Black soil swamp.
It is not appropriate to call this swamp the Black Soil Swamp, because the swamp is full of ancient trees that block out the sun. The trees here are much taller than those in the Spirit Vein Forest... so tall that when you look up, you will have the illusion that it is a building made of trees.
Below the huge ancient tree is a muddy swamp, and who knows what kind of dangerous monster lives in the swamp.
But even in this kind of swamp there are some flat lands suitable for reclamation and normal roads. The Wasp Knight and the Wolf Knight jumped on the branches of the ancient trees in the swamp and moved forward quickly.
They set out directly from the Spirit Vein Forest, riding on the best flying mount in the village given by Jiang Qiao, and risking being chased by a bunch of flying lord-level monsters, they crossed the Crystal Land and arrived at the Black Soil Swamp on the other side of the Crystal Land.
The journey took about two hours. Now the Wasp Knight and the Wolf Knight were walking on the branches of the ancient trees in the Black Soil Swamp, searching for... lord-level monsters suitable for exorcism.
The Wasp Knight was feeling a little nervous today, because today was the first time she communicated with the Wolf Knight after his self-awareness gradually recovered.
"Ulysses... Has your memory recovered a little now?" Wasp Knight asked Wolf Knight while jumping on the trees.
It was only last week that the Wolf Knight gradually recovered his self, but his memory was obviously damaged by the corrosive force. Now the Wolf Knight can only barely recall who he is, but all his memories of getting along with the Five Knights are in a state of forgetfulness.
But he remembered his cooking skills and fighting instincts clearly.
"Troy...I'm sorry, but none of what you said registers in my mind. My memory only stays on serving Queen May."
There was an apology in the Wolf Knight's voice. These things were secrets that they would not discuss in front of others. They were secrets that belonged only to the two of them.
"It's okay. I'm confident that you'll fall in love with me a second time."
As the Wasp Knight was saying this, she suddenly stopped, and the Wolf Knight also stopped and crouched down in tacit understanding.
The Black Earth Swamp is the second smallest of the seven areas on Brand Island, the smallest being the Crystal Land in the center.
With the speed of Wasp Knight and Wolf Knight, they can see the beach area outside the ancient tree forest of the Black Soil Swamp in the blink of an eye.
This area is the most fertile area in the Black Soil Swamp... On the other side of the beach is a flat fertile land, and on this fertile land... a small town has been built at some point.
"Town? The agent didn't tell us that there are indigenous people here." Wasp Knight crouched on the branches of the ancient tree and looked at the town under construction below.
This town seemed to have been created out of thin air, and it was extremely large. Wasp Knight estimated with the naked eye that there were more than two hundred people in the town.
But the clothes of the people in the town were very uniform, all pure white prison uniforms... Several soldiers in armor were shouting at those people in prison uniforms to go to work in the town.
On the surface, it looked like a slave town, but the residents, dressed in prison uniforms, had no shackles or anything like that.
"You should feel lucky! You who were infected by the plague of crystal disease should have been sent to the gallows, but the empire gave you a chance to live! You are free to explore this island, and these buildings brought by miracles will also belong to you!"
The leading soldier stood at the highest point of the town and shouted at the residents below who were wearing prison uniforms.
The Wolf Knight wanted to touch the Wasp Knight's shoulder, but the Wasp Knight grabbed his hand directly.
"I saw it. This is my job." Wasp Knight knew what Wolf Knight wanted to remind him.
In the distance of the coastline...there are three steel-cast ships. These three ships are not warships, but ships used to transport personnel.
Batch after batch of prisoners were transported from these three giant steel warships to the outskirts of the Black Soil Swamp on Brand Island.
The Wolf Knight did not answer the Wasp Knight, but handed the Wasp Knight a book. This book was the novice tutorial that Queen May had used before, and the Wolf Knight directly turned to the page of the Brand Island projection.
"Regional assimilation value... This is an index that the agent cares about very much." Wasp Knight glanced at the assimilation value of Brand Island.
Ever since the army from some unknown country led... this group of people infected with the Crystal Disease to land on this island, the assimilation value of the Black Soil Swamp area instantly rose to fifteen.
"Maybe we can kill them all?" Wasp Knight was thinking about countermeasures. Although she would not act as intimate with Jiang Qiao as she did with Queen May, she would still listen to some of what Jiang Qiao said.
For example, for the two main missions on Brand Island, Queen May orders the Wasp Knight to assist the Holy Spirits to complete them, and the Wasp Knight will go to help.
Now killing all the crystal disease infected people in this town is undoubtedly... helping the Holy Spirits complete the second assimilation value task.
The Wolf Knight shook his head and pointed at the sculptures that were erected in the town. All of these statues rose from the ground.
This scene made those infected with the crystal disease kneel on the ground and shout it was a miracle.
"Remember! It's not any one god in this world who will save you, but all gods, Mother Earth, God of War, Goddess of Shadows, God of Sun, God of Flowing Water, God of Dark Flame... Any god you worship will give you gifts, and you can live comfortably on this island. Disasters, hunger, cold, as long as you are pious enough, these have nothing to do with you."
The leading soldier shouted loudly, and those crystal disease infected people who received food and clothes knelt on the ground and prayed to a certain god even if they did not believe in God.
This is definitely the best outcome for their displaced lives.
What Wolf Knight wanted to remind Wasp Knight was not that these praying Crystal Disease refugees were innocent, but... those statues that rose from the ground of the town, one or two of the statues turned their gazes towards Wolf Knight and Wasp Knight who were crouching on the branches of the ancient tree.
"The gods of this world have noticed our existence, or... just a few gods." The Wasp Knight had actually sensed their sights a long time ago and said that he did not need the Wolf Knight's reminder.
If Wasp Knight rashly goes down to massacre those infected with the Crystal Disease, the result may be... the gods who built this city will jump up and fight with Wasp Knight.
This is the outermost layer of Brand Island. Although the gods cannot enter the depths of Brand Island, they have no problem using any means to attack the Wasp Knight and Wolf Knight in the outermost layer.
Wasp Knight is the chosen one of the God Eater God, and can be considered a demigod like Queen May. Wasp Knight has never tried whether the demigod of the God Eater God can defeat the gods of this world, and she does not want to try it rashly.
Because this will disrupt the agent's layout.
"We will record the intelligence about the Black Soil Swamp and pass it to the agent to see...what he decides." The Wasp Knight finally chose to be a qualified spy. She felt that Jiang Qiao had so many clever ideas and should be able to think of a way to 'fairly compete' with this... town built by the gods.
PS: I will continue to update four more chapters tomorrow~
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