Work Prophet
Chapter 584 - 16 Good News

Chapter 584: Chapter 16 Good News

Ireya said, "I swear upon the honour of the Arias family, my words are true."

After a pause, she turned to Helbert and said, "It seems that rest does not reduce a Lord’s income after all."

Helbert looked somewhat displeased, but he still tried to argue, "I... I do not know by what means you have increased the grain yield, but the earth is not so easily deceived.

"In the short term, your grain may increase, but in the long run, those who are too greedy will undoubtedly be punished, and this does not explain why you are forcing believers to rest.

"Had they not been made to take two days off after working five, Sir Ireya, your lands would surely have yielded even more harvest."

Miss Rabbit chuckled at his incoherent rebuttal, "You accuse us of greed, yet I think it is you who are greedy."

"How can hard labor be greed? Without it, how could they marry wives, feed children, and even rid themselves of serfdom?

"It’s not just them, even us nobles must strive to progress. Otherwise, we will be left behind by others.

"Take yourself for example," Helbert said to the Lady, "You defeated many strong opponents to win the championship at this martial arts tournament. You must have been constantly refining your combat skills on regular days, no?"

"Not at all," Miss Rabbit shook her head, "I haven’t practiced a single day."

"Ah?" Helbert, having brought up what he thought was a confident example, had no idea how to continue and stood there, stunned.

It was then that Li Yu spoke once more, "I can remove terrible curses, enrich the Lords’ lands with prosperity, and make their warriors invincible...

"All these benefits come from the faith in our Lord, and all it asks of you is but one thing, to ensure the observance of the Double Rest, which is the absolute bottom line of Saturday, not to be trampled upon.

"If one is unwilling to pay even this small price, then the Double Rest Sect will not welcome him."

Seeing the old priest seemed about to say something, Wild waved his hand, "Alright, alright, I haven’t forced anyone to believe in Saturday right now, Helbert what are you getting so worked up about.

"The Singleton Family has always repaid kindness with kindness, I have made up my mind. Donia, from now on you shall follow Prophet Merlin, guard him, and learn well from him."

"Yes, Grandfather," the valiant girl said crisply, first giving a bow to Wild, then flashing a slight smile at Li Yu, before standing firmly behind him.

The Lord of Green Field then slapped the table, "The serious discussion has finished, now it’s time to drink to our heart’s content! The Batoris lad, you’re not allowed to run off this time, we must drink for seven days and nights until we determine a winner."

Wild also wished to persuade the Lady and her entourage to stay in Green Field for a while longer.

However, that very night, Miss Rabbit received another message.

This time, the message came from Rock Snow City.

About half a month ago, the Clan Tribes in the Dragon Ridge Mountain Range actually managed to assemble an army, purportedly of three to four thousand strong, and even descended the mountains to raid nearby Lords’ territories.

They killed or captured nearly a thousand people, including three nobles who died in battle.

Without doubt, this act enraged the Lords in the western lands, so Marquis Kuren issued a call to arms to his vassals and quickly mustered an army nearly ten thousand strong.

Led personally by Marquis Kuren, they set out to suppress those Clan Tribes.

However, Miss Rabbit was not in Green Field at the time, and it seemed she would miss this military campaign, for the message indicated that the army would depart tomorrow.

But the Lady was not planning to delay any further in Fertile Cape, preparing to depart for Green Field early the next morning.

She would also be taking Amanda with her.

The latter had managed the farmland outside the city that was used to isolate those cursed with syphilis when the outbreak occurred.

When they first visited the place, Li Yu and the others had thought it would be filled with death and chaos.

Indeed, there was death, but there was no chaos, thanks to Amanda who had silently managed that abandoned land, guiding those cursed to aid one another and maintain order.

When Li Yu arrived, she even assisted him by giving injections of penicillin to the patients.

Li Yu felt that this woman had quite a talent for leadership, and Amanda happened to not be a follower of the Earth and Grain God, plus her husband had also died.

There was nothing left in Fertile Cape that was worth her attachment, so Li Yu invited Amanda to go to the Royal Capital with him.

Amanda had initially refused because she still had to care for those heavily cursed individuals in the farmland who were immobile.

But this time when Li Yu returned, most of those people showed varying degrees of improvement after continuously receiving penicillin injections, and the rest were mostly in the tertiary stage of syphilis, with residual effects that were almost impossible to cure completely.

However, their infectiousness had reduced significantly, and the syphilis spirochetes were killed by the antibiotics, so Li Yu suggested that their families take them back home to recuperate.

Thus, Amanda was finally released from that estate, and she no longer hesitated.

Having witnessed Li Yu perform miraculous deeds, expelling the terrible curse from many, she had already developed a reverence for Saturday in her heart.

Furthermore, Li Yu had promised to teach her more ways to eliminate curses, so Amanda decided to join the Double Rest Sect and follow Ireya and the others back to Green Field.

When the Lady had left the Royal Capital previously, she had purchased a batch of livestock, including cows and horses; the former were mainly for plowing fields, while the latter were for the newly-added cavalry.

But now they were all being used as mounts, especially for older followers, or those who were frail.

Therefore, the group traveled a bit faster than on the way there, only the social engagements along the road were numerous; by the time the Lady passed Lake City again, it had already entered winter.

The Double Rest Sect had given a blanket to each member of the team and purchased additional tents in the city, making one last provision of food to ensure no one would go hungry or cold.

By then, the team was less than a ten-day journey from Green Field, and during this time, they had gradually received some good news.

The Clan Tribes of Dragon Ridge Mountain had been preoccupied with the Dwarves on the other side of the mountain and thus had never experienced the might of the imperial nobility.

No one knew who had given them the courage to raid into the Red Lion Empire.

The army led by Marquis Kuren had taught them a harsh lesson; after several encounters, the nobles of the west emerged victorious time and again.

According to preliminary counts, they had killed and captured thousands of tribespeople.

That so-called tribal army was no match at all, losing a third of their forces in just half a month, with the remainder becoming like startled birds.

Now, they did not dare to confront Marquis Kuren’s army anymore, and were just fleeing into the mountains, even discarding their meager weapons and shields.

It seemed that this farce would soon come to an end.