Hill indeed had no intention of paying any attention to Princess Esberry. On his way back, he merely pondered: Was Neverwinter here to ask for aid?
If that was the case, the Undead might choose to go to war first, and Lynn's grand farm plan would probably be delayed... There would certainly still be Undead willing to take construction assignments, but most of them would rather chop people up.
What a waste of the elaborate and comprehensive Water Law network he had devised!
Hill felt somewhat regretful... Only the Undead's Earth-Element Law Mages could complete such work exactly as he envisioned, all at once and within a single day.
If there was truly no alternative, they could only renovate it section by section.
However, he soon received word from Lynn: this was not a request for aid. The princess had come to buy grain.
Neverwinter was highly wary of the Undead. Everything Princess Esberry said implied that she did not want Aglaia City extending its reach into their territory.
Lynn's tone was far from pleasant. He probably hated being spoken to as though he were a thief to be guarded against.
Hill could tell that Neverwinter had originally believed that, since Aglaia City had purchased so much grain in recent years, they could simply have people buy it themselves from that agricultural goods store if there were no Undead involved.
But once the Undead arrived, Neverwinter feared their enormous numbers would rapidly exhaust Aglaia City's food supplies, so they had hurried over to make their purchases first.
Hill guessed the way the Undead had feasted and drunk their fill in Neverwinter had frightened them.
In fact, the Undead could completely buy high-grade food to replenish their stamina, but... they were players! There were countless foodies among them, yet there were