CHAPTER 218: CHAPTER 214: CONSTRUCTION FRENZY, MARIE ARRIVES (DOUBLE-LENGTH CHAPTER)

He still had three [Blood-devouring Man-eating Flower Seeds] in his hand, and he planned to plant one beside the northern city gate, and the other two at the entrance of the Lord’s Courtyard.

At this moment, Korby, riding the Grassland Giant Wolf, suddenly came running from the east side of the territory.

"Lord, there is a carriage coming from east to west toward our territory. Should we guide or intercept it?"

He reported a situation to Zong Shen.

"A carriage? It should be Marie."

"I’ll go with you to take a look!"

Zong Shen waved his hand, signaling Korby to lead the way, while he followed behind the Giant Wolf, running all the way without falling behind. His agility and [Running] made his speed temporarily comparable to the Giant Wolf.

Upon reaching the west side of the territory, a carriage was approaching at a steady pace, having not been attacked by Burrow Monsters along the way, which undoubtedly indicated it belonged to the Native Forces.

After about seven or eight minutes, the carriage arrived at the city gate and stopped.

The carriage door opened, and the potbellied Master Mars got off first, then turned to assist Marie down from the carriage. Upon seeing Zong Shen, he smiled and also surveyed the territory in front of him.

The Burrow Challenge was arranged by the Lord System; the Indigenous People couldn’t see those Burrow Monsters nor would they be attacked by them, as if existing in two parallel worlds.

Therefore, relying on the Native Forces to resist the Burrow Monsters was simply impossible.

Of course, abandoning the territory and hiding within the Native Forces would indeed ensure survival, but the territory would be utterly destroyed.

Especially the Lord’s Courtyard, which would be completely demolished, causing the lord’s privileges to be permanently lost, thus becoming Free People.

Free People would lose the privileges and conveniences of a lord.

However, it wouldn’t be a dead end, as there would still be opportunities to develop one’s own forces within the Indigenous People, though the timeline might become very long.

Free People, although not as good as Lords, are still much better than being dead.

Now, a very few territories among the Lords have been destroyed, leaving their occupants as Free People. These people can only remain active between the Indigenous People and the Lords in the future.

However, Zong Shen didn’t understand or concern himself with this. Being a Lord was still quite enjoyable, especially as he gradually built and developed the territory, the sense of achievement was simply overwhelming.

After Marie got off the carriage, Zong Shen quickly walked up to greet her.

He first shook Master Mars’s hand, then gently shook Marie’s hand.

Marie’s body was slightly trembling, her gaze somewhat fearful as she looked at the Burrow Monsters wandering outside the range of the Arrow Tower.

Since she had already joined Zong Shen’s territory before, she could see these monsters.

Though she didn’t encounter attacks from monsters along the way, she still experienced some fright.

Heroic Level characters do not occupy Command Value; they belong to independent Heroic Level units.

Zong Shen comfortingly patted her shoulder.

"Don’t be afraid, our territory is very safe."

"Welcome to my territory, Master Mars!"

He politely greeted them and then led them through the unfinished city walls, entering the territory, and then walked through the pasture to the Lord’s Courtyard.

The accompanying coachman stayed outside, tending to the carriage.

When Master Mars passed the pasture, seeing the more than a hundred Grassland cattle and dozens of Grassland sheep, he showed an awkward yet polite smile.

"The Lord’s territory really has quite a few cattle and sheep!"

He suddenly said.

Zong Shen nodded casually.

"It’s alright, these were spoils obtained from Fierce Bandit Calier."

"All these cattle and sheep are spoils from Fierce Bandit Calier. I just brought them back to raise myself."

He spoke earnestly, and upon hearing this, Master Mars found some twisted logic in his words.

Though knowing well that this batch of cattle and sheep was plundered by Fierce Bandit Calier from his pastures, he really couldn’t say much.

After being handled by Calier, these cattle and sheep had nothing directly to do with Mars, these were bandit spoils.

Moreover, with his daughter joining, he naturally wouldn’t say anything unpleasant.

Zong Shen led Mars and Marie to the Lord’s Small Tower, taking a seat by the long table in the hall on the first floor.

He took out the [Crafted Highland Wine] and placed the already cleaned Crystal Wine Glasses, pouring each a glass of wine to entertain them.

After the three of them took a sip of wine, Marie’s fear subsided considerably.

After putting down the wine glass, Mars showed a hesitant look, as if wanting to speak.

"Master Mars, feel free to say what you want."

"There are no outsiders here."

Zong Shen smiled calmly as he spoke.

Upon hearing his words, Master Mars finally began to speak slowly.

"Lord, your territory seems to be in a state of just being established, with not many permanent residents, nor large-scale agriculture and commerce."

"Furthermore, you haven’t obtained the certification from Bang City. Such illicit settlements, if discovered by Bang City, are easily subjected to the cleaning up by the National Knight Order."

"Recently, many people have been establishing such settlements, but none of them are on the scale of your territory."

Master Mars voiced his thoughts, while also providing important information.

That the Native Forces had started to take note of the appearance of the Lords, a situation consistent with the rules adjustment during the previous official period, though due to the geographical isolation generated by the vast areas, the Indigenous People’s response would not be quickly manifested.