Chapter 574: Caste Abolishment (2/2)
”Understood. Let's head to the spot that these soil and water samples were taken from. I would like a representative from each kind of magic element to be part of the test. I would need a beginner user, an intermediate user, an expert user and one who is not trained. As for physical labourers, could you get me the unskilled but healthy volunteers? I'm going to replicate several scenarios to know if the method would work before replicating them on a large scale.”
Within a few hours, the team was put together by the competent rat beastwoman secretary named Rachel. When the volunteers were selected, King Gaon was bombarded by unhappy cries of those who weren't chosen. The lion werebeast had a hard time explaining that everybody would eventually have a role to play in rebuilding Lycantopia, but for now, the Messiah needed space and time to develop a solution to their problems.
”The old caste system is no longer useful,” King Gaon said. ”There will be revisions made. Everyone, please be patient until we know what the Messiah wants. While the Messiah tests a few things out with the group of volunteers, please continue moulding mud bricks so that we can rebuild parts of the fallen wall!”
While King Gaon and a few of his bodyguards stayed behind to appease the crowd, Zero and Rachel left with their small group of twenty volunteers to the first site.
”Is this where the farms once were?” he asked.
Rachel nodded and referred to the map in her hands. ”This is where we grew things like ground root, rubber figs and tubber spice. The soil here is suitable for these crops because it is furthest from the sea. However, due to the lack of water source, it is challenging for any other crop species to thrive. The water sample is taken from the small underground stream that flows through that single well in the area.”
Zero took a look at the well in the distance and sighed. It was a very tiny well, and from the mini-map, it looked like it was half dried already. This water source would dry up in the next decade, and Zero didn't know what Lycantopia would do when it eventually did.
”Which clans usually tend to this field?”
”The farmers are usually in the herbivore caste. We have several roles for farmers. The worm clan is in charge of ploughing. The rabbit and chicken clans are in charge of sowing. The elephant clan is in charge of drawing the well water and carrying them to water the crops.”
That would explain the wide paths in between rows of crops. It wasn't very efficient when the crops were planted so far from each other. Zero initially thought that it was due to the nutrition in the soil, but he now knew better after Rachel's explanation. Such a design was ineffective.
With a wave of his hand, Zero ploughed the soil. Then, he scattered some seeds harvested by the women and children from wild berry bushes in the camps' vicinity. The wind magic blew those seeds far enough to cover an entire plot of land. Afterwhich, he used earth magic to cover the soil. Following that, Zero used water magic to water them. Lastly, he used elemental life magic to encourage the speed of growth in those newly planted seeds.
Soon, there were multiple wild berry bushes within that small plot of land and the volunteers applauded. Zero turned to them and grouped the volunteers according to their magic proficiency and told them to replicate what he did.