Raven

After everyone had been captured and others were saved and their wounds were tended to the interrogation began and many pieces of evidence were gathered along with the confessions of many of the noble sons.

There was also the information gathered from those saved within the hunting grounds which helped to gain further evidence of the various noble families and those involved with them that had committed many illegal acts.

The law department entered the city lords home and quickly subdued his guards and those working within the building taking control of the city to be able to access more information.

From there they entered several households and began to subdue and capture the families using the city lords seal and martial alliances documents.

Many of the connected businesses, the buildings and any others that had any relations to the noble families were claimed by the martial alliances law department and further investigation was done within the city.

Several families were connected to the black market, human trafficking and many other illegals crimes committed so soon a source was found that helped connect their activities to various gangs, mercenary groups and businesses that deal with the dark world.

A complete subjugation began within the city and the law department took the lead in bringing down many unlawful people.

While many noble families were disbanded within the span of a week they began to continue their work with great enthusiasm upon learning how deeply the cities morals had fallen over the years and of how many innocents had suffered.

Once they get back to the capital they would most definitely benefit from achieving such great results near the northern border which had been becoming increasingly lawless over the years.

Several properties, pieces of land and valuables had been seized that would also prove to be valuable contributions once they are sold off to the highest bidder.

In the end of the month began the tournament within the village and several talents began to display their effort during the months worth of training.

One of those that stood out was the young boy who lost his fiancé during the invasion and was later abandoned by his father.

He won the first place prize from the teenage male group and got a medallion to gain access to the libraries more rare books and martial arts books and scrolls.

Several females who received the medallion from the children, teenage, young adults and older adult groups also got recommended to begin practicing the snake basic eight forms along with the basic mulberry palm art and then move onto practicing the sword art when their bodies are in a better condition.

The males had many other martial arts to choose from but there were some suggestions that pointed towards using fist arts and heavier weapons like spears, pole arms, axes, maces and swords while the females could pick up learning palm arts, swords, daggers,hidden weapons and archery.

Meanwhile the family had begun to further develop the village and work on contacting merchants that had connections to the northern lands and had heard back about the purchase of dogs and the horses.

In a large barn several horses were in their individual spaces, some were sleeping, others were eating some hay while others were stood alert upon seeing an intruder but one among them was much larger horse which was still young and unruly.

The Destrier war horse had a dense rounded body with a broad back, strong loins, powerful hind-quarters, and long legs with dense bones.

It had a black body and had long silky hair on the lower parts of its legs.

It was a massive animal measuring in excess of 24 hands tall compared to the other horses it was a much larger and sturdy horse and had a more intimidating aura.

Ki stood in front of the horses stable and began to get pieces of the straw and offered to feed it to begin to gain its trust a little.

The horse was resistant at first but Ki's patience had won over as she stood and waited until the horse came forward to eat from her hand.

Ki smiled upon seeing its tall and domineering display and then carefully reached out to stroke and scratch its neck with her small hand while it ate. "Don't worry I will get you a lot more treats later. There are lots of carrots being grown in the farms so I will get you the best ones."

The way she behaved towards the horse was to be patient with it but tried her best to establish a position as a leader but also be respectful to the behaviour and emotions the horse has displayed.

Ki made notes in her mind to keep to a fixed schedule during feeding, grooming and riding times to best establish a bond and then she could begin to train the horse to develop its fearlessness more.

The biggest challenge would be to properly tame the horse during the riding training so it does not attempt to keep its distance from her or throw her off its back, once it knows who is the boss then they both can begin to develop a proper bond.

She continued to massage and scratch the distracted horses neck and behind the ears and softly spoke in order to avoid startling it after identifying it was a female after some inspection. "You will be called Raven. Let's get along well in the future partner."

Later in the day Ki returned to the mansion after a long day of training and bonding with her horse Raven and began to talk to Agnes once more. "How is the progress with finding some huskies?"

"There is a merchant who knows of a new litter that has been born two months ago." Agnes frowned as she continued. "But the huskies are not pure breeds like you asked. They are a mix between huskies and malamutes so they will be a larger build than normal huskies."

Ki thought for a moment and nodded after hearing about the dogs. "I like malamutes too so a mix between the two would be great too. So yes I would like them."

Agnes looked relieved after seeing her granddaughter agreeing with purchasing the litter because she could not find another litter available to be sold during this time even after asking all of her contacts. "Okay, good! I already put down a deposit for them so I will get in contact with the trader immediately to transport them over. There should be around seven within this litter so I will continue to look into other litters as you requested for your other purposes."