Fortunately, Kula's words always have to be a discount to listen to, and Jared also quickly figured out that the so-called territory, but is the College Council to himself and others another new task: since the Forest of the Undead (the name will have to be changed sooner or later) has been determined to be inhabitable, then immediately build a fortress defense as well as a stronghold has become a top priority. So the academy council decided that Jared and the investigation team led by him to build a stronghold here first ... Of course, naturally, it is impossible to let them start from nothing, Kula came this time, also brought a coordinate, according to the positioning of this coordinate, the academy's magicians can use teleportation magic, will be fifty discharged soldiers, as well as Some military supplies and food were sent here, but that's as far as it went. The next thing could only be accomplished by Jared himself, but according to Kura, after this mission was over and a new leader arrived, the Academy Council would reward Jared with the titles of Count and Viscount Caroline.
This is another indication of how powerful the Academy Council is, and how they don't even need the Royal Family's approval to grant a noble title.
Of course, according to Jared, the title was worthless, just like the honorary visiting professors of his own world, it simply sounded more prestigious.
Kura didn't deny him this idea, so what Jared thought didn't seem too far off. Even if you slayed a dragon and explored a path, you couldn't just get a rightful knighthood in any country so easily, not to mention, neither Jared nor Caroline had any intention of serving the San Marino Empire all the time. They had fought against almost all the ruling classes in the world for six years in that world, although most of that was because they had no choice, but deep down, both of them were still a little bit disgusted with this kind of thing as a tool of state domination. If it wasn't for the fact that the world didn't reject people with powers like theirs at all, they wouldn't have chosen to follow the orders of a ruling class.
Differences in outlook, which influenced their choices.
In the original world, people like Jared were equated with monsters, feared and feared. Even if they were willing to communicate with the ruling class and become their help, so what? Their power is not something that humans can control, and as soon as a new ruler comes to power and the old center leaves, everyone becomes suspicious of them. Every ruling class wants them and wants them only for themselves.
Of course it's impossible.
Even if Jared and the others were willing to serve a ruler, it wouldn't make any difference. They're different, and that's not going to change. Everyone who gets help from them will be thrilled, but at the same time, their enemies will see the Jaredites as a thorn in their side. If they were ordinary people, they'd be looking for protection and support. But even if they were to ask for help, few of them would. Even those who have been helped by them will be busy trying to get rid of them, because society as a whole will not accept the existence of "deviants".
"Don't even think about it, you're not even human!"
Those were the words of the leader of an organization that was trying to secretly destroy Jared and the others, and ever since then, Jared had known that any compromise with human society itself would be futile. If he wanted to survive, he had to fight.
But in this world, they are at least not "unique". Although technically speaking, there is still a big gap between their abilities and the so-called "talents" in this world, at least those who possess such abilities are recognized in this world.
That's why Jared didn't resent the Academy's orders so strongly.
But because of all the shady things he had seen in the official world, Jared didn't want to get too involved with the ruling class of a country. Some things will not change regardless of the world, the Federation and the Empire is in confrontation, the Academy and the royal family is in confrontation, and according to Kelly's statement, even the academy within the Tower of Hierarchy is also in confrontation with the Tower of Heaven. Even if you put aside the "different" this characteristic, all kinds of interests are really very headache, one careless will fall into a trap. Therefore, Jared does not want to go too deep, from his point of view, handed down the task as long as the completion of the good, do not need to fail, but also do not do too much out of the ordinary. So that's why Jared even kill dragons such things are trying to minimize their own responsibility, he does not want to be treated as a strange monster.
So Jared wasn't all that keen on being a temporary lord, although in his opinion, the quest felt more like being the head of the open field.
"Don't make things too perfect, don't make them too bad, it's okay to fail once or twice, just don't make them look good anyway."
Jared finalized his course of action.
When Kura offered to take Tawana away, only Kylie showed any hesitation. Coming from a political family, she sensed that something was wrong, but Jared quickly stopped Kelly's questioning with a look. As for Tawana, she wasn't suspicious, but rather happy. To her, it was a waste of time to stay here, she was weak and useless, so she might as well go back to the Tower of Darkness to study. But when Kura asked her to break her contract with Jared and Caroline, Tawana hesitated.
But in the end, she didn't object to Kula's suggestion.
"O Spirit of Magic that obeys the Pact, in the name of Chant and Control, I demand that you leave and terminate the execution of this Pact."
Accompanied by Kura's lazy voice, which was completely devoid of any vocal undulations, the magic array hovering and floating around the three of them shattered in an instant, and then turned into several flashes of light, which shot into the air without any direction and disappeared into thin air. Jared and Caroline felt their own power, and did not find anything unusual. Tawana, on the other hand, looked a little odd, but in the end she didn't say anything. Perhaps what Caroline had said to her that night had made a big difference.
"I'll try."
What Tawana solemnly promised the two men before Kura disappeared with Tawana.
"I will never let my brother and sister down!"
I hope so.
Jared certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to put that out there to discourage little Tawana.
As a result, Kula came this time, in addition to bringing a few empty words, some manpower as well as the necessary equipment and materials, there is simply no big deal ... What exactly did she come here to do?
Looking at the fifty soldiers in armor in front of him, Jared couldn't do anything other than sigh and shake his head. He was currently the temporary lord of the Forest of the Undead, and to put it bluntly, he was only the "former" who planted the trees in the past, and the "former" who planted the trees in the future. Luckily for him, Kura had also ordered Kelly, Serenity and Wendy to assist him - since the last time, Jared had realized that magic in this world was more than just a weapon of mass destruction.
"First we need a road ..."
Jared pointed to the map in front of him, an old map of the empire, in which the pale hue of the Forest of the Dead had been painted green. Jared reached out and pointed to a point at the bottom of the map.
"We need to build a road so that we can transport food, send messages, and even facilitate the influx of people. This may look like a fortress, but it's not really a fortress. Obviously, the Academy wants to use this place as an outpost to rebuild the forest. That's why we're aiming for construction, not a military garrison."
"Why?"
Hearing this, Serenity couldn't help but ask, while Jared didn't answer her question, but instead looked up and swept a glance at Kelly.
"Because if we do it now, it'll give people the wrong idea. Ms. Serenity, generally speaking, the first place to station troops in an area with undefined borders is the border of the country's territory, so are we going to turn this place into a military outpost?" Said Kelly, reaching out to draw a line on the map of the Forest of the Dead, exactly one-third of the way down." If we really station our troops here, then other countries will have the right to fight for at least two-thirds of the land. We definitely can't let them have the slightest bit of leverage in this kind of place."
When it comes to politics, Kylie really knows more than Serenity, who is clearly more of a traditional knight.
"So first we need a road to welcome more immigrants."
Jared went on, while Caroline gazed at the map with interest, wondering what was going on in her head that was so far off the mark.
"At present the most important thing is to open up the surrounding land, so that they can have a place to live. This is frankly to open up the land ... but with only fifty soldiers, it's not easy to do this well."
"Leave it to me, Jared."
Kelly said suddenly, which made Jared blink.
"Give it to you?"
"Sure."
Kylie puffed out her chest and seemed very proud of herself.
"I'll show you where the essence of elven magic lies."
"I'll see then ."
When Kelly said that, Jared nodded his head, leaving Kelly with nothing to say next.
"As for the rats ..."
Jared tapped the table, a hint of danger in his smile.
"Just leave it to me."