Divine Kingship

Chapter 12: Chain of Survival
When Tanr put on his blackened armor again and came to the sacrificial chamber to meet Rand, he was shocked by the scene before him.

He scratched his armor somewhat awkwardly, and then found that a piece of the black paint had been scratched off. He wanted to cover it up, but felt that doing so would only make it more conspicuous, and for a moment he didn't know whether to cover it up or not.

Although according to the doctrine, the messengers of the Cult of the Goddess of Plenty are all powerful and wise, but he was familiar with the doctrines of the Torch Church when he was still in the Torch Church before he came here as an undercover agent.

There are always some exaggerated parts in this kind of thing. The teachings of the Torch Church also say that they also have divine messengers. Taner has become the highest-level paladin and has never seen one.

Therefore, he had imagined that this Rand messenger was not as powerful as described in the doctrine.

But now it seems that this guess is completely wrong, this messenger of God is terribly powerful.

The white-haired elf who had fought with him before was now half-lying on the ground with her hands covering her mouth. Every time Rand whipped her on the back, she would let out a suppressed low moan.

Seeing this scene, Taner finally realized that this place had become a place of trouble that was not suitable for him to stay.

But after he stepped out for a while, he thought something was not right. He, Taner, was not really a lackey of the cultists. He was an undercover agent of the Torch Church and a paladin of justice!
And now, although he felt that it was definitely this elf who took the initiative to cause trouble, as a righteous paladin, shouldn’t he stop such an evil scene?

In his imagination before he came here as an undercover agent, he had naturally imagined such a scene.

In his conception, he should fight wits and courage with the cultists, constantly deal with them, and then cleverly protect innocent people from the hands of the evil cultists.

Or, in order to complete the mission, they may reluctantly violate their own principles and watch the lives of innocent people disappear in agony. Then, they will complete the mission conscientiously, find out the secrets of the cultists' hideouts, and finally wipe out all the cultists and avenge the innocent.

He even thought about the scene of him being discovered and sacrificing heroically.

But now that he had left the sacrifice room, he was still hesitating whether to disturb Rand's interest.

He always felt that the messenger of God and the elf who was whipped seemed very happy, and he really shouldn't have appeared as a light bulb.

Just as he was hesitating at the door of the sacrificial room, Rand came out of the room, scratched his fingers awkwardly, and said, "Ahem, it's not what you think."

Taner stammered twice, not knowing how to respond. After thinking for a while, he decided to change the subject: "Lord God's Envoy, the tax collector has left, but unfortunately he still took away the rent worth about 1 gold coin."

In this world, 1 gold coin is equal to 100 silver coins, but this exchange rate is meaningless to the villagers, who almost never have the opportunity to trade with such large denominations as gold coins.

Rand said he understood, but seeing that Taner had misunderstood, he didn't know how to explain it, so he simply gave up and went back into the house.

At this time, Lisa had already stood up tremblingly: "You pervert, gulp!"

【Lysa

Gender: Female
Ability: Golden Eyes] (expandable)

Now, due to the tax collectors' extortion, the den's economy has been further devastated, and this is not the worst.

The No. 2 den was a disguise, so even if heavy taxes were imposed, they would not be unable to survive.

But other villages have no possibility of disguise, and once they are found, they will be charged such exaggerated taxes as the No. 2 hideout.

Then it would be difficult to survive.

And as far as he knew, a batch of taxes should have been collected before the war started.

Now that it is being collected again after such a short period of time, it is hard to imagine what kind of impact it will cause.

What will people who can't survive do? The robbers who came to rob the hideout before are an example.

Next, trade with other villages must be stopped immediately, and then focus should be placed on training combat capabilities.

Now is a time of war, even if the serfs riot, there is no way they can attack the castle guarded by the army, so the target can only be the neighboring village. Obviously, the second hideout is also likely to be attacked.

Seeing that Rand seemed to be thinking about something, the elf Lysa waited quietly until Rand turned his gaze to her again, then she came over shyly.

When Rand saw the elf approaching, he pinched her face, leaving a red mark. In fact, he had always been wary of this elf, even now.

This elf was given to Rand so easily that it seemed a little unreal.

Are top-level professionals common? It's hard to understand why they have to come to this mountain village for free when they can enjoy themselves somewhere else.

However, the hideout was facing a huge crisis at this time, and he didn't intend to dwell on it too much. He first assigned her a task to test the composition.

"Can you draw a map?" Rand took out a piece of parchment with a simple map of the surrounding area drawn by him.

At this time, the only resources near the hideout were the reclaimed wheat fields and the gravel piles near the Minotaur's lair that could be used as a quarry.

The hunting grounds suitable for hunting had not been explored.

It’s a pity that time is tight now, otherwise direct breeding would be much more efficient.

The elf nodded. He didn't expect that he would be assigned to work on the first day he was caught by this evil sadist.

Although she was not satisfied with not being restrained like an animal to work, she still understood the principle of doing things step by step.

But! She, Lisa, was not a pervert who gave in for nothing. She was just being captured by the evil cult's messenger who cast an evil spell on her.

This does not mean that she, who is strong as a girl, will just give in and follow the orders of this pervert casually.

"Woo, this level of punishment, hiss~" She gasped, because Rand pinched her face harder, "This level of punishment is not enough to make me help you work."

Rand has gradually understood the idea of ​​giving the elves a free gift. Not surrendering and not being obedient should be translated as not enough reward.

Thinking of this, Rand picked up the whip again, pressed Lysa to the ground, and whipped her buttocks.

"Are you obedient?"

"Woo woo woo, I don't listen."

Crack!
"now what?"

"I, I will not give in!"

"If you don't agree, I won't smoke."

"Woo woo, okay, I promise you!"

Seeing that Rand was unwilling to continue, the elf coughed twice, then stood up, took the parchment from Rand, pushed open the door of the sacrificial room and left.

Outside the hideout, seeing the elves coming out with whip marks on their bodies, Serai and Ses became more and more impressed with Rand's strength.

They had also heard of monsters like elves. Although elves were relatively rare in the north, the historical remnants of the Hundred Years' War between humans and elves still made ordinary people feel fear when they saw these pointed ears. But now, this elf seemed to have been conquered by the Lord Messenger of God.

However, they had another thing to do at this time. They wanted to avenge Taner for the humiliation he suffered, but they were worried that the method their poor brains came up with would make Taner's efforts go to waste. So they wanted to come and ask the Lord Messenger of God. The Lord Messenger of God, the wisest in the world, would definitely come up with a foolproof plan.

(End of this chapter)