Divine Kingship

Chapter 56: Another mediation and adventure of the Torch Church

Rand knocked on the small blackboard and wrote today's lessons on it: first aid and hygiene knowledge.

Rand pointed to the brass utensils in front of the table. These were taken from the laboratory table that Ellie bought. "This is how alcohol is distilled."

"You don't need to know how to make distilled alcohol. You just need to know that other than the alcohol distributed in the den, you cannot use it to clean wounds."

Low-proof alcohol will only cause wound infection and is even worse than plain water.

Rand looked at the believers who were listening attentively in the audience, and thought that when he was in school, he was not even one-tenth as serious as these people.

"If there is no medical alcohol allocated in the den, you can use clean water and then wrap the wound with steamed gauze." Rand continued, these people will become grassroots officers and village officials in the future and become the foundation of Rand's rule.

In this era, the nobles' rule over the lower classes was very primitive, and they would only collect rent or conscript militia, a behavior Rand called inefficient.

Rand's religious rule will touch every aspect. It is not obvious now when the number of people is small, but when the number of people increases, the war potential of the stronghold will be several times greater than that of ordinary noble territories.

After class, Rand walked through the office skillfully. The office was now separated from the sacrifice room by several partitions, and there were more people.

Some people with good talents and who can learn to read and do math quickly have been arranged to come here for training. Although now these people can only hinder things and make Ellie and Olenna busier, after a while, when they are familiar with the tasks, they will play a positive role.

As Ellie and Olenna's workload increased, Rand had to come and help.

Rand's workstation was closest to the window. After he sat down, he picked up the document and looked at it. He asked Olena next to him, "Where did this information come from?"

Olena smiled, glanced at Ellie, and said, "Ellie bribed the eunuchs of the nearby nobles. Now the intelligence of a certain noble nearby will appear on our side at the same time."

Rand thought the probability was very low, but since Olenna had said so, he couldn't expose her, so he pretended to believe her: "So the Torch Church is planning to mediate again?"

Because the Southern Kingdom discovered a gold mine, the two countries that already had a territorial dispute were about to fight each other. If the intelligence was correct, the Torch Church once again chose to mediate.

In fact, if Rand had not been in opposition to the Torch Church, he would have admired the Torch Church's ideals very much.

The Torch Church advocates order and peace, and practices them without hypocrisy.

Even though it is something that has nothing to do with them, they will still step in to mediate, hoping that the people on the mainland can maintain peace and reduce internal friction.

But under the current circumstances, it is destined to end up in the dustbin of history.

There are already many conflicts among humans on the continent, but they were previously suppressed due to the existence of the Church of Nurturing Blood. Now that the biggest unified enemy has disappeared, the Torch Church still wants to forcibly maintain peace, so it is destined to stand in opposition to all human monarchies.

Countries that have been invaded and suffered losses want revenge, while countries that have been invaded and forced to mediate want more, and conflicts will only intensify.

Starting from this forced mediation of the gold mine war, the influence of the Torch Church in the human kingdom will become weaker and weaker.

This will also leave room for the development of Rand's Cult of the Goddess of Fertility.

In fact, the order upheld by the Torch Church is also problematic, because the basis for maintaining this order is the exploitation of serfs and free people by the nobles. When productivity develops, the Torch Church will gradually weaken. However, now that it has actively interfered in the politics of human countries, it will suffer misfortune even earlier.

Rand took another document. As it was autumn, Ellie put on a sweater, which made her look calmer. However, her agility and liveliness could still be seen from her twinkling eyes.

Olenna always wears slim-fitting clothes, which makes it easy for her to enter the battle at any time, but it also makes her figure stand out. Adventurers are now gathering at the Adventurer Resort, and it is estimated that the first group of ruins exploration teams will set off soon.

Such complete facilities still gave a lot of confidence to the adventurers who didn't know the specific situation of the ruins. At least they could confirm that the managers here wanted to operate it for a long time, which meant that the wealth in the ruins here would not be too little.

Even if the adventurers haven't gone down to explore, the hideout has already made a profit. After all, all food, clothing, housing and transportation are consumption.

If there were no houses, these adventurers who were used to sleeping in the open air might just set up a tent, but since there were residences, taverns, and blacksmith shops, those adventurers with decent financial conditions would naturally not be too stingy.

It’s just that the sales of blended fruit juices are not very good at the moment. Before obtaining wealth from the ruins, not many adventurers are willing to spend money to experience luxury drinks.

However, the financial deficit of the den has shown clear signs of reversal.

……

At this time, Elsa was wearing close-fitting leather armor, wrapping her whole body tightly.

She looked at the ruins map in her hand in silence and bit her lip.

Elsa was 90% confident that the ruins route map was deliberately placed there by the lord named Rand to lure her. If she took it, she would fall into his trap, but she still couldn't help but steal it.

She has been blessed by an unknown god since she was a child. Her omnipotent hands have given her talents and abilities beyond her peers, but along with that comes the malice of this god. Elsa cannot control her desire to steal.

Maybe this is how my life will be, Elsa thought dejectedly, as she watched herself fall into the trap of the black-hearted money-grubbing lord.

It is meaningless to return the ruins route map now, we can only take it one step at a time.

However, Elsa did not understand why Rand did this. Was it so that she could steal the precious treasures and then control her forever? But judging from Rand's behavior after her stole his pants, he did not seem like such an evil person except that he was greedy for money.

Before the group of adventurers set off, Elsa entered the ruins with a map of the ruins.

At the entrance of the ruins, there were traces of explosion and dried blood. According to the service staff at the holiday villa, it was Lord Rand who personally killed the golem taller than the mountain and the giant snake longer than the river.

Although Elsa didn't want to believe it, there were indeed bloody bones of a giant snake placed at the door of the holiday villa, which Rand called the sacrificial room.

Is this really something that can be done by the power of a single person? Lord Rand was clearly sneaked up behind her and stolen by her, but she couldn't discover it in time.

According to the roadmap, the ruins have ten floors, each with different buildings, knowledge, and wealth.

The treasure marked on the route map is on the first floor, which is the floor closest to the surface. Elsa cautiously entered the first floor of the ruins.

As a thief, except for her weak stealing skills, she is very proficient in other professional skills, which is also the capital for her to be alone for many years.

The first floor of the ruins is very spacious. It is larger than the Adventurer's Resort and the village on the upper floor combined. It looks like a relic of some ancient civilization.

Does the White King’s family history date back so long that it is actually related to ancient civilization?

Now she was looking forward to what the treasure on the road map would be.

(End of this chapter)