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When humans moved, they left behind far more traces than one might imagine. The Kretas knight order tracked the enemy’s movements through these traces and found where Diogres and his forces were heading.
As Elezar had predicted, they were indeed moving toward the Pellantia Mountains. In the process, the knights also managed to gauge the approximate size of the enemy’s forces. They totalled around a thousand to eleven hundred. The Tower of Dawn had approximately one hundred mages, which meant there were roughly a thousand regular soldiers.
Sir Etiel, Captain of the Second Squad of the Kretas knight order, asked, "Think they have any aura users?"
Sir Rals, who commanded the third squad, shook his head. "There aren’t any aura users under the Tower of Dawn."
The magic tower, after all, was strictly an academic institution. Since it wasn’t a noble house with its own territory, it had no authority to officially knight anyone. They could hire regular soldiers, but they couldn’t command knights.
And most aura users held knighthoods. Just like in Serati’s case, even those of common birth, once they awakened their aura, would receive offers of knighthood from all directions. Unless one was a heinous criminal, becoming a knight was not difficult, and there were few who would refuse it.
That was why even an archmage like Elezar kept no aura users under her direct command and...
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