Chapter 346 Political Strategy and Secrets from the Crow's Perspective

Rand's strength is nothing in this world.

However, as a messenger of the Goddess of Plenty sect, his strength in certain aspects may be unrivaled in this world.

This is something that neither the White King nor the Crimson King can do.

But Rand can have this confidence.

So the next day, it was Ellie, not Rand, who couldn't get out of bed.

Even as a powerful and top-level professional, Ellie is still no match for Rand.

To be honest, Rand felt a little embarrassed seeing Ellie lying in bed with red marks all over her body.

It feels like bullying a little girl.

In fact, he was bullying the little girl.

This morning, Olenna came to the palace because she was a little worried about Ellie.

He was now wiping Ellie's body with a towel, glaring at Rand.

However, Olenna guessed that the result of the clothes would not be very good, so she brought clothes to Rand and Ellie.

Olenna then stayed to take care of Ellie.

Elsa went out with Rand as a guard.

The division meeting was almost resolved on the day of Rand's wedding. Rand authorized the White King to plunder the Principality of Green Shadow. In exchange, the White King paid Rand a portion of the money in advance as a prepayment.

As for the Frost Moon Kingdom's share, it will need to be distributed to Rand within the Frost Moon Kingdom after the looting is completed.

The specific amount is equivalent to three years of Rand's financial resources. Rand decided to use the money to build ships and expand the army.

Rand came to the White King's bedroom, and Elsa was waiting outside the door.

This was also Rand's first time in the White King's bedroom.

It looked comfortable, but too simple for a king's bedroom.

Or monotonous.

The lighting is very good and the walls of the palace are made of gorgeous stones.

But the bedroom only had ordinary lamps, carpet, bed and table.

Apart from that, there is nothing else.

There were some letters on the table, including a lot of letters between Ellie and Rand.

Rand felt that it lacked vitality.

The White King's life must have been very monotonous.

Now Rand felt a little guilty.

Ellie is the White King's only sister and only relative.

Now he's taken Ellie away.

The White Queen thought Rand's eyes were a little strange, but she was used to such an environment.

The king is lonely.

The White King motioned to Rand to sit on the bed together.

After Rand sat down, he said, "I should be leaving for the territory tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to help you pack your treasures today." The White King thought for a moment, "Do you need an escort team?"

Rand smiled and said, "The orcs don't steal money, so it's unlikely that a human country will come to attack me. The Wisteria Kingdom should be busy contacting the Southern Kingdom for diplomacy and has no time to disgust me."

The White King nodded and said, "Then I won't escort you. I will make up the number of your personal guards, and there will also be a team of new personal guards who are less skilled."

"What do you mean?" Rand asked.

"Your reputation in the White Kingdom is now very loud, and there are many young people who want to learn from you." The White King explained.

Generally speaking, the great nobles of the White Country would not feel comfortable arranging their own children to serve as personal guards for foreign nobles.

This is illegal and lacks trust.

But Rand doesn't have this problem, Rand is Prince Ellie's husband.

It has deep political and economic ties with the White Kingdom.

The road from the White Country to the Crescent Moon Territory had been repaired long ago.

At least correspondence wouldn't be inconvenient.

Therefore, many great nobles of the White Kingdom wanted to arrange their own children to serve as Rand's personal guards and follow Rand into battle.

This is not just about gilding your resume.

They also hope that their children can really learn something from Rand.

Also, many young people in the White Country are truly impressed by Rand's charisma as a leader, and feel that it is an honor to follow Rand in battle and make contributions.

"That's no problem." Rand nodded. He knew that the White King's guards were all nobles of the White Country, but he didn't expect that there would be new people to train with him now. "I can't guarantee the damage rate."

The White King shook his head: "It's okay."

Then there was silence in the White King's bedroom for a while.

The White King spoke again: "What do you think about the orcs' strategy?"

Now the orcs who have crossed the defense line have retreated to the Principality of Green Shadow.

In fact, the orcs who crossed the defense line did not only attack the White Kingdom and the Green Shadow Principality.

Many other places have also been affected by the orcs.

It’s just that the White Country is the main attack direction.

As for the orc troops outside and confronting the defense line, most of them retreated to their old nest in the north.

A small part rushed forward and joined the orc army that had crossed the defense line.

The food in the Cuiying Principality is probably enough for them to survive the winter.

But this also means that it would not be easy to plunder the wealth of the Cuiying Principality.

"I suggest persuading them to surrender," Rand said.

"We are currently unable to pursue them, at least we cannot chase them to their lair and raid their homeland. So, persuading them to return to the North is one possible solution," Rand explained.

The orcs must have lost a large number of people in this war.

Combined with the food they looted from the Principality of Green Shadow, at least now they can go back to the North and survive this winter.

"What if the orcs don't agree to retreat?" The White King asked, "After all, the current situation is that there is still a gap in the defense line. When this winter is over, the next time they want to invade, the defense line may not be broken again."

"Then divide up." Rand said, "The orcs are a clan system."

In theory, the conflicts between clans would be greater than the conflicts between human nobles and between human countries.

Before crossing the defense line, the three largest clans of the orcs united, and with the birth of an orc hero, the orcs' power was united.

But now, after the White Kingdom suffered setbacks on its northern border and northeastern front, some conflicts were bound to arise among the orcs.

The war between orcs and humans will not end with one or two individual battles.

This will be a long and drawn-out tug-of-war, but at least, in a sense, the offense and defense have now switched.

The political issues have also been discussed.

The White King will naturally take Rand's opinions into consideration, but the specific implementation needs to be discussed by the ministers of the White Kingdom.

The White King's bedroom fell into silence again.

But Rand still sat on the White King's mattress and did not say anything like "Since there is nothing to discuss, I'll take my leave."

The White King did not drive Rand away.

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Rand and the White King sat on the mattress in silence.

The White King's bedroom is still in a monotonous style.

Rand sitting here seems to add a little more color to the place.

It was almost time for lunch when Rand sat up.

Rand performed a noble etiquette and smiled, "Beautiful lady, may I invite you to lunch?"

The White King showed no expression, but just said, "Okay."

After the White King completed his disguise, he had lunch with Rand.

Rand left in the afternoon, and the White King took care of business in the palace.

Rand was still getting familiar with the crow's perspective.

It seems that "Crow" has no tendency to go berserk and hurt anyone at the moment.

But not completely following Rand's command.

Rand could command the Raven only to a certain extent.

This "crow" seems to have its own habits, but Rand has not yet figured them out.

But at least for now, Rand is free to use the crow's perspective.

The feeling of looking down at the White Kingdom's royal city from a bird's eye view and walking on the streets of the White Kingdom's royal city are completely different.

It was still very novel for Rand to see the White Kingdom's royal city from this perspective.

It's just a city of this era.

There are still some things that Rand cannot tolerate.

The White Kingdom's royal city has a lower city area.

The public security in the Lower Town is much worse than that in the Upper Town, and the infrastructure is also much worse.

However, the lower city area here is much better than that of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

But crime can still be seen.

From the crow's "perspective", some criminal acts cannot escape Rand's eyes.

Rand asked his bodyguard, Elsa, who was wearing leather armor, "Do you want to go and do justice together?"

Elsa looked at Rand with confusion.

Rand did not explain further.

Go from Upper Town to Lower Town.

There is a stench of decay and feces in the lower city.

Rand frowned.

Elsa was used to it.

When she first launched a rebellion against fate, she was hunted down by her family and lived as a rat in the gutter for a long time.

I'm used to this kind of environment.

Or like a fish in water?

It's nothing more than stealing, cheating, hunting and being hunted.

Rand pointed to the two men dressed as thieves who were doing a deal in front.

"Elsa, I'm interested in their loot."

She walked over and negotiated with the two thieves.

Then he bought the stolen goods from the thieves.

Elsa blinked at Rand's shocked and puzzled expression: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Shouldn't there be some fighting and then it can be easily snatched away?" Rand asked.

He had confirmed through the crow's perspective that the two thieves were not good people and their crimes did not deserve the death penalty, but Rand still felt nothing about robbing them of their stolen goods.

Elsa said strangely, "Mr. Count Lander, you are now an upper-class person. Fighting with lower-class people for things is not in line with your status, right?"

Rand fell silent.

He really didn't have much of a sense of reality about his own identity.

Now that he has said this, he might already be the big boss behind the scenes in some novels and picture books.

The evil mastermind behind the scenes - Count Rand.

It was indeed a bit strange that he came to the lower city in person to command the guards to steal things.

When the thing was opened, it turned out to be a stone that smelled of sulfur.

Rand asked Elsa: "Is there any cult related to Purgatory?"

Elsa shook her head: "Maybe the orc witches are now considered cultists of Purgatory?"

Rand thought about it and felt that he needed to remind the White King.

The orcs will not attack the White Kingdom for the time being, but the orcs' trading partners, the demons of Purgatory, may not take their eyes off this beautiful country.

(End of this chapter)