At this time, the sun has already hung in the center. I don't know whether it is due to the drying up of the river water or psychological effects. People standing on the shore now feel a drier heat than usual.
The breeze blew by, turning my face into a heat wave.
The villagers present were all sweating and the clothes they were wearing were wet. At the same time, they looked anxiously above the river, expecting that the river would suddenly arrive.
"If there is no river water for irrigation, how long will it last?" Claire asked. He wanted to know how long it would take at least to solve this problem.
The village chief immediately replied, "Some crops that consume a lot of water will wither in a few days. Wheat, which is more drought-tolerant, can last longer, but now is the heading period and if watering is not done in time, it may lead to a significant reduction in yield."
"But Lord Viscount, don't worry. It's just that the river has dried up. There is still water in the well in our village. If we mobilize everyone to fetch water, we should be able to last longer."
Claire nodded, but this is not a long-term solution. Not to mention that the wells in the village are far away from the farmland. It is difficult for a family to irrigate their farmland all day long. Moreover, this is another burden for these villagers. The most important thing is that most of the wells are groundwater. Now the rivers in this viscounty have dried up. If groundwater is used in large quantities, there may be a possibility of landslides, which is also a hidden danger.
Claire said softly, "Well, that's all we can do for the time being."
As a result, the village chief began to mobilize the villagers, went back to their homes to get buckets, and gathered at the wells in the village to draw water.
Claire was bored by the river, so he went over to take a look.
The peasant woman is less strong and can only stagger forward carrying the bucket with two hands. The man is stronger and can lift a bucket full of water with one hand.
Claire watched from the sidelines, the more he looked, the more he felt that something was wrong, and his brows wrinkled unconsciously.
The village chief on the side saw Claire's frown, "What's wrong, Lord Viscount?"
Claire touched his nose and looked more carefully. There seemed to be nothing wrong with the village women and men carrying buckets, but he always felt that something was wrong.
After thinking for a long time with his lips pursed, Claire finally found what he felt was awkward.
"Do you usually fetch water like this?"
The village chief was also confused, "Ah? Is there anything wrong with this?"
Claire tilted his head and asked doubtfully, "Don't you have a carrying pole?"
"What is a shoulder pole?" The village chief was also confused. He had never heard of these two words since he was born.
Claire slapped his forehead, and then remembered that the Western world seems to have never used shoulder poles. They are accustomed to carrying them on their heads or carrying them directly with their hands like this.
"It's just a long, flat stick with nails on both sides, and then it can be used to carry water."
Seeing that the village chief was still confused, Claire didn't bother to explain, so he asked Hant to give him his accessories, and he cut out a pole on the spot.
Then he walked up to a peasant woman and handed it over. "Use this thing to carry it."
After a brief demonstration of how to use it, the farmer woman lifted the two buckets according to Claire's instructions. Her expression was full of surprise and excitement. She was a little unsteady at first, but she got better after taking a few more steps.
"This thing is very easy to use. It's much easier than carrying it by hand." The peasant woman explained to the surrounding villagers.
Then Claire asked the accompanying knight to come with his sword, cut out more shoulder poles, and asked Gale Wolf to pull the ox cart filled with buckets and walk towards the farmland that needed irrigation.
Seeing that the villagers were too slow to carry water, they simply walked to the well, cast a spell to draw the water from the well, and poured it into the bucket. This improved the efficiency a lot.
The villagers all had happy smiles on their faces, but Claire's brows still did not widen. The shoulder pole did improve the efficiency a lot, but for such a large amount of water consumption, it was just a drop in the bucket.
And this is only the water problem of one village. It would be better if we were here, and the situation in other villages would probably be even worse.
Water Cloud Beast, who had been sleeping on Claire's shoulder, seemed to feel Claire's emotions and woke up, so he flew up and rubbed Claire's face, and Mental Connection also felt concern.
Claire stretched out his hand and held Water Cloud Beast, rubbing its little face with his thumb, "I'm fine. You can play by yourself first. I'll find you later when I'm done."
Water Cloud Beast floated up again and flew around Claire several times, feeling anxious.
The villagers were surprised when they saw the cloud-shaped Water Cloud Beast. They had never seen such a magical creature before.
Water Cloud Beast's eyes also shifted from Claire to the villagers, and then after flying a few times in the sky to take a look at the situation at the scene, he finally understood what happened.
Finally, it pounced on Claire and stuck to it a few times.
"Okay, okay! You go and play first, and I'll play with you later." Claire advised.
Water Cloud Beast suddenly looked back at Claire, his eyes full of determination, and his emotions conveyed firm belief, and then he fell headlong into the well.
Claire was stunned. Didn't I say I would play with you later? Why did you jump into the well after just a disagreement? Are you a sugar glider?!
Claire quickly stopped casting the spell, lay down in the well and looked inside. It was completely dark in the depths of the well, and he couldn't see what was going on.
Claire condensed a fireball and was about to throw it in to see what was going on in the well, but remembering that Water Cloud Beast was still inside, he crushed the fireball and started rummaging through Spatial Ring.
"Magic Scroll! I forgot if there is Magic Scroll of Light Spell. Who would learn the magic from the church? Who would learn it? Damn it, go back and give Illumination Spell Learned it!" Claire cursed while rummaging around. Generally speaking, the effect of fireball can replace Illumination Spell, so if you are not an adventurer, few mages will learn this useless spell.
As for the church's Light Spell, although it also has a lighting effect, it has more of a soothing effect.
Claire Before he could find the useful Magic Scroll, there was an abnormal sound in the well.
"Rumble!"
"What's the sound?" Claire lay down next to the well, took out a detection spell and threw it in.
"Fuck, something is coming!"
Claire took a step back. Judging from the spell feedback, that thing was much bigger than Water Cloud Beast.
And the sound coming from the well became louder.
Claire shouted loudly, "Everyone, stay back!"
The knights on the side reacted quickly and immediately surrounded Claire for protection. The villagers did not seek death and followed Claire's command to retreat.
"Plop!"
A gray black thing popped up, and a pair of familiar huge eyes looked towards Claire.
Claire narrowed his eyes and looked at the thing in front of him, and also confirmed the identity of the other party from Mental Connection, which was Water Cloud Beast who just jumped.
Water Cloud Beast squeezed out of the well, but instead of rushing toward Claire, it slowly floated up. There were still black clouds pouring out from under the well.
After several minutes, Water Cloud Beast's body was finally squeezed out of the well.
At this time, a dark cloud appeared in the sky, which was the blackened Water Cloud Beast. Claire could feel that the surrounding air had become moist, and then he suddenly came to his senses and understood why Water Cloud Beast had just jumped into the water.
It's just... I've never heard of you having this skill before? Suddenly jumped into the well, I thought you were seeking death. Claire couldn't help but smile.
"Xixixi!"
A drizzle fell from the sky, and the farmers who were working also dropped their farm tools and opened their hands to welcome the falling raindrops.
"Go to the farmland and then get down again, don't waste water!" Claire shouted towards Water Cloud Beast in the air.
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