Planning for Food

After a few peaceful days, all of Middle-earth entered summer. Unlike the Lagrange Kingdom's directly governed territories, where farming was in full swing, the entire Lion Territory seemed somewhat lifeless. After all, becoming the battlefield of a forbidden spell war had dealt a devastating blow to the territory. Elemental turbulence still raged across the battlefield ruins. Wind Element and fire element bursts would occasionally tear through the air before vanishing into the void. These were the lingering effects of forbidden spells, much like nuclear weapons, capable of affecting an area for decades...

However, Duke Apophis Breo was fairly fortunate. The kingdom had not simply stood by. Roland had actively dispatched two top-tier spellcasters, Yun Feng and Adolf Heinrich, to help clear the remaining elemental turbulence from the battlefield. This was familiar work for Yun Feng; after all, he had cleared the elemental turbulence outside Flowing City last time.

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Excellencies!" Apophis Breo sincerely placed a hand over his chest in salute. Although the two had come under orders, proper courtesy was still necessary. Otherwise, if they merely went through the motions, Apophis Breo himself would be the one left suffering in the end.

"It's nothing. This is part of our duty in the first place. I simply lacked the ability to clear these things back when I was injured." Adolf Heinrich gave Apophis Breo a friendly smile. The backlash from forcibly using the Divine Word Spell had yet to fully heal, but it no longer affected his ability to wield magic. Besides, the Lion Territory could not afford to wait. There was still time to catch the tail end of the planting season. If the elemental turbulence was not cleared soon, the entire Lion Territory would likely harvest nothing this year!

"Between the effects