Chapter 352: The Burning Land of Despair

Rand used his perception to look at the names on the list Fenris had given him one by one.

The list provided by Fenris is quite accurate, and they are basically people with some problems.

There weren't many of them in total, and not many of them had particularly serious problems, so it wasn't hard for Rand to investigate and interrogate them.

Rand even had time to use his raven vision.

Unfortunately, this crow vision seems to really just transmit what the crow sees to Rand's eyes.

Not Rand's soul entering the crows or anything.

At least so far, Rand has been unable to share this blessing by releasing his thirst through the ravens.

Looking down from the sky, the Burning Land is a gray-brown land.

And there are very few individual places where flames are really burning.

Of course, most areas are still normal.

Otherwise, human beings would not be able to survive.

Crow Vision allows Rand to see very far and things that are invisible to humans.

Rand saw some soldiers from the Burning Land approaching the military camp here.

Rand walked out of the interrogation room and said to Fenris in the military tent: "There are quite a few bandits from the Burning Land approaching."

Fenris didn't ask Rand how he knew that.

He immediately ordered the soldiers to get ready.

Now is a good time to show the results of the training during this period.

Training troops is the second purpose of farming on the border of the Burning Land.

Rand's military strength is actually expanding very quickly.

But compared with the expansion speed of Rand territory, it is not worth mentioning.

It took Rand only three years to become an earl.

He was actually granted the title of Earl.

It has only been a year since Rand became earl.

The development of the Moon Phase Earldom is still very superficial.

After this year, the Earldom of the Moon Phase can only be said to have stabilized.

The nobles who were conquered by Rand with force finally realized that, at least for now, there was no possibility of resisting Rand.

Rand will behead any nobles who try to stir up trouble.

It was already very impressive that Rand could stabilize the territory in just one year.

After all, he also has to take into account the construction of the port and his own marriage problems.

But it is necessary to allow a stable territory to gradually develop and become an economic and military force.

That’s still a long-term thing.

The Earldom of the Moon Phase has an excellent geographical location and fertile land.

If you can grasp it, then it is possible to go one step further and become a duke.

Of course, now we should first train the new recruits and build the port.

"Prepare to engage the enemy." Fenris ordered in a deep voice.

Rand watched from behind.

Elsa's beautiful black eyes were alert to her surroundings.

Theoretically, there would be no existence that could threaten Rand.

But as a guard, Elsa would never allow herself to make any mistakes.

Elsa is actually somewhat similar to the Centaur. She feels that she has gained too much and given too little.

She was nothing but a gutter rat.

Fenris had been training the new recruits for some time, so the gathering was quite fast.

Of course, they are not as good as veterans.

While the new recruits are still adjusting their formations, the veterans are already ready to go.

The formation had been rehearsed in advance.

The veterans provided support on both wings, while the new recruits faced the enemy in the center.

Training formation.

This wouldn't happen against a normal enemy, but even if the bandits in the Burning Land had higher individual combat power, they were still not enough for the army of Count Rand of the Moon Phase.

There were quite a lot of people coming this time, the largest number Fenris had seen in recent times.

Many of them were even wearing armor.

But for Rand's army, it is still not enough.

The bandits from the Burning Land collided with the central army.

The individual fighting strength of the bandits in the Burning Land is much higher than that of the recruits.

The Burning Land is home to many powerful professionals.

But at least it is not exaggerated to the extent that everyone can become a professional, or become an elite-level professional or above.

In addition, many of the truly powerful people had already gone out to participate in the Anti-Pioneering Alliance's war against Rand and Shelan during the Battle of Wind Chasers and before the Battle of Wind Chasers.

They were captured or executed by Rand.

There are also some pretty powerful bandits staying in the Burning Land, some even have high-level professionals.

But not a lot.

The Burning Land bandits and the new recruits collided.

The new recruits are indeed relatively inexperienced.

Most of them don't know that their lord, the messenger of God, Earl Rand is watching them from behind.

But they were courageous.

And their weapons and armor are excellent.

In this era, the difference in combat effectiveness between having armor or not is enormous.

Especially when the opponent's weapons are not that good.

Only the front row of recruits wore heavy armor.

Since armor has many ropes and the armor plates have some overlap, it is heavier than plate armor of the same volume.

The defensive performance is also slightly worse.

But it’s cheap and easy to make.

Otherwise, ordinary soldiers would not be qualified to wear armor.

The swords and knives had almost no effect on the defense of these armored recruits in the front row.

Only by stabbing with a spear can it penetrate.

Not necessarily.

The fight between armored soldiers and non-armored soldiers was a one-sided scene.

After all, if you chop on one side, it won't break the defense, but if you chop on the other side, blood will splatter everywhere.

A completely disproportionate crushing.

Some of the powerful elite professionals among them could certainly easily insert their weapons into the gaps in the armor of the front-row recruits.

But the number of new recruits is far too large compared to the elite-level professional bandits.

The veterans on both wings would not just sit back and watch, and would squeeze in from the sides.

Countless spears were thrusting in from all directions, and the senior professionals were unable to display much skills.

Soon it was a one-sided victory.

Then some light cavalry were dispatched to kill or capture those bandits in the Burning Land who wanted to escape.

And then it was over.

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Rand was very satisfied with the quality of the new recruits. He was surprised that they could be trained to such a level in such a short time.

Rand praised: "Fenris, you did a great job."

Fenris curled his lips, appearing to be unimpressed by Rand's praise.

He is devoted to the Torch Goddess and will not be happy about Rand's praise.

"It's just that the level of these bandits is really not that good, and the effect of training is not very good." Fenris stood very straight and analyzed, "The bandits in the Burning Land brought us too little pressure, and it didn't have much effect in training."

Rand didn't care and felt that the current effect was already very good.

These new recruits also have the task of farming, so they can only be considered part-time soldiers.

Being able to understand basic commands, form battle formations, and not retreat as soon as you meet the enemy is already very impressive.

Mercenaries of this era are basically at this level.

As for the conscripts, they are no match for these new recruits who have been trained for less than half a year.

These new recruits will be ready for use after some more training.

Rand coughed lightly and said, "It's okay. I'm very satisfied with the current situation. I also brought a lot of food. We can have a banquet in the evening."

"Yes, Lord Rand," said Fenris.

Rand wandered around the barracks again.

Tata and Serai are also here.

Rand greeted them.

Soon, everyone in the barracks knew that Earl Lander had come here.

Everyone first recalled whether there were any mistakes in their performance when facing the bandits in the Burning Land.

After feeling that he had performed well, the soldiers gathered around him.

Then Fenris shouted them away and told them to do their own thing.

"What are you all doing here? We haven't finished farming yet. Stay in your barracks and pay attention to discipline!"

The soldiers retreated in disappointment.

According to military law, so many soldiers are of course not allowed to roam around.

Soldiers from each battalion had designated camps.

"Earl Rand has brought fresh fish from Crescent Moon Harbor, and there will be a banquet tonight." Fenris snorted coldly and announced.

The soldiers cheered.

…

Soon, the top bandits in the Burning Land received reports of the battle.

This is the nth time we have failed.

For Fenris, even training soldiers is too stressful to be a part of the Burning Land Bandit Army.

For the bandits in the Burning Land, this was already an all-out attack.

This was an attack they had planned with great difficulty.

It was obviously very hidden, but it was still discovered in advance.

The speed at which the other side assembled was astonishingly fast.

They already knew that no matter what, they would not be able to defeat Count Rand of the Moon Phase.

It should be said that Count Rand of the Moon Phase could defeat them with just a few troops and a general.

According to intelligence, their army was completely wiped out, but the casualties of Count Moon's garrison at the border of the Burning Land should be in the single digits.

This was an opponent they could not defeat no matter how hard they tried.

"What should we do?" asked a bald strong man among the high-ranking bandits in the Burning Land.

At first, they came up with many plans to deal with Rand's army.

Originally, they were worried that Rand would send people to divide them, such as causing them to engage in internal strife or something, so they even exchanged hostages with each other.

But it didn’t.

Count Rand's army only needs to do ordinary things like building roads, building bridges, and cultivating land.

They had a feeling of despair.

"We can escape, or simply surrender," said a well-dressed scholar among the bandit leaders.

These are two shameful choices.

If they surrendered, all their efforts to climb to a high position in the Burning Land over the years would be wasted.

They knew very well that if they surrendered, Count Lander would not assign them any positions and they would all be subjected to labor reform.

Count Lander is a vicious slave trader and a slave owner who enjoys exploiting others.

Becoming a prisoner of Count Rand means doing forced labor, which is something that is already known, at least among the bandits in the Burning Land.

But he escaped and became a bandit in other places.

If you lose your foundation, you won’t be able to survive for long.

And now there are still a lot of cultists and undead out there. Recently I heard that the monsters and warcraft out there are also a bit manic.

Leaving your hometown is definitely not a good choice.

"Let's try negotiation first." Finally, the top bandits in the Burning Land reached a consensus.

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(End of this chapter)