Chapter 434: Real Beast-Eared Man and Fake Beast-Eared Man (5000!!)

"Are you really going to use this?" Rand looked at Lysa hesitantly.

The simply dressed Lisa nodded.

Rand looked at the basin beside him.

In short, pepper spray.

Rand didn't know how to make chili water, so this "chili water" was just crushed chili peppers put in water.

It's quite spicy though, so it should work.

Rand dipped the whip in pepper water.

This was certainly not what Rand had in mind.

This was a sudden idea of ​​Lysa's.

"This is going to hurt," Rand said.

Lysa nodded.

She is now wearing only a very ordinary, plain hair accessory on her head.

If you ignore the white hair scattered between her eyebrows, ignore her skin as bright as moonlight, and ignore her eyes as dazzling as gold and her beauty that can overwhelm the whole country.

Well, she still looks like an ordinary elf girl.

Lisa was hung up at this time, with the arch of her foot slightly tense. She was hung up at a height that only the tips of her toes could touch the ground.

She lowered her eyes and bit her lips a little hard.

It was as if she were an ordinary village elf who had been captured from the elf village and now was locked up in the basement of an evil human lord.

And in front of the "weak" "elf girl" is the evil human lord.

The human lord waved his whip. Because he was afraid that the pepper spray would damage Lysa's whip that could be transformed into arrows, this whip was not Lysa's, but was made by Rand himself.

"Crack--" As Rand swung the whip, a sound made in the air.

A whip is a very powerful weapon. In Rand's previous life, when a person swung the whip, the speed of the whip tail could exceed the speed of sound, thus emitting a weak sonic boom.

However, Lisa's resistance should be very high.

Rand swung the whip, and it lashed at Lysa's body.

The whip immediately tore through the plain linen clothes of the "elf village girl" on Lisa.

"Woo—" Lisa whimpered.

Red marks also appeared on her body, as if blood was about to overflow.

The pepper spray also got onto Lisa's skin along with the whip.

Rand whipped her a few times, and Lysa's body began to tremble.

Rand stopped and leaned over: "Does it hurt?"

Lysa nodded.

"Do you want to continue?"

Lysa nodded.

Once again, Rand dipped the whip into the pepper spray.

Then the sound of a whip cutting through the air was heard again.

Occasionally, Rand met Lysa's eyes.

Lisa's watery eyes looked like she was about to cry, and I felt sorry for her.

But Rand was relentless.

Now Rand is an evil human lord!

…

The next day, Rand went to work in the Lord's Hall as usual.

The day to visit the White King is not far away.

Rand needs to get the job done quickly.

Now Rand is the Hand of the King.

In addition to handling work in one's own territory, one also needs to deal with some national affairs.

There is still a lot of work to do.

So much so that Rand is now really looking forward to moving around and traveling to the White Country.

The White Kingdom is covered in snow in winter.

To describe it in two lines of poetry is: the mountains dance like silver snakes, and the plains gallop like wax elephants.

The winter there is much colder than that in the Dukedom of Moon Phase south of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

The snow will be much thicker, and the snow scene will be purer.

But let's deal with the task at hand first.

"The renovation of the King's Road can be started. Has the funding been received?" Rand asked.

Today's secretary is not Olenna. Olenna and Ellie went to order winter clothes.

Today's secretary is Lisa.

Lysa sat with her legs crossed, sitting haughtily on the armrest of Rand's great stone lord's chair.

Flipping through the papers beside Rand.

"The funds have been received. They will be used for their intended purpose as you requested." Lisa said in a cold tone.

The serious Ryza and the informal Ryza are two completely different people.

Now at work, Lisa is capable, reliable, competent and trustworthy.

"Very good." Rand nodded. "Then we need to arrange someone to supervise the progress of the project."

Rand's contracting projects are very, very cost-effective.

First of all, because Rand has developed new technologies and has an engineering team with excellent technical strength, the cost of producing bricks for paving the floor is also lower.

As a result, the cost of Rand's construction project was much lower than the amount of money issued, and the project itself was profitable.

The profit margin is not very low yet.

Second, this is equivalent to an order.

Rand's production capacity is now somewhat oversupplied, and its bricks have not yet found a market.

This project is equivalent to cashing in Rand's bricks.

Thirdly, the King’s Road has been completed, which is very beneficial to the trade exports of the Dukedom of the Moon.

After it is built, Rand's territory will benefit a lot.

But Rand himself would not benefit much and would have to pay a price.

Because the king could assign him work more easily.

"Anything else?" Rand asked.

"The collapse of the Undead in the Bolen Kingdom's No. 1 defense line has caused a lot of trouble. Some parts of the territory need to be rebuilt, and some lords around need our support." Lisa continued.

"Just handle it as normal. If reconstruction is needed, allocate funds. If support is needed... I'll take a look at the situation." Rand replied.

After hearing Rand's reply, Lysa began to write official documents.

Lysa's handwriting is very different from Olenna's.

It's the kind of gorgeous and complicated elegance that is the stereotype of elves.

But the handwriting of other elves in the den did not have this characteristic of Lysa.

Vanilla's handwriting is just beautiful in a normal sense.

Not like Lysa.

"The next thing." Rand was leaning back in a giant chair that looked like it was meant for giants.

Lysa sat sideways on the armrest, her long white hair sometimes brushing Rand's face.

If Rand and Lysa were not familiar with her, they would be mesmerized by her noble elegance.

"Our official duties have ended here for today, but there is still one thing left." Lisa said in a very strange tone.

"What else?" Rand asked puzzledly.

"The gift for you, the King of the White Kingdom, has arrived today." Lisa got down from the armrest.

"What?" Rand was a little confused.

Lysa didn't answer.

He got down from the armrest of the giant stone lord's chair and rummaged through the things in the cabinet for a while.

A pair of ears turned out.

Fox ears.

Only then did Rand react.

In her previous letter, Miss Bolan, the White King, said that she would give him beast-eared slaves.

Now it appears to have finally arrived.

Rand rubbed his hands.

Still looking forward to it.

Then the beast-eared man was brought into the lord's hall.

A group of animal-eared people wearing shackles, ragged clothes and looking depressed.

The image is not much different from the cat girls and fox girls that Rand had seen in movies and TV shows in his previous life.

The degree of bestiality varies.

But most of them remain at the level where humans grow animal ears and tails.

A few have claws, but there are none as strong as the ratmen here.

But correspondingly, they did not gain many animal abilities.

Maybe people with cat ears would have better agility and five senses.

It's just the image. It looks really average now.

These should be the animal-eared people with slightly better quality selected by the White King.

But compared to the fake animal-eared person, Lysa, who stood next to Rand.

Yes, Ryza is wearing mechanical-style fox ears.

Standing on the high platform with an arrogant attitude.

In comparison, the ordinary animal-eared people under the platform pale in comparison.

The beast-eared man looked up at Rand who was sitting on the platform, and Lysa who was standing beside him.

Their eyes were filled with fear, fear, and confusion.

Rand actually wanted to intimidate them by saying that he was a big devil who ate beast-eared people.

But seeing that he was really frightened by the intimidation, he didn't say anything.

The animal ears look pretty interesting though.

The furry beast looks quite interesting.

I guess I don't take baths often enough, so the hair on my body is tangled together and looks a little dirty.

The smell probably wouldn't be very good, but Rand didn't intend to go over to smell it.

Rand simply said: "I don't eat people, you don't have to worry too much."

These beast-eared people could understand some of the common language on the continent, but they did not feel at ease after hearing Rand's words.

Still trembling in the audience.

Rand had no choice but to change his tone.

He became serious and arrogant: "In my place, you can't survive without working. Tell me what you are good at."

After hearing this, the beast-eared people immediately understood.

"I, I'm good at weaving."

“I’m good at farming.”

Rand raised an eyebrow.

Asked for some details.

Rand shook his head.

For orcs, they may be better at it.

But for the Dukedom of the Moon Phase that has developed to this point, their technology is just mediocre.

Generally speaking, not a talent.

Rand looked at their ears, then at their eyes.

The eyes of cat-eared people and fox-eared people have vertical pupils like cats and foxes.

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"Well, can you see anything at night?" Rand asked.

The cat-eared man and the fox-eared man nodded together: "If it's not too dark, you can see it."

Rand nodded with satisfaction. There was someone standing guard at night.

Sure, sure.

I feel that the talents of the beast-eared people can be explored.

In this world, only very rare magical races have dark vision.

Others have low-light vision at best.

The reason is very simple. The reason why vision is formed is that light forms a reflection on the retina.

If there is no light at all, then you cannot see.

At this time, only some magical races can see it in special ways.

For example, some special undead.

Another example is Karin.

Karin can perceive the world through temperature, just like infrared imaging.

This would actually give Karin very powerful abilities.

This would give her a clear vision.

It’s just that for the king, this ability doesn’t seem so outstanding.

Rand allowed the beast-eared people to leave.

Rand also stood up.

It's dinner time again.

Now that half of autumn has passed, the date for departure to the White Country is not far away.

…

After the beast-eared people left the lord's hall, someone helped them adapt to life.

And they were whispering.

"The man with pointed ears next to the lord here seems to be an animal-eared person like us." A cat-eared man thought.

“That ear seems to be a product of alchemy. It’s probably different from ours.” said a fox-eared man who looked a little older.

"Ah..." the cat-eared man sighed.

They knew the lord named Rand.

But I didn’t learn about it in the orc camp.

But it was the people of the White Country who told them.

The next master they were going to serve was Grand Duke Rand of the Moon Phase, who had resisted the attack of the orc landing army in the Tall Wood Kingdom.

The failure of that landing battle directly led to the setback of the orcs' strategy, and now they are trapped in the Kingdom of Green Shadow.

The beast-eared people knew the commander of the landing battle.

He is an orc hero, an orc warrior close to the king level.

But the hero still failed.

Now the people of the White Country actually told them that the master they were going to serve next, the young man with black hair and black eyes, was actually the human demon who defeated the orc hero.

It's unbelievable.

But they didn't dare to doubt it.

They knew very well that no matter whether this Grand Duke Rand was the human devil or not, they could not resist him.

Now they just hope that the white-haired beauty standing next to Grand Duke Rand, who looks very high-ranking, is really an animal-eared person.

The beast-eared people sympathize with the beast-eared people.

At this time, a dog-eared man shook his head and said, "I feel very strange. The white-haired man has a bloody and spicy smell on his body."

The beast-eared people were somewhat confused.

The dog-eared man said, "I suspect there are some secrets here. I heard that many human lords have some horrific hobbies."

Everyone was terrified.

…

At this time, the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa were of course also troubled by the issue of the undead.

Compared to Rand's Dukedom of the Moon, they are naturally closer to the undead.

As many undead lost their commanders, they faced more scattered undead.

Also, many of the undead in the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa can be connected to the Obsidian Tower of the City of the Dead.

This results in many undead not disappearing naturally, but having to be dealt with.

Of course, compared with the organized and systematic undead army, these problems are just minor issues.

It means we still have to spend money and send troops to clear out the rebellion.

The damage suffered by the Kingdom of Lensa was relatively minor.

The Kingdom of Borun suffered a heavy blow.

"How is the work of rebuilding the defense line going?" The King of the Kingdom of Bolen sat on the throne.

Ask the ministers below.

The former Secretary of State for War is no longer here.

The former Secretary of State for War returned to his domain.

The King of the Kingdom of Bolen gave the former Minister of Military Affairs a chance to make amends and return to his post.

But the former Army Secretary was dismissive.

The King of the Kingdom of Bolen also tried to select a new Minister of Military Affairs.

But the abilities are not that good.

It may be considered good, but compared with the former Minister of War, it is really far behind.

Not as good as him, the king himself.

Therefore, the King of the Kingdom of Bolen left this position vacant.

"Progress is rapid, Your Majesty." Engineering management is within the scope of the Finance Minister's job.

The Minister of Finance reported to the King.

The King of Bolun nodded with satisfaction.

In the past, whenever he wanted to order a construction project, it would not be so smooth.

Everyone has their own interests, and the argument will take a long time.

But now, everyone is worried that the undead will attack again, so they are all contributing.

Moreover, in the defensive battle, the actions of the King of Bolen himself played a big role.

Now he enjoys great prestige in the country.

The king's prestige is something that cannot be seen or touched.

But it is very important.

A king with high prestige can easily integrate the power of a country, such as the White King, the king of the White Kingdom.

The White King is loved by everyone in the White Kingdom.

A king with low prestige will be very troublesome and many things will become difficult.

The nobles have plenty of ways to be sneaky and cunning.

The country does not belong to the king alone, but to the nobles and the king together. The king is at most a chairman? The King of Bolun Kingdom nodded: "What about the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas?"

"Well, this is still in progress." The Finance Minister's answer was a bit vague.

The King of the Kingdom of Bolun sneered. The reason was very simple. Now many noble families in the Kingdom of Bolun had perished, leaving many empty cakes.

It is of course the new lord's responsibility to rebuild these lands destroyed by the undead.

I want everyone to contribute money to rebuild it.

At most, everyone was intimidated by the king's prestige and contributed a little money and manpower.

The nobles have paid a lot to defend the country and repel the undead this time. Life has become quite tight for some of them.

However, the King of the Kingdom of Bolen was too lazy to say that the nobles were short-sighted because he himself was the same.

The former Minister of War repeatedly urged him to make a concerted effort, gather his allies, and destroy the City of the Dead outright.

But the Kingdom of Bolun is not willing to pay more.

In short, it's impossible!

It’s not that I don’t understand, but I feel that someone else will solve it, and even if they don’t, the problem won’t be too big.

In fact, Rand, the Duke of the Moon in the Frost Moon Kingdom, wanted to solve the problem very much, but the Kingdoms of Bolun and Lensa refused to cooperate.

…

And the City of the Dead.

Under the dark sky.

Under the illumination of the faint green flame.

The Archbishop of the Dead is holding a meeting.

Humans are more difficult to deal with than imagined, so the strategy must be changed.

Now that the City of the Dead is one of the most hated camps in the world, many things need to be handled with caution.

In fact, if anyone had said that there was a gold mine in the City of the Dead, the City of the Dead would have been conquered by the human coalition forces long ago.

It's just that there isn't one.

The selfish nobles knew very well that the City of the Dead was filled with deathly aura, and even if they conquered it, the land would obviously be uncultivable.

There is no treasure in the City of the Dead, only rotten flesh and skeletons. There is really no benefit in conquering it.

If the City of the Dead was not so ambitious, the probability of being attacked by humans after the city was built would be very low.

But now it's different.

The Archbishop of Scourge believes that humans may form a coalition at any time to attack the City of the Dead.

"Who do you think is the enemy we should be most wary of next?" asked the Archbishop of Scourge in a low voice.

"Rand Nicholas." Many Scourge bishops and some intelligent undead gave the same answer.

"That's right. The Kingdom of Boren is cowardly, the Kingdom of Rensa is profit-driven, and only Rand Nicholas, who is a little further away, is a psychopath." The Archbishop of Scourge agreed.

"Rand Nicholas is a psychopath, and a very powerful one at that. Not only does he have good abilities, but he also seems to have a deep connection with the Frost Moon Kingdom's Torch Church's Novice Sect. We should make Grand Duke Rand of the Moon Phase our primary enemy."

(End of this chapter)