After making arrangements for everything at the temporary camp, Nalant returned straight to the castle.
Under Butler Thomas's eager welcome, Nalant had barely sat down in the hall before summoning Mario.
"My lord, so many tools and supplies need to be sent to the grassland? May I ask what you plan to do with them?"
Nalant did not want to delay the matter of splitting mountains and opening a road for too long. Over this period, he had come to understand one quirk of the system: unless the previous side quest was completed, the next one would definitely not arrive.
So, it was better to begin work on the mountain range in the grassland immediately, while it was winter and the territory had ample manpower.
It was a little cold, but as long as the basic provisions were in place, it would not be a problem.
"My lord discovered a narrow cliffside path deep within the grassland. That path can cross the mountain range of Glory Continent and lead to a broader land beyond, so I plan to expand it to make future passage easier." Nalant did not hide it from Mario. Along with Thomas and the others, Mario was one of the people Nalant trusted most, second only to the Daughters of Luck.
"Cross the mountain range? How is that possible? My lord, beyond those mountains isn't it still an endless expanse of mountains?" As an outstanding talent from Tulip Castle, Mario knew a little about the continent's geography. He knew that the mountain range stretching across all of Glory Continent was a barrier.
In the past, the people of Glory Continent had all believed that beyond those mountains lay endless mountains. Yet Nalant was now saying that there was an even broader land beyond them. To Mario, it