Chapter 419: The Lensa Kingdom Senate Fighting Tournament, the Informer (5000!!!)
When Grand Duke Land returned to the holiday resort, it was bustling for a while.
But soon, the tranquility of the past was restored.
Rand leaned back in the giant lord's chair.
He was wearing a noble robe with intricate patterns.
He crossed his legs and looked at the document in his hand.
After being informed, Vanilla walked in.
This time I am here to report the admission information.
Now that the political situation has become more stable, many new students are about to enroll.
Nowadays, under the governance of Marcus, the Frost Moon Kingdom has gradually returned to a stable period.
The distribution of benefits from this civil war has almost been completed.
The ones who made the most money were definitely the original "neutrals", but now it seems that it is the Marcus faction.
The position of Minister of War was reserved for the thirteenth son of the Marquis of Black and Brown, the Marquis of the Stag became the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Rand became the Hand of the King.
As for other non-neutral nobles, they are all considered the defeated party and will lose some interests to a certain extent.
But overall, Marcus won't go too far and will try to stay within a reasonable range.
It’s just that there is no such thing as factions in the country now. Now everyone is a thorn faction. It may be inevitable that there will be many factions in the future, but now, small political groups have basically been cleared out.
Now that the civil war has just ended and the Frost Moon Kingdom is in a period of recovery, Marcus will not allow anyone to cause trouble.
Marcus, Rand, and Marquis Stag are all good at handling internal affairs, and now the Frost Moon Kingdom is developing in a good direction.
After reporting on the admission matters, Rand looked at the petite Vanilla standing there.
After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Has your teacher been here?"
Vanilla is now a trustworthy person. Although Vanilla is still an elf slave in name, Rand estimates that she can actually pay money to redeem himself at any time.
Moreover, Vanilla has gained the trust of the forces in the den and occupies a very critical position in the education department of the den.
Rand asked about this matter not because he did not trust Vanilla, but because Olenna said that if he didn't ask, it would seem that he didn't care.
Rand thought about it and felt that it made sense.
So I spoke up.
Vanilla nodded: "Yes, my teacher is the elder of the elves..."
Vanilla explained the reason. In short, the church school was short of teachers, and Vanilla wanted to recruit teachers, so she wrote a letter to her teacher.
Although her teacher is the elder of the elves.
The elves once had an empire, but later split into three royal courts.
The one in the Elf Forest is one of them.
The Elf Royal Court is basically governed jointly by the Council of Elders and the Elf King.
It’s just that the blood of the Elf King has sacred significance to the elves, so the royal family will be revered by ordinary elves and respected by the elven elders.
Rand and Vanilla chatted about family matters for a while, then waved their hands to indicate that everything was fine.
I guess the elf elder wouldn't believe that the church school was really recruiting teachers, nor would he believe that Vanilla really just wanted to stay in the holiday villa and wasn't being forced.
But it doesn't matter.
Rand guessed that her teacher would not accept this, and next time he came, he would arrest someone and then make them work overtime.
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The House of Lords of the Kingdom of Lunsa.
There is still quarreling here.
The Kingdom of Lunsa is a powerful nation, full of ambition, but that also makes them a bit stingy.
At least in the eyes of many great nobles, since the Kingdom of Lensa was able to solve the problem of the undead, the loss was not that great.
Then there is no reason why the Kingdom of Bollen, which also has a strong national strength, cannot do it.
The great nobles of Lunsa knew that the King of Borun had gone to the front in person, but who knew if this was just some sad story? It was also well known that the Borun royal family was good at personal force.
The great nobles of Lensa might not be unable to guess Boren’s situation, but what if it really is false?
This way you don’t have to spend money or manpower.
The Snow Fox Countess quarreled with these great nobles for several days, and left the table angrily every time.
Many of these great nobles in the House of Lords believed that the Countess of Snow Fox wanted to rescue the Kingdom of Bollen because the Snow Fox family’s territory was very close to the Kingdom of Bollen and the Countess of Snow Fox was just anxious for her own sake.
The Snow Fox Countess was indeed very anxious. It was obvious that many great nobles did not know the consequences of allowing the undead to obtain a large number of corpses.
From what we observe now, it seems that the undead no longer die naturally.
A few more days passed.
A letter requesting help from the Kingdom of Bolen has arrived.
The Snow Fox Countess once again sat back in her seat in the palace's meeting hall.
Her beautiful eyes, filled with evil, stared impatiently at the nobles sitting in other seats in front of her.
The old queen sat in the main seat and said in a hoarse voice: "The Kingdom of Bolen has promised to pay a large amount of subsidies to the nobles who provide support... and there will be a generous reward after stopping the undead."
Obviously, the Kingdom of Bolen really found it difficult to resist the attack of the undead.
The power of the City of the Dead is actually nothing compared to the entire Southern Kingdom as a whole.
However, the Southern Kingdom had long been divided into two factions because of the successive gold mine wars. And now, because everyone is worried about their own safety, there are not many troops to support the city of the dead.
"Do you have anything else to say?" The Snow Fox Countess thought that the farce of the quarrel was finally coming to an end.
"How do we know whether this was forged by you?" However, there were still some nobles who snorted coldly and retorted.
This nobleman certainly knew that this could not have been forged by the Snow Fox Countess, but he also believed that the Kingdom of Borun could still hold out for a long time. When the troops of the Kingdom of Borun were exhausted, the Kingdom of Lensa would then act as a savior to save the Kingdom of Borun, and that would maximize the benefits.
The Snow Fox Countess is truly a barbarian who only knows how to fight and has no idea of the mysteries of aristocratic politics.
The Snow Fox Countess was already furious.
She has endured it for a long time.
She may not understand aristocratic politics very well, but she really knows a lot about fists.
She is a senior professional, and senior professionals are not weaklings.
The Snow Fox Countess slowly stood up from her seat, and then rushed to the aristocrat who was talking nonsense, and punched him in the waist and abdomen.
The noble wanted to protect his abdomen, but his body was unable to react.
The nobleman was hit in the abdomen, and his eyes suddenly bulged out like a toad.
Then he held his stomach and twitched in pain on the ground.
The Snow Fox Countess did not kill the noble, but the noble will probably need to recuperate for a while.
Then the Snow Fox Countess looked up and saw several nobles with whom she had quarreled before.
These nobles have realized that something is wrong and want to call the guards.
But the speed at which the guards arrived was obviously not as fast as the Snow Fox Countess's charge.
For a moment, the meeting hall of the Kingdom of Lensa, which originally gathered upper-class people, was in chaos, with screams and running sounds heard everywhere.
…
After Rand took care of Vanilla's household affairs, he continued to deal with territory affairs.
There was one thing that surprised him.
"Did you find the dragon bones?" Rand's eyes lit up.
"Yes." Olenna handed the report to Rand. "In the dangerous area of the Burning Land, adventurers found the remains of a dragon. Judging from the report, it is probably the remains of the legendary pure-blooded dragon."
Pure-blooded dragons are hard to come by in this era, but the remains of dragons are still priceless.
Even though the cruel profession of dragonblood warrior has been banned now, the corpses of dragons still have many uses.
Whether it is for alchemical research or for making equipment.
Even if it is purely for decoration.
For example, installing a giant dragon's head above Rand's lord's hall is also very domineering.
But for evil cultists like Rand, it can have other uses.
For example, the resurrection of the dead.
An ancient dragon definitely has a very powerful fighting force.
Although Rand didn't know whether the dragon's bones that had been dead for so long could be resurrected, he was sure to give it a try.
"Give a reward to the adventurers who discovered the dragon's skeleton, and then arrange for someone to drag the dragon bones back." Rand said with a smile.
Olenna wrote them down, and then the orders would be issued.
Then Rand continued to play with Olenna's hand with interest.
Olena lives a very disciplined life.
Unless Rand really bullied them too much at night, they would get up very early in the morning.
Tidy up the house and then go out to practice sword.
If she judged it necessary, she would drag Ellie and Rand to practice together.
Olenna never slacked off in her swordsmanship, but perhaps because of her physique as a top-level professional, she didn't have calluses on her hands.
Anyway, it's very comfortable to pinch.
Olenna is very good at taking care of people and is considerate. As Rand's secretary, she fills in many of Rand's shortcomings in emotional value management.
After spending some time with Olenna in the lord's hall.
Another guard came to report.
He was an envoy of a noble, but he was unwilling to say which noble he was working for.
After entering the lord's hall, the noble envoy expressed his wish to speak to Rand alone.
Rand raised his eyebrows and asked the guards around to leave, but left Olenna behind.
"What's going on?" Rand asked.
For ordinary lords, dismissing their attendants and talking alone with the envoy would involve the risk of being assassinated.
Even if you leave a personal bodyguard, the risk is still very high.
But Rand was not afraid, because there was an altar right under his butt, and on the altar, he was almost immortal.
In fact, even if he is not on the altar, he is difficult to kill.
The messenger looked up at Rand, who sat on his high seat.
Young, but majestic.
"My master is here to deliver some information." said the messenger.
Rand raised an eyebrow.
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Signaled the messenger to continue.
Soon Rand understood.
This messenger came to inform him who sent the assassins that Rand's army encountered on the way to Frostmoon Royal City to fight.
Rand then asked what family the messenger represented.
Then he said, "I will remember your master's information. I will report back after I have investigated it thoroughly."
In general, it is about informing and surrendering.
But it saved Rand a lot of effort in investigation.
Of course Rand was very vengeful. Even though the method of assassination was ridiculous, he could feel the hostility.
Then revenge is of course inevitable.
The intelligence certainly needs to be verified to prevent it from being exploited by others, but at least there is a direction for the investigation.
Although Rand would like to try the sorcery of making the dead speak, he has not yet figured it out.
Rand has already sent people to investigate the assassination, but the progress is slow.
Now there is finally a breakthrough.
Wait until the messenger leaves.
Rand said helplessly: "We are considered big shots now, but someone actually came to inform on us and defect to us."
Indeed, now that Rand is the Hand of the King, the person with the most political influence in the Frostmoon Kingdom besides Marcus is certainly a powerful person.
It is normal for someone to join.
It should be said that many nobles have wanted to join Rand for a long time, but they just couldn't find a way.
Olena covered her mouth and smiled slightly, her eyes burning.
She was also very interested in the family behind the assassin.
After all, the assassin wanted to kill Ellie's husband, her... In short, the assassination of Rand made her very angry.
If she could take revenge on the nobles behind the assassin, she would not hesitate.
…
The elf elder walks on the road of the Kingdom of Bollen.
There are now two routes from the Dukedom of the Moon to the Elf Forest, passing through the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lunsa respectively. In fact, you can also take the sea route, but it is not very convenient at this time.
The road inspection through the Kingdom of Bolun is relatively loose compared to the roads through the Kingdom of Lensa.
But now, something seems wrong.
Many of the villages and even castles we passed by were sparsely populated.
The elf elder went to ask, and the answer he got was that they had all gone to fight.
The threat of the undead is great.
The elf elder frowned.
We followed the caravan and walked for some distance on the road to the Kingdom of Bolun.
In some places, sporadic sightings of the dead have already begun.
However, the caravan’s guards were quite powerful and easily dealt with these undead.
This caravan is not an ordinary caravan, but a slave trader caravan. Only slave trader caravans and smuggling caravans would do business at a time like this.
The elven elders planned to wait for these slave traders to arrive and then capture them all and bring them back to the elven forest to work as slaves.
This is called tit for tat.
The elf elder couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
Vanilla still couldn't be rescued, and according to intelligence, the elf field team was also there.
There seems to be white-haired elves in the Dukedom of the Moon.
This inevitably made the elf elder think too much.
Now that I have said that, Duke Rand of the Moon Phase is so lustful that he captured so many elves for his enjoyment.
At least in the understanding of the elven elders, humans capture elves basically for pleasure.
There are actually some uglier elves, but overall they are better looking than humans, and their pointy ears and hair make humans feel quite novel.
In fact, the elves capture human slaves for pleasure, in addition to working.
There are also good-looking men and women among humans.
There is not much difference between humans and elves in this respect.
If we have to talk about the difference between humans and elves.
The human world changes relatively faster. For example, in the Dukedom of the Moon, there are many things that the elven elders have never seen before.
The Elf Forest, on the other hand, is much more dull, and many things may not change for decades or even hundreds of years.
The lifespan of elves is not much longer than that of humans. The lifespan of elves is about twice that of humans, which is about two hundred years.
But in reality, like humans, most elves cannot live long due to work-related injuries, illness, plague, and war.
But the elves in the upper level can generally live longer.
This has led to a lot of old stubborn people in the elf world.
The elf elder sighed. He was one of the few elves who was inclined towards reform, but unfortunately there were too few elves like him. Or in the eyes of outsiders, he was actually very stubborn.
At this moment, the caravan's carriage stopped. The caravan guards looked very solemn, and there were heavy breathing sounds everywhere.
"Yes, there is a Death Knight..."
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The defense line of the Kingdom of Bolen.
The bearded king is recovering from his injuries.
After countless personal charges into battle, only one third of his guards were left.
Several of his weapons had already been chopped and bent.
He has suffered a lot of injuries now.
Some of the great nobles who were summoned by the king to fight together were also killed or wounded.
But now no one complained to the king.
If they hadn't come, with the intensity of the war at this level, the undead army might have broken through the defense line and swept through the Kingdom of Borun.
"What is the response from the Kingdom of Lensa?" On the battlefield, the King of the Kingdom of Bolen asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
After hearing that the Kingdom of Lensa had resolved the invasion of the undead, the Kingdom of Bolun immediately asked for help.
"The Kingdom of Lensa has agreed to support us," the Foreign Minister said, "but..."
"Just what? Don't hesitate." The King of the Kingdom of Bolun scolded.
The Foreign Minister continued, "The number is not large, and the leader is not the Snow Fox Countess, but the Second Prince of the Kingdom of Lunsa."
The King of Bolun frowned, he knew that the Second Prince of Lensa was good at gaining military merits and winning over nobles, but his ability to lead an army in battle was totally untrustworthy.
The King of Bolen Kingdom allowed the Minister of Foreign Affairs to leave, and then said to the Minister of Military Affairs beside him: "Now, my dear, do you have any countermeasures?"
Since the king came to the border to fight in person, the Minister of War temporarily forgave the king's previous deeds and helped the king with advice.
He just had a sour face all the time.
"There has been a breach in the defense line. Some undead have fled into the country. Our soldiers are exhausted and unable to fight again." The Minister of Military Affairs explained the situation.
"I know, let's get to the point." The king of the Kingdom of Bolun now has herbs applied or bandages on many parts of his body. He has a burly figure and looks like a little giant.
"Reinforcements from the Kingdom of Lunsa are coming," the Minister of Military Affairs continued, "We can let them hold on, and then withdraw our troops to clean up the undead in the country to prevent them from causing any trouble."
In short, it is just as the nobles of the Kingdom of Lensa said when they quarreled with the Countess of Snow Fox, using the lives of the warriors of the Kingdom of Lensa to buy breathing space for the Kingdom of Bolun.
In a sense, it is indeed selling out teammates, but if the Kingdom of Lensa does not come to help, the Kingdom of Bolun will really not be able to hold on.
By then, the Kingdom of Bolun will become a paradise for the undead, and the Kingdom of Lensa will also face attacks from hundreds of thousands of undead.
In a sense, both factions in the Senate of the Kingdom of Lensa are right.
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