Jack gave his blessing for Jeanny to form the party. After everyone was included into Jeanny's party, Jack said to them, "come on, I will take you people to meet the Duke." The bunch of ragtag followed Jack towards the center of the army formation. Their disorder march and jabberings, especially from Men of Solidarity lots, made them seem completely in contrast with the orderly army around them. There was a row of elite guards around the center of the army, they were amongst the ones that had marched with him from the Duke's estate. These elite guards were average level fifty elite humans. Jack assumed them to be the elite force in charge of the duke's and the prince's safety. These elite guards parted way when they saw Jack approached. They still maintained an alert stance though. Jack surmised most of them were still mistrustful of outworlders. The Duke saw them came and bid them with a warm welcome, Prince Alonzo was there beside him. Jack introduced the duke and the prince to his friends. Then he introduced his friends to the two nobles, since there were too many names to introduce, he simply said, "this is Storm Wind's gang. They are very honored to join this expedition." The others threw Jack a glare. Who the heck do you call Storm Wind's gang? John came out shamelessly and made himself known, "this lowly one is called Saint John. It was a pleasure to be in the presence of the exalted prince of this kingdom and Your Grace, the Duke. I have heard a lot of great things about you and I hope I can provide more services to the two of you in the future." Bowler was not to be beaten by John, he immediately came out and also tried to curry favors from the two nobles. Jack had the urge to kick these two shameless people, but then he thought about the power struggle between the princes. He secretly snickered at them. They would not be so enthusiastic if they found out what they got dragged into by associating with the third prince. The Duke did not dwell long on the introductions. He called Captain Salem over and told them that they would be with his unit, which as agreed would be under Jack's command. Captain Salem would stay with him to be his liaison. The Duke advised the others to stay within Captain Salem's company and not to wander around. Commander Quintus came by and added sternly that if they strolled around and disrupted the army's orderly march, a punishment would be administered. The warning brought this ragtag group to attention. The Duke then called out for the ones that not yet had a mount and distributed to them a whistle for each. They happily received those whistles and blew on them. Steeds materialized all over. However, their steeds were not as impressive as Jack's. Jack presumed that they were all only of the common grade. The Duke informed them again that these mounts were only loans, they would have to return them once the expedition was over. A penalty would be applied if they failed to honor it. Another thing that the Duke informed was that their steeds could die, so they were warned to unsummon those steeds when they engaged in a battle. If the loaned steeds died, they would have to pay the full price of those steeds. The Duke then sent them off to where Captain Salem was. Jack looked at the three-hundred soldiers in the Captain's company. They had an average level of thirty each of them wore an expression that displayed their disciplined nature. Captain Salem organized them into attention and introduced Jack to them. He let them know that Jack would be their acting commanding officer in this expedition. Everything he said would be as if he was the one that gave them. The soldiers showcased their disciplines by giving Jack an official salute.
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