Knight and Wand

Chapter 69: The Kingdom of Kantadar
Leading the equally lethargic horses, Leon and his companions once again set foot on the land of Kantadar.

Looking at the majestic ships in the distance, his eyes had been attracted by those huge ships with black sails since he went ashore.

Compared to the strangely shaped large ships anchored in the port, the Orland merchant ship that Leon and his two companions were riding on was like a shabby little bathtub.

Those large ships were flying black flags with a golden one-eye pattern in the center.

But even when he asked Azerien about the meaning of the black-and-gold flag, the usually knowledgeable son of the nobles now shook his head in confusion.

He also didn't know which country the symbol on the flag represented.

It's definitely not Kantadar's style anyway.

After observing from a distance for a long time, Leon withdrew his gaze.

He then looked at the Kantadar soldiers patrolling in groups of two or three on the dock, and the scattered buildings in the distance that looked similar to the city of Orland.

Before setting out on this journey, he was wondering how different and similar those brutal Kantadars were from the Orlanders and the Serians.

There is no doubt that the two countries of "Orland" and "Serrian" belong to the "Feru people" both in terms of blood and culture.

This is true for the countries in the central part of the continent, including "Dineshien" and "Aurelia" that Leon has only heard of so far.

The Feru are evidently a people with a wide range of travels.

Since waking up, Leon has seen many Kantadars who speak Uriah.

Those Kantadar noble knights who spoke a foreign language were almost the same as the Feru people at first glance, if you ignored their human-face carved helmets and some special decorations.

The dress of ordinary Kantadar soldiers is even more mixed.

Some of them look exactly the same as those of the Feru people, while others look completely different from the nomadic weapons and armor of the Feru style.

The various appearances of this kingdom are simply a hodgepodge.

As for the civilians of Kantadar.

As he entered the city, he kept looking at the residents on the street.

To be honest, if they didn't speak Uriah and wore the same clothes, Leon wouldn't be able to tell the difference between these people and the Orlanders and the Serians.

Fortunately, before this trip, Azerien had already given these two "illiterate" people some rough lessons on why this kingdom was so strange when he was teaching him and Lohak the language.

Dating back to the earliest recorded times, the land of Kantardar was home to many kingdoms of the Feru culture.

During that period, "Orland" and "Kantadar" did not exist yet, and the entire western part of the continent was full of small countries and was still in an era of conflict.

At that time, the two northern and southern regions were not as clearly marked on the map as they are today.

But with the rise of the Uriah people in the south and their march northward to conquer all the small Feru kingdoms within the present-day "Kantadar", this land has embarked on a different path from other regions.

The original culture of the land of Kantadar was probably severely raped by the Uriah people from that time on.

During the most powerful period of the Uriah people, they occupied the birthplace of the Feru people and invaded Serion from the west and south at the same time.

Azerien didn't know much about the history of the Kingdom of Orland.

But the history of Serrian was recorded by the sons of nobles and they remembered it clearly.

Before "Orland" and "Kantadar" were unified and established, the "Serrian Kingdom" under the leadership of the Holy Sun Church was fighting against the Uriah people.

Serian is an ancient country that witnessed the rise of the Uriah people and then their demise.

The coalition forces of the Western Continent defeated Uriah's conquest and eventually recaptured the ancestral land of the "Feru people" and successfully restored their country. However, it was not the direct resistance of the Feru alliance that really drove the Uriah people back to the south.

Rather, it was a stab in the back that came from the land of "Kantadar" which rose up more than a hundred years after the land was conquered.

Several forces tore apart the Uriah people's rule over the land, and the rising new kingdom united with the surrounding Feru nations and drove the Uriah people back to the grasslands.

Of course, all the Feru nations that helped this land did not expect that, perhaps because they had been ruled by the Uriah culture for too long, the newly born Kantadar nations actually inherited the aggressiveness of the Uriah culture.

A brilliant first king swept away his rivals and founded what is now the "Kingdom of Kantardar," which soon began to conflict with neighboring kingdoms.

The Kingdom of Serrian was also betrayed by Kantardar.

In fact, the "Holy City of Rolandar" was originally in the territory of Serrian, and was not located on the border. Why it became a border city before the city was conquered is naturally the bitter tears of the Serrian Kingdom.

However, when Leon heard this, he was a little surprised.

In terms of the history of the establishment of the dynasty alone, the Kingdom of Kantadar was actually much earlier than the seemingly more cultured Kingdom of Orland.

In any case, the countries of the Western Continent have been entangled in the blood and fire of betrayal and alliance, torturing each other for hundreds of years, until now.

Ironically, after hundreds of years of fighting, the current Kantadar Kingdom has completely become one with the Uriah people.

There is now a huge mercenary cavalry force galloping across the land of Kantadar, and among them is an unknown number of Uriahs.

It is indeed hard to tell. After all, the Uriah people and the Feru people only have different cultural origins, but not race. From Leon's point of view, there seems to be little difference.

The three of them walked on the street filled with gibberish looking for a hotel.

The results of Azerien's repeated intensive training were very effective. Leon and Lohak can now barely understand the general meaning of some Uriah languages.

But I can't speak in long sentences yet, let alone hide my accent.

But they found that there were many more outsiders speaking various accents in Western Port than they had imagined.

The strange Uriah accents of Lion and Lohak were not noticeable among the many foreign merchants on the far western coast far away from Serrian.

However, the two of them still handed over the task of negotiation to Azerien, who had an authentic accent.

The three of them deliberately found an inn that was full of foreign merchants and all kinds of people.

As soon as I settled my luggage, I began to try to collect information about the local Falcon family.

After spending enough money on wine to clear the way, I learned from the sailors that the wealthy Fercon family did indeed purchase a large number of slaves from various channels all year round to serve in their castles and manors. This was no secret.

Especially after the arrival of those mysterious black-sailed ships in recent years, the Falcon family's demand for slaves has increased several times.

Those mysterious foreigners on the large black-sailed ships also seemed to have a great interest in the slave trade.

Hearing this news, Leon's heart sank.

If Rohak's sister had been sold to an unknown overseas country in another world, it would be extremely difficult to find her in the future.

Leon and the other two looked unhappy for a long time, but they finally cheered up again.

In any case, instead of making blind guesses, I should first find a way to contact people within the Falcon family.

As for how to sneak into the castle.
When he learned that Count Falcon's son was going to hold a wedding soon, Leon couldn't help but feel fortunate that the Baron Kantadar armor and seal ring that he had originally brought with him to take advantage of the situation might come in handy.

(End of this chapter)