Starting Life as a Baron

Alan wished he had enough soldiers in his hands upon hearing the word ‘national war'. It would be best if he had another team of knights. This way, he would have enough strength to join the battlefield and fight independently.

Independent means that his military achievements in the war would not be shared with others.

This would greatly help him raise his rank and obtain a large amount of land.

However, he did not have much power in his hands. He only had seventy warriors, who were not enough for him to roam the battlefield.

He needed more powerful forces.

Although Alan wanted more power, he had already decided to be the first one to participate in the war once the war broke out.

As for strength, he had enough time to train the warriors.

Alan was very confident that he had enough time because his system had released a new mission when Albert said the word ‘nation war'.

"War mission: The national war between the Lane Principality and Blue Moon Principality!"

"The Duke of Blue Moon on the sea can no longer endure the barren land, the dwindling population, and the scarcity of all kinds of resources. He's planning to start a war. He wants to obtain a rich and vast land on the mainland!"

"At this moment, the Grand Duke of Blue Moon Principality is in closed-door cultivation. He is about to break through his cultivation and his strength will rise to the next level. The day he breaks through will be the beginning of the national war."

"Countdown to the war: Two months and eight days!"

"Participate in the national war and win!"

"When the national war starts, the system will open the merit store."

"Kill or defeat and capture one of the enemy soldiers to gain 1 merit point. Kill or defeat and capture level one enemy knight to gain 10 merit points. Gain 50 merit points for level two knights and 100 merit points for level three knights…"

"You can exchange mission rewards from the Merit Store. These rewards include creature cards, acceleration cards, natural spirits, experience points, and so on."

A long list of notifications dazzled Alan, but his heart was filled with joy after reading them.

Damn, the war mission is awesome!

Alan thought in his heart. At the same time, he was able to grasp the time of the start of the war with the help of the system, which was extremely beneficial to him.

Since he knew the exact time of the battle, Alan became much calmer.

He decided to complete the task of recruiting people and reclaiming farmland first because he was hoping that this mission would give him good rewards.

In that case, he would be able to train more warriors.

"It's best to have a training accelerator card so that I can train a lot of soldiers before the war begins."

Alan thought to himself.

"Do you want people and some professionals?"

Albert did not expect Alan to make such a request.

In fact, he was already considering whether he should change Alan's territory and transfer him to become the lord of a rich land near his side.

"I can rearrange your territory and give you a rich land with a large population."

Albert spoke in a gentle tone.

Alan was stunned, but then he shook his head and said, "No need. I only need a large population and some talents."

Alan's answer caused Albert to be a little confused, but he still nodded his head when he saw Alan's firm eyes.

"Okay, how many people do you need?"

"The more, the better."

Alan smiled and said, "I have already started to cultivate more farmland. Even if there are thousands more people, there won't be any pressure."

"It seems that you've developed Rose Town quite well. Then I'll transfer five thousand people to you. In addition, I can also give you some people with some skills but not too many, at most 150 people."

Albert was silent for a moment and gave the maximum number he could give.

"Yes! Thank you, Lord Father, and I would also like to ask Lord Father to help promote Rose Town more so that the merchants of the Earl's Domain can trade more with Rose Town."

Alan smiled and said.

"Okay."

Albert calmly agreed.

After the two of them chatted for a while, Albert asked Alan to temporarily stay in Thorn Flower Castle. After the population was transferred, he could directly bring those people back to Rose Town.

Alan readily agreed.

Afterward, the two of them chatted about other things. Alan left the study when the sky darkened.

He ordered Marco to hand Rex over to the Earl's men and rest, along with the other warriors.

As for Alan, he went back to his room to rest.

Soon, three days passed in a flash.

Albert had already selected more than five thousand commoners and one hundred fifty craftsmen that Alan had requested.

There were carpenters, blacksmiths, winemakers, confectioners, doctors, tailors, shepherds, and so on among the one hundred fifty people. All of them were the most scarce people in Alan's territory.

Alan estimated that this batch of people was almost enough to complete the mission.