The Knight of Light plants the sun in the eternal night.

Chapter 154 You've Been Captured by Me Too

The town has a name: Stone Town.

The Glowing Mushroom Knights, the Currant Knights, and the Rough Silk Wood Knights arrived in Stone Town one after another and set up camp for rest.

The three barons met after dinner.

"Gentlemen, a good haul, isn't it?" Baron Cohen the Tears held up his flask, gently swirling the wine inside. "I can already hear the tinkling of the alchemists at your waists."

Baron Lenard smiled and said, "Lord Cohen, the Philosopher's Stone at your waist certainly jingles."

Baron Nolan, whose appearance and demeanor were rather sleazy, chuckled and said, "When we get something good, of course we have to fill it with the Philosopher's Stone first. Only what we can't take with us will be loaded onto a carriage and transported back to the country."

Done.

The three barons exchanged glances and burst into laughter, clearly satisfied with their loot.

This was the first time in decades that the White Rose Kingdom had waged war against foreign powers, and the first time that the great nobles had plundered so freely.

Even the smallest gain is intoxicating.

The wine jugs clinked together. Leonard took a sip of wine and sighed, "It's a pity I only have three Philosopher's Stones, one large and one medium. I can't hold many good things in them."

"Then you have more than me. I have one big, one medium, and one small." Nolan Roughwood shook his head. "Although we can contact alchemists, the materials are hard to find, especially the main material, zircon, which can only be found in volcanoes."

Zircon is an extremely rare metallic gemstone with precious spatial properties, making it an essential material for creating the Philosopher's Stone.

Cohen Chacha said, "I have two large and two small ones. Actually, the difference between the large, medium and small stones is not much. The large one is no more than three cubic meters, the medium one is two cubic meters, and the small one is one cubic meter—together they are only a few cubic meters."

A few cubic meters can hold a lot of gold coins.

However, it's impossible for there to be so many gold coins to loot, since the lord would definitely take gold coins and other valuable resources with him when he fled.

After resting for a few hours, eating and drinking to their hearts' content, and sleeping well, the knights began their march in the darkness.

However, Leo did not receive the mission to attack Black Truffle Castle.

Instead, the Baron left them in Stone Town to guard the prisoners and looted supplies with two other knight squads.

Leo didn't try to be brave and insist on participating in the castle battle.

Safety first.

Why bother fighting to the death on the front lines when you can gain merit in the rear? The baron is his father; he can easily draw some battle flags later.

That achievement alone would be enough for Leo to eat his fill. Besides, Leo was still looking for an opportunity to break away from his family.

He needed a genuine military achievement that would earn him the favor of the king in order to secure the title of a knight directly under the kingdom's command.

"Lord Leo." The captains of the other two knight squads, whose status was similar to Leo's—one the baron's second son, the other the baron's nephew—came to visit. "We plan to launch another campaign in the surrounding area. Do you wish to join us?"

"I won't go. Someone has to stay here. Good luck to you all," Leo declined.

He has his own ideas.

After the two knight squads left, he immediately went to the place where supplies were stored and sent away the clerk who was counting the supplies.

Then he personally picked and chose from the mountain of goods.

He emptied his alchemy stone of everything of value—rations, top-grade animal hides, silk, tea, and monster cores—leaving only a little food for emergencies.

Soon, the Philosopher's Stone was filled.

In other words, the three barons first searched through the supplies, and then he searched through them a fourth time, taking all the good stuff with him.

"Heh, instead of going through the trouble of conquering, it's much more satisfying to just take it directly from the warehouse." After putting away the Philosopher's Stone, Leo left the warehouse and turned to his next target: the largest, bald tree in the center of town.

It is a black locust tree.

The bark is mottled and doesn't shine, but every leaf sparkles and is very bright. Most importantly, although it's not very tall, only about twenty meters, its canopy is very broad, like a large umbrella hanging down.

Leo fell in love with the locust tree at first sight.

So, despite the wasted space, he sealed this locust tree inside an amber stone and moved it back to his home.

A large crater was left behind.

"Very good, Harden. Have someone fill this hole in, so no one can accidentally fall in." Leo kindly instructed his subordinates to fill in the large hole left by the locust tree to prevent injury.

He is a kind person.

Not long after leaving, he returned to the requisitioned administrative office to rest when Harden suddenly knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, a nun has come and wants to see you."

"A nun?" Leo leaned back in his chair. "Let her in."

Soon, a nun dressed in a black and white uniform, with a thick headscarf and her whole body wrapped up, entered, carrying a small jade box.

Under the light, a beautiful face could be seen, but because the headscarf was wrapped too tightly and the uniform robe was loose, the focus was not on her face at first glance, and she did not seem pretty.

It's just that it makes people reluctant to desecrate it.

"My esteemed knight, I am Sister Christina from the convent." The nun bowed and spoke in the language of the White Rose Kingdom, which she had only a few words of and spoke slowly, but was still understandable.

Leo nodded: "Why are you looking for me instead of staying in the monastery to meditate?"

The monastery is under the jurisdiction of the Holy Light Church, so under normal circumstances, knights will not easily attack the monastery.

"May I ask your name, Sir Knight?" Sister Christina asked.

"Leo the Glowing Mushroom." Leo didn't mind leaving his name.

"Lord Leo, I would like to ask you to take the black locust tree back with you."

"Acacia saplings? What makes you think I took them?" Leo frowned.

Christina calmly stated, "I saw you taking away the acacia shrubs from the attic of the monastery."

Leo raised an eyebrow.

The thought that my amber had been exposed came to mind.

But it didn't matter. Under the Baron's protection, he wasn't afraid of anyone trying to take it from him. He was just a little worried that the Baron would ask for it back. Fortunately, he had his maternal grandfather, Earl Hayden, as a shield, so the Baron probably wouldn't force him to give it back.

"I took it," he readily admitted. "But it's my spoils, so please take it back; I won't return it."

Christina clasped her hands together and said, "Lord Leo, please allow me to explain."

"explain."

"You can exchange it for a large, bare tree. This bare locust tree is a cordyceps, and it's very important to my cultivation," Christina said. "I've already obtained the bishop's and mayor's permission to form a contract with the spirit insect. If you take it away, my spirit insect will die."

The insect cannot live without cordyceps; it will die if it is separated from cordyceps for too long.

Leo exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually Cordyceps militaris?"

"Yes."

"Then I can't return it." Leo laughed when he saw the small jade box in the other person's hand. "So, give me the jade box too. From now on, this acacia spirit insect is mine."

He wanted to laugh.

Loot such as the Fairy Insect and the Light-Plant Cordyceps are usually difficult to plunder, since people can run away and the Light-Plant Tree cannot be taken away.

Christina probably never imagined that Leo would uproot the Light-Planting Tree, so she didn't bother to collect the Light-Planting Cordyceps. She never expected Leo to possess the Amber Stone, leaving her with no choice but to walk right into his trap.

"Huh?" Christina opened her mouth, at a loss for words. "You—I've already formed a contract with the spirit insect."

Leo nodded: "That's true."

Christina was overjoyed, thinking she had persuaded Leo.

To everyone's surprise, Leo's tone changed: "Then I hereby declare that you, Sister Christina, have also been captured by me!"

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