248: Chapter 143, The Handed-Over Military Power_1 248: Chapter 143, The Handed-Over Military Power_1 Feeling dizzy as he left Bera City, Hudson now had a convoy following him, one he had hired to transport dried fish.
Just because the port had stocks, didn’t mean Bera City couldn’t buy.
It would be truly stupid to go to the port.
The price, better left unsaid.
Anyway, it couldn’t be cheap, but it didn’t cost the earth either.
As the price of grain kept soaring, Hudson could accommodate a slight increase in the price of meat, especially salted ones.
As for the taste, Belsden looked disgusted, and Hudson certainly wouldn’t be the “dried fish warrior”.
But this prompted an idea, it was necessary to stock up on jerk meat for rations.
In an emergency situation, this high-nutrition food could help the army hold on for a longer time.
Relying entirely on the kingdom’s supplies didn’t seem reliable to Hudson.
It was not that he was worried about the bureaucrats causing trouble, but that the battlefield could change in an instant, with many surprises unforeseeable.
A regular army movement could let your troops and the food supply march past each other.
When will they meet again?
That depends on the blessing of the Lord of the Dawn.
It was best to prepare before it rained.
The trouble was how to organize everyone for the national military training.
Unlike the other prefectural governors, who could call a meeting, giving thought and issuing orders.
Hudson, the fresh-out-of-the-oven military officer of Layton County, was still technically under the control of the Prefectural Governor.
Although he could ignore Viscount West, it was still unjustly and improperly imposed; if issues arose, it would be troublesome.
After hesitating for a while, Hudson glanced in the direction of the Northern Border and said,
“Tom, as the military officer of the county, send out invitations in my name to all the nobles in Layton County to attend the ‘Comprehensive Crackdown on Skeleton Society Security Meeting’ in three days.”
There had to be an excuse, the whole preparation for war news couldn’t leak out, then let the Skeleton Society bear all the blame.
As a cult organization, it’s their duty to take the blame.
Any unsolvable problem could be blamed on them.
The method has always been very effective, slowly becoming a norm.
Such is the nature of politics, even if everyone knows that the national military preparation is aimed at the Orcs, but the Alpha Kingdom still cannot admit it.
The responsibility of instigating the war could only be shouldered by the Orcs.
Although it didn’t seem to make any real difference, the moral high ground was necessary.
…
“Have you found out nothing useful after so long?”
The masked man’s question made Carlos feel awkward.
Back in the Clergy, he was elite, handling tasks briskly.
After joining the anti-church organization under the skeleton society, things changed for the worse.
From the task of searching for the ‘Blood Moon Horn’, all was unwell.
“Holy Master, the noble who was most likely to get in touch with the Blood Moon Horn has been checked.
Now only the last one is left, and he is also the most suspicious…”
Before Carlos could finish his words, the masked man waved his hand and said, “Since the target has been locked onto, what are you hesitating for, go and check it out!”
Just after he finished speaking, the masked man suddenly realized something was wrong, then added,
“The closest to the place where Iman died is the Fifth Army.
The suspect in your mouth is not that bastard Hudson, is it?”
Carlos nodded without hesitation.
It’s not that he’s not hardworking, it’s just that the Mountain Domain is unfriendly to strangers.
The deep-rooted patrol system made it impossible for him to keep his whereabouts secret.
Not only did he have to register at the hotel, but even when visiting the homes of serfs, records were kept.
Several attempts to probe further were quenched by patrolling soldiers.
After experiencing it several times, Carlos realized that someone was tipping them off.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Carlos was forced to disguise himself as a customer seeking purchases, buying a lot of random iron products.
Even so, he could still only move around the outskirts.
There was no chance of getting close to the Manor House.
Sneaking in was out of the question, Carlos didn’t believe his stealth technique was good enough to fool the Earth Bear.
If he was unlucky and got slapped to death by the bear cub the moment he got too close, it would be a huge loss.
Receiving this definite message, the masked man was also troubled.
Even he, himself could not stand up against a mature Earth Bear.
Especially if it’s on the opponent’s turf, once his identity is exposed, he will immediately face the army’s encirclement and suppression.
“Cease the action for now.
Hudson is too mysterious, perhaps the reincarnation of a fallen Evil God, and it would not be wise to make him a direct enemy.”
Although the masked man spoke cautiously, his words always felt out of place.
The leader of a cult suspected his enemy to be an Evil God, sounded quite comical no matter how you looked at it.
But there was nothing he could do, that was exactly what the masked man thought.
Others might not know about the Earth Bear, but he was very clear.
Maturing a young Earth Bear without any side effects seemed impossible to him.
Even the well-established Clergy couldn’t do it.
In his understanding, only the power of the Divine Spirit might be able to do that.
Together with his granddaughter’s words that day, the masked man quickly connected Hudson with the Divine Spirit.