There are many ruthless bosses living in my territory

At this moment, Haytham saw a dog-eared orc in the crowd pick up a large iron ball with the word "5t" written on it with his arms, put it on his back and started squatting.

"... Could that 5t be?"

"Yes, it weighs five tons."

Haytham's open mouth took a long time to close.

At this moment, a loud noise attracted him.

I saw a member of the Royal Guard standing in front of the boulder and punching it, smashing the boulder that was more than three meters high into pieces.

Then the girl with brown hair ran over and used a yellow shield to wrap the boulder, and the boulder miraculously recovered.

"…are these daily training?"

The corners of Haytham's mouth twitched slightly.

"Yes, daily training."

Reina nodded confidently.

"After all, we will face extremely severe tests in the future, and this training can only be regarded as a warm-up."

Is the other world so scary?

Haytham firmly withdrew the idea of ​​teaching swordsmanship.

In this situation, any member of the Royal Guard could beat him into a pulp with one punch. Even if he wanted to move a thousand pounds, he would have to have at least four ounces.

So it seems that the man named Lister was not interested in his fighting ability.

Haytham didn't know that the SS didn't have such strength a month ago.

Thanks to Lister's ability to use blood to strengthen others, he was able to quickly build a powerful army.

Lena glanced at Haytham who was thinking, then looked up at Lister's office.

Lord Lister did not return to his bedroom all night. It seemed that he would need to think for a long time about the news from Epsilon this time.

This is indeed the case.

Liszt was looking at the map on the table in deep thought.

The two infiltrators who had previously sneaked into Baiyue Territory brought very important information.

One is a detailed map of the northern border of the United States.

The second is the two targeted plans implemented by the alien race against the Red Maple Territory.

Liszt tapped his fingers on the table and muttered.

“It really gives me a difficult problem.”

"The beastmen suddenly grew brains. It seems someone is giving them instructions. Otherwise, they wouldn't be driving so many refugees to my place."

"To kill or to keep is the question."

"Based on their previous performance, neither the White Bear Clan nor the Undead Clan have any similar scheming behavior. The former prefer to be straightforward, while the latter lack reverence for life."

"Is it from the Dark Court or the Silent Sect?"

"Or was it an idea from the beastmen or elves from other regions?"

"Gains and risks coexist, and this may also be an opportunity."

Chapter 106 New Obstacles and Hopes

In the bright new office, Lister was thinking alone.

Originally, Muzan and Naruto should have been there, but they both returned to their own worlds to do routine charity work.

Regarding the fact that the alien races pushed out a large number of refugees and pointed them in the direction of Red Maple Territory, Muzan's attitude was to directly intercept and kill them halfway. She could do it by herself, so that people who might cause chaos would not be allowed into Red Maple Territory.

Moreover, she can conceal the matter from others and do all the dirty work.

Liszt expressed that he was very touched and asked Muzan to put this idea aside for the time being. Everything has two sides and one should not only see the bad effects of this matter.

For example, although this group of refugees are of inferior quality and may impact the thinking of Red Maple Town and cause chaos, they are also a group of labor force.

As winter turns to spring, Red Maple Collegiate needs more labor to develop the Red Maple Basin.

After all, Epsilon still has to build their Antarctic base, and they are more inclined to provide technology and methods to guide the development of Red Maple Territory.

Once Red Maple Territory absorbs this wave of refugees, the labor shortage will be greatly alleviated, and more manpower will be freed up to feed the large number of babies that are about to be born.

As long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages and the disadvantages can be effectively compensated, you can consider accepting it.

And if he really chooses to kill him halfway, it would not be in line with his governing philosophy.

That's why Lister spent the whole night thinking about how to mitigate the disadvantages or turn the disadvantages into gains in this situation.

"Um……"

After thinking it over again and again, Lister called the two people living in Red Maple Castle through mental communication.

In less than a minute, Melve in knight's dress and Pauline in assassin's costume walked in from the side door of the office.

"Brother, if there is a mission, can't you just tell us directly through the mind connection?"

"…It's not a very urgent mission, it would be nice to meet before the mission."

Hearing this, Melv raised the corner of her mouth.

"Yes, if I was given a task and it was done with just one instruction, I would be very unhappy."

Liszt coughed.

"Okay, let me tell you about this mission first."

"I have just told you the information I obtained this time through a deep mental connection."

"This batch of refugees number about 2,000 people. I hope that the two of you can secretly observe the refugee flow and decide on your own when to report to me."

Melv and Pauline nodded. They knew that Lister's intention in doing this was to observe the refugee crisis in advance to see if there were any enemy spies among them, or any strange people among them.

Understanding before deciding how to do things is a necessary attitude.

"Brother, you haven't told us why the aliens do this?"

"Isn't this an act of aiding the enemy?"

Melv was confused, and so was Pauline.

Seeing this, Liszt prepared to explain.

“Because they see more benefits than disadvantages.”

"The most important thing for a territory is order."

"Without these refugees, they should be able to better manage the conquered territories."

"From their perspective, if I accept this group of refugees, according to their estimates, my territory will have to consume a large amount of food and manpower to stabilize them. It will be difficult for the resource-poor North to survive, and this will shake the foundation of the Red Maple Territory."

"Moreover, there are probably a large number of morally corrupt people among this group of refugees. Once they are absorbed, there is a high probability that criminals will appear in the Red Maple Territory."

Melv immediately frowned.

"Then why accept them?"

She knew very well how destructive the rising crime rate was to the territory. The simple and plain cultural environment of Red Maple Town was created after layers of screening and guidance, and she would never allow anyone to destroy it!

At this time, Pauline said the same thing.

"My lord, scumbags will never change. I have seen too many hopeless people in the sewers of Baiyue City. Taking them in will only disgust other people!"

Seeing the two people who wanted to persuade him with a firm attitude, Liszt couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

"Why do you have the same attitude as Muzan?"

"Don't worry, I won't lose the most important people in Red Maple Territory just for the sake of development."

"This has always been the home that all of us value the most, hasn't it?"

After hearing these words, the two of them relaxed a little.

Lister really didn't expect that even Melv and Pauline had hawkish thinking. Once they heard that the special atmosphere of Red Maple Territory might be destroyed, they demanded to kill the group of refugees who were driven in.

They weren't like this before.

"I blame myself for not expressing myself clearly to you."

"This time I'm asking you to observe this group of refugees so that you can eliminate those who are not qualified to come to Hongfeng County."

Liszt crossed his fingers and rested his elbows on the table.

"You're going to keep a few very hated scumbags and a few guys who might commit crimes."

Both Melv and Pauline had inquiring looks on their faces.

"why?"

"Because... I want to borrow their heads for use."

Liszt smiled back.

"During the one-month journey across the snowfield, there will inevitably be dirty incidents of fighting for food rights. By then, you will definitely see the true colors of most of these people."

"The whole process will make everyone accumulate a considerable amount of resentment. The heads of some hated scumbags will serve as a punching bag for most people to vent their anger, and also a means for them to get close to Red Maple Territory."

Melv and Pauline suddenly realized.

Melfu praised it even more bluntly.

"As expected of my brother who is born to play tricks on people. Why don't I have a brain like you?"

"At least use some positive words..."

Liszt sighed.

At this moment, Melv suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, brother, did you get a detailed map of the United States?"

"Well, it's just a detailed map of the extent of the Peloron Empire."

"Then is there a large lake or sea in the east of our Red Maple Territory across the Winter Mountains?"

Ok?

Lister immediately remembered that a month ago he had asked Melv to investigate the situation at both ends of the Red Maple River.

He opened the map and found that the eastern part of the Winter Mountains was a blank area, and to the south of the blank area was another neighboring kingdom that also belonged to the Peloron Empire like the Kingdom of Rain.

"You mean this empty space is the ocean?"

"Indeed... there are several ports on the border of the Mut Kingdom here."

Melv replied.

"It's just a guess. I sent two five-man ninja teams to the two ends of the Red Maple River. The team heading to the northwest climbed up the mountains, and the team heading to the east discovered a huge underground river."

"This underground river is hidden inside the Winter Mountains. After I got the news, I wondered if the underground river was connected to the lakes and oceans outside. However, the investigation team is too small and the passages inside the cave are very complicated, so we haven't investigated it clearly yet."

Liszt looked at the map in front of him and suddenly slapped it with one hand excitedly.

"Sister! This is a major discovery! I will send Nadia and the others to investigate further!"

"If we are really connected to the sea, the alien blockade will no longer have any effect on us. We will even have many choices, whether to advance or retreat!"

Liszt stood up and paced back and forth.

There is no need to be too anxious for now, it is better to investigate it thoroughly first.

"Sister, I'll let Pri follow you. Just focus on the refugees. I'll consider the rest."

Melv and Pauline nodded, then left the office and set off with Pri, who had arrived to meet them.

Liszt looked at the entire map with excitement.

"Go east...it would be great if we could go east and open up a trade route."

"In this case, someone needs to be responsible."

"Haytham Kenway, you came at the perfect time."