Chapter 42 Matriarchal Society
The 200-man reserve army formed in Hekou Town will stay in the town in the initial stage and receive Holmes' shield and spear formation training.

At the same time, preliminary physical training is carried out.

As long as they can complete the intermediate standard intensity training, they will get enough bread and meat without worrying about nutritional deficiencies.

As for those lazy people who maintain the lowest standards and just want to have enough food to eat, they will be kicked out of the reserve army soon.

After real benefits were given, some serfs were eager to join in.

This will further encourage soldiers to train and avoid being eliminated last in the competition.

Holmes, two knight attendants, and ten regular shield and spear soldiers were left in the river mouth town to temporarily manage the place for Rhodes.

Rhodes himself took Loren and five hundred serfs from the town back to Pingdingshan.

Longbowmen are trained differently than shield and spearmen.

The terrifying pulling force of the Rosa longbow starts at 150 pounds, which is simply not something a serf can bear.

They couldn't pull it at all.

Rhodes planned to first let the fifty militiamen from Pingdingshan make an attempt, and at the same time let Loren leave Hekou Town.

After all, he joined halfway and his loyalty cannot be confirmed yet.

Letting him command his local soldiers would easily cause chaos in the army.

With the arrival of serfs from the town, a new round of construction in Pingdingshan began vigorously.

This time everyone will no longer receive the same salary.

Instead, based on food distribution, wages are calculated according to the amount of work done and distributed according to work.

The era of eating from the same pot is over. Whether they can live a good life in the future depends on their own efforts.

The serfs were temporarily assigned to live in a large factory building. Rhodes walked around and confirmed that there were no problems with the construction before returning to his own house.

"This is the bathroom. Sit here when you want to have sex. When you're done, flush it with water from here."

Rhode took Lucia to familiarize herself with the functions of each room. "This is the restaurant. When you are hungry, tell the raven next to you and a girl named Lily will bring you food."

"This is your bedroom. Your clothes are in the closet next to it."

After Rod finished speaking, Lucia walked into the room obediently.

She glanced at Rhodes, and when she saw that he didn't say anything, she climbed onto the bed and got under the quilt.

"Remember to take off your clothes before going to bed." Rhodes reminded, looking at the bulging quilt.

It is almost October and the weather in the north has already reached below zero. If you wear clothes to sleep or get up, you will catch a cold.
There was a rustling sound, and the girl stretched out her small white arms and placed her clothes neatly beside the bed.

Then he looked up at him, like a puppet waiting for the next command.

"Take a rest. Call me if you have any questions."

Rhodes closed the door and didn't understand the girl's situation for a moment.

Facing the man who killed her parents, the girl strangely behaved in an obedient manner.

What kind of trauma syndrome is this? It’s also said that it’s personality loss caused by excessive stimulation?

Lacking any understanding of psychology, Rhodes could only make blind guesses.

Ignore her for now, he has more important things to do now.

It was already evening.

Today is Monday, the day when the Shadow of the North opens its doors to him again.

Rhodes took deep breaths in the room and closed his eyes in anticipation.

The familiar feeling of soul sublimation came again, and the scene before my eyes turned into an indescribable chaos.

The soul comes to the Star Spirit Queen and follows that line.

When Rhodes opened his eyes again.

He returned to the snowy field once again and was standing in a forest where the cold wind was howling and the branches were bent by heavy snow.

After seeing the familiar cross mark on the stone next to it, Rhodes was able to confirm it.

Each time he entered, he would appear at the same place he left last time.

At this moment, a black crow feather floated up from his shoulder and turned into a raven flying onto a branch.

It was one of the ravens that had signed a [Spiritual Contract] with him. Under the bond of the contract, their souls could enter here together and wait for the call.

Unfortunately, there were too many monsters in the sky of the Northern Remnant, and the raven could only fly at low altitude within a hundred meters of him.

Although the reconnaissance range was limited, Rhodes also discovered different traces.

People, or rather the spirits of former humans, live on this snowy plain.

Through the raven's perspective, he looked far away at an open space by the river bank.

A village was built there, protected in the middle by a tall wooden wall made of birch wood.

Just as Rhodes was considering whether to make contact or avoid it, the raven above his head suddenly trembled.

"Well, it looks like I've been discovered."

The raven flew back, and its soul turned into a pitch-black sword.

Rhodes held the sword in front of him and looked at the three women jumping down from the sky, taking a defensive stance.

Apparently when he noticed the village, the people inside also noticed him.

The three women were covered in unknown white fur and held long-handled axes.

His wheat-colored skin, smooth muscle lines, and a cheetah-like body exude a natural wild charm.

The most important thing is that all three of them are at the first level.

There was a large white owl perched on his shoulder, staring at Rhodes with its head tilted.

It looks like some kind of magical beast that evolved from a snowy owl.

Rhode used the Eye of True Vision to confirm their strength and found that they were all at the top of the first level. He was a little confused.

He was ready to run away.

If it doesn't work, use the Soul Anchor to exit this world immediately.
"He's a man, no threat." After seeing his face, the three women were visibly stunned, and their tense muscles began to relax.

"Maybe someone from a nearby village who got lost?"

"No matter what, since we saw him, he belongs to us. Take him back to the village!"

"That's not good. His woman will be angry. What if she comes to my house?"

"What are you afraid of? A man will die on the snow without a woman to protect him. We are saving him."

"Oh yeah, we're saving him, so let me protect him!"

"Get out! He's mine. I saw him first!"

"Well, that, elder sister, second sister, I think I am more suitable."

Rhodes, who was on alert, slowly put down the black sword and looked at them in confusion.

Why did you suddenly start quarreling?

They spoke a barbarian language that was difficult to pronounce and unclear.

With the help of emotional perception, Rhodes was able to roughly understand their words.

Is this a seizure of ownership?

Especially when the three of them stopped just arguing and started really fighting.

The air waves generated by the violent collision blew away large pieces of snow, and snowflakes flew all over the sky.

Rhodes stepped aside speechlessly to avoid being affected by their fight.

After watching one of them knock down a tree that was so thick that it took an adult to hug it with one punch, he kept silent and thought it would be better not to get involved in their affairs.

"Love the magic of women?" Rhodes thought of the situation in Broken Dragon Fortress.

In such a thin magical environment, women's physique can be no weaker than men's.

If the afterimage of the North is really the North with high magic environment thousands of years ago.

Then the physical fitness of women living here will obviously reach a level that men can never match.

"It seems that this is a matriarchal society." Rhodes suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)