Chapter 45: Conquest { V }

Rowan discussed more with the ladies and got to gather as much information as he wanted from them. He learned about the number of soldiers under Glenwood, their current plan to attack his kingdom, the strength of their soldiers, and others.Each detail sharpened not only Rowan's understanding of the enemy's capabilities but also stirred a complex brew of emotions within him—concern for his people, a strategic resolve to protect them, and an underlying fear of what failure might bring to them.

With this much information, Rowan crafted a new battle plan in his mind. He mapped out possible defensive positions and escape routes, imagining each scenario that could unfold.

The discussion lasted for more than one hour.

At this moment, it was already a few minutes past midnight as daylight drew closer.

At this point, the ladies were already getting dizzy and wanted to rest.

Sadly, Rowan couldn't send them to rest as he doesn't have any place for them to stay. And even if he did, he would not be able to send them away as it would lead to confusion among the soldiers outside who didn't see them enter the room. Also, if the betrayer in their midst sees them, he might run away to inform Glenwood.

Rowan's mind raced as he considered his limited options. The safety of the village hinged on maintaining the secrecy of this meeting.

Not wanting to take such a risk, Rowan asked D'andre to let them stay in his carriage for the night and then explained why he said so to them.

The ladies understood his intention and agreed without further ado but it wasn't the same for D'andre.

"I will help you but you have to agree to do business with me," D'andre requested.

"Deal," Rowan agreed without wasting time.

D'andre smiled profusely and then he brought out another golden slip from his inventory and tore it. Just like before, a small wisp appeared in the room, swirling speedily before turning into a portal.

"Good night, Lord Rowan." Elara and the ladies bade Rowan farewell as they walked into the portal.

"Have a nice rest, ladies." Rowan smiled in response.

The women entered the portal and it disappeared immediately. Now only Rowan and D'andre were left in the room once again.

Meanwhile outside, the captains stood alongside the soldiers guarding the meeting hall with frowns on their faces.

"It was really unwise of us to leave Lord Rowan with that man," Oliver let out with a deep frown on his face.

"Yes, that man is untrustworthy, who knows what he might do to Lord Rowan now that he is alone with him?" Another captain added.

The other two captains refuted as well, they regretted leaving Rowan.

"It was the command of Lord Rowan, were you going to disobey his orders?" Roland asked them with a frown.

His question caused the other four to go silent for a minute before Oliver finally replied.

"Our Lord is still very young and inexperienced, sometimes we have to do the opposite of his commands to prevent him from making a grave mistake."

"Our Lord is inexperienced?" Roland asked with raised eyebrow, "Are you saying the same Lord who brought a lot of positive developments in the village in less than one week is inexperienced? The same man who was able to learn sword skills just by watching and is able to pass that skill to others is inexperienced?"

The more Roland questioned, the more short for words Oliver became and he quickly regretted making those statements.

"Inexperienced or not, it doesn't change the fact that he is still very young," He commented, trying to remove the shame for losing the previous argument.

Nevertheless, this only added to his embarrassment as not only Roland but the other captains disagreed with his comment.

"Fine, fine, you guys are right," he waved his hands and ended the argument seeing that there was no chance of him winning.

Roland and the others relaxed as well. Roland turned to look at the meeting hall, he could still see the light from the glowing crystal ball that D'andre had summoned earlier.

He wondered what sort of discussion they were having in there but at the same time, he tried not to bother himself about it.

In the history of Winterseed, those who dared to sneak closer to the meeting hall to hear what's being discussed always end up cursed with deadly diseases that claim their life months after.

Roland wasn't trying to make the same mistake as those people.

"Excuse me you guys, I have something I want to take care of, I will be back soon." Oliver excused himself.

The other captains only nodded at him and returned to watching the area. Without wasting time, Oliver left, walking towards the northern border.

Roland watched as Oliver disappeared into the darkness wondering what he was going to do, but his thoughts didn't linger on him for too long. He shifted his gaze back to the meeting hall. The light from the glowing crystal remained, casting faint shadows on the ground.

Inside the hall, Rowan remained seated, his mind racing as he processed all the information he'd gathered. The weight of Glenwood's plans to attack kept lingering in his mind and he knew he had to act fast.

Turning to D'andre, he asked, "You mentioned you could help my territory in many ways? Now is the time, what can you do to help?"

"A lot," D'andre replied.

"I am a merchant, I sell everything you desire as long as you give me something of the same value in exchange," He continued, explaining his class to Rowan.

"Everything I desire?" Rowan asked, a little bit confused.

If what D'andre said was genuine, then he would be an important asset to grow his territory.

"Yes, I can get you whatever you want, but you'll have to pay with something of equal value. And just so you know, my class has a restriction that doesn't allow me to give out anything for free, even to friends," D'andre explained with a smile.

Rowan nodded his head and quickly ran through all the things he wanted in his head.

"I want weapons, skill books, food items, blueprints, food pills, and monsters cores, can you get me all of these and what do I have to give in return? Remember my territory doesn't possess any sort of purchasing power."

"Exchanges can be done with other things of value, it doesn't have to be coins and money slips," D'andre quickly removed the doubt that Rowan had about the process.

"Since you are a transmigrator like myself, then you should have evolution points, am I wrong?" He asked.

Hearing that, a smile crept on Rowan's face.

If evolution points can be used as a purchasing power then his purchasing power should be really powerful considering that he has millions of evolution points currently in his possession due to [100x rewards] that has been multiplying his evolution points.

"Of course, I have evolution points," He quickly responded with a smile.

Before the mention of evolution points, Rowan was lost in thoughts thinking about what he could exchange to get his hands on what he wanted. But now that it was mentioned, Rowan became really excited.

On the other hand, D'andre also got really excited as he would get to do business with yet another transmigrator.

'I wonder what impressive rewards I would get for getting another transmigrator customer!' he wondered.

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