After listening to Felaern's explanation, Brando finally put down the matter at hand and became serious. "There are four lumber mills and two quarries near Abies. How can there not be any reserves?" He raised his head, his light brown eyes reflecting Felaern's slender figure. "Even if there is no reserves, Grinoires and Randner are the most important provinces in Erouine, and Tónigel is no exception. As far as I know, there are as many as seven sawmills in the barony of Firburh alone. Even if we can control four of the sawmills near Firburh, it would still be enough to repair and reinforce the city walls within a week … "
Brendel paused. In the game, the lumber mill's weekly output was one unit, and Tónigel's specialty products were doubled. However, that was only in the game, and he was not sure if it was the same in real life.
"My lord, do you know about this?" Felaern asked.
"Of course I do." Brando suppressed his doubts and asked: "So what exactly is going on?"
"There are two reasons," Felaern said with a straight face: "First, the workers in the lumber mill are Graudin's private property, and they are not willing to work for us."
"Why?"
"Because they are afraid of retaliation. In their eyes, my lord is bound to fail sooner or later. After all, your enemy is Count Randner, and you, my lord, are but a fledgling noble. "
"That's reasonable," Brando nodded: "Then let's dismiss them. Don't make things difficult for them. Without a sense of security, the people will not follow us. Humans are realistic, and no one will believe in empty words. But it's fine, the key to turning the situation around is just around the corner. As long as we get through the first hurdle, our forces will stabilize. "
"Then before that, what about the workers in the lumber mill?" Felaern asked in a calm voice.
"Don't we still have the Senia people?"
"That won't do."
"Why?"
"Because before that, my lord must take back the lumber mill."
"What?" Brando was amused. "Could it be that the sawmill is still not under our control?" He clearly remembered that the nearest sawmill to Abies was only a few miles away. Could it be that the nobles' private army that had escaped from Abies had regrouped outside the city so quickly? In the young lord's impression, the nobles' private armies did not seem to have such high combat strength and tactical accomplishments.
Ferro shook her head and answered him. "No, according to what we know, three of the four lumber mills have already been occupied by the Subterrane Dwellers. The remaining one was abandoned five years ago. "
"Caveman?" Brando asked, "Aren't they the residents of the lowest level of the underground world? Don't they live under the Jorgendy Ridge? Legend has it that the various tribes of the underground world are in endless disputes, and at the same time, they are fighting with the Demon Lords. When did they have the time to come to the surface? "
"There's a crack in the forest that connects Jorgendy Ridge to the surface world." Ferllo paused for a moment. "Captain guessed that it might be a tribe that fled here during the war."
"Graudin doesn't care about it?" Brando was a little depressed. He knocked on the table with his knuckles. "That's his property …" But he suddenly stopped when he saw the Elven girl looking at him with her clear green eyes. Her eyes were clearly saying, 'Who knows what those filthy nobles are thinking?' He suddenly realized that even though Graudin's lackeys were tyrannical in Abies, they were a complete mess in terms of combat strength. Even a group of mercenaries led by Brendel could easily defeat them, let alone the Subterrane Dwellers.
In the game, mercenaries were nothing more than miscellaneous weapons in the human world. Even though the Subterrane Dwellers were the lowest level of residents in Jorgendy Ridge, they were also the first official army of the Underground Kingdom. They were equivalent to Cruz, the strongest human empire under the Holy Cathedral of Fire. They were at least light cavalry or spearmen, and were the core of the army in the Erouine Kingdom. If Graudin wanted to rely on his lackeys to fend off the Subterrane Dwellers, he would have a headache just defending against them, let alone attacking them.
Brando couldn't help but pat his forehead as he cursed himself for being incompetent. However, this realization also reminded him of something. Even though Level 1 Subterrane Dwellers were nothing to him, he had to realize that this was before the Second War of the Black Rose. During this time, the highest level of Level 5 Subterrane Dwellers was only Level 1. Unlike the second chapter of The Amber Sword, 'War and Chaos', where monsters like the Great Alchemist Tamar emerged one after another. Ancient units also appeared in the world, and the ranks of the Subterrane Dwellers rose like a rocket. It was precisely because of that glorious era that Brendel's vision was so high. Thus, the current wars were like child's play to him.
For example, the Incirsta Dragon's invasion of Bucce, in the future, would be considered a border conflict, but in this era, it could be considered a rare war.
After all, he only had a few mercenaries under his command. Most of these mercenaries had yet to reach the level of Iron-ranked, and they were considered as the nobles' private soldiers in The Amber Sword. However, in this era, in this place, they were considered the main force of the war. After all, this was Erouine, not Cruz of the Eagle Empire.
Thinking of this, the young lord stood up. The elven maiden who was holding a book looked at him calmly, but a hint of curiosity flashed in her green eyes: "My lord?"
"Follow me." Brando replied.
"Where are we going?"
"We're going to meet someone."
"Someone?" Felaern was startled, unable to follow his train of thought. "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Brando shook his head and took out the Sage Slate from the drawer. He then took the sword that the elven maiden handed to him. It was an ordinary magic sword, one of Graudin's collection. The baron was cruel and bloodthirsty, but he was not a brave warrior. It was just that Erouine's nobles valued martial arts, so he could not help but pretend to be a gentleman. However, all of these items had now become Brando's spoils of war. The young lord weighed the sword in his hand and sighed. It was just an alchemy grade sword with a Black Iron label. It could not withstand his full power, but it was slightly better than a common longsword.
Every time this happened, he could not help but miss the Thorn of Light. It seemed that ever since he lost that sword, he had not found another weapon that suited him. Although he had many goals in mind, he did not have the time, or the spawn point was not on the way.
He put away the sword and added: "I just suddenly felt that time was pressing."
The elven maiden glanced at him.
Soon, the two of them left the study and silently walked along the corridor on the north side of the castle. Brando looked at the elven maiden who was holding the book as if she wanted to say something, but she held back her words and asked: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing," Felaern looked at the empty corridor in front of her and replied: "It's just that Kabias's relic is still with me, my lord."
"That's right." Brando slapped his forehead: "I remember now. What was it that you wanted to ask me last time?"
Felaern lowered her head and rummaged through her pouch for a while before taking out a small object. She looked at Brando's outstretched hand and opened his palm, revealing a diamond-shaped golden object. Brando looked at the heavy object that looked like a golden shuttle and was slightly startled. He immediately blurted out: "So it's this. Kabias was really lucky." He paused for a moment: "No, I should say that I'm really lucky."
Felaern looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"This thing is called the 'Stone of Order', also known as the 'Door Stone'. It's a good thing." Brando carefully looked at the golden shuttle as if he was afraid that he had misjudged it: "It can be used to expand the territory."
"Expand the territory?"
Brando withdrew his gaze and looked at the side of the corridor. His gaze landed on the unknown tree in the courtyard and shook his head. "I don't know how to explain it to you." The Door Stone in The Amber Sword can provide a special attribute to a territory. For example, it can increase the forest's' Rapid Growth '(Lumber production + 1 per week), or increase the workshop's' Specialization '(Increase the probability of craftsmen being born in the territory). But he didn't know how these things worked in the game. "In any case, this is a rare treasure, but I don't know where that bastard Kabias got it from. He must have snatched it from the nobles in the southern border." Brendel thought for a while and replied: "Anyway, this is a rare treasure, but I don't know where Kabias got it from.
He couldn't help but wonder if he should rob him too.
Outburst of luck? Felaern frowned and took out another ring. "My Lord, this is also one of Kabias's relics."
Brendel stopped abruptly.
He stared at the emblem on the ring with a sword and shield intersecting. His eyes flashed slightly. "Warrior's Ring," he said with difficulty, then asked: "This is also one of Kabias's relics?"
Felaern nodded, but when she saw his expression, she couldn't help but ask: "Is it very important?"
"It's more than important." Brando took a deep breath. The Warrior's Ring, although its name was ordinary, it was just like the Knight's Ring, the Wizard's Ring, and even the Elementalist's Ring. At first glance, people would think that it was a common item that could be found anywhere. If you weren't familiar with its properties, you might be misled by its name. But for players who were familiar with its properties, it was one of the rare priceless treasures in the game.
First of all, its level was enough to explain everything. It was a Gold item, and a Fantasy item.
Then Brando took a quick glance at its properties and understood. Sure enough, it was exactly the same as it was in the game. For example, the description of the ring could be summarized in one sentence. It was as simple as the properties on the ring.
Because it only had one property.
Warrior Skills + 1.
… …
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