After completing the incorporation of the knights in Bull Hoof City, Liszt did not linger. He hurriedly left Oxhoof Castle, first making a trip to Black Horse Island. He left the Gray Cast Iron Dragon Ornn there to continue suppressing Flame Territory, and had Pea, the Great Elf, touch its scales to evolve.
He then returned to Flame Island.
At this time, Reed City was packed to bursting, with foul stench filling the air. More than five hundred thousand serfs and knights were passing through here. Even though Reed-Tinder Avenue had already been completed, it was still difficult to transport all the serfs away in such haste.
They only needed to weather this period of chaos.
Aside from the five key major cities of Reed City, Tinder City, Jade City, Dragon Valley City, and River Mouth City, Flame Island had also opened up more than a hundred settlements along the Great Whirlpool River basin and around several major roads. Nearly one and a half million Moon-Slayer serfs, aside from felling forests, were reclaiming land and building wooden houses.
Wooden houses stood in dense rows throughout the many settlements, yet they remained empty, and more were constantly being built.
Cement, brick, and tile houses were still high-end buildings and could not yet be widely provided for serfs to live in. Wooden houses were the best option and convenient to construct. Because Liszt's ambitions were vast, houses were built first whether there were people to occupy them or not, creating a great many ghost towns.
In any case, there were not enough seeds, and many Moon-Slayers could not farm. They might as well specialize in building houses and strive to train into construction workers, accumulating strength for the Flame Kingdom's future infrastructure projects.
Yet in the chaotic Reed City, a lively open-air