Chapter 9 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lastly, there was sufficient wide land.

To execute his concept of development, Reed anticipated that he would need at least fifty thousand humans during the early stages and hundreds of thousands later on.

Having several hundred thousand human beings would be more than enough to support a small number of vampires. The vampires, who would be supplied with blood, had top-notch combat prowess and would, in turn, be totally capable of protecting and ensuring the safety of the humans.

All of that required a vast piece of land.

By a stroke of luck, he also met that condition, and he was standing on said land.

The old castle stood on the edge of the cliff, and from the front, it was an easily defensible castle that was extremely difficult to attack.

However, it was a completely different matter at the back of the castle.

The area was a gourd-shaped basin surrounded by high mountains, and the castle was located on the tip of that gourd.

Behind the castle was a fertile piece of land that was 20 km wide and 15 km long.

The terrain gradually shrank toward the end, forming the bottleneck of the gourd.

Its width went from over 30 km wide to no more than 2 km, with towering peaks lining both sides of the pass.

Five kilometers beyond the bottleneck was the second half of the gourd-shaped basin, and the land there was no less fertile than the one right behind the old castle.

More importantly, that fertile land was 150 km in length with an average width of 60 km.

Each and every one of those fertile lands was Reed’s.

The castle was built upon the mouth of the gourd, firmly guarding the rich and fertile land.

That was Reed’s greatest trump card.

In his eyes, that piece of land was literally a holy land for farming.

It was deep within the Farmountains, which made travel extremely inconvenient. Flight would be required to pass through most of the terrain.

In addition, the gourd-shaped basin was surrounded by peaks as high as 3,000 rhents. There was no other way to enter the basin other than through the castle, implying that the area was isolated from a majority of natural foes.

Even if there was a flying monster, only a dragon would be able to fly over such a high mountain.

Moreover, the land in the gourd-shaped basin was fertile, and the temperature mild throughout the year. It was also far away from the threat of war and beasts.

As long as there were humans around, the land could be rejuvenated.

Even with his experience of living in modern society, Reed was still full of praise for the land that the Progenitor Vampire had found.

If it had been back on Earth, the land would have been worthless due to its terrible accessibility. However, in the turbulent and warring world, it was the most suitable site for a base camp.

The lack of accessible transportation meant that it was isolated from the world, which also meant absolute safety.

With him in Grimm, communication with the outside world would not be a problem, and his community would not be left behind by the outside world due to its remoteness.

In the memories of the Progenitor Vampire, it had taken almost ten years of exploring the Farmountains for him to find the fertile land.

It was a pity that the vampires did not know how to utilize the land. Even the original Progenitor Vampire himself only felt that there was potential in the land but had no idea how to utilize it.

The vampire race was not proficient in farming. While the talented highborn vampires were at the forefront of combat prowess in the world of Glory, when it came to agriculture, they would not even have scraps if they were to follow behind humans.

Fortuitously, Reed had arrived and inherited the wealth that the Progenitor Vampire had left behind.

The land would finally have a new lease of life in his hands.

“So, Patriarch, do you plan to raise a group of humans to work for us?”

The one who spoke was the second amongst Reed’s direct descendants–Frey.

He was a vampire with a slender frame and sharp eyes.

His long hooked nose appeared rather sinister, and to outsiders, his blue eyes held an incomprehensible gleam.

Corralling humans was nothing new to him. One hundred years ago, when the vampires had more than three thousand kinfolk, he had managed humans numbering in the tens of thousands. His impression of those greedy and weak fodder was not good.

Reed nodded and spoke his mind without hesitation.

“Yes, our divine race’s current way of life is extremely dangerous. If we continue to plunder humanity to sustain our kind, we will always be hiding in the Farmountains like rats in a sewer. And when Grimm discovers us, we will also need to give up this territory that belongs to us.”