Chapter 403

Sui Xiong was already quite satisfied to have recruited the powerful evil god Renard, but he soon discovered that the good news went far beyond that.

As an evil god, Renard was not a lone commander; he had a group of subordinates.

Most of his subordinates were rangers—not the kind of "rangers" skilled at riding and archery, wearing light armor and wielding short weapons, but wandering knights in the ordinary sense. Many of them could read and write; the rangers in particular often had quite a high level of education, along with considerable social experience. They were fully capable of serving as civil servants.

Although most young rangers had no interest in settling down, rangers grew old eventually. The older ones were delighted to have stable work, and to be able to use their wisdom to do things beneficial to the people and society even after their martial strength had waned.

These rangers had roamed the world for many years, often handling all manner of troublesome matters alone, and had accumulated abundant experience. Even those who had reached their twilight years and no longer had the energy to deal with government affairs could become teachers at schools, passing down their experience like a flame handed from torch to torch, unceasing through the generations.

The rangers were very satisfied with this outcome, and so was Renard.

The main reason he had been less active in recent years was that more and more of his subordinates were growing old, and he could not set his mind at ease. Most of these rangers had worshipped the hero Paul in their youth, then followed in their idol's footsteps to become champions who upheld justice. By sentiment or by reason, he had no way to simply abandon them.

Renard was truly delighted to be able