Chapter 361 Various Territories
Karin walked through the countryside of Crescent Territory.
Now the support from the Novices of the Torch Church to Rand has arrived, and the matter of connecting with Earl Rand has been handed over to Bishop Kahn.
Recently, a powerful beast was discovered in Crescent Territory, and Karin came here personally to deal with it.
A brown bear with one eye blind.
But it is much larger than its peers.
Karin estimated that the one-eyed brown bear should weigh as much as three adult minotaurs.
If we use the measurement system proposed by Rand, it would be one and a half tons.
A giant beast.
Furious and hungry.
A normal brown bear cannot grow this big. I wonder what this brown bear ate to have such a body size.
And Karin also saw cunning in its eyes.
Seems pretty smart.
Such a beast would bring great disaster to ordinary human villages, and could even become a terrifying creature sung by bards.
Like a giant grizzly bear that would knock on your door in the middle of the night—those kinds of horror stories.
But for Karin, it was not good enough.
The brown bear roared and then launched a tentative bite.
“Ahhhhh——”
Then, the bloody mouth that was about to open was pinched by Karin.
The brown bear's enormous strength knocked the girl's slender body back.
But no matter how hard the brown bear tried, it couldn't open its mouth.
He was pinched by the seemingly weak girl and couldn't get rid of her.
The brown bear tried to swing with its paws, but was easily avoided.
Karin was thinking.
She heard that a whole piece of bear skin was more valuable, so she didn't start throwing spears as soon as they met.
After thinking for a while, Karin raised her fist.
"Oh--"
The beautiful fist hit the brown bear's terrifying head.
Like an egg hitting a stone.
The brown bear's skull shattered instantly, its scalp caved in, and brain matter and blood flowed out of its facial features.
Karin shook the blood off her hands.
Left here.
After a while, Karin rented a carriage pulled by two horses.
The driver is naturally a normal human driver rather than a centaur.
The middle-aged driver brought a child who looked to be just an adult as his helper.
Karin knew them when she was a clerk in Xinyueling Village. The two were father and son.
The driver and his son looked in horror at the giant bear lying on the ground with its head dented by something that had hit it.
The two coachmen knew Karin of course. They had also witnessed Karin's strength when she helped them guard the village. However, seeing such a giant beast fall before their eyes still shocked them.
To Karin, such a beast was nothing. Karin thought that sending a team of cavalry to harass it slowly would be enough to grind the beast to death.
But such a scene was very shocking to the driver.
"Can you come over and help me?" Karin pointed at the giant bear.
The driver and his son immediately recovered from their shock and tied a rope around the giant bear's body.
With the help of the coachman and his children, Karin pushed the giant bear onto the carriage.
Of course, most of the work was done by Karin.
The driver and his son are responsible for adjusting the direction.
To be honest, looking at the creaking carriage, Karin was a little worried that the carriage would fall apart.
But in the end, the carriage was still operating normally, which shows that the quality of the carriages produced in the den is quite good.
The coachman, his son and Karin were not sitting in the carriage. They were pulling the two horses in front and moving the carriage forward.
At this time, the driver's child spoke to Karin: "Ms. Karin, are you working for Lord Rand?"
Karin didn't know how to explain it. In the eyes of these villagers, Rand was probably the most powerful person, and working for Rand was the greatest honor.
After thinking about it, Karin didn't explain why she was working with Rand, but just nodded.
At this time, the groom, who had just reached adulthood, waved his fist and said, "I also want to work for Lord Rand. I want to join Lord Rand's army."
Karin nodded again. Taking part in a war was an extremely dangerous thing, but ordinary villagers would not necessarily be safe even if they stayed in the village.
The scope of Rand's territory is already very good. At least no bandits dare to rob in Rand's territory.
Moreover, Rand's military benefits are very good and can be considered a good job.
Karin recalled the huge stone pillar with many names engraved on it that she had seen in the upper hideout.
Karin thought it would be a good thing to be a soldier of Rand.
Then he heard the groom scolding his child: "You wishful thinking, you want to become a soldier of Lord Rand, have you listened carefully to the preacher's teachings and practiced the formation seriously?"
In the villages of Crescent Territory, there are sword teachers who teach children swordsmanship, but swordsmanship is not the main thing they teach.
It's about exercising your body and your ability to follow commands.
That is, proper movement and standing in line.
Teaching swordsmanship is actually a matter of interest for the swordsmanship teacher.
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Some of these students would then qualify to become Rand soldiers.
The groom's child shouted, "I did study hard! I can recite the doctrine now! I also learned some swordsmanship."
After saying this, the young boy looked at the horse, and after making sure that he would not affect the horse's pulling of the cart, he stepped back a few steps, picked up a branch, and made a sword-fighting starting stance.
Then he was scolded by his father and returned home in shame to learn how to lead a horse.
Karin gave a faint, peaceful smile.
She really likes such scenes full of life and hope.
I just don't know if this groom's child has any hope of joining Rand's army.
The groom's child's clothes were not too shabby and looked quite thick.
There is no sign of malnutrition on his face, so he must be living well.
Such people are already high-quality recruits, but they still have to go through selection.
And the kid was eager to join Rand's army.
Perhaps there are countless such children throughout the Earldom of the Moon who want to join Rand's army and fight for Rand.
Rand provided protection for his soldiers and faith and basic living support for his subjects.
After gradual governance, Rand is expected to gradually gain the support of the people under his rule.
In short, recruited soldiers will have natural morale bonuses and force bonuses.
Since it was a flat brick road, there weren't many bumps along the way.
Karin dragged the giant bear to the familiar Crescent Village.
…
On the other side, Elsa came to Crescent Moon Port.
The monsoon will change the direction of ocean currents. Now is the time when ocean currents converge, which is a good fishing season.
Elsa came here to conduct an investigation.
The Kingdom of Borun is a coastal country, so we must consider the possibility of the Kingdom of Borun attacking from the seaside.
Elsa came here to inspect it personally.
Elsa found the leader of the Naga tribe.
Since surrendering to Rand, the Naga tribe seems to be living a good life.
Elsa saw that the Naga leader's face had become a little fatter.
"Is it possible to be attacked from the sea in this season?" Elsa asked.
The Naga leader spread his hands and said, "Lady Elsa, I don't really understand human warfare, but according to the calendar, Lord Hyde may wake up this year and leave his deep sea palace to look for food."
"Is Hyde your God?" Elsa frowned.
The Naga leader shook his head: "No, it can probably be understood as a messenger of God."
After saying this, the female Naga leader described Hyde's appearance.
A huge nine-headed sea serpent.
Normally, such giant beasts would not come ashore to attack humans.
Elsa nodded.
Currently, the construction of Crescent Moon Harbor is only half completed, but the offshore fishing industry in Crescent Moon Harbor has already started.
Already profitable.
If the Kingdom of Bolen really attacks from the sea, we really need to think about how to defend ourselves.
(End of this chapter)