Chapter 117: Mission in Progress

Although Taner was not as proficient in the teachings of the Torch Church as he was in the old and new teachings of the Fertility Goddess Sect.

But I also know it by heart.

After being assigned the task by Rand, Tanner quickly wrote out the new hybrid doctrine.

I have to say, Taner is really talented.

Rand actually didn't care much about Taner's background. He must be a paladin from somewhere. However, Rand has never doubted that Taner might be a traitor. It is impossible for a normal person to guess this!

But when Rand saw the new doctrine, he couldn't help but nod in approval.

I didn't expect Taner to have this ability.

On the surface, they all appear to be the teachings of the Torch Church, and between the lines is the Torch Church.

However, the central idea is completely consistent with Rand's philosophy, and this idea is difficult to see without careful consideration, explanation by missionaries, and understanding of the new doctrines of the Feng Rang sect.

Of course, it is difficult for ordinary people to see, but the missionaries sent out are all our own people.

Anyway, Rand has already asked them to speak the truth to real people and lies to ghosts.

The target groups are the lower classes and some young citizens.

The rest are all nonsense.

This era was very lacking in grassroots governance. Basically, it was left to its own devices, and the nobles collected taxes regularly.

In the past, the Torch Church was still eligible to collect tithes, and that was how the Torch Church acquired its real estate and power around the world, but that was a long time ago.

Since then, these properties have continued to provide income for the Torch Church, so the Torch Church continued to serve the nobility even after losing the right to collect taxes.

But since the gold mine war began, nobles from all over the country have become increasingly restless, and the result is that real estate returns are getting lower and lower.

Therefore, the Torch Church decisively retreated.

This decision is actually quite good, and it doesn't seem to be made by the same person as the stupid decision to participate in the gold mine war.

However, in this way, Rand's development space has increased dramatically.

Rand was ready to take this vacancy. A large number of missionaries from the hideout had already set out. At least the surrounding noble lords would soon receive missionary applications from the missionaries carrying Rand's letters.

As long as they can control the grassroots, not to mention undermining the local nobles, in the future both intelligence and military coordination during wars will be far better than they are now.

Rand sat in a chair basking in the warm spring sun.

Now, Serai has joined Tata as Fenris's lieutenant to develop the Viscountry.

And since Lisa was now scouting near the hideout, she didn't have to worry about the chair under her suddenly turning into something soft and warm.

The chair under him was brought here by Seth.

The power of the Abundance Cult of Seth was too obvious, so he could only stay in the hideout as Rand's assistant. However, Rand felt that this boy was no ordinary character.

Because other followers of the Goddess of Fertility had never even heard of this magical power.

At the beginning, Rand sent away the evil cultists in one wave, but although those who stayed were not bad, it did not mean that they had joined the Cult of the Goddess of Fertility for a short time.

There are also many elderly people who have never heard of abilities like Seth.

This was undoubtedly a bit strange, but it couldn't be that Seth was also an undercover agent of some other sect? No matter how he thought about it, it was impossible.

However, when the Torch Church is completely suppressed by the Abundant Sect in the nearby area, Seth can be sent out to do work. Now he can only stay in the hideout.

The water tower has been built.

Unfortunately, the water pipes are currently made of wood, and irrigation is given priority.

However, after Rand's strong request, a pipe was led to the sacrificial room. In this way, Rand could brush his teeth in the sacrificial room and dream back to his past life.

The structure of the water tower is very simple. Water is delivered to the water tower by a water truck, and then the water is naturally pressed into the pipe by water pressure.

Not to mention anything else, the efficiency of irrigation alone has been greatly improved.

Today, it was Elsa, not Olenna, who stayed beside Rand as his personal guard.

In Olenna's words, she had taken up too much of Rand's time and should leave some for Elsa.

So Elsa was seen holding the document somewhat awkwardly.

Elsa was literate and had a high level of education. Rand had even seen her write short poems.

But there is still a gap between Elsa and Olenna, who graduated from Central University and is fully qualified to stay on as a professor.

And because she was hunted by her family for many years, Elsa was not very used to handling documents.

But Rand was not in a hurry. He sat quietly in the chair, basking in the warm sunshine, waiting for Elsa to finish reading the document haltingly.

"Both the Black and Brown Marquis and the Stag Count said they want to invite you to their territories," Elsa said as she flipped through the documents.

"What are you doing here?" Rand had never heard of such a thing.

"Come and invite you to watch the troupe's performance."

Rand knew that the nobles had their own theater troupes. Rich nobles would keep their own theater troupes and have them perform exclusively for them.

Rand did see the troupe when he went to the Black and Brown City before.

Such an invitation clearly expresses their optimism towards Rand.

Rand nodded: "Agree to it, and look at the time and stagger it."

Elsa wrote her reply on the paper. Her handwriting was also very beautiful, but it was a completely different style from Olena's.

The handwriting is very restrained, but if you look closely, you can still feel its sharpness.

Rand knew that he was being suppressed by the great nobles, but he didn't know which great nobles were involved.

It now seems that the Earl of the Stag and the Marquis of the Black and Tan should not be included in this list.

"Anything else?"

"There's more." Elsa put the topmost file aside and took out the next one.

At this moment, Elsa was completely different from when she was holding the dagger, and although there were no mistakes, she still felt clumsy.

In short, I'm not very good at it.

Elsa knew that her movements were a little clumsy, and her ears were a little red, but she still pretended not to know and continued, "The White King wrote to say that he has arranged a team of personal guards for you."

I have been exchanging letters with the White King recently, although it was all through Ellie.

The White King would only consult with Rand when it came to major matters. The rest of the time, probably because he valued efficiency, he was quite domineering.

For example, now, he has a team of personal guards.

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Rand guessed that the reason was that the situation in the Frost Moon Kingdom was not good for Rand, or that it might be difficult for Rand to develop the Crescent Territory, so they arranged a team of people to come and help.

There is no unnecessary communication in between, the main focus is on efficiency.

Although Rand is not short of people, it is naturally useful for the White King to arrange people to come and help, and now the hideout can afford it.

It was a good opportunity to deepen the connection with the White King. The reward from the new territory, Crescent Territory, led to the re-planning of the road leading to the White Kingdom.

Now there are not many noble territories between the two sides, and all the connections have been opened up.

The road is already under construction, and it will bring huge profits in the future.

Originally, it took a caravan a month to travel from the White Kingdom to the Crescent Moon Territory, during which time the nobles would take advantage of the situation and demand taxes. But if the new road is built, it will probably only take a week to complete the journey, and taxes will be collected uniformly.

As a place with developed tourism and specialty economies, Wanyueling will gain huge profits at that time.

After processing all the documents, Rand looked at Elsa, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Are you the top boss now?"

"I'm not sure. He is definitely much stronger than before. I even feel that the top assassin in white robes who appeared in the Lord's Hall was not as strong as I am now."

"Then why are you so uncertain?" Rand seemed to have a question mark on his face.

Then I listened to Elsa talking about a long section of theories that I couldn't understand, about things like physical mutation, soul sublimation and so on.

I didn't understand it until the end.

Regardless, Rand ended the topic: "You have a day off tomorrow. Are you going to go on an adventure to the ruins?"

Elsa nodded. Although she was also interested in working with Rand, adventure also made her happy. When Rand didn't assign her any tasks, she would be like the free adventurers in the holiday villa.

Put up a pole and shout: "Build a healer! Build a mage!"

Like this, when everyone gets together, they go on an adventure.

Perhaps this is the only way to do it in the hideout. The risk factor here is not high. As the adventurers have been adventuring together all the time, they gradually become familiar with each other, so much so that they actually know each other a little bit.

When taking risks, you will not be unable to cooperate due to lack of understanding.

"Help me." Rand said.

Elsa nodded. This sentence seemed to mean that she should work overtime, but for everyone working in the hideout, if Rand asked you to work overtime, you had to work overtime.

Rand described it with his mouth, but felt it was not clear enough, so he drew a pattern on the remaining parchment: "There will be something like a sword guard in the boss room on the fifth or sixth floor. Please keep an eye out for it."

The artifact sword prepared for Olenna is now just a rough draft, and various accessories are still scattered in various locations in the ruins. However, as the lord here, and with Elsa's help, he doesn't have to worry too much about not being able to get it all together.

…

In the Crescent Territory, Fenris ordered the archers to stop shooting.

The bandits on the opposite side actually have war horses. It would be a big loss if we hurt the horses with arrows.

Fenris ordered the scout troops to block and slow down the horse bandits.

Then he handed over the command to his adjutant and rushed forward himself.

There were not many horse bandits in this group, only about a dozen of them, plus those shot dead by archers before. The remaining panicked horse bandits were quickly wiped out under the pursuit of Fenris and the interception of the scout troops.

However, Fenris did leave a few people alive for torture. There were no horse farms nearby, and he didn't believe that the horse bandits could accidentally obtain trained war horses.

The results of the interrogation came out soon. These bandits were not tight-lipped, but they knew nothing.

Their war horses appeared suddenly, along with their weapons and armor.

Just like that, he appeared in their village out of nowhere.

Fenris frowned. It seemed that someone behind the scenes wanted to disgust him. However, he, Fenris, and Taner had been through life and death together for a long time, and they often discussed Rand's "Reference" together. He was familiar with various war situations and did not find it too troublesome.

I just still feel disgusted. Who is doing something that harms others and does not benefit themselves? Or is there any benefit in it? Thanks to Admiral Lazy Bear for the 1,500-coin reward.

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(End of this chapter)