Chapter 229
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Chapter 229: The Duties of the Hillenbrand Town Police Station
After delegating public transportation matters to City Hall and letting Tina and Maider find practical solutions on their own, Lolth returned to a relaxed state and continued to wander around Hillenbrand Town.
Soon, she encountered Isabella, who was training extraordinary personnel at the police station.
This group of people was sitting together on a piece of land in the southern new area, gathered around a blackboard similar to the one in the Interrogation Department classroom, receiving training from Isabella.
However, it seemed like everyone was sweating and breathing heavily, so they must have just finished a morning physical training session—Isabella had already passed her strength training methods onto this group.
Of course, this physical training method was implemented only after getting Lolth’s consent.
Lolth even made some modern changes, adding many activities such as warm-up exercises and chanting, which were quite advanced for the time.
I must say, the results were pretty good.
As for the specific teaching content Isabella planned to create, Lolth didn’t ask too much—after all, this noble lady had once led an invincible knight group throughout the continent and had maintained the safety of a large area belonging to the duke’s family, so Lolth decided to trust Isabella a little in this regard.
Although Isabella had recently started to visibly resemble herself in some ways, her professional level was still unquestionable.
However, since she was here, Lolth decided to take a look.
As she approached the open area near the Hillenbrand Town farmer’s market, looking at the content on the blackboard, Lolth was taken aback.
"About preventing and responding to invasions from the main powers of the continent—The Eastern Seven Kingdoms Edition."
This was the title on the blackboard.
At the same time, Isabella, standing in front of the blackboard, was seriously explaining the main features of the strong ones from the distant Seven Kingdoms Federation.
"Although the Seven Kingdoms Federation has seven countries with different differences, overall they are still very similar."
"Their Fighters mainly focus on Rangers, and even the Warriors and Knights tend to be quicker in skills and battle styles, seeking swift and frequent attacks. Most attacks aim for vital points, and while they are not very good at sneaking, they have strong abilities to hide their killing intent, presence, and strength."
"As for the spellcasters, I know very little about them—but I can confirm that, although they are very close to the influence of Cloud City, their spellcasters do not have traditional mages. Whether they are Mages, Warlocks, or Clerics, they are often skilled in close combat, so they cannot be dealt with using the usual spellcaster strategies."
"Once an invasion by a small team is detected, an alarm must be raised immediately, and do not engage them alone, because the strength they make you sense may be false."
Watching Isabella teach this knowledge, Lolth felt a bit confused.
Why was she saying these things to a group of guys who were members and soldiers of the Holy Alliance just two months ago?
In Lolth’s mind, it felt too cruel to make these captives face their former "comrades." Putting them in the police station was just meant to have them help drive away monsters and deal with crimes and disturbances caused by outsiders, or to maintain order during special events like the opening of the half-plane channel.
Looking at the gathered dwarves, elves, and human Superoperators, who had expressions of no doubt, Lolth felt even more puzzled and quickly called for a pause.
"Isabella, please stop—come over here."
I called out Isabella’s name from behind and noticed that Isabella did not say much to Lolth who had come here, quickly pausing the training.
"You all wait a moment, Lord Lolth needs me," Isabella said as she hurried through the crowd to Lolth, lowering her voice and asking, "What’s wrong, Lolthlinda?"
"Are you sure it’s okay to let these former Holy Alliance Superoperators face the people from other Holy Alliance forces?"
Lolth looked at the Superoperators who still did not realize anything was wrong and curiously glanced over here, also asking quietly.
"It’s fine. Those elves and dwarfs already feel a sense of belonging to Hillenbrand Town because of Tina and Maider. The common human citizens have also blended in well, and only a small group of nobles feels uneasy about it… But I believe those clever Seychelles nobles know very well that after staying in Hillenbrand Town for so long, they have already been marked as ‘traitors,’ and they have no other choice," Isabella said with a calm and confident tone, despite the slight softness and comfort in her appearance, as if she had become the undefeated and steely "Ryman Ice" once again. "Moreover, I have reasons to let them ‘convince’ themselves—that as long as they are ‘invaders’ from their own faction, choosing to avoid battle, switch sides, or even seek help is allowed, and no one will stop them."
At this point, Isabella lowered her eyelids, "However… if they really try to return to the Holy Alliance, then these guys will realize that their true ‘faction’ has long been the Abyssal Demon and Hillenbrand Town."
She remembered the shadowy figure from earlier and the scheme.
If even she was abandoned by the Holy Alliance, how could these guys be trusted?
Although she knew that Lolthlinda might not have such plans, ever since she began treating this group well… they had no way back.
It’s okay to work under a legendary Lord of the Abyss, enjoying good food and drink supplied by the demon race, yet claim they haven’t betrayed anyone?
To keep the soldiers’ spirits up, they all must be seen as "betrayers, shameful," and their fate will be to become puppets and slaves of the demon race.
This was clear to Isabella, who had fought directly with Seychelles, South Sotua, and the Orc tribe for years, secretly contending with various forces and even the nobles in her own country.
Listening to her tone, Lolth understood that this was Isabella’s wisdom; she simply nodded and continued speaking.
"Okay, I trust you… but, will anyone really invade here? Previously, the Great Sage and The Church of Light had their eyes on this place only because of the half-plane channel… now that the half-plane channel is closed…"
"But, Lolthlinda, you also said that The Church of Light and the Great Sage have been here… and then left in defeat," Isabella said seriously, looking into Lolth’s eyes, "the remaining forces will surely turn their gaze here—towards this place that holds the Light Artifact, the former leader of the Ryman Northman Knight Order, a Moon Elf Princess, and the Golden Peacock prince, which made The Church of Light and the Wizard Association retreat in failure!"
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