COSG - Chapter 91.1: Partial Peace

Indahl was an ancient city that had stood in the southern part of the Rhine Kingdom for hundreds of years.

Situated at the crucial crossroads of the southeastern Navalon continent, the constant flow of trade caravans brought unprecedented business opportunities to this city, which became the envy of others in the vicinity.

Every day, large quantities of goods were brought in and traded in the marketplace—goods such as textiles and spices from the north, various novel mechanical inventions, alchemical materials made from magic dust and minerals from the south, as well as bulk grains from the east. Relying solely on the 11% tax collected by the Taxation Office from merchants, the city lord of Indahl had enough funds to maintain a city defense force of 1,200 professional soldiers.

In the Rhine Kingdom, a force of 1,200 fully employed professional soldiers constituted a substantial military might. Over the past century, Indahl had never suffered the banditry commonly encountered by all border cities. The city defense force played a crucial role in this achievement.

It was precisely because of this that the Bartalis family's hold on the Indahl city lord position had always been so firm. No matter how capable or well-connected the consuls (mayor) sent by the throne were, the highest authority of Indahl was never affected.

Of course, the Bartalis family wasn't in the good graces of the throne, being a feudal lord that dared keep a large amount of merchant tax to raise troops instead of obediently handing them over to the royal treasury. The size of the Indahl's established territory and its citizens could be considered a county, but the throne had always suppressed the Bartalis family's title to the level of a viscount. Regardless of how much influence the Bartalis family could hold sway in the capital, the throne refused to promote their rank.

Such discord between the throne and local nobility was quite commonplace in this world, and Viscount Bartalis didn't seem out of line among the Rhine nobles—though it was rat

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