Chapter 98 Ability Test! (Big chapter! Third update, fourth update!)

The fourth prince's heart was dancing.

Because no one has noticed him yet, and his plan has been implemented for the most part.

The Frost Moon Kingdom has been plunged into great chaos due to the invasion of the God of Struggle's followers, and the nobles are still divided into two factions and fighting each other.

Now that they know the situation in their own territory, will they choose to retreat or continue to participate in the conflict? The fourth prince adjusted his luxurious gilded dress in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling bronze mirror, then poured the aged wine produced by the royal estate into the wine glass and drank it all.

Only the royal family and some great nobles are qualified to enjoy royal craft brew. Although he is just an illegitimate child, at present, the royal specifications have never been less.

Although his brothers ignored him, at least they didn't specifically target him.

However, these days are coming to an end.

Although it was the God of Struggle sect that came to him, at this time, he was actually controlling the followers of the God of Struggle in disguise.

At least the internal intelligence he provided about the Frost Moon Kingdom was biased.

He also has a group of mercenaries that he bought with money and are usually useless. If the plan goes well, then one of his brothers will be exposed to the attack.

…

Rand didn't know whether to laugh now.

As it turned out, he was really lucky to have met his superior, the Count of Black and Brown. Just when the 5th Legion began to train the infantry in order to slightly improve their combat effectiveness, waves of military reports were sent over from the surrounding areas.

The fact, in short, is that the facts have proved that the political and military levels of the nobles are quite uneven. The Second Prince has a total of five legions. The 2nd Legion was disbanded and is now mixed with the 5th Legion.

The 4th Army was completely defeated and its commander was missing. The 1st and 3rd Army were intact, and the 1st Army defeated the 5th Army of the Three Princes.

All in all, the two factions are about the same.

But that was before. Ever since the incident of the God of Struggle invading the territory, the 3rd Legion decisively chose to return to defend. The entire legion withdrew from the front line. The remaining legions were all holding on, but their morale seemed to be unsettled, and their combat effectiveness was estimated to have been greatly reduced.

However, due to the current battle record, Rand finally gained enough trust. The Mage Corps and the Elite Knights do exist, but their exact locations are unknown. Even if Rand knew, he would not be able to command them, so he does not care much.

As for what the Second Prince thought about the choice of these legions, no one cared.

The Frost Moon Kingdom is a standard feudal monarchy country where the royal family and the nobility rule together, but in essence, it is a cooperative relationship between major shareholders and minor shareholders. Except for the relationship between vassals and feudal lords, the relationship between superiors and subordinates is not very strict.

In short, whether the royal family can command nobles outside the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, or to what extent they can command and give orders, basically depends on their prestige.

If an old king with high prestige were to come, he might be able to unify all the legions and then decide how to deal with this problem like the 5th Legion did. However, the current Second Prince is just a tool for the Second Prince's faction to fight for interests.

Perhaps after the civil war is over and the Second Prince's faction wins, the Second Prince will have enough prestige after becoming king for many years. But now, the nobles are willing to respect him on the surface and let him participate in military meetings because of the power of his in-laws.

But the situation should not be too bad. Rand recalled the only time he saw the Second Prince in the Black and Brown City. At least the Second Prince's level should not be too bad. Although several legions are in chaos, they will not collapse in theory.

The problem is that the 5th Legion is handling this matter too quickly and needs to wait for friendly forces, otherwise the 5th Legion will be alone in the deep. Rand is not in a hurry.

The 5th Legion was not short of food at the moment. Based on the principle that the more people there were, the weaker their combat effectiveness, Rand had sent away a considerable number of serfs and peasant conscripts who were useless and would only be a burden.

It is also because of this that Rand does not have to be too anxious, because the problem of food and grass has been greatly alleviated. In addition to the gains from previous looting, he will basically not encounter the problem of food and grass shortage again.

Therefore, Rand was able to arrange for Taner to train the soldiers. It should be noted that once the training began, food consumption would increase sharply.

But now, Rand wants to try out the new abilities he had acquired before.

Rand

Gender: Male Blessing 4: God Takes It (Single)

】(Expanded)

Ever since he acquired this ability, he has been troubled by various things. He had worked overtime for several days in order to attack Rand. Now it seems that the friendly forces are even worse, so there is no need to be so anxious.

In fact, Rand expected that the disaster caused by the God of Struggle would be more serious in the Third Princes' faction, but the military report from the Third Princes' faction had not yet been delivered, so the specific situation was unknown.

Now is a good time to test the effect of Blessing 4.

Rand found a mouse. In fact, Rand could have found a prisoner who had committed a heinous crime to conduct the experiment, but the mention of the experiment reminded Rand of his time as a college student in his previous life.

College students naturally need to use mice when doing experiments!

So he asked Lisa to catch a mouse, but unfortunately it was not white, and its genetic characteristics were obviously unstable, but none of this mattered.

He doesn't have to write any data or papers now.

Lysa seemed happy to have caught a mouse. Rand looked at her in confusion. Lysa felt Rand's gaze and immediately understood: "Meow?"

Come on, come on, Rand wiped the sweat from his forehead. He felt that he was not far from being unable to resist and attacking Lisa.

He can now basically confirm that Lisa is clean, but he still needs to prepare himself mentally before attacking the pervert. Moreover, due to the triple exploitation of Ellie, Olenna and Elsa during this period, although he is not physically weak, he is still a little weak mentally.

It seems like it’s time to develop wolfberry tea.

Rand looked at the tied-up mouse. He was very familiar with the way the mouse was tied up. It was the same method he used to tie up Lysa every day. It seemed that Lysa had learned it thoroughly.

I think this mouse is also wind...

Although all of Rand's abilities and blessings do not require any actions, Rand still habitually snaps his fingers when he is not in a hurry.

Nothing has changed.

emm……

Following the habit of the God of Struggle, Rand touched the mouse's fur with his fingers and tried to activate Blessing 4 again.

With the sound of snapping fingers on his other hand, Rand suddenly felt that he could control the mouse's body for a moment.

But it was only for a brief moment. This very brief moment only stopped the mouse's tied body from struggling for a while, and then there was no effect.

Rand quickly figured out how to use it. It happened to be used in conjunction with Blessing 3. Blessing 3 required the other party's consent to take the flesh and blood, and Blessing 4 seemed to be able to make the other party agree.

Isn’t this a magical skill!

Soon Rand realized that he had overthought. The stinginess of this god of struggle was exactly the same as that of the goddess of abundance.

Maybe all gods are so stingy.

It turns out that Blessing 3, Blessing 4 and Blessing 2 are all active skills. Only one active skill can be released at a time. When releasing Blessing 3, Blessing 4 cannot be used. Similarly, when using Blessing 4, Blessing 3 cannot be used.

This is totally different from Blessing 1 and Blessing 2 which can form a perfect combo.

What's the use of this! Furious! However, Rand didn't pay anything to get the blessing 4, so he didn't ask for too much.

Maybe it will evolve in the future and form a combination of skills like the blessing of the goddess of abundance? At that time, it will be the natural enemy of flesh and blood creatures.

Unfortunately, this blessing is really bad now. Not only can it not be used at the same time as Blessing 3, Greed of the God of Struggle, but it also has the same problem of long CD as Blessing 2.

I can only wait until the CD is ready and try again.

At this time, Olenna walked in and said, "Tan'er has something to report."

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Rand signaled to Lysa to deal with the seductively tied rat, and then followed Olenna to see Tanr.

Taner is always accompanied by a tall and thin man, who seems to be the adjutant he wants to train. However, Rand did not ask about these things. Just as Taner thought, Rand trusted Taner very much.

Taner didn't mention what he wanted to do, and Rand seldom asked about it. The hideout was very short of talent right now, and if Taner could train a suitable adjutant to help him share the pressure, Rand would be happy to see it.

At this time, Taner nudged Fenris, the Torch Church messenger beside him, with his elbow. Fenris looked up helplessly and saluted Rand, introducing himself: "Lord Rand, I am the adjutant of Lord Taner. Fenris, may I ask if you need a Torch Church ritual vessel?"

Rand frowned and nodded: "Yes, do you have any idea?"

Fenris poked Tanr with his elbow again. With his current status, he had no right to ask Rand what he wanted to do with the ritual vessel, but Rand's sudden need for the ritual vessel made him feel very strange as a loyal messenger of the Torch Church.

Seeing that Taner didn't respond, he poked Taner next to him with his elbow.

Taner was somewhat helpless. He actually trusted Rand very much. He was too lazy to know why Rand needed the ritual vessel, but high-level ritual vessels were too rare. Currently, only Fenris knew which Torch Church church nearby had one.

Fenris had never caused him any trouble since he found him, so he didn't want to force Fenris to tell.

Seeing that Fenris had been telling him clearly, Taner had no choice but to speak: "Rand, may I ask what we are going to do with the high-level ritual vessels? Are we going to use them to deal with the followers of the God of Struggle?"

Rand nodded. "Yes! Since so many followers of the God of Struggle have entered the Frost Moon Kingdom, there are likely to be very high-level followers. It would be much more convenient if we could have the high-level ritual vessels of the Torch Church."

As for the plan to deal with the fourth prince, it is still a matter of speculation. Rand did not say it out loud. If he got it right, it would be pretentious, but if he was wrong, it would be really embarrassing.

So Rand didn't mention the matter of the Fourth Prince now, but just pointed out the obvious problem.

Since so many God of Struggle believers have come, it is very likely that there will be high-level believers among them, and there may even be top-level professional God of Struggle believers.

However, the God of Struggle sect should not have a "king", so there is no need to be particularly afraid.

Hearing this answer, Fenris murmured in his heart. He didn't have any special prejudice against this Rand messenger. In fact, he had followed Taner for a long time and had found him when he was a mercenary in Black and Brown City.

Later, he stayed in a hideout for a period of time and participated in the war.

It has to be admitted that Rand did not have any real cult operations and everything was so normal, but Fenris was unwilling to admit it in his heart.

Like Taner, he is a lucky man chosen by the Torch Church. After he grew up, he became a messenger and traveled around. He highly respected the Torch Church. A world without the Torch Church would definitely be dim and gloomy.

The land of faith will also be occupied by those evil cults.

However, this sect of the Goddess of Fertility is too unlike a sect. It is not only unlike a cult, but it does not even seem to have a religious system. If he were Rand, he would divide the levels of church members.

Just like the Torch Church, there are different levels such as ordinary believers, senior believers, bishops, cardinals, etc., and there are different divisions of labor, but the current Goddess of Abundance sect does not seem to have these things.

The teachings of the Cult of the Goddess of Plenty are even stranger, but they are quite practical; we might as well call it the Cult of Pragmatism.

Fenris complained in his heart for a while, then said, "Yes, sir, we have found the location of the high-level ritual vessels of the Torch Church."

As he spoke, Fenris pointed out a location on the rough map on the table: "There are high-level ritual vessels enshrined in the Torch Church church here. If you need them, you can go and ask for them."

After thinking for a while, Fenris was worried that Rand would send people to rob it directly. After all, it was the property of the church. Then he added hesitantly: "I can help to get it! There is no need to trouble you to go in person."

Rand raised his eyebrows and agreed, "Thank you for your hard work."

Having said that, Rand signaled Fenris that he could leave, as he and Tanr still had something to talk about.

After Fenris left, Rand waited for a while, even poking his head out of the tent to look around, before returning to Taner and whispering, "I suspect this Fenris is a traitor in the Torch Church. You better be careful!"

Taner's heart was in turmoil, but his excellent inner qualities made him remain calm. He suspected that Rand was tapping from the side and wondered if he was also an inner spy. However, he spoke calmly: "Did the Lord Messenger of God discover anything? Why are you so suspicious?"

In Rand's eyes, although Taner was mature and steady, and his use of troops was also intelligent, he looked foolish after all. It might be that his mind was not easy to change, and he was easily gullible. Therefore, he explained: "At this time, he was able to find the ritual vessels of the Torch Church. Isn't it strange?"

"And when he spoke, I always felt that he was standing on the side of the Torch Church. At least he must be very supportive of the Torch Church."

Rand recalled and continued to analyze, "Besides, he has been to the den with you. He must know that although we are a holy religion, we are a bit like a cult in the eyes of outsiders."

"But as someone who admires the Torch Church so much, he still hasn't expressed any dissatisfaction and is willing to serve the den."

It was obvious now that Rand did not think he had the charisma to win over a Torchlight Church member.

"Anyway, just be careful. I'm just skeptical! If you think it's okay, just keep using it."

Taner nodded dully with his tall figure. The good news was that he was not suspected, and Rand's words were not harsh. He did not have to sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice, although Fenris was not very close to him either.

The bad news is that it seems that the difficulty of trying to get Fenris to abandon the light and join the dark has increased.

Another four chapters completed! (End of this chapter)