Chapter 710: A different democracy (1/2)

Sam and the group just walked on the road in one direction and on their way, they were passed by some carriages dragged by various beasts and most of them are horse-type beasts.

The carriages are completely closed and they couldn't see who is inside. But most of the drivers are humans. But there is one carriage that is too eye-catching. Because it is being dragged by a centaur.

The male centaur wore armor that covered his chest and there is even a barding that covered his body as he held a spear in his hands. There are leather straps connected to his armor and the barding that are connected to the carriage on the other end.

The carriage has an entourage of centaurs, humans. The person seemed to be a VIP.

Sam is really fascinated with the Centaurs, they are similar creatures to Minotaurs in some aspects, for example, they are natural warriors and they make great archers. Just like how Minotaurs have the normal skin tone of pale green, the Centaurs have a pale brown skin tone and they also have different skin tones if they have an affinity with elements.

But Centaurs have more affinity with different elements than the Minotaurs.

The carriage is actually being dragged by a centaur that has a dark brown color which is an indication that he can control the earth element.

No matter how many carriages that are going through the route, nobody bothered with the group. They just asked them to stay to the side with gestures until they left. Except for that, there is no interruption, inspection, or any action taken by the people in the carriage or their servants.

They just walked for another half-an-hour and they finally saw a town nearby. There are many carriages and people entering and exiting the town, the town is relatively busy.

The town is surrounded by many fields and Sam could see some familiar crops. Most of them are paddy fields, but they are nothing like the fields on modern earth. These fields are far larger and bigger than the ones on the earth. Even though the grain size is only a few millimeters longer and thicker, the crop itself grew extremely large and the yield is unbelievably good.

There are many humans working in the fields actively and there are guards standing on different spots as they oversaw the whole process. They are harvesting the fields.

Sam felt that there is a market for the agricultural machines, but from the looks of it, there is no problem of manpower here like there was in the Banished realm.

They walked to the entrance of the town and there is a toll station there. The toll is not much though, it is just a few dozen spirit stones, they paid the toll and entered the town. The first thing they encountered after entering the town was the market.

There are many shops and hawkers selling things at expense of the spirit stones. There are all kinds of products here, but most of them are agricultural products or the by-products of agricultural products.

Sam is most shocked when he saw cotton and Jute. These are something he didn't find anywhere in this world, in fact, plant-based products are very few. These cotton and Jute are also special spirit crops that have different levels of strength and resistance to attacks.

The clothes made by them are clearly going to be some sort of armor to the body.

From the looks of it, most of these people are clearly not from this area, the fields for paddy are not suitable for the growth of cotton.

Apart from these, there are shops for food. There are many types of food items, cooked, raw, fruits, vegetables so many of them.

Then came the medicine and herbs.

They looked at the sky and could say it is noon by now.

Many people are going to restaurants to eat.

Sam couldn't understand this aspect. Most of the time the cultivators wouldn't worry about the food. They can survive with spiritual energy and they would spend most of the time cultivating and gaining experience.

At least the Banished realm's residents have a curse placed on them and they couldn't take the spiritual energy from the spirit stones and the food is the only way for them.

But the CharBhum realm doesn't have any restrictions.

So the aspect of these people spending so much time on food is something confusing. To clear that confusion, they directly went into a restaurant and ordered something to eat.

There are many dishes, but the group is not familiar with them. There is only one item they clearly understood what it is from the name and they ordered it.

It is just steamed rice with some fried meat and vegetables.