Who taught him to restore the country like this

Chapter 145 It’s all here
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Misian State, Gem Bay.

This is the only port in the Misian State leading to the Holy Unified Empire, and it is now occupied by the Order of the End.

In the grey castle, Malbrecht respectfully withdrew from the room.

In the cold corridor built of obsidian, a subordinate dressed in a deep purple priest's robe stood with his head bowed.

"High Priest," the purple-robed priest reported, "there's new information from the capital of the Holy Unified Empire."

“Speak.” Malbrecht walked past him.

"The king of the Holy Unified Empire was murdered during the celebration," the purple-robed priest said, following closely behind.

"Oh?" Malbrecht raised an eyebrow. "That's good news. Things must be in chaos in the capital right now."

"not at all."

"Ok?"

“Two people who appeared out of nowhere, claiming to be divine messengers, captured the murderer, helped the eldest prince smoothly inherit the throne, and quelled the chaos,” said the purple-robed priest.

Messenger of God?

Malbrecht frowned slightly: "Who are they?"

"I don't know, but they possess divine artifacts and are extremely powerful. They have already persuaded the new king to send troops to support the Miansian state, and are leading 100,000 soldiers toward it," the purple-robed priest said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Malbrecht stopped in his tracks.

One hundred thousand troops?

What's wrong with the Holy Unified Empire?

They only sent people to Miansian State when it was almost a ghost town.

Could it be... that they received some information?
Malbrecht glanced back uncertainly at the room at the far end of the room.

Could they have come for that important person?

His expression turned serious, but it quickly disappeared.

Because that person will soon become a being comparable to a god. With this person around, no matter how many people the Holy Unified Empire sends, they will all be dead.

"Just keep an eye on the Empire's movements." Malbrek took another step and waved for the purple-robed priest to leave.

"High Priest, there is one more... rather troublesome matter that I need to report to you," said the purple-robed priest.

"What is it?" Malbrecht asked impatiently.

"In our rear, in Canare County, a very troublesome rat has appeared, leading a group of people, hunting down members of our Order of the End."

"Why do you have to report this to me? Why don't you just send someone to get rid of that rat?" Malbrecht said with displeasure.

"High Priest, we sent five purple-robed priests, but none of them have returned." The purple-robed priest said in a hoarse voice, "Now, Canare County is completely under his control."

"A seventh-tier expert has appeared in Canare County?" Malbrek frowned.

"No... his strength... is only at the fourth level."

"What?" Malbrek's voice rose as he roared, "Dealing with a fourth-tier rat cost you five purple-robed priests! What are you bunch of idiots good for?"

"It was that Calamity Witch who made the move," the purple-robed priest hurriedly said. "They've enlisted the Calamity Witch's help."

"The Calamity Witch?"

Upon hearing this name, Malbrek's face immediately darkened: "That bastard, abandoned and despised like trash by the Holy Unified Empire, yet she still helps those people."

He just couldn't understand it.

In his view, the Calamity Witch should be filled with hatred for the Empire, and might even join their Order of the End to seek revenge.

“They’re gaining momentum right now,” the priest added cautiously. “That rat is using Red Cloud Town as a base to consolidate the remaining forces in Canare County, planning to… launch an attack on the neighboring Dunor County.”

"Humph!"

Malbrecht snorted coldly.

Normally, during this crucial period, if the rat were to behave itself in Canare County, he wouldn't want to pay too much attention to it.

After all, the Calamity Witch is indeed not easy to deal with.

They have no need to antagonize the Witch of Calamity.

But now that the Calamity Witch is helping this rat to go further, he can't tolerate that.

"I want to experience the power of the Calamity Witch."

……

In the dead of winter, heavy snow blanketed the entire county of Canare, and the biting wind howled.

From above, in this desolate land, only one place proudly radiates light in the endless darkness.
That is Hongyun Town.

A week has passed since Ron arrived.

During this period, he actively mobilized the manpower of Hongyun Town to capture lone cultists in the surrounding towns.

While they were at it, they also rescued the survivors.

He then took charge of Hongyun Town.

On the second day, the Cult of Evil Gods sent a purple-robed priest, a sixth-tier expert.

Isabella kept saying she wouldn't help, but when the enemy arrived, she immediately activated a magic-suppressing field.

Ron lived up to expectations and defeated him with a fourth-tier martial skill.

The next day, two more purple-robed priests arrived to investigate the situation of the purple-robed priest who had gone missing the previous day, and the result was self-evident.

They've also lost contact.

On the fifth day, two more purple-robed priests arrived. This time, they were smarter and brought several hundred soldiers to act as cannon fodder and scout out the situation in Red Cloud Town.

Unfortunately, Ron had already had the city defenses repaired in the past few days, and all the cannon fodder were kept outside the city walls, so they couldn't gather any intelligence at all.

Seeing that the cannon fodder they had brought were about to die, the two purple-robed priests finally couldn't hold back and made their move.

The result was that there was no result.

These waves of experience directly boosted Ron's morale. After sacrificing five purple-robed priests and hundreds of evil god cultists in succession, his faith power had reached the sixth stage.

[Level: 47 (64)]

Unfortunately, the power of faith cannot directly affect the actual level; the level in parentheses will disappear after he leaves the divine kingdom.

However, your level will disappear, but the skills you learn will not.

The difficulty of learning sixth-tier skills at levels 47 and 64 is equivalent to the difficulty of elementary and middle school students doing middle school math problems.

Ron wouldn't miss this hard-won opportunity.

Since we're already here, we should naturally look for the hidden treasures within the divine kingdom and learn a seventh or eighth-tier skill to take back – that would be a great deal.

Exchanging for a Tier 7 skill requires 500,000 reputation points. Given his current situation of being targeted, restoring his kingdom will only become more and more difficult in the future. It is estimated that it will take half a year or even longer to accumulate 500,000 reputation points.

Now we can save a lot of time.

He knew all the high-value secrets in the third war of the divine kingdom.

Of course, exchanging intelligence for skills is the most cost-effective method.

However, a transaction requires equal strength.

It needs to settle and reflect for a while longer.

As night fell, wisps of smoke rose from the brightly lit town of Hongyun.

At this time, more than 700 survivors had gathered in the town, and most of the resources of Canare County had been integrated into Red Cloud Town.

There is no need to worry about food in the short term.

In a house in Red Cloud Town, standing apart from the other lights, Ron was busy in the kitchen using the life skill he had learned a few days ago: cooking.

In the restaurant next door, Isabella sat upright at the table, craning her neck to look expectantly at the kitchen.

When she saw Ron come out of the kitchen, she immediately suppressed the expectation in her eyes and resumed her indifferent expression.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Ron carried a tray to the table, which contained a roast meat, a dessert of cookies, and a bowl of mushroom soup.

"So slow." Isabella sat upright at the table, her long white hair gleaming softly in the firelight of the fireplace.

She tried to maintain an indifferent expression, but the slight twitching of her nose and her slightly rapid breathing betrayed her inner anticipation.

"Sorry sorry."

Ron chuckled and placed the plate in front of her: "Try my grilling skills."

Upon hearing this, Isabella looked at the golden-brown, crispy, and sizzling meat in front of her. The rich aroma instantly filled the air, and her hunger was instantly aroused.

But she didn't immediately touch the cutlery on the plate. Instead, she looked up at Ron, who had returned to the kitchen, until he took his own portion and sat down opposite her.

She then picked up her knife and fork with a dignified air, her movements carrying an ingrained royal elegance, and cut off a small piece of meat, which she then put to her lips.

The outer layer is crispy, the inside is tender and juicy, and the perfect amount of salt and spices bursts on the tongue, a taste she had never experienced before while living deep in the mountains.

A warm feeling, mixed with the satisfaction of the food, rose from her stomach, seemingly melting her icy blue eyes.

"Is it good?" Ron asked.

"...It's alright." She swallowed her food and gave a brief assessment.

“Then I’ll try to make it even tastier next time,” Ron said with a smile.

Although the tsundere archetype has faded from popularity, it's still genuinely funny.

Ron cut off a large piece of meat, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed a few times, swallowed it, and said, "When we get to Dunor County in a couple of days, I'll make you my best apple pie."

Isabella paused for a moment, didn't reply, but silently cut another piece of meat.

The firelight danced on her lowered eyelashes, casting faint shadows on her pale cheeks.

"What's wrong? Are you worried about what's happening in the capital?" Ron asked.

The time he predicted, "the king will be killed in five days," has passed, but Canare County has lost contact with the outside world and is temporarily unable to obtain news from the capital.

Isabella remained silent.

She was indeed somewhat concerned about the situation in the capital.

But what worries her more now is that she has recently started to have more expectations for the future.

It's all this man's fault. These past few days he's been trying to seduce her by talking about what he'll do tomorrow or what he'll do in a couple of days.

This distressed her.

Because of her past experiences, she always reminded herself that it was a mistake to have expectations for the future.

I have a feeling that Ron is leading her to make a mistake.

But... she couldn't get angry.

"Do you know why I was able to come from the 'future'?" Ron finished his roast meat, put down his knife and fork, and his expression suddenly became somewhat serious.

Isabella looked up at him.

“Because ‘Future’ wants more people to know about its beauty and look forward to its arrival.” As he said the last part, Ron’s serious expression turned into a smug smile.

Isabella: "..."

This guy definitely did it on purpose.

"Eat early and go to bed. See you tomorrow."

Ron finished his hot soup in one gulp, picked up his plate, got up, went into the kitchen, washed his dishes, and left.

Tonight he will also discuss the attack on Dunor County with Zedd and others.

As soon as he entered the temporary security post, Zede rushed up to him and reported: "Lord Ron, we have discovered a group of evil gods ten miles from Red Cloud Town."

Regarding titles... For the sake of convenience, a team must have a leader, and Ron, as the strongest person in Red Cloud Town and the person in charge of Isabella, naturally became the leader.

"Come again?"

Unlike the panic on Zeder's face, Ron's face showed more anticipation when he heard that the cult of evil was attacking.

After losing five purple-robed priests in succession, they'll probably send out red-robed priests this time.

“How many people?” Ron asked.

“Around two thousand people,” Zeder replied.

So many people have come?
Ron was surprised.

Are they planning to win in a magic-free environment by relying on their sheer numbers?

This is somewhat troublesome. The city defenses of Hongyun Town alone are simply not enough to hold off so many enemy troops.

Two thousand men can still fight, but there will be considerable casualties.

"Lord Ron, shall we evacuate Red Cloud Town?" Zedd asked.

Evacuate?

In a snowy day, can you outrun an elite enemy force with a group of old, weak, sick, and disabled people?
"Prepare for battle," Ron said.

"Yes." Zedd didn't say anything more.

Soon, the sound of alarm horns rang out in Hongyun Town.

Ron personally went to the walls of Red Cloud Town and exchanged his reputation for a large number of arrows.

Unfortunately, this is the game's reputation shop, and there are no items beyond the game's historical period. Otherwise, exchanging for a few Gatling guns would be incredibly fun in a magic-free environment.

"Lord Ron, the enemy is here!"

After waiting on the city wall for a short while, a dark mass of enemy troops could be seen in the distance.

As the enemy drew closer, Ron glanced back at what was behind him.

Seeing the figure standing quietly not far from the town entrance, he felt relieved.

Ron raised his hand, and as the enemy entered firing range, he swung it down forcefully: "Fire!"

Whoosh whoosh—

Hundreds of arrows were fired simultaneously, disrupting the enemy's formation.

Round after round of arrows suppressed the enemy's advance for a short period of time.

Just as Ron was about to replenish his arrows in an attempt to reduce the enemy's numbers as much as possible, he suddenly saw a red figure walking through the air in the distance.

Ron's eyelids twitched instantly.

A red-robed priestess?

Do not!
A red-robed priest cannot use magic within a magic-free zone.

The only person who can use magic within the magic-suppressing range is a cardinal of the Order of the End, that is, a high priest!
Eighth-tier expert!
Damn, you really think highly of me.

A ball of fiery red energy rapidly magnified in Ron's eyes.

boom!
Smoke and dust filled the air, and a huge gap was blasted open in the city wall.

"Cough cough."

Ron was blasted off the city wall, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Although the opponent's magic was weakened by [Annihilation] and was only at the sixth stage when it flew close, his body still couldn't handle it.

Before he could catch his breath, another massive energy blast came crashing down on him from above, and it was too late to dodge.

Just as Ron was about to use his level to protect himself and take the opportunity to escape, an energy wave rippled out in front of him, shattering the energy cannon.

Upon seeing this, a subtle glint of cunning flashed in Ron's eyes.

They've finally made a move.

"Calamity Witch, do you truly intend to become an enemy of my Order of the End?"

A thunderous voice, accompanied by a heavy, oppressive aura, resounded.

(End of this chapter)