Chapter 497 Rand: If I draw my sword, will they be afraid?
Not every war comes with preparation.
In the autumn of the 336th year of the Holy Calendar, war broke out between the Kingdom of Lensa and the Principality of Coral.
Theoretically, the Coral Principality would not be a match for the Kingdom of Lensa, but the sudden outbreak of war still caught many people off guard.
Wars between countries often involve far-reaching consequences.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the Dukedom of the Moon Phase of the Frost Moon Kingdom became solemn.
Rand sheathed his one-handed sword.
The vampire in front of him fell down with a hideous face.
This vampire was carefully selected by the high-ranking officials of the Sanctuary and placed in front of Rand at Rand's request.
The Frost Moon Kingdom also detected some vampires. The situation was very minor, but the nobles and royal family of the Frost Moon Kingdom took it very seriously.
So once discovered, they were immediately eliminated.
Of course, there will be a few scattered vampires who want to escape to the south across the Dukedom of the Moon Phase.
But that is bound to fail.
Rand has a blessing "granted" to him by Grand Duke Vladimir, which allows him to sense the location of nearby vampires.
Anyway, once they come to Rand's territory, vampires basically cannot escape Rand's detection.
Then Rand wanted to experience the difference between the fighting power of vampires and humans.
This is the current situation.
Rand is actually not weak, and now he is almost becoming a senior professional.
For more than eight years, under the supervision and guidance of Olena, he exercised every day when he was free, and practiced his personal strength three days a week when he was busy.
This talent is actually very good. For most adventurers in this world, the upper limit they can reach is elite professionals.
It’s just that compared with the top leaders of the Sanctuary, Rand’s combat power and talent are not that good.
But there is really no need to compare talents with the high-level officials of the Sanctuary. Ellie and Elsa are the protagonists of "Deep Moon", Olenna is a person who can fight a few moves at the hands of the White King, and Lysa is an ancient elf.
And although Rand's combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Sanctuary's top leaders, but in other environments, Rand also has other combat advantages, doesn't he?
Now Rand is only one opportunity away from a breakthrough to a higher level, which is why Rand wants to practice with a vampire.
The vampires on the opposite side are also elite, and they have racial advantages at night.
Olena and Elsa had been on edge for a long time, ready to take action at any time.
Fortunately, Rand's skills were really good, at least much stronger than the two high-ranking officials of the Sanctuary had imagined. Although he used a one-handed sword, which he was not very good at, he was very strong and his body was relatively flexible.
In the end, he won without any injuries.
"I feel like he's not far from promotion." Elsa reached out and touched Rand's body, then made her judgment.
"Your level is very impressive." Olena praised with her eyebrows curved.
"Haha." Rand put his hands on his hips, very pleased with Elsa's judgment and Olenna's praise.
Rand is really talented. He also read novels in his previous life. If other protagonists came to another world, they would probably not be able to reach Rand's ecological niche in eight years.
Rand just looks weak, but in fact it's just that the people around him are too strong, and as a grand duke his perspective is too broad.
If Rand was just an adventurer, he could almost walk around freely in an earldom.
This is an elite professional who can defeat higher-level professionals. He looks very young and is about to break through to the higher-level professional level.
But unfortunately, Rand's power is growing much faster than his military strength.
It just seems that his military strength is developing slowly.
Rand helped the vampire treat his wounds and then prepared to return to the lord's hall.
Rand deliberately avoided fatal parts, although he didn't know whether a fatal wound to a human would be fatal to a vampire.
I heard that powerful vampires can turn into bats, but Rand has never seen it. It may just be a legend or imagination.
As for why the wound needs to be treated, it is naturally because the Mother Goddess generally does not want dead sacrifices.
On the way back, Lisa appeared mysteriously.
"Your exclusive artifact is almost repaired." Lisa said.
Rand's eyes lit up.
His exclusive artifact is naturally the power armor.
The power armor is very cool and strong, and Rand likes it very much.
But there were various limitations, and the power was only five seconds, until Rand borrowed the White King's permafrost furnace.
After that, it was a battle against a strong orc who was close to the king.
The power armor was severely damaged.
Now it's finally fixed! This makes Rand very excited.
"Where is it? Let me go and take a look."
"Move to your lord's chair," said Lysa, who knew Rand's preferences well.
Rand likes this kind of thing very much, and Rand's giant lord chair can just accommodate this "power armor" as Rand calls it.
Although Lisa prefers to call it the artifact - the Eternal Barrier.
"In short, the problem of vampires is indeed quite serious. If you encounter a situation where you must fight, use power armor. Your strength is already very strong. Even if you don't have power, it won't be too difficult to use power armor." Lisa stretched. It seemed that repairing the power armor also took Lisa a lot of energy.
Lysa squinted her eyes and yawned: "I'm going back to sleep."
After saying that, Lysa disappeared.
Rand quickly returned to the Lord's Hall with two high-ranking officials from the Sanctuary.
The huge marble lord's chair stood in the center at the end of the red carpet, as always, as if it was tailor-made for the legendary giant.
In order to fit the image of the sanctuary, the giant lord's chair has now been decorated, with intricate and exquisite patterns carved on its surface.
Then, there is the three-meter-high power armor sitting on top of it.
It was only two meters high before, but now it is obviously much higher. It must have undergone some modification.
The armor shines with a cold metallic luster and mysterious magical patterns.
The armor sat on the giant lord's chair, just like a giant god sitting on his throne.
Artifact - Eternal Bastion, Rand's power armor.
Rand enters the power armor.
Then, the metal giant stood up.
When you lift your feet and step on the ground, the heavy humming sound of the earth is heard.
Rand climbed out of the power armor: "Finally my artifact is back. I just hope I won't need it again."
"I think you'll be tempted to use it if you get the chance," Elsa commented.
Rand glanced to the side and was seen through.
With a sharp blade in his hand, he was filled with murderous intent. Now that his magic weapon was back, Rand naturally felt a little itchy. However, Rand really did not want to be in a situation where he had to use power armor.
"Ahem, it's very immoral to expose it," Rand said.
Rand is now much stronger than the last time he used the power armor, his skills have improved a lot after training, and he also has Crow Coke as his eyes.
And strength, Rand's strength became stronger.
Just like when he was doing evil experiments before, Rand had already reached the conclusion.
The influence of the power of the gods on this world is getting stronger. Many believers in the Sanctuary have already mastered the skills to use the power of the Mother Goddess to fight when necessary.
As for Rand, the messenger of God, his blessings have also been strengthened to a certain extent.
Whether it was the Black Goat Mother's thirst or the God's seizure of it, even Rand felt that Crow Coke had become stronger.
I just don’t know what the opportunity was for him to be promoted to a higher-level professional.
Senior professionals need to understand their own characteristics. What are Rand's characteristics?
Sacrifice?
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The capital of the Kingdom of Lunsa.
There has been some chaos in the Royal City of Lunsa recently.
Vampires or other hidden things are constantly being discovered and cleansed.
It’s not that the top leaders of the Kingdom of Lensa acquiesced to the purge.
But "Scarlet Night" does have a subtle effect.
Many things were originally reasonable and normal.
But after watching Scarlet Night, some people can't help but wonder if it has something to do with vampires?
Now that a vampire senator has actually appeared in the Kingdom of Lensa, it is even more suspicious.
Therefore, many nobles who watched "Scarlet Night" several times, as well as commoners who were fortunate enough to watch the open-air Scarlet Night.
Many of their memories were awakened.
I didn't think there was anything wrong before, but now I have doubts.
Earl Dandelion also offered a reward for reporting.
So many vampires were found and eliminated.
However, these are no longer the focus of the great nobles of the Kingdom of Lensa.
The war on the southern front is the key point.
There is no way the Coral Principality could truly defeat the Kingdom of Lensa.
But this is viewed from an overall perspective.
From a local perspective, the Coral Principality is still stronger than any territory of the great nobles of the Kingdom of Lensa.
The power of a duchy is often much stronger than that of a grand duke, but the Kingdom of Lensa does not have a grand duke yet. The highest-ranking noble is the earl.
A single earl would definitely not be able to defeat the army of the Coral Principality.
Therefore, the border earls were very worried about the disaster in their territories, and some nobles in the House of Lords had already rushed back to their territories in a hurry.
Count Dandelion was not worried at all. His territory had been invaded by vampires, and he didn't know what the situation was now, so he stayed in the royal city and continued to advance the anti-vampire cause.
Of course, Count Dandelion would not be so tactless as to allow the anti-vampire movement to affect the nobles' return to defend their territories.
The territory of the Kingdom of Lunsa must not be lost.
The current situation in the Royal City of Lensa is indeed somewhat turbulent.
All kinds of monsters and demons have emerged, and even followers of other cults such as the God of Struggle have been discovered. Earl Dandelion plans to clean them up together.
In fact, there are also cultists emerging in the Mother Goddess Cult.
"Why are you taking action at this time?" The missionary of the Torch Church's nascent sect glared at his companions. "It's very chaotic now. I don't know what the hell is going on with those who come out now."
"I am just evil..." The missionary of the Mother Goddess sect was stunned halfway through his words.
He found that he was no longer a cultist, but a missionary of the goddess of harvest and health.
The missionary of the Mother Goddess sect is called Ranta, which is a name given to him by Lord Taran. He joined the Mother Goddess sect and became a believer very early.
At that time, the sanctuary was still called the hideout, and he had attended Lord Rand's cultist lurking course.
Ranta certainly doesn't think he is evil, but he is also very aware that people outside will regard him as a cultist, so he has always abided by the cultists' outdoor activities rules taught by Lord Rand.
As for the fact that the Mother Goddess Sect changed its name to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health at that time, in Ranta's eyes at first, it was just a disguise of cultists.
But now that I think about it carefully, it seems that there is really no need to hide now?
At least we can call ourselves believers of the Goddess of Harvest and Health?
And the goddess of harvest and health can also be called the mother goddess, right?
This reminded Ranta of that morning seven years ago.
After finishing the lurking course, Lord Rand looked at the lesson plan in his hand, looked at all the apprentices, and said something that seemed a little confusing at the time: "We won't live in the shadows forever."
In fact, no one cared about living in the shadow at that time.
Before they met Rand, they didn't even have enough food to eat, and they were at risk of starving to death every winter.
Lord Rand strives to feed all those who are willing to work, and everyone is grateful for that.
As for whether they live in the shadow, it really doesn’t matter at all. They don’t have the opportunity to show up in public, right?
But today, Ranta suddenly recalled what Lord Rand said that day.
He really thought he had forgotten it.
But I didn't expect that I would remember it so clearly.
It was so clear at that time that Lord Rand's expression, tone, and the students sitting beside him, everything was clearly visible.
"What the hell." The missionary of the Torch Church's nascent sect, who was originally elegant and aristocratic, glared and cursed: "The Central Cathedral of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health in the Kingdom of Lunsa is only half built."
"Indeed, it's not evil at all. I'm a missionary under the great Messenger Rand, and a staunch believer in the Goddess of Harvest and Health." Ranta said with some relief.
Perhaps his previous habits as a cultist could not be changed for the time being, but Ranta realized that the current Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health was no longer the same as the Mother Goddess sect of the past.
It was obviously just a nominal change, but as a believer, Ranta really felt the real difference in the experience.
Ranta straightened his back a little and greeted a patrolling city guard from the Kingdom of Lensa.
The city guard was obviously also aware of the Cult of the Goddess of Harvest and Health, and nodded to Ranta.
Ranta smiled and said a blessing according to the health code of the Goddess of Harvest and Health: "May you be free from disease."
"Oh my god, I almost don't recognize you." After the city guard walked away, the missionary of the Torch Church's nascent sect looked at Ranta and joked.
"Hahahaha." Ranta laughed loudly, his laughter was quite bandit-like, which was also influenced by Lord Taran.
"So what were you planning to do today?" asked the Torch Church's fledgling missionary.
"Warfare Compulsory Course 3: Don't just look at the surface. Unreasonable things must have reasonable reasons behind them." Ranta recited seriously: "The Coral Principality's attack on the Kingdom of Lunsa is very unreasonable. So maybe, in fact, the Coral Principality's attack on the Kingdom of Lunsa is just part of a certain plan? Maybe their goal is to attack the royal city, or Lord Rand's Lunar Dukedom?"
"I plan to investigate," Ranta whispered.
(End of this chapter)