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Chapter 1466 423: All Sorts of Monsters and Devils Arrive
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"Royal Decree! Fight for Honor and Land!"
Lady Erin Campbell will lead 50,000 Northern Relief Army troops to aid the Twilight Province!
Yesterday, Duke Edward Campbell issued an urgent mobilization order, announcing the formation of a 50,000-strong force named the Northern Relief Army, aimed at heading to the Royal Family's directly governed Twilight Province, which is in dire straits, bringing Campbell's order and glory to our neighbors submerged in nightmares!
As we know, the tragedy of the Twilight Province is no longer a secret!
Continuous famine has sparked the fire of rebellion, with rebels seduced by Hell burning villages, plundering food, raging across the land like a plague, causing countless Ryan Kingdom citizens to become displaced!
And the Ryan Nobles, who were supposed to protect the territory and its people, have either fled or cowered in castles to safeguard themselves, letting their citizens die in despair!
"Can we sit idly by while our neighbor's house is on fire?"
The Grand Duke declared in his decree, "We and the people of the Twilight Province are all children of the Kingdom; Campbell's prosperity cannot be built upon the suffering of our compatriots!"
As early as two years ago, large numbers of refugees poured into our cities like a tide through the Valley Plain. Although we generously accepted them, catching water with a teacup to save a burning wagon is ultimately not a solution!
For our Kingdom, and for ourselves! We must send forth our brave troops to resolve this trouble once and for all!
During this expedition, the Grand Duke has appointed the beloved Lady Erin Campbell as the highest Commander of the Northern Relief Army!
Her benevolence will be like a warm breeze blowing towards the frigid land, a sun shining on the land of desolation, bringing solace to the afflicted, and using her sharp sword to send the disruptors to the gallows of judgment!
It is worth mentioning that the core of this mobilization is not only to fulfill our obligation to the Kingdom but also to provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for every Campbell person!
The Grand Duke's decree clearly states that the chaos in the Twilight Province is due to the dereliction of the nobles within the province, who are no longer fit to be King Theo's vassals, and Provincial Governor Baron Elaric also holds the same view!
At the request of the Provincial Governor, all lands liberated by the Campbell Relief Army will be governed by the Campbell Duchy in trusteeship!
Our esteemed Grand Duke promises here that whoever establishes merit in this counterinsurgency operation, regardless of identity or class, will have the chance to receive the Grand Duke's conferral of honors and thus gain a piece of land belonging to them in the Twilight Province!
What a generous decision, a brand new era is beckoning us!
Diligent farmers will have the chance to become manor lords owning their own estates, brave citizens will have the opportunity to become knights expanding territories! The moment to change our destiny is here!
Go forth, children of Campbell!
Your sweat and courage will transform into wealth and glory that your descendants can inherit in this honorable march!
Use the fire and sword in your hands to win a new future for yourselves and our Duchy!
Glory shall belong to us!
Victory too!!
——Thunder City Daily
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As Duke Edward anticipated, on the day Thunder City newspaper published this groundbreaking news, the entire Thunder County and even the entire Duchy were in an uproar!
In the new district outside Thunder City, among the low shanties, there stands a porridge relief point set up by Her Highness Aileen Campbell.
A group of ragged people are waiting here in line, waiting to receive their family's rations.
Although industrial prosperity has created numerous job opportunities, not everyone can successfully find a suitable job.
This is like bread.
When the market is flooded with bread, bread becomes cheap. When people are plentiful, naturally, people become cheap too.
However, people are ultimately different from bread.
Bread has no pursuit, does not worry about tomorrow, and at worst molds or rots if it does not sell. Yet, people are creatures who live for tomorrow; even when life seems hopeless, they must find something to look forward to.
The unemployed wanderers have grown accustomed to waiting near the porridge relief point, hoping that a factory or dock might need casual laborers, so they could seize the chance to earn a few copper coins to buy clothing for their kids or enjoy a few drinks at the tavern.
However, today is different from the past.
The crowd didn't await recruits for temporary workers but instead came across a big opportunity that invigorated everyone's spirits.
Beside the porridge relief point stood a young man in a felt hat, who pinned a newspaper to the stake.
A crowd gathered around, piecing together their literacy to read the contents of the newspaper with enthusiasm.
"Duke Campbell decided to mobilize 50,000 troops, dispatching them to aid the Twilight Province..."
"Whether noble or commoner, anyone has a chance to own a piece of land?! Wait, am I seeing this right? Is the Grand Duke serious?!"
"No mistake, there's the Royal Family's seal on it! I recognize this seal, it's also on Her Highness Aileen's banner!"
"...Oh, Saint Sis above, praise the Grand Duke! Praise Aileen!!"
Excited voices rose amid the crowd, almost every face showing joy, and eyes dimmed by toil lit up with hopeful lights for the first time.