They did not return empty-handed, but brought back prey.

There were four primary magic beasts and one intermediate magic beast in total. These magic beasts looked strange and bizarre, attracting the people in the territory to come and watch.

Luther was also among the crowd, and he and his family greeted the knights in front of the castle.

"Dad, you've worked hard." Luther gave Old Thor a big hug. After not seeing him for such a long time, Old Thor hasn't changed at all. He doesn't look like he's gone through hardships in the deep forests fighting monsters. He looks calm. Oh, the only problem is that Old Thor smells weird.

The strange smell of not having a bath for a long time made Luther quickly let go of Old Thor and gave a bitter smile.

It smells really bad.

After distancing himself from Old Saul, Luther's long-standing speculations resurfaced.

"Dad is so calm, I suspect he is hiding his strength. He might be a genuine high-level knight."

After old Sol hugged Luther, he also hugged Mrs. Sophie and William. When it was the turn of little girl Mary, Mary avoided it with a look of disgust.

"Dad stinks."

Then Mary went to see the monsters brought back by Old Thor and his companions. Lily, who was with Mary, did not go because she was twisting her little body in the arms of Knight Stone.

Lily missed her father very much after not seeing him for many days.

"Why are there only five monsters? Dad, you have more than a dozen knights. You and Uncle Stone are only intermediate knights. You are even less useful than Luther. Luther, along with Xiu Xiuya and another knight uncle, hunted back a poisonous acid lizard."

Mary looked at her prey and felt a little disappointed.

Although as an ordinary person, she couldn't eat too much monster meat, but she liked the feeling of having a good harvest.

Mary can't keep secrets and is commonly known as a gossip.

Old Thor and his party had just returned and had not received any news. When the knights heard about this, they all looked at Luther in surprise.

Theoretically, three knights of the same level would have the capital to fight against the demons, but in practice, it was quite difficult.

The beasts are powerful and difficult to defeat.

Luther and Xiuxiua were just rookies who had just entered the realm of knights. Together with a middle-aged uncle who was a junior knight, how could this combination kill the poisonous acid lizard? The knights couldn't help but look up to Luther's martial arts, thinking, "It turns out that this next generation of Pompeii Knight is not only a business lord, but also a martial lord."

However, these knights were all born in nearby noble families and knew the Pompeii family very well. When I think of the successive heads of the Pompeii family, they were all famous for their military prowess.

The most typical one is the current Pompeii Knight Old Thor, who is a powerful Pompeii Knight.

"As expected of Pompeii's bloodline," the knights sighed in their hearts.

"You are worthy of being my son, the next generation of Pompeii Knight." Old Thor laughed out loud, which was rare after hearing this. He walked up to Luther and touched his hair, making it messy. He looked happier than Luther at running the territory.

Strong knights are the tradition of their Pompeii family.

good.

After praising Luther, Old Thor turned around and said to his sweet and doting little daughter Mary, "Monster meat is also meat. We hunted 20 monsters this time, but we ate most of them on the way to prevent them from rotting and wasting. Only these fresh monsters are left."

"Oh." Mary said, indicating that she understood.

Soon after, the knights dispersed, taking away four primary magical beasts. The remaining intermediate magical beast belonged to the Pompeii family.

Luther had eaten intermediate-level monsters before, so he wasn't particularly excited. Before the knights dispersed, Luther called Knight Stone.

"Knight Stone, please follow me to the study." Luther said.

"Okay." Knight Stone was a little confused, but he readily put down Lily who was leaning on his arms, and entered Pompeii Castle with Luther.

Old Thor saw this scene and ignored it.

Anyway, he doesn't interfere in the affairs of the territory at all.

The two men came to the study and sat down. Luther said to Knight Stone, "Knight Stone, as the family's power expands, the family currently needs a Knight Commander. I would like to invite you to take on the position of Knight Commander and add 50 gold coins to your original monthly salary of 100 gold coins as your monthly salary as Knight Commander. What do you think?"

"I'm a little reluctant because it will delay the time I spend with Lily. But considering the current shortage of manpower in Pompeii, I'm willing to take on the position of Knight Commander temporarily. I will stop doing this after the family has a more reliable candidate."

Stone Pompeii thought about it for a while before giving this answer.

Luther felt helpless after hearing this. The Pompeii family member in front of him was a complete super dad. What he cared about most was not the gold coins, but his daughter.

It's normal to think about it. If Knight Stone cared about gold coins, he would definitely earn more money as a mercenary outside than as a guard knight.

However, Knight Stone did not refuse immediately, but chose such a compromise plan. Luther also breathed a sigh of relief and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Okay, I promise you, once I find a suitable candidate, I will let that person replace you as the Knight Commander." Luther nodded in agreement.

"Okay." Knight Stone nodded.

After he finished speaking, Luther took out a few documents from the drawer of his desk, placed them in front of Knight Stone, and said, "Here is the list of the fifteen current knights of the Pompeii family. In addition, there is my plan to recruit five hundred new guards. Please take a closer look."

"Fifteen knights? Before this, weren't there only fourteen knights in Pompeii besides the lord and you?" Knight Stone was a little surprised. His memory must be correct, and their group had gone with Old Thor to wipe out the monsters.

So, it's a new member, right? Pompeii.

Hey.

Under the management of this genius lord, the family is growing stronger and stronger. After all, Stone Pompeii is still a member of the Pompeii family, and he is sincerely happy.

"Xiu Xiu, Borgia, a knight with noble character." Luther took out the information of Knight Xiu Xiu and placed it in front of Knight Stone.

"Okay, I will go meet this knight later and take him to meet the family knights." Knight Stone nodded, picked up the information, glanced at it, and put it down.

Picked up another document, this one about the plan to recruit new guards.

Magellan's position as sheriff was abolished and he was renamed as the Knight of Guard. Currently there are two Knights of Guard, Magellan and his son, Xiu Xiuya.

Five hundred new guards were recruited and divided into four groups, stationed in the military areas near the four walls of Pompeii, responsible for defense, public security and other tasks.

The guards have a guard captain who is responsible for training, deployment, patrolling and other tasks.

The captain of the guard is selected from among the guards.

As for the knights.

The plan is to have two knights stationed in these four areas 24 hours a day, regardless of specific matters, and only responsible for major incidents and suppressing them by force.

Just like the priests in my martial arts novels, they don’t take care of specific things but only appear when it’s time to do so.

Currently, there are fifteen knights in the family, including him.

As the Knight Commander, of course, he didn't need to guard the four city gates, but Magellan and his son needed to protect the Pompeii Castle, so he had to assign this job to the remaining twelve knights.

Because knights also need to take vacations, these twelve knights will take turns to take up these eight positions. As for the specific arrangements, it is up to him, the knight leader, to decide.

"Leave all matters concerning knighthood and military affairs to me." Knight Stone took a quick look, sorted out the documents and said.

"By the way, you also need to prepare a Knight Commander's residence for me as an office."

Knight Stone said again.

"I've been prepared for a long time." Luther smiled.

(End of this chapter)