Lorist desperately needed Count Miranda's help. Without the lord's permission, no matter how powerful Lorist's family army was or how abundant his funds were, he could not obtain the manpower and material support of the Port Ametlin region, which would heavily impact his strategy for heading north.
Lorist, Fatty Shi, and the family knights under his command held several discussion meetings, and everyone unanimously agreed that the biggest difficulty on the road north lay in how to traverse the two thousand miles of the Kingdom of Redlis. If Lorist were to pass through the Kingdom of Redlis with only a dozen or so people, it would not be a problem at all, but now more than six thousand people were following Lorist north, along with a large batch of supplies, which turned into a difficult problem.
The Kingdom of Redlis was a country established by the First Prince of the former Krissen Empire. Back in the former Empire era, this First Prince was notorious for his tyranny, greed, and untrustworthiness, which was why the old Emperor of the Empire stripped away his succession rights and banished him to Portoorg Province, far away from the Imperial Capital. As a result, when the First Prince arrived at his destination, he was like a fish in water. Relying on the mountains being high and the Emperor far away, he quickly seized military and political power over Portoorg Province, vigorously plundered private wealth from the common folk, formed a private army, and even disguised himself as bandits to waylay merchant caravans. For instance, the annihilation of the Norton Family caravan was suspected to be the work of this First Prince.
When the old Emperor of the Empire passed away, it was this First Prince who first raised the banner of rebellion, plunging the entire