Chapter 330: Rand's Departure and the Trail of Sulfur
Part of Rand's guards are the White King's guards.
After returning to the White Country, they were truly back home.
Rand gave them a holiday.
But now it's time to go out again.
The White King's personal guards have all been filled, bringing the total number of 36 people, but now a quarter of them are new faces.
Then Rand took his personal guards and a group of knights from the White Country to the border of the Takagi Kingdom in the north.
The military system of the White Country is different from that of many countries.
This is a country of knights.
The main body of the army is knights and knight squires.
It’s not that there is no infantry at all, but the infantry does not go into battle.
They were only responsible for transporting the knight's baggage and building engineering equipment during sieges.
The White Kingdom has a strong martial spirit, because only those who are brave enough are qualified to be selected as knights and squires and join the army.
Otherwise, they are just inferior people, only slightly better than serfs in other countries.
This is slightly better, and is the result of the reforms since the White King came to power.
Craftsmen who build engineering machinery and blacksmiths who repair weapons and equipment may have a higher status, but they are definitely not as good as knights' squires.
Of course, master-level blacksmiths and craftsmen are excluded.
Rand is not nominally the leader of this order, but the Knight Commander of the order is very sensible and will come to Rand for instructions whenever something happens.
Because the Knight Commander of this order was the young man who was knocked unconscious by Rand in the arena.
He has recognized Rand's military power.
Rand looked at the emblem on the young man's body. It was a snow wolf, the Snow Wolf Family, one of the three great ducal families of the White Kingdom.
His personal strength is that of a superior professional, and from what we have observed along the way, he is very skilled in commanding the Knights.
He is a qualified knight commander.
Moreover, Rand found that the people of the White Country were quite interesting. After conquering them by force, he was truly convinced.
This time, no one tried to trip him up.
Before Rand set out this time, he had thought of many ways to control his subordinates.
It seems that it is of no use now.
The heir of the Snow Wolf family bowed his head before Rand.
He was indeed beaten into submission, but the reason for his submission was not entirely because of the use of force.
And the White King's warning.
Before setting off, the White King Bolan called him to the palace and said to him very seriously: "Edward, I allowed the farce before, but now you have also seen the power of Earl Rand. I don't need to say more about Earl Rand's military command level."
As he left, the White King warned him: "Follow the orders of Earl Rand and do not act on your own, or I will punish you and your family myself."
The White King Bolan's status in the White Kingdom is like a god. No one dares to go against the will of the White King, and no one is willing to go against the will of the White King.
What's more, this young and middle-aged man from the Snow Wolf family is already somewhat convinced of Rand.
He just felt that the White King was too partial to Count Rand. Was it because of his partiality for his sister that he loved the whole family?
This is not right. As a brother-in-law, how could he be so partial to his brother-in-law? Edward could not think of an answer to this question, but at least he was willing to ask Earl Lander more about the skills of leading troops in battle.
This brief exchange made Edward regard Rand as a god.
Rand always offers some unique insights from places that Edward has never thought of.
So much so that Edward came to ask Rand for advice more and more often.
This made Rand a little uncomfortable.
Rand looked at Edward who was lowering his head in front of him, and wondered if he had been too harsh in the martial arts arena.
"We are almost at the border." Rand said, "Everyone should be careful. The Gaomu Kingdom didn't send any news back before we set off."
The land area of the Takagi Kingdom is only about one-third of the White Kingdom, and it suffers from disasters caused by the Nagas and fishmen all year round. Overall, it is not rich.
But the king of the Takagi Kingdom was very courageous and he defended a port in this unpredictable ocean. The profits brought by this port prevented the country from being too poor.
Also, they used to go south to plunder together with the pirate kingdom of the Ice Sea Kingdom.
Now that the capital of the Ice Sea Kingdom has been destroyed, many pirate nobles from the Ice Sea Kingdom have defected to the Takagi Kingdom, which has increased the overall national strength of the Takagi Kingdom.
At present, the Takagi Kingdom is doing pretty well, although the presence of a powerful neighbor, the White Kingdom, completely blocks their room for development.
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But on the other hand, the White Country is also a barrier for the Takagi Kingdom. At least with the White Country around, the Takagi Kingdom is not very worried that the orcs will attack them from land.
As for the seaside, the marine environment near the Gaomu Kingdom is so complicated that if ten orcs come here by boat, at least one-third of them will drown for various reasons. In addition, they will get lost. It would be good if five of them can finally cross the sea and land in the Gaomu Kingdom.
Moreover, the Takagi Kingdom is also a semi-pirate country, and its combat capability is not weak.
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In the south, within the Triangle Alliance, there is a city with some moss green on its walls.
A team of knights smelling of sulfur and the one-armed knight who had duelled with Ayesha entered the city.
They have been through a lot along the way.
The cities in the south are much more prosperous than those in the north. At least you can see many luxurious items that the northern countries have never seen.
The houses and clothing of noble lords also feel noticeably more luxurious.
But it also feels more lifeless.
"Then let's say goodbye now?" The knights who smelled of sulfur said goodbye to the one-armed knight.
When Rand discovered that they smelled of sulfur, he examined them.
After examination, Rand determined that they were not human spies from Purgatory.
And we also learned that they wanted to go to the south to find a treasure that could sever their connection with Purgatory.
After that, Rand entrusted them with the task.
Ask them to help find the ratman Quiro if it's convenient for them and give Quiro something.
From the outside, the ratman Quiro is just an ordinary ratman, no different from other ratmen.
But when he stands in front of you, you will feel that it is him.
The ratman Quiro is a hero of the ratmen and the hope for the revival of this race. His speech and personal fighting ability are completely different from those of other ratmen.
The one-armed knight nodded, and then left alone without joining the knight team that smelled faintly of sulfur.
This time when he came to the south, he also had his own mission. The next actions needed to be kept more or less confidential, and it was not appropriate for him to travel with others.
The one-armed and lame knight was much more familiar with this city than the Sulfur Knight. He originally traveled from the south to the north and now he just came back.
(End of this chapter)