Chapter 561: War always comes unexpectedly
Summer of the 338th year of the Holy Calendar.
Just when Bolan made a lot of preparations to deal with Lisa who might appear at any time.
Because of a sudden assassination, the war between the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Frost Moon began directly.
Of course, it was not Rand who was assassinated. With the Berlan version of Ellie by his side, Rand was very safe.
The person assassinated was the current king of the Frostmoon Kingdom, Marcus Thorn.
Rand received Marcus' letter as soon as possible. Marcus said that he could be "dead" for a while. Of course, the statement to the outside world would definitely not be a confirmation of death, after all, he would be resurrected later.
The current situation is that the king of the Frost Moon Kingdom was assassinated and his life or death is unknown.
This reassured Rand.
Marcus is okay, that's a good thing.
But another bad thing happened.
That is, if Marcus pretends to be dead, the first person in charge of the Frost Moon Kingdom will be him, the Hand of the King, Rand Nicholas.
To be honest, the assassination of Marcus gave the Frost Moon Kingdom a good excuse to start a war, and the assassins were quickly caught. After interrogation, they were found to be former subordinates of the Azure King, some vampires with good combat capabilities.
All we can say is that Marcus has good personal fighting skills, and he is not unprepared, otherwise it would be really dangerous.
Further interrogation revealed that this was a conspiracy by the Kingdom of Bolen.
To be honest, the judgment is not bad.
King Marcus is indeed one of the most assassinable figures in the Frost Moon Kingdom.
The prosperity of the Frostmoon Kingdom today, in addition to Rand's reasons, is also largely due to the governance of King Marcus.
Marcus was a wise king.
His policies are often concise and efficient, and they do not change overnight.
He himself also enjoys a very high prestige in the country.
Rand was able to concentrate so much on fighting the Kingdom of Bollen, and King Marcus's stewardship of domestic affairs was absolutely indispensable.
To be honest, the Kingdom of Bollen is very confused as to why King Marcus supports Rand so firmly, and why Rand can trust Marcus so much?
Wouldn't King Marcus be worried that Rand would become too powerful to be controlled, and even affect King Marcus's authority? Wouldn't Rand be worried about being stabbed in the back by Marcus? It's hard to understand.
But it doesn't matter.
No matter what the reason behind this is, as long as the assassination is successful, King Marcus and the Frost Moon Kingdom will fall into chaos in a short period of time.
After all, it is obvious that although Rand has a high status, there is still a huge gap between him and the king.
Once the king dies, Rand will have to consider what the next king's attitude will be towards him and how to deal with the chaos before the new king ascends the throne. This is the opportunity for the Kingdom of Bolen.
Rand's comment on this is that there seems to be nothing wrong with the logic.
That's the theory.
It is highly unacceptable for countries to assassinate each other's kings, but given the relationship between the Kingdom of Borun and the Kingdom of Frost Moon..., it can only be said that the Kingdom of Borun probably can no longer care too much.
The Kingdom of Bolen actually only wants to deal with Rand, but they are also now very clear that if they want to deal with Rand, they cannot just deal with Rand.
All that can be said is that they underestimated King Marcus's personal strength and vigilance.
And Rand's position in the Frost Moon Kingdom.
The nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom are very noisy, and the kingdom is not united, but if Rand is really willing to take the lead.
Then we can only say that Rand's identity as the Hand of the King is well deserved.
"Ahhh, I'm so busy." There were piles of documents in front of Rand's desk, and every once in a while, someone would come in to report.
This is what happened when Marcus pretended to be dead.
But after suffering a vicious assassination attempt, Marcus decided to play dead to give himself a holiday, so Rand had to be very busy.
To use Marcus's original words in the letter, let the evil and lazy Rand taste the hardships that Marcus had suffered.
Bolan sat next to Rand, and she was at ease, whether it was receiving visitors, handling documents, or giving advice to Rand's problems.
Rand had no direct experience in governing a country.
But Bolan was a king himself, and he was very familiar with how to govern a country.
She has always been such a person to govern a country, and she is not lazy like Marcus or Rand.
When it comes to dealing with Rand's family affairs, Bolan has no experience and is walking on thin ice, and he has no experience in handling the politics, economy, culture, and military of the entire country.
Nabolan really handled it with ease.
"There won't be fewer complaints." Bolan handed Rand the document with the suggestions.
In fact, judging from obligations and regulations, Rand cannot let the King of the White Kingdom review the domestic affairs of the Frost Moon Kingdom.
In serious cases, it can be considered an act of treason.
But Rand felt that he didn't know what had happened to his wife, the fictitious body-swap thing.
This kind of thing sounds impossible.
How could a body swap happen? And even if it did happen, Bolan is not an outsider, right?
Anyway, Rand did not refuse Bolan's assistance.
In the office of the holiday villa, the faint smoke of burning incense lingered between the brown-gold-haired girl and the black-haired young man who were quietly flipping through documents. There were a large number of documents on the sandalwood desk, which was not expensive but of good quality.
Rand took the document with Berlan's suggestions, thought about them and made comments based on them.
In the distance, four or five days and nights away from here, is the Frost Moon Royal City.
The ministers of the Frost Moon Kingdom, who had already returned to the royal city, have set out again, heading for the holiday villa.
The war horses of their personal guards neighed, and the knights' eyes were fierce, and they seemed unaware of the hot climate.
And those great nobles and small nobles who returned to their territories.
Troops have been recruited from all over the country and legions have been formed.
Under the hot summer sky, on the King's Road, the Specialty Road, or some small roads, the army gathered and marched, casting long shadows on the road, winding like long snakes, lingering on the land of the unstable country of the Frost Moon Kingdom.
Rand lit the candles. Although he could also use the ruins lights, the candles added more atmosphere at this time.
"Oleanna will be here to help soon, just be patient." Bolan said helplessly.
This level of workload is normal for her, but it seems that Rand is not very adaptable.
It seems that Rand is not omnipotent. At least Rand seems to be unable to stand handling official documents in one place all the time.
But there is nothing wrong with this, different leaders have different ways of doing things.
For someone like Rand, all he has to do is hand things over to the people below him.
And Rand also has enough trustworthy and capable subordinates, such as the high-level officials of the Sanctuary.
After it was completely dark outside, Rand turned on the ruins lights for auxiliary lighting. Otherwise, the candlelight alone would not be bright enough and could easily be harmful to the eyes. Although Rand didn't care about vision loss at all, Ellie might need to protect her eyes.
Olenna entered the office, bringing with her some washed fruits.
After entering the office, he looked at "Ellie" who looked normal and Rand who looked depressed, and smiled helplessly.
That's what Rand is like.
It’s not that Rand can’t handle this amount of work, it’s just that Rand hates going to work, and if he keeps going to work he will become like this.
In Rand's own words, it will become very "class"-like.
Olenna fed Rand a piece of fruit, then looked at "Ellie". Berlan said she didn't need to be fed and took a piece to taste.
Rand enjoyed Olenna's feeding with peace of mind, and his exhausted breath recovered a lot.
Then Olenna sat on the other side of Rand and began to help Rand handle official business.
Olenna has been Rand's secretary for many years and is very familiar with these government affairs. Now she is just under more pressure, but she still has "Ellie" to share the burden.
Olenna is very smart and thoughtful.
In fact, in terms of ability alone, these high-level Sanctuary officials around Rand, together with Rand, can form a real government.
But this world doesn't just look at ability.
However, Ellie's ability to handle government affairs has improved a lot. It seems that she got some training in the White Kingdom.
Handling official business until late at night.
The three of them went to wash up together and then rested.
Olenna wouldn't mind sleeping with Rand and Ellie if she didn't do anything weird.
Rand, "Ellie", and Olenna are a family in a sense.
This meaning is different from the meaning between Rand and other high-level officials in the Sanctuary.
Wake up the next day and continue working.
Rand will be busy until the ministers arrive at the holiday resort. At that time, with the assistance of the ministers and some government staff such as clerks and secretaries, Rand's workload will be reduced a lot.
Of course, the overall workload will definitely increase slowly.
After all, the war has not really started yet, it is just a declaration of war.
When a real war breaks out, Rand will be needed to deal with military issues. By that time... I guess he won't be able to rest.
"You are so mean, Marcus..." Rand muttered in his heart.
I can only say that it was really bad luck that gave Marcus the opportunity to pretend to be dead.
And the assassination of Marcus could indeed be a reason for a war, although in fact there is no need for any reason to go to war between the Frost Moon Kingdom and the Borun Kingdom now.
The two sides have never reconciled, and it has always been a truce relationship, not a peace relationship.
…
The atmosphere at the resort became much more serious because of the impending war.
But overall everyone was quite relaxed.
Rand's territory suffered many offensive and defensive battles.
But ever since Rand obtained the title of earl, the core area of the holiday villa has never been truly disturbed by war.
The resort is always peaceful.
This is also an aspect of Rand's efforts to develop cultural publicity strategy.
In Rand's propaganda, the resort has always been a peaceful place that is not affected by war. It has delicious food, beautiful scenery, a full range of commodities, and complete infrastructure.
Now Rand no longer directly promotes this point, as the effect of such direct publicity is not very good.
Rand's strategy now is to use the new-age "drama" shot by the crystal - which is actually an immature version of the movie, to indirectly influence people's cognition and make everyone realize that the holiday villa is a piece of land worth yearning for.
Many of the new era photo-taking “dramas” are like this.
There are many scenes and plots that mention, either explicitly or implicitly, the existence of a desirable paradise.
Over time, it will naturally have a certain degree of impact.
Moreover, the new-age "drama" captured by these photographic crystals produced by the resort is itself very popular and profitable.
By doing this, Rand will not only not lose money on publicity funds, but will also make money on publicity funds and even benefit other industries.
This has always been Rand's philosophy on economic and cultural development.
Perhaps it can also be called Rand political economics? At least Ms. Boland was deeply influenced by Rand's theory, which led to some changes in the White Country.
And the Adventurers Association of the resort.
Some adventurers who are still young but no longer naive are gathering together to prepare and discuss.
They are the Sunlight Adventurers - the adventurers who made outstanding contributions during the Grand Duke Vladimir's sacrifice and the orc invasion war.
Thanks to Rand's treatment and care, their wounded have regained their fighting capacity.
Although the teammate who died in battle can never be resurrected.
Now they have been training in the holiday villa for some time, after reviewing their previous adventures.
Their fighting power has become stronger.
As adventurers, they will not stay in one place forever, they will embark on new adventures.
For many adventurers, adventure is just a job and a way of making a living. They don't want to take risks at all, but they have no other choice, or the other choices are simply worse.
But the Sunshine Adventurer Team still has a goal in mind.
The destruction of Grand Duke Vladimir's conspiracy was accomplished by Lord Land, but because they also made a lot of contributions in it, they also received a part of the bounty.
After receiving the news from the Torch Goddess, Rand issued a new bounty.
Although the evil vampire demigod has temporarily stopped influencing our world.
But there is other darkness in this world, and this darkness is already approaching.
Rand issues quests, asking adventurers who accept the quests to investigate things that may cause serious problems, including but not limited to plagues, extreme weather, and cultists.
Of course, Rand also prepared a generous reward.
As for Rand himself, he will focus on the next war.
During the last civil war in the Frost Moon Kingdom, Rand was just an infantry commander under the command of the Black and Brown Marquis.
During the last civil war in the Frostmoon Kingdom, Rand, as the Earl, directly commanded his own and his allies' armies, decided the outcome of the war, and transformed the Frostmoon Kingdom into its current political structure.
And now.
As the Hand of the King of the Frostmoon Kingdom and now the Commander-in-Chief of the Frostmoon Kingdom's army, Rand will lead all the troops dispatched by the Frostmoon Kingdom this time to declare war on the evil, cruel, and immoral Kingdom of Borun.
(End of this chapter)
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