parentshiftbook Chapter 14 Damn Crows
Chapter 14 Damn Crows
The next day.
The morning air was cool and refreshing.
Richard stretched sleepily, his eyes still heavy with sleep, and slowly walked out of the inner room, where he saw that the maids had been waiting for a long time.
Martha carried a copper basin filled with warm water, Betty held a fox fur robe, and Ella held a bowl of honey wheat porridge.
Richard smiled and nodded.
not bad.
When he finished washing up and eating his wheat porridge, Lina came to report.
"Sir, Captain Karl is outside requesting an audience."
"Let him in."
After being announced, Karl, bringing a chill to the air, lifted the curtain and entered.
"Good day, my lord."
"Hmm, what is it?"
"Sir, a pack of wolves came from the wilderness and approached the edge of the camp in the early hours of last night. Da Yun noticed the commotion and growled a few times, driving the wolves away without causing any damage."
This is the risk of pioneering territory, which Karl may have anticipated, which is why he initially suggested setting up the base in the Black Pine Forest.
Richard was lucky to have tamed the Rock Armored Earth Dragon beforehand; otherwise, last night would have been a sleepless, bloody night.
"understood."
Richard opened his arms, gesturing for the maid to drape a fox fur coat over her.
"Thank you for your night watch last night. Get some rest. Let Im come with me today."
"Yes, ma'am."
Karl bowed and withdrew.
...
Richard checked his appearance in the bronze mirror, slung the fine steel longsword given to him by his second sister at his waist, and then stepped out of the tent.
The morning sun slowly rose from behind the snow-capped mountains, casting golden light on the stone walls that were beginning to take shape.
The serfs were already busy at work, their shouts and the clanging of stones mingling together.
He glanced at it twice.
Without lingering, they went straight to the fields outside the wall to check on the growth.
Da Yun was still dozing off by the field, his snores low and muffled like thunder.
Wade knelt on the edge of the field, clutching a handful of soil in his hands, his face filled with fear and panic.
"What are you panicking about?"
Richard's voice wasn't loud, but it made Wade tremble. He quickly turned around and kowtowed loudly on the ground.
"master..."
"Look!"
Wade pointed at the field, his voice trembling with sobs as he wailed:
"Some of the seeds I sowed yesterday have mysteriously disappeared, but there are no mouse footprints on the ground, and it doesn't look like it's been dug up by any wild animals!"
"I..."
"I failed to take good care of the magic field, please punish me!"
He took Richard's instructions very seriously; he even planned to sleep by the fields last night.
The guard said that with great fortune present, ordinary monsters and wild beasts dared not approach, so he felt relieved and returned to his camp to sleep peacefully.
who ever thought.
I rushed over this morning to check on things, and this is what happened. I felt like the sky had fallen!
This is the master's magic field!
He wanted to be whipped a hundred times, otherwise he couldn't face the trust the master had placed in him!
...
Richard looked in the direction he was pointing and saw that most of the crops in the fields had already sprouted tender green shoots.
Scattered like stars.
It stands out against the brown soil.
But there were indeed a few empty spots, the bare soil contrasting sharply with the surrounding tender shoots.
He understood.
His face remained expressionless as he raised his hand and gently waved it.
"Get up. This is not your fault; it's normal."
Wade was suddenly taken aback.
The fear on his face was gradually replaced by confusion.
"Is this...normal?"
Richard grunted in agreement and squatted down, his fingertips brushing against a tender shoot of parsnips.
"Some seeds couldn't adapt to the energy of the magical soil, so they disappeared into thin air. That's not your fault. How many were lost in total?"
Wade finally breathed a sigh of relief, a huge weight lifted from his shoulders. He wiped the cold sweat from his brow and quickly replied:
"I counted carefully. There were originally 2,711 plants, but 37 were missing last night."
Richard nodded.
"It's alright, the rest are growing very well, and we'll be able to harvest them in a few days. Go water them."
"Yes, sir!"
Wade nodded repeatedly, a smile returning to his face, and energetically picked up the bucket and rushed towards the stream.
...
Watching his departing figure, Richard sighed helplessly to himself.
—Damn crows!
He knew this would happen when he planted it yesterday, which is why he came to check on it early this morning.
In the game, once you plant more than fifteen crops, crows will come and destroy them at night.
In reality today.
It didn't stop either.
He had experienced the power of this crow firsthand in the Wolf's Lair.
To prevent the parsnip he planted in his room from being stolen, he made sure to close all the doors and windows tightly before going to bed.
Unexpectedly...
Those ghostly, sun-blinded crows seemed capable of flying straight into the bedroom through the void!
I want to stop it.
The only solution is to make a scarecrow.
But we only arrived in the wilderness yesterday, so there's no time to make it.
This scarecrow isn't something you can just make by skewing dry grass into a human shape; it needs to be made with materials that have a game-like element to work.
To obtain this special material, just like in the game, you have to go through special means.
For example, a scarecrow.
The materials required for crafting are: 50 wood, 1 coal, and 20 fiber.
Wood and fiber are easy to obtain; they can be obtained by chopping wood and cutting grass within the "Chiffon Farm" area using tools with game-specific features.
But coal is a real headache.
In reality, it won't work if you use normal firing methods; you have to dig coal blocks in a quarry or mine to make it.
However, neither of these places exists in Chiffon Wasteland.
But it's not a big problem.
good news:
He installed the "Portable Mine" mod!
bad news:
The mod is still loading!
...
The loading progress is currently 88%, averaging 3.33% per day, and it will take another 4 days to complete the loading.
Once loaded, as long as he is in the Chiffon Wasteland, he can open a portal to the mine at any time.
When the time comes, organize serfs to go down into the mines and collect large quantities of stone and coal resources, then the scarecrow problem can be solved.
so...
He wants to stop the crows from stealing food, but it will take at least four days.
Fortunately, crows don't eat many seeds. Even if they eat for several days, more than two thousand seeds are enough to upgrade farming to Lv.10.
correct.
The mine contains not only various precious metals such as copper, silver, and gold, but also all sorts of rare and valuable gemstones.
Given time to develop, he might become the richest lord in the North!
...
"Just bear with it a little longer."
Richard muttered something to himself, then turned and walked towards the camp. He had planned out what he needed to do today before going to sleep last night.
—Collect wood and stone with a game-like element.
The reason he didn't collect data yesterday afternoon was mainly because he was looking for suitable candidates.
After all, there are only three spots left on the online roster, so we absolutely cannot be careless at this stage.
Back at our base.
Im had just finished handing over to Karl and came to stand guard beside him with a knife.
"Im, go and call Aaron over."
"Yes, ma'am."
...
Not long after, a young male serf ran up to Richard.
They had only been working for a short time, and their linen clothes were already covered in clay and dust, but their faces were still relatively clean.
"Good day, esteemed sir."
Aaron knelt on one knee.
His voice trembled slightly.
"Are you looking to assign me to a special position?"
Although he didn't know why the master had summoned him alone, that was how Wade had gotten the special post yesterday.
He raised his head with anticipation.
"Whatever your instructions, I promise to do my best and never let you down!"
Richard smiled slightly.
"Quite clever."
"Alright, I saw you were quite diligent and hardworking in building the wall yesterday afternoon. Now I'm planning to have you collect stones. Are you willing?"
Aaron's eyes lit up!
really!
His face was flushed with excitement, and he pounded his chest vigorously, his emotions running high.
"no problem!"
"Please rest assured, sir, even if it means carving through the snow-capped mountains, I will still find enough stones for you!"