Master Of None

Chapter 2741: 2741. Farm Or Garden?

While leaving the ruins, Walker saw that there were some interesting monsters being brought out. There were sand worms that he did not expect to be found here. However, with a little listening, he learned that they were a sub variant of the sand worm species.

These sand worms had been trapped in caverns due to earthquakes which led them to slowly develop a water affinity related to their environment. Those who survived tunneled toward the drier stone and began to live by breaking away the tougher stone and making that their nests to hide their eggs. Their eggs still needed to remain entirely dry no matter what.

The other monster that Walker saw was something called a gravel spider. A species of earth affinity spider that enjoyed making their hunting webs underneath gravel. This way when something stands on top of it, they fall in to the hole allowing them to ambush whatever prey had just been tripped up.

Having these monster parts for sale and materials would be great for the camp as they developed a longer term housing here. Especially since the ruins would now take years if not more to make their way to any form of functionality for the angel race. That wasn’t a bad thing though, these monsters were also plenty of information for those living here and working here.

The more that was learned about the monsters in the area along with what they were doing where would mean better safety for everyone working here over the years. It was also a certainty that more adventurers would come here to work on quests including monster hunting quests. That alone meant that the knowledge would go a long way to protect the adventurers in the area. Let alone the adventurers who would be escorting craftsmen and others around the area as it began to develop.

The odds that this would be a temporary living area were gone in the group’s minds. They all understood that they would be considering this as a major development leading toward a new village and even a town or maybe even a full city in the future. Just because the ruins may one day return to the sky and float around the word did not mean that everyone would want to live on it. There were plenty of races and people of those races who preferred to live on the ground firmly and safely.

The nearby area for testing of herbs and the protection of an herb garden wasn’t a town or anything even near a village. It was more like a farm protected by many guards.

This was not at all something unusual. It was something that was already present in a few places nearby the kingdoms that had helped found Genesis. They farmed unique or high quality goods, some being grapes that produced the finest wines. They were family run and had the best of the best guards and farmers in their specific field. While that was rare, the herbalists that came together here had followed the same principles.

This small herbal garden was the size of a large farm yet the herbalists when registering with the alchemy guild had called it small since they believed there would be larger farms that produced more herbs than them in a short time. To be fair, that was already beginning to happen.

What stood out though, was this herbal garden solely focused on nursery and breeding herbs that were considered extinct or endangered in other places not on the Sigil continent. This was due to a great many being from the same family of forest elves who had been able to see the return of herbs they had only ever read about. They had kept documents about these herbs for many years and finally were seeing the very thing they always wished to see.

All things aside, Walker found that the angels, elven archers, and even the demi-human guards with boar features were incredibly well trained. The moment he and Midnight were spotted flying nearby, several groups spread out in formations ready to intercept them. It was only when one of the archers with sharper eyesight saw that they were not monsters did they lower their guard slightly to speak with them upon landing.

”Your walls and pathways look like you had some very good builders and earth mages work on them. I assume that you have even more planned for those boulders you had moved in to the back corner of the property?” The way that Walker casually came up and started asking questions put everyone at ease right away. A few recognized him and Midnight while those who did not know him quickly grasped that he was a little more than the average person who could come asking questions.

”Sir hero! Those boulders will be for a small false waterfall that will make mists to grow the water trailing moss from the southern canyons. We were told that once they are completely prepared with the right rune formations and flowing water that we will see how rapidly the moss will be brought back to common rarity for the herbalists and the alchemists who need it to extend the life of antidote potions.” The excitement from one of the guards clearly showed passion in what he was doing.

His boar traits as a demi-human were ideal for defensive reinforcements behind his shield. He would surely have a better ability to protect these herbs. Plus, his passion had to be due to some form of what he had experienced in life and the necessity for herbs that extended the life of other potions or brought them back to the world stronger than ever. Passion always had a source and this man was clearly using it well.

”Just call me Walker and my sister Midnight. We came to look in on the herbs being farmed here and talk about how we could try and made one of the smaller areas in to a dark dome that lasts longer than the temporary ones already being made. I might even experiment a little with other manas to make elemental domes that can house herbal gardens for a future project involving floating islands around a floating moving city.” This sparked stars in the eyes of all the guards who heard it.

Some had been privy to the projects being worked on here and in the larger part of the herb garden. However, not everyone had been told outright what they would be witnessing. This sounded like a lot more than anything they had expected. Not in a bad way, but an exciting way. They could be the first to see history being made. It was one reason many were here right now.

”Let me escort you to the head herbalist working here. He said he was waiting for important guests but we thought they were the dark rune carvers who arrived just last week.” The dark rune carvers who had only affinity for dark mana were just one type of rune carvers who focused on specific elemental runes. While they could carve others, their focus on dark elemental runes and rune formations allowed them a higher class in creating formations that lasted longer while only using one mana, dark mana.

This allowed much more in versatility and focus for the dark mana in terms of areas that were made to decay and create fertilizer, or rune formations that allowed for the nocturnal races to better live where lots of light was present, and even in situations where some herbs and goods being transported needed to be in denser dark mana. Yet, the specific elemental rune carvers often focused on the advancement of their runes rather than researching all runes from ruins. It wasn’t a bad thing since it helped places like the herbalists in their herb garden.

”I smell food!” Midnight had caught the scent of something sweet. To her it seemed like they had managed to find fruit. Which was not necessarily odd since the herb garden most likely had some fruit trees planted that had medicinal effects.

”That would be the decaying orange trees. They are a dark affinity fruit that rots while still on the tree leaving behind a sappy fruit that’s exceptionally sweet. If you feed it to black mist bees they produce a honey that is easy for children to consume and also helps them grow stronger bones. Something about the dark mana helping break down harmful build ups inside the bones. I sent some to my child too.” The guard seemed to have learned a great deal about the herb garden.

Looking around, Walker noticed that every guard of every race present her was nodding along. They were extremely well versed in what was going on here and the value of what they guarded. It was impressive and would surely lead to even better protection in the future.

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