Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 776 - 444: Silver Coin, Beating Someone_1
Chapter 776: Chapter 444: Silver Coin, Beating Someone_1
This was the first time Little Sapling showed interest in something other than making other people’s hair grow.
Ange quickly reached out to take the locket, but the woman held onto it tightly, as if it were a lifeline.
Ah, exchanging it for food, Ange understood and reached into his pocket, but was stopped by Negris, “Don’t scare her, um… Ji Li.”
Ji Li, clutching her bag, attempted to run, but Durken’s large hand descended heavily onto her shoulder.
“I knew this would happen, fortunately, I baked two large bags of food.” Ji Li, brimming with pride, drew out a bag of beef pastries, and then clutched her bag tightly.
Having learned from her past mistakes, Ji Li had deposited all of her belongings into the storage ring. The only thing she carried now was her bag of beef patties.
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Ange had plenty of storage accessories, and could easily retrieve seventeen or eighteen with just one reach. From spatial bags to storage rings, anything that didn’t require too much space could be retrieved.
There were also plenty of materials. If need be, they could take out the material and have Durken craft it on the spot.
With such a small group, naturally, they would distribute one to each person. Such an extravagant display left Roxy and Ji Li in utter shock.
Ji Li’s bag was filled with food and she also stuffed some into her storage ring, ensuring she could survive for a month even if she got lost in the desert.
Ange stuffed a bag of beef patties into the woman’s hands in exchange for her locket.
The woman was stunned when Ange forced the huge bag of beef patties into her arms. What is the most expensive commodity in Rapids Fortress currently? Food.
Initially, she thought she might only get two or three patties at best. But this large bag was enough to last her for half a month if she was careful. This was…life-saving.
The woman shuddered and quickly looked behind her, spotting the half-dead people around her who had now crawled up, their eyes glowing green as they focused intently on the large bag in her arms.
Although they couldn’t see inside the bag, the grease marks on the wrapper and the faint smell of wheat indicated that there was no doubt that it contained food.
The woman quickly pushed the bag of beef patties back into Ange’s hands and said anxiously, “Wait for me.”
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She then quickly ran back. Despite looking weak and slowing just moments ago, she now moved with the agility of a rabbit.
Returning, the woman led two children out from the crowd, a boy and a girl of about five or six years old.
A gaunt man nearby reluctantly grabbed the little girl’s leg. Desperate and hungry, he was driven to madness: I’m starving, and yet you secure food and won’t share with me?
Even if I don’t benefit, I won’t let you have it easy either, he thought bitterly.
The woman tried to pull away from him, but to no avail. She only managed to make the little girl whimper in pain. The little girl, also on the brink of collapse, hadn’t even the energy to cry.
Frustrated and scared, the woman turned to see more people getting up, their eyes glinting green as they reached towards the two children.
These people were probably thinking: you’ve got food, we’ve got your children. Give us food in exchange.
Hunger had turned these once peaceful people into cruel and vile beings.
Ange cocked his head and flicked his finger, summoning two wraiths.
Initially, the wraiths were mere wisps of smoke, but upon leaving his fingertips, they quickly grew in size. Within five meters, they had morphed into burly wraiths about the height of an average person, crawling quickly on all fours with menacing red eyes.
Ange remembered Negris’s instructions to impersonate a Necromancer. Otherwise, he would have used his Holy Word Technique and locked those men up with the Original Sin Shackles.
Despite his restraint, Negris couldn’t help but facepalm: “Rein it in a bit! Unleashing level-six Resentful Spirit Travelers with just a flick of your fingers? Are you trying to scare them to death? Wait, how are you even able to cast level-six magic?”
Ange tilted his head in confusion.
Durken, however, guessed the reason: “The nature of the Resentful Spirit Traveler is a wraith, not magic. Making a wraith appear is an easy task for you, as an Undead God. This is not magic, it’s the summoning ability of a holy being.”
The wraiths reached the woman and scratched the gaunt man’s face, causing him to wail involuntarily. His grip on the little girl naturally loosened.
The wraiths stuffed the ‘spoils’ into their mouths and swept their red eyes around. The rest of the people scampered away in fear.
The woman quickly pulled the two children back to Ange’s side, took the beef patties, opened them hastily, and stuffed one into each child’s hand while gnawing on one herself.
Having gulped down their food too quickly, the woman and the children all choked. Negris timely handed over a water bag, saying, “Don’t rush, eat slowly. By the way, what happened to Rapids Fortress? Why has it become like this?”
Gratefully accepting the water bag, the woman fed the children while recounting, “I’m not sure, but for the past two months, the Bone Guards who maintained order have disappeared. The day before yesterday, a fire suddenly broke out in the city and chaos ensued. No one came to put out the fire. We ran out but without food or drink and can’t go back to the city either, so this is what happened.”
The woman’s account was quite brief. The actual situation was likely much worse than she described.
Two months ago, when Ji Li escaped to Desert Town, she mentioned that order had broken down in many places along the way, with rampant robbery, murder, kidnapping, and brawls. In some places, the crops in the fields had even been burnt down.
