[Chapter 190 Before the Storm]

“Reinforcements?”

Snowforest Castle requested reinforcements? Who were the reinforcements for? Winter Town?

Looking at Vanessa in front of him, David waited for the follow-up report.

If Vanessa only found out that Irontree Castle had sent reinforcements, but didn’t find out why Snowforest Castle requested support? Who were the reinforcements for? That would prove that Vanessa was not a qualified intelligence officer, and she had no talent in this area. In

that case, Vanessa’s future work might shift to “assassination” and the like!

As it turned out, Vanessa Van Cleef was not a rookie without any intelligence sensitivity. When she learned that an army was heading from Irontree Castle to Snowforest Castle, she began to investigate the situation of the reinforcements.

“According to the intelligence I have gathered, the eastern part of the Northern Plains is not very peaceful at the moment. It is said that many newly built villages and towns have been attacked or even completely destroyed, which has threatened the safety of Snowfield Castle.”

“The eastern part?” David immediately thought of the orcs who built the village in the easternmost part of the Northern Plains: “Did the orcs attack humans? Snowfield Castle requested reinforcements to eliminate the orcs?”

Vanessa did not answer. This was the experience she learned from her father: the main job of frontline intelligence personnel is to report all kinds of intelligence they have gathered, organize and analyze, and how to deal with it. These are not their jobs.

Unless the superior actively asks, do not express your opinions casually.

Vanessa respects her father very much, and she always keeps her father’s teachings in mind. So after reporting all the intelligence information she has gathered, Vanessa did not make any suggestions, but just stood there waiting for the Lord’s questions.

David sat in a chair and thought for a while, then asked some more questions. After confirming all the information Vanessa had gathered, he let Vanessa leave.

Sitting sideways behind the desk, David looked out the window.

Winter Town at night is no longer as dark as it was in the past. As the construction of Winter Town is coming to an end, the power plant (currently using crystal ore to generate electricity) and the water plant are put into use, and more and more lights are appearing in Winter Town at night.

In addition to street lights as public facilities, more and more residents of Winter Town are beginning to enjoy the convenience brought by electric lights.

After a while of being in a daze and sorting out his thoughts, David walked out of the office and said to Elias who was guarding the door: “Good night!” “

Good night, Lord.”

After returning to his bedroom, David hugged the fragrant human flesh pillow and fell asleep…

The next day, David told several important figures in Winter Town about the information Vanessa had found out.

Including political officer Weatherby Swan, etiquette officer Elias Parker, clerk Eva McKenna, and Edwin Van Cleef, the leader of the craftsman group and intelligence officer.

And the current military leaders of Winter Town: two personal guards knights Gareth Stanton and Floyd, and gun instructor Jack Krauser.

In addition, Renault Mograine, Sally Whitemane, Liadrin and others also came as consultants.

These people came because they all participated in the training of the Winter Knights, and they naturally paid more attention to the Winter Knights, a military group that they helped train.

Mark, Laura, Peggy, Sharon, Will, Elizabeth and others also arrived, and they were all very concerned about the situation in Winter Town.

As for Helen, she directed her two maids to serve tea and water to everyone in the conference room – she not only quickly learned how to use those facilities, but also taught her maids.

After more than a day of observation, Helen found the opportunity for her to perfectly integrate into Glamorgan Castle: David, as the ruler of this place, was seriously short of servants. There were only a few people living in the huge Glamorgan Castle, and there was no servant at all.

How could this be possible?

She guessed that David just hadn’t had time to “buy” servants, and maybe there would be enough servants to move in after a while.

But since she was here, she could leave this problem to her!

While Helen was thinking about how many servants she should buy back from Sparta, David had already told Vanessa the intelligence she had found out and started to discuss with everyone what they were going to do next.

“Bandit attacks are easy to deal with, as long as we take normal precautions.” Weatherby Swan felt that the terrain of the northern plains meant that there was no possibility of sneak attacks or ambushes, and a large number of refugees moving together would be easily discovered.

Van Cleef made a point: “We must be careful that these refugees will disperse and infiltrate Winter Town, sabotage it from the inside, and launch sneak attacks.”

Peggy and Sharon both felt that this was a big possibility, especially since the rumor that Winter Town had a ‘terrifying pink flying dragon’ was spreading on the northern plains. Only people with a problem in their brains would attack Winter Town head-on.

“Edwin is right. We are not afraid of frontal attacks, but we cannot help but guard against the other side using this method.” David looked at Van Cleef, wanting to know how many of the craftsmen on the other side had received assassin or thief training: “How many people do you have who can be used?”

“Not many…”

The Stonemasons Guild were just craftsmen. Even though it later became the Defias Brotherhood, the craftsmen also learned some combat skills, but these people’s talents were not high. In addition, their numbers were limited, so most of them could only be considered to have learned the basics.

More importantly, not all the members of the Stonemasons’ Union followed him to Winter Town.

“We can barely gather more than 20 people.” These 20 or so people have mastered the ability to sneak, and the rest are really not much different from ordinary craftsmen, and have only learned some fighting and weapon skills.

“Next, these 20 people will become the secret sentries of Winter Town…” David has begun to consider the establishment of a formal intelligence department, and is preparing to discuss this topic with Van Cleef alone later: “The Winter Knights will become the sentries on the surface, which will play a certain deterrent role.”

The functions of the two sentries are different. The soldiers of the Winter Knights are used to deter those who sneak in, so that they dare not directly cause trouble.

The secret sentries are to find those who have bad intentions.

As for the real refugees, these real refugees who can’t survive in the northern plains are easier to deal with.

After these people came to Winter Town, they found that they could find jobs, accommodation, and even eat a full meal every day, so they would naturally change from refugees to ordinary civilians.

Therefore, the refugees who sneaked into Winter Town in batches were not a threat at all. Only those who were controlled by the nobles of Iron Tree Castle would not care about the good life in Winter Town and carry out sabotage.

After the discussion for a while, they felt that the topics of refugees and bandits were almost discussed, and began to discuss the main event of the day: the situation in the eastern part of the Northern Plains; whether Snowfield Castle was ready to carry out military operations? What was the real purpose of the reinforcements sent by Iron Tree Castle? Would it pose a threat to Winter Town?

“Whether it is a threat to us or not, we must first figure out the specific strength of this reinforcement.” Gareth Stanton, as the current commander of the Winter Knights, is most concerned about the actual combat power of the enemy, or potential enemy.

“I’ll let Arcee later…” David suddenly remembered that Arcee was called by Leon to help: “Forget it, I’ll go there in person after the meeting to see the situation of this reinforcement.”

Everyone present looked at each other.

Laura and others didn’t think much of it, but Floyd and Gareth Stanton felt that the lord’s decision was a bit like scolding.

Floyd immediately stood up and said, “How can we trouble the Lord to do this kind of thing personally?”

He hammered his chest with his right hand and solemnly stated that he would soon return with detailed information about the reinforcements and present it to the Lord.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.” David originally wanted to say that he could “transform” into a fighter plane like Arcee, fly over the reinforcements in a short time to check, and then fly back. He

could also go to the east to see the situation and see what the orcs in the east of the northern plains are like now?

There is no danger in the whole process, and it doesn’t take much time.

But he can also understand Floyd’s idea: if everything has to be solved by the Lord himself, wouldn’t it seem that they, as subordinates, are a bunch of waste?

Whether it is based on a sense of honor or wanting to prove their abilities to the Lord in order to win a bright future, Floyd and the soldiers of the Winter Knights must bring back the information perfectly.

Not only do they have to find out the information about the reinforcements, but they also have to go to the east to see if the reinforcements are targeting the orcs in the east? Or Winter Town?

In order to ensure the mission can be completed smoothly, Floyd plans to ask Jack Krauser for help, because Krauser is the only one in the Winter Knights who can skillfully fly a Black Hawk helicopter.

Just when everyone had almost finished discussing the matter and began to disperse to deal with their own tasks, Steve suddenly came over.

“What’s going on?” David was about to discuss the establishment of an intelligence department with Van Cleef, but Steve, who had just come over, greeted Peggy and came straight to him, obviously looking for him for something.

“You asked me to ask Tony Stark before, if it’s possible to build an Ark Reactor in Winter Town…”

“Oh oh oh!” David slapped his forehead. He had forgotten all about this matter these past two days, first Gwen, then Helen, and then Vanessa brought back information: “What did the Iron Man say?”

“Tony said that the price and other things are trivial matters.” Steve seemed to have thought of something, and showed an expression of good show: “He wants to come here to see it in person, and then decide whether to take on the project.”

It sounded in line with the Iron Man’s working style, but it was not an excessive request. David readily agreed: “No problem, when is he going to come over?”

“Now!”

(End of this chapter)