Is it so easy for religion in another world to win?

A half-elf archer, a dwarf warrior, a human mage, and her, a human thief.

It is difficult for most creatures to even reach the elite level. Advanced professionals are already rare, and many people will probably never see the most advanced professionals once in their lifetime.

However, with the expansion of the resort and the exploration of the ruins, it is estimated that more and more adventurers will come here.

Elsa didn't even know the name of this team. Only the half-elves among these people were elites, and the others were not even at the elite level. They were pure newcomers.

However, the vast majority of adventurers may never reach the elite level in their lifetime, because it is not very accurate to judge them as newcomers without the elite level.

But for Elsa, it's all the same, these three combined can't beat her one.

Fortunately, on the first level of the ruins, since the ruins have been explored to a certain extent by the association, the level of danger has been reduced a lot, so that adventurers of this level are eligible to experience the adventure.

We need to thank Rand for this, otherwise these people may spend their lives looking for cats and dealing with wild boars, and are completely unqualified to experience the adventures soaked in friendship and blood in the story books.

Perhaps all new adventurers have a dream for adventure at first, but later they find that being an adventurer is not fun at all.

Unless there is a sacred place for adventurers like the ruins, which is why the representatives of the Adventurers Association are so anxious to consult with Rand.

One-third of the first floor has been explored. Going to the second floor requires facing a relatively powerful monster. No adventurer team has yet tried to conquer it.

Separating from her teammates, Elsa continued to deal with the adventurers who tried to form a team with her, went to the tavern, and skillfully ordered a glass of mixed juice.

Lysa works part-time as a bartender here today, and she seems quite interested in this kind of thing.

However, in order to avoid accidents, Lysa still disguised herself, and now she looked like a tall human beauty with dazzling golden eyes, but no one suspected that she was an ancient elf.

Elsa naturally knew Lysa, so she took the juice prepared from Lysa, took a sip, and took out a small part from her pocket.

"It's what you want." Elsa didn't know why Lysa wanted this thing, but Lysa was considered her boss in a sense, so it was pretty good that Lysa was willing to give her money.

Lysa flicked a beautiful ancient gold coin onto the table at the tavern counter with her green nails and accepted the small part.

This is a miniature version of the living and defensive autonomous dolls that patrol the first floor of the ruins.

Lysa was originally not sure if there was such a thing here, but now it seems that it really does exist.

Its function is to store energy and vibrate. It is generally used as a warning, but the scaled-down version can naturally be used to make some small robots or small toys.

Lesa doesn't know much about mechanical production, and she plans to cooperate with Ellie later.

The making of this kind of thing was accidentally mentioned by Rand when she was talking to him. She didn't know what the use of such a small toy was, but she had always been very comfortable with Rand's creativity.

After the secret deal between Elsa and Lysa was completed, she drank the remaining juice and asked, "You are very skilled, and you seem to be very idle. Why don't you find the parts yourself?"

Lesa didn't answer, just took the cup and gave it to the kitchen staff to clean.

It was just a casual question, and I didn't care if I didn't get an answer. Elsa didn't care either. Anyway, this elf has always been weird.

After leaving the tavern, in order to avoid saying hello to others, Elsa hid in the shadows and walked back to the small house she rented.

She is not a sociopath, but what she experienced during this period has directly turned her into a dark little kid who doesn't dare to meet people. It's too troublesome to become famous.

The small house contained adventure equipment and some trophies. Rand arranged for people to patrol the residential area day and night, so there was no need to worry too much about someone sneaking into the house to steal items.

But the most valuable thing is that Elsa still carries it with her.

The hut is also equipped with small lamps produced by the ruins. These small lamps are much more convenient to use than oil lamps, and they illuminate the hut very brightly.

Nowadays, the brick and stone hut is already the highest-end configuration, but the second phase of the project is under construction. When the higher-end house is built, Elsa will definitely move there as soon as possible. As for the price, it is just a splurge.

Elsa actually became an adventurer only recently. From birth, she was trained as a cold-blooded killer until she rebelled against her fate.

She didn't know when the family members would find her, and she became an adventurer just for convenience. Until she came here and met the shameless Rand, her life changed.

Maybe this is the life she dreams of, exploring ruins with a group of ignorant adventurers every day, facing some novel things, defeating enemies, or finding treasures.

These made her feel happy, although she knew that the family would find her sooner or later.

Before that, she was willing to experience fun beyond this fate.

On the other side, Rand received another threatening letter from Baron Huyuan. The wording was quite harsh, including threats and insults, but Rand read it with relish.

However, Rand's attitude has always been that he cannot read back.

It is estimated that when the Feng Rang mercenary group is in place, the Huyuan Baron will be unable to sit still and launch an attack on the Crescent Moon Territory.

Rand licked his lips, he was quite looking forward to the expression of the Baron of Lake Source.

Chapter 66 Businessmen, training troops and preparing for war

Perhaps due to the cooperation with the Adventurer Association, or the gradual spread of the ruins here, a caravan unexpectedly arrived from the Crescent Moon Territory. The leader of the caravan was a middle-aged man wearing a felt hat.

After being searched, the caravan leader was allowed to enter the den above the resort.

All the dens have now been replaced with stone buildings. After walking a few steps, you can see the already grand Lord's Hall.

There is also the giant snake entrenched above the hall. Since the resort village below is located on a very low terrain, this huge outline can only be vaguely seen in the distance.

Only when you actually come to the den and see the snake bones up close will you understand what a huge and terrifying monster it is.

And such monsters have now been reduced to skeletons, reduced to decorations for the Rand Lord to decorate the building.

This made the caravan leader, who prided himself on being well-informed, even more awed.

The silver-armored soldier guarding the door confirmed the identity of the caravan leader, checked to confirm that he was not carrying a weapon, and then stepped aside, allowing him to enter the richly decorated lord's hall.

The painting style is a bit strange. The traditional aristocratic architectural style is paired with many ancient decorations produced in the ruins.

It looked pretty good, but the style was different from the Lord's Hall that the caravan leader had seen before.

The long dark red carpet with gold edges in the hall extends to the end where there is a man with black hair and black eyes sitting on the lord's seat.

There is also a female swordsman guarding him with a weapon on his waist, but the swordsman is wearing a mask at this time and his appearance cannot be seen clearly.

Instead of counting the chandeliers carelessly while waiting, I sat more upright after the guests arrived.

Looking down at the caravan leader wearing a felt hat.

Rand spoke slowly: "What do you have?"

The caravan leader bowed his head to show respect. He did not try to do aristocratic etiquette lest it backfire: "Slaves, spices, farm tools, gems."

Rand was not surprised that this businessman was also a slave trader. After hearing this, his eyes lit up: "Look at the slaves."

Before Rand traveled through the world, he had read a lot of online novels. Aren't slaves just a talent market in another world? There might be princesses from enemy countries, descendants of ancient times with mysterious identities, demi-human princes who were unfortunately captured, etc.

He was quite excited when he thought of this. Although there were already a lot of strange people gathered in the den, he could still handle it for now, and he could handle it if there were more.

When these slaves were brought up, Rand was a little disappointed. They were all ordinary people. They looked unremarkable at first glance, but they all looked healthy. The men could work and the women could give birth.

Oh, there is an exception. There is an elf. Although the human kingdom had an armistice with the elves a hundred years ago, there are always some issues left over from history.

There are also many humans who were captured by elves and used as slaves. This is one of the reasons why the relationship between elves and humans is still not good today.

Rand asked: "Look at all the spices and farming tools. No need for gems."

Later, spices and farm tools were presented.

Rand took a closer look. The spices were good, but the farming tools were average.

"Do spices have seeds?" Rand asked after reading it.

The leader of the caravan wearing a felt hat was a little surprised. It was his first time to ask about spice seeds. Spices have very strict requirements for the growth environment. It is difficult to grow outside the place of origin: "Only a little bit."

But as a mature caravan leader, he naturally made a lot of preparations, and he also brought some seeds to fool some nobles who didn't understand, but for this Rand...

He recalled the scenes he saw at the resort, the orderly houses, and the giant snake skeleton above the lord's hall after arriving at the den.

"Sir, it's difficult to grow spices in non-original areas."

Rand was stunned for a moment. There was actually a businessman who took the initiative to explain this. Are all businessmen in this era so conscientious? "Ah, I know, it's okay."

Having been reminded, the merchant no longer cared and continued to introduce his products.

Rand listened for a while, then called a few den believers and asked them to bring some things: "What I have here are some products from the ruins, and some juice."

Then he asked the believers to make a drink for the caravan leader.

After he took a taste, Rand said: "I can sell the finished product or tea bags here."

Tea bags were urgently researched by Rand when he heard that a caravan was coming. In short, they were tea bags from his previous life. Sugar and spices were put in the tea bags, and then only water and juice were put in the cup.

The effect is definitely not as good as freshly made, but the taste is not much different.

The caravan leader frowned and understood the meaning of the tea bags under Rand's explanation. Then Rand smiled and said: "For relic items, you can also trade directly with adventurers, but we will charge taxes. As for direct If you trade with us, you will not be charged.”

Generally speaking, Rand barely controlled the relics items sold in the den, which would be slightly more cost-effective than collecting taxes.

After some non-committal wrangling, the price was finally set. A pack of tea bags cost 5 silver coins, and 500 packs were sold. The relic items were traded in large quantities, with a total profit of 10 gold coins. The average price of ordinary slaves was 10 silver coins, a total of fifteen Name, 5 gold for elves, Rand bought them all.

The price of the elves was much lower than expected, and there was something wrong with it. Rand was going to ask Lysa to come over and let her decide what to do with it.

After the transaction, the caravan leader said that if there was no interference from the war, he would come back next spring and he would also bring slaves and spices.

This is a good start. As for the agricultural and textile products of those dens, they are not within the trading scope of these caravans, and Rand does not care. Such things can definitely be sold.

When the caravan leader led the caravan away, Rand said to Olenna, who had taken off her mask at this time, "Arrange the slaves, and the elves will be managed separately. Let Lysa go and take a look."

Olenna nodded and went to do the work, and Rand came to the military training ground of the den.

Many qualified soldiers have come out from here, but now this batch of magic fine steel soldiers that Rand wants to be the trump card are still in training.

Now let's not talk about anything else, at least the formation is neat and can understand basic tactical instructions.

And they should be well-informed and will not be scared to stand when facing the enemy.

There is no suitable mount, Rand has left a lot of magic fine steel materials to make horse clothes and horse armor, just waiting for the right mount to appear.

He can slowly train this army to become cavalry, a magic fine steel cavalry equipped with magic fine steel, which should still be dominant in the first expansion pack.

If it really doesn't work, Rand will try to make a mount himself. He saw that there are many cool mounts in the game "Deep Moon". He just happened to have Blessing 2, so he could try to crossbreed a mount himself.

But now, the autumn harvest is about to end, and the Feng Rang Mercenary Group has arrived in Lake Source Territory. Rand watched this 50-man magic steel infantry finish a training process for the last time, and prepared to take them to the village northeast of Crescent Moon Territory.

The road that was dug there has not been filled up yet, but it was unexpected that Rand himself would fill it up now.

The chief officer of the army is Rand himself, and the adjutant is Serai. Unlike Serai, who has received the power of the Mother Goddess, Serai does not have to worry about being detected by the ritual vessels of the Torch Church.

Chapter 67 Taner, the King of the Inner Ghost

Rand brought the magic steel troops to the northeast village. Compared with the first time he came, this village has been much more prosperous.

However, although Rand vigorously absorbed refugees and bought slaves, the population allocated to each village is still not very large. The popularity here is a little better than before, but not too much.

But other than that, everything is much better. With the arrival of autumn harvest, the population has decreased, but the harvest has hardly decreased, resulting in every family being much richer now.

Rand's tax on the village is also less than that levied by the previous baron. Although Rand did not reduce it too much in order to pursue war, the income of these villagers has increased more in comparison, so every household is much better off.

Unfortunately, it will take time to make up for the loss of population during the previous village turmoil.

Now Rand has taken out the doctrine of fertility and nursing separately and vigorously promoted it by the missionaries in the den, in order to expect the emergence of a baby boom in the future. The increase in population is the basis of everything.

Rand and Olenna are now supervising the backfilling of the big pit here. The previous digging here was to prevent the cavalry charge of Baron Huyuan. Now that Taner's Fengrong Mercenary Group is an insider, it is necessary to fill the road to expand the results of the battle.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to pursue at that time.

Since the autumn harvest has passed, the villagers have become idle and have been mobilized to fill the pit.

These villagers had no complaints, because when Rand withdrew his troops back to the hideout, they were also worried that Baron Huyuan's army would come, so they came here to dig pits whenever they had time.

As a result, the partition here has become more than twice as large as before Rand left, turning into a huge deep pit.

Now they are mobilized to fill the pit for free, not to mention that they have the obligation to be recruited. Although they don't understand, they still know that Lord Rand will never do it without a purpose.

Whether it is filling the pit or digging the pit, they all think that Lord Rand must have a deep meaning in doing so.

Rand stood on a higher place, watching the people below trying to fill the pit and estimating the time.

Since Baron Huyuan has already set off, he has not received any letters from Taner recently.

It is not known whether it can be completely filled before the arrival of this baron.

At this time, Olenna still has a sword on her waist, but she is holding a stack of documents in her hand. The road connecting the northeast village to the hideout has been connected, and some more important documents will be delivered by scouts.

Olenna, who is a guard and part-time secretary, reads it and dictates it to Rand.

"Sir, the tavern's business is gradually increasing, but the big bathhouse's business has not been very good. Is the price too high?"

Rand nodded and said, "This is normal. Most people don't have the habit of taking a bath. And for civilians, I actually have a reason to set the price so high."

Originally, Rand wanted to benefit the people and set the price of the bathhouse in front of the bathhouse very low, but then he thought it wouldn't work. At least he had to wait until the villagers developed the habit of changing clothes frequently and had the awareness of keeping warm before he could lower the price.

If you don't wash well, you will catch a cold. If you catch a cold, there is no ibuprofen now. In the absence of adequate medical conditions, a cold can also kill people.