From the pinned announcement, Ethan also confirmed one thing.
That was, Loran had completed the mission, and even exceeded it. Back then, Ethan never expected Shakun to die.
After all, it was a Omen Petal, not a Murder Petal.
'What exactly happened in the middle that ended up killing Shakun?'
There was definitely no way to get the answer to that for now.
But as long as Shakun died, Region 1 would definitely fall into internal chaos. On top of that, there was the whole garden full of Flowers of Misfortune. Ethan believed Region 1 was definitely going to suffer badly next.
A Region 1 that had lost its competitiveness was basically just barely hanging on for a few more days.
Getting rid of an enemy who came looking for trouble instantly made Ethan feel much better.
'Ah!'
'How lonely~ how lonely it is to be invincible.'
'Ah!'
'How empty~ how empty it is to be invincible.'
Clip-clop!
Clip-clop! Clip-clop!
Just as Ethan was watching people discuss Shakun's death in the world channel, the sound of hooves suddenly came from outside.
Ethan walked onto the balcony and saw Nostradamus training the dragon cavalry.
"When you ride Tyrannosaur Hound, you absolutely can't be too polite to them."
"These beasts have the same temperament as wolves. The more you spoil them, the more they'll climb onto your head and shit on you."
"On the other hand, if they disobey, beat them. If they don't listen, whip them. Beat them until they fear you, whip them until they obey. Then they'll think you're the alpha wolf!"
"That's when they'll truly become your mount! Got it?!"
"Yes, Lord Adam!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Ethan glanced at the time in the magic book. Today was already the second day of Eternal Night.
There were only six days left until the Lord Tournament ended.
There wasn't much time left.
Although he was currently ahead of the other lords, ever since meeting the people sent by the Region 4 lord, Ethan understood that he could be dragged down at any moment.
He wasn't the only one in this world with lucky encounters.
Obviously... The other lords also had all kinds of talented people under them.
For example, Sweety's wood-element attacks, and Orin, that human copying machine, actually managed to improve the Earth Escape Technique and teach it to all his subordinates.
To Ethan, these were all threats.
So... He also needed to speed things up.
He wondered if the spatial turbulence had disappeared yet.
If it had disappeared, then he could continue farming monsters. It would be best if he could train all Eight Forms of God-Slaying to Great Perfection. That way he would at least have basic self-protection ability.
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At the manor entrance, Ethan looked in the four directions.
[East: Land of the Living Dead without any living dead. However, there is plenty of high-quality deadwood here that can be used as fuel.]
[West: Graystone Mining Area. Produces all kinds of ore, including the advanced stone you urgently need.]
[PS: While the goblins still don't dare come out from underground, this is the perfect chance for you to go deep into the mining area and dig out high-quality ores.]
[South: Spatial turbulence. Do not enter.]
[North: The changes brought by Eternal Night are not just the disappearance of the sun, but also the mutation of a large number of plants. The flowers, grass, and trees in this grassland have all become strange. If you enter it, beware of attacks from all kinds of bizarre plants.]
[PS: But there are also many excellent plant seeds here, along with some delicious ingredients and fruits for brewing wine. If you have enough courage, this place will bring you huge rewards.]
"As expected, nothing refreshed."
Ethan had already guessed it.
During these days of Eternal Night, because players couldn't go outside, the various monster-farming areas in the Mist World would stop refreshing.
Sure enough, just as he expected, the things appearing in the four directions were still the same as yesterday.
Since he had already killed all the monsters in the Land of the Living Dead, there were no more living dead left there, only some deadwood. Today he would have Wood Eight lead people over to chop down all the remaining deadwood.
Even if he couldn't use it himself, he could still trade it for materials with players in the world channel.
After all, Eternal Night would continue for several more days, and the weather was still freezing cold.
If people wanted to stay warm, fuel would still be heavily consumed.
"Wood Eight!"
Ethan called out, and Wood Eight immediately stepped forward and answered, "Lord, please give your orders."
"Mm. Take Hunter Five Team and Herb Three Team to the Land of the Living Dead in the east and chop down all remaining wood there."
"Yes, Lord!"
After receiving the mission, Wood Eight immediately waved his hand and departed grandly with the three teams.
Then Ethan turned his attention toward the Graystone Mining Area in the west and continued arranging things, "Stone Six, take the Giant Team and your own team to continue mining in the Graystone Mining Area, but keep an eye on the spatial turbulence at all times. Understood?"
"Yes, Lord."
After the five groups left in two directions, only the Bird Team, along with the Farmer Team and Service Team that rarely left the manor, remained beside Ethan.
There was definitely no point thinking about the spatial turbulence in the south.
That only left the botanical garden in the north.
'Mutated plants?'
'Attacking people?'
'Isn't this just Dave's farm?'
'Interesting!'
"Birdmen Team, Scarecrow, White Eagle, and Daji, come with me to the botanical garden in the north."
With Ethan's order, everyone set out grandly.
Compared to the other citizens, Ethan still preferred the Birdmen Team. Humans who could fly really were impressive.
Especially as scouts. The effect was truly excellent.
———
[North, Botanical Garden]
This place was somewhat similar to the Mist Forest, with large stretches of jungle areas everywhere.
The only difference was probably that the Mist Forest had more trees, and almost all of them were giant trees dozens of meters tall, densely packed together and covering the sky.
But this botanical garden had very few trees. Most of it was filled with strange-looking plants.
Giant thorn vines!
Almost every vine trunk was about one meter thick in diameter, and near the ground, some even reached an exaggerated two to three meters thick.
Not only were there these giant thorn vines, but there were also flowers inside that looked dangerous at first glance.
For example, giant Venus flytraps, along with other weird-looking things.
The strangest among them was, a grass plant with something like a large red lantern growing on top of it. The lantern even emitted a faint red glow.
Countless insects were attracted by the light and circled around the lantern.
But Ethan noticed, as those insects circled around, they would suddenly get wrapped up by thin strands of hair-like filaments extending from inside the lantern and quickly devoured.
"White Eagle, go take a look."
After learning from the spider web incident last time, Ethan decided to let White Eagle test the waters first.
White Eagle let out a "goo" sound, then flew into the sky.
"Hawk Eye!"
Ethan directly activated the skill and shared vision with White Eagle.
This allowed him to quickly understand the area, where was more dangerous, and where was less dangerous, so he could have a clear idea in mind.
But not long after White Eagle flew into the sky... Ethan was shocked by what he saw in the botanical garden. One thing was the countless treasure chests scattered everywhere.
And the other thing was, a group of people had appeared inside the botanical garden.
And judging from their clothing, they were players. Along with the Sun Worms surrounding them, Ethan's eyes instantly widened.
'These people...'
'Actually appeared in the monster-farming area not far from around my territory?'
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