Chapter 19

Translator: Henyee

Rylei shrugged, indicating that there was no problem.

Reiter went straight to the point and urged, “I heard from the butler that you’ve already been here this morning. I believe… Nina has already exerted an effect on these magic plants, right? What’s the exact situation?”

“That’s right.” Rylei chuckled. “I brought Nina over early this morning to convey my message to her. Nina only walked around once before some white mist landed on the water-type magic plants. After that, I learned from her that the growth speed of these magic plants has doubled.”

“What? Double!” Reiter turned his head, his voice filled with shock. He calmed down and said hesitantly, “Have you tested how many targets Nina can work on? How long can the promotion effect last? Could it be that it’ll be done with it once and for all?”

Such words were too abnormal. Reiter felt that it was a dream.

As expected, Rylei shook his head and broke the illusion. He said hesitantly, “How should I put it? You’d better be mentally prepared in advance.”

Reiter blinked, even more curious.

“I also learned more information after communicating with it this morning. As a snow elf, Nina can only mobilize her power during winter to promote the growth of magic plants and magical beasts. I asked in detail about the reason. According to it, there’s an additional affinity power in the world during winter that can be controlled by her.” At this point, surprise appeared on Rylei’s face again.

“But once winter passes, Nina will fall into a deep sleep and wait for the next winter to wake up again. However, the magic plants that Nina has exerted will not return to their original growth speed as the seasons change.”

Hearing this, a look of realization appeared in Reiter’s eyes. It turned out that the snow elf still had these hidden secrets that could only be useful in winter.

But why not call them Winter Elves? Reiter was puzzled. Then, he thought of Nina’s snowman-like appearance. Well, the term snow elf was more appropriate.

“From the looks of it, according to Nina’s characteristics, the more seeds we accumulate every winter, the better.

“However, we already have enough at the moment. When you finish replacing the seeds, we’ll have more than 500 medium-level water-element magic plant seeds. If we successfully develop until next winter and carry out the first round of seed collection, we’ll be able to have at least two to three thousand water-element magic plant seeds.” Reiter stroked his chin and analyzed.

Some old baron families with rich heritage for a few generations were only at this level.

“No problem, Father. I believe that tomorrow’s trip will be full of rewards.” Rylei smiled gently. He had led the caravan for many years and had a good understanding of the nearby territories and even the related situation of the large merchant association in Moonlight City. The matter of exchanging seeds was easy for him.

Hearing the words ‘full of rewards’ seemed to have stirred up his nerves. Thinking of the results of the last simulation, Reiter raised his eyebrows and did not say anything.

It was afternoon.

Reiter strolled along the gray stone road next to the manor and immediately saw the outer castle field under construction. To be precise, there was no construction work for the time being, but there were already four teams of carpenters pulling carts filled with wood and rushing towards the outer fort.

In the middle of the outer castle field, there was already a pile of thick and long dark wood.

Kurtin stood respectfully beside Tardell and listened carefully to Tardell’s custom requirements for the wooden stakes and some wooden dummies placed in the training ground.

Tardell looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. “It’s best if the surface of the wooden stake is rough, because I need the skin of those apprentice knights to strengthen under my training. So that they won’t be so thin and tender. They’re not young masters who have been pampered. They’re brave knights who can be in any environment and face difficult battles at any time.” Tardell instructed seriously.

After observing the apprentice knights today, he found that these people had a certain foundation, but they were very different from the experienced knights.

Their combat aura level was average, not much different from when he was an apprentice knight. However, their physiques were not refined well, and their combat techniques were relatively rough. He needed to think of a way to temper them.

Although he could tell that they had put in a lot of effort in the past, in Tardle’s opinion, they were still lacking in some aspects. He needed to combine the combat experience he had accumulated over the years to personally guide them.

Kurtin listened intently, trying to memorize the details so that nothing would be missed. He took advantage of the interval between Tardell’s words to interrupt. “If it’s rougher wood, what do you think of that batch of butterwood?”

Tardell looked in the direction Kurtin was pointing and saw the brass-colored wood of the cart that was moving along the gray stone path. At the same time, he saw Reiter twenty meters away, beside the cart. His expression turned serious, and he saluted respectfully from a distance.

Then, he said to Kurtin, “I’m afraid not. This batch of trees and the batch placed here are only suitable to be dummies. Is there any rougher wood?”

Kurtin said thoughtfully, “That’s true. Thornwood will definitely meet the requirements. However, if we use Thornwood, the efficiency of production will be greatly reduced. I’m afraid we won’t be able to meet the quantity requirements in a short period of time.”

Immediately afterward, Kurtin described the general characteristics and details of the thorn wood. A look of delight came over Tardell’s face.

“Thornwood definitely meets the requirements. In that case, I’m not afraid of things being slow, but I’m afraid of things being rotten. As long as it meets the requirements, I’d rather spend more time.” Tardell was overjoyed and waved his hand nonchalantly.

Kurtin scratched his head. The thought of removing the thorns on the hard and sharp thornwood bit by bit made him feel that the task was difficult.

However, when he heard that this was the Lord’s mission, he said firmly, “Alright! I understand. If you need thornwood, I have to go back and bring my subordinates to cut a batch of thornwood first before dealing with it slowly. That thing is covered in thorns. The lumberyard doesn’t have it in stock now.”

“In the past, we used to put thornwood around the house and spread some syrup on it to stab the rats,” muttered Kurtin, bidding Tardell farewell. When he turned around and saw Reiter walking towards him, he was slightly shocked and hurriedly greeted, “Lord, good afternoon.”

“Not bad. I heard the conversation just now. Hurry up and cut down the thornwood. Be careful not to prick your hand.” Reiter smiled lightly.

The concern of the last sentence made Kurtin’s heart skip a beat. Good God, the high and mighty lord had smiled at him and cared about his injuries. When he came back to his senses, Reiter and Tardell slowly walked towards the center of the outer castle field.

Kurtin chuckled. A man in his thirties, like a teenager, was walking toward the east side of the Young Eagle Town. He was in an indescribably good mood.

“How big do you think is suitable for construction for the outer castle field?” Reiter looked around. At present, it was still an empty space.

“Well, I think it’s better to occupy a large area than a small area for the first time. If the area is slightly larger, we can still define the area from the inside, but if the area is too small, we’ll easily face all kinds of problems.” Tardell deliberated for a moment and gave an answer.

Reiter smiled. “Oh? Have you forgotten my profession? You’re still worried about the size of the area. But it’s indeed better to be bigger the first time.”

Tardell was stunned for a moment. His eyes lit up as he came to a realization and said, “I almost forgot that you’re an earth-element mage, my lord. With your strength, it’ll be easy for you to build the wall of the fort.”

Reiter nodded and praised, “That’s right. I came to tell you this. For the sake of the mission, you can leave the construction of the wall to me. However, with my current strength, I can’t condense it with fine polishing. I can only condense ordinary boulders and let the masons polish them to modify the shape and specifications you need.”