Chapter 407: Smoke Rising (1/2)

Chapter 407: Smoke Rising

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Everything that happened outside had nothing to do with Marvin.

Although his Fame kept rising on the interface, he was already too busy to watch these things.

Time was running out.

If his grandfather's information was accurate, there was only a week left before the Great Calamity would begin.

He had too many things that he needed to do during this week.

Repelling the Alliance wasn't something to be overly proud of. After all, he had no intention to fight against them.

If the Alliance could take the time to reorganize and regain their morale before making a better attempt, White River Valley would likely be unable to keep resisting.

It was a pity that this Wizard Era was about to end.

Otherwise, Marvin wouldn't have done something so extreme.

As for the fight with the Alliance, the best thing about it was that there would now be no pressure to repay the large sum that he had borrowed from them.

Well... he had never planned to pay it back from the start.

The money had all been used for White River Valley's construction and development.

For example, although many adventurers left the adventurer camp at the Alliance's orders, about a third of them still decided to follow Marvin.

Their reasons were pretty simple. Adventurers already lived on the edge every day. White River Valley was very powerful, and if it really split from the Alliance, Lord Marvin would most likely become the ruler of the land south of the Shrieking Mountain Range.

In this new country, they would have a lot more opportunities. Some might even be promoted to become new nobles, obtaining proper territories.

Although seeking wealth from war was very risky, the potential rewards were also very high.

They believed in Marvin because this seemingly small youth had already caused too many shocking matters.

They believed that he was worth betting on.

Naturally, there were still plenty of traitors within that secretly sided with the Alliance.

But at this point, Marvin didn't bother looking for traitors. His people weren't fools. The low-level adventurers wouldn't be able to get a hold of any really important news. They could only listen to Marvin's orders. And with the Calamity coming up, soon it wouldn't really matter if they sided with the Alliance.

In short, since these adventurers didn't leave, they tacitly chose to comply with Marvin's conscription!

Marvin's conscription order was very simple.

The adventurers would become part of White River Valley's forces in times of war.

All of this would be under Gru's arrangement.

As some of the earliest adventurers to join as Marvin's followers, the members of the Bramble team were living a lot more comfortably these days. Almost all of them had minor positions of authority.

As for Gru himself, because of his excellent commanding ability, he was promoted to White River Valley's Head Swordsman.

He was in charge of supervising the adventurers and forming them into army troops.

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As for the original guard squadron of White River Valley, they were rearranged into the Overlord's guards, still under Andre's leadership.

This group of young men was progressing very quickly. Because of the cultivation tanks, most of them were 2nd rank or above, and of these, half were at the 3rd rank!

Although this guard squadron only had a bit over thirty people, they were Marvin's direct subordinates, his most loyal people.

Apart from that first group, the rest had gone through Anna and Andre's strict tests. Whether it was moral standing, temperament or loyalty, all of them were top-notch.

And while Marvin wasn't in the territory, Daniela had continued the expansion of the lands.

Using Marvin's recruitment order, she had recruited people from across the South to open up more land in the wilderness.

At the time, the Alliance and Marvin had yet to fall out.

This recruitment was financed by the Alliance's gold, but the trained group of soldiers was under Marvin's command.

There were about three hundred of these people and most were unattached, or had moved along with their families to White River Valley, becoming residents.

This army's commander was Anna. Although Anna was busy with governing the territory, the Half-Elf was very gifted.

Marvin was happy to discover that his butler had hurriedly taken a break from work to advance to 3rd rank.

3rd rank might not be much in the coming Era filled with Gods where weaker Legends were no better than dogs, but it still made him pleasantly surprised.

What made Marvin feel moved was that Anna chose a second advancement that would let her better help him manage his territory.

This time she chose [Legion Commander]. He heard that she had paid a high price to an old man in a Half-Elven village to teach her. Almost all her skills and specialties had an effect that would improve the Legion she was commanding.

She completely sacrificed her chance to improve her personal combat abilities and chose to manage the territory and lead the army.

It had to be said that since Marvin came to this world, Anna had always been standing behind him, silently supporting him and making sacrifices.

This Half-Elven girl was also the first person he saw when coming to Feinan.

Recalling the predicament in Fierce Horse Inn, Marvin couldn't help but be deeply moved, feeling sour.

At that time, Marvin had been weak with a fever and Anna stayed at his side every day, looking at him and saying, ”Young Master Marvin, it'll be better tomorrow. Believe me. I'll come up with something.”

Anna, who was immersed in a pile of documents, raised her head and glanced at Marvin while he was dazed.

She saw Marvin frowning and thought he was worried about the future situation.

The Half-Elven girl put the documents back on the table and gently reassured, ”Young Master Marvin, don't think too much, the future will definitely improve.”