From a distance, the Crescent Castle has a fairy-tale beauty.

But a closer look reveals that the castle is shabby and simple.

The castle covers a large area of ​​more than 200 acres.

There are three types of building materials: rammed earth, wood, and white stone.

Rammed earth formed the main body of the outermost retaining wall, while wood was used to build various auxiliary buildings, such as sentry towers, anti-climbing spikes, warehouses, barracks, servants' quarters, etc.

The only stone building in the castle was built with the most precious white stone.

It is a single-story long house with stone walls and a wooden roof.

This is the lord's residence, and probably the only stone building on the entire Beluga Island.

When Rosen was surrounded by warriors and walked towards the lord's longhouse, he found the ground was particularly dirty.

The black mud was covered with rotten vegetable leaves, livestock and human feces, and a lot of indescribable household garbage.

In many areas, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs and other livestock are semi-free-range. When they are driven around, they quack and run around, leaving behind many hot little gifts.

Naturally, the air was also filled with a strange smell composed of sweat and mud.

But at this time, Rosen had no time to care about these details that were irrelevant to the overall situation.

The threat posed by the forest spirits has reached a very urgent situation, and the White Sturgeon Island is only a small island with a radius of sixty to seventy kilometers, with basically no strategic buffer space.

Therefore, the current situation is still very dangerous.

He must be fast and race against time.

Complete the next step of the arrangement before the forest spirit reacts.

He strode into the lord's long house, which led to a stepped hall.

Divided into three stages.

The bottom step is the most spacious and has the lowest ground level, and is where civilians stand during daily audiences.

There are two long vertical tables against the walls on the left and right sides of the second step, with a heating pit in the middle. These are the seats for knights and distinguished guests.

The third level was the highest, and at the top was a high-backed chair covered with black bear fur, which was naturally the lord's seat.

There are many steps on the left and right of the lord's seat, where the lord's confidants and guards stand.

In short, this is a layout from more than 200 years ago. If the scholars of Dawn City saw it, they would probably describe it as "strong retro style".

But at this time, we can only make do with it.

Surrounded by the Flame Regiment warriors such as Yop, he sat down on the lord's seat.

Smelling the faint smell of sweat emanating from the bear skin under his body, he made a secret decision in his heart.

"Clean up the castle before the princess comes."

Below the Flame Regiment are more than fifty spirited Crescent Knights.

Below the Crescent Knights are a group of shameless and traitorous knights.

These people were the surrendered middle and lower level Alpine Knights and some Crescent Knights who followed the two Knight Commanders in their betrayal.

There are more than thirty people in total, and their fighting spirit levels are all at medium to low levels.

Just now, Rosen only said that the death penalty would be pardoned, but he did not say that they would not be tried for their crimes.

After everyone stood still, Rosen looked at the group of rebellious knights.

"I will fulfill my promise and pardon your death sentence, but a crime is a crime and it must be punished accordingly, which is the execution of justice."

The criminals listened in silence, their faces filled with fear, without any thought of resisting.

Through his previous performance, Rosen has deeply imprinted the mental imprint of "invincible" in the hearts of every island knight.

Rosen continued, "Alais said before that the forest elves would destroy Gaoshan Town."

"It's hard to tell whether this is true or not, but since I'm the supreme lord of White Sturgeon Island, I absolutely cannot take risks with the lives of the people of Gaoshan Town."

"So, I plan to give you a chance to atone for your sins."

The traitorous knights immediately perked up, afraid to miss every word Rosen said.

Rosen's voice became slightly heavier and his expression became more serious.

"The lord of Gaoshan Town has rebelled, and most of the warriors are away. The town is currently in an extremely dangerous state with no one to protect it."

"I now order you to take all the soldiers from Gaoshan Town and rush back to Gaoshan Town immediately. Before the forest spirits get the news, quickly move the 3,500 residents of Gaoshan Town back to the Crescent River Valley!"

As soon as this order was issued, everyone looked at each other in confusion, and even the Crescent Knights looked puzzled.

A rebellious mountain knight asked cautiously, "Lord, did you just say to move back? Instead of organizing defense on the spot?"

Rosen nodded and confirmed: "Yes, it is moved back."

The knight looked puzzled: "But lord, Gaoshan Town itself has good defenses. If there are enough warriors, it should be enough to resist the invasion of forest elves."

Rosen smiled faintly and asked, "The forest spirits assassinated my father, but the territories of the five great knights are deep in the mountains and forests, and they are all alive and well."

"Why?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the knights showed expressions of horror.

Rosen knew they had all thought of it.

"Because these knights may all have become traitors to our human race!"

"Except for Alais, Sir Eddard of Howling Hollow, Sir Thad of Riverwood, Sir Corleone of Blue Flower Slope, and Sir Lafenge of Blackrock Town are most likely colluding with the forest elves."

"Let me ask you, if these traitors and the forest spirits form an alliance, how can Gaoshan Town resist?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the island knights looked solemn.

Rosen continued, "The forest spirits are very good at fighting in the mountains. If the rebels besiege Gaoshan Town, as the supreme lord of the entire island, I must send troops to support them. On the way, I will have to pass through the mountains and forests, and I will definitely step into the death trap set by the forest spirits."

"What should we do then? Should we charge in despite knowing the danger? Or should we just watch Gaoshan Town being destroyed?"

This convinced everyone.

In this dangerous situation, the wisest approach is to shrink the defense line.

But there was another Crescent Knight who had additional concerns. He stepped forward and said, "Lord, I am the senior knight Kosen. With more than 3,000 people moving back to the valley, I'm afraid they won't have enough food."

Rosen waved his hand and smiled faintly: "Don't worry about the food problem. I brought back enough food this time."

In this case, there is no problem for Kosen: "The Lord is wise."

Rosen looked at the rebellious knights again.

"Go immediately, full speed ahead, and relocate the townspeople as soon as possible. If anyone tries to stop us, we will kill them on the spot!"

"If you do this well, I will pardon your crimes of treason and accept you as Crescent Knights again."

More than thirty knights responded loudly, turned around and strode out of the lord's longhouse, taking their entourage and Gaoshan Town militia with them, and carried out Rosen's orders meticulously.

No one had any extra thoughts, because the new lord was not only powerful, but also married Princess Dawn.

With the princess' support, it is only a matter of time before the new lord defeats the forest elves.

Only a crazy person would betray.

Rosen was not idle either, and immediately issued the second important task.

"There is a large amount of supplies at Sturgeon Wharf, totaling 1,700 tons, including a large amount of food, which needs to be transported back to Crescent City as soon as possible."

"This mission is very important. It concerns the future destiny of our human race on the White Sturgeon Island."

"Whether we can survive the coming cold winter safely or suffer from hunger and cold depends entirely on this batch of supplies, so there must be no mistakes."

"Now, I need all Crescent Knights to take action and try to transport all the supplies back before dark."

Everyone knows the importance of material things, and this is especially true for poor island residents.

The Crescent Knights' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they all stood up to receive orders.

Rosen said, "My fellow warriors, I am still unfamiliar with you. Therefore, each of you will have 20 seconds to tell us your name, strength, and specialty."

"Knight Kosen, you first."

Kosen is the senior knight who spoke just now. It can be seen that he has a good reputation among the Crescent Knights.

He immediately stepped forward and introduced himself.

When he finished speaking, the second knight quickly followed, and everyone tried hard to say a few more words to leave a good impression in front of the new lord.

Yop was watching from the sidelines, laughing in his heart: "This lord is still young, he should catch the big ones and let the small ones go at this time. How can he remember what he hears one by one?"

He felt Rosen was wasting his time.

About ten minutes later, the last Crescent Knight reported his basic situation.

Rosen also asked Lai Fu to enter the information of these loyal subordinates into the archive. He immediately said, "In addition to Knight Commander Codlin, I now need to urgently appoint two acting Knight Commanders."

"These two are Kosen and Orsa."

The two senior knights immediately showed joy on their faces and stood up to receive orders.

Immediately afterwards, Rosen quickly made some appointments and reorganized the Crescent Knights, whose structure was somewhat loose.

What was amazing was that whenever he read a name, he would immediately look at the corresponding knight, without a single mistake.

Apparently, in just a short while, he had memorized every knight firmly in his mind.

The Crescent Knights were surprised, but Yop was shocked.

It took him half a month to memorize the name of every member of the group.

He thought to himself: "This lord is really smart, no wonder he is so popular with the earl."

Soon, more than fifty Crescent Knights were assigned tasks.

Some recruited people to rule the country, some were responsible for exploring the way, and some were full-time guards.

Driven by these knights, the entire Crescent City began to operate rapidly.

At least 6,000 people were drafted to Sturgeon Wharf to transfer supplies.

Finally, Rosen arranged a group of messengers to go to the four major knight territories to inform them to come to Crescent Valley to participate in the Glory Conference.

It doesn't matter whether I attend or not, the main purpose is to test the attitudes of the jazz.

After these tasks were arranged, only Rosen and the Flame Regiment were left in the hall.

Rosen's tense expression relaxed, and he said to Yopp who was standing beside him: "Captain, thank you so much today."

Yopp felt a little embarrassed because he hardly contributed any effort today. The most difficult and dangerous work was done by Rosen alone.

He felt that it was unfair to take the money.

So, he whispered, "Lord, I'll return half of your commission. After all, we didn't contribute much."

As he said this, he wanted to take the money.

When he did this, Rosen noticed that the deputy captains behind him had obvious disapproval on their faces, especially the deputy captain of mages, Harry, who was almost about to speak out in opposition.

No one is willing to take out the gold coins that have already been put into the bag.

It also shows that this was Yopp’s personal decision and he had not discussed it with the group members.

Looking at Yopp, who had an honest face, Rosen sighed inwardly.

"This guy is too righteous, no wonder he was expelled to my island."

But in this world, there are few moral people and many greedy people.

The human instinct is always to press for more.

For example, the Flame Regiment.

Now they are the top combat force on the entire island and no one can restrain them. Over time, it is easy for them to become complacent and even take advantage of others.

So, although this knife is sharp, you still need to find a scabbard to contain the sharpness of this blade.

Otherwise, there will definitely be trouble that cannot be resolved in the future.

He thought secretly in his mind, but his face remained expressionless.

He smiled and said, "Captain, I am a lord of integrity. I have no right to take back the money I have given out."

"Not only that, the defense of Crescent Castle will depend on your help in the future."

"I won't let the soldiers work in vain. I'll give you 50 Oggs a day as commission, and the war is another matter. How do you think?"

Now, Yop admired the young lord very much and subconsciously wanted to refuse.

"The Earl originally ordered us to help the Lord stabilize the situation, so."

He wanted to say no extra commission.

But before he could finish his words, the deputy captain Harry interrupted him: "Captain, the lord is so kind, how can we refuse?"

He looked at Rosen again and assured loudly: "Lord, don't worry, the defense of the castle will be left to us."

Yopp hesitated, but ultimately did not object.

He knew in his heart that his brothers all wanted to make this money, and he was really a little confused just now.

On the other side, Rosen saw everything, but he remained calm and just acted as a silent observer.

(End of this chapter)