Chapter 459 The Goddess of Harvest and Health Shows Her Power
Rand finally got the order.
It seems the sacrifice was not in vain.
Or maybe Rand's strategy of two steps forward and one step back is also appropriate.
The current situation in the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa is indeed serious.
Rand had already arranged for the missionaries to set off.
The members of the Torch Church's new sect will provide assistance.
Rand could not save the villagers who were already sick.
But Rand can try his best to keep other healthy villagers healthy.
The health-giving power of the goddess of harvest and health is reflected here.
Following common sense in hygiene in the future can also reduce the probability of contracting other diseases.
After the plague of the Poison of the Dead is over, Rand can also promote the other functions of Doctrine III.
For example, strengthening the body, preventing diseases, or ensuring the life and health of mother and baby.
Since Rand was given the opportunity to preach, he would naturally not let it go.
This opportunity is hard-won, and Rand will not waste it.
But now, Rand still has things to do.
The first batch of deposits will arrive soon.
Now Rand is going to inspect it.
"Let's go and take a look." Rand got down from the chair in the lord's hall and stretched his muscles.
Olenna followed closely behind.
This is not the first time Rand has "extorted".
The reward from the Kingdom of Bolen is iron ore, while the reward from the Kingdom of Lensa is gold coins.
It has now been shipped to Crescent Moon.
Although the quality is only average, the quantity is sufficient.
Rand is not picky either.
For example, medium-quality iron ore would certainly not be as useful as rich iron ore, but even if the Kingdom of Bolen gave him poor iron ore, Rand could still use it because he had successfully built a blast furnace.
If the primitive iron smelting method is used, the iron smelted from the lean iron ore will be of poor quality because the impurities are not easy to remove and the carbon content is difficult to control.
This kind of iron is generally only suitable for forging farm tools, and can barely be used to forge weapons, but it is very difficult to use it to make armor.
Maybe barbed mail and scale armor would be better, but plate armor is almost impossible.
But now Rand's industrial zone can barely produce steel, and smelting low-quality iron ore into usable iron ore is no problem at all.
As for the gold coins of the Kingdom of Lensa, the economic system in this world is still very primitive. The only thing to look at when evaluating gold coins is the gold content. At worst, they can all be melted and recast. The value of a gold coin is almost equivalent to that of a gold ingot of the same weight.
After the inspection, Rand said to the captain of the soldiers who were escorting the deposit, "Our people have gone to both parties to provide guidance. Please cooperate with them."
The captain of the soldiers escorting the deposit simply nodded.
But just at this moment.
Rand caught a glimpse of silver light out of the corner of his eye.
The azure light and the strong wind.
Olenna's sword pierced the palm of a soldier who was responsible for escorting the "deposit".
The soldier had already drawn his weapon, which was burning with a faint green light.
Obviously, it's a Scourge cultist.
Attacking Rand at this time is definitely not a suitable time.
Rand didn't trust the people from the Kingdom of Bollen and the Kingdom of Lensa.
Rand also didn't like being next to soldiers from other countries.
When inspecting the goods, he did not get too close to these people, and Rand did not need anyone to explain the source and story of the remuneration.
It dragged on like this until the end.
This Scourge cultist disguised as a soldier realized that if he delayed any further, he would have no chance of contacting Grand Duke Rand, so he launched an attack at the last minute.
The level is pretty good, whether it's the movements of the footsteps or the speed of drawing the sword.
Unfortunately, Rand would not joke about his own safety, and he would always have at least one high-ranking member of the hideout as a guard.
And none of the higher-ups in the den are less powerful than the top boss.
The most advanced ones are already powerful beings whose bodies and souls have undergone mutations.
It is so powerful that normal people can hardly match it.
Moreover, a top leader like Olenna might be even more terrifying. Even Grand Duke Rand of the Moon Phase himself didn't know what level the top leaders of the den could reach if they went all out.
However, one thing is certain, this Scourge cultist, who seems to have undergone a physical mutation and has good physical combat capabilities, will not even be a match for Rand, let alone Olenna.
The magic attack he wanted to use later was also interrupted because of the magic-breaking effect of [Dawn].
All in all, a non-threatening attack.
Rand wasn't even that surprised.
As early as when the Undead Army attacked the Crescent Territory, Rand knew that the Undead forces regarded him as a thorn in their side and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Now he wants to take further action and "meddle in other people's business" to provide assistance to the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa, which obviously infringes on the interests of the undead.
Rand knew very well how much the undead forces hated him.
The attack was really expected.
On the contrary, the other soldiers from both countries who were escorting the "deposit" were a little confused, especially their captain.
After Olenna pierced the soldier's wrist with her swift sword, they subconsciously thought it was a case of thieves attacking each other and wanted to draw their weapons to fight back.
But when I put my hand on my waist, I realized that the things had been given to others, and there was no such thing as black robbing black.
So I was stunned.
And the Grand Duke of Moon Phase only attacked this soldier.
No further action.
It was not until they saw the soldier's skinny skin and the faint green flame on his weapon that they realized what had happened.
This soldier was replaced by a Scourge cultist.
At this time, Rand also used Blessing 6: Favor of the Torch Goddess to scan the team.
Available in grey and colorless.
But this doesn't show anything, because the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa are already hostile to us.
"Wait a moment, everyone." Rand said, "The gift of the Torch Church will be delivered soon."
The soldiers also understood what was happening and they had no room to resist.
After the beautiful secretary beside the Duke of Moon Phase took action, many of the Duke of Moon Phase's soldiers soon rushed over.
After a while, people from the Torch Church's nascent sect came over with ritual objects.
At this time, another soldier tried to escape, but it was obvious that he could not escape at all.
Soon, it was discovered that this soldier was also a Scourge cultist.
The rest are normal soldiers.
Rand said, "It seems that the Scourge believers hate me to the core. You can go back now. I will stay and interrogate these two Scourge believers."
The soldiers who were escorting the deposit certainly had no objection.
There is no way to have any opinion.
After the soldiers escorting the deposit left Wanyue Territory, a team of soldiers from the base escorted them to prevent any accidents.
And Rand also began the interrogation.
Rand looked at the two Scourge cultists through a glass.
Not meeting face to face is to prevent the spread of the plague.
Scourge cultists now use Plague.
All I can say is that it’s fortunate that the Scourge Cultists’ plague ability wasn’t present when the Undead Scourge was first launched, otherwise who knows what kind of harm it would have caused.
"Do you have anything to say?" Rand asked through the glass.
The two Scourge cultists were so fanatical that they did not answer Rand's questions.
Rand had no choice but to use the flames.
The flame of the Torch Church was pulled by a mechanism to the feet of the two Scourge believers.
Then, two Scourge cultists screamed.
After a moment, the Rand control mechanism pulled the flames away.
"Anything you want to say now, gentlemen?"
The two Scourge cultists remained silent.
Rand felt helpless.
He seems to be a real religious lunatic.
I had no choice but to "warm up" these two Scourge cultists repeatedly.
But still didn't say anything.
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Rand stuffed some Scourge Orbs into their hands and then killed them.
The undead who had become intelligent and were forcibly installed with a voice-generating alchemical device still did not speak.
Continue to roast it with fire without saying anything.
It seems that he is a real die-hard believer.
Rand had no choice.
They had no choice but to slowly roast the two undead souls to death using the flames of the Torch Church.
"There will always be less steadfast Scourge followers," Rand sighed. "Once we catch them, things will get better."
Olenna also comforted Rand.
Rand leaves the interrogation room.
After returning to the Lord's Hall, Rand asked, "How is the progress ahead? Is there any report?"
"Yes." Olena took out the report document.
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Rand directly sent many cultists to the villages in the Kingdom of Bollen and the Kingdom of Lensa.
In order to facilitate his work and avoid misunderstanding, Rand did not use missionaries and priests of different races.
They are all pure-blooded humans.
Rand also arranged many Torch Church novice believers and missionaries, as well as paladins, to assist in the work.
Although the Torch Church has never allowed villagers to believe - this actually means that villagers are not allowed to go to the church. After all, the noble believers do not want to stay with the lowly villagers.
As for whether the villagers want to believe in the Torch Goddess or not, no one cares what they think.
Most of the members of the local Torch Church are members of the Newborn Sect, and most of them are willing to uphold justice, so the reputation of the Torch Church in the eyes of the villagers is actually not too bad.
This has a bad reputation because of conservatives and utilitarians.
Now that evil has appeared, as well as the plague, the people of the Torch Church are indeed more easily trusted.
And they will work with the followers of the Cult of the Goddess of Harvest and Health.
In a village in the Kingdom of Lunsa.
Missionaries of the Mother Goddess sect, accompanied by several lords' guards, stressed to the villagers the need to drink cooked water.
"Praise the great goddess of harvest and health." The missionary of the Mother Goddess sect made a specious religious gesture.
The Mother Goddess sect does not have any religious rituals, because Rand hopes that when believers encounter difficulties, they will not pray to the Mother Goddess, but solve the difficulties with their own hands.
Rand does not completely forbid his followers from using the power of the Mother Goddess, but they must try it in life-and-death situations.
Rand constantly reminded himself that the Mother Goddess was an out-and-out evil god, the God of Chaos, at least for now.
When Rand has time, he will study under Karin's supervision how to let ordinary believers use the power of the Mother Goddess, but the progress is not fast now.
It must be that the Mother Goddess is really powerful, otherwise Rand would have wanted to kick the Mother Goddess away.
The villagers began to boil water with fire in disbelief.
The Mother Goddess missionary walked up to the Torch Church missionary and complained in a low voice: "This name is really hard to pronounce."
The missionary of the Torch Church had a calm expression. He was born into an aristocratic family and had good manners and etiquette. "Don't say weird things. Take the time to rest."
The members of the Mother Goddess sect did not take it seriously, but the missionaries of the Torch Church's nascent sect were the same, and they had been working together for a long time.
They trust each other, but their personal living habits are slightly different.
A while later.
Several villagers came tremblingly to the two missionaries and said, "Mr. Missionaries, we, we..."
The two missionaries were a little confused: "What's wrong? Just say it directly. There's no need to be restrained."
"We don't have any more firewood," the villagers said tremblingly.
The two missionaries looked at each other and understood the situation.
This is something that is expected to happen.
Under the nobles' manorial laws, all of a piece of land, including the villagers themselves, was the nobles' private property.
These villagers certainly do not have the power to cut down the surrounding trees at will.
But not all nobles would be like Grand Duke Rand of the Moon Phase, who would treat the most lowly villagers in such a preferential way.
Rand does like to exploit the villagers, but at least he knows how to balance work and rest, even though he rarely has holidays.
But at least the villagers will not starve or freeze to death, and they will be prevented from getting sick as much as possible.
Of course, Rand doesn't save lazy people.
The two missionaries comforted the villagers, then walked over to the lord's soldiers and began to negotiate with them.
The lord's soldiers helplessly said that it was difficult for them to decide these things.
The two missionaries asked the soldiers to report again.
They did not interfere and directly agreed to let the villagers cut down the trees.
Causing dissatisfaction among local nobles would only make subsequent work difficult.
Their purpose is to pave the way for the missionary work of the Church of the Mother Goddess, no, the Goddess of Harvest and Health.
No action should be taken lightly.
Soon, the soldiers of the local nobles returned.
Inform the missionaries that the nobles agreed to allow the villagers to cut some wood, but they were not allowed to cut wood nearby and had to go far away to cut wood.
The two missionaries muttered a few words in their hearts, and then took the villagers to cut down trees far away from the village.
We encountered a wolf on the way.
But they were easily repelled by the two missionaries, who killed several of them.
Unfortunately, wolf skins and wolf meat belong to the nobility.
They are not qualified to enjoy it, and the villagers are naturally even less qualified.
After that there will be enough resources to boil water.
The two missionaries then began to carry out some other propaganda.
For example, how to judge whether a water source is polluted, and when mild symptoms appear, how to judge whether you are suffering from the poison of the dead.
This scene was happening in many villages in the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Lensa.
Rand believed that with the efforts of the missionaries, the villagers in these villages would, more or less, have some understanding of the new god, the goddess of harvest and health.
It would be easier for Rand to further develop the power of faith in the Goddess of Harvest and Health.
Rand is also very busy now, almost as busy as the missionaries.
Because he was busy negotiating with high-level officials from both countries.
"Fuck!" Rand pointed at the envoys of the two countries and cursed, "How come there are still nobles in your country who refuse to allow villagers to cut down trees and dig wells!"
The noble envoys of the two countries were also helpless. These lands were the private property of the nobles, and there would always be some nobles who were unwilling to accept the plan.
But as Rand's plan progressed, the spread of the plague seemed to be slowing down, so they did not refute Rand's insults, but decided to go back and deal with the problem of the nobles' non-cooperation.
(End of this chapter)