193: Chapter 193 Letter

Chapter 193: A Letter

[Divination 4: The Goblin Race's Green Hat Tribe, neighboring the northwest of the Pioneer Territory, has conducted a secondary cleanup of the devastated territory after the Beast Tribe squad's attack.]

The corners of Lister's mouth couldn't help but twitch back and forth. Regarding the operating style of this Green Hat Tribe, he really didn't know what to say.

A cleanup crew that specifically comes out after the battle to wash the ground?

He felt this description was ridiculous; after all, among the forces outside the Western Frontier, the overall strength of the Goblin Race was not weaker than the Beast Tribe.

The Beast Tribe is just a mid-to-high-level tribe of the Orc Race, but the Goblin Race is a complete, large race.

Yet such a large race engages in this kind of bullshit, petty, disgraceful behavior, without even a shred of the style or majesty of a great race.

Although his impression and evaluation of the Goblin Race in his memories weren't great, today's divination once again refreshed his perception of them.

What a bizarre race!

He shook his head with a sigh in his heart, just as he released his Spiritual Power to put away the ancient book in front of him and prepared to rest.

A sharp eagle cry came from outside the window. He couldn't help but turn his head to look, only to see a Magic Cloud Eagle with soft feathers and an elegant appearance already perched on the window ledge.

His eyes lit up instantly. He hurriedly stood up and walked to the window. As he opened it, he asked with a smile, "Ying Yue, did Daisna ask you to bring me a letter?"

With a soft chirp, Ying Yue, having entered the room, raised its neck while nodding its little head like a rattle-drum, looking very intelligent.

Seeing the small section of a cylinder exposed amidst the thick feathers on its neck, his face couldn't help but brighten.

After gently removing the cylinder, he stroked Ying Yue's little head a few times, then took out some spare, high-quality Magical Beast Meat and a few primary fruits that help enhance magic power from his storage ring.

"Eat up, this is a reward for your hard work in delivering the letter."

After chirping happily, Ying Yue joyfully enjoyed the delicacies in the tray in front of it.

Smiling, he casually closed the window, returned to the bed to sit down, and quickly opened the cylinder to take out the letter inside.

Then, he couldn't wait to open it and read it.

"Lister, how have you been lately? How is life in the Pioneer Territory?"

There wasn't much text in the letter; he finished reading it in just a few minutes, but the content made him feel very comforted.

Besides some words asking how he was doing, the rest of the content was about her own recent magic learning life.

During this time, under the guidance of the magic teacher at the Church Academy, not only had her own magic power increased significantly, but she had also learned many novel spells.

According to her teacher, she estimated that in a few months, she would be able to become an intermediate mage, and her talent in the school was considered quite good.

Besides these things, her words also subtly mentioned the matter of helping him investigate the title demotion, which had returned without success.

Although it was stated very obscurely, he spotted it at a glance, and a warmth couldn't help but rise in his heart.

As for whether investigating this matter would be dangerous, he didn't have any worries at all.

After all, this matter of his only involved a small Viscount title; given her family background, how many people would dare to provoke her?

After putting the letter away, he sat at the desk, took out high-quality paper and a pen, and earnestly began to write a reply.

After finishing, he wasn't in a rush to send it out. After all, Ying Yue had just returned from a long journey, and even a semi-magical beast needed rest.

He extinguished the oil lamp, and accompanied by the sound of wind and snow outside the window, the pitch-black room returned to silence and tranquility.

The next morning, the faint morning light spilled through the window onto the high-quality wooden floor.

Rising early as usual, Lister washed up and groomed himself, then placed the letter he had written last night into the small letter cylinder.

After securely tying it amidst the thick feathers on Ying Yue's neck, he earnestly gave it a few instructions.

With a sharp, long cry, Ying Yue spread its thick and powerful wings, shot into the sky like an arrow, and soon disappeared into the thick clouds.

Withdrawing his gaze, he finished drinking the hot milk Thomas had prepared in big gulps, then rode his horse toward the military camp.

Although his residence was very close to the military camp, the thick snow that had accumulated on the road for many days still affected his time slightly.

Traveling on the pure white road, the pleasant chirping of winter birds drifted into his ears from time to time.

Not far away, the curling black smoke drifting from the chimneys of every household added quite a bit of life to Blackwood Town, where there were few pedestrians on the streets.

"To fully develop this land, it will still take a lot of effort and time."

Looking at the scene of the territory before him, he couldn't help but let out a heartfelt sigh.

Since coming to the Iron Thorn Territory Branch, he had realized the difficulty of developing a Pioneer Territory.

Although the Ironthorn Territory within the kingdom was also remote and desolate, at least there was basic infrastructure, whereas the Pioneer Territory was truly devoid of everything.

Consequently, if one wanted to quickly build up a Pioneer Territory and develop it into a mature territory, the difficulties and obstacles required would undoubtedly be much greater.

Not to mention that this period was the coldest phase of the year; for most Pioneer Territories, not to mention how well they could develop, even solving the survival problems of the Serfs was not easy.

That he could make the Iron Thorn Territory Branch emerge from nothing and quickly get on the right track of development was entirely inseparable from the assistance of the Ironthorn Territory behind it.

This situation of using the territory he ruled within the kingdom to feed back into the development of the Pioneer Territory could almost be considered unique within the Pedan Kingdom.

To a large extent, those Pioneering Lords with vast family backgrounds and family support might not necessarily have it as comfortable as he did.

Because most of them needed to be constrained by their families and could not act entirely according to their own wishes.

But he himself was the greatest master; he could withdraw and utilize resources however he wanted. The two differed too much at the root.

Of course, if this situation were changed to those other Pioneering Lords, he estimated that not many would be willing to come to this godforsaken place.

After all, compared to the interior of the kingdom, the dangers of a Pioneer Territory were far too high, and you never knew when they would arrive; it could be said to be impossible to guard against.

Although he had the help of divination, he didn't dare to say he could definitely avoid these dangers.

In the end, he and his forces still had to be tough and powerful enough; otherwise, there would eventually be a day when, even if divination predicted the danger in advance, he might very likely be unable to handle it.

While pondering and introspecting, the warhorse beneath him slowly arrived at the area of the military camp.

"Greetings, Lord Lister!"

Hearing the respectful greeting from his side, he came back to his senses and nodded slightly. After dismounting and handing the horse to a Soldier, he walked quickly toward the interior of the military camp.

After taking only a few steps, hard-working figures sweating in the wind and snow came into his view.

After some greetings and responses, he arrived at a spacious open space and entered a training state.

Thanks to many actual battles and the various resource fruits he had consumed previously, his cultivation speed on the path of a knight was getting faster and faster.

If it weren't for laying a good foundation and digging into his potential to the greatest extent, he estimated that without suppressing himself, it wouldn't be long before he made another breakthrough in his knight realm.

He liked this feeling of his realm soaring rapidly, but he couldn't let it continue unchecked, otherwise, it was very likely that a situation of unstable foundations would arise later.

Therefore, during this period, he hadn't been practicing his Breathing Technique, but was focusing entirely on practicing Spearmanship.

Among the arts and skills he had learned, only the Spearmanship art had not reached the mastery realm.

Therefore, in his previous combat experiences, when fighting enemies on horseback with a spear, besides releasing spear-type skills, he could only engage in close-quarters combat with the enemy.

If the enemy had few people and their strength was similar to his, this combat mode was fine, but if there were many people and their strength was stronger than his...

Then it would inevitably increase the risk of him being surrounded on the battlefield, and consequently, the probability of defeat would also greatly increase.

Especially against those transcendent beings with ranged attacks, the suppression and interference against him would be very great.

And spear-type skills were not the same as Spearmanship; although their power was stronger, their form of release was very monotonous, and they consumed the magic power within his body.

After all, a knight was not a mage or a wizard; the proportion of magic power stored in his body was not much, far less than the battle qi within his body.

Therefore, only after his Spearmanship reached the mastery realm could his fighting on the battlefield be more comfortable and at ease.

The wind and snow howled past. After training until his body was heated to a certain degree, he ended his morning training.

Before leaving the military camp, he observed the training situation of the knights and Soldiers, and the progress of many people was very obvious.

Especially the first batch of knights and Soldiers who followed him to the Pioneer Territory; many of them had more or less made breakthroughs in their knight realms.

As for the ordinary Soldiers, quite a few had successfully joined the ranks of Apprentice Knights.

He knew that such a significant state of breakthrough was inseparable from the Western Frontier Territory, this land that tempered people.

After finishing breakfast, Lister returned to his office, accompanied by Red, Spartacus, Sejin, and Aier.

Now, these four people were the most significant figures in military management in this Iron Thorn Territory Branch, besides him.

Taking a gentle sip of the innovative milk tea made by Flora, Lister, sitting in the main seat, turned his head to look at Flora, showing an expression of appreciation: "Flora, your craftsmanship is getting better and better; I like this new-style milk tea very much."

"Thank you for the compliment, Lord Lister." Flora, holding the tray with both hands, had her eyes form into crescent shapes.

At this time, the four people sitting opposite also each tasted a sip of the new-style milk tea; while their eyes lit up, they couldn't help but utter words of praise.

Flora didn't say anything more, just nodded slightly with a smile on her face, then respectfully took her leave from Lister.

Watching her beautiful back disappear, Lister withdrew his gaze, straightened his expression, and said to the four people opposite: "The war to support the White Cat-Ear Tribe has come to an end, and our main goal has been achieved."

"Next, I have entrusted all the series of official business within the Pioneer Territory to Odinton."

"And our focus needs to be entirely placed on dealing with the invasion of the Beast Tribe."

The four men's expressions tightened, and Red asked in a deep voice: "Lord Lister, has the Beast Tribe already begun to act?"

Lister nodded slightly and said: "Yes, under the reconnaissance of the Magic Cloud Eagle, I can confirm that they are already attacking toward our southwest Pioneer Territory."

"This time their momentum is great; there are dozens of squads with nearly a hundred people each, all led by intermediate orcs."

The four men's faces were slightly surprised; they hadn't expected there to be so many people, although the Beast Tribe attacked in the form of squads.

But the total number of people added up was not small, not to mention that there were so many intermediate orcs among them.

However, they didn't feel afraid. Firstly, it was because of their confidence in their own strength, and secondly, it was because the orc squads were all acting separately, which could greatly reduce their combat pressure.

Lister, seeing their thoughts, continued: "I called you here this time not only to tell you this news, but also to discuss how to eliminate the peripheral pressure brought by the Shadow Leopard Tribe."

"The Shadow Leopard Tribe is too close to our territory; even with the barrier of the Tianping Mountain Range, it will still pose a significant threat to us."

"When fighting against the Beast Tribe, if we don't eliminate the invisible threat they might bring, it will be very unfavorable for our combat response."

The four nodded in agreement, and Sejin made a suggestion: "Lord Lister, perhaps we can incite a conflict between them and the Giant Elephant Tribe."

"Sejin, have you gathered any information?" Lister asked, looking at him, and the others also looked at him.

"Yes, Lord Lister." Sejin nodded and explained: "Although I was not in the territory a few days ago, the intelligence department still maintained infiltration and reconnaissance missions, thus obtaining a piece of news favorable to us."

"Due to the matter of the Earth Dragon Fish scramble, the Giant Elephant Tribe lost quite a lot of resources, so some time ago, they started plundering several small tribes in the surrounding area."

"During the plundering, they discovered a fine iron mine buried deep within a mountain range in the territory of a small tribe near the Shadow Leopard Tribe."

"As for why that small tribe didn't discover it before, but the Giant Elephant Tribe discovered it now, I guess it should be because the recent incessant blizzards caused a landslide, so it was coincidentally discovered."

Spartacus smacked his lips: "This Giant Elephant Tribe really has good luck!"

Red and the others nodded in agreement; the value of a fine iron mine was very high, and it was not easy to discover one.

"They are indeed very lucky."

Sejin echoed, and continued: "And after the Shadow Leopard Tribe learned this news, taking advantage of the Giant Elephant Tribe's impaired strength, they sent many people to fight for it."

"Forced by the helplessness of needing the tribe to recuperate, the Giant Elephant Tribe had to temporarily retreat, but they have been closely monitoring the movements of the Shadow Leopard Tribe."

"It is thought that as soon as there is an opportunity, they will counterattack to seize back the fine iron mine."

"Therefore, I suggest we can start from this point, intensify the struggle between the two tribes, and let them fall into the quagmire of war."

Red and the others looked at each other with slightly happy expressions; clearly, they all felt this method was feasible.

Lister also nodded slightly; he had actually mentioned some of this matter in a previous divination, but it wasn't as detailed as what Sejin had gathered.

Now, according to what Sejin said, as long as they could keep the Shadow Leopard Tribe's attention on that fine iron mine, the threat to them would be much smaller.

"Sejin, judging by your appearance, do you already have a specific implementation strategy?"