Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton

There was already a large crowd gathered on the town wall, everyone was fearfully watching the raging swarm of bugs in front of them, feeling helpless.

Anthony was also on the wall at this moment. Originally, he had been preparing for an immediate attack at the base of the wall. He was waiting for the protective barrier to break, for the bugs to surge into the town, so he could strike, take out the bug charmer. This could potentially be the only way to save the city.

Of course, Anthony didn’t know that even if the bug charmer was to die, the bugs wouldn’t stop. They would eat everything edible, fight each other, and then eventually all die out.

Under a normal pace of growth, the bugs can’t evolve. Only with Life Acceleration, which speeds up their generations, could it be possible.

However, Anthony had already made the best preparations within his capacity. Whether it would be successful or not was out of his control. But with such significant changes taking place, he couldn’t stay at the bottom of the wall. He hurried up to the top of the wall promptly, where he witnessed the most magnificent sight in his life.

A fearless warrior opened his chest, taking a fragile little girl into his arms and then engulfed by the tidal wave of bugs. The peaks formed by the swarming bugs looked like a deep, devouring abyss.

This scene could easily become a timeless painting.

Obviously, not just he thought so. Not far on the wall, a wizard had already unrolled a scroll, swiftly moving his fingers in the air. Before long, the scene was sealed within the scroll.

When the scroll is activated, everything recorded within will manifest, appearing lifelike in front of you, giving you an experiential feeling.

This kind of Illusion Scroll, besides being expensive and having a limited activation count, has no other drawbacks.

But being expensive is its biggest drawback. There’s a huge market of people who can’t afford the Illusion Scroll. Thus, painters with canvases setup quickly filled the wall, desperately recording the scene before them.

As for the Little Zombie, most people intentionally ignored it for being an eyesore.

This astonishing scene lasted for several hours. Then, the bug carpet covering the entire landscape began to shrink gradually from everyone’s sight on the town wall, eventually forming a small hill.

When Ange created a path with his fire magic, leading Little Angel out from the bug hill, a wave of cheering erupted from the town wall.

When Little Angel raised both hands to invoke the Holy Light, the cheering grew even more intense. Everyone started ‘cursing’ the Church of Light: “Long live the Light, Long live the Light!”

The church has always said the Light is eternal yet you’re wishing it to ‘live long?’ If not a curse, then what is it?

Hearing this, Anthony felt uneasy. He didn’t know how to stop the people’s ‘curse,’ so he just forced a smile. Soon after, he realized: “Hey, these people look familiar. My god, where has Lord Anthony found these people? They’ve cleared the bug disaster all by themselves?”

Not just him, when the news reached Anthony, he was also surprised. What in the world? I was just buying grain, was pest extermination service included? Moreover, how did Ange do it?

He quickly called Ange over and asked cautiously: “My Lord, how did you do it?”

“Pesticides.”

“What!? You’re saying pesticides? A kind of pesticide which can poison an entire nest if just one bug eats it, causing all bugs to die?” Anthony’s eyes were sparkling with excitement. He said passionately: “I’ll exclusively represent it!”

Ange cocked his head, “What do you mean by exclusive representation?”

“It means that this medicine, you only sell to me, and I resell it to others, giving you a commission.”, Anthony explained.

“Oh.”, Ange indicated understanding and then he pulled Negris into his mind, letting them talk it over.

As dusk fell, Ange began to gather Fire Elements into the bug corpse mountain, setting them ablaze. The blaze that devoured the bug mountain spouted dozens of meters high.

The rising heat carried away a lot of embers, scattering in all directions. Particular attention to downwind, the following year, the Black Mountain Kingdom had an explosive yield of crops. But all this would occur in the future.

Anthony on the town wall shouted loudly: “Governor, open the gates!”

On the tower, a temporary governor of the Black Mountain Kingdom peeked out, saying: “No, it’s dark. We can’t open the gates. If even one bug slips in, we’d be doomed.”

Anthony nodded. He understood the temporary governor’s worries. Indeed, should a single bug slip in and make its way into the sewers, it could quickly multiply into an army of bugs. The thought of bugs crawling out of every sewer hole, every cesspool, every dirty drain was downright horrifying.

No opening, then. Anthony simply jumped from the town wall. As soon as he landed, the temporary governor shouted: “Lord Anthony, are you going to visit that brave bug exterminator? Please express our thanks from the Black Mountain Kingdom. We’re preparing some gifts and food to send over later.”

“Sure, no problem.” Anthony murmured to himself: He sure knows how to handle things.

“Wait for me, wait for me. That’s our boss. Catch us.” Sava’s voice came from the city wall.

Anthony took a look. It was a tall and slender girl who was also related to Ange’s servant? Well, that wouldn’t be a problem: “Alright, jump down here. I will catch you.”

Sava took a deep breath, closed her eyes and jumped, and Anthony caught her solidly.

“Thank you, thank you, there’s one more.” Sava politely thanked.

Anthony saw that Sava was rather beautiful, he instantly perked up and pulled his most charming smile onto his face: “No problem, serving beautiful ladies is my honor. Next lady, jump, bravely jump.”