Chapter 18: New Crisis, Breakthrough and Land Allocation

傍晚时分,维林站在木屋的窗边,凝视着星祷湖的夜景.他的身心都放松了.

 

八点时,命运的指引再次激活,为维林带来了有价值的信息.

 

[三个月后,星祷湖以西三千公里处,两红龙一金龙之间将爆发一场大战.怪物之间将发生骚乱,六个月后,他们将攻击伊利亚王国的西北部省份.朝着星祷湖前进的怪物大多是豺狼,其中实力最高的是低阶白银级.

 

"一场危机将在六个月内逼近."

 

听到这个消息,维林感觉自己就像被闪电击中了一样.他不是为了安全而来这里吗?为什么他不能摆脱这些烦恼呢?

 

现在,他面前有两条路.

 

首先,停止星祷湖的开发,找个安全的地方,暂时避开危险的冲击.但是,这将浪费一年的时间.

 

第二,继续发展.六个月之内,只要有一人突破到低阶白银级,他就有能力守住星祷湖这片领土.

 

在房间里来回踱步,Verin 突然停下了脚步.他的眼神锐利,透过窗户望向荒原的深处.

 

"开始并不容易.我怎么能放弃呢?它只是一群 gnolls.我不相信我无法捍卫星祷湖.

 

然而,为了增强领地的防御力,他别无选择,只能购买奴隶来提升自己的实力.

 

此外,铁匠,木匠,泥瓦匠和急需的建筑师也必须买回.他的目标是在六个月内建造一座易守难攻的城堡.

 

第二天早上,Verin 像往常一样,在木屋前的空地上练习.

 

突然间,他达到了一个特殊的临界点.

 

然后,维林突然睁开眼睛,脸上露出了笑容:"我终于突破了.我勤奋训练了一个多月,这并不是白费的.

 

从中级青铜级突破到高级青铜级,他体内的斗志更上一层楼.

 

而且,木属性的斗魂具有很强的恢复和耐力能力,这意味着他对自己有了更多的信心.

 

就在这时,奥兰多和希伯两兄弟带着一个年轻人走了过来.

 

"大人,您的属下是来报告任务完成的."

 

After hearing this, Verin stood up and looked at Kyle behind Orlando, nodding his head.

 

"Not bad. Awakening the fighting spirit in half a month and becoming a knight's squire. You have good talent."

 

Kyle knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "Thank you, Master, for giving Kyle this opportunity. I swear by my life that I will be loyal to you forever and will never betray you."

 

After hearing this, Verin handed his sword to Orlando, helped Kyle up, and said with satisfaction, "You've earned all of this. I said that if you awakened the fighting spirit within half a month, I would take you as my knight's squire."

 

"From now on, you can call me 'My liege' just like Orlando and the others."

 

"Thank you, My liege."

 

Kyle's eyes were filled with excitement and reverence as he bowed respectfully to Verin.

 

"Orlando."

 

"My liege."

 

"Kyle's fighting spirit attribute is fire. I'll leave his further instruction to you."

 

"I will follow your order."

 

Verin looked at the increasingly mature Orlando, patted him on the shoulder, put his hand in his pocket, took out seven intermediate-grade magic crystals from the spatial ring, and handed them to Orlando.

 

"My liege, what are these?" Orlando looked at the seven intermediate-grade magic crystals in his hand with his eyes wide open.

 

He had personally seen the other eleven knight lords willing to do the work of digging the river channel, working hard and without complaint, just for one low-grade magic crystal.

 

"I said that if you become my guardian knights, I will focus on cultivating you two."

 

"Four of these are rewards for you two brothers, and the other three are for the cultivation resources of the three of you. A crisis is coming, and you need to speed up the improvement of your strength."

 

"Yes, My liege." The three of them replied in unison.

 

Two days later, the first-stage reclamation plan for the farmland was completed. Next was the process of dividing the fields.

 

On an open piece of land, thirty-nine freemen, one hundred and twenty-four serfs, and forty-two cannon fodder slaves were all present. Looking at the graph on the wooden board that was divided into squares, except for the bandit slaves, the eyes of the others were filled with anticipation.

 

Five thousand mu of land, with each square being twenty mu, was divided into two hundred and fifty squares by Verin.

 

"Through your efforts, in the early ten days of June, we completed the reclamation task. Next, these lands will be granted to you."

 

"Next, each of you will draw lots to decide the land you will cultivate."

 

Then, Orlando called out the names one by one. First, the freemen came forward to draw lots, and then the serfs.

 

As for the bandit slaves, they didn't have this privilege. As a group of outcasts, they only had the fate of being exploited until their value was exhausted and then being disposed of.

 

Verin stood by and observed, witnessing all sorts of human expressions.

 

The freemen or serfs who drew lots for the land close to the Lake of Star Prayer happily pressed their handprints on the deed.

 

Those who drew lots for the remote areas seemed to have lost their vitality and were listless.

 

The people who were waiting were extremely excited. Watching the good plots of land being taken away one by one, they were anxious but helpless.

 

When it was all over, one hundred and sixty-three deeds were placed in front of Verin, representing that 3,260 mu of land had been granted out, which also meant that he had 2,358 mu of tax-paying land.

 

As for the remaining bandit slaves, they would serve as real slaves, working day and night in a designated area until the end of their lives.

 

The moment the freemen and serfs obtained the land, they rushed to their respective areas and wrote their names on the notice boards.

 

Verin asked Orlando to carry the deeds back to his room and then called Andrew, the vice-captain of the knight escort team.

 

"My liege."

 

As soon as Knight Andrew received the message, he hurried over.

 

"How is the preparation of the yam bean seedlings that I asked you to do?"

 

"My liege, it has already been completed. According to your instructions, it is more than enough to plant three thousand mu of farmland."

 

"En, that's good."

 

Hearing that there were so many yam bean seedlings, Verin nodded in satisfaction.

 

He planned to let the freemen and serfs plant three thousand mu of yam beans by the end of June and harvest a batch of grain in September to increase the reserve grain for the coming year, which would facilitate him to expand the population of the territory.