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

Seeing that Ellie and Olena didn't move, the bandits thought they were scared and laughed again. Then one of the bandits thought the time was right and rushed over on horseback, ready to hug one of them and take him away on horseback.

He rushed over on horseback and crossed paths with Olena.

Then Olena casually shook the blood on the tip of the swift sword, and the bandit rushed forward along the horse for a distance, then fell off the horse's back, twitched twice on the ground, and then stopped moving.

Now the bandits finally knew that something was wrong. These two beauties who were alone seemed very difficult to deal with.

Olena whispered to Ellie, "Don't let them escape. The den is in great need of horses."

Ellie rolled her eyes, feeling that Olena was too involved in the identity of the den members, but her subordinates were not vague. They raised their staffs slightly, and she would give priority to attacking anyone who tried to escape.

But the loss of just one person was not enough to scare them off. If they were scared off like this, they would lose their spirit as bandits and no one would dare to rob them in the future.

So they decided to go together. Under the leadership of the leader, they arranged their formation and then charged towards Olena.

Seeing that they did not run away, Ellie tilted her staff, and as the spell was prepared, a scarlet spherical energy body rolled on the top of the staff.

Then there was a staggered movement. Olena was not afraid of the cavalry rushing at high speed. When the bandits charged in front of her, she jumped up lightly, as agile and sharp as a hummingbird.

She seemed to be walking on flat ground in the air, flickering and moving.

Ellie fired two or three energy bombs and then jumped away, avoiding the frontal charge of the bandits.

Just after the charge, the remaining nine bandits all lost their breath. Olena landed lightly, shook off the blood on the sword, and then put it back into the scabbard.

Then she removed the shoulder armor fixed on her left shoulder and put it in her bag.

There were only ten horses left out of the ten horse bandits. Since the fighting pressure was small, Ellie and Olena had the energy to control their strength to avoid hurting innocent horses.

These horses should be well-trained. Without the control of their masters, they stopped and stayed where they were.

This reduced a lot of work for Ellie and Olena. As adventurers of this era, they were familiar with horses and quickly tied the horses together and prepared to lead them back to the den.

As they walked, Ellie suddenly said, "Didn't Rand say that food and lodging were not free?"

Olena nodded in confusion, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Then shouldn't our horses be given to Rand for free?" Ellie said seriously.

Olena's soft and bright eyes widened slightly, and then she laughed, "Then our Lord Rand will be worried."

Because they were the ones who handled the chores of the den some time ago, they knew the financial situation of the den.

A qualified warhorse costs about three gold coins, and ten horses cost thirty gold coins. I don't know where these horse bandits get such good horses, but now they all belong to the den.

The premise is that Rand can afford it.

Now it seems that Rand has to use the gems that Ellie funded to build the big bath that he originally wanted to keep. War horses are a very scarce resource, and Rand will definitely not let go of such a valuable property.

Thinking of this, Ellie and Olena both laughed. They had been exploited by Rand before, and now they finally felt proud.

Back to the den, Rand was already waiting at the door with his eyes wide open. Seeing Ellie and Olena leading five horses respectively, Rand showed a surprised expression.

"Where did the horses come from? Did you go shopping somewhere else?"

Ellie shook her head: "No, we met horse bandits on the way back."

Rand's face suddenly became solemn. Horse bandits are very dangerous to the villagers. Once they appear, they must be eliminated in time. Fortunately, they met Ellie and Olena.

It seems that the war between the Kingdom of Lunsa and the Northern Alliance has had a great impact. In addition to the Crescent Territory, it is estimated that other nearby territories are also in chaos. Therefore, due to the low public security, or the villagers and citizens can't survive, they become horse bandits and flee to the Crescent Territory.

But now the most important thing is these horses, which are a large amount of property.

Rand kept signaling with his eyes, looking at the horses behind Ellie and Olena, showing a longing smile.

Ellie also smiled, and then ignored Rand's sight.

Chapter 40 Textbook Compilation

After a lot of wrangling, it was finally agreed that the ten war horses would be rented by Rand and the rental fee would be paid every six months.

Ellie and Olena had no choice but to deal with Rand who was unwilling to pay for it. After all, they couldn't get rid of these war horses from anyone other than Rand near the hideout.

In the entire Crescent Territory, Rand's hideout was the only one that had the power to consume these war horses.

And although they didn't say it, they naturally classified themselves as the hideout camp. In fact, if there were other forces, they would not do anything to help the enemy.

After agreeing to Rand's lease, Olenna and Ellie took over Rand's work skillfully, including the lease of the warhorse this time.

There was also the task of writing textbooks. Ellie rolled her eyes when she heard Rand's instructions: "So you haven't done anything during this period?"

Rand smiled awkwardly. In fact, he did a lot of things. At least the construction of the hideout holiday villa was progressing steadily. It's just that he really didn't know how to start with some of the textbooks.

"What kind of textbooks did you use to learn literacy and mathematics?"

Ellie looked at Olenna, who nodded and said, "I was responsible for Ellie's education before, let me do it."

"Actually, it's not like I didn't do anything." Rand scratched his face.

Olenna didn't care how much Rand had done. Such simple chores were not what a leader should do, but now that Rand said so.

She was also very willing to see what Rand had done. This divine envoy always had some very novel ideas: "Then let's talk slowly?"

Ellie glanced at the two people who were about to discuss the teaching materials, but was not very interested. Now she had to quickly deal with the chores in hand and supervise the training of the army.

Due to the increasing abundance of resources at this stage, Rand has selected some full-time soldiers for training. The first batch of Feng Rang mercenary regiment arranged for Tan'er are full-time soldiers.

Now we need to hurry up and train the second batch to supplement Tan'er. Otherwise, with the current size of Feng Rang mercenary group, it is estimated that it will be difficult to really catch the eyes of those big nobles.

Just as Ellie started to process the official documents, Rand took out a pamphlet in front of Olenna.

After opening it, there are some strange symbols on it.

Rand pointed to the symbols above: "I call this simple mathematics."

Olenna was confused and waited for Rand's explanation.

"In the beginning, they only need to learn the simplest arithmetic." Rand needs to train grassroots affairs officers, not mathematicians, so the mathematics written in the booklet are the simplest.

The numbers in this world are the Arabic numerals of Rand's previous life, so there is no need for Rand to invent a number.

Rand simply used a horizontal bar to indicate the quantity represented by the number to make it easier to understand.

These are all things Olenna can understand, they are simple and easy to understand, and meet the standards of enlightenment education textbooks.

But soon the eyes of this swordswoman with superb swordsmanship and considerable academic level began to look surprised.

For mathematics, Rand only needs them to be able to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within one hundred, and nothing else is necessary.

So Rand expertly included the multiplication tables.

Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within one hundred can be solved perfectly as long as you are proficient in using simple basics of addition and subtraction and the multiplication table!

Olenna didn't understand it immediately, but after Rand's explanation, she quickly understood the wonderful use of the multiplication table.

Troublesome multiplication problems suddenly become simple and efficient.

After understanding it, Olenna looked at Rand with puzzled eyes: "Isn't this completely written? Why are you so humble?"

Looking at Rand's appearance before, I felt that he had done nothing. But now it seems that this is not the case at all. He actually prepared mathematics textbooks so quickly, and also used his extraordinary wisdom to create this strange but certainly useful multiplication. surface.

Rand scratched his face in embarrassment, because he really knew nothing about the other part of the textbook. His understanding of the text in this world came entirely from the welfare of travellers. He could understand it and write it, but he didn't know what was going on.

Olenna understood the situation immediately. It was normal for her not to write textbooks to teach people how to read. She could do this.

The most important thing at the moment is to ask more about mathematics. Ever since she graduated from the White Country Royal Academy, she has never been so thirsty for knowledge: "Would you like to talk more about mathematics?"

Being chosen by the White King Calant to be his sister's swordsmanship instructor, Olenna is naturally good at more than just swordsmanship, or her academic attainments, which may even be better than her peak swordsmanship.

Being entangled, Rand had no choice but to mechanically answer some of Olenna's questions. As a serious college student studying agriculture, he was not far behind in mathematics. He just couldn't stand Olenna and kept asking, this The secretary is so smart that she feels like she will be squeezed dry soon.

Olenna didn't dwell on it for too long, after all, she knew very well that the days ahead were long.

She didn't think that Rand's knowledge came from the goddess Feng Rang. During this time, she went to check it out. The sect of the goddess Feng Rang was supposed to be a pure cult, the most evil one that would sacrifice living people. Cult.

But today's Feng Rang Sect, apart from the old teachings that have been completely abandoned, and some believers who still have the blessing characteristics of Feng Rang Sect, it is completely invisible.

So Olenna is actually more inclined to think that Rand is a liar. She actually chatted with those Fengran believers, many of whom joined the Fengran sect earlier than Rand.

She asked more carefully than Tan'er, so she also learned some more detailed information. For example, Rand seemed to have been captured as a sacrifice at the beginning.

As for why he later became the so-called divine messenger, there may be a thrilling story in it.

Due to this speculation, Olenna has found it difficult to regard the den as a cult. Now it seems that it is nothing more than a gathering of ordinary people who want to live a better life.

After confirming the camp attribute of the den, Olenna's many barriers to it disappeared, so she was very willing to see the den develop better.

After parting ways with Rand, she went to the Sacrifice Office to handle official business with Ellie.

Then, they returned to the house. Although they had experienced the embarrassing photo incident before, Ellie and Olenna still lived together.

This not only makes it more convenient to work, but also provides a greater sense of security when living together in a foreign country.

Ellie was lying on the bed, and because of her increased reputation in the Den, Rand arranged for a woolen blanket to be placed on their bed.

Looking at Olenna who was writing textbooks by the oil lamp, Ellie muttered: "Olenna, did Rand take your soul away? Why are you so serious? We are working for free, why are you working overtime?"

Ignoring Ellie's jokes, Olenna threw her a booklet with Olenna's dense notes on it: "Lord Rand is more powerful than we expected before."

Looking at the dense notes on this booklet, which should have been simple, Ellie was surprised for a while, and then became a little relieved: "I know Rand is very powerful, but it seems that there is no chance to recruit him to the White Kingdom now."

"But!" Ellie changed the subject, "You still haven't explained whether you were taken away by the soul?"

Olenna rolled her eyes and continued to ignore Ellie's jokes. She wanted to finish the textbooks as soon as possible. When Lysa came back, she would probably launch a small battle, and there would be more things to do at that time.

Chapter 41 The Action of the Mercenary Group

Due to the impact of the war, a large number of villagers were displaced, and even many nobles lost their fiefdoms and became wandering knights.

As a result, not only the Crescent Territory where Rand's hideout was located, but almost all the public security in the Northern Alliance dropped sharply.

However, because of this, mercenaries gradually rose in this land.

The Crescent Territory currently has a population of more than 2,000, and the limit of conscription is almost one-tenth, that is, 200, but only 50 people are currently allocated to Taner.

But they are all well-trained and loyal, and are equipped with weapons and armor obtained from Taran and the Baron. At present, almost all members of this team are equipped with good quality iron weapons and leather armor, and the front-line swordsmen are even equipped with iron armor.

Before Taner set off, Rand squeezed out a few horses and arranged them for scouts to use.

Taner knew that it was very difficult to squeeze out such a configuration under the conditions of the hideout, so everything had to be done with caution.

As soon as the affairs officer of the Black and Brown Earldom saw this team, he assured Taner to arrange the task of dealing with the largest group of bandits.

After careful study, Taner decided to use the strategy that Rand had used before, to attack from high and low, and to attack XX.

He didn't know what the last two words in Rand's mouth meant, but it must not be a good word, but the strategy was still very good.

The bandits chose a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack as their den. There was only one road leading to the den. Guarding the road was almost like one man guarding the pass and ten thousand men could not open it.

But there was a problem, that is, the terrain here was not high enough.

Taner took out a stack of booklets, which were the tips that Rand had prepared for him before leaving.

But unlike Zhuge Liang's tips, this was a very thick stack, bound together, so it could only be called a tips book.

Taner naturally understood Rand's good intentions, so he would flip through it every day when he had time during this period, and then interpret it.

Taner didn't know how many days and nights Rand had spent to write such a thick stack of "War Strategy Reference" in addition to his heavy work. It detailed what kind of terrain, what kind of weather, and what kind of situation would be suitable for what kind of strategy.

At the end of this stack of parchment, it was written very uninhibitedly: In short, act according to circumstances.

But now Taner has mastered this booklet by heart, and at this moment, he should turn to the second volume, fire attack.

Taner arranged a team of archers to ambush on a high place. As Taner's command flag waved, the archers wrapped the grease-soaked cotton cloth prepared in advance on the arrows, and then, as Taner's command flag waved again, ignited them, and fired!

Suddenly, the bandit camp was panicked. The bandits had no knowledge of camping, so they were completely unprepared for fire attacks. As the second batch of rockets were fired into the camp, the bandit camp was already filled with thick smoke.

The leader of the bandits tried to shout, but it didn't work in the thick smoke and noise, so he had to rush out of the den with the crowd.

However, the original purpose was to defend the small path, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. At this time, it was full of soldiers armed to the teeth. Taner stood in the middle of the team, and his iron tower-like body constantly provided confidence to the surrounding soldiers.

The bandits in the camp tried to rush out, but how could the bandits with simple weapons break through the iron wall-like array of swords and shields?

Then the tip of the knife pierced the flesh, and there was blood flowing and screaming.

50 people against 100 people, the Fengrang Mercenary Group won easily, and no one was lost. At most, a few people who were in the front line were left with some minor injuries.

Taner did not kill them all, but captured a group. Now the den is short of people. Although Rand promised to train a second batch of soldiers to support them soon, Taner decided to be self-sufficient now.

It happened that the task was completed, and the earl would also give a good reward. At present, it is still possible to raise more soldiers.

He planned to deal with some of the bandits who were not obedient and had done some extremely heinous things, and then absorb some of the more kind people into the team, and then slowly educate them to see if they could be brought back to the hideout.

Thinking of this, Taner was suddenly stunned. He seemed to understand why the hideout had no cult appearance when he arrived. Maybe Rand used his identity as a messenger to do something similar to him.