Chapter 96 The real purpose
"Looks like there's nothing to worry about."

Rhodes received a reply from Governor Elena and relaxed after confirming that the other party agreed.

It seemed that the governor welcomed the pioneer knights and expressed that they were also willing to hire help from the nobles of the duchy who came to quell the rebellion.

The impact brought by Rhodes' identity has been officially resolved, and he no longer needs to worry about being targeted by other knights.

The biggest communication problem has been solved, but that doesn’t mean the matter ends here.

The trouble has just begun.

In the process of suppressing the rebellion, how should the nobles of the duchy and the pioneer knights cooperate? How should the employment agreement between them be signed? Who will be held responsible if something goes wrong?

Cooperation cannot be accomplished with just one sentence. There is a long list of processes behind it that need to be carefully considered and finalized.

Rhodes opened the map of Hanshui County and carefully checked the route from Hekou Town to Pinnacle City.

Currently, he is the only one who can communicate with the nobles in the duchy who are suppressing the rebellion.

This has caused him trouble recently, but it has also brought him unprecedented development opportunities.

He needs to take advantage of this opportunity.

A day later, the pioneer knights of the Hanshui River Basin gathered again.

The only difference is that the venue of this gathering changed from Knight Kelvin's territory castle to Rhodes's river mouth town castle.

At the gate of the town, a group of pioneer knights arrived on horseback.

With Rhodes' warm hospitality, we entered the banquet hall of the castle.

As the guests arrived, Rhodes stood in front of the hall and said to everyone:

"It's a special situation right now, so I hope you won't mind my poor hospitality."

Hearing this, Byrne and others in the banquet hall, and the Knights of the Round Table in Rhodes' alliance, shouted:
"How can this be true? In this food-scarce environment, Knight Rhodes is still willing to hold a banquet to share food. This is such a noble virtue of dedication. He is worthy of the name of a knight!"

At their shouts, other pioneer knights responded one after another, and the atmosphere became very lively for a while.

The knights looked at the food at the banquet.

There is a rich variety of grilled meats, grilled fish and bread, as well as a small but thoughtful selection of honey desserts.

Although it was far less luxurious than Kelvin's banquet, it gave them a sense of familiarity and the smiles on their faces were more genuine.

In the crowd on the other side of the hall, Kelvin walked between the long tables.

He glanced at these simple foods with an expression of disgust.

But what made him unhappy was that the pioneer knights from other alliances were actually full of smiles and their attitude was much more enthusiastic than his banquet.

Knight Carmen followed behind him, and seeing that the boss was in a bad mood, he quickly approached and said:

"You don't have to worry about it, sir. This is just a temporary illusion. How big of a problem is it to cooperate with the Principality? If Rhodes handles it alone, there will definitely be many loopholes."

Carmen said confidently, "By then, the other pioneer knights will only feel angry and disappointed. With your status, you will be able to take over the leadership naturally."

Kelvin glanced at him and said as a matter of course: "Do I need to tell you that? Of course I know."

After the banquet in his castle that day, the alliance he had envisioned, led by himself, did not take shape.

In order to cooperate with the principality in the future, a group of pioneering knights did form a loose alliance.

But the one who took over the leadership was this Rhodes!
Kelvin knew it was not because Rhodes was stronger than him, but because the other party's strength was not strong.

The other pioneering knights were not worried about losing their autonomy, which allowed him to take the lead.

Due to the lack of means of communication with the principality, it was impossible to contact the principality nobles who were suppressing the rebellion.

No matter how unhappy Kelvin was, he had to accept this fact.

But he is not in a hurry. All he has to do next is wait for the other party to make a mistake and cause dissatisfaction among the other knights, and then he can take over the major league again.

After the banquet, a group of people came to the conference hall. Rhode sat in front of everyone, with a large map of Hanshui County hanging on the wall behind him.

"Everyone knows the purpose of this gathering, so I won't waste time talking and will get straight to the point."

"Everyone, please look, this is the direction of attack I planned."

Rhodes pointed to the map behind him and drew a red arrow from Hekou Town, spanning a hundred kilometers to a city.

On the other side, there is also a red arrow from Peak City pointing to this city.

Seeing that everyone was somewhat confused, Rhodes explained:
"The city on the map is called Dune Castle. It is located in the center of Bayou Town and Pinnacle City."

"I have communicated with Governor Elena. They will launch an attack on Dune Castle next. As long as we cooperate with the attack, we can resume the transportation of supplies after taking down Dune Castle and allow the two sides to reunite."

Rhodes described the situation. The tactics were clear. Both sides sent troops to the center at the same time and carved out a path through Frostwater County where the White Frost Cult was wreaking havoc.

As long as you occupy the Dune Castle, radiate around it with it as the core.

This will restore the disconnected supply lines of the Pioneer Knights.

The general direction is simple, but there are many points to pay attention to in the actual attack.

Rhodes just gave a simple description. More of these things need to be adapted to the actual situation and circumstances.

After listening to his introduction, the pioneer knights immediately applauded.

They were very satisfied with the plan and were able to restore material supplies as quickly as possible.

More importantly, it allows them to meet and communicate directly with the nobles of the principality.

Thinking of this, the Pioneer Knight looked at Rhodes with admiration.

Even the hostility in Kelvin's eyes slowly faded.

Kelvin thought that if he were to arrange it, he would definitely delay the convergence of the two sides as much as possible.

Make use of your advantage in being able to connect both parties.

Apart from anything else, when the time comes, I can reap the kickbacks from the employment contract and make a lot of money.

Not to mention the various means of withholding supplies and reselling them at high prices. It is too easy to make money with information advantage.

It turns out that the person in front of me is actually an honest man!
As Kelvin's hostility faded, he looked down on the other party even more.

Haha, he doesn't even dare to grab the benefits he has obtained, and gives them away so easily, not even willing to take this little risk. What a weak knight he is.

This kind of opponent is not worth his attention.

Rhodes glanced at the crowd, confirmed that no one objected, and nodded.

He could feel the contempt from Kelvin and the others, but he didn't care at all.

Rather than those small-time kickbacks, he cared more about the supply line itself.

Rhodes looked at the map again, his eyes moving back and forth between Dune Castle and Bayou Town.

This attack target was not chosen randomly.

With the White Frost Cult wreaking havoc in Hanshui County, most of the transportation routes have been abandoned and cannot be used again in a short time.

The shortest route from Dune Castle to the territory of the pioneer knights is to go along the river mouth town.

As long as this supply line is established, his river mouth town will become a must-pass route for caravans and the throat for the transportation of supplies for pioneering knights.

The town's commercial development will take off.

By that time, he would no longer be able to make money without doing anything, but others would be eager to give him money.

(End of this chapter)