Territory is Officially Established
Ed initially formed the guard for hunting, but after more than a year of development, hunting is no longer the primary activity. He is now preparing to reorganize the guard so that its first priority will shift from hunting to defending Gray Castle.
Therefore, all eight members of the squad are here in the castle hall today to discuss matters.
"Since the guard team was established, we have caught a lot of game, explored many places, and even went to distant places to trade for salt. We have done a good job, but now we have enough food and we no longer need to hunt every day."
The group was puzzled. Was the lord planning to disband them?
"No, we're not disbanding the team, we're changing things up." Ed said, as if he could read their minds.
"The white stone you were looking for a while ago, I believe everyone knows that someone else is already there. But that stone is very important to our territory. You will need to go there again to investigate. What should we do if a conflict breaks out in the future?"
The team members now have a general understanding that the stone is very important and they must find a way to get it. They need to find out the situation first and see if they can defeat the other side if a conflict breaks out.
Everyone was excited. They had been practicing their archery skills for a long time but hadn't had a chance to use them. Each of them had a divine bow custom-made by Roderick.
"My lord, no problem." Andrew said confidently, and the others echoed him in hushed tones.
Ed looked at the confident group and was very pleased. As long as they had confidence, things would be easier.
"Now I'm reorganizing the squad. Listen up, everyone. The squad will now be called the 'Greyburg First Guard Squad.' I'll remain the captain, and Andrew will be the vice-captain. Andrew, you'll recruit some new members to form a fully armored warrior squad, and you'll also serve as the squad leader. Any of you who want to follow Andrew can do so." Ed finished speaking and looked at Andrew.
"My lord, if we want full iron armor, it will take a long time to manufacture, and Smith may not be able to make it."
"Hmm, it's alright. Let him build it up slowly. You can also recruit people for your team gradually. There's no need to rush. We're just making some preparations now, not finishing immediately."
"Yes, my lord." Andrew nodded in agreement.
"Eric, you're in charge of the archer squad. As the squad leader, if you can't draw the divine bow, use the longbow. Don't use the shortbows anymore."
"Yes, my lord." Eric was also full of confidence, because his archery skills certainly gave him that confidence.
"Adelaide, you will still be in charge of all food and treatment. You can choose the personnel yourself. You are the squad leader of this team."
"Yes, Master, I want Sophia to join my squad. She will be my first medical officer." Adelaide seemed to be thinking of something very exciting.
"Will, I'm planning to set up an intelligence team. You'll be the team leader, and your job is to gather information such as terrain, personnel, weather, equipment, and so on. Ideally, the personnel should be agile and fast like you. Do you understand what I mean? We can find these things gradually; there's no need to rush."
"Yes, my lord, I understand." Will replied knowingly.
Ed was also planning to form a cavalry squad, but there weren't any suitable candidates yet, so he decided to leave it at that for now. After all, they were all riding horses anyway.
"Andrew, you and Cedar should go back to the ore site in a few days to check if Cedar knows those people, but be careful."