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Chapter 22 August Intelligence Update
Loren decided to wait a little longer.

The intelligence for August will be updated soon. It's not too late to make a choice after you have the new information.

After lunch and discussing the road repairs, Loris set off back to Nearshore Town.

She came here today mainly for these two things, which can be seen as a way of making goodwill.

Loren will not hide any further information about the birth of spirit insects.

The probability of a Fairy Bug being born is not low at all.

However, most of the time, newly hatched sprites die for various reasons.

For example, they might be treated as pests and eliminated, or harvested by farmers as caterpillar fungus, or die because no one notices them.

Not everyone is aware of the need to search for the Fairy Bug.

Especially the farmers, who have almost never seen the fairy insects, let alone know anything about them.

In addition, once the harvest season gets busy, who has time to think about anything else?
Without Loren, none of the three elf bugs in Nearshore Town would have survived.

The elm tree spirit insect is unlikely to be discovered; it might be eaten by the birds and beasts of the mountains one day.

Barley and tomatoes are in season, and without Loren, their cordyceps might have already been harvested by farmers as ordinary crops.

The probability of this happening is extremely high.

Even if the lords would certainly instruct farmers to watch out for the emergence of sprites in their fields, they would still have a hard time spotting them.

With so many crops in the field, who would carefully observe each one?
Loris has been the lord of the coastal town for a year, and in that entire year she has only reaped two elf bugs.

One of them was told to her by Loren.

However, when the land was distributed, Earl Lorton gave her six elf insects.

With just these six sprite insects, the development of the coastal town is unlikely to be too bad.

After Loris left, Loren and Shirley began their daily knight training.

Liz then led the knights to enjoy hot pot.

The knights finished eating before it was the servants' turn.

Loren told them to change the soup base before they ate.

As servants, they rarely got to eat meat.

But the broth in the pot infuses every ingredient with a meaty aroma.

This is much tastier than the food I used to eat.

"Xuefu, what do you think of today's hot pot?" Loren asked during training.

"delicious."

Loren said with some regret, "It's a pity that we lack many ingredients and seasonings. It's summer now, and there's no fresh beef or mutton in the warehouse."

"Aren't there many meats of higher quality than beef and mutton?"

“That’s right.” Loren suddenly had a thought. “Don’t you think we should develop animal husbandry in Sandstone Town?”

"Animal husbandry? You mean cattle and sheep? Shashi Town doesn't have that kind of resource, does it?"

To raise cattle and sheep on a large scale, you need a large amount of land.

With the presence of the Fairy Insects, animal husbandry is clearly not as profitable as farming.

Loren shook his head. "Look at that Monster Mountain Range, doesn't it look like our ranch?"

Xuefu was taken aback by what she heard.

Her eyes widened. "You want to raise magical beasts?"

"Raising magical beasts is too risky; even high-ranking knights cannot guarantee their own safety."

We need to find a suitable way to capture large numbers of the magical beasts on the mountain.

According to the intelligence Loren gathered, monsters were injured almost every day.

Although he can now eat beast meat every day, hunting magical beasts is not enough to make it an industry.

Xuefu pondered for a moment.

"Our knights are not strong enough. If we want to capture a large number of magical beasts, we need at least one high-ranking knight."

High-ranking knights generally hold very high positions, and almost no one is willing to lower themselves to do this kind of work.

"That's right, and capturing a large number of magical beasts will definitely reduce the number of magical beasts on the mountain. Before capturing them, we need to find a way to make them reproduce in large numbers."

In general, capturing a large number of monsters is too difficult and cannot be done at the moment.

But it is absolutely possible in the future. The bountiful month of January has ended, and August has arrived as scheduled.

[This month's information has been updated]

[Intelligence 1]: More caravans will pass through Sandstone Town this month, bringing many goods, including sugarcane and watermelon seeds.

[Intelligence 2]: On August 10th, a mysterious merchant will appear in the coastal town, bringing an evolution crystal.

[Intelligence 3]: At the end of August, the Ice Dragon Lord, located on the opposite shore of the Elf Sea, will lay three dragon eggs.

[Intelligence 4]: The unnamed islands in the Elf Sea have not yet been discovered.

[Intelligence 5]: This month, the Elf Queen will conquer a territory of the Orc tribe, and a Dragon Elf will be killed on the battlefield.

This is truly sad news.

Elves are wonderful creatures.

He now only has four sprite insects, and a dragon sprite has already been killed on the battlefield.

If only I could bring that dragon spirit to Sandstone Town.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking; the dragon spirit's status is extremely noble, no less than that of a duke.

Its demise was a tremendous loss to the Elf Kingdom.

Aside from the information about the dragon spirit's death, the other information is also very valuable.

First, the caravan brought sugarcane and watermelon seeds.

Sugar can be made from sugarcane, and sugar is a luxury item in the Elf Kingdom. If sugarcane can be grown on a large scale, Sandstone Town will never be short of money again.

The problem is that sugarcane is very difficult to grow in Shashi Town.

The same goes for watermelons.

The Elf Kingdom does have watermelons.

However, it is difficult to cultivate, the quantity is small, and it is not sweet.

The main cause of these problems is climate.

During the summer in the Elf Kingdom, there is insufficient sunlight, making it difficult for sugarcane and watermelons to ripen.

If crops cannot mature, there is no way for fairy insects to be born.

Without the fairy insects, crops cannot ripen.

Loren happens to have a way to solve this problem.

witchcraft!

As long as you can learn how plants grow.

No, he has recently gained a new understanding of witchcraft.

Plant growth is a third-circle spell that allows plants to mature quickly.

If the magical model of plant growth is simplified, it might be possible to lower the spell ring level, allowing people to learn similar spells without becoming formal wizards.

Although the spell's effect will be greatly weakened, as long as it can accelerate plant growth, that's enough!
Summer is too short and there isn't enough sunlight, so we should shorten the crop development cycle!
We must get the sugarcane and watermelon seeds!

The second piece of information is about evolution crystals.

Evolution Crystals are extremely precious magic stones that allow a well-developed Pokémon to quickly evolve into a powerful Pokémon!

The difficulty of evolving a Pokémon increases with each level.

The probability of a bug evolving into a Pokémon is already low, and the probability of it evolving into a Mega Pokémon is even lower.

How precious are Great Elves?
With its power, an ordinary nobleman might even be promoted to earl!

A baron's territory typically encompasses a small town or several villages.

A viscount's territory is quite large, possibly including a town and surrounding villages.

An earl's territory is much larger, usually encompassing one or more counties and including many towns.

This demonstrates just how rare the Great Elf is.

That evolution crystal most likely represents a powerful spirit!

Loren doesn't have the money to buy the crystals right now, so he has to get Loris to buy them.

Loris's insect sprites haven't evolved yet, so she doesn't need the crystals for now, but there might be a chance to trade them later.

(End of this chapter)