Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 301 Resilience
"Do you know how many impeachment letters and meetings I've received in the past two days? Seventeen times! A full seventeen times. I'm starting to suspect that the entire city of Radiant City wants to kill you."

The torrential rain continued to pound on the entire city of Radiance. While the city seemed to have fallen into a brief slumber, some people were still forced to work overtime.

In the "mirror," Dania's eyes were bloodshot (she hadn't recovered from the war's exhaustion and was forced to work overtime again), and she slammed a thick stack of "report letters" onto the table.

"Thud!" The paper landed on the table and even bounced once, indicating that there was quite a lot of it.

The princess pouted, and lightning flashed in her eyes, seemingly continuing to exert its power, just like the wind and rain outside.

Rean paused for a moment. He was in a good mood when the call was first connected, but how did it suddenly turn into a storm?

He noticed that the princess's gaze wasn't fixed on him; she seemed to be glancing behind him every now and then.
"Give me two points of magic! Fisterion self-destruct! I'll blow up your 'Continental Hero' Lex Thorne! Hehe, my master is dead again!" Lana laughed happily; her hero predecessor and "master" was dead again.

"No, no, my Lex died again!! He's died for the tenth time today!" Hela seems to really like the chess group centered around Lex, but it's said to be very weak.

Rean turned around and, sure enough, saw Hela, who was playing with Lana, with a much louder voice since she had temporarily stopped the game of chess after starting to communicate with Dania.

Rean fell silent. He looked down at the chess pieces he was playing with and the chessboard decorations.

He probably knew where this nameless resentment came from.

My sister is working overtime to the point of exhaustion. All sorts of heavy burdens are piled on her. She has to bear the pressure, make decisions, and even just dealing with the aftermath of battles means she's working overtime non-stop.

The older sister, however, was relaxed and happy. Lex had finally done something good in the end. The severe damage to "Owl" relieved Hela of a lot of psychological pressure in the short term. In a sense, the sisters had "reconciled" with Lex.

For better or worse, the era of parents is over, and children have to move forward on their own.

Everyone understands the logic. Rean noticed that Dania had even whispered "Sister Hela" to him, which did ease the tension between them to some extent. However, when he saw his sister playing around while he was working overtime, the pressure instantly increased.

“I’m talking to you, where are you looking? Or, I’ll do as they suggest and send you directly to a small town outside the city to be the village chief.”

"No, no, then I'll die as soon as I leave the city."

Rean immediately softened his stance, showering her with compliments about not needing money, before finally saying, "Under the leadership of our clever and beautiful princess, we will be invincible." By then, the girl was already blushing and somewhat at a loss for words.

The serious business conversation turned into coaxing the little girl, leaving Rean somewhat helpless.

"Rean, stop wasting time, come and play." Just as things were almost done, Hela's call suddenly came from behind.

Okay, now the girl in front of me is all puffed up in anger again.

Rean sighed, put on a stern face, and started talking about serious matters. Don't argue with a girl when she's emotional; try to distract her by talking about something important that she needs to take seriously.

Is it useful? At least for the very responsible Dania, it is very useful.

Being able to use the Mirror Demon, a race favored by the gods, as a messenger means she is one of the chosen ones of the gods, but even she wouldn't use such a strategic resource unnecessarily.

"Looks like the pressure isn't too bad? The great nobles and the great church haven't spoken up?" Rean said.

“The great nobles won’t offend me at this time. Everyone knows that I’m behind you, and the great churches are just putting up a futile effort.”

Behind the great church is a great god, but in reality, their interests are not necessarily aligned. A devout pastor may represent the will of the gods, but the church is still just an earthly power organization.

If Dania were truly under so much pressure that she had to deal with it or compromise, she wouldn't be communicating and chatting from such a distance; she would have summoned Rean directly to deal with it.

The only force truly capable of interfering with all of this is the power of the Grand Church, but most of them are eager to weather this crisis. If the kingdom is gone, their parishes will naturally disappear as well.

Some of these "behind-the-scenes manipulators," even if they wanted to do something, knew that the situation was what it was, and that if they resisted at this point, they might become the target of attacks and have their reputations ruined.

"It seems that the loss of slaves has caused serious problems for the slave market business, and some people are getting anxious," Rean said.

"But the urgency isn't quite there." On the screen, Dania took a sip of water. The expected backlash had arrived, but the pressure was indeed insufficient.

These "slave businesses" naturally had someone in charge. Their livelihoods were threatened, and naturally, the bigwigs behind them were reluctant to clashed with the currently powerful Princess Dania over "this trivial matter." Many of the rescued slaves entered the front-line bases of the underworld, becoming "townspeople" there.

They naturally became an important source of labor, solving the labor shortage problem in the underground ruins. Compared to the ordinary laborers who were forced into the underground ruins, they probably never wanted to leave the cold and relatively dangerous underground world.

"You make it sound like my Radiant City is more dangerous than underground ruins teeming with monsters."

"Isn't that true for them? Besides, that's not your Radiant City; it belongs to someone else's city lord."

“Ha, they swore allegiance to me yesterday.”

Congratulations!

This is indeed good news. Although the Earl of Radiance was a member of the royal faction before, there was still a possibility that he would defect. After this incident, he has completely jumped on the princess's ship and is now loyal to the princess herself. So it is true that this city belongs to her.

This appears to be the first high-ranking noble to pledge allegiance to Dania.

This was somewhat expected, but its arrival still brought joy to Dania and Rean.

This time, some people used the attack as an opportunity to politically attack Huiguangbo, which probably really angered him.

"I've sent two Radiant Guards to your side to keep watch." This is the origin of the conversation and also the true attitude.

When the Radiant Guards went, the city guards naturally followed. They established barracks and fortresses in that area and began the normal underground exploration process. The residents and laborers there naturally became ordinary residents who were expanding the territory.

"You need to find a lord to act as your representative as soon as possible, or at least a knight."

This is something Rean must do as soon as possible. If it is to be regarded as an underground expansion territory, a leadership team is needed no matter what. As a fiefdom of baron Rean, it is unlikely that he will be caught up in it. Finding a lord to act as his representative is necessary.

"Mushroom."

"He can't do it."

"racism?"

"hehe."

Dania scoffed twice, too lazy to bother with Rean. "You really made the acting lord of the front-line territory an alien race. What do you think those beastmen and ordinary people will think?"

Even if they don't think that way, many schemers and behind-the-scenes figures teach them how to think.

Don't cause trouble. Now is the crucial time. Just get back to work and do your job properly.

"Larry? Anyway, he has a knighthood."

"Isn't he busy with security in the dock area? Oh, he's acting as the acting lord, and then he appointed Mushroom as the acting lord's agent? Don't be ridiculous! That area will become the focus of the live stream, too many eyes are watching."

"I'll think about it." Rean sighed. It seemed that he would need to mobilize more personnel. After all, his side was a rising force and lacked those grassroots forces with status.

However, this is actually a result of the aristocratic and feudal social system. Most grassroots organizations need capable staff, and those aristocratic children who do not have the right to inherit can find a passable job simply by relying on their connections, writing ability and surname.

If Rean were to go looking for them, he would definitely find people willing to join him; he just didn't want outsiders to interfere too much in that frontline town.

That place is bound to be a mixed bag, with mushroom people, slaves, and foreigners all mingling together. If unreliable people get involved, it could cause big problems.

Of course, if the Sudar family were involved, that would be a different story, but Rean didn't want Sudar to interfere too much in that regard.

"Wait a minute, I have some new connections in this city, my teacher." The archmage has many disciples, many of whom are nominal noble children.

The garrison of another underground town is a royal archmage, and this small town, if it could bring in the power of its teacher, the half-elf organization, would that be appropriate?
"It seems to be working. We need more friends now, especially those who can stand in the same trench."

(End of this chapter)