The tribute gifts sent by the various nobles to curry favor were a considerable sum, enough to more easily cultivate a new batch of knights.
"However, after this battle, the fame of the knights equipped with full magic gear began to spread, and obtaining such equipment through trade will probably become difficult."
As Li Wei practiced his skills, he thought back to the past when everyone, having attained extraordinary power, only thought about improving themselves. When war came, they would don their magic armor, wield magical weapons, and ride their mutated mounts into battle against their foes.
It was unprecedented, like what Li Ming did, spending a great deal of money to distribute the magic equipment – which ordinarily only nobles possessed – to every soldier, and training them into extraordinary fighters capable of group combat.