Del Luna watched Martin hang up the phone and immediately stepped forward, his expression solemn. "Master, the post-battle inventory is complete."

He unfolded the bloodstained parchment, the candlelight flickering between the words. "The three major knightly orders currently have 1,300 men remaining. The Golden Vice-Captain was killed in battle, and over half of the captains and squad leaders were killed or wounded. Arrangements have been made for the remaining injured knights."

Before he finished speaking, a second list was presented to the desk: "As for the prisoners, there are four Gold Knights, over 3,100 Silver and Bronze Knights totaling, and approximately 9,400 Black Iron Knights and their attendants. Most of them were lucky enough to avoid the main battle because they followed the nobles in the rear. The rest, the injured knights who were unable to move, were directly executed."

His fingertips slid across the dense data as he added, "The armor was particularly badly damaged, most of it melted into twisted lumps of metal. The only option left is to entrust the dwarven craftsmen with the secret technique of separating and reforging it."

"There are currently four sets of S-grade armor, three sets of A-grade armor, and a total of 5,143 pieces of B-grade armor, including the remaining pieces."

"As for armor of C rank or below, it was almost completely destroyed by the residual power of the magic. Currently, only about 50,000 sets of broken pieces, about 10,000 wearable finished pieces, and some space rings have been found."

After saying that, he handed over a dozen high-level space rings containing armor, the confiscated space rings, and the statistics sheet to Martin.

Martin took the statistical report and space ring from Deluna and looked at the casualty report.

Although I had prepared myself mentally, I still felt a pang of pain at the loss of so many lives. Fortunately, the battle yielded great rewards, which more than compensated for the losses.

Martin thought for a moment and decided to gather all the prisoners. He was in urgent need of reinforcements. The vast Western Territory could not be protected by only the three existing knight orders.

He planned to use both kindness and force, and use the residual power of victory to try to make these captives loyal to him, instead of using slave contracts to force them to submit.

Martin waved his hand, signaling Del Luna to go down and deal with the matter of gathering the prisoners, while he focused on the confiscated space ring and began to recharge the items inside.

In a flash of light, the valuable items within the ring vanished one after another. Simultaneously, the numbers on the dial climbed like jumping musical notes. After this operation, the value increased by approximately 500,000, with the most significant contribution coming from the items provided by the Wind Dragon Knight.

After completing the recharge, Martin stood up and prepared to go to the open space on the battlefield to see how the prisoners were gathering.

Several sky knights and wind dragon knight Betan worked with Deluna to successfully gather all the captives in the open space on the battlefield.

Not far away, knights were systematically cleaning up the corpses, either burying them or burning them.

Such a scene filled the air with a nauseating smell. However, Martin did not pay much attention to it.

When the gathering was nearing completion, Martin, followed by Hefna, came to the captives.

He stood on a high ground, overlooking the captives below. As he scanned the area, Martin noticed that the loyalty of these captives was generally very low, with only a very small number of them having a loyalty of over 60.

Seeing this, Martin realized that relying solely on a combination of kindness and force would not be enough to effectively increase the captives' loyalty. After a moment's reflection, he decided to change his strategy.

Martin acted decisively and immediately ordered the reorganization of the prisoners.

Without exception, all the remaining knights from the original three orders were incorporated into this newly formed legion.

Not only that, several other knight commanders and Betan, a dragon knight, were also incorporated into the newly reorganized legion system.

After making all the arrangements, Martin solemnly instructed Betan and others to sign a slave contract with each prisoner to establish control.

In this way, a legion of about 13,000 people was initially established.

However, the current state of the Legion is far from optimistic; the overall situation is extremely chaotic. From an organizational perspective, responsibilities at various levels are not yet clearly defined, and the command system has not been streamlined.

In terms of personnel, there is a lack of necessary coordination among each other, making it difficult to form effective teamwork.

Martin, who had originally planned to embark on the journey the next day, was helpless in the face of such a situation and was forced to postpone his departure time. He deliberately set aside two days to concentrate on making comprehensive preparations for the legion.

During these two days, Martin and his Sky Knights worked tirelessly to reorganize the Legion. From reorganizing the organization to assigning all remaining knights from the three orders to management positions, with these diehard knights at their disposal, the reorganization of the Legion was completed smoothly within two days.

Two days later, the fully prepared legion had a boosted morale and looked brand new.

Following Martin's command, the army marched towards several viscount territories on the border. Martin had already made up his mind to control these territories first, just like closing the door to his own home.

After that, he would slowly deal with other nobles who participated in the war, and make their people and property all belong to Martin White, so as to consolidate his power in the West.

Martin immediately contacted Roland via comms, informing him, "Dragon City can now be opened. Be sure to let all the caravans and mercenaries know that I, Martin White, have defeated the coalition of eighteen nobles. Spread this news widely to enhance my reputation."

Upon hearing the good news of Martin's victory, Roland was so excited that he could hardly contain himself and even spoke incoherently: "Don't...don't worry, Master! I'll do it right away!"

Martin nodded with satisfaction and ended the call with Roland.

After a moment's thought, Martin dialed Yoder's number again and said, "Yode, please finish the matters at hand as soon as possible and then rush to Yulong City. I plan to let you take over the affairs of Yulong City."

Martin still had great faith in Yoder's ability. After Yoder excitedly agreed, Martin hung up the phone.

Martin led the First Legion forward steadily and soon arrived at Viscount Haikang's territory.

During the march, Martin strictly ordered his men to restrain themselves and not to disturb the people, as these were all his subjects. Along the way, under the horrified gazes of the civilians, the entire army headed straight for Viscount Haikang's castle.

After several days of long march, Martin finally led the First Legion to Haikang Castle.

They had just set up their siege formation when, unexpectedly, a message of surrender came directly from within the castle.

After successfully entering the castle, Martin immediately ordered his men to search everywhere for all valuables.

At the same time, Martin made further strategic deployments. He ordered the four dragon knights, Betan, De Luna, William and Il, to each lead a full group of knights and rush to other viscounties on the border.

Martin knew that time was running out and if they did not act quickly, things might change, so he asked them to complete the takeover and settle down in the area to firmly control the border area.