Chapter 424: Olenna on Horseback (It was changed a bit due to review, but I changed it back.)

Rand rode his horse, escorted by his guards, through the mountains and rivers of the Duke of Moon Phase.

The Dukedom of the Moon Phase can be pointed out even on the world map.

This piece of land is not very small.

Rand rode by on horseback. In addition to inspecting the houses in the territory, he also had some leisure time to appreciate the scenery of this land that belonged to him.

In the early morning, the mist was like a veil, covering the rolling mountains in the distance. The top of each mountain was kissed by the golden sunlight.

Nearby, crystal dewdrops dotted the dark green leaves, like scattered diamonds. There was a river flowing between the foothills, the river was surging, and the waves hit the shore and splashed silver-white water.

At the end of the river is a forest, where towering silver firs and low black orchids grow together. The branches of the trees are covered with light blue moss. Occasionally, a few birds with iridescent feathers fly through the trees, leaving behind pleasant chirps.

Riding between the mountains and the wilderness made Rand feel quite comfortable.

Although this is an important official business, it also has some meaning of an outing.

Of course, you still can't be careless about work-related matters.

Rand knew the territory's terrain very well.

Over the years, Rand has improved not only his horsemanship, but also his tactics, military strategy, and vision by leading troops in battles all the time.

At least Rand now knows which places are important military locations and need to be guarded by troops.

Which terrains are easy to defend and difficult to attack as described in books in the past?

Now Rand is still relatively confident in its strategic vision.

Rand took a fancy to a river.

This river should be the wider one in the territory.

Rand planned to build some fortifications along the river.

This can not only guard against the undead, but after solving the undead problem, it can also be used to guard against the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa.

Yes, Rand believed that the problem of the undead could be solved.

At the moment, it seems that neither the Kingdom of Bolun nor the Kingdom of Lensa is that bad.

This is a bad thing for Rand's development, as it is surrounded by powerful enemies.

But it is a good thing for resisting the undead because it can be considered a natural barrier.

But now there is a breach in the barrier.

Soon, it was almost evening.

Rand ordered camp to be set up.

The sky was covered with a veil of starry night.

The simple dinner ended quickly.

Rand returned to the tent.

Olenna was in the tent, as was Ellie, but not Elsa.

Elsa went out to keep lookout.

Olenna looked at Rand warily.

At times like this, Rand always wants to do something fancy.

Ellie won't stop Rand, or is happy to watch.

But Olenna couldn't stand being watched by Ellie as she did something with Rand.

Although Ellie had already seen it.

Rand took out a document and handed it to Olena: "The content above needs to be revised."

Olenna took the document, took out a quill and ink bottle from the cabinet, and looked at Rand.

Although it was Rand's off-duty time, it was not Olenna's.

As Rand's personal bodyguard and secretary, Olenna is on duty whenever she is with Rand.

"How to deal with the undead..." Rand began.

Olenna did not record it immediately. She would wait for Rand to finish a paragraph, then adjust the word order and write it down on the document.

After Rand finished speaking, Olenna placed the parchment on the cabinet beside her and began to record.

And Rand came behind Olenna.

He squeezed Olenna's waist with his hands.

Olena turned around suddenly and screamed, "What do you want to do? Oh, no, Ellie is still watching..."

"Secretary Olenna, focus on your work!" Rand assumed the majestic posture of a lord.

Olenna bit her lip, wondering whether to resist.

And at this moment, Rand had already taken decisive action.

Then, Olenna's powerful thighs were exposed to the air.

The warm spring nights are also a bit cold.

Rand was ready to use his hands to warm Olenna's thighs, and...

Olenna uttered another low scream, then turned to meet Ellie's icy blue eyes.

Olenna subconsciously tried to dodge Rand's fingers.

But Rand said, "Ma'am, help me hold her down."

Duchess Ellie showed the same evil smile as Rand, and decisively stretched out her hand, which was smaller and much whiter than Rand's, and pressed Olenna's waist.

Olenna was of course stronger than Ellie, but there were files in front of her that needed to be modified. If she resisted too hard, the files would be destroyed...

"Ou..." Olena realized that she couldn't resist anymore, so she had to pick up the pen again.

…

The next day, both Rand and Ellie were scolded by Olenna.

The two of them admitted their mistakes decisively.

Then Olena couldn't let it go and the matter was exposed.

Since they were now in the wild, Rand didn't go too far.

Olenna did not suffer from Elsa's "illness".

After putting on his clothes, Rand walked out of the tent.

We will need to continue patrolling.

Although it has some meaning of an outing now, we can't be careless about our work.

It took several more days, and Rand passed through the territories of several vassal states.

After the inspection, if nothing else, at least he didn't see any nobles who wanted to rebel against him.

When we just conquered this territory.

There were many nobles who opposed Rand, but they were all hanged by Rand soon.

The intelligence department, now headed by Elsa, plays a very important role here.

And the nobles under his command have realized that it is almost impossible to resist Rand.

If they support Rand, at least they will benefit a lot from the dividends brought by Rand's economic development.

Of course, not all nobles were satisfied, and Rand was well aware of this.

Because Rand violated their sovereignty as local lords.

Missionaries of the Mother Goddess sect and the Torch Church's nascent sect would build churches in the territories of local lords.

Then do some activities.

For example, preaching to citizens and villagers, or teaching some basic farming knowledge.

Most nobles don't care about these things, because the Torch Church's churches are everywhere, and most nobles have long been accustomed to the influence of the Torch Church's churches in their territories.

But there were some relatively "smart" nobles who saw what Rand wanted to do.

Rand wanted to control the Duchy of the Moon from another perspective, those territories that were not directly under Rand's jurisdiction.

Influence his vassal's territory with Faith.

Rand's actions did infringe upon the rights of his vassals to a certain extent.

This situation is just like when Rand was still a viscount, the Black and Brown Marquis sent people to preach in Rand's territory and influence Rand's orders.

This is of course a violation of the traditional aristocratic system.

It's just that these "smart" nobles knew that they couldn't resist Rand, so they kept it to themselves.

"The undead have been discovered." Elsa appeared beside Rand like a phantom.

Rand raised a hand.

Then, the entire Royal Guard stopped.

The pack horses responsible for carrying the baggage were gathered together and guarded, while the guards responsible for fighting formed a formation.

Rand was not in a hurry about the appearance of the undead. He looked at Ellie and asked, "Where are we now?"

Ellie took out the map, looked around, and pointed to a place on the map with her tiny finger.

"This is the border. Further south is the territory of the Kingdom of Bolun."

The "crow" that was originally resting on Rand's shoulder took off. As a "crow" that was originally a phoenix, Crow Cola did not gain weight.

But really growing up.

Now it is several times larger than an ordinary crow.

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At least when it flies across the sky, people will no longer think of it as a crow, but rather as some new species of eagle.

As Rand came into contact with Crow Cola, he gradually mastered its habits.

Although there are still some parts that are difficult to understand, directing the crow Coke has become quite easy.

Traces of the undead soon appeared in the field of vision.

Death Knight and Skeleton Knight.

A Skeleton Knight is a skeleton riding a skeleton horse. They are the undead light cavalry. Since they are only skeletons, they are much weaker than the Death Knight.

Rand pointed the way.

He led his guards towards the undead cavalry.

"Speed ​​up." Rand ordered.

The guards waved their whips.

After marching for a while, the undead cavalry appeared in sight.

"Destroy all the undead and don't let any of them escape." Rand ordered again.

Several knights riding dragon-blooded oxen and horses flew up, while the rest of the ox and horse riders charged.

Unlike ordinary knights, the Magic Steel Knights in Rand's personal guard, which were trained by Rand himself, all rode cows and horses.

Therefore, Rand's guards also have a bonus when dealing with the undead.

Moreover, there are paladins among Rand's guards.

The power of the Death Knight is indeed impressive, much stronger than that of an ordinary knight.

But when faced with Rand's guards, there was nothing they could do.

And there was no time to escape, as Rand's guards had already increased their horse speed.

Then came the massacre.

This team, which looked like undead reconnaissance cavalry, was wiped out like thunder in an instant.

Rand took several prisoners.

They planned to go back and interrogate them, but these undead captives soon became real dead.

Rand frowned.

"Let's go back." Rand said, "We need to build defense facilities as soon as possible. It seems that the undead still have ideas about us."

It took several more days for Rand to return from the border to the core territory.

After returning to the territory, Elsa went to the intelligence department to handle official business for a while, and then appeared in front of Rand again.

"The secret of how the undead can exist for such a long time seems to be what you guessed." Elsa said, holding the document.

"The Obsidian Tower?" Rand asked.

Elsa nodded and handed the organized information to Rand.

The undead are not perpetual motion machines, otherwise Rand would have created a large number of them for production.

The undead have no fear, no feelings, and no fatigue, but their existence does consume resources.

In the past, Rand speculated that the Undead Action was burning souls.

This conjecture has never been fully researched. After all, the only evil expert in the den is Rand himself.

But Rand is actually not very professional.

But in short, naturally existing undead will slowly weaken until they become ordinary corpses, unless they keep killing people or stay in some places with a strong smell of death.

This cycle won’t be long.

This is one of the reasons why the undead are eager to bring death to the living.

But now, after the establishment of the City of the Dead, according to intelligence, it seems that the undead in the City of the Dead will not die naturally.

Rand carefully recalled his memories of playing "Deep Moon" in his previous life, but he didn't know much. In the end, he guessed that it was the influence of the Obsidian Tower in the City of the Dead.

So we sent someone to investigate.

Now it seems that this is most likely the reason.

The undead are already attempting to build a second obsidian tower.

Rand rubbed his temple and began to think about how to deal with it.

The problem of the undead is huge.

In "Deep Moon", the Undead, together with the Orcs, destroyed the Northern Union.

Even though they have suffered heavy losses from conquering the Kingdom of Bolen, it is still a serious threat to Rand.

If the undead attacked the Dukedom of the Moon Phase, all the wealth Rand had worked so hard to accumulate might be destroyed.

But fortunately, it was not a catastrophic disaster after all.

If Rand was still an ordinary baron or viscount, his power might be destroyed by the undead at any time.

As a lower-middle class noble, they were totally unqualified to refuse the feudal lord's call to arms. It would be too easy to die on the battlefield.

Fortunately, Rand is now considered a powerful nobleman.

The strength of his territory is no longer as great as his power.

Rand's first goal when he first came to this world was to survive.

The world of the game "Deep Moon" is not a safe world. In order to have some control over his own destiny, Rand has been working hard to develop his power.

Unfortunately, there is still a lot of pressure to survive, and I don’t know when the incident of Grand Prince Vladimir’s sacrifice will happen.

It's really annoying.

Rand is thinking about how to deal with the undead.

…

The second line of defense of the Kingdom of Bolen at this time.

The former Minister of War once again quarreled with the King of the Kingdom of Bolen.

"Too short-sighted," the former Minister of War cursed.

The King of the Kingdom of Bolen was unmoved, as he knew that he would be scolded if he asked the former Minister of Military Affairs to come out of retirement.

But the King of the Kingdom of Bolen must not listen to the advice of the former Minister of War on this matter.

This is a question of stance.

The Kingdom of Borun has already borne the price of the invasion of the undead, and now it is the turn of other countries to bear the price of the undead.

Now he was asked to continue to pay the price and completely destroy the City of the Dead. Then wouldn't it be that only the Kingdom of Bolun suffered heavy losses this time, while other countries were unscathed? This was not what the King of Bolun wanted.

"Well, there is actually a way." The former Minister of War said.

"What?" The King of the Kingdom of Bolen stopped pretending to be dead.

"In addition to the New Holy City, the Torch Church has another sect in the north called the Firstborn Sect. The Firstborn Sect's headquarters should be in the Frost Moon Kingdom. We can ask the Torch Church Firstborn Sect to deal with the City of the Dead. Even if they don't, we can invite them to help us defend the line of defense."

The King of Bolun frowned. The Frost Moon Kingdom, especially the Grand Duke of Moon Phase of the Frost Moon Kingdom, brought him many disgusting memories.

However, it seems that it can be used now.

(End of this chapter)