Chapter 166 Beginning

After entering Donnar, Roland did not waste any time.

He quickly sold the carriage and, with his identity as a spellcaster and some extra money, bought two horses from a nearby caravan.

Afterwards, the two men rode their horses and galloped towards the north day and night.

The current chaotic situation of the coalition forces is probably only left in the last few years.

Roland needs to seize the time and take advantage of the chaotic situation to seize as much land and population as possible and to build and train a powerful army.

Before the first meeting of the United Army is held, Roland must gain enough power and influence to get a ticket to the first meeting.

Although according to the plot of the previous life, if there were no accidents, the coalition forces would be quite unstable internally and unable to concentrate all their strength to fight against the green tide until they were overwhelmed by the green tide and completely driven out of Donnar.

Due to the complex internal composition, there are people who hate the Green Tide, and of course, there are also people who do not hate the Green Tide, such as the adventure groups and mercenary groups from Sinar. Most of them have no hatred towards the Green Tide, so after Eleanor led a wave of people to send off, they were even less supportive of the counterattack plan against the Green Tide.

Therefore, Roland didn't have much hope for the Allied Forces, and he was lucky enough not to see them hinder him.

However, although Roland was not very interested in the coalition army, as a coalition formed by almost all the remnants of the kingdom of Donnar, the coalition army had a very high degree of legitimacy, and this was exactly what Roland wanted. If Roland could get involved in the first meeting and get the official recognition of the coalition army, then it would also be beneficial to the development of his future power.

At least, before the coalition forces collapsed, the flag of the coalition forces still had some appeal.

As Roland and Hela continued to run northward, Roland also witnessed the chaos in Donnar.

Although because Eleanor is still alive and with the support of the Silver Empire, the Allied Forces have not yet given up hope of counterattacking the Green Tide, so the Allied Forces can still effectively rule the controlled area.

However, all the refugees from Donnar are crowded into the area currently controlled by the coalition forces. The population is simply too large. In addition, the coalition forces focus their main energy on the military aspect, so the administrative management can be said to be extremely chaotic.

Although there has not yet been a situation where large numbers of civilians have starved to death, large refugee camps can be seen everywhere.

In addition, a large number of bandits appeared in the area controlled by the Allied Forces, burning, killing and looting everywhere. On average, Roland encountered seven to ten waves of banditry every day.

In addition to those who were ambushed on the road, Roland encountered more massacres in refugee camps.

Although Roland was on his way, whenever he encountered such a situation, he would kill all the bandits, extract their memories, and then find their hometown to wipe them out completely.

He couldn't save them forever, but he could save them once.

Since Roland would waste a little time every day, the time it took Roland and Hela to reach their destination was half a day slower than Roland himself expected.

Roland controlled his warhorse and slowly passed through the long refugee camp. Then, he frowned and looked at the dilapidated city in front of him.

Although he knew that a city that was handed over to a new spellcaster like him would not be very prosperous, this one was too shabby.

The walls are uneven in height, have holes everywhere, and are in tatters. Not to mention stopping extraordinary people, it's estimated that they can't even stop an ordinary person.

As for the residents in the city, although they were better off than in the refugee camps, they were all pale and skinny civilians, and a bunch of exhausted people were lying on the streets of the city.

Although Roland and Hela had been traveling for more than ten days and killed a lot of bandits along the way, they were covered in dust and had a slight smell of blood on their bodies.

However, Roland and Hela's clothes also indicate their unique identities.

In Donnar, ordinary people can't afford to wear high-end clothes like Roland and Hela.

Therefore, the city also responded quickly. A first-level knight and a dozen soldiers hurriedly rushed to Roland.

Their equipment was not very good. Except for the first-level knight who had a set of worn iron armor and held a standard long sword, the rest of the soldiers were not only unarmored, but also had simple wooden spears or forks as weapons.

Apart from their equipment, their physical condition was not very good either. The first-level knight's life breath was a little weak, probably because he had been hungry for too long and his strength had decreased a lot. The other dozen soldiers were only slightly better than those pale and skinny civilians, and they still looked quite energetic.

While Roland was looking at them, the First Order Knight was also observing Roland and Hela.

After observing for a while, he took the initiative to approach Roland and spoke.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Roland and Ms. Hela?"

Roland nodded, dismounted, looked him straight in the face, and said.

"It's us."

After hearing Roland's answer, the first-level knight felt relieved and saluted Roland respectfully.

Roland did not waste time with him here. As he walked into the city, he asked him about the information about the city.

Although the First Order Knight was responsible for maintaining the security of the city, he only had a dozen militiamen under his command. Therefore, he was not very clear about the specific situation of the city. However, in response to Roland's inquiries, he still told him all the information he knew.

As native residents of this kind of city, the First Order Knights still provided a lot of valuable information.

However, when Roland arrived at the city hall in the center of the city, he also had a general understanding of the situation in the city. To sum it up in one sentence: there are too many people, little money, and a lot of trouble.

Since there are only a few people in the city defense force, let alone maintaining order in the refugee camp outside, the order inside the city is not very stable.

Furthermore, there are only a few administrative staff left at City Hall, and the city’s administrative structure can basically be described in three words: non-existent.

Standing in front of the city’s granary, when a gust of wind blew, a layer of loose soil fell from the beams, and the room was so empty that even a mouse could starve to death.

“This place is really poor.”

Looking at the empty granary, Hela frowned and said helplessly.

"No food left for us?"

Hela had thought the city would be poor, but she had never imagined it would be this poor. Not only was there not a single well-dressed person in the entire city, but there was not a single grain of food in the granary.

Roland had been prepared for this and was not very surprised. Looking at the empty granary, he said.

"They are poor, but it's fine this way. They don't have to worry about anything. As long as they can eat, these people are willing to do anything."

Hela nodded in agreement.

When the first-level knight at the side heard Roland's words, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Could there be another transport team transporting food? I was like, how could they come here with only two people?

Just as the first-level knight was secretly excited, Roland waved his hand, and countless food quickly filled the entire warehouse.

(End of this chapter)