The Dragon Girl would never like the Lord.

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Ron gave them an hour and a half of rest time.

This timing is important because we just finished fighting in the morning and had a big lunch, so we need some rest time to recover our strength and digest the food.

If I were to engage in combat now, I would likely experience stomach cramps or even stomach bleeding, which would severely impact my fighting ability.

Moreover, the other orc lair isn't far away; an hour and a half of rest is more than enough to catch up.

"You guys should get some sleep too. We'll set off in an hour and a half."

After getting into the carriage, Ron lay down to rest. Although the battle in the morning wasn't too intense, the long march and the hour-long fight, plus the large amount of meat he ate at noon, had left him quite sleepy.

"Yes, my lord."

Shemir and Muses naturally wouldn't refuse to rest, because they still enjoy sunbathing and relaxing when the weather is cold.

However, it's not that cold yet, so sleeping in the carriage is quite comfortable.

Fria didn't answer, nor did she go to sleep immediately. Instead, she looked out the window, lost in thought.

After watching for a while, she turned her gaze to the sleeping man in the carriage before finally closing her eyes to rest.

Time flies, and more than an hour has passed in the blink of an eye.

After waking up from a nap, Ron stretched comfortably and then began issuing orders, directing the team to head towards the next orc settlement.

This orc settlement has an even larger number of orcs, exceeding two hundred.

Upon reaching their destination, Ron repeated his previous tactic, but this time he sent out even more knights to lure the orcs away, dividing them into five waves.

Despite having drawn away five waves, there are still over a hundred orcs inside the cave.

Ron and Philia charged forward, killing about twenty or so orcs before having the knights surround them.

This battle was clearly more strenuous, given the greater number of orcs. Although they had eaten and drunk their fill and taken a nap at noon, their strength could not be fully restored.

Their fighting strength is slightly lower than it was this morning.

This resulted in several holy knights being hit by orcs and seriously injured in the afternoon battle.

Fortunately, thanks to the secret medicine developed by Lilith, their teammates were able to administer it in time, preventing them from succumbing to their injuries.

The result was not bad; although some people were seriously injured, thankfully no one died.

This made the holy knights present realize that the seemingly unreliable witch actually had a very useful secret potion.

These few battles alone have saved many lives.

Without Lilith's potion, there would probably have been more than a dozen more knights killed in these battles.

Of course, this is normal. After all, people die in battle. Enemies die, and your knights die.

Ron could only try to minimize the casualty rate.

After killing all the orcs they had lured away, Ron led his team into the cave as usual, where the situation inside was even more horrifying.

Both the number of orc cubs and the number of pregnant female demi-humans are greater.

This time, Ron didn't waste any words. He gave the order himself to annihilate them along with the orc cubs, and then take them out of the cave and burn them on a pile of dry wood.

After burying the charred remains, Ron led his men back to the Swamp Territory.

However, it's getting late, and it will be dark in two hours. If we set off from here and return to the Swamp Territory, we can just catch the last sunset.

After these two battles, everyone was exhausted.

Ron, however, was alright in the carriage. After eliminating the orcs, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But we can't be careless. We still need to check those two orc caves tomorrow to see if any orcs have gone out.

After all, orcs don't just hide in caves; they also go out to forage. If any groups that went out to eliminate orcs didn't return when we encountered them before, we could wipe them all out tomorrow.

Orcs are not very intelligent and don't have the concept of changing caves, so even if all the orcs in the tribe die, they will still continue to live in the cave.

Once the orcs are eliminated, we can start trying to make contact with the Ice Wolf Clan. Tomorrow, we can have Ovir open up the main road to the Misty Forest.

The logging should be arranged in the next couple of days.

Once the timber issue is resolved, the operational issues within the territory will be largely resolved.

"Whoo~"

Ron breathed a sigh of relief as he thought about this; the past few days had felt like a dream.

From a weak nobleman facing the threat of death to a lord with vast territories, it didn't take him long to rise to power.

"My lord, I think what you said last time makes a lot of sense. Indeed, only by becoming stronger can we prevent some bad things from happening."

The last time Muses heard a man say that only if he became strong enough to conquer the world could the world be at peace.

At first, she thought this was just men's sophistry, because conquering the world requires war, and if there is war, where is peace?

But after seeing those disgusting orcs today, and those female demi-humans imprisoned and used as breeding tools on the spot, Muses realized that only great strength could help prevent such things from happening.

Because she knew that if it weren't for the strength of Fria and the man in front of her, and their helping hand, she and her mother would have ended up like those pregnant female demi-humans from before.

"Of course, what I say may seem like nonsense to you now, but after a while you will take what I say as gospel."

Ron was beaming with pride upon hearing the little ice wolf girl's praise.

"My lord, that's quite an exaggeration!"

Muses's lips twitched. Although he felt the man's words made sense, they weren't quite at the level of the Bible.

Philia, who was standing to the side, did not speak. After today's events, she felt that there was some truth to the man's saying that only by conquering the world and becoming the strongest could all races achieve peace.

But why can't it be me, the dragon, who conquers the world?

Chapter 151 I personally cooked a midnight snack for O'Ville!

Time flies, and before we knew it, the sun was setting.

The team that went out to clean up the orcs has returned to the swamp territory.

Of course, the Holy Knight went to the Valley Territory as usual.

The reason is simple: it is the first checkpoint of the territory, and if the enemy wants to attack, they can only do so from the valley.

Therefore, as long as the valley territory is well protected, the territory will be basically safe and sound.

Of course, Ron was not careless either. He set up sentry posts in various parts of the mountain range so that he could detect enemies climbing rocks and attacking from other places immediately.

Unless the enemy has wings, they can react in time.

Upon returning to his territory, Ron immediately went to his room and took a relaxing shower.

There was no way around it; I had just finished fighting, and besides sweat, I was covered in blood. I had to wash myself clean before I could have dinner.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Ron left his room and went downstairs.

"Dinner is ready, Master. You can start eating anytime."

When Fiona saw the man get down, she bowed respectfully.

"Okay, let's start eating."

"I'm quite hungry after fighting all day," Ron said, then turned to the demi-human women sitting on the sofa.

"Alright, little dragons and wolves, dinner can begin now."

"Lucia wants some too!"

Lucia, who was asleep, heard that there was dinner, and before the dragon woke up, her mouth answered first.

Everyone was already used to this, because Lucia was like that; she would wake up excitedly even if she was asleep, as long as she heard there was food.

"Has dinner started?"

Seeing the man walk towards the restaurant, Lucia, who had just woken up, rubbed her eyes and immediately followed him.

"That's right, everyone can eat as much as they want tonight."

These people, dragons and wolves, were all great contributors. Ron was never stingy with food at every meal, providing plenty of meat and bread.

Because of hunting, there is now a lot of meat stored up in the territory. The meat that cannot be eaten is salted and then dried into cured meat, which is kept for use when food is scarce in winter.

In another month, the hunted animals will freeze without any salt; they can be left in the territory and kept until spring without spoiling.

However, the winters in the far north are extremely cold, exceeding minus fifty degrees Celsius. Even indoors, without a fire, one can suffer frostbite.

Therefore, hunting will be more difficult, but it is not entirely impossible, because the Ice Wolf Clan has a strong resistance to cold.

If the Ice Wolf Clan is subdued, Ron, who possesses excellent cold resistance, can personally lead the hunt.

Because of the cold weather, even if the holy knights could endure it, their horses couldn't. So, under normal circumstances, after the arrival of winter, nobles would stay in their territories for the next few months, enjoying themselves by the fire.

Nobles who have many maids are naturally never bored.

The final battle will officially begin next spring when the flowers bloom.

Because after spring arrives, there are only two months left before the official appointment of officials and titles.

Once the boundaries of a territory are determined at that time, they will not change unless something happens in the future.

Unless there is a major rebellion or a foreign invasion, nobles are not allowed to openly plunder each other.

Even if a noble is eliminated, that territory will be taken over by another noble who has no territory.