Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

The light from the teleportation array faintly lit up, and when the light had dissipated, there appeared a group of knights clad in Secret Silver Armor in the Lancaster teleportation zone.

Surrounded and protected by a group of knights was the current manager of Lion Heart Castle, the beautiful witch Flandre.

It was Flandre's first visit to the now-famous and even legendary Lancaster Territory, as a leading figure.

Around the teleportation array, the rangers and the chief maid of Shadow Garden, Lady Lin Hua, went forward as soon as they saw Flandre and her group of Secret Silver Guards.

Knight Wilfo, whose main responsibility was to protect Titan City and coordinate the stationed rangers in other cities, called out loudly:

"Welcome, Lady Flandre and the Silver Guard Army to Lancaster Territory."

Knight Wilfo's expression was somewhat excited.

In the lands of the Duchy of Lancastria, the spirit of chivalry prevailed.

Almost without exception, the knight profession demanded not only strength but, more importantly, morality and quality.

Following their lords into battle across the stars, riding through fields of cherry blossoms, over mountains and rivers, and fighting to the death against invaders, these were the most enjoyable tales among the knights of the Duchy of Lancastria.

It's not to say that they were foolish enough to let their lives be destroyed by others, but rather they acted out of a mutual need for benefit and the realization of personal ideals.

Knight Wilfo knew he was not the kind that offered loyalty to a messy lord without any personal convictions.

To garner a knight's loyalty, a lord must demonstrate the appropriate attitude.

Whether it's personally leading troops against enemies, caring for the knights and the main military forces of one's territories, or having a shared ideal to seek a more powerful and prosperous territory...

From the founding days of the Duchy of Lancastria, when Lion Heart bound the knight class together with territorial interests, personal benefits, future development, ideals, and honor, it was destined that the knight class would rapidly grow within the Duchy of Lancastria.

The most exemplary method was to loot a substantial amount of resources through Dungeon conquests, then invest the majority of these resources back into the knight and cavalry systems through various means.

The territorial armed forces that received this wealth of resources would grow, and their increased strength would in turn further enrich the territory, making it ever more powerful.

Even a considerable portion of the profits earned by the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce were set aside to form a financial pool, to support rangers and maids from Shadow Garden who found themselves in dire personal or family circumstances.

Your lord was truly with you, sitting down together to eat meat and drink soup, collaboratively figuring out how to protect both our small and greater homes.

This unprecedented sense of participation, of developing the territory, watching it grow and thrive under one's influence, and reaping the dividends of its growth, was exceptional.

Normally, as long as a positive cycle of territorial development and Dungeon conquest could be established, it would be hard to imagine a complete halt in progress.

Given this core issue, the severe consequences of warmongering could be delayed indefinitely as the territory continued to expand and Dungeon natives became residents, thereby nearly eliminating the potential for the rapid emergence of conflicts and contradictions.

In the end, over a sufficiently long timeline, those sharp and painful contradictions would tend to dissolve, even disappear completely.

And what could you gain in this process?

Nothing but power and honor, or rather, greater power and greater honor.

This was why Knight Wilfo was so excited when Flandre and the Silver Guard Army arrived.

There's no need to say much about Lady Flandre, her very presence embodied the will of Lion Heart, and her arrival with the Silver Guard Army indicated the importance that Lion Heart attached to this visit.

As for the Silver Guard Army, the rangers following behind Wilfo couldn't help but display looks of longing and admiration when they saw those specially ranked knights of the Silver Guard.

After all... this was the miraculous legion established by the joint efforts of the nine city-states.

Daring, capable, and skilled in battle, this legion had created miracles in the history of mankind over the past two hundred years of Bell Federation history.

Originating from a time before the Bell Federation was established, more than two hundred years ago, the human city-states, precursors to the Bell Federation, had to band together due to their weak individual strength.

For a considerable period, professionals from the nine city-states exchanged skills and assisted each other in conquering Dungeons to expand their territories.

Back then, everyone's motives were straightforward.

Humans did not dominate the continent and had no particular racial advantages; to develop, they needed to increase the human population within their city-states, to acquire more land and resources, allowing their city-states to grow.

With the shared aspiration of co-development among the nine city-states, they quickly completed the initial accumulation of capital with the help of professionals from various families.

In this process, due to their full cooperation and mutual support, professionals from these families developed profound friendship and trust.