Chapter 155: Time to Troll (1/2)

How often did lightning storms occur? Rino was sure that the odds were low in this world. Hence, he sent some fairies as scouts to patrol the mountain range. The Genesis Tree birthed some new fairies in his absence, so Town Zera's population was slowly increasing.

Yet, on the third day after receiving his new main quest, Rino was interrupted by Mutt's howling. Slightly annoyed that the sabre tooth wolf's calls disrupted his grand apiary design planning, Rino left his study to check on him.

”What in the…”

It was hard to believe it, but right before Rino's empty eye sockets, there was a flash of light in the distance. Surely that couldn't be it?

”My lord!” the fairy on patrol came flying back in a hurry. There was a twinkle in her eyes. ”There are trolls fighting!”

Rino hurriedly mounted Mutt and ran to the location where the flashes of light came from while asking for more details.

Apparently, there were only trolls but no giants. What were the lightning flashes caused by if the trolls were not fighting giants? Could they be fighting something else then? The thought made Rino wonder if he should remain hidden to observe the situation or lend them a helping hand. Trolls were not the most trustworthy creatures. They were usually dumb but had a lot of physical strength. More importantly, they were double-crossers and cowards.

Rino pulled up his newest daily quest.

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Daily Quest #18

Objective: Expand Farm

0/10 Acres

Time Limit: 10 Days

Tutorial here.

Reward:  Abandoned Dwarven Mine Location

Penalty: Deduct 24 hours of sleep upon failure and [Curse of Overtime] until quest is forcefully completed.

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With less than a week to prepare ten acres of new farmland, Rino needed all the help he could get. There wasn't much he could do now apart from borrowing limited labour from Noir Province. The sky palanquin was currently on its new trip to Spudville to collect the farming tool supplies. At the same time, the spectres and genesis fairies busied themselves preparing the new mana web array expansion and irrigation runes.

Usually, Rino would not worry about this sort of quest. He was more than capable of completing it before the deadline if he were still in Spudville. However, Town Zera was still almost barren. They barely had any infrastructure, and the population here was ten times lesser than what Rino had in Noir Province. It reminded him of the time he woke up with grave dirt in his mouth and founded Spudville. His first villagers were shadow goblins back then. However, even back then, he had more than ten goblins to assist him with tasks. He didn't have that many here, even if the ex-bandits were more powerful than goblins.