Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 777 - 444 Silver Coin, Hitting People_2

Chapter 777: Chapter 444 Silver Coin, Hitting People_2

To use an apt term, it was a state of anarchy. The undead who usually maintained order, all ceased functioning overnight. Without anyone commanding them, they simply lay dormant in the cemetery.

In some places, another kind of power would help maintain order alongside the undead. But in places without that ‘other’ power, the whole system would continue to run inertially for a while until running into a blockade it could not overcome, leading to a quick collapse.

Rapids Fortress was in just such a situation.

The blockade that led to Rapids Fortress’s collapse was food. Like many cities built on mountains, it wasn’t a food production site. Similar to Northern Wind City, a large proportion of their food had to be transported in.

With the collapse of order, the inflow of outside food sharply decreased, and the prices also surged. Even if prices were increased, there were hardly any goods available to buy.

As silver coin had pointed out very early on, there were many pleas for buying food at the House of the Deceased.

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In such a situation, food naturally became the most important commodity. Some of the city management of Rapids Fortress retained a portion of military power, originally to maintain city order. They recruited ruffians and gangsters, and without restraints, they outrageously targeted the city’s food storage.

They started fires, robbed, and stormed the granaries, only to be beaten back by the granary guards. These dispersing thugs turned their sights on the noble merchants and other people of wealth. They would storm those they could; if they couldn’t, they’d simply find another target.

The manors and fortresses of the nobles and merchants had a large number of guards, so very few succeeded. The middle-income households became the unfortunate targets.

This woman hid an exquisite piece of jewelry. Upon inspection, one could tell she wasn’t a commoner but a person of substantial assets. She was a prime target for these people. If she hadn’t fled early, she might have lost her life if she stayed at home.

After figuring out what happened, Durken and Silver Coin looked at each other dispiritedly. In this scenario, their vegetables clearly couldn’t be sold. What to do?

Lord Ange didn’t care what they did. He was sitting in a circle with the little angel and little zombie, with the little sapling in the middle and the necklace directly hung on the sapling.

Yah–yah–yah– the little sapling gave out an unclear message and reached out with its true leaf, touching the gemstone on the necklace.

The verdant hue inside the gemstone started flowing, following the leaf into the little sapling’s body.

Grow–yah–grow–yah– The little sapling waved its leaves and gave off an enthusiastic message. Soon, small flower buds emerged from the top.

When Ange tried to touch the buds, the little sapling immediately covered them: No-yah-No-yah-

You’re not allowing me to touch it? Ange tilted his head and asked, “What is it?”

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Yah—yah—yah— The little sapling didn’t know if it was answering or merely shouting.

However, Ange nodded as if he understood.

This whimsical communication puzzled Negris: “You understood that? What did it say?”

Ange picked up the necklace and said, “It wants more of this.”

By now, the verdant hue in the gemstone was gone, all that remained was a dull crystal.

“What… Are you guessing? Or did it really say so? What it emits is merely a kind of information, not language. I don’t believe you can understand it,” Negris said in disbelief.

The magnificent God of Knowledge himself couldn’t comprehend the ‘yah yah yah’ of the little sapling, and Ange could?

Ange tilted his head: “I guessed.”

“…Your guess makes so much sense, I would have guessed the same thing…”

It was rare for the sapling to actively want a kind of gemstone. After it had absorbed the verdant hue from the gemstone and small flower buds started to grow, everyone knew they should find more for it to absorb. Was there a need to guess?

But why did it annoy people so much when Ange said it so boldly?

Negris turned to the woman to ask the origin of the gemstone, and she responded, “My Lord, this is a local product of the mountains near Rapids Fortress, called a Life Gem.”

“A local product from here? This is troublesome, especially with all the chaos here.” Negris murmured.

At this time, after discussing with Durken, Silver Coin approached and said, “My Lord, we might need to think of a way to occupy Rapids Fortress.”

Durken responded, “Rapids Fortress is a critical stronghold at the end of the valley. If it falls into ruin, the bridge we built on the other side will be meaningless. However, to occupy this place, these refugees will need assistance and a large amount of food.”

“Rapids Fortress houses over ten thousand people, and the food consumption daily is not minimal. We must think about how to…” Silver Coin hesitated.

But before he could finish, Ange arched his back and pulled out a bag of elf beans, saying, “Let’s occupy it.”

Ten thousand people seemed like a lot, but if they eat once a day, only ten thousand elf beans are needed. A twenty-pound bag contains at least thirty thousand beans, enough to feed the entire city for three days.

Silver Coin hesitated, “But this could expose the secret of the elf beans. Such strategic materials, if exposed, would be easily coveted by others.”

Elf beans, when in the hands of elves, were frequently coveted. If elves weren’t formidable opponents, the beans would’ve been plundered long ago. And not just that, the elves would have been enslaved to grow more beans.

Ange thought for a moment, grabbed the bag of elf beans, and vigorously rubbed it. Soon, the beans inside were ground to powder.

Ange opened the Divine Realm and continuously cast Wind Tornadoes, transforming a small area’s sweet beet leaves into residue. He then threw the powdered elf beans in and mixed them. Quickly, the beans and vegetables mixed to make vegetable dough balls.

“This is a good idea. If we could add some flour, we can make vegetable pancakes,” Negris commented.

Everyone united in rolling the dough balls, but Durken was the fastest. With his Gold-touch Stick, he made evenly sized and perfectly round vegetable balls.

“We have enough food, but how should we distribute it? We don’t have enough hands for this,” Negris, looking at the pile of vegetable balls, remarked in distress.

“Watch this.” Silver Coin said confidently, bagging the balls and returning to the mountain path.

He held up a vegetable ball and said to the starving refugees, “Hiring workers! Adults, children, no discrimination, we guarantee full meals!”

Despite appearing energyless, the refugees immediately perked up and jostled to surround Silver Coin.

“One person, one ball. Don’t rush, strong-bodied folks, step forward and help maintain order.” Under such chaotic circumstances, order was the most important. It was crucial to win over those with might first.

While Silver Coin verbally committed to one ball per person, he handed two balls to each strong-bodied individual. They were taken aback but instantly understood the special attention and became enthusiastic and motivated.

“Alright, a few of you who are agile, step forward. Distribute this bag, one for each person. After handing one out, send them to the back. No one is allowed to take extra.” By delegating the task of distribution, Silver Coin was able to oversee the situation and improve efficiency.

“Starting now, women and children are prioritized. Any disrupters will be apprehended and made an example of.” Once order was established, the vulnerable could be given priority. And as long as supplies were plentiful, prioritizing the weak would give everyone a sense of safety.

Silver Coin once again demonstrated his excellent organizing skills, quickly getting the refugees in order.

The relief operation began in an orderly manner. Under the protection of an group of strong, adult men, those distributing food gradually moved towards the other end of the mountain path. Ji Li and Roxy were responsible for transporting the vegetable balls.

The refugees ate orderly, most showing substantial gratitude. Some highly emotional people even knelt and kowtowed before Silver Coin on the spot, thanking him for saving their lives.

Silver Coin dared not accept such gratitude. Whenever someone kowtowed, he would say, “Thank Lord Ange, who has bestowed us with food.”

In fact, Silver Coin didn’t even have to say that. As soon as people started eating the vegetable balls, Ange could feel an endless flow of Soul Flame pouring into him. This was the power of the God of Farming. As long as people ate the food Ange cultivated, they would provide him with energy.

This energy was generated in this world and had not decayed from being transmitted from the Master Plane, thus it could be used to power the Instant Death Halo Stone.

Apart from this, it could only be used to replenish Soul Energy and form Soul Crystals, as Ange couldn’t use any Divine Techniques at the moment.

Just then, Ange suddenly felt something and started to run forward.

Negris hurried to follow, asking, “What’s happened? What’s wrong?”

“Silver Coin is beating someone.” Ange said.