The Lord Legend Of The Raicarnated Lord
Travel Strategy to the North

Chapter 48: Strategy Travel to the North

Ever since Charade and Yuriy became Norton Family knights, Lorist suddenly realized that the current situation was getting out of hand.

When Lorist brought the resources he was about to bring back to the homeland during the meeting with the other knights, Charade began to laugh out loud at the plan. Even though he was a Lorist knight, he did not even bother to give Lorist any face. He took a map of the Northlands from Lorist and said that his focus should be on clearing the current mess of the Norton Family and giving them a chance to restart rather than sending them resources just to help them survive lived.

According to Charade, affluent families with great potential for development must have the ability to change and reform to adapt to whatever situation they face instead of sticking to old, destructive traditions and habits. The sad part of Lorist's current plan was that he focused only on sending back resources just to meet his current needs rather than considering how to develop the family further in the long run.

Lorist was a little embarrassed and even felt a little guilty when Charade nailed his initial intention: that of returning to Morante City after handing over the resources and living the rest of his life without worry. However, given the situation now, there was no way he would dare to say something like that, otherwise Charade would have jumped up and killed him because of that. Imagine what reaction his friends who were willing to throw away their comfortable lives in Morante City had to jump into the fire pit that was the dominance of the Norton Family when they heard that Lorist was planning to return to City Morante from the beginning …

Charade continued to give his opinion. He believed that the main reason the Norton Family fell into such difficulties was the lack of manpower. As long as the matter was overcome, the Nortons would undoubtedly be able to bounce back.

For example, when it comes to hordes of magical beasts during the winter, it would not be a problem for the family if they had the human resources to expand and strengthen the defensive infrastructure of dominance and might even be able to profit from killing ferocious beasts. and sell their meat and fur.

As for the mountain barbarian, Charade said that he had spoken to Shadekampf about it before and he found something that had been ignored by others: ever since the first conflict between the Norton Family and the barbarians, the family had been on the defensive side and only retaliated when the barbarians attacked without taking the initiative to exterminate them even once. If they were able to embark on one or two expeditions to exterminate the barbarian tribes, they would not be constantly harassed by the barbarians for so long. That was why the main solution against the barbarian threat was to launch an attack on their headquarters and kill all who resisted while capturing the others to use them to build roads and develop remote lands. Charade was filled with bloodlust and excitement as he spoke of that solution.

Another problem was about the garrison troops who had close ties to many Nortons. This was a difficult and complicated situation to deal with because the Norton people were unable to destroy them, given that the territories of the former Krissen Empire had just emerged from the ashes of a six-year civil war and the land was in danger with hard-living citizens, torturing lives and bandits are popping up all over the place. During this trip north, it was imperative that the convoy destroy the bandits along the way as they raised and trained their own elite forces. By the time they arrived at their destination, they would have an experienced elite combat force that could undoubtedly easily crush the rebel garrison forces. The members of the army could also become citizens within the dominions, thus further increasing the human resources available at Norton.

Regarding the territorial quarrel with the Kenmays, Charade did not believe that to be a real problem as the Viscount would obediently return the mine to Norton or get ready to be completely annihilated by the soldiers forged along the way. If that happened, the Nortons would have another piece of land they could control.

A particularly troublesome problem was the presence of Duke Loggins, who was renowned for his obvious greedy nature of his frequent schemes to swallow up the wealth of the noble families under his rule. That person was like a blood-sucking leech to the Norton Family who could do nothing but endure as they did not have the ability to fight against him at the moment. Charade said that it was up to Lorist how he wanted to handle the matter. He recommended that if their troops were strong enough at that time, they should destroy the noble lord in one strike. However, if they do not yet have the ability, staying low and waiting for an opportunity to attack is a wiser move.

Taking a map of the territory of the former Krissen Empire, Charade pointed to it and said, "Everything, look. The former Krissen Empire is currently divided into three kingdoms and seven dukes, among which, the Duke of Lormo who neighbors the Falik Plain has sided with the Forde Trade Union. The next was the Redlis Kingdom, ruled by the First Prince of the former Kingdom of Krissen, which occupied 7 of the 29 provinces that once belonged to the empire, making it the power with the widest territory and power in the region. Furthermore, we have the Duchy of Farkel, the Duchy of Forund, the Duchy of Handra and the Duchy of Shabaj occupying the center and most prosperous areas in the region that once belonged to the empire. These four nobles even formed a military alliance and they were currently entangled in a continuous conflict with the Redils Kingdom.

“The Kingdom of the Third Prince of the former Krissen Empire, Kingdom of Andinaq, has only power over 3 provinces. However, the capital of the former empire was under his control and he was the official heir of the empire appointed by the former emperor himself, and his status was much higher than other nobles because of that. Were it not for the Forde Trade Union inciting the First and Second Princes to revolt, the Third Prince would have ascended to the imperial throne. Due to the constant pressure of the trade unions, the current strength of the Andinaq Kingdom was the weakest among the others and could not even be compared to some of the other dukes. The Third Prince should be the ones whom the Norton Family should have good relations with, or even be loyal to, because he is the true heir of the Krissen Royal Family.

"Last, let us consider the Second Prince Iblia Kingdom located near the Norton region. The Second Prince had always had a rather bad reputation among the imperial nobles and he was often regarded as a cold, selfish, full-fledged planner , an opportunistic man who has no outstanding achievements whether it be in government or military. In reality, the nobles serving the Second Prince were a divisive mess. They only promised their loyalty to him and often fought with each other and even ignored his orders. If the Second Prince did not have the support of his father-in-law, Duke Fisablen who ruled over the northeastern grassy plains, there was no way the Second Prince would be able to find his own kingdom.

“Occupying the northeastern area of the former Krissen Empire, the Kingdom of Iblia ruled over 5 provinces including the Northern Highlands, as well as Maduch Duchy who was under the kingdom in name only. The current power resisted by the Kingdom of Iblia was Duchy Melein, who was a staunch supporter of the Third Prince's Andinaq Kingdom and served to defend the former royal capital from the Second Prince's forces. For the Second Prince to be able to conquer the royal capital, he must first find a way to deal with the Duchy of Melein. The problem was, Duke Melein used to be the commander-in-chief of the former imperial army and his troops were among the most experienced and skilled. The Second Prince had failed in his attempt to defeat the duke's army for the past two years.

"The nobles under the Second Prince included 2 dukes, 7 marquises, 19 counts, more than 40 viscounts as well as 100 strange barons, among these 90 nobles have recently been entitled by the Second Prince himself, essentially granting the title for more money , Produce comical situations from some countries that have territories that are even smaller than those of neighboring barons. One of the 2 dukes under his service was Duke Fisablen who was once a general of the imperial Border Defense Force who was mainly responsible for keeping the barbarians from the plains out of the country. During the power struggle between the three princes, he supported his son-in-law the Second Prince and he was so influential that he could even be said to be in charge of establishing the Kingdom of Iblia alone.

"The second Duke under his services is Duke Loggins. See the map here, the Northern Highlands occupies about half the territory of the Kingdom of Iblia. The only thing about it is its relatively low population. Now, look at the dominance of the Norton Family. It occupies a third of the largely remote and undeveloped Northland. The power of Duke Loggins was the most prosperous part of the south of the Northern Highlands, just across the Watar River. The duke actually had the ambition to make the entire Northlands his dominion to form his own duke. But due to the lack of military strength as well as pressure from Duke Fisablen, he had no choice but to accept being part of the Kingdom of Iblia. Currently, he was busy with the formation of his Northland Army so that he could have influence over Duke Fisablen's forces which he would also use as the main force to form his own duke in the future.

“During the formation of the Kingdom of Iblia, the Second Prince has agreed to make Duke Loggins ruler of the nobles of the Northern Highlands to gain his support. This was the main reason why the Norton Family was currently beneath him. However, the Second Prince also granted more than 90 titles to several new nobles, of whom more than 40 were revitalized lands in the Northern Highlands. Viscount Kenmays was also one of the noble ones.

“The sudden right of so many nobles is because the Second Prince hopes that the Northern Highlands will develop faster with the new nobles in charge. But in reality, it had caused quite a bit of trouble for Duke Loggins. After obtaining their titles, the nobles had engaged in countless conflicts for the territory and 3 new noble families were entitled and 1 old noble family had perished. The duke had changed his plan to take the entire Northland by force instead of secretly fanning the flames of war among the nobles to reduce their strength and force them to rely on him. This was why the current situation of the Northlands was so volatile and no nobles were safe from it.

“It concluded a report on the political situation in the Northlands. Right now is the perfect opportunity to reap the profits there. As long as we manage to gather a strong military force, the unification of the Northern Highlands can also be achieved. This is why I believe that Lord Locke's plan to transport resources there is completely unworkable. If anything, bringing too many resources with us would only make us a tempting target for bandits and even some local hegemony. However, if we were to raise an armed convoy, the local lords would be worried about being attacked and think twice before acting. As for the bandits, they will serve as the perfect target to train our troops. In fact, we should minimize their deaths and create strong and capable members of the suicide camp that we will later use when we are besieging. For those who are unfit for war, we can even use it as labor to develop the Northlands. ”

A standing ovation from the audience, and Lorist was no exception. Charade had always been the one to see the bigger picture. Lorist had already noticed that on the day when they were doing a mercenary mission together. Charade would never accept a mission that was beyond the capabilities of their party and his record of not having a single member in the group die on his watch was a testament to his abilities.

It was a pity that Charade did not know about Lorist's original intention to provide reassurance after transporting resources to the Northlands. He must have been very surprised by his father's lecture and probably tried his best to obtain the title of nobleman in the Northlands.

Lorist raised a small objection and said that while Charade's strategy was commendable, the cost of bringing refugees to the Northlands was simply too great, as they would cause quite a lot of trouble there, mainly due to the lack of agricultural land in the area as well as the lack of food to sustain the livelihoods of the refugees.

Charade replied, “Do you think we carry swords and spears to no avail? If they don't want to sell it willingly, we will force them to sell it! After all, we are just a group of refugees traveling and not there to occupy their power. The nobles will not bother to gather their troops to deal with us because even if they do, their own troops will be severely depleted and it will make them vulnerable to the neighboring ruling lords. That's why the best thing they can do is calm us down and pray that we leave their territory for Northland as soon as possible. ”

“What if there is not enough farmland when we reach the Northlands, some of you might say? That's not a problem, because we can have these refugees do other tasks such as mining, building roads, building castles, and hunting wild animals. Given the size of the Norton Family dominance, are you worried that we will run out of land to expand? ”Charade also mentioned that there are many that can be removed from the list of items they will carry. For example, the ten ingot carriages made of iron could be abandoned because they were heavy and difficult to transport. Instead of buying iron bars, it would be better for them to recruit people who knew how to scour the land for ore veins as well as metallurgists. Charade believed that the vast land of Norton power would definitely have resources waiting to be discovered.

He also asked Lorist how much money he wanted to use to purchase items in his initial plan, for which he answered 10,000 Ford gold.

“What will you do with the remaining 20000? Let them rust? We're all here ready to get through you all without thinking about going back. We can't skimp on preparation! Give me all your money and I'll use it to buy the stuff we actually need. ”

Sol, this fatty knows my wallet like the back of his hand .. His share of the profit Els just sent him two days ago as well as the rest of his savings all just fell into Charade's hands. Lorist accepted his current predicament and sighed, how can I go back to Morante City and live the rest of my life in spare time now that it is this way?

After gaining the authority to manage the funds, Charade began discussing with the rest of the group about the resources they needed. Primarily, they needed weapons and equipment, food and clothing as well as enough carriages to transport all of it. However, the second was to build a great armed force that they could rely on to escort their convoy. Charade thought that it was not good to rely entirely on mercenaries because he understood their nature well: when the fight was in their favor, they would give it their all, he said, but when things start to turn out to be unprofitable, they are the first to escape .

"Here," Potterfang said as he pointed at the black dot on the map. He pointed to Port Nupite.

Potterfang said, “The kingdom of Hanayabarta rules over these islands and the slave trade is not prohibited by their government. Port Nupite was the largest slave trading port on the Grindia Continent. We can go there to buy some slaves to form an army. ”

Charade replied, “Oh, I know that place. But I never went there myself so I don't know the finer details about the situation there. In fact, I've heard that the place is very chaotic and lawless. ”

“One of the mercenary missions I have undertaken involves escorting a group of slaves in the harbor. It was a bit chaotic but I also met some close acquaintances whom I knew back in my days serving in the army. Right now, they are working as port guards and I think I can make them give us more information about the place. It would be best if we could wait a few days before doing so since I was just about to break through the Gold rank. ”

Breaking through the ranks of the Battle Force was basically not difficult. As long as Potterfang familiarized himself with the Battle Force circulation diagram and could circulate his Battle Force according to that route perfectly, he would naturally be able to break through the Gold rank.

Charade nodded and said, “Alright, then I will come with you then. As for the matters here, I will leave it to our master to deal with. ”

Suddenly Potterfang asked, “Knight Charade, I know for a fact that you have never been to the Northlands before. How do you get information about the situation there? ”

"It's simple" Charade replied, "The ambassadors sent by Forde Trade Union to mediate the conflict between the Third Prince and the other powers have just returned. I managed to get one of them through my contacts and used the high price to buy a journal of what he had seen and experienced there. ”

Potterfang lowered his head as a sign of respect, “Knight Charade, you really have contributed a lot. ”

Charade returned the nod. “Do not be polite. It was natural to do that for the sake of family. ”

At that moment, Yuriy made a suggestion. “Hey, since this academy has quite a number of old students, especially those in the Sword Society, shouldn't we ask some of them if they want to join us on the way? In this way, it will be easier for us to form an armed force with their help. ”

"Great idea . Terman, you helped Yuriy with that problem. The only requirement was for them to have a good attitude and be at Silver rank. Tell them that this expedition will be dangerous and risky and that anyone who wants to return once they reach the Northlands will also be awarded 20 gold Ford. If anyone is willing to join the Norton Family, let them know that Lord Locke will be their knight when we finally reach our destination, ” Charade said.

He also asked Terman and Yuriy to try to find professionals who wanted to join the journey and help develop Northland. Anyone with skills or trades such as shamans and blacksmiths are welcome. He mentioned that the development of dominions cannot lack people with such skills.

Potterfang nodded in agreement with the idea.

The knights then saluted Lorist before leaving after the meeting ended. Potterfang quickly returned to continue his training while Terman and Yuriy began to handle the task Charade had given them. As for the fatty himself, he was quite busy haggling with various merchants to obtain the many resources they needed to travel north.

Sitting alone in his study, Lorist sat as his desk thought before finally realizing something. This is over .. Now I really have no choice but to go back and inherit the position of lord of the ruler …