Chapter 222 – Chapter 23

Lillian’s party changed their route and continued their journey to the northern part of the kingdom.

He learned that he could not cooperate with the Liberation Army, so it turned into a journey to find the divine tree that exists in the founding legend of the Lucy Arkenel family.

Akina took good care of the supplies, so even though I sent some food to those who left, there were so many to play and eat for several years.

As for power, if vampires attack, destroy or steal the undead, then assemble a new one, and the number is steadily increasing, so if you repeat it a few times, you can solve the numerical disadvantage.

However, there was no hope for the future on everyone’s faces.

“Legends are, after all, just tricks using human fantasy. In times when information was not developed, when a king was born, he was born from an egg, when he was born, a brilliant rainbow bloomed over his house, phoenixes and dragons flew around, legends. He drew out his sword and became king, and so on, he tried to strengthen the kingship by talking all kinds of bullshit.”

Artie insisted that humans, especially legends about the founding king, should not be believed.

“Well? I heard there are no magic or monsters in your world? Even if it’s a bluff there, it’s often true in a world with magic. Even if it’s a simple legend, it’s clear that there is something to base it on.”

Surprisingly realistic, Lilith argued against the legend, saying that it should not be treated as a mere legend.

First of all, everyone agreed to confirm whether the legend was a simple legend or whether there was something to be the base, but opinions were divided as to whether the legend was true or false.

“Kaisent.”
“Yes?”

At that time, Lillian naturally clung to Kaicent’s side during the move.

“There’s black soil around here, why don’t you take a look?”
“Why?”

Kaicent tilted his head at her intention to directly show the black soil that the legendary divine tree bestowed upon him.

“To be honest, I wonder if you and Artemis will find something unique using the black soil.”
-If the existence of black soil has such excellent characteristics for food production, it would be worthwhile to apply it in various ways.-
“If you say so, I want to see you too.”

Artemis agreed with Lilian’s opinion.

She nodded, thinking that it would not be a bad idea for Kaicent to take a look at the black soil, which can be said to be the backbone of this country.

“There is a lot of black soil around here, so it’s okay to go around a bit.”

Convinced that Kaicent and Artemis would play a big role in her quest to reclaim the kingdom, she swerved her direction slightly to show the black soil.

It wasn’t bad to put it in a dimensional warehouse and grow food on its own, as long as it had the characteristics to produce food.

A moving food production facility.
It is also a production facility that can produce 10 years worth of food in one year through time allocation.

Even if they fail to recapture the kingdom, they can recover as long as they secure production capacity using black soil.

In particular, the western part of the western continent is in a frenzy because of heterogeneous species, so if you bring food and sell it, you will grow rapidly as a top tier.

When I turned around and went to the place where the black soil was distributed, I found a black soil like a sea made of darkness because it was already dark because of the clouds.

“Wow. There are so many black soil that you can play with and eat for the rest of your life if you pack one bag.”
“It’s so soft, isn’t it? It smells different from normal soil.”

When the mercenaries found the black soil, they started fiddling with it as if it were strange.

Even when the Lucy Arkenel royal family existed, they used half of their military power to protect this black soil.

As the Cameld Kingdom settled down, the difficulty level rose, producing numerous failures and increasing its rarity value several times.

Having fought so many vampires up to this point, ordinary adventurers will fall out on the way.

“This is black soil. Artemis, analyze it.”
-You… Master! It belongs to the planet Lehlach!-
“What!? Everyone… No, wait.”

At Artemis’ warning, Kaicent frowned as he tried to launch everyone into the air.

“What? What’s going on?”
“Above the sky? Why is that?”

Everyone was surprised by Kaisent’s strange behavior and rushed to find out why he was doing this.

“This, it seems, came from the Death Planet in our world.”

Among the many planets in the universe, there are planets suitable for human habitation, but opposite planets also exist formidable.

Among them, the planet where humans can live but for some reason must live closest to the borderline of death is called the Death Planet.

“First of all, this is not dirt.”
“What?”
“It’s feces. Of a creature called sandworm.”

The surface of the planet Lehlach is covered with sandworm feces.

Sand tapeworms, which have a very sensitive nervous system, roam around in the ground, eat all living things, including their own relatives, and have the characteristics of excreting excrement on the surface.

“Wait a minute. So this is also a heterogeneous species?”

Lillian’s face looked as if her dreams had been shattered when she realized that the black soil that had revitalized the kingdom was a species from another world, neither a legend nor anything.

“Yes. My bio device also says that it has exactly the same ingredients as Lehlach’s sandworm excrement.”
“Then there’s something I don’t understand. Why didn’t I know until now when the characteristics are so distinct?”

Priscilla followed suit.

The two denied that this black soil was of a different species.

“That’s…Because in our world, we don’t take this manure and grow crops.”
– To be precise, through various experiments, the results were derived that plants grow well. However, I’ve found that with a bit of processing, food production can be amplified.-
“What the hell is that?”

Shocked that the black soil was not a gift from a legendary divine tree, but a simple alien species, they asked how much better they could find a way to use it than this.

“Bake it.”
“…What?”
– After mixing excrement and water in a 1:1 ratio, baking it for 24 hours between 1400℃ and 1700℃ makes the excrement white. This is because sandworm secretions mixed with feces cause special chemical reactions with water and heat. That’s why in our world we call it white soil-
“…”

It sounds simple, but if you have common sense, it is absolutely impossible.

Who says baking with 1:1 ratio of nutritious soil to water?

If I said this in front of the farmers, I have nothing to say even if I hear that I am a madman.

Anyway, Lillian and Priscilla, who were trying to find the legend of the divine tree, sat down helplessly in dismay at the fact that the black soil was of a different species.

“After all, a legend was a legend.”

Knowing that the divine tree gave the black soil, they couldn’t hide their disappointment when they found out that the divine tree was also the ‘bullshit’ of the founding king to strengthen the royal authority according to Arti’s words.

-No. Perhaps the legend is correct.-
“I think so.”
“What?”

However, Kaicent and Artemis, who revealed that the black soil is of a different species, said that it is highly likely that the divine tree legend is real.

“Sand tapeworms can sense vibrations very sensitively. In addition, they are predators that swiftly drag prey on the ground underground and eat it. It would have been the land of the world, and the second Lehlach planet would have been created by filling the surface of this world with excrement.”
-If this amount of excrement came over, a lot of sand parasites would also come over. But has there ever been a report of damage caused by the black soil?-
“No… I can’t believe it.”

Thinking of something, Lillian shook her head.

“No. After the death of the first king, the existence of the divine tree disappeared. Even before the black soil came out. The time is not right.”
“According to the legend, the Divine Tree asked for help to grow. Since the first king to fulfill the pact is dead, did he deceive outsiders or hide his existence so that he would not be disturbed by outsiders?”
“Then, the black soil came over and is blocking the activities of sandworms?”

Once you hear the explanation, it’s not perfect, but it fits to some extent.

But it’s also true that it feels like a fit.

“After all, it’s the same thing you have to go to see if the legend is true or not, Lillian.”
“Honestly, I’m a bit dizzy. Do you think that the black soil that I thought was a divine tree’s blessing was a simple heterogeneous species, and that the divine tree could block sandworms?”

Lillian couldn’t hide her despair when she heard the identity of the grateful being who had revived the kingdom so far.

It was the same with Priscilla, but now I have to move.

“Artemis, how much better would it be if you made these out of white earth?”
-Quality and yield increase, but not significantly.-
“Instead?”
-Stimulates growth. In half the time.-

It was the moment when the white soil of Lehlach, which solved the food problem of many planets, met its proper owner.

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“Wait a minute! Are you insane!?”

Celestine, who always coordinated in the middle so that the goal of the conflict did not deepen, blocked Kang Myung-cheol’s actions.

“Move.”
“Think about it again! You’re going to cast curse magic on people!?”

When people started to run away due to intensive labor, Kang Myeong-cheol, who learned of the fact, prepared a special countermeasure.

It is to curse the people belonging to the Liberation Army.

A curse to die if you leave the territory you belonged to beyond a certain level.

“What’s wrong?”
“What, what, what? What’s the problem? Do I have to explain this to understand!?”

Celestine, who was so embarrassed, stammered at her words and was bewildered.

“Where can I go on a trip? The radius of my life is fixed anyway, so what’s the problem?”
“That’s the life of an animal! Even if the life radius is fixed, there is a big difference between being on a leash and not!”
“Anyway, the people of this era are all living like that! I’m just filling in the invisible lines there!”
“Even so, this is not the case! We need to find out why people are running away and come up with countermeasures!”

Celestine’s words are the standard of the standard.
There is a reason people run away.

You have to understand that and prevent the same problem from getting bigger, but only arguing the result of ‘making it impossible to escape’ will make people more difficult.

“Shut up! I’m grateful if you freed me from being dominated by the undead, and understand those who run away even after working hard!? I have shown grace and tolerance to these pigs and dogs many times! The price is this !”

Celestine almost shouted what kind of grace and generosity that was without realizing it.

“Apart from eating and sleeping, you’re only working!”
“What is that! In my home world, all office workers do it! I went to work at 9:00 in the morning and worked until 10:00 and even more!”

He is applying the categories he has experienced and understood to his others.

He went through and endured this, so it is only natural that others go through and endure the same.

Right now, Kang Myung-cheol’s mind is basically based on such self-righteousness and stubbornness.

“But…!”
“And as a result of making them work, did I enjoy the luxury? Did I even enjoy the Juicy Training? No! I wear and eat the same thing as them!”

Kang Myung-cheol’s biggest problem is this.

As he said, he did not enjoy unfair gains or luxuries.
Because that’s what villains do.

Obviously, it is right to look at this, but the problem is that it prevents others from enjoying luxury.

Even though there are many factors that people enjoy luxury, it is unconditionally to conclude that it is evil.

“The culture of your world is different from the culture of this world. If the culture is different, the understanding will be different.”
“Anyway, he’s the same human being.”
“No. People are not the same. Some people can tolerate physical pain well and be vulnerable to mental pain, and some people can be the opposite.”

Celestine desperately preached to Kang Myung-cheol that people are different.

“So what? So, let’s make it easy for each person to adjust?”
“There’s no need for that, just give them free time. Make them relax in their own way during that time. Isn’t that what democracy in your world is?”
“Ha. Are you discussing democracy on a topic from a place without democracy?”
“Kang Myung-cheol, I am.”
“Shut up.”

Kang Myung-cheol, who was offended by the sight of Celestine daring to preach democracy to himself from the 21st century earth and democratic society, spread his life.

“If this world is a world where democracy works, that’s the way it would be. But dogs and pigs have to be treated the same way. Democracy? That only happened after I ruled this land.”

I wanted to say that his current appearance is completely far from democracy, but he decided to keep his mouth shut because it would only hurt his feelings.

“Ha.”

Celestine sighed at the back of Kang Myung-chul, ignoring herself and heading somewhere.

‘This isn’t it.’

At first, I thought it was a temporary phenomenon because the situation was a situation, but after talking with him, I realized that he is a human being who should never stand on top of someone else.

I should have known this sooner.

‘Then…’

Celestine, who bit her lip, moved on to have a conversation with her companions in order to control Kang Myung-cheol’s rampage.