Chapter 148 Life in the Royal City is Completely Different from What Rand Imagined

The summer rainstorm with thunder and lightning finally stopped for a while.

The raiding group led by Taner also officially entered the Snow Fox territory.

The first robbery went very smoothly. The only strange thing was that Taner found that he was still a paladin of the Torch Cult, with no changes.

It is obvious that he is now looting and participating in wars. Compared with those war criminals who have committed all kinds of evil, the most he has done is not to kill innocent people.

He did not hesitate at all when it came to executing the war strategy, and he robbed the crying villagers, along with their property.

Or, in his subconscious, taking these villagers to the den was a salvation for them? Taner didn't think too much about these issues. Maybe he had changed a lot compared to when he first arrived at the den.

At least those more abstract teachings of the Torch Church could no longer leave any trace in his mind.

However, he did not think that the teachings of the Torch Church were wrong, and he agreed with one of them.

To deal with the enemy, even if they are not demons or monsters, words are not enough, you have to use fire.

Similarly, if you want to protect what you want to protect and want to uphold the ideals you want to uphold, you also need to use a sword and a shield.

Therefore, Taner remained unshaken even if it meant resorting to brutal acts of war.

The tactics Taner adopted now were very simple, which was to scatter the scouts in all directions, and when the enemy was found, he would use the high mobility of the cavalry to attack. If a large force was found, he would avoid it, and if the enemy was around, he would plunder.

They encountered another small group of troops, and Taner waved his sword to signal an attack: "Attack."

The knights following behind him charged forward amid the sound of the earth shaking.

The opponent was a standard legion combination of infantry and cavalry, but the total number was very small, only about 400 people.

And with the support of the Marquis of Black and Brown and the Earl of the Stag, Taner had more than 200 cavalrymen under his command. All they needed was a simple charge and the enemy would be directly defeated.

With this level of disparity in troop strength, it would be difficult to make the enemy side succeed even if Rand were in command.

The serfs were scattered as soon as they charged, and then the cavalry who lost their cover had no time to speed up and were also defeated by the cavalry regiment that charged at high speed.

The thirty or so knights on the opposite side were also quickly defeated.

After cleaning up the battlefield, a knight with obviously more luxurious clothes was captured.

Taner signaled his men to take off his visor, looked at the knight's well-groomed blond hair, and said, "Baron? Viscount?"

This knight, whose armor was relatively gorgeous and practical, was a vassal of Countess Snow Fox, a baron, who had been clamoring that according to the laws of the nobility, he should be treated well and allowed to pay the ransom.

Taner didn't quite understand this. Since he joined the hideout, he had participated in many wars, big and small, and had never encountered a situation like this.

The only time a ransom was collected was when the knights of the minor nobles under the Earl of Stag and the Earl of Greenleaf were captured and then ransomed.

But at that time, whether to hand over the person or not was entirely up to Rand, and he didn't have to worry about any laws at all.

Taner called over a knight under the Marquis of Black and Brown with some confusion, and asked in a low voice: "Is there such a law?"

The knight of the Black and Brown Marquis nodded. Although he was a little confused as to why Knight Taner didn't know this, he didn't dare to ask more.

Taner became even more conflicted. He was somewhat worried that ignoring the law would have a negative impact on Rand's reputation.

After hesitating for a while, Taner continued to ask: "Do we need to care about this law?"

The knight of the Marquis of Black and Brown understood that Taner didn't know much about these things, and said, "It's a very long time ago. If we don't tell him and kill him, who knows whether this noble died in the chaos or was executed after being captured."

Taner was relieved now. He walked up to the baron with his towering figure and asked in a muffled voice, "Tell me the information I want to know, and I'll ask you to pay the ransom. Otherwise, you will be killed in battle."

This tone was learned from Rand. After Taner learned it, he found it very useful and has been using it until now.

The knights behind Taner also pricked up their ears.

They were tasked with learning skills from Taner, so naturally they couldn't miss any details.

Even the knights who were carrying small notebooks were already taking notes. One of them had memorized a lot of details about how to hold the defense line before. This knight had already written down a lot.

It was obvious that he needed to learn the interrogation techniques. The knight wrote down Taner's words word for word with his quick hands.

Some of the other knights could not write, so they could only listen carefully and take notes.

Of course, Taner didn't know how many thoughts these knights had. Even if he knew, it wouldn't matter. Taner had the "Reference" and had been discussing tactics and strategies with Rand until now, but he had only just begun to get a glimpse of the basics. If these people could learn it this way, then Taner wouldn't have to mess around.

After receiving a heavy punch from Taner, the blond baron who had been yelling all the time immediately understood the current situation and behaved himself.

Then just answer whatever is asked.

After extracting all the intelligence, Taner arranged for the logistics to escort the baron back to the rear defense line, in preparation for collecting the ransom later.

Taner still felt a little emotional.

At the beginning, when Taner set out from his hideout to work as a mercenary in Black and Brown City, there were only a few dozen of them. Later, his famous battle, in which he held off and won against the mercenary group of the current Earl of Green Leaf, was also a fight between several hundred people.

And that level of military force can be broken at the snap of a finger, even though the cavalry regiment he is leading now is not the force in the hideout.

But he believed that sooner or later the hideout would have such strength.

Recovering his thoughts, Taner explained the information he had obtained through torture.

Just as they expected, the Snow Fox Countess's troops suffered serious damage and began to retreat across the board.

These small troops all accepted the call of the Countess and went to Snow Fox City where the Countess was located to prepare to form a legion.

In addition, although the baron was not clear about it, Taner still judged that the nobles of the Southern Kingdom, at least the Kingdom of Lensa, could no longer tolerate the continuous looting of the Kingdom of Frost Moon, and had begun to form a defense team and prepare for a formal counterattack.

In other words, they should hurry up and loot now, otherwise fighting will have to start later.

Taner discussed with the knights and decided to reinforce the defense line.

As expected, war is bound to happen, so the defense line should be repaired properly, at least the city wall should be built, otherwise when the army reaches the Crescent Territory, the infrastructure development of the Crescent Territory during this period will be destroyed.

Although Taner has always been in charge of military affairs, he also understands the difficulty of infrastructure development and domestic construction.

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In the royal city, the sky had also cleared up after the rain, and the air was filled with the freshness after the rain.

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The upper city area is much cleaner than the lower city area, and it becomes even cleaner after a heavy rain.

Ellie fiddled with the staff in her hand out of boredom. With a slight movement of her fingers, a red ball of magic energy appeared out of thin air.

"I heard from Olenna that you are about to be promoted to the highest level?" Rand, wearing an uncomfortable aristocratic dress, sat on a chair in the mansion he had just bought, watching Ellie cast a spell.

Ellie was a little confused, then said helplessly: "Elsa and I are the opposite."

"Ah?" Rand didn't understand what Ellie said.

"If we judge by the standards of soul and body mutation, Elsa has not actually reached the highest level, but her combat power is already very strong among the highest-level professionals," Ellie explained.

"But if I follow the standard, I have already reached the highest level." Ellie looked at Rand with her icy blue eyes, "But my combat power, although it is indeed increasing day by day, obviously has not reached the level of a top-level professional."

Ellie said somewhat depressedly: "Now I am the weakest and most advanced professional."

Rand finally understood that each of these protagonists was different. Elsa always said that she seemed to have reached the highest level. So this was what she meant.

I just don’t know how weak Ellie is when she said she is the weakest and most advanced. She can’t be weaker than the advanced professionals, right?

[Ellie Carrant Gender: Female Ability: Adaptability] (expandable)

Ellie was still playing with the magical energy in a somewhat depressed manner.

Rand couldn't tell what her situation was, but he knew very well that as one of the protagonists of "Deep Moon", Ellie's future achievements would definitely not be low, and the current situation was probably not a bad thing.

But Rand didn't know how to comfort her, so he simply asked, "Can I touch your magic ball?"

"Yes, it is stable now."

Rand poked it with his hand and it felt like soap bubbles.

To be honest, the unpoppable soap bubbles floating in the sky are quite fun, and Rand couldn't help but poke them a few more times.

Olenna walked in and saw Rand and Ellie playing with magic energy balls. She was not surprised, as she had long been accustomed to this situation. Ellie and Rand were really similar, especially in their hobbies. Although the word childish was a bit offensive, it was actually quite descriptive when used to describe Rand and Ellie.

"Oh, my master and my lady, hurry up and get ready, the ball is about to begin." Olena rarely joked.

In Rand's mind, Olenna was not a serious person, but it was rare for her to joke: "Okay Olenna."

Ever since the prisoner was taken away by the king's guards, his life in the royal city has become comfortable.

It was completely different from the undercurrents and open and covert fighting I had imagined. The whole day was filled with balls, banquets and dances. I truly experienced a boring yet luxurious aristocratic life.

Although Rand also wanted to enter the aristocratic circle as soon as possible, the ball really made him feel a little boring, especially when he had to deal with the noble ladies who came to him.

In actual action, there were already many great nobles who proposed marriage proposals to Rand, but many lesser nobles who were not qualified actually wanted to marry Rand, a single viscount with a promising future, so they arranged the most unpretentious blind date.

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But Rand had already promised Ellie, and not attending the ball would seem offensive, especially since it was obvious that Rand had nothing else to do at the moment.

Tonight is a masquerade ball, so Rand plans to invite Ellie as his female companion to serve as a shield for him and block the group of enthusiastic noble ladies.

In fact, for those noble ladies and widows of relatively low status, even if they could not marry Rand, it would be very cost-effective as long as something happened behind the scenes.

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