Chapter 71: Hunting Games (1/2)

With the day fairies working in the field, Rino found that the harvesting work went much smoother as the fairies used earth magic to dig those larger spuds from deep down.

Granary construction was also progressing smoothly as the gnomes switched shifts. Rino saw how the general structure was already laid out. All the gnomes had to do now was gather rough bricks that the fairies were producing to lay them. This was the more labour intensive part that everyone else could help out to make things go faster as the gnomes treated wood planks for the flooring.

Rino checked with his elemental sylphs about the mana web laying progress. They did not need much help but needed more time to finish covering the area thoroughly. The small area testing within the stone quarry worked, and now they had to replicate it everywhere.

Rino thought he would relax a little more before the new daily quest came tonight, but his fun was cut short by a notification sound.

Ping!

Rino groaned silently. The side quest tab updated itself as a reminder that the Gods were watching. There was no other explanation. It had to be deliberate.

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Side Quest #13

Objective: Harvest King Toad Paralysis Poison

Reward: Paralysis Poison Cure Recipe

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Ok, this was new. Rino was expecting them to go full into the farming phase of growing other crops or submitting other items but still remain within the agricultural phase. He had no idea what King Toads were or where to find them, so the side quest's prompt was very useful.

They were finally moving on to the last stage that Rino wanted to deal with. The undead does not need to eat, but the living has to. Rino had no idea if he would ever have living subjects in his kingdom, but one thing was for sure. If he found any of Mutt's family alive, they wouldn't be eating potatoes. Not to mention, leather could be useful for many other things.

Presently, Rino had nothing much to do. It was day, and the sun was only becoming hotter. The shadow slaves could only work in the stone quarry, and Rino tried to recall what else he needed to prepare for the new onslaught of quests.

Now that they were moving into the hunting phase, Rino had a feeling the Gods would task him with making weapons of some sort. Considering how primitive tools were considered a scarcity, much like potatoes, the lich would not be too surprised to know weapons were in demand.

There was only one problem. Despite having so many shadow slaves and fae folks under his leadership, Rino did not know many who were combat fit or capable. Hunting and fighting were very different skills, and Rino could not entrust those who knew how to wield a bow to fight against invaders.