Divine Kingship

Chapter 532 The Sword of Vow to Victory
Marcus's letter has arrived.

Before, Lysa told him that a brave man might appear, so Rand wrote to Marcus to ask about the situation.

The Thorn Family is a noble family with a very long heritage, perhaps even longer than that of the royal family of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

If there is any secret that only a family with a long history would know, then the probability that Marcus knows it is relatively high.

Rand looked at the land in front of him. The autumn sun cast long rays on the grass. The withered sedge looked like it was plated with gold, and there was amber light hidden in the folds of the tree roots.

If you plant a batch of grain seeds before winter comes, you should be able to harvest a batch of wheat by the end of spring next year.

Lisa quickly read the letter from Marcus, and then said, "King Marcus' original words were, 'I checked and found that it is true. I don't recommend you to rely on some illusory hero.'"

After repeating Marcus's original words, Lisa continued, "Below are some related document attachments, I have read them all. There was indeed a hero who appeared and defeated the evil demon king, Grand Duke Vladimir, but no one knows whether it was simply that the hero was stronger, rather than whether he obtained some... legendary blessing."

"Okay, I know everything." Rand said that he understood everything.

Of course, he would not rely entirely on any brave man. Rand was definitely not the kind of person who let others save him. He preferred to prepare himself and take action himself to ensure that he could grasp what he wanted to protect.

Although Rand is just a cloud player of the game "Deep Moon".

He doesn't understand many things in this world, but he is very clear about the cruelty of this world.

Originally, the protagonists in the stories all achieved success after going through untold hardships and suffering countless losses.

Rand will certainly prepare himself.

But then again, maybe the hero can become a part of his power, right? Spending a little effort to understand the hero's situation should be a very cost-effective behavior.

"What's our next move?" Lysa asked Rand, crossing her arms.

"Next, we'll arrange some locals to see if they know if there are any hidden populations that are not registered among the nobility." Rand narrowed his eyes.

Ever since the so-called invincible fleet of the Kingdom of Borun attacked Crescent Harbor, Rand has gained a population of nearly 6000 in the Kingdom of Borun.

You should know that Rand had a population of only 4.6 before, and with these 6000 high-quality people, the population has reached 5.2.

Soldiers already account for 11.5% of the population in the Kingdom of Bollen, and these are soldiers, not villagers. Soldiers are obviously more difficult to naturalize than villagers, which is why Rand agreed to let some soldiers return to their lords in exchange for some villagers.

Another problem is that the large-scale absorption of prisoners will lead to an increasing proportion of male population in Rand.

We have tried to solve the problem of the imbalance in the male-female population ratio in the past.

And that's it, although Rand also uses female soldiers.

But if they are not professionals, then there are still more men among the soldiers.

When you reach the level of a professional, gender will not affect your combat effectiveness. Even the top leaders of the Holy Land are mostly women.

"Is there any solution to the gender ratio problem here?" Rand asked very skillfully.

Rand is a modern man, at least his soul is modern.

As a modern person who has lived in the era of information explosion, his knowledge is quite broad.

But he would not be so arrogant as to think that he is smarter than people of this era.

On the contrary, he trusted the wisdom of the Sanctuary's high-level officials and generals very much.

After all, one person's thinking can never be as comprehensive as everyone's thinking together, not to mention that Lysa, Olenna, Ellie, and Elsa are all very smart people.

Although some of them use their intelligence in strange ways.

"It's just that our male population accounts for a larger proportion." Of course, Lisa also knew the current situation of the Sanctuary forces.

Lysa gave Rand a strange look with her golden eyes: "We are the only ones who can achieve such a small casualty ratio in such frequent wars."

"Those 'enemies' who fought against us lost a large number of male population here, which means that these countries have a lot of extra female population." Lisa narrowed her eyes and gave a plan, "For example, this time, those ignorant and stupid small and medium-sized nobles will have a lot of female population."

Simple logic, as one thing increases, the other decreases.

Moreover, in the territories that became Rand's enemies, the female population overflow would be even greater, because in the war, not only were some captured by Rand, but some were also killed in the war.

To be precise, there may be more people killed in battle than captured.

Rand narrowed his eyes and felt that what Lysa said was right: "This problem is basically solved."

As for how to deal with the population of soldiers from the Kingdom of Boren who will remain in Rand's hands.

Rand has also got the answer.

They were divided into groups and scattered to the initial core territory for forced labor. They worked hard during the day, doing the work of two people. At night, Tauren missionaries were arranged to preach. Doctrinal examinations were organized on weekends. Those who failed the examinations had heavier labor tasks and lowered food standards. Those who did well were given daily necessities such as fruit tea.

Hard work will make complicated thoughts disappear, and as long as there is no excessive abuse, too much resentment will not be generated.

Then there is the simple reward and punishment mechanism. The simple and easy-to-understand reward and punishment mechanism will allow Rand to more easily change the population of the soldiers he captured.

As for those more sophisticated means of control, such as intensifying their internal conflicts.

At least for now, Rand has no need to use these methods.

……

In the snow and wind of the North, the adventurers who started their adventure from the holiday resort poked the campfire in front of them with wooden sticks.

The snow fell heavily and the campfire flickered.

It is autumn now, but in the north, snow has already begun to fall.

"How long can we hold on here?" asked the young captain.

In just less than two years, he has become a senior professional, and his teammates also show signs of breakthroughs.

Being an adventurer is not an easy job. At least after becoming adventurers, the boys and girls will understand many unimaginable difficulties and that adventure is not as interesting as they imagined.

They are now considered veteran adventurers. At least they have experienced the adventure routes planned by Rand. Now they know what the sighing words of many senior adventurers mean.

Compared to the truly cruel world, the adventure locations planned by Rand with low risks and stable output are simply paradise.

However, they set a goal from the beginning - to investigate and destroy the vampire conspiracy.

This is not only because of the commission bounty which has now swelled to 2000 gold coins, but also because of the inspiration of the movie "Scarlet Night".

Boys and girls always have dreams of saving the world, right?
The current difficulties are not enough to defeat their determination to move forward.

"The enemy is coming." The young captain poked the bonfire in front of him with a wooden stick, stood up, and drew his sword. This was a magical weapon that flashed with azure rune light. He had picked it up from the bottom of the lake when he accidentally fell into the lake during an adventure.

This magic weapon is very powerful, allowing the young captain to swing sword energy, but unfortunately it consumes a lot of magic power, so the young captain cannot swing it too many times.

The young captain has a talent for magic. In his early years, before he became an adventurer, he also tried to be a wizard and developed some magical powers. However, he later felt that he had a better talent for swordsmanship, so he became a swordsman.

Now he has become a magic swordsman.

Several orcs found the group of adventurers in the snow and wind.

The young captain's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Our mission this time is to investigate whether the orcs have chosen to cooperate with Purgatory again, and whether there are any vampires in the North." The young captain emphasized the mission, "Leave a few alive."

The orcs' wooden sticks were thrown down, but were easily avoided. Then the shield warriors in the team rushed forward and broke up the orcs' formation.

The orcs immediately realized that the newcomers were not friendly and that these humans who looked very young were not easy to mess with.

The orcs roared ferociously, and some of them immediately swallowed some unknown substance they carried with them. Their muscles swelled like balloons, and dark red lines appeared on their bodies.

Purgatory, exchanging a large amount of vitality or even soul for power.

But it is still not enough for these orcs to have the strength to match this group of adventurers.

The magic weapons that seemed to be shining with moonlight easily tore into pieces the bodies of several orcs.

The remaining orcs became a little scared and turned to flee, but were easily caught up.

"Leave two alive." said the young captain.

Soon, two orcs were captured.

Orcs do not use the common language of the continent, which is different from dwarves and elves. Fortunately, there is a bard in the team who understands Orcish.

Most bards in this world have no combat power, but the situation will be relatively better for bards who can join adventurer teams.

In addition to their main job of playing music, they also master some professional skills of thieves, warriors, rangers or mages.

As well as part-time scholars and atmosphere activators.

Of course, in combat, bards can also use their vicious words to cause psychic damage to their enemies.

In order to curse on the battlefield and make the enemy understand, many bards would learn many languages.

Such as now.

With the assistance of the bard, the adventurer team completed the interrogation of the living orc.

These orcs who came out for patrol and hunting didn't know much, but they still revealed a lot of information.

The orc tribes are gradually being integrated, and even though they have been in purgatory and backstabbed by Grand Duke Vladimir, the orcs are still unwilling to give up purgatory, which is a cheap and efficient way to gain power.

This world is cruel, so compared to the cruel reality, exchanging soul and life for power seems nothing.

"Then the mission is accomplished." The young captain of the adventurer team made a judgment, "We can leave now."

This time they came to the North to accept a mission from the White King, Berlan Calant, which required them to investigate the situation of the orcs and confirm whether they had any connection with Purgatory and vampires.

The conclusion now is that there is a connection with Purgatory, but it is unclear whether there are vampires here.

But they would not go any further. Based on the training content in the Adventurer's Manual, it was clear that continuing the investigation would be beyond their capabilities.

Ever since Rand became the White King's brother-in-law, the White Kingdom and the Dukedom of the Moon have had a lot of exchanges. Today, the White Kingdom is not so knight-supremacist and discriminatory against civilians. Its attitude towards adventurers has also improved a lot, especially towards adventurers certified by the Holiday Villa Adventurers Association.

Of course, the knights still have the highest status in the White Kingdom. This is basic and will not change.

However, just as these adventurers were cleaning up the battlefield and preparing to leave, more burly figures appeared in the wind and snow.

"Evil orcs." The young man raised his sword and pursed his lips.

……

Three weeks later, in the study of the White Kingdom's palace, King Bolan of White summarized the results of the investigation.

Of course, she did not only issue quests for adventurers, she also arranged official spies and scouts who were loyal to her to explore the orc areas and the Wisteria Kingdom.

At present, the Wisteria Kingdom has not found out any results, but the orcs have confirmed that some activities must have started.

The existence of the power of Purgatory and vampires has been discovered.

“Those who cannot return will be considered dead in battle. Those adventurers who died in battle will also be given compensation.” The White King instructed the clerk after reading the information.

"Yes." The old clerk nodded to show his understanding.

The wind and snow in the north are the orcs' home turf, so naturally the orcs are more familiar with the terrain and strategy.

To conduct reconnaissance in the orc lands, the sacrifices would be enormous.

Of the adventurers who took missions from the White King and headed for the North, only about 70% returned, and most of the returning adventurer teams suffered casualties.

As for the White King's scouts and spies, they knew more about the orcs and the North, but they also shouldered heavier tasks, so they suffered considerable damage.

The White King took an envelope from the cabinet and began to write to Rand.

The White King is very good at thinking. Even before Rand appeared, the White King was able to govern the White Kingdom into a strong one. This was not only relying on her military force. But now that she has Rand, she is very willing to listen to Rand's opinions.

Even if you have no opinion, it would be nice to chat with Rand.

Just as the Crimson King feels the heat, the White King, the master of ice and snow, also feels the cold.

The palace is always cold.

The White Queen is not the kind of person who is too shy. She can openly admit that Rand is the person closest to her besides Ellie.

It's just that she doesn't plan to continue developing it.

She felt that Rand had always been her brother-in-law and only relative, so this was more appropriate.

As for more, she had no intention of taking anything away from her sister.

(End of this chapter)