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Leven and Kairon quickly rushed to rescue the vassals who had been caught in the blast. The Strauss Duchy was renowned as the strongest martial family in the Ethriel Kingdom and among the most esteemed family of knights in the Seven Kingdoms. And their reputation was certainly proved.
Despite being swept up in the explosion and buried under debris, the vassals managed to get back on their feet one by one.
"Is everyone alright?" Kairon asked.
"I tucked and rolled."
"How’s that supposed to help if you’re crushed under a rock?"
"Right? How am I even still alive?"
"Guess all those years of grinding in our youth finally paid off."
Kairon let out a subtle sigh of relief as he watched them brushing themselves off. Of course, these folks aren’t exactly amateurs either.
True to its status as a martial household, even the civil servants in the Strauss family were required to undergo basic martial training. These men, too, had received at least foundational combat instruction under Gellard in their youth. The only difference was that the so-called foundational training was based on a martial king’s standard.
It was said that one had to bleed and curse Gellard until they coughed up blood just to earn the right to be called a civil vassal of the Strauss family. Incidentally, Gellard had been quite...



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