Divine Kingship

Chapter 529: It’s so funny, how do you prove that you are you!
People from the Kingdom of Bolen are causing trouble.

In the war when the Borun Kingdom invaded Crescent Harbor, the people who really knew about the war did not want to harass Rand, but the internal propaganda of the Borun Kingdom was that the war was a great victory, so in fact, for the vast majority of people in the Borun Kingdom who did not know the truth, Rand just came to support the construction.

Then the true nature of many nobles will begin to be exposed.

The requirements for nobles in this era were actually very simple: govern their own territories, be responsible for their subjects, and obey the orders of the feudal lord.

There are basically no other requirements. For example, there are no requirements for nobility. Nobles cannot rob or extort.

In previous wars, the Kingdom of Borun was defeated most of the time against the Kingdom of Frost Moon and the Dukedom of the Moon Phase. To be more precise, it was defeated in all wars.

This is different from the situation in the Kingdom of Lensa.

At least when the Kingdom of Lensa took the lead in launching the invasion war against the Kingdom of Frost Moon and the entire Northern Alliance.

The Kingdom of Lunsa won a great victory.

The old king of the Frost Moon Kingdom also died in that war, along with many old nobles.

In that war, although the Kingdom of Lensa was eventually defeated, it still gained a lot of benefits from the Kingdom of Frost Moon.

As for later.

Rand showed up.

The series of military defeats suffered by the Kingdom of Lunsa due to the appearance of Rand were all things that happened later.

At least the Kingdom of Rensa won.

But the Kingdom of Bolen never won.

until today.

The invincible fleet that the Kingdom of Borun was proud of shattered the defenses of Crescent Moon Port.

The people of the Kingdom of Bolun finally felt proud.

The evil, greedy Rand, who even used some insidious means to kill the hero Prince Alex, was finally defeated.

In order to atone for his sins, the evil and stupid Rand is coming to the Kingdom of Bollen to support the construction.

How could this not make the people of the Kingdom of Bollen excited?
Many nobles began to have ideas.

In the war with Rand, many relatives and friends of the nobles of the Kingdom of Bolen were killed.

These nobles or noble knights fought bravely on the battlefield and then died. Dying in battle is certainly glorious, but the grief will not be eliminated.

The time has finally come for revenge on Rand.

Of course, their superiors, the great nobles who knew about the situation, strictly prohibited their vassal nobles from harassing Rand.

These uninformed nobles were not quite sure what their lords were thinking, perhaps because even though Rand lost the war, he still retained some power.

They are not very clear about those political considerations.

But it doesn't matter, they will have their ways.

But there are always loopholes to exploit.

……

Rand was helpless.

I don’t know how many batches this is.

In front of me are some bandits who look like robbers.

Their weapons and equipment were better than any bandits they had encountered before.

Instead of pitchforks and hoes, they used swords and shields.

They are not well-trained, but they are definitely better than ordinary villagers.

If there were few of them, Rand would have thought they were elite bandits.

But it becomes more interesting when batches come.

This reminded Rand of the time when he was still a viscount.

At that time, the country was still worried that the rise of Rand, a grassroots company, would affect the distribution of domestic interests.

Therefore, many nobles wanted to suppress Rand's development to a certain extent.

At that time, some nobles also came and planned to rob Rand.

Then those noble knights and soldiers disguised as bandits planned to rob in the Crescent Territory, and then they ran into the White King's guards.

The final incident was that the Little Earl of Greenleaf and the Marquis of Bucks came over to apologize.

Now, Rand saw some of the shadows of the past.

"What are you going to steal?" Rand asked, looking at these "bandits".

The bandit said nothing and did not dare to look Rand in the eye.

Rand had no intention of exposing the bandits' disguises, and he was looking forward to the nobles sending more "bandits" over.

The reason is simple. This sentence has been said many times. Rand is short of people, and bandits are also human beings.

If these people were soldiers and knights of the nobles, it would be a bit troublesome for Rand to eat them.

It’s not completely inedible.

But it's inevitable that there will be disputes.

If these people were really just bandits, at least Rand didn't expose them.

As a bandit, Rand naturally has the right to dominate them.

In short, labor reform!

After all, the Kingdom of Boron agreed to give the land to Rand in exchange for Rand not being able to claim victory in the war.

It's not that Rand can't go back on his word, but the consequence may be that both the Kingdom of Bollen and he will be destroyed.

Rand couldn't accept the situation of everyone being killed.

It’s not that he has no confidence in winning, but as a cloud player, he has a much longer-term vision, and he cannot accept being taken advantage of by Grand Duke Vladimir because of the war.

If the enemy is always human, then Rand actually feels that his chances of winning are very high.

Rand was clear about his ambitions.

In fact, he now has most of the conditions to realize his ambitions.

In terms of politics, economy, and culture, Rand has many allies and its economy is developing rapidly. As for culture, the cultural communication strategy of the Photo Crystal is already underway.

Rand also has the support of the White King and the Red King.

It can be said arrogantly that many lands of the Kingdom of Bollen and the Kingdom of Lensa have been regarded as his own by Rand. The only difference is when Rand decides to take them.

But as for the upcoming Vladimir Grand Duke's sacrifice, at least for now, Rand can't think of any way to rule the vampires and demons in Purgatory.

Grand Duke Vladimir must have hated Lander for repeatedly blocking his plans.

Grand Duke Vladimir is Rand's primary enemy.

……

Among other small and medium noble territories.

Many nobles were discussing the matter with serious expressions.

Of course, they had heard of Rand's military achievements, but as to why they dared to send troops disguised as bandits to provoke Rand... Didn't Rand lose the battle this time? This proved that Rand was not really invincible militarily.

And this time Rand came to the Kingdom of Boren not to fight, but to support the construction here, so he would not bring too many troops. So they put some ideas into it.

But now it seems to be very troublesome.

"Rand seems to have brought a lot of soldiers here." A viscount rubbed his brows, "All our soldiers were captured."

"Will he find out that it's us who are behind this?" asked a baron.

"Even if Rand finds out that we are the ones behind this, what can we do? He is just a defeated man and can only endure his dissatisfaction." The viscount snorted coldly.

"What about our people?" asked the Baron.

"Rand will certainly not be able to bring too many soldiers. We can get them all back as long as we find the right opportunity. Alternatively, we can directly ask Rand to give us some 'tribute'." said another viscount.

As for whether this is considered a violation of the feudal lord's orders, the immediate interests are more important.

The small and medium nobles are a relatively short-sighted group. They are not well-informed. They have power, but not that much power.

And now, against the backdrop of Rand's defeat in the war, they have become bold enough to cause trouble for Rand.

Maybe they aren't completely brainless.

But they were unwilling to consider too much about their own interests and long-suppressed hatred.

They didn't know that their so-called trouble-making was exactly what Rand wanted.

……

In the Holy Moon Territory, Rand deliberately ignored the emblems on the armor and shields of these "bandits" that had not been completely removed. After numbering these "bandits" who needed labor reform, he asked them to start working.

How do you say that old saying?

It’s not a waste of time to break through the iron shoes.

As for the combat effectiveness of these bandits, and the problem of the nobles continuing to cause trouble...

As long as it's not someone at the Duke's level who tries his best to raise an army to attack, Rand is not afraid at all.

But not every bad guy can become Rand's opponent.

Some professional soldiers and knights disguised as bandits certainly don't want to work. They are warriors, not villagers or laborers.

But Rand's whip is merciless.

Normally these people have a higher status, at least compared to the villagers, and they usually use whips to drive others.

But now, Rand's whip is equal.

A few days later, a knight who couldn't stand the work came to Rand.

Rand looked at the "bandit": "What do you want?"

The reason why Rand received him personally was because none of Rand's subordinates believed the bandit's words.

"I am a knight, not a bandit. You have caught the wrong person!" the knight said seriously, fearing that Rand would not believe him.

Rand suppressed a laugh: "I didn't expect that I would capture the Knight of the Bolen Kingdom by mistake."

The knight breathed a sigh of relief, as if Rand believed him.

Then Rand changed the subject: "How do you prove that you are a knight of the Kingdom of Boren?"

The knight had already thought of a statement. He took out a badge with the emblem of a noble family on it: "This badge can prove my identity."

Although they disguised themselves as bandits to rob Rand this time and had concealed the family emblem, they still had some items on them to prove their identity.

Strictly speaking, these things would become loopholes, but they expected that they would not be caught. If they were not caught, then naturally they would not become loopholes, and at least on the surface their disguise would be sufficient.

Rand grinned.

This is just an emblem. There were certainly no photographs in this era, and this emblem naturally does not have a portrait of this knight.

In fact, even if Rand was there, there would be an excuse, but it is obviously much simpler now.

"Oh~" Rand smiled: "Do you think this badge alone can prove your identity?"

"How dare you!" Rand shouted. "You actually dared to steal the badge of a noble. This is a crime of the highest order. I will protect the honor and dignity of the nobility and punish you. Come, give this evil and shameless robber who dared to pretend to be a noble more work."

"Wait a minute, I can really prove that this is mine." The knight's face was tense. He couldn't miss this opportunity to escape from the labor camp situation.

"Oh, then tell me about it." Rand was very interested in what he would say next.

Then the knight went on to give a long introduction to the origin of the badge and the glory of the noble family to which he was loyal as a knight.

But these are enough to prove that he is a knight, not a robber.

A bandit would not have such a high level of education, nor would he appear to have the same good physique as the knight due to balanced nutrition.

But it's not like Rand didn't know his identity.

Anyway, here in Rand, he couldn't prove that he was a knight.

"He even made up so many fictitious things just to deceive me. This is an even greater crime. I'll give him more work to do," Rand continued.

The knight was already somewhat desperate, and he was about to say something, but unfortunately, Rand's guards had already dragged him away.

What he will face next is more and more work.

……

In the snowstorm of the north.

A group of adventurers covered in fuzzy fur set foot on this cold land.

They handed over their clearance documents to the officers on the defense line.

Next they will head to the North for investigation.

They are adventurers who start their adventure from a holiday resort.

At that time, Rand had just started filming Scarlet Night. Inspired by Scarlet Night and various publicity, as well as the temptation of a super adventure commission with a bounty of 1000 gold coins, they began to take risks.

They were just a group of boys and girls around fifteen or sixteen years old.

But they were lucky. When they set out on their adventure, they somehow won the starting award for new adventurers in the hideout.

Then many of the economic problems that were originally difficult were solved.

Then, it’s about training themselves. An adventure commission of such a large amount is obviously not something that can be completed easily, so they are not in a hurry to investigate vampires directly.

They first went to the ruins for training, set foot on the Crescent Moon Territory ruins, then the New Moon Territory mine, the Crescent Moon Harbor sea, the Specialty Road ruins and the Burning Land danger zone.

It was only a little over a year, but they went through countless things, blood and tears, and met many people.

They have good talents, and the safety measures in the adventurous growth route planned by Rand are relatively complete.

Many danger zones are marked and medical stations are set up in many places.

As long as they can make it back to the treatment station without dying, then with scientific treatment, the chance of survival is still very high. In addition, they have good talents and luck, so although they have grown up together and have escaped death some times, there have been no casualties.

Nowadays, their captain has become a senior professional, and the rest are also elite professionals.

This gives them the capital to expand into other places.

Then it was the Kingdom of Bolun, the Kingdom of Lensa, back to the Dukedom of the Moon Phase, and then to the North.

The commissioned bounty was taken away by the great White King, which is understandable, after all, the White King did kill the Blue King.

But later, the White King thought that the conspiracy was not over, so he re-issued the adventurer commission and even used his own money to double the commission's bounty to 2000 gold coins.

They are looking forward to their investigation in the North.

(End of this chapter)