THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 64: THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE TERRITORY
Ren is currently really surprised because this normal-looking house turns out to have a secret path to the basement.
When they reached the basement with Myro after passing various checks, they were immediately greeted by dozens of archers and assassins.
But before Ren could move then the figure of a woman appeared from behind these troops, that figure was none other than Lana.
He walked over to Myro with a polite smile.
Lana just stared at Ren for a while before bowing to Myro "Master, Lana heard that master managed to become a Baron, master is indeed really great. At the age of 11, the lord was already a genuine noble of the Azeroth Kingdom. Lana was convinced that the name of the lord could be recorded in history as the youngest noble in the entire Azeroth Kingdom without the help of any background".
Myro waved his hand "This is just a small thing, which is more important than that, I am interested to ask about what information you guys have about the 3 cities I just obtained from King Azeroth V. You have been in the Capital of the Cavalry Province for approximately a year, I believe you must have known the information of these 3 cities, right?".
"We already have the information, we can discuss it in my workspace. Ren can also come along" said Lana who started walking away to take Myro and Ren to her study.
Myro could not for the least bit surprised, he looked towards Ren who was beside him "You guys already know each other?".
Ren currently nodded his head heavily "I have indeed known Miss Lana for quite a while, we can probably be said to be friends?".
Hearing Ren's reply, Myro did not ask any more and just continued to follow Lana with Ren.
Although Ren's answer just now sounded unconvincing, Myro felt that everyone had their own problems. They are Myro followers who come from the World and are very loyal, but in the end they are still human so they must have their own problems.
Therefore, Myro does not have to know all their problems, however everyone has their own problems. Unless they seek Myro's help directly, then Myro does not need to participate in the problems that they will solve themselves so that their problems do not become increasingly strange.
Lana brings Myro and Ren in her study that has 2 sofas as well as a wooden table that looks well made.
Myro sat down on the sofa without hesitation while Ren looked at the sofa strangely before saying "Senior Lana, where did you get the money to buy this sofa from? If viewed based on the skin on this sofa, most likely the sofa is made of pretty good animal skin, at least bear skin. The price is definitely not cheap considering how difficult it is to hunt and search for the bear".
Hearing these 2 women's talk, Myro suddenly realized something "You guys seem pretty close, then what do you mean by the academy?".
Ren and Lana stared at each other before smiling at the same time, Lana placed the tea equipment on the table before explaining "Master, in the World there are several academies both for the training of strategists, and there are many others, blacksmiths, fighters, assassins, and various other special abilities. The goal of the World Academy is to train us before being summoned in order to help the master to achieve his goals more easily".
Lana gave a glass of tea to Myro and Ren before picking up another book on the shelf "Didn't you get Loth City, Vendes City and Rorec City from King Azeroth V? I'm sure the man named Feld who was beside the master had explained everything and what he said was almost true, the city given to the lord did have a problem of poverty and most of the population there were starving, there were bandits and criminals who were notoriously vicious so the merchants were afraid to go there, then the 3 cities were the cities in the Cavalry Province closest to the Orc-Goblin Kingdom so they often suffered losses and damage every month".
Hearing what Lana said, Myro sighed "It seems that King Azeroth V has really trapped me, with such a bad city it is very difficult to develop in the future. It took at least several years to decades to take the city to prosperity again, for the matter of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom and the bandits then Falka and the others could still solve it, but for the poverty-".
Seeing Myro's heavy face, Lana began to explain again "Master, all these things are not necessarily bad things. Actually a few days ago, our spies in 3 cities got a very important information that is actually the number 1 family in 3 cities which is a rich merchant has a big secret that is not even known King Cavalry II and King Azeroth V now".
"Consecrated? What secret?", said Myro interested.
"According to our spies, the merchant seemed to be hiding an iron mine in a fairly hidden location of the 3 cities. Not only that, the bandits guarding the area also seemed to be troops from the wealthy merchant family, as well, the goal is that no one will come to these 3 cities and find the iron mines they hide. However, this merchant family does not have a noble title, as long as King Cavalry II used to know the existence of the iron mine then the Cavalry Kingdom must have taken it back" Lana said.
"Iron mine?", said Myro eagerly, any area that has a mine must be a good area because a mine can be a major resource to make money for an area "Wait, wait, then how could this merchant family survive the attack of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom?".
Lana again replied "In these 3 cities, there are also the strongest rank 2 families. Different from the tier 1 families who were merchants and hid mines, this tier 2 family was a loyal family of warriors defending the borders of the former Cavalry Kingdom of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom. Without their loyalty, the Orc-Goblin Kingdom would have already captured those 3 cities".
"The problem is that their families are always pressured by merchant families, besides they also do not know the existence of iron mines because this news is the most confidential news from the merchant family. If it wasn't for our spies succeeding in becoming the trusted servant of a child of the merchant family, we would have been unaware of this secret as well".
"Therefore, a tier 2 family that only had the loyalty of the soldiers in Loth City, Vendes City and Rorec City, were, it cannot go against the families of influential merchants as well as a lot of money in the region and beyond. Even the higher-ups of the Cavalry Kingdom used to be more supportive of this merchant family because they received some money from the merchant family, he said, while the family that comes from these soldiers only have loyalty without giving money because they themselves have absolutely no money".
Myro nodded "Who is the surname of this merchant and warrior?".
"The name of the merchant family is the Noem family, while the 2nd strongest family name in the 3 cities is the family of the famous soldier, the Sild family", lana said telling me the information she had obtained, "Ren, I'm sure you've thought of a plan to defeat the Noem family, haven't you?".