied to the man turning to the second person and giving him access to the mist, while thousands watched.

We are in the lobby with store owners sitting on chairs while visitors observe with a vast variety of expressions on their faces. They beam with delight to witness this spectacle, adding to their emotions.

"Best of luck, both of you. Work hard to make the legacy and the city proud," I said to them and walked away while others watched these two, with longing and envy.

The rest will need to prove their worth and loyalty to gain access to the mist.

There are now five stores with access to the mist, counting Eva Cain.

They are doing remarkably well.

Yesterday, I had given access to the twelve new blacksmiths. They are from Gregor's store, which he opened yesterday in the city, along with the big workshop.

From today, they will start working after the stores closed at night. I am especially excited about it.

There are huge orders for mist goods.

The legacy needs them and also others. Currently, we are not selling any. Every mist good that is forged in the store is destined only for the legacy.

Though we have gifted a few mist-crafted items to others.

We need them to produce more and, most importantly, we need enchanters. Only with the enchantments, will those mist-forged goods show their true power.

I stepped onto the elevator, and it moved fast. Reaching the top floor within seconds.

The door opened, and I walked out. I watched the patrons of the blue, it is always full. Every table has been booked for years; currently, there are two parties going on different sections of the top floors.

The top floor is huge, covering over fifty thousand square feet. We have divided it into seven sections of different sizes and styles.

The parties are happening in the two biggest sections.

The people who booked it are from the merchant states. They have come here on their yacht and will return after the celebration.

I opened the door and walked inside. Only to see that Caena is waiting there.

"I finished the first one," she said, looking at the book. She had placed in front of me.

It is not one of the books that Rutto had given. The first volume is copied into this book. Whose paper is made from a really rare tree and binding done by a bookbinder of Lv. 35+.

The cover was painted by Margaux since I couldn't hire anyone else because of the secrecy of the books.

It is beautiful.

Most importantly, the book had been heavily enchanted by Caena.

This means anyone who reads it will remember the contents but wouldn't be able to copy or narrate to others verbally or telepathically or distribute it through any other means.

It might seem too much, but the books are really rare. I need to protect them.

It is why they will not be brought out of the legacy.

Till now, only three people have read it. Bell, Carla, me. All of us experienced a huge change in our expertise in our aura, and the thing is Carla and I didn't even read half of the first book.

Only Bell had.

Those without an aura could read it directly, but they will have a problem. You need to experience it as you read it.

"There is no need for this, then," I said, and the book appeared in my hand. It was a copy given by Rutto.

Fire enveloped it and, within seconds, turned into ashes, which I sent all over the city. So, no mage will be able to bring its original state.

"When will you be finished enchanting the other two books?" I asked. "It will take me another week," she replied. To that, I nodded.

"Has Rutto finished?" I asked. To which she shook her head.

He is here, writing another book with his skill. He had come in the morning, wanting to convey another book and, according to the contract, he would have to do it in the legacy.

It is the most secure place.

He had shared the name of books and it is just as rare as the book on aura.

Which isn't surprising. Seeing who his ancestor was.

Though it is about spellcraft. Suitable for those who have just started learning about it.

It might not be useful to me, but it will be useful to the girls. They are still learning magic. I didn't forget my goal of having in-house show-mages.

He has yet to give an answer about the job offer, but after meeting him earlier, I am sure what his answer would be.

"How are the preparations going for tomorrow?" I asked. "That girl is good. She will manage it well," she replied.

"Still, keep an eye on everything. We need it to be perfect," I replied.

Tomorrow is really important. It is for this reason, I had waited for two weeks before opening the roof. If I opened it earlier, I would have earned a lot more essence, but I waited.

I wanted to make sure everything works out smoothly. Run tests before opening.

From tomorrow it will open and if it works, as I intend it to do. It will be the floor from which the legacy will be able to harvest one of the greatest emotions.

Time passed as I focused on the work.

"The ship has arrived," informed Zela, and a big smile appeared on my face.

Immediately, the view of the port gate appeared in front of me. This was a limit of what I could see; the range doesn't go beyond the outer wall, but I found a way to look outside of it.

From the edge of the boundary. I cast the spell.

Eagle Eye.

Immediately, the port appeared in front of me. I needed to adjust it a little before it focused on the ship.

As I focused on it. I saw the ramp lowering, and soon, they started to come out. They have black bodies with streaks of blue.

They look majestic, and I wanted to get out of my office immediately, but I controlled myself. I will see them, but not now.

I watched for a few minutes before focusing on the work in front of me.

There is a lot of it.

I am leaving in ten days for the conclave in the archmages city. I need to deal with everything then, as I won't be returning for a few weeks.

One part of me doesn't want to go, but I need to. It is important.

Soon, it was two, when I had finally stopped and got out of my office, and a minute later, I was out of the legacy and boarded the carriage.

The carriage reached the barracks before entering inside and moving toward the area, which was empty, in the past, but not anymore.

The carriage stopped, and I got out.

"My lord," greeted Cardin. "Lt. General," I replied and walked forward toward the large fence. Inside it are the horses, which are being tested by soldiers.

They are not horses, but horse monsters.

They have a night black coat with blue streaks. They are bigger than stallions on the earth and can move extremely fast.

They are called Dustgale. One of the monsters that the merchant states use for its cavalry forces.

From now on, Greltheaven will be using them, too, in its cavalry.

I am in the wasteland, and cavalry is the best force for it. They could move on vast ground at their greatest speed with nothing to stop them.

I have always wanted the cavalry but didn't have a budget.

The monsters the merchant state was offering were not that good either. It took months of negotiation, along with a lot of essence, for them to agree to sell these.

They are not the best of the horses the merchants' cavalry has, but they are not the worst either.

These horses were better than most speed-type horses used in the empire's cavalry.

Today, a hundred and fifty horses came. It is the first batch; there will be six more to form a complete regiment of thousand troopers.

"The real challenge in front of us now is recruiting the people," said Cardin beside me.

We have two hundred people from the cavalry that we had poached around, but we need at least eight hundred more.

"It is a good thing. We have a lot of young recruits," I replied. To which he smiled.

"Young ones are best. It will take time to form the size of cavalry we need with them, but the result we will get would be much better," He said.

We could use the experienced people we had, but their classes had already reached high enough and had skills suited for infantry.

It will take quite a lot of hard work and time for those classes and skills to change to suit cavalry and they wouldn't be as good as those with the cavalry classes from the beginning.

"I take it the response is good?" I replied. We have already started the process of recruitment among our young trainees.

"Better than we thought," he replied.

"Lt. Colonel Luskin will begin aptitude testing and training in three days," he added.

To that, I nodded and looked ahead.

The cavalrymen, including Lt. Colonel Cartis inside the fence. Testing the horses with his men. These aren't monsters they use in the empire.

I hope he will be able to work with them.

He better be. Maintaining a cavalry is damn expensive. The feed, the grooming, the training, the equipment, and everything else cost a lot of money on top of buying these damn horses.

They aren't cheap.

A few minutes passed when Luskin came toward me.

"Lord Silver," he greeted. "Are the monsters to your liking, Lt. Colonel Luskin?" I asked the man directly.

"They are better than the ones we used in the empire, but also harder to control," he replied with his face serious.

"I am sure, you will be able to manage it," I said, to which he smiled.

"My lord," he replied.

"I have been wanting to work with monsters like these for a long time. It is a dream come true," he added with his eyes shining.

He stayed for a few minutes before walking away. Seeing him walk, nobody would guess, he had a prosthetic on one leg.

"Have you taken the measurement?" I asked. "Yes, and had sent them to Belnin. The prosthetic will arrive by the end of the month," he replied.

I discussed a few more things with him, before sitting in my carriage and going to the city hall.

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