Chapter 391: Port completed, King's death, all parties (5000!)

The autumn sea breeze is slightly cold, with swirling water vapor filling the air.

Rand arrived at Crescent Moon Harbor.

He has received the news.

The port was built.

When Rand arrived, many nobles from the Frost Moon Kingdom had already appeared in Crescent Moon Harbor.

It's not that they received the news earlier than Rand, but they have been waiting here.

Seeing Rand's arrival, many nobles and their envoys came over to congratulate him.

They certainly hope to see the port built.

Although Rand said that he would withhold some of the port's revenue, it would not be all of it. Once the port is built, they will still be able to receive a lot of dividends.

The port, which was originally scheduled to be built in the spring of next year, was accelerated a lot due to the appearance of the sea giant.

Plus the population is growing faster than expected.

As a result, by the autumn of the fourth year after Rand came to this world, the port was completed.

Of course, the shipyard was also completed at the same time, and the basic framework of the first large ship was already built.

The shipyard was capable of building ships even before it was fully built, so Rand ordered the construction of the skeleton of the first large ship.

Once the shipyard is fully completed, people will be immediately assigned to carry out subsequent projects.

The first large ship will soon be built.

And Rand was also waiting for this moment.

From the selection of wood, to painting, to drainage and then to sails, building a large ship requires a lot of technical accumulation.

The alchemy workshop of the hideout, the top management of the hideout, and Rand himself have all paid a lot to build the big ship, but now it is finally almost done.

Probably this winter.

Rand also changed its plan to transport refugees through the "Sun Project".

The refugees originally wanted to enter the Crescent Territory, so they had to pass through the Kingdom of Rensa, which was obviously hostile to Rand.

Rand's original plan was to use caravans and slave traders to bring them in batches, or try to bribe a few nobles of the Kingdom of Lunsa in order to smuggle civilians fleeing from the New Holy City.

Now we can try to use large ships to transport them, find a suitable landing point, and then transport the civilians directly to Crescent Moon Port.

In this way, the cost of smuggling will be greatly reduced and the success rate will be greatly improved.

This means that Rand can gain more population in this "Sun Project".

Therefore, Rand was a little anxious waiting for the ship to be built, and he rushed back to check the progress of the ship's construction in person.

Also, Rand commended Haibei in Crescent Harbor and rewarded her for successfully persuading the enemy Naga to surrender.

Just as Rand was about to continue dealing with the matter of the fleeing civilians, a noble messenger appeared in front of Rand.

He was dusty and looked tired. "Lord Earl Rand, I am the messenger of the Duke of Thorns."

Rand felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, so he took the messenger to a quiet place where no one would disturb him.

"What's going on?" Rand asked.

"The king is dead." The messenger said in a low voice.

Rand's face suddenly changed.

What a joke! Rand met the king at his wedding and he looked like he could live for decades.

Why is he dead now? Or was he assassinated? "Cause of death?" Rand stared at the messenger.

"It's still under investigation." The messenger answered with a stammer. Rand's serious expression frightened him. "Grand Duke Thorn invites you to go to the royal city to stabilize the situation."

The timing of the king's death was very bad.

If it had happened a few years earlier, when the civil war had just ended, the Second Prince's faction could have found another member of the royal family to be crowned king, and the country would not have been affected.

If it were a few years later, a few years later, the country would surely slowly end the current political undercurrent under the governance of the King of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

But now.

It's a little different.

This is the most serious period of domestic political turmoil in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

The king has not yet actually chosen a successor.

Although legally the eldest prince is the heir, due to the king's vacillation, there are still quite a lot of people supporting the third prince.

The mothers of the eldest prince and the third prince are not the same person. The eldest prince's mother is the sister of the wife of the Marquis of Black and Brown, and her family's influence is average.

The third prince's mother is a foreign princess, and this princess also has considerable power in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

If the incident of the king's death is not handled properly this time, the Frost Moon Kingdom will really face civil war again.

Now, as a noble in the Frost Moon Kingdom whose influence is second only to Grand Duke of Thorns, Rand has the qualifications and the need to interfere in the internal politics of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

That's why Lord Thorn invited Rand to go to the royal city to help him.

"I will leave immediately," Rand said to the messenger.

The messenger left after receiving the reply.

And Rand began to arrange the affairs of the territory.

The king's death was too sudden.

Rand rubbed his brow.

There are too many things happening at the same time.

"Ellie will stay in Crescent Harbor to handle affairs, Lysa will be in charge of the escape of civilians, and Elsa and Olenna will follow me to the royal city." Rand gave orders to the officer beside him.

This time, only Karin returned to Crescent Moon Harbor with him, while the top leaders of other hideouts were still dealing with the issue of civilian smuggling.

Now that the ship is about to be completed, it will be much easier for civilians to sneak across the border.

Rand could barely spare some time to deal with the domestic affairs of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

It's just that Rand really doesn't want this to happen.

As for Karin, the newborn sect of the Torch Church will not be involved in the internal affairs of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

Moreover, since Bishop Kahn had been busy with the affairs of the Moon Earldom during Rand's absence, the Torch Church's nascent faction had left behind a lot of work that needed to be handled by Kalin.

Rand moved a chair and sat in front of the harbor, looking at the waves on the sea.

Next, after Elsa and Olenna arrive at Crescent Moon Harbor, they will set off for Frost Moon Royal City.

The last time I went to Frost Moon Royal City was because of the incident involving Count Stag and Count Flying Fox.

At that time, Rand was just a young man with potential who would be suppressed and won over.

This time when Rand arrived at the Frost Moon Royal City, he had already become the powerful and respected Count of the Moon.

…

The church school at this time.

Sheran's single office.

Now due to staff shortage, Shelan, the first heir of the Earl of Stag who has excellent learning ability, was elected as the president of the Student Union.

The job is to help the principal, Vanilla, and Duke Thorn's aunt, the director of the Academic Affairs Office, to handle school affairs.

Although there were more things to do, Shelan also got his own office in the church school.

Or the Student Union Activity Room?

Anyway, it's about the same.

Shelan had just sent Rand's order to his friends on boats and horses.

Sitting gracefully in her seat, she made herself a cup of fragrant black tea.

Then there was an annoying knock on his office door.

"Come in." Shelan put down the teacup.

Vanilla, wearing a teacher's professional suit, pushed the door open.

Vanilla placed the letter on Shelan's desk: "Lord Shelan, I would like to ask you to help deliver a letter to the Elf Forest."

Shelan was stunned for a moment, looking at Xiangcao's clear eyes, and asked doubtfully: "Me?"

"I heard you have some slave trader friends." Vanilla said.

"Ms. Vanilla, please don't talk nonsense." Shelan denied gracefully, "They are just happy to help others choose a better working environment."

Vanilla rolled her eyes, which was rare. As a teacher and dean of studies, she usually paid attention to the solemnity of her demeanor.

But Shelan's words still made it difficult for her to maintain her expression.

She had lived in an iron cage herself, so how could she not know who Shelan's friends were? Vanilla crossed her arms and looked down at Shelan, who was sitting at the table.

Even if Vanilla was standing and Shelan was sitting, Vanilla would not be much taller than Shelan.

Vanilla said, "This is Lord Rand's mission. I want to invite some scholars from the Elven Forest to come and work in the church school."

Shelan originally planned to reject Vanilla's request.

After all, in principle, Vanilla is still an elf slave girl, and letting the elf slave girl send letters to the elf forest is obviously a violation of the slave trader code.

Of course, Shelan was not a slave trader, he just had some friends who were.

Shelan looked at Vanilla and felt that it was impossible for her to tell such a lie that could be easily exposed. He picked up the letter from the table and looked at both sides. "I can help you deliver the letter, but I'm not sure if it can really reach the person you want to send it to. Also, I can't guarantee the consequences."

In Shelan's opinion, this was a bit risky. Wouldn't it anger the Elf Forest if a slave trader delivered a letter to an elven slave?

And that is, Vanilla doesn't seem to be an ordinary elf.

Shelan has come to terms with this a little bit recently.

So is it from a noble family of the elves, or is it the royal family?

"It's okay." Vanilla said the impact was not a big deal.

Vanilla was well aware that she was just a marginal figure in the royal family and not very important.

Dispatching the Wind Chime Squad is already a sign of great importance.

Unless this letter reaches the ruler of the elves and is made public, nothing will happen.

The elf scholar will definitely not make it public after receiving the letter.

And Vanilla really thinks that the holiday villa is a very suitable place for elf scholars to do academic research.

"Then I'll arrange it." Shelan said that there would be no problem.

The slave traders will suffer.

When Vanilla saw that Shelan agreed to help, she left immediately.

And after Vanilla left.

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Not long after, there was another knock on Shelan's office door.

The people who came in were from the Bucks Family.

Also a mail deliveryman.

The letter read: The King is dead.

Shelan took a deep breath.

He felt that he would not be able to hold the position of student union president for long as he was about to graduate.

…

Burning land.

Ever since the Burning Land was automated.

Rand obtained a lot of dragon blood stones from the Burning Land.

And that is, the Burning Land has also become a place for adventurers to gather.

Rand wanted to explore the Burning Lands to find out if there were really bodies of fallen dragons here.

And Rand wanted to understand why the environment here was so harsh, and why the land on the border of the Burning Land was fertile.

At first, Rand sent out an official exploration team.

But later on, they felt the cost was too high, so they opened it to adventurers.

The Burning Land is divided into normal areas and dangerous areas.

Some food can be grown in normal areas. Although it is very poor, it can allow the autonomous people in the Burning Land to survive.

The danger zone can also be called the burning zone.

Some areas of the Burning Land actually burn.

The flames burn irregularly or permanently, making it difficult for exploration teams to approach. There are also some magical beasts and monsters that are highly adaptable to fire that live in such places.

Coupled with the possible presence of poisonous gas and complex terrain, exploration is extremely difficult.

But this kind of place is also where the production of dragon blood stone is the highest.

And it is also the place where secrets are most likely to be discovered.

After carefully considering the cost, Rand built a base for the Adventurer's Guild at the site of Fenris's farming.

Nowadays, Rand is actually considered a big figure in the Adventurer's Association.

The Adventurer's Association is a neutral organization. It has influence all over the world, but due to the low overall status of adventurers, its overall influence is not strong.

But Rand's arrival gave the Adventurer's Association new opportunities for development.

With Rand's help, countless adventurers were freed from low-level, bloody and dirty jobs and became adventurers like those in storybooks and dramas who could truly gain profits through exploration and fighting monsters.

Of course, we have to pay full tribute to Master Rand.

However, Rand is still a great saint in the eyes of adventurers.

After all, other noble lords in this world are not as good at "using" adventurers as Rand.

And another thing is that Rand has really developed many adventure locations for adventurers, providing them with a lot of employment opportunities.

The ruins next to the hideout and the tenth floor ruins are open to adventurers.

It can be said that it has been "cleared".

But being cleared doesn't mean it's useless. On each of the ten levels of the ruins, there are considerable protected areas that have not been completely conquered.

These places are used by the Adventurer's Association to train new adventurers. Experienced old adventurers will only be allowed to enter these protected areas during the process of old adventurers training new ones.

If a new adventurer chooses to start his adventure career from a holiday villa, then the ruins next to the hideout will be the first adventure location.

Of course, before embarking on an adventure, one must pass the Adventurer's Association's written test, interview, and practical test.

According to the somewhat outdated rating of the Adventurer's Association, the ruins of the hideout are probably between level 1 and level 3? Adventurers in the ruins of the hideout can obtain some construct materials, ruins components, ruins floors, synthetic beast body tissues, magic materials, weapons and equipment, as well as gold and gems.

Once you have some adventuring experience, you can choose to visit the Haunted Iron Mine, which is not so haunted nowadays, and the ruins on the Specialty Road.

The Specialty Road is still being planned, but the overall difficulty should be similar to that of the hideout ruins.

So the rating is probably between 2 and 4.

This level 4 is mainly due to uncertainty. The haunted iron mine sometimes has relatively high-level undead, and the ruins on the specialty road have not yet been explored.

By adventuring in the Haunted Iron Mine, you can obtain iron ore, some rare associated minerals, and magical materials. Of course, there is also a very low probability of producing magical metals.

Then there is the Crescent Moon Harbor Ocean, where we follow the fishermen out to sea and operate in the shallow sea.

The rating is probably 3 to 5.

Level 3 is because it requires adventurers to be familiar with the ocean environment, and level 5 is because even in shallow waters, there is sometimes a very low probability of encountering sea monsters.

The harvest may be some fish catches and precious monster materials from the ocean. Sometimes fishermen catch some magic props from the ocean, and adventurers can also have a share.

Next is the adventurer area above level 5, the unexplored dangerous area of ​​the Burning Land, which produces high-value Dragon Blood Stone and other Burning Area specialties.

Also, in the Underdark portal above level 5, you have to deal with mind flayers and eye monsters in the Underdark, as well as other Underdark creatures with strange abilities. The output is varied and has everything.

In general, if you start your adventure from Rand's holiday villa, the difficulty curve is very smooth. Adventurers of all levels will have adventure locations and can get corresponding rewards through their knowledge and force.

Of course, if you venture into these places that are directly or indirectly controlled by Rand, you must pay taxes to Earl Rand.

But correspondingly, you can also enjoy the supporting services provided by Rand.

Such as logistical supply assistance and medical stations.

In a large area around the Earldom of the Moon, Rand has a huge influence among the adventurers.

At least in Rand's territory and surrounding areas, Rand is able to make adventurers less neutral to a certain extent.

Perhaps Rand will have a chance to become a senior member of the Adventurer's Association?

…

New Holy City.

After a period of chaos, the New Holy City finally regained its stability.

The fire that night burned down one-fifth of the buildings in the New Holy City.

It also caused 95 percent of the civilians to flee.

The new holy city suffered some damage, but at least it did not collapse as badly as the old one.

Overall, the New Holy City did not suffer much loss in combat power.

It's just that the Grand Knight is dead.

And they have already elected a new Grand Knight.

This Grand Knight Commander is not just any of the Knight Commanders in the New Holy City.

But he is an ordinary high-level professional Paladin.

The reason is simple: the knights refused to give in to each other and no one would submit to the other.

It is impossible to decide on a knight commander in a short period of time.

If they really want to decide who will be the Knight Commander, the entire New Holy City might have to go through a civil war.

As for the current situation, the New Holy City will definitely not be allowed to have a civil war. If it does so, the prestige of the New Holy City will drop to the bottom and a large amount of market share will be handed over to the Novice Faction of the Torch Church.

This was something the Knight Commanders could not accept.

In a situation where neither side would give in, and there must be a leader.

The Torch Church's New Holy City has made a decision.

They collectively put forward a prestigious, old, paladin as the Grand Knight.

That night when the old knight was in the New Holy City, he did not come over to wait and see if he could snatch some of the wealth from the treasury, but instead arranged for people to put out the fire in the New Holy City.

The Knights General of the New Holy City also realized that they needed a leader who was experienced, thoughtful, and able to remain calm in times of crisis.

Of course, there is another crucial point. This old paladin is very old. There is no need to worry that he will not be able to keep his position.

This old paladin was very confused when he was pushed to the position of Grand Knight Commander.

Because he is also a participant of the "Jiaoyang Project".

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