Fantasy Lord: Beginning with Daily Intelligence

For a time, the expansion of the Eagle Merchant Association became much easier.

And besides the Pharmacy Academy, the other two academies quickly completed construction as well.

The Knight Academy, with Marshall taking on the role of dean, and Steve, Pelos, and Mark as instructors, allows any Free People with fifty merit points to send their descendants to study. The Knight Academy is a three-year program; upon graduation, one can join the Eagle Cub Knight Order. If unsuccessful, they can transition to become a Knight’s Squire or an academy lecturer.

As for the Affairs Academy, the current Eagle Territory’s dozen Civil Servants serve as instructors, with Joseph as the dean. All Free People can enter, it’s a three-year program, with tuition set at five Silver Coins per year. Upon completion and passing the assessment, one can become an Apprentice Civil Servant, which is the only academy openly requiring payment.

Of course, this is only on the surface.

In reality, all three academies require expenses.

The Knight Academy is self-explanatory; although there is no tuition fee, rapidly mastering the Knight’s Breathing Technique requires a large amount of meat and resources.

To reach a certain level in the Pharmacy Academy also demands extensive practice with Magic Plants.

Each expenditure is considerable, while comparatively, the Affairs Academy may have the least costs.

Yet despite this, it is groundbreaking for the entire Tulip Kingdom.

Because until now, the Tulip Kingdom has had no academy targeted at the common people, offering them no opportunity whatsoever.

At least it provides everyone with a bit of hope.

Thus, as the news spread throughout the Eagle Territory, the entire region was set ablaze with excitement.

Numerous Free People talked enthusiastically, and even the slaves in the Eagle Territory had glowing eyes because the Free People’s opportunities also represented theirs.

In the Eagle Territory, everyone possesses the chance for liberation.

In the midst of excitement, the efficiency in the Eagle Territory sharply soared; everyone carried a sense of hope and anticipation for the future.

Time, amidst everyone’s yearning and expectation, passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, a year had elapsed.

This year had undeniably been a period of rapid development for the Eagle Territory and the Eagle Merchant Association.

Thor was promoted to Viscount, and within the Northern Province, the Eagle Territory faced almost no competition.

Even after defeating the Northern Alliance, the three top nobles’ descendants, who posed a threat, chose to retreat, making Marquis Reman no longer able to suppress the Eagle Merchant Association.

The Eagle Merchant Association and Eagle Territory undoubtedly ran like a wild horse, evolving every single day.

After a year, the Eagle Merchant Association had completely spread throughout the Northern Province, establishing trade routes with over seventy percent of the Pioneer Lords.

Remember, this is seventy percent of the Northern Province; such a scale is almost unimaginable.

And the revenue it brought was indeed terrifying.

Last month’s earnings from the Eagle Merchant Association exceeded two hundred thousand Gold Coins.

That’s right, two hundred thousand Gold Coins, a staggering sum that would make anyone’s scalp tingle. If it could be sustained, it’s an annual income of over two million Gold Coins. Even when distributed, Thor could get over one million Gold Coins, surpassing what a Marquis Family should possess.

Even the powerful Spencer Family Marquis, acquiring such funds would be impossible even if they saved for a decade.

Even previously when Marquis Reman controlled the entire Northern Province, it would take ten years to achieve such earnings.

Of course, these earnings are due to the commerce association’s expansion and the influx of numerous new Pioneer Lords, making such numbers unattainable in the future.

But even if only half, one-third, or one-fifth remains, it’s still a heart-pounding number.

Moreover, one must not forget.

According to Thor and Rajos’ estimates, even with stable trade routes and other associations joining, the Eagle Merchant Association’s annual income should be no less than between six hundred thousand and eight hundred thousand. Maintaining its current scale should exceed one million Gold Coins.

With Thor’s shares, that means fifty thousand Gold Coins a year, not to mention the Duke; even these earnings surpass those top three Marquis Families.

This is before the Eagle Merchant Association opens up the supply of Life Potions, most of which are consumed internally, otherwise the revenue could continue to increase.

After all, of Agate’s output, even without further expansion, seventy percent of Agate is controlled by the Eagle Merchant Association. Over the year, Great Pharmacist Samp’s ten-plus pharmacists have seen their pharmaceutical skills advance considerably.

Overall success rates have raised to around fifty percent.

Even considering Life Grass output, monthly production exceeds five hundred bottles. At one hundred Gold Coins per bottle, that’s fifty thousand Gold Coins per month’s production, totaling six hundred thousand Gold Coins a year.

If based on the previous Habbs Commerce Association’s price, it would be one million two hundred thousand Gold Coins annually.

Of course, due to internal consumption, even among the Eagle Merchant Association’s lords, the bottle price doesn’t reach one hundred Gold Coins, only fifty Gold Coins. As for Eagle Territory, it’s counted as merit points, consuming nearly ninety percent. Monthly, five hundred bottles, four hundred are consumed within Eagle Territory, ninety by other association lords, with only ten bottles for sale.

This result may not be exceptionally valuable, yet it clearly strengthens the Eagle Territory and the Eagle Merchant Association.

A year ago, the Eagle Merchant Association had three Earth Knights: Thor, Reine, and Marshall. Great Knights Steve, Pelos, and Mark also totaled three, while fifty Official Knights and a hundred and fifty Apprentice Knights completed the lineup. A year later, while the number of Earth Knights remains at three, the count of Great Knights rose to ten, and Official Knights surpassed one hundred and two.

The increase in Apprentice Knights is most dramatic, rising from a hundred and fifty to over two hundred and seventy, incrementing by over a hundred, tripling the increase over the past two years.

And furthermore, growth continues to explode, making it predictable that the quantity and power of Knights within the Eagle Territory will further advance.

The night gradually fell.

A new day was about to slip away once more.

In the study.

Thor gently tapped the table, holding today’s received correspondence.

It was sent a month ago by Count Engle.

"Kingdom War!"

He whispered aloud, with a slightly serious expression.

Although he had long been preparing.

When Kingdom War truly arrives, a sense of seriousness still inevitably touches his heart.

With such a scale, no matter his current strength, the outcome remains uncertain.

He’s indeed strong, even comparable to a typical Marquis Family, yet participants of Kingdom War include not only Tulip Nobles but numerous unknown kingdoms and duchies across the continent.

In these kingdoms and duchies, the Tulip Kingdom isn’t particularly strong, and similarly, Tulip Kingdom Nobles aren’t the most powerful.