Chapter 20 The Strongest People in the World
In this world, for the vast majority of people, personal strength can be divided into ordinary, elite, superior and supreme.
This classification has a huge difference in combat effectiveness due to racial differences, but every top-level professional will have unimaginable reputation, status, wealth, etc.
However, there are still some titles in this world given to those extremely rare beings, even those that only appear once in a century, and whose combat power is beyond the imagination of mortals.
--king--
This title seemed like a provocation to the royal families of various countries, but no king or emperor came out to object.
If there were no Grand Duke Vladimir's sacrifice event in the next expansion pack, professionals with the title of "King" might always maintain their unparalleled dominance over mortals.
The center of the continent - the Holy Maiden of the Torch Church, the Eyes of the Blazing Sun, the Crimson King Karin.
Incidentally, she was the one who defeated the leader of the Church of Nurturing Blood, Rand Cameron, and captured him.
Endless Southern Sea——The owner of the lighthouse, the bright morning star, the blue king Rommel.
The North - the spokesperson of endless ice and snow, the owner of the eternal frozen furnace, the White King Calant.
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Rand didn't know how many kings there were in the world, but it must not be more than ten. He only remembered those with good-looking portraits, such as the three mentioned above. One of the protagonists was a relative of the White King.
And what Rand worried about still happened.
Just as Rand was actively directing and arranging the reconstruction of Takina Village, which was now named No. 3 hideout, two adventurers came to the hideout not far away, riding horses that were obviously priceless, and the equipment on their bodies were also high-quality goods that ordinary adventurers could hardly imagine.
At this time, Rand was not aware that he had been targeted. Since the defeat of Takina Village, it seemed that the village wars in the entire barony had gradually subsided. Now there were less than three villages left in the huge barony.
The rapid annexation of each other has caused the power of the village to expand rapidly. Now it seems inappropriate to describe the surviving villagers as villagers.
They should be called awakening bandits.
However, the hideout is still the strongest force, even including the baron stationed here.
As the combat power at the front line was tight, the stationed troops were transferred to the front line in waves. If the current Baron were to walk out of his turtle shell castle and fight a full-scale battle with the forces in Rand's hideout, he would undoubtedly be defeated.
Rand has been coveting this baron for a long time. He is very clear about the general trend of the situation. After a period of time, the Torch Church in the center will come forward to mediate, and then the Kingdom of Lensa will give in and withdraw its troops decisively.
And Rand was waiting for this opportunity. There was no way the baron would stay in the castle like a turtle.
But at this time Rand still needs to be prepared, at least to eat the food in his mouth thoroughly and then digest it.
At this time, Taran was standing trembling beside Rand, and next to him stood the elite tauren leader Shasa, whose smell of blood had not yet been completely washed away.
Now the No. 2 hideout has been incorporated into the current village of Takina, and Rand has named it the No. 3 hideout.
Tanner resumed his duties as Lander's adjutant.
In the previous high-attack low battle at the gate of the hideout, two people from the hideout were killed or injured, and minor injuries were not counted.
The captives included 20 young and middle-aged men and women, and 5 children.
At this time, the strength of the den experienced a rapid expansion, becoming 25 original den members + 25 new den members plus 8 Tauren. Excluding Taner, Rand and Lysa, the total population was 58.
Rand was not in a hurry to attack other villages. He would wait until he found a chance to kill the baron who had crawled out of his turtle shell and take back enough food. Then he would have a chance to completely annex other villages, instead of having to painfully kill many high-quality soldiers as he was doing now.
And a very crucial point is that a large number of iron weapons were seized from the village chief of Taran. After a careful count, they were enough to arm fifty people. No one knew what Taran did before.
The only pity is that there is no armor, otherwise Rand would have the opportunity to break through the baron's tortoise shell and see if the baroness still has her charm! "Taran!" Rand called out the name of the former village chief.
Taran agreed immediately. This outlaw who was a very powerful figure in his youth now had a face full of flattery.
"From now on, this place will be called Lair No. 3." Rand smiled. He also knew that his naming skills were very poor. "To the outside world, we will still call it Takina Village. You will be the village chief here from now on."
Of course, the villagers in hideout No. 3 are now basically all believers, with only a small number of the original villagers from Takina Village. Most of the villagers were taken to hideout No. 1.
In fact, Rand felt that there would be no problem in letting Taran lead the original villagers of Takina Village, but there was no need to take the risk, lest this fierce and decisive old man think that there was really any chance. It would be bad if he stabbed him at some critical moment in the future.
This arrangement is just right now. It leaves Taran a position as the village chief and also stops the people in hideout No. 1 from having any wild thoughts. It shows Rand's magnanimity and that he really intends to absorb them instead of treating them as consumables.
After a brief moment of confusion, Taran quickly understood what Rand meant and bowed his head respectfully, saying, "Please rest assured, I will watch carefully here, and there will be absolutely no problems."
"There's no need for that. Just don't do anything you shouldn't do in private. My people will be watching you." Rand gave a slight warning and stopped paying attention to Taran because Taner came over.
Taner came over. Now, due to his excellent reading and writing skills and relatively normal behavior, he was promoted to Rand's adjutant.
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Coming to stand beside Rand, he was as reassuring as ever, like a tower of iron.
He was a little embarrassed to look at Rand because he felt that his little thoughts had been seen through.
Previously, Rand had disguised himself as the village chief of hideout No. 2 and perfectly prevented the messenger from being humiliated, but Rand had no reaction. He was actually a little disappointed, although he clearly didn't want Rand to know that.
But in the past few days he heard that Rand brought Thrai and Seth to the town to help him avenge his shame.
At this moment he felt a little ashamed, he knew clearly that he shouldn't have thought that way before.
But there is still a problem. He feels that there is something wrong with the identity of this Rand's envoy!
This messenger of God is too normal. I have worked under him for such a long time, and I have never seen him do anything truly evil. Now those minotaurs have obtained the same status as the cultists in the den, and are no longer treated as slaves as before.
He also read Rand's newly compiled doctrine, which was not unrelated to the original doctrine he recited.
Although only a few thin pages have been written so far, after taking a look at it, he even felt that this was a new doctrine of the Torch Church. No, perhaps the new doctrine of the Torch Church would not be so practical and profound.
It is more of a guide to life than a doctrine.
Taner looked at Rand suspiciously, wondering if this Rand envoy was also an undercover agent like him, otherwise why would this be the case.
Rand felt a little uncomfortable when Taner looked at him, and then he immediately understood what he meant. Taner began to suspect that he was not a legitimate cult messenger!
Although there is an elf named Lisa in the den to balance Taner, he is no longer so afraid, but if it is really exposed, the den is still likely to split.
I have been too complacent during this period, it's terrible!
(End of this chapter)