Chapter 222: The Paladin Arrives and All Parties Arrive (Updated!)

Rand once again came to the bandit labor camp.

It just so happened that there were many engineering projects in the hideout.

and logging matters.

The logging industry in the den is now gradually thriving.

The construction of the road to the White Country requires wood.

The construction of the Torch Church Church and the church school both require wood.

Moreover, the transportation of wood, the transportation of stones, and construction projects all require people.

In the past, Rand used Tauren construction crews and Centaur transport crews.

But now all the Tauren in the hideout have been sent to Xinyue. Currently, the hideout and the holiday villa are in short supply of high-strength and cheap construction workers, so the arrival of these bandits is just in time.

The high-intensity work every day is still a bit hard for these middle and senior professionals.

Among them are also some lower-level criminals who were captured and transported from the defense line and Man Yue Territory.

These people are more tired.

The food that Rand provided them was also very ordinary. It was just enough to barely fill them up. As for the taste and other things they wanted, there was none.

Moreover, due to the heavy workload and uncertain working hours, sometimes I may not even be able to eat enough.

Some of the robbers were already thinking about how to escape.

But now, Rand gave them some incentives.

Rand gave them the right to confess. In the evening, after dinner, Rand organized a confession meeting for them, allowing them to confess the wrong things in their lives.

This seems to be a very ridiculous thing.

Especially for these bandits, many of whom have already committed heinous crimes, repentance is meaningless.

When Rand issued this order, he could feel that many bandits were trying to hold back their laughter. If Ellie hadn't been beside them, some of them might have actually laughed out loud.

But Rand didn't care. He just told them that they would be divided into groups of ten and reorganized from time to time. Every night, the one who confessed most sincerely and could move others the most would receive much better food and would have less work to do the next day.

As for who is the most touching, the decision will be made by voting within the group.

After giving the order, Rand did not pay much attention to their reactions. Now he was ready to set off.

After walking a long way away, it was still Ellie who asked the question.

“Will they really repent?”

"Won't."

“Can they make up some stories?”

"Yes."

"Will that really work?" Ellie rolled her eyes, not sure what Rand was going to do.

Rand was leaving soon, and the management of these bandits would be her trouble from then on.

"I think so." Rand didn't know where his confidence came from.

This method was devised based on his experience as a lord and a messenger of God in the past two years, as well as the psychology course he failed in college.

Rand seemed to have had similar psychological experiments in his previous life, but he was not sure if it would work here.

A short distance from the labor camp is the address of the Torch Church's church building.

Now the paladins of the Torch Church have arrived, but their accommodations are all arranged in rented houses in the holiday villa.

And their people are now in the training ground in the upper hideout.

Let’s just call it a running-in training.

After these paladins arrived, Rand started the cooperation project without hesitation, which was to hire all the paladins to serve as his personal guards.

The elevators at the hideout and holiday villa are now in operation.

Elevators were originally built to facilitate freight transportation, so in principle they are not allowed to transport people.

But as a lord, Rand naturally has privileges.

It is quite quick to use the elevator to get to the upper level hideout from the resort.

After walking for a while, you will reach the military camp.

Now Rand's personal guard is really of complex composition.

There are the magic steel armored knights trained by Rand himself, the White King's personal guards, and now there are the Torch Church Paladins.

I don’t know what it will become in the future.

Moreover, the magic steel armor knight is equipped with an aphrodisiac blade.

However, there is no actual combat experience yet, so it is not clear how effective it will be.

Rand surveyed the display, focusing particularly on the paladins.

Most of the paladins of the Torch Church have gone to build a new holy city as utilitarians. These should be the originalists led by Karin.

They seem to have good morale, and their skills are obviously very good, and their weapons and equipment are also very sophisticated.

"Then we can go."

…

In the gold mine war, the Snow Fox Countess won victory after victory.

The alliance led by the Kingdom of Lensa, which had been at a disadvantage due to the invasion of the Northern Alliance and the looting of the Frost Moon Kingdom and the Ice Sea Kingdom, regained a few cities.

Now the two alliances of the Southern Kingdom have reached a balance of power again, and even the Lensa Alliance, which was originally at a disadvantage, now has a slight advantage.

But this advantage is now quite small.

Now the two sides can be said to have entered a stage of strategic stalemate, and large-scale conflicts have turned into local conflicts.

Both sides are looking for opportunities.

Since the war situation is not so tense, the Kingdom of Lensa and the Kingdom of Bolun are also considering whether to respond to the invasion of the Kingdom of Frost Moon.

At the same time, the Anti-Development Committee also successfully connected with the bandits in the Burning Land.

The bandits were stronger than they had imagined, making them feel like they were courting a tiger.

Fortunately, these bandits did have their eyes on the territories of the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

The Anti-Development Committee also knew about the defeat of the Naga tribe.

They even sent people to appease them and give them compensation.

The Anti-colonization Committee did not care whether these Naga tribes were successful or not. They only cared about how much damage they had caused to the three pioneering viscounts, especially Viscount Rand's Full Moon Territory.

Unfortunately, not many troops from the Naga tribe escaped, and they were just ordinary soldiers and cannon fodder fishmen, so the specific situation was very unclear.

Anyway, no one knows who they attacked or who ambushed them.

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Their requests for assistance from the Kingdom of Bolen and the Kingdom of Lensa were also responded to.

Originally, the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa did not particularly want to get involved in these matters.

However, the Snow Fox Countess won victory after victory, defeating the strong with the weak many times, and she was extremely steady in leading the army to defeat the weak with the strong, and had no defeat at all.

And they learned that Viscount Rand, who had repeatedly defeated Countess Snow Fox with fewer troops, also participated in this expansion.

The original consideration of these two countries was to let the Frost Moon Kingdom jump around for a while, and then fight back after the gold mine war was over.

Now they must think carefully about how to deal with the situation if a difficult-to-deal-with military noble really appears here.

So after thinking about it, they promised to provide assistance to the small and medium-sized nobles of the Anti-Development Committee.

But this aid would not arrive immediately, and the kings asked them to hold on.

Although the intensity of the gold mine war has decreased, it still needs to be treated with caution, and which troops should be drawn for support also needs careful discussion.

At this time, the Frost Moon Kingdom also officially set the selection time for the Knight Conference.

The Knights' Congress allowed any knight who could provide his own armor, weapons and horse to participate, and the king declared that anyone who could win one or several events at the Knights' Congress, or who was noticed by the king or ministers in some aspects, would be qualified to become a pioneer knight.

And obtain certain funding from the Frost Moon Kingdom.

They would also be allowed to recruit soldiers in some places and then go to the south to open up.

This expedition to the south will require a lot of people, so the king is very loose in his order to expand the south, and the rules will also allow the great nobles to add some of their children or confidants.

Or the king really wants some domestic nobles to come in. After all, these people will have the support of the great nobles and can provide more fighting power in the south.

The king only needs to ensure that the conference is held normally.

Talented people from the Frost Moon Kingdom began to gather in the royal city.

Barons are eligible to enfeoff knights, and many pairs of knights only need to be affiliated to gain the qualification to participate in the Knights' Conference.

In Crescent Moon Territory, several knights also set out.

The captain of the White King's personal guard participated in the competition in person, and the rest included two extremely talented knights trained by the clan.

As for the beautiful and plump alchemist who had agreed to sponsor the den, the Perfumer Knight, she had already arrived at the royal city.

In fact, she was not short of money and did not need any funding at all, but she did not have the status of a knight and needed to be affiliated with someone.

She had no complaints about Viscount Rand, so she agreed to his proposal.

The weapons and armor funded by Rand are all very sophisticated. Although they have some trademarks printed on them, they are not ugly.

There is also a cape printed with logos and slogans, which looks a bit flashy.

Well, full of inexplicable humor.

Maybe it would be a bit weird for someone with a bad body shape to wear this equipment, but the perfumer was not one of them. She tried on the weapons, armor and cloak funded by Rand.

Not bad, it fits me well, and although it's a bit fancy, it's not ugly.

…

"Go and rest."

Pero glanced at the dusty army that came to support him.

He finally received the support his father had promised.

In an instant, he felt much more confident.

At this time, Pero could finally begin preparing for the attack on Crescent Territory.

Now he really wanted to attack the Crescent Territory.

Pero had always believed that Rand had not developed Crescent Territory to a high degree. After all, it had only been a short time since then, and he had heard about the chaos in Crescent Territory in the past. He felt that there was no benefit in attacking Crescent Territory.

Pero still doesn't know the specific situation of Crescent Territory, but he now feels that it is necessary to attack Rand.

Even if it is just some blows without any benefits, it is very necessary.

Otherwise, most of the benefits of this development might be taken away by Rand.

With such a small number of people and only two years of history, they are able to gain the upper hand in this pioneering campaign.

Moreover, Pero was sure that there was no problem with his ability. The Earl of Bucks's talented eldest son, Shelan, was not progressing very fast, and was about the same as him.

If it's not that I'm stupid, then it's that Rand is too strong.

It’s a pity that there is no chance for cooperation between them, otherwise Perot would have been tempted to give in.

Now he must obey his father's will, and the attack would have to be as early and unexpected as possible.

(End of this chapter)