What Was This? Was This Part of Your Calculations Too?

Over here.

After Lan Qingyou handed the blueprints and note to Diana, she finally relaxed.

In just a few hours, this woman had not only drawn up the building plans,

she had even finished constructing nearly half of it.

There was no denying that she was much better at managing her people.

Still, Esmeralda's people were mostly Artificial Humans.

It was only natural that Lan Qingyou couldn't keep up.

After all, even with equal numbers, Magic Puppets and Artificial Humans were worlds apart.

"So, shall we go now?"

Lan Qingyou was so relaxed that she didn't even sit down. Instead, she floated there and asked Alisa.

"Are you already that impatient?"

"As if you aren't."

"All right. To be honest, I was getting restless during the few hours I spent waiting for you, too."

Alisa shrugged and stood up.

Then, under Lan Qingyou's watchful gaze, she pulled out a backpack.

It was made of Monster Skin and looked rather rustic.

But Lan Qingyou could tell it was a storage bag.

It just looked bigger than her Herb Bag.

After all, the Herb Bag was only palm-sized.

Once Alisa had picked up the backpack, she casually opened a Portal.

Looking through the swirling Portal,

Lan Qingyou could make out a place that looked somewhat like a swamp, despite the hazy view.

"Which Dungeon does this Portal lead to?"

"Thorn Swamp."

"Never heard of it."

"Based on the information I got from you, I'd guess Esmeralda named it using Blue Star's game editor."

Alisa glanced at Lan Qingyou.

Lan Qingyou understood what she meant.

"So she called it Thorn Swamp just because it's a swamp?"

"More or less. I didn't see many thorns there myself."

"Then why choose this place?"

Lan Qingyou looked at Alisa curiously.

After all, she herself had been