Vera's territory, Longwu Fort, on the eve of the mist coming ashore.
Several adventurers drove more than fifty Fatty Puji to a stop outside the manor gates. The manor's servants were directing Little Puji to carry packed trunks of luggage out of the house one after another and stuff them into the round bellies of the Fatty Puji.
After that, these Puji would help the manor lord transport his belongings to Oath City.
Compared to delicate carriages that feared jolts, mud, and damage, and depended heavily on roads, Fatty Puji were easy to control, could adapt to the vast majority of terrain, and consumed almost nothing during the journey. They had already become the kingdom's absolute main force in transport.
They even far surpassed the former in carrying capacity. Any Puji Master could casually bring at least a dozen Fatty Puji along, unlike a carriage, where one person and two horses could only transport one wagonload.
As for why the manor lord had hired a team of Fatty Puji to move house, it was because of a piece of news that had recently spread like wildfire—the mist was about to strike.
Longwu Fort was right next to Lal Fortress, the westernmost end Node of the New Defense Line. If the United Kingdom failed to keep the mist outside the New Defense Line, this viscounty would inevitably be swallowed by the mist, and anyone staying here would be courting disaster.
The news had been spreading for half a month. Terrified of this natural disaster that had previously existed only in all kinds of rumors, many people had chosen to flee with their whole families and move east.
Rich people, like this manor lord, hired Fatty Puji teams and ran east. Poor families did not have many belongings, so they took their