Chapter 353: Move on Your Own, and Cooperation between the Saint and the Envoy

Rand felt safe leaving the affairs of the Burning Lands to Fenris.

After holding a banquet in the military camp, they set off back to Crescent Moon Territory.

Although Rand is actually closer to the White King, he is still the cult's messenger.

But under the existing aristocratic system, Rand is essentially a noble of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

A formal event like a wedding needs to be held in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

Rand is no longer a small nobleman now, and the king and the great nobles in the country will also come to watch the ceremony.

In fact, the king and the great nobles are already on their way.

Rand's second wedding is not far away.

Just after Rand left, Fenris received a negotiation request from the Burning Lands.

Fenris sat in the seat of the tent in a good mood, looking at the negotiation application.

In fact, in essence, it is a document of surrender, but the bandits in the Burning Land just want to save face for themselves.

The content is that the bandits in the Burning Land want to retain some autonomy, and the top leaders in the Burning Land want to retain some status.

"Haha." Fenris laughed.

In fact, Fenris was a little surprised that the bandits from the Burning Land could survive until now.

It is understandable that he wants to surrender now.

But want autonomy and status?

That's just a dream.

If the bandits in the Burning Land surrender, they will become prisoners of war. Why do prisoners of war have autonomy and status?

Fenris took out a pen and paper and wrote a reply to the bandits in the Burning Land.

Fenris's handwriting is neat and his word choice is precise.

But the content is wild.

Fenris stated directly in the letter of persuasion that they would be allowed to start labor reform in advance. Now they could come to receive bricks and build roads according to the standards of the hideout, and they could calculate the labor reform time in advance.

When the road is repaired, it can offset part of the subsequent labor reform.

In short, they were allowed to move first and pave the way themselves, saving Fenris from having to pave the way with his soldiers.

Now they have more important farming work to do.

As for the privileges and autonomy these Burning Land bandits want, it's pure fantasy.

If you want it, then take it by force. If you can't do it, then do it yourself and do some hard labor.

Fenris called his confidant and said, "Give this letter to the bandits in the Burning Lands."

If these Burning Lands are really willing to do hard labor, Fenris is still very optimistic about them, after all, they have high individual qualities.

In other words, they are strong and work fast.

After the labor reform is over, they can be recruited as soldiers to form a Burning Corps or something.

…

On the way back to Crescent Moon Territory, Rand felt no more pressure.

This winter is almost over.

Judging from the current situation, the Kingdom of Bolen will not launch an attack this winter, so it is likely that the attack will be launched after the spring planting next year.

The movements of the Kingdom of Lensa are unclear and more investigation is needed.

This period of respite is perfect for holding a wedding.

Rand came here on horseback, but now he is going back to relax and take a carriage.

Elsa also stayed in the carriage.

She originally wanted to observe and protect Rand from outside, but was stopped by Rand.

Rand's hand was trying to reach into Elsa's clothes.

But there was an obstruction.

Elsa now wore a somewhat tight lining and leather armor that fit her body closely.

As an assassin, she moves very quickly, so her clothes must be tight, otherwise it will easily affect her movements.

"The clothes are going to get ruined." Elsa said helplessly.

After feeling that the probability of danger around is low.

Untie the straps of the high-quality leather armor on his body to facilitate Rand's movements.

In this era, it was very normal for nobles to have lovers.

In some places, there is even a position called female courtier. The children born to female courtiers and noble lords are slightly more formal than illegitimate children.

But the trysts between nobles and their lovers were, in essence, still affairs.

Just like Rand and Elsa now.

Ellie is Rand's lord's wife and knows the relationship between Elsa, Olenna and Rand.

Before Rand and Ellie got married, Elsa and Rand had no feelings when they did this kind of thing.

But now Rand and Ellie have already had a wedding.

Elsa also attended the wedding as a guest.

So now the man who was moving his hands inside her clothes was not just Count Lander.

And Ellie's husband.

She was doing this with Ellie's husband.

Elsa knew that Ellie wouldn't care about such things. She and Rand had done this many times before Ellie and Rand got married.

But now the feeling is very different.

It feels more exciting than before.

Elsa sat astride Rand's waist and stripped off her lower body clothes to her knees.

It's still winter and the temperature is still very low.

Elsa felt a little cold with her skin exposed to the air, and she couldn't help but move closer to Rand's body.

Then she felt the heat.

…

Rand's "Crow" once again flew over the sky above Crescent Territory.

At this time, Crescent Moon Collar already had a festive atmosphere.

Many great nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom have arrived at the holiday villa in Crescent Moon Territory and are strolling on the streets of the resort.

And Rand also got off the carriage.

Elsa also got off the carriage.

The clothes were really ruined, and now Elsa was wearing one of Rand's coats.

After Olenna came over to greet her, Elsa quickly disappeared.

She wants to go back and change her clothes.

Olenna came to Rand and said, "Lord Karin wants to see you."

So it’s been a while since I’ve seen Karin.

Karin has been somewhat evasive since she agreed to work closely with the Mother Goddess Cult.

Just doing some detective work at the resort.

And although Rand mentioned it several times, Karin was always unwilling to accept Rand's treatment.

Try to restore vision.

Soon Rand met Karin in the conference room.

The Lord's Hall is currently being renovated and will be used for formal wedding ceremonies, so it is not suitable for office use for the time being.

Rand's office was temporarily moved to a quiet office in the hideout.

"Is there anything wrong, Lady Karin?" Rand asked.

Karin pulled out something that looked familiar to Rand.

Torch church ritual vessel.

Can be used to distinguish evil spirits.

High-level ritual instruments of the Torch Church can also temporarily disintegrate, emitting strong light to deter demons or cultists.

"This is the latest ritual vessel." Karin said.

Rand didn't know what Karin wanted to say.

"This is the prototype of a high-level ritual vessel," Karin introduced.

Rand was still somewhat confused.

Karin crushed the ritual vessel.

The ritual vessel emitted a strong light.

"Ahhh, stop taking pictures." Rand covered his eyes.

"You are still an evil demon," Karin commented, "and the mutual repulsion effect of divine power that you derived earlier is still correct."

"but."

"But what?" Rand rubbed his eyes and asked after the light in Karin's hand stopped glowing.

"But the ritual vessel can no longer determine whether you are a demon or not." Karin explained, "The high-level ritual vessel originally had two effects: detection and shock. Now it only has shock."

"I'm hard to detect," Rand explained.

Since he received the blessings of multiple gods, he cannot be detected by the ritual vessels of the Torch Church.

Karin nodded.

This is very likely.

Then Karin took out an ordinary ritual object.

Ordinary ritual objects only have a detection effect.

After approaching Rand, the ritual vessel did not react.

The detection effect of ordinary ritual objects is also ineffective on Rand.

"Can I try other believers? Are there any cultists from other sects?" Karin asked.

Rand nodded.

This is indeed an issue that deserves attention.

Now the Mother Goddess Sect and the Novice Sect of the Torch Church are conducting in-depth cooperation.

It's a very complementary thing.

The Torch Church provides a guise of faith and some basic support.

The Cult of the Goddess of Abundance provides manpower, material resources, and development routes.

We are ready to work together to become bigger and stronger.

The cattle and horses of the Goddess of Plenty Sect are indeed very effective in purifying evil spirits, but the Goddess of Plenty Sect currently has no means of detecting cultists.

If you want to detect cultists outside, you still need to rely on the ritual objects of the Torch Church.

If there is a problem with the ritual vessels now, it will indeed be a big problem.

"There are some cultists imprisoned in the den. We can give it a try." Rand took Karin to the cult dungeon in the den.

The resort also has a detention center, but it is for adventurers who cause trouble.

The hideout has a dungeon specifically for detaining cultists.

The vast majority of cultists will be executed.

But recently Rand has captured some Scourge cultists, hoping to torture them into extracting some information about the City of the Dead.

Although Rand felt that the Southern Kingdom would also attach great importance to the City of the Dead, he also planned to learn more about it.

If the Scourge really built the City of the Dead, based on Rand's understanding of Deep Moon, the Southern Kingdom would not be the only one to suffer.

So recently some Scourge cultists have been imprisoned in dungeons instead of being executed directly.

Karin took out an ordinary gift item.

Ordinary ritual objects would immediately break into pieces when they came close to the Scourge followers.

For this kind of cultists, the detection effect can be exerted normally.

Rand took Karin out of the dungeon again.

It was already evening.

The setting sun was cut through by heat and haze, floating red like a group of golden carp.

The goshawk, whose feathers looked like red embers in the setting sun, circled at low altitude, chasing its fleeing prey among the sea of ​​clouds and snow.

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Rand and Karin walked out of the dungeon and paced on the cleared path of the den without any snow left.

The next step is to go find Seth and give it a try.

Seth has also been in the hideout recently. Seth's latest job is to negotiate cooperation with the Novice Faction of the Torch Church.

Seth is a typical follower of the Mother Goddess. Now he can use his hands, which can be transformed into tentacles, very flexibly.

When Rand found Seth, Seth was talking to a nun from the Novice sect of the Torch Church.

A happy look.

In fact, in a sense, Seth should be a more standard believer of the Mother Goddess than Rand.

When the nun saw Karin, she froze, lowered her head, and dared not move.

Rand leaned close to Karin's ear and asked, "Can't nuns from your Torch Church get married?"

"Sure." Karin looked at Rand with some confusion. "Where did you hear the rumor that you can't get married?"

Rand looked at the Torch Church nun again, who was shivering as if she had eaten forbidden fruit.

The corners of his mouth curled up.

Then Karin took out the ordinary torch church ritual implements.

It also didn't work on Seth.

The ritual vessel had no reaction to Seth.

Rand activated [Blessing 6: Favor of the Torch Goddess], and Seth, Karin, and the Torch Church nuns bowed their heads.

They are all fiery red, representing friendly forces.

Rand roughly understood what was going on.

I just don’t know.

Was it his Mother Goddess sect that shifted its alignment, or the Torch Church Novice sect that shifted its alignment, or was it the Torch Goddess herself that changed her alignment? Rand didn't know.

But at present, it seems that this situation is beneficial to the cooperation between the Torch Church and the Goddess of Abundance.

At least outside, the novice Torch Church members will not mistake Rand's Mother Goddess followers as cultists.

Karin also roughly understood the situation.

After glancing at the nun who lowered her head and the silent Seth.

Karin said to Seth and the nun, "If you get married and have children, you can get eggs. Don't forget."

Then he glanced at Rand and said, "If there is anything else, let's go out and talk."

Rand and Karin walked out of Seth's office.

So, Rand has been in this world for four years.

The young boys, Cers and Serai, who had followed Rand, had now grown up and become adult men.

Need marriage.

In fact, Rand is more worried about Tanner's marriage problems. If Rand remembers correctly, Tanner will be 35 years old next year.

Although the top-level professionals will age more slowly due to their excellent physical fitness, they are still at the age to get married.

Rand and Karin walked back down the path to the hideout.

The two of them didn't walk very fast.

A thin layer of snow soon appeared on Rand's body.

Karin didn't have that.

When the flying snow approaches Karin, it quickly turns into water droplets and then evaporates into water vapor.

Karin's brilliant blonde hair shone like the sun.

Karin's eyes were a warm red like flames.

Unfortunately, Rand had only seen it once, when they first met on the King's Road.

At that time, the Crimson King Karin was like a god burning the world.

And now, most of the time, Karin is a bit like an ordinary detective.

The aura did not disappear, but became restrained.

Perhaps there is still a raging fire burning in Karin's heart, but now, at least from the outside, it is difficult to tell.

From the outside, all you can see is Karin's beautiful and pure beauty.

"What's the matter?" After walking for a while, Rand patted the snow off his body and asked.

Karin hesitated.

She felt that she had let go of her responsibilities for too long since she lost her sight, and she now wanted to pick some of them back.

And also.

Karin found that she really liked this land.

Whether it is the Crescent Moon Territory, the New Moon Territory, or the Full Moon Territory and Crescent Moon Port which are still under construction.

Much more than the Holy City.

The holy city is cold.

Not here.

At least the cats in her detective agency were warm.

Although there are many troublesome detective tasks at work, I will always be thanked after I complete them.

There are also very few criminals here.

Even those prisoners in labor camps.

After realizing that working hard can really lead to a future, everyone started to work seriously.

Life here is different from outside.

So much so that she wanted to see this land a little bit.

Mr. Taran from Crescent Territory and the well-behaved little girl.

The black cat with white paws that loved to rub against her legs.

The chefs in the restaurant area.

She originally thought that losing her vision would not affect her normal life too much, but now she finds that this is not the case. There is so much she wants to see on this land.

"It's not very peaceful around here lately." Karin said, "I can help clean up some of it."

"Thank you," Rand said.

After a while.

Karin added: “Of course there is a charge for this.”

"No thanks," Rand refused decisively.

What price would it cost to hire a mercenary like Karin?

"It won't be expensive." After saying that, Karin's originally indifferent expression changed a little, but she couldn't glare.

I had to make a more vicious expression.

It always feels weird to negotiate prices like this.

"Then on behalf of the Cult of the Goddess of Plenty, on behalf of the den, and on behalf of the Earldom of the Moon Phase, I would like to express my gratitude to you." Rand performed a noble etiquette and expressed his gratitude.

Karin curled her lips and sneered.

"What do you think about the current unrest among the warcraft, monsters, and wild beasts around us?" Rand asked.

This is where Karin's area of ​​expertise comes in.

Using fire to exorcise demons is exactly what the Torch Church excels at.

This is also what Karin is good at.

Karin adjusted her crown that was covering her eyes and analyzed calmly, "There are many possibilities. The ecological impact caused by the invasion of orcs, the impact of the large-scale deforestation in Crescent Moon Territory, or a dragon awakening from its slumber, all of which are possibilities."

Karin thought for a while, then said, "But I think the most likely scenario is that Purgatory is approaching."

Rand didn't know much about the plane theory of this world.

But even if you use your toes to think, you can figure out that if the orcs and Purgatory make a deal, the Purgatory demons will not get nothing.

The demons in Purgatory must be very coveting the fertile and peaceful land of this world.

And the sweet soul of this land.

"Will Inferno land from the north?" Rand asked.

"Not sure." Karin shook her head. "The probability of that happening is actually not very high. Don't worry too much."

This world actually only looks peaceful.

The gods in the sky, the dark underworld beneath the earth, purgatory, and some existences that may only be recorded in dusty books are all eyeing this land.

The people of this land are accustomed to this.

The possibility of the devil from hell actually setting foot on this land is actually very low.

Rand said he understood.

Then he asked, "So is there anything else?"

Karin hesitated for a while longer.

She actually wanted to mention eye treatment from the beginning.

I have been hesitating until now.

Karin whispered, "Can your ability really heal eyes?"

"I can't guarantee it, but at least it's good for your body."

“Are there strong side effects?”

“But not permanently.”

Karin was silent for a while.

It’s not that she doesn’t believe in Rand, but Rand’s power comes from the evil god.

Rand himself is not evil, but the evil god may not be.

Karin is the saint of the Torch Church, but she is not naive at all.

She had seen too many tragedies.

So Karin was hesitant.

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(End of this chapter)