"Another ......"

Oryx shoved the piles of papers in front of Marlan and pulled out a map of all the Clearer's settlements and placed it on it.

"By the way, protect these pioneers. There are a total of 27 settlements, and it is up to you how to distribute the troops and how to arrange the patrol routes. The beasts in the mountains are very ferocious, and I think it's a good experience for recruits. I hope you can ensure that the development of the mountainous area can be carried out unhindered - you don't have to go there yourself, just arrange it here. ”

"Yes, mission guaranteed!" Marlan stood up and saluted, standing straight on the ground.

Oryx waved her hand to sit down and asked, "One more thing, you wait a while." ”

Anyway, he asked the servant to call Rona Crowley.

Oryx couldn't understand how the eldest lady of the Crowley family could want to come and learn the way of light with him.

Maybe he was too heroic when he saved her, and he left a deep impression on the little girl, so that she was regarded as a hero in her heart? Learn what idols have learned and follow the path that idols have walked?

But he didn't take it too seriously, maybe the little girl was just a whim, and she would forget about it in a few days.

The Grand Lord of Darius Crowley has only let his daughter come to the safe area of Stratholme for a while, and perhaps the little girl will appreciate the prosperity of Stratholme and come together to learn the way of the Holy Light.

It's normal for a girl of this age to have her thoughts change three times a day.

So he asked the servant to make room for the little girl, and at noon the same day the little girl went to the city with the guards and servants, and came back with a great deal of things.

In the evening, the little girl asked him when he would begin to learn the way of the Light, and her attitude was very serious, not at all like a fake.

He had no choice but to draw up a symbolic schedule and study program according to the schedule he had been trained in.

Wake up before dawn, meditate after breakfast, then recite the Holy Light canon, and go for a run after eating. Learn sacred spells in the morning, learn strategy and tactics in the afternoon, and receive appropriate weapons training......

But Oryx didn't have time to teach her personally.

After a while, the little girl went into the dining room panting. Looking at the time, it should have just come back from a morning run.

"Marlan, this is Rona Crowley, daughter of Darius Crowley, the Great Lord of the North of Gilness. She will stay with us for a while and learn the Divine Way. You'll be her teacher from now on. Oryx said.

Malan blinked blankly.

And little Rona looked at her future teacher with bright eyes, and bowed very obediently and called "teacher".

"Miss Rhona, please don't be polite." Marlan hurriedly returned the salute

The Crowley family is a well-known family in the Northland, and everyone knows about it. But she was just a member of the Silver Hand Knights without any background, and the status gap was huge, so she couldn't help but feel a little more humble.

"Let's find someone to take her to do a 'talent test' first. If she passes, let her go to Demytia in the morning to learn sacred spells, and in the afternoon to learn strategy and tactics with you, and by the way, train in the use of various weapons. If you don't pass...... Then let her only learn from you. Oryx said.

For practitioners of the Divine Path, the so-called talent test is nothing more than reciting a prayer, trying to enter a state of deep meditation, feeling the Holy Light in the underworld, and then trying to see if they can summon the power of the Holy Light.

Whether Lorna will pass or not, Oryx doesn't know, but it is estimated that he will pass, and in a few days, he will be deterred by the terrible precepts and hard training of the Divine Dao practitioners, and continue to go back to be a daughter-in-law.

"Yes, I see." Marlan saluted respectfully and went down with little Rhona.

Oryx let out a sigh of relief, and settled one more thing. He took a few sips of water and continued to work on the papers at hand.

This time it came to the top priority - the defense of East Lordaeron.

East Lordaeron has a total area of about 35,000 square kilometres.

Twenty years ago, King Terenus poured a lot of resources into a thankless national census. This is an unprecedented act in the history of the Seven Kingdoms of mankind.

The region of Eastern Lordaeron, east of the Sodoril River, was somewhat affected by the great climate spell due to its proximity to Quel'Salas, and the climate was very pleasant and the land was relatively fertile, thus feeding a population of nearly 1.15 million.

However, this is only a summary of the major towns and surrounding villages, and there are many settlements that do not count. Scholars estimate that a reasonable figure would be between 1.3 million and 1.6 million, a population density of about 40 to 50 people per square kilometer.

Looking at the seven countries of the human race, only the highly developed kingdom of Lordaeron can have such a terrifying population density.

Later, when the Second War broke out, almost an entire generation of young adults died in the war, and the population of Eastern Lordaeron was decimated.

After the war, in order to maintain the operation of the asylum, the kingdom had to increase the tax burden on the common people, resulting in a significant decrease in the population growth rate......

Under the influence of many factors, although more than ten years have passed, according to the estimation of those scholars, the population of East Lordaeron should only recover to the level before the Second War.

This million or so people are concentrated in the vicinity of four major towns or large settlements, in descending order of population: Stratholme, Cowling, Avalon and Talon County.

Among them, the town of Kaulin is the transportation hub "Kaulin Road Intersection" located in the center of the entire region after East Lordanlun became the land of the East Plague. Because of its geographical location, the seafood from the east coast and the minerals from the mine need to be transported to the mainland through here, so it is extremely well developed.

Avalon, on the eastern coast, was originally a coastal town that was destroyed during the Third War. Later, the Scarlet Crusaders took over the area, operating it as a base camp in the Eastern Plaguelands, and established the Hand of Tyr military base to the west. During Wrath of the Lich King, New Avalon was destroyed by the Knights of the Ebon Blade......

In each of the four main settlements, there were local troops of one or two thousand men to maintain law and order, plus one or two hundred full-time guards.

In the remaining villages, towns, villages and other small settlements in East Lordaeron, there are about 20,000 militia units that go home to farm when the farmers are busy and concentrate on military training during the slack - this tradition is due to the second war, more than ten years ago, when the orcs came, the kingdom of Lordaeron, accustomed to peace, simply did not have enough time to launch the national war machine, and the old tribes who were all soldiers were completely overwhelmed and suffered huge losses. After that, Lordaeron began to follow the example of the Stormwind Kingdom in the south and spread this militia system throughout the territory. Even if this will put a lot of pressure on the finances, these militias with a certain amount of training are at least excellent soldiers, and if war breaks out, the kingdom will not be overstretched as it was a dozen years ago, and the regular army is not enough, so it can only send temporary recruits to the battlefield to die.

As an aside, Lordaeron maintains a regular army of about 100,000 people all year round, which is also very rare among the seven kingdoms of mankind.

If you count the private soldiers of the lords in various places......

Once the natural plague breaks out, the entire East Lordaeron region, the total number of troops that can immediately raise weapons to meet the battle, and have the strength to fight, is about 30,000 to 40,000 people.

30,000 or 40,000 people, defending more than 30,000 square kilometers of land, in the situation of the enemy's darkness and our own light, the embankment will break out at any time...... This task is not an easy one. Because there has never been a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, not to mention that the so-called "thieves" are terrible enemies far beyond the cognition of this era!

Even though one of the 20,000 troops under the command of Garithar had already arrived in Eastern Lordaeron, Oryx still felt the pressure.

"Pour me another glass of water." He spoke to the servant and began to read the defense plan proposals and drafts sent by the local administrators. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens