Chapter 408 - New Home

100 Kilometers from Gaster Kingdom, 100 Kilometers from Pameres Kingdom and 100 Kilometers from Bale Town stands a new domain firm. It's name? Well we can call it the New Lan Zhe.

We have laid out a detailed definition before why Lan Zhe had to be rebuilt somewhere else, and although they aren't around a boiling hot Volcano here all the way across the Continent, it would be unfair to call New Lan Zhe any less beautiful.

There are over 300 Igloos made out of dried out Volcanic Rock, and a beautiful wall made out of the same material as well. This wall covers all the Houses, and provides an extra layer of protection from any external threat.

Let's just hope that the Ghost Tree won't find them all the way here. And it won't, that is unless if it has anything against or for the Calidum Lutum. Mogranius theorises that the extensive soul and spirit count of the unliving at the old Lan Zhe might have led the tree here, let's hope the Calidum Lutum's abnormal funeral ceremonies don't bring the Ghost Tree here.

Getting back to Domain details, there are a bit more houses than planned because of two reasons. The first reason is that Calidum Lutum are larger, so it is most likely that 5-8 people won't fit in a small Igloo.

The second reason why they built more Igloos, is because they could. They have 50 Masters lending a hand, along with 5 Grand Masters. These are 55 people who can control, form to the desired shape and dry Lava to Volcanic rock which as a result makes Structures.

The point is, they had enough people to make these 300 Igloos along with the long wall in less than 2 months. Other Kings of other races would give anything to build a domain this quick and cheaply.

Let's talk about the wall a little bit, to meet Calidum Lutum standards it has been stretched 6 meters tall since Calidum Lutum are usually half that size. Building a wall that tall, of course requires a foundation almost twice as wide to keep everything in place.

The foundation stretches from 9 to 15 meters wide, these people didn't need anything pristine to the Centimeter, they just need something that works. And a 15 meter thick wall definitely works, there is no creation in the Human race that can break this wall... Well apart from Eric, a Master Fire controller or any other Lava Controller.

Well at least enemies or weaponry can't break it in any way. It is fair to say that the wall took most of the time considering the thickness and length, in fact it isn't even entirely build yet. The Igloos have been given the main priority since they are residential structures.

Regardless, it won't take that long to build the wall and now with 800 Calidum Lutum here there is no force that can cause mass damage here.

This town is very unique, because it isn't one that focuses on becoming financially unstoppable or bigger. Their main focus is primitive, but in another way it is the best way to fight away greed or any trouble that comes with it.

Their main focus is to establish food sources, and live off from those food sources. There won't be a Budget, there won't be a Gold income or outcome, there won't be business deals between Domains, there won't be anything that involves gold.

Do they ow King Michael a hell load of Gold? Yes they do. He has fed them for over a month, will continue to feed them until a proper food source is established here in New Lan Zhe and would gladly help them at any occasion.

Until now, considering the amount of 800 people that have been fed and the land they have used in front of Gaster Kingdom, in Monetary value New Lan Zhe ows about 20,000 Gold Coins to Gaster Kingdom. And if the Calidum Lutum don't establish a food source in the following month, this debt can go up to 35,000 Gold Coins.

Now King Michael has no intend to mention this debt, what he did was repaid when this beautiful race agreed to his recommendation. With them near Bale Town, the massively successful (Profit-wise) Domain will be under better protection.

Getting back to food sources, around new Lan Zhe there are three possibilities but like everything else it needs work to establish.

The first and most easiest way to get food at this spot is of course fishing. It requires no pre work for results and it is as simple as walking in to the water and grabbing a fish. King Michael has given them enough Spears and Ropes for this task, well at least for about 50 people to work on it.

It isn't well established how much fish they will be able to bring to the table, but it won't be little and it will most certainly make Gaster Kingdom's job easier.

The second and possibly weakest Source of food would be to hunt any animal around. At Flat Lands, Wild Boars are the most common Semi-Big animal. There are plenty of bunnies as well, but what would a Kilo of meat prove to hundreds of people?

Hunting Wild Boars is the best idea, but they aren't exactly the most common so this Source being listed as dead last is the best idea.

The third but at the same time the Source that can bring the most yield, is of course Farming. There are Kilometers beyond Kilometers of land to farm on, but they only need a Kilometer long a Wide space to have a proper food amount year around.

So if for some reason the two other food sources don't work out like they want it too, the Farmlands would be there as their Saviour. But of course a Farmland this big neccesarily equals to 10 Hectares and requires about 50 people to put in work in to Cultivating this flat land before Spring and 20 people to look after it year around.

Its Yield however is profitable, although insects and sudden bad weather can take a portion of the yield, they can expect about 2 tons per Hectare which neccesarily equals to 20 tons per Harvest from the whole field. It is indeed a good yield, and can feed the whole town rather well.

This neccesarily points out that with less than 100 people, this beautiful town can establish a nice dependable food source. There is nothing else to do here apart from protecting their selves or others, so these people are basically in paradise. They will mostly just eat, sleep and breed.

They have been underground for over 6,000 years and now they are experiencing the outside, although they started it rough they can surely survive in the outside world.

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"We lost our homes, and now we are here..." Kazer started the conversation, after a hard day's work he wanted to lift the morale amongst the Grand Masters.

"To think that a tree would push us all the way across the Continent." Xalk joked, with a giggle following after. Ever since his sleeping schedule improved, it is fair to say that his common character returned.

"I miss the warmth of the Volcano, well kinda. But this place isn't actually that bad, the Structures are beautiful and resemble our culture and food can be much more plentiful after a couple years of work." Altacin specified in their own beautiful Calidum Lutum language. The Five Grand Masters have an Igloo of their own, it is great for privacy as they don't really have a family to take care off.

"I think the main problem in the New Lan Zhe is that we can't weaponize our most effective attack, the Human Staff manuver is useless here since there is more than one spot to blow." Laza specified, being more of a battle person and more invested in war.

"Regardless of the Human Staff, we still are capable to withstand most of what Ignis has to throw against us. The only person or general force that can cause us big damage, is our King. And he obviously won't do his Town any harm, although he hasn't proved the most useful as a King lately." Pezik spoke, obviously showing some wisdom and some bad feelings.

"He is just a kid, plus his allies have granted us much help in the Old Lan Zhe and different allies of him are helping us a lot now. Although indirect, it would be impossible without Eric." Kazer protected his King's name, and he does have fair points too.

Protecting but at the same time slandering Eric's name, Xalk added his own thoughts. "He is young, but at the same time to get the experience he needs as an Electus, he will need to leave the Continent eventually. Although he won't fill in the Criteria as a King anytime soon, I think we will be just fine on our own, he won't be of aid to us until then."