Chapter 638 The Disaster Has Already Arrived
Rand's prestige in this world is already very high.
The kings and nobles of this world always subconsciously ignore Rand's young face, otherwise they will not be able to match Rand's face with his deeds.
And if that's the case, Rand isn't that young, is he? When Rand first participated in the Frost Moon Kingdom's civil war, he looked to be in his twenties. He should be in his thirties now?
But Rand always had the appearance of a young man.
This can only make everyone believe that Rand should be a senior professional or the most senior professional. This is also difficult to understand. Can Rand spare so much time to hone his combat skills while handling government affairs?
Such good talent.
Fortunately, there were two more exaggerated geniuses ahead of Rand, the White King Boran and the Red King Karin, which prevented Rand from being too shocking or being envied.
Of course, there are also many people who are jealous and hate Rand.
These people certainly would not trust Rand's warnings and advice.
For example, regarding the plague.
As everyone knows, Rand himself holds the position of the chief of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health.
Now that Rand has eliminated most of the opponents in the Kingdom of Bolen, he has begun to promote conspiracy theories about the plague. What is he trying to do?
Does he want all countries to accept the control of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health like the nobles of his Moon Kingdom?
Although everyone admits that both a good harvest and health are needed by everyone.
But if the price is to be controlled by Rand, then they cannot accept it. How many years have the nobles and the royal family been suppressed by the Torch Church?
Now we have finally gotten rid of it, but now the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health is coming to pressure us?
And the Torch Church is also showing signs of recovery.
Many nobles simply could not tolerate having their power restricted.
And they didn't think the plague Rand was talking about was a big deal at all.
The poison of the dead had caused great harm before, because there were still many remnants of the Scourge Cult who could poison everywhere, but now, the City of the Dead had been destroyed.
Then even if there is a small amount of plague, there is no need to worry at all. All you need to do is kill the people or beasts infected with the plague.
They even have to doubt that if a plague really occurs, it may be a means for Rand to expand his power, and the plague may not be caused by Rand.
Many people understand the principle of keeping the enemy at bay to protect themselves.
If there were no sufficiently threatening plague or famine, the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health in Rand would only have enough influence within the sphere of influence of Rand's Moon Kingdom.
The Torch Church has only grown to its past size because of the evil threats that have always existed in the darkness.
Last time, because of the poison of the dead, Rand had an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, which has made many of Rand's opponents feel difficult.
Anyone who is unwilling to believe Rand has reason to suspect that Rand has ulterior motives.
But now, they finally felt something different.
At first, only a few villages had infected people, and it wasn't as if the nobles had turned a deaf ear to Rand's words.
But it’s all small-scale, rural.
Thanks to the more or less effective Codex of Health, these small-scale plagues were quickly discovered and dealt with by the nobles.
This made them even more dismissive of Rand's warning.
But soon, the first rat with festering bodies appeared on the outskirts of the human city.
The mice moved through the dense grass, crossed the woods, crossed the ridges of the fields, and climbed up the rugged but "skinny" city walls.
The rat's festering body reached the surface of the city wall.
Standing on top of the fairly tall city wall, the rats were already taller than most of the buildings in the city, let alone humans.
The mouse's cloudy eyes had almost no vision left, and it could only smell the sweet scent of food.
Rats crawled past the feet of the wall guards.
The guards on the city wall were dozing off, and the rat was so small that it would not easily attract attention.
But because he dozed off, the torch in his hand fell to the ground.
The torch fell on the ground of the city wall, the leaping sparks were like spurting blood, and the trembling tongues of fire were like the devil's claws, which climbed towards the mouse, but were easily blown back by the wind on the city wall.
The noise frightened the mouse, and it ran on its festering claws and jumped down from the wall.
The guard who had regained consciousness at this time simply picked up the torch again. It seemed that something had just run past him, but it was unimportant, as it was just a creature like a mouse or a squirrel.
This kind of thing is very common at night and there is nothing special about it.
The rat fell to the ground in the city. Such a height killed the rat whose body was already festering. But soon, the dead rat's cloudy eyes opened again, and faint green flames appeared in its eyes.
With its bones broken and its internal organs ripped apart, the rat stood up again and crawled towards the sewers in the city.
Soon, the dead rat will encounter a human who is dumping garbage in the gutter, or a ratman who takes over the dirty work.
Then, the remaining plague will spread.
…
The Dragonblood Falcon Knight, Rand's messenger, explains Rand's strategy to the King of the Lionheart Kingdom.
"But the real problem is not the difficulty of the plague, but the fact that we can only sit back and watch the situation develop without being able to do anything." The messenger said, "Now it is obvious that those who are trying to spread the plague have consciously gathered troops to try to divide our forces."
The King of Lionheart asked, "What does King Rand suggest?"
"The suggestion is very simple, that is to strictly abide by the Holy Code of Health. We have revised the Holy Code of Health, and we hope that Your Majesty will require the country's nobles and civilians to strictly abide by it." The messenger presented the revised Holy Code of Health to King Lionheart.
The Health Code was relatively complete in the past, and the revision only added some measures to deal with extreme situations, as well as some targeted suggestions for the current epidemic.
King Lionheart was quite familiar with the Holy Codex of Health. He finished flipping through it in a short while and understood the revised contents. "The seriousness of the situation has already begun to show, but... although I have no intention of questioning King Rand's judgment and plan, I want to say that not all nobles are willing to obey. I am the king, but my instructions to the country are not absolute."
Putting aside the classic theory that my vassal's vassal is not my vassal, the power of the king is certainly limited.
The king in this era was equivalent to the company's largest shareholder, and the king's words carried a lot of weight, but were obviously not absolute.
And now, Rand's suggestion is obviously to require the Lionheart Kingdom to completely transform into a country that obeys the teachings of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health in everything.
what does that mean?
This meant that the Lionheart Kingdom changed from a secular country to a country with a strong church character.
In the process of following the Holy Code of Health, the national politics of the Lionheart Kingdom will inevitably be influenced by the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health.
This influence is even more unbearable than that of the Torch Church, because Rand is a secular king, not a mere pope.
This is of a completely different nature.
"Your Majesty Rand has anticipated this. The Holy Code of Health does not have to be issued in the name of the Church of Righteousness. The great goddess of harvest and health is a loving god. Even if we do not believe in her and do not know her name, as long as we are willing to abide by her teachings, her divine power will protect us." said the messenger.
It was not issued in the name of the Holy Code of Health, which indeed made its implementation much simpler. Although knowledgeable nobles and commoners could still realize what it was, at least there was a fig leaf.
The King of the Lionheart Kingdom fully believes the severity of the current plague.
If he were in Rand's position, he would be ecstatic and do his best to expand the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health while fighting the plague.
I didn't expect Rand to come up with such a plan. Rand is actually willing to make concessions on expansion?
Such concessions have very little impact on the actual situation.
When the time comes when the Holy Book of Health and the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health are really needed to fight the plague, the influence of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health will not be reduced much.
But Rand really thought about this...
This is not a good thing.
This means that in Rand's judgment, fighting the enemy takes higher priority than expanding power and faith.
And this means that the enemy is even more terrifying.
"Does Rand know something?" King Lionheart said seriously.
The messenger was stunned for a moment before he understood what King Lionheart meant. Did he realize so quickly what His Majesty Rand's concession meant?
Although even if the situation is not serious, Rand always puts the overall situation first.
But it does mean something.
"We suspect that the Scourge Apostle had a conscious influence on all this."
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The King of the Lionheart Kingdom finally issued an order to obey the Holy Book of Health and sent manpower and resources to build more churches for the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health.
And just a few weeks after the King of the Lionheart Kingdom issued the order.
The Lionheart Kingdom received the news.
In the far south, plagues broke out in several large cities in several countries.
"According to these countries, the situation is still under control, but support is needed." The King of the Lionheart Kingdom listened to the report.
"What support do you need?" asked King Lionheart.
"We need to send people to help deal with the roaming plague infected people and the undead army that has begun to take shape."
"Then reply. It is impossible to send anyone and we can't even protect ourselves." King Lionheart replied.
"The war is about to come." Rand's messenger is still here and has not returned.
"I hope our preparations will be of some use," said King Lionheart.
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Of course, Rand also received the intelligence. Since he realized that the undead might intercept the messenger, Rand arranged a vibration communication device to cross the dangerous sections, and the dangerous problem of sending the letter was quickly resolved.
Rand also finished reading the report quickly.
"To use the terminology from my hometown, now the version has been updated," Rand said with a smile.
"What does this mean?" Olenna asked, while Ellie blinked and listened.
"Today, this world has a major update. The Scourge DLC has been launched. The chaos of the human camp has increased by 100, the stealth of the Scourge has increased by 100, and the Scourge Cult has added soldiers such as Plague Prophet, Skaven Fester, Rat Legion, Rat Ball, and Plague enchants to the weapons of the Undead Legion."
Olenna and Ellie basically understood what it meant, that the undead had added more troops.
And since Rand has also developed some board games, they can now understand the meaning of version updates.
But this is really not good news, so I can only smile bitterly.
"But we are not completely at a disadvantage. Humans have also updated the enhanced version of the White King's Guards, added vibration transmission devices, a large number of armored legions, a large number of disposable magic weapons, a dragon blood eagle legion, and the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health."
This is Rand boasting about his own influence.
Ellie rolled her eyes, while Olenna covered her mouth with her hands to laugh.
In fact, two more kings were added, the White King and the Crimson King. If it weren't for Rand, the new king of the human world would not be born until much later, and Rand didn't know who he was.
Now, Rand felt that Elsa was not far from becoming the king.
As for Lysa, if there was no Rand in this world, then Lysa would probably be the one to suffer in the end?
Rand wasn't actually too sure about Lysa's attitude towards this world.
And it's clear that Lysa's powers are, as she herself says, very limited.
In short, Rand's influence on the world is now truly revealed.
Since Rand came to this world, he has never really given up, but has been actively making progress.
So now Rand is no longer a small figure who goes with the flow, but is influencing the overall situation as a chess player.
…
While Rand was chatting and joking with the two beauties after work, the New Holy City was in chaos.
Back then, the New Holy City, which had seized part of the profits from the magic gold mines, was full of complacency in the early days of the split.
At the time of the split, the New Holy City truly believed that they were the future of the Torch Church.
But things took a turn for the worse since we started dealing with the Newborns.
First, they suffered heavy casualties, and then Rand actually sent people to the New Holy City and took away a large number of laborers, which directly affected the construction progress of the New Holy City.
What’s more serious is that the prestige of the New Holy City has suffered a huge impact.
This dealt a serious setback to the New Holy City's money-making business.
This was a huge humiliation and it also blocked someone's financial path. The New Holy City almost collapsed because of it.
Fortunately, the new Grand Knight they selected as a stopgap measure turned out to be much more capable than they had imagined.
It can even be said that he is much more powerful than the original Grand Knight.
Thanks to the governance of the old new Grand Knight, the New Holy City was able to get a chance to breathe. Unfortunately, it later intervened in the war between the Kingdom of Boren and Rand, resulting in the loss of some personnel.
At present, the New Holy City is still relatively good, but it seems that there are fewer and fewer clergymen pursuing utilitarianism, and no one knows what is going on.
This phenomenon made the Knight Commanders somewhat worried, but since other Paladins were not greedy for money, they could be more greedy.
Originally, he had to share a large amount of profits with his subordinates, but now he can enrich himself more and more.
Faced with the increasing wealth, the knights decided not to think about this issue.
(End of this chapter)
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