After my brief journey to Dementia, I used to be lastly on observe to going again to my territory, however that will solely be after one other brief journey to that unknown village the place I acquired a facet quest.

Speak about an actual backwater place. There was actually not a single highway obtainable. Properly, there was a path, nevertheless it was mainly a single line of mud. It wasn’t exhausting for me to see because it was the one half with out dying and withering vegetation on high of it — all due to its unfertile soil.

The village was additionally a lawless land, so I anticipate that it was festered with outcasts. This neighbouring a part of my territory positive was magnificently great — do be aware the sarcasm.

<If the land is unfertile, and nothing grows close to salt water, it’s certain to be deserted.>

That wasn’t their solely drawback both. It typically rained, and each time, particularly since they have been close to the ocean, the water degree would rise.

They may have mined one thing from the Rocky Mountains, however sadly, they lacked instruments.

In a manner, this a part of my territory was not unhealthy. The large Lords would not hassle taking up this land, evident in the way it was left to rot, and this meant that I didn’t have to defend in opposition to invaders . . . for now.

<It is exhausting and expensive to take care of, and there isn’t any acquire for the reason that soil right here is so poor that even weeds will not develop. Ehehehe. An ideal place on your lair!>

If that is true, then I ought to do one thing about it. I want a spot for my crops to develop.

Rattling. One other drawback has been added to my checklist.

Perhaps I ought to summon an agriculture knowledgeable?

There have been a whole lot of issues on my thoughts, however I used to be too drained to suppose straight. I have not had sufficient sleep since I received right here.

“My Lord,” Florin referred to as from behind the wagon.

“Hmm?” My eyes instantly opened extensive after I heard a voice coming from behind me.

“Is your territory nonetheless far?”

I rotated and noticed a vigorous Florin, who was conscious. She positive had an important nap. Fortunate her.

As for me, I hadn’t slept a wink.

“It could have been close to if I used to be touring on my own.” These horses have been too gradual to my liking. “However since I want you as my farmer, I can not simply abandon you.”

I additionally had 5 chickens, two pigs, a goat, and cattle on the wagon. If I needed livestock for days forward, I could not abandon these simply so I may run to my home. The stock did not enable for residing issues, in any case.

Florin let loose a relieved sigh. I felt like she should’ve thought that I would ditch her, so she was joyful to listen to what I had simply stated.

“Teeheehee. My Lord saying that he wanted Florin brings me a lot happiness. Don’t be concerned, my Lord. I’ll ensure to do my duties very effectively.”

She was actually cute, huh? If solely she weren’t an excessive amount of in want of affirmation and affection, then she could be excellent. However she wasn’t that unhealthy, although.

“You higher,” I stated.

At this level, I’ve given up, hoping that she would have just a little little bit of disgrace for being a chunk of bags. Each time I implied it, she seemed like she loved the eye.

“What number of hours till we attain our vacation spot?” she requested.

“We’re already midway via,” I stated, eyes on the highway.

“Good to listen to. I believe I’ll return to sleep.” Florin yawned, and in just some seconds, I may hear her snore.

Who was the grasp between us once more?

I want I may go to sleep that quick.

At our present velocity, my different self would most likely take management by the night.

<Looks as if it.>

The excellent news was . . . he appeared to have given up on this world. Who is aware of? He may even activate [Evil Heart] as soon as he takes over.

<I doubt it after you massacred a whole lot of gamers.>

I laughed. Proper after, Florin’s snores hitched, however she rapidly resumed sleeping in dreamland.

Not lengthy later, we have been passing via a large stretch of farmlands with no crops, simply cracked, dried muddy floor. The sound and scent of what was left of the livestock traveled via the aftermath of the rain.

Ten or twenty years in the past, this should have been a thriving farm. However the ones tending it was lengthy gone, both useless or moved on. What have been left of the barns, the shed, and the numerous huts amounted to no little greater than crumbling jutting ruins.

The homes have been previous huts with home windows boarded up and doorways damaged open just like the mouths of graves. Some had small timber rising out of the entrance door, their branches hanging over the porch.

The close by subject was both dry, muddy, or overtaken by weeds. By the tangles of hogweed, ivy, darnel, and hawthorn, a straggly remnant of what was as soon as a proud crop of wheat nonetheless grew, however they have been mainly withered. Wild animals had fashioned their nest in one of many collapsed barns, their musky scent clear even from a distance.

The land round us was nearly silent, and solely the occasional whisper of the wind that rustled the leaves broke the stillness.

There was no signal of anybody residing right here, and it seemed prefer it had been deserted for years. Nevertheless, in some areas, there have been indicators of habitation, some previous and a few contemporary.

Piles of stones on the bottom underneath the fallen roof of the barn confirmed the place fireplaces or stoves was. There was a dung heap behind the barns, so there should be somebody who had been protecting pigs or cattle. There have been additionally contemporary tracks across the farmstead, which by far, the one new factor I noticed.

It should have been the gamers or the inhabitants themselves.

The highway we adopted wound its manner throughout fields of dry mud that had a glue-like consistency. I misplaced rely of what number of instances the wagon sank into the mud till it caked with it, forcing me to go down and provides it an additional push.

Regardless of the nice and cozy solar above us, I nonetheless felt chilly and moist. My fingers and toes have been numb as we trudged onward towards my territory.

“What is that this place?” I requested, wanting round. Now that I wasn’t in such a rush and will lastly recognize a little bit of the encompassing, I discovered nothing ok to take a look at.

“It is all simply . . . mud.”

<This land is cursed with unhealthy soil the place nothing grows~>

Nice, and I assumed that it stretched to my lands as effectively.

The wind howled like an indignant banshee because it blew down on the hills that lined the south and western horizon. It was chilly sufficient to freeze pores and skin that was uncovered to its contact.

The wind picked up as we traversed via the fields, whipping at my cloak’s hem and tugging it out from underneath me. It tugged at my hair, too, lifting strands into my eyes and pulling others free.

What a tragic, unhappy space this was, and it was even sadder the nearer we approached that unknown small village the place Edna was situated.

It is time to accumulate my reward and get the hell out of right here.