Chapter 197 Naturally No Preferential Treatment
"Tsk, that hurts."

The needle pierced Lisabel's finger, and she was trying to patch the clothes in her hand like several villagers around her.

The resistance fighters have completely integrated into the crowd here. Even the subordinates of the nobles now find it difficult to notice that there are a few outsiders in these villages.

An old woman nearby noticed the blood beads on Lisabel's fingertips and was about to step forward to help her treat the wound, but then she saw a flash of divine light and the wound disappeared.

"Are you okay?"

The old woman sat back in her seat and asked again.

"I am fine."

Lysabelle smiled back and went back to her work.

The sound of horse hooves rang out, and a militiaman appeared in Lisabel's sight.

"My Lord, they did not continue further into the mountains."

There was no doubt that the militiaman was also one of the resisters.

"Can you actually keep calm?"

The resistance fighters had previously launched an attack on the nobles' men, and finally forced the principality troops outside to go into the mountains to search.

Protecting the rights and interests of the nobles in the principality is the principality's obligation, not to mention that this is a provocation carried out by the resistance fighters under their noses. Regardless of whether they are fully prepared or not, they need to clean up the resistance fighters.

The traces on the road were also deliberately left by the resistance fighters, with the aim of leading the armies of these principalities deep into the mountains and creating the illusion that the resistance fighters had passed through the monster's lair.

If they choose to force their way through the monsters' lair, then of course in the end, the battle with the monsters will greatly weaken the troops of these principalities, and the resistance fighters may have the opportunity to take the initiative and break through the blockade outside.

Even now, they did not directly attack the monsters' nests, the situation was still favorable for the resistance. Their attention was completely attracted by the monsters' nests, wasting their time and supplies there, which gave the resistance more time to develop their own forces in this area.

Many locals have joined the resistance now, and more and more villages are gradually breaking away from the control of the nobles. It will only take a little time for the number of resistance that the Principality's troops will have to face to double.

"Tell them to protect themselves and reduce the frequency of transmitting information. The commander of the principality has been replaced this time. The search route and strategy this time are different from the last time. It seems that the ability is much stronger. It is better to tell them to be careful."

The militiamen who were leading him in Moralichi's camp were members of the resistance. It would only take a while for Lisabel to know every move of Moralichi's troops.

"Could it be related to their identity as believers of the God of Nature? After all, according to the villagers here, after a priest of the God of Nature came here, the monsters here rarely came out to attack humans."

A small meeting was being held in the tent. A map was hung in front of Morarichi. Drawing and updating the map of the territory was the duty of the local nobles. The nobles here had fulfilled their duty, but in places far away from human habitation like the depths of the mountains, this map had nothing to do with the actual situation.

"It's unlikely. The priests of the God of Nature may have done something to stop those monsters from attacking humans. But I don't think they have reached any agreement with the monsters."

The adjutant hesitated.

"For a long time, goblins were also considered a kind of monster, but we still reached a long-term agreement with them."

Moralich shook his head. "Many monsters have intelligence and rationality that are not much different from humans, but there is more than one kind of monster in this mountain range. It is almost possible to reach some kind of agreement with all of them."

Morari looked around and saw that not far away, the civilian laborers hired by the Principality's troops were building a temporary camp for them.

In order to ensure that the troops could focus more on combat preparations, Morarichi spared no expense and hired a number of civilian laborers to take care of work outside of combat.

"Go find a believer in the God of Nature, throw them over, and the results will come out soon."

Soon, a civilian was brought in front of Moralich. He struggled, but under the grip of two soldiers, the struggle of a believer who had not been baptized and became a clergyman and could not cast any divine arts was no different from that of a believer.

"Don't be afraid. Just go deeper into the mountains. If you are attacked, run back and my soldiers will help you."

Morarichi winked at the adjutant beside him, and the adjutant took out ten gold coins and put them into the pocket of the civilian.

"This is your reward. As long as you can come back, you will get 50 gold coins. If something happens to you, the Principality will compensate your family with 100 gold coins."

With the power of the gold coins, the civilian stopped struggling. Although he was still afraid and his trembling legs couldn't even allow him to stand properly, he still left the tent under the guidance of the soldiers beside him and walked into the depths of the mountains in the distance.

One hundred gold coins were enough to provide his family with food and drink, and enough for an ordinary person like him to gamble with his life.

Morari and his officers also came out and came to a newly built sentry post, watching the civilian laborer walk step by step into the depths of the mountains.

"Put the troops on alert. The monsters might be stimulated and rush out of the area where they live."

An officer stepped down from his sentry post, and soon the soldiers below were ready for battle.

A scream sounded, and Moralichi sensed a spell taking shape in the distance, and then transformed into dissipated magic power. Obviously, the civilian would never come back.

"You see, there is no preferential treatment for believers of the God of Nature."

He paused and looked at the adjutant beside him.

"Send a team to deliver the money to his home. Don't give any discounts."

Morari was not happy that his guess was confirmed. This only meant that the resistance was more troublesome than he thought. Finding them was not as easy as he thought.

"That believer in the God of Nature did not reach any agreement with those monsters."

Lysabelle spread out a mended garment on the table, making sure she had done nothing wrong.

"He simply allowed nature deep in the mountains to produce more food, and then introduced some creatures with stronger reproductive abilities, as well as several top-level predators that were difficult to reproduce. The deep mountains were able to form a self-sustaining cycle. They no longer needed to leave there."

Lisabel looked to the side and saw the resistance fighters who were busy with their work while listening to her speech.

“This is the power of nature.”

(End of this chapter)