The news of Rand's success in eliminating the invasion of Maca's army was soon known to Kane, who was not too surprised by this. With Ian, the great knight sent by Hammer to help him temporarily, it can be said that there are almost no people who can break through Rand Town, at least at this stage, the surrounding nobles do not have this ability, and they can only give away people's heads.

What's more, there is now a magic array set up by Nelus, a genius mage, to defend here, as long as Kane develops his own army, the situation here can be completely reversed, only he leads the army to attack the land of other lords, but others can't take down his territory with magic protection.

So, when the first mines were excavated, Kane sold them for a good price, and he used the gold to recruit young and powerful troops, and at the same time train a group of clever scouts to patrol the border and reach into enemy camps, for him, the surrounding unscrupulous territories were all enemies, and there were no friends at all.

The so-called allies are only temporary, and once they smell the opportunity, they will decisively tear up the alliance and stab you in the back. Just like Nowruvi and Maca, they.

He had heard of what was happening in Maka's land, and had told him about it when Nowruvius and Nashi had come to visit him, including what they had plotted against him. They put all the blame for the previous sneak attack on the dead Maka, saying that all this was Maka's idea, and they were also forced to do so, after all, Maka had been their old friend for many years, and they were dizzy for a while before they listened to the villain's words.

Nowruvi completely dissociated himself from Marca and signed a seemingly sincere pact with Kane, so that from then on they would be good allies of the Withered Forest, and they would not invade each other and get along amicably.

When they said this, Kane didn't show any joy, and certainly didn't debunk them in public, just nodded indifferently. Because Kane knew that these cunning foxes were just afraid that they would take revenge on them, and they would accidentally end up with Maka alone.

In order to show the sin of violating the territory before, Nowruvian and they made an apology, and everyone erased the unhappiness that happened before. They knew that Kane had been recruiting troops lately, so they sent a group of about fifty slaves who could fight. This method confuses everyone and gives the impression that they are openly planting spies in the enemy camp. Kane thanked him for his kindness and took all the slaves under his command.

There was a momentary pause on Nowruw's face, but he quickly put on a smile again, as if thanking Kane's men for forgiving him for his previous behavior, and when he left, he hinted that Kane had said a few kind words in front of Hamer, and they had no intention of challenging Hamer's authority.

In fact, the back is their real purpose, for fear of retaliation, so they took the initiative to confess and ask for forgiveness, Kane sent them away after a few perfunctory words, and never entertained them from beginning to end.

After the others were gone, Nelus asked Kane incomprehensibly why he wanted to take those tricky slaves, and if he wanted to kill them all when he knew that these slaves were not trustworthy? It's a bit too brutal.

Kane laughed, "Who said that if you take this batch of slaves, you must use them yourself?" Shall I not take them to the slave market and sell them? This is a lot of gold income, young and combative slaves can be sold for a hundred gold coins in the market, and even the stronger ones can even be sold in the high-level slave market. A slave in the high-class slave market can be sold for one hundred and fifty gold coins, which is a very considerable income, and I will soon be able to pay off the debt owed to you. ”

Neroth said to Kane with admiration: "Sure enough, you will still make money, and Norruway will regret dying if you want to know that the slaves he sent were used by you like this." ”

"What does his old fox think? Believe that every point of his life is a ghost. What allies say, helping each other, it's all bullshit! When I have the chance, I will give him a taste of the head move, show weakness, make friends, and form alliances, which will only make them face a stronger enemy. Kane's contemptuous smile was murderous.

"The struggle between the nobles is too boring, but fortunately my father sent me to the magic academy at the time, so how can magic and arcane art be interesting."

"Isn't this often the case between you mages, how can you be exempt from vulgarity? What drives deception is the desire of people's hearts, and there are many people who have insatiable desires. ”

"That's true, but," Neroth picked up a piece of raw ore he had picked up from the mines, looked at it, and continued, "At least not yet, and if there is a day when it is calculated, I hope that person is not my friend." ”

"Hey! You don't have to worry about me calculating you, you don't have to, I'm very friendly to such a generous friend as yours. Kane quipped.

"Who knows." Neros replied, "I'll go see how the magic test goes." With that, Nelus went out and walked towards his makeshift laboratory.

Kane went to the cleared dead wood forest to see how well the training ground was doing, and if he wanted to train his troops, he needed to have a barracks to train the recruited troops.

Since Nowruway and Kane formed an alliance, they have really become much more honest, and most of them also admit that Kane is one of their nobles, even if anyone is not convinced, they dare not say it, after all, no one wants to be the next person to hang their heads on the tree after the experience of Maka.

Kane's mines are being mined faster and faster, and the rate at which gold is coming in is increasing. In just three months, Kane had basically paid off his debt to Hamer, a speed that even Virkin was a little surprised. His strength has continued to improve, and he has reached the level of a fifth-level great knight, which is considered a top-level existence among many barons.

After paying off the debts of Hammer and Nelus, Kane used the iron ore resources to create high-quality iron armor and weapons for his 300 infantry soldiers and 150 cavalry, and even some horses had their own equipment, and the black and shiny iron armor was draped over the horses, showing their might and domineering. The refined and hardened spear emitted a cold light, and the snowflakes fell on the blade of the sword and immediately split in half.

After training a fairly elite army, Kane expanded Rand Town, and he has transformed from a small town into a city of sizable size. Just when everything was going in a good direction, a crisis was quietly happening.

Viscount Bailly had recently returned from a campaign to suppress slaves in Malan, where he had conquered two cities occupied by slave rebels, annihilated a slave army of more than 500 men, and captured a mid-ranking rebel general, whose exploits represented Hamer's exploits. So Franz was very happy to reward him.

Hearing this, Bailly did not have much smile on his face, and when he saw Franz, his face with two scars on his eyebrows and eyes calmly said to Franz: "My lord, I don't need any reward, I only have one request." Hammer, don't meddle with Kane and me. The war between Sivir. I hope that adults can maintain a neutral attitude. ”

Franz was silent for a moment and then persuaded: "It's been a long time since this matter, didn't you already say that you wouldn't mention it before, why did you suddenly mention it again today?" Bor's death is irretrievable, Kane is now our man, and I don't want to see you fighting each other, so instead of fighting among yourself, focus on our common enemy. ”

"Kane. Sivir is my enemy, and it is inevitable that I will fight him in the end. His eyes looked squarely at Franz, then to the side.

Franz sat in a red, gold-rimmed, upholstered chair embroidered with a wolf figure, his elbows resting on the armrests, looking thoughtful. After a moment, he asked, "Does it have to be like this?" Perhaps it is right to find a peaceful solution. ”

"There's no way." There was a resolute hint in Bailly's tone, he just wouldn't budge, even the man who persuaded him, Franz, the real leader of the Hammer family. Previously, his promise not to trouble Kane was just a temporary stopgap measure, or he really wanted to stop there, but Kane's reputation has been too strong lately.

He felt that his position in Hammer was in jeopardy, and it would be very bad for him if Hammer found a more powerful helper who had a grudge against him.

Bailly took this opportunity to get rid of this sharp-edged young man in one fell swoop. Franz waved his hand, "Okay, then it's up to you." ”

Viscount Bailly bowed, then took his leave and exited the room. After Bailly left, Welgin pushed open the door and came in, he sat in the chair to Franz's left, "Bailly's face is not quite right since he came back, is there something wrong?" ”

"He's going to war with Kane, and I hope Hammer doesn't meddle in the war between them."

"He wants to avenge his son, who has been dead for so long? It's so unusual. Virkin said with a frown.

"It's certainly not for this reason, at least not for more than that. Bol was not the most gifted among his sons, but if he had the highest talent, he should be the youngest son he sent to study at the Carrot Mage Academy. He may be testing our attitude by doing this, he is afraid that we will abandon him as an outcast, but in fact he has no need to worry at all, this is completely superfluous. ”

Vilkin nodded: "Kane's potential is indeed great, he has conquered the nearby lords, and the long-established Baron Maca has also been cut off and hung on the dead trees on the border. I feel like we should unravel their contradictions, losing either of them is a loss, so... If Bailly and Kane were to face each other, Kane's kid would likely be killed by Bailly. ”

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, then continued: "Your decision is not quite right. ”

Far from being upset by Welgin's words, Franz explained: "Of course I know, but Kane doesn't have to die." I'm also very optimistic about this kid, we spend a lot of resources on him, if Bailly is killed like this, this business will be lost. Kakireć is not low on him. ”

"Then you promised Bailly not to meddle in the war between them?"

"If you say that Hammer doesn't interfere, of course he won't. But in addition to our backer, Kane has other backers with a lot of strength, not even much weaker than Hamer. ”

"Who? The Magic Society, that kid? The first thing that popped into Vilgin's mind was Nelus, who knew that Kane's victory over the lords was thanks to Nerich's help.

"This is an opportunity to ally Hamera, with Kane representing Hammer and Neroth representing the Magical Society. The friendship between the two of them is the same as the friendship between us and the Magic Association. When something goes wrong with Kane, Neroth won't sit idly by, Bailly has no way to take the Magic Association, and Kane can't die. Franz said with a smile.

"Let's hope this kid has good luck!" In his heart, Virgin wished him good luck and hoped to avoid this fate.