“Governor!”

The knight standing next to Homerne quickly grabbed him as he staggered. Though he managed to regain his balance, his legs were still shaky, and it looked like he might collapse again at any moment.

“There are countless places in the territory that need money right now… and you spent all of it? On this useless group of mercenaries…?”

Even if a war were to break out, what difference would adding a mere three hundred men make?

It would have been better to offer the Runestones to other lords and request reinforcements.

Alternatively, they could agree to surrender some …