Wizard Farming Guide

Chapter 30 Soul Contract

The castle area in the center of Pingdingshan.

The houses in the residential area are not yet completed, and the city walls on the gentle slope have not yet been built. It is not yet time for the castles that are of higher importance.

This place is still a wasteland overgrown with weeds and shrubs.

But now one corner has been cleaned up, and a large sandstone monument, eight meters high, has been erected in the middle.

Rhodes stood alone in front of the stone monument, planting six steel spears in the open space in front of him.

The connection brought by the [Anchor of Souls] allows Rhodes to sense the soul sleeping within the stone tablet.

He is not powerful enough yet to open up his own spiritual world in the Star Spirit Heaven.

Therefore, he erected the monument to the fallen heroes before him, anchoring his soul here.

This is the contract that Rhodes signed with the soldiers.

Any soldier who is truly loyal to him will have their soul guided by the covenant after death, and will rest peacefully under the protection of the Heroic Spirits Monument.

This is to avoid the fate of being crushed by the Celestial Spirits.

When Rhodes opens up the spirit world in the Celestial Realm, it will be the day they are reborn.

As dawn breaks, sunlight from afar illuminates this corner.

People started rushing over from the residential area.

Armored soldiers approached in neat rows.

Behind them were the villagers who had followed, huddled together, their eyes filled with obvious confusion.

The barbarian attack happened two days ago.

After rest, all soldiers, except those with serious injuries, have recovered.

The villagers also snapped out of their daze.

They were both relieved and overjoyed to learn that the army had successfully defeated the enemy.

According to their understanding of that person, after the army wins a major victory, a celebratory banquet will be held.

The villagers are preparing to put all their skills into making delicious food to reward the soldiers at the upcoming banquet.

However, they were told that everything would remain the same and they should wait for the meeting to start two days later.

Now, upon seeing the fully armed soldiers ahead, they couldn't help but feel tense.

Luke, who was walking ahead of the villagers, noticed the stone tablet behind the adult.

He gazed at the words engraved on it and murmured to himself.

"Tommy, Dewey, Oliver, Bart, Adams, Kyle."

They all seem to be people's names? Luke felt vaguely familiar with them, as if he had heard them somewhere before.

At this point, Rod answered his question.

"These are the names of six soldiers who sacrificed their lives in battle to protect our territory," Rhodes addressed everyone. "Their names will be forever etched here, and will be remembered in the future of our territory."

The expressions on everyone's faces gradually changed.

The soldiers knew their comrades' names very well.

They stared blankly at the stone tablet, then their gazes shifted between Rhodes and the six spears behind him, their expressions complex.

The villagers had different feelings.

Although they all lowered their heads and made painful expressions when they saw Rhodes looking at them.

But Rod could sense that very few people were truly sad; most didn't care.

This is normal; there is a clear divide between soldiers and villagers in the territory today.

Even Luke, who had become a village representative, still didn't know the names of most of the soldiers, except for a few people he had contact with, and maintained a sense of awe and distance from them.

The villagers didn't care about the soldiers' deaths unless it was the militia member's father or husband who was involved in the incident.

But it doesn't matter, the names on the Heroes' Stone will be given unique meaning in the future.

Now, it's enough that Rod remembers their names.

"The barbarian attack was not an accident, but a shameful betrayal by the Baron of Rivermouth Town. He revealed our location to the enemy," Rhodes said.

Upon learning the truth, the soldiers all looked up, their eyes blazing with fury.

After a pause, Rhodes continued:

"He thought we would die in the barbarian attack. He was wrong. It was the barbarians who were beheaded!"

"But that's not enough. Anyone who dares to betray me will pay with their blood!"

Rhodes drew his sword and pointed it forward. "Now, follow in my footsteps. It's time to cut off that traitor's head!"

For this expedition, he only brought thirty shield-wielding spearmen and four cavalrymen.

White Bread, Sabretooth, Holmes, and others were all left behind in the territory by Rhodes to ensure that nothing unexpected would happen on Mesa Mountain while he was away.

Soldiers are not the key to solving the problems in Hekou Town; these people are enough.

The entrance to the Hanshui River Valley, Hekou Town.

Adlich was staring at the knight in front of him with a headache, unable to understand why the knight was stopping the caravan.

He was a transportation manager under the Sword Tomb Chamber of Commerce, and this time he was responsible for transporting the grain ordered by the Duke's second son.

The journey from Duanlong Fortress was smooth, but unexpectedly, we were stopped at the final town of Hekou.

No matter how he explained, the knight insisted that it wouldn't work.

They said they had to wait until the baron woke up and got his permission before the caravan could pass.

Now a whole day has passed.

Seeing the doubt in the merchant's eyes, the knight Loren who had stopped him remained silent and continued to shake his head in refusal.

Only after Adlich left did the Knight of Loren sit down in a chair and sigh.

He opened the caravan's pass, which prominently displayed the griffin and golden sword emblem of the Duke of Sword Ridge and the white horse emblem of the Grand Duke of Northern Frost.

"Rod Rothdale, why are you going to cause trouble for him?"

For some reason, Knight Loren felt unusually agitated.

He was the cousin of Baron Flynn's wife and a descendant of the pioneering knights who had stayed in the duchy.

After her family fell into decline, Flynn chose to marry Baron Mansaru and become a baroness.

He hesitated for a long time after Flynn's earnest pleas.

Out of concern that Flynn would be bullied, Knight Loren eventually followed her to Rivermouth Town and became the captain of the guard there.

His family's knightly traditions made him dislike the barbarian baron, and their relationship was not pleasant.

Now it's even more incomprehensible why the other party isn't responding to the order to pass.

Seeing that Mansaru had not sent any news for a long time, he thought it over and then got up and walked towards the castle.

However, he was still blocked outside by the maids at the door, which annoyed him greatly.

"My stupid brother is here again." Flynn, dressed in a light gauze dress that revealed a large expanse of fair skin, leaned against the window.

She looked down and saw that the Knight of Loren had been driven away, so she couldn't help but shake her head.

"I didn't lie to him, I really can't get out of bed." Mansaru, who was naked behind her, pulled her over and lay her down on the bed.

"Oh, my beautiful wife, she has me firmly tied to the bed, what am I to do?"

As Flynn listened to Mansaru imitating poetry and singing in his broken Kingdom language, a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.

But in the blink of an eye, her smile transformed into a seductive one as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Darling, you still fascinate me so much."

Mansaru squinted comfortably after feeling Flynn sit on him.

But then, he recalled a scene from half a month ago: his wife gazing adoringly at the white-faced knight.

"Heh, the Wolf Envoy's soldiers should have already taken care of their target and left. It's a pity we didn't get to see that. We should have let that caravan pass."

Just as Saruman was enjoying himself, the sound of military horns coming from outside the castle made him suddenly open his eyes.

(End of this chapter)