Chapter 614 Plans with Nova
The kingdom's royal army was a very powerful and influential enough force for someone of Nova's standing to be relevant to Vicente's plans.
With his current powers, one might think that he could ignore this force and act on his own as he wished. But that would be a naive thought.
The royal army had thousands and thousands of members, with several Sovereigns in its ranks and hundreds of High-level Mages.Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only
Vicente had transformed himself and grown his family very quickly, but he didn't have the numbers or the reach of the royal army. As such, he didn't underestimate the strength and potential of this organization!
Nova was making great strides towards becoming someone relevant within this Seidel Kingdom organization, so he couldn't help but finally use her in his plans in a more meaningful way.
"What do you need me to do?" She asked.
"Nova, a soldier of your age and level, no matter where they come from or where they are, has a lot of influence inside and outside the army. Anyone who looks at you now and has enough intelligence to try to predict your future will consider that one day you will serve alongside the king." He said, showing her something that, however obvious, needed to be said.
"Anyone will try to please you and open the doors of their homes to you, Nova. Anyone will want the favor of a future pillar of the kingdom.
I need that. I need you to ask for favors, give orders, and generate positive effects for my group.
Get information about families, people, and places, but also make specific groups willing to do business with me. Anything that accelerates my family's growth will help us prepare for the worst.
Soon, I'll meet the Duke of the Province, and I intend to arrange with him to facilitate our mutual growth.
If you can influence the army within the province, I'll have everything I need to grow faster and eventually take my men to other provinces or even states.
The resources from these deals will help us have more men and methods of defending ourselves when the monsters reach us."
If things changed further in the future, fine, he could change his plans accordingly. But for now, he preferred to prepare for the worst.
"That... Sigh, that makes sense. Well, we can try. How about we start with something smaller, like a house?" She suggested. "I know it would take more than that for something like this to make sense. But let's start with a main house and then essential locations in a city.
I can get land from the king that is exclusive to the army for you to build on. If we can get the Duke involved, we can eventually have rights to act publicly and attract citizens of the kingdom to our village."
No city, not even a village, would come into being without the king's knowledge and permission. Because of this, for Vicente's plan to work, he would need the army and noble forces on his side. He didn't need everyone to understand his plans or even know what would happen. But he did need people capable of making certain things possible for him now or in the future.
The royal army had many possibilities, being the main administrator of some of the few lands in the kingdom that weren't ruled by nobles or royalty.
These army lands were theirs for the army to use as they wished, and it was even possible for a soldier of great influence to build a secret headquarters that not even the king knew about.
As long as one used land of little interest to the kingdom and didn't use the army's funds, it was entirely possible to do something like this.
Vicente was wealthy, so Nova didn't think she would have to use army resources.
He then agreed with her. "Look into it for me. It would also be interesting for you to start your own faction within the army in the province. Having soldiers we trust to give legitimacy to certain future matters will help us."
"I'll need resources for that." She said, because that was the only way to do what Vicente had in mind in a short space of time without them taking too many risks.
"Don't worry. I'll cover any compromises you make. Just do what's necessary and help me with soldiers and nobles. It would also be interesting for you to approach people from the Martial Court." He suggested as he stood up.
"That's a lot of things. So it'll be a while before I can help you with all this." She warned.
"Try to focus on that for now. For the rest, we must keep some distance until I sort out the problem with the vampire. I don't want you to get caught in the crossfire." He said before saying goodbye, not giving her much chance to discuss it.