
The Zadark Kingdom that ruled the entire Black Continent.
The eastern land was the most fertile land within the kingdom. And then, it was also the territory controlled by the Demon Lady one of the Four Cardinal Generals, General Fainell.
Under the command of the Varvatos empire, extensive farming and ranching was carried out on eastern lands.
One of the reasons why this continent was called the Black Continent was because of the darkness of its sky. It was always overcast and covered in clouds, and sunlight rarely shone on the land.
It is for this reason that the foodstuffs developed on the Black Continent are special.
Finally, Nilgiri.
It was a vegetable similar to radish, but it was not radish.
It was a food ingredient that could act as a medicinal herb or as part of a salad, and it had a weed-like life vitality no matter where it was raised. That is why it is actively cultivated on the continent.
Nilgiri exists even in the territory of mankind, but those adapted to the environment of the Black Continent have evolved to absorb magical powers from the soil and from the air and receive nutrients from it.
As a result, the Nilgiri growing on the Black Continent had a lot of magical power.
Even most of the other vegetation, they had carried out an evolution similar to Nilgiri on the Black Continent.
And then, now that the high magic-powered Monsters were systematically increasing the vegetation, their efficacy was increasing even more.
It was a very good thing but .... at the same time, it was connected to the situation plaguing the Eastern Monsters.
“Nilgiri of the fifth plot has escaped ”!
“Oi! I said that everything there needs to be harvested yesterday, right?”
“I wasn't the person on duty yesterday .... wait, they came here!”
Flying over farmland, is a swarm of Nilgiri.
The Nilgiri in the east, when harvest time was too late, they ended up flying by using the magical power they gathered.
Their flying figures while their green leaves sway in the wind, they are reminiscent of brooms flying across the sky.
The figure of the farmer chasing them was also a routine sight.
If the skies that fly Nilgiri are captured and cooked, they can be eaten normally but, they will be processed as parts that will be consumed where they are harvested.
In the past, a proposal wondering whether Nilgiri could be used as a tool for flight appeared, but because they could not be controlled at all, the plan was discarded.
“Damn it, catch them before they run out of magic power! Their value will be further reduced!”
Nilgiri became unsellable with their excess magical power. However, they had superior qualities as they were filled with even more magical power than those circulated to the public.
If too much magical power was absorbed at once, it would cause abnormalities on the body, but for high rank Monsters, it would be a source of nutrients that stimulated their growth.
For that reason, there were also Monsters who came to buy this imperfect product.
In particular, it includes all members of the Four Cardinal Generals, but let's put that aside.
"Send me……!"
The male monster that had a single sword stood in the way of the flying Nilgiri.
The swords that humans possessed had extremely thin blades, and had unreliable properties reminiscent of paper.
“..... HAA!”
Along with that shout of fighting spirit, the blade flashed, and the leaves were cut from Nilgiri's body and fell to the ground.
The man caught them with nimble movements, and piled them on the ground.
“It's perfect ...... It is worth making a special order for this anti-Nilgiri use sword.”
It was a line that sounded like it was at the height of stupidity at first, but no one laughed at the man.
Even if they have special circumstances, goods are goods. They could not make their Nilgiri explode and scattered with magic, nor could they destroy them with blunt weapons.
How to withstand damage to the goods .... it is taboo.
“Fumu, it is a good sword.... Plus, the technique of cutting only Nilgiri leaves is also very good. You are really diligent.”
Hearing those words that suddenly echoed, the hands of the men who worked to bring Nilgiri to the place of sale had stopped.
The one who said that was General Timur Fainell.
Being the single female of the Four Cardinal Generals, she was the secret idol of the Eastern Monsters.
“Fa ..... Fa-Fa-Fa, Mr Fainell!? Why are you here!"
Looking at the Monsters kneeling and posing respectfully, Fainell smiled and replied.
“Ahh, you don't need to stop working. Let's see it later. It seemed that two or three Ringils from the twenty-eighth garden had become monsters. I'll go and break them down.”
“So it happened again ...... Wouldn't it be better to burn the area once to let the concentration of magical power decrease?”
Ringils being monsters meant that they had turned into monsters classified as plant types.
There were also cases where a portion of the plant-type monsters would gain wisdom as the years passed and would evolve into Monsters called Magic Trees.
Even after turning into monsters, the fruits they produced were the same, but since most of them would be treated as special circumstances items, their value would drop.
“Well now, don't say that. That's pretty good like that, you know?”
“Haa ....”
The Ringil Tree that turned into a monster, Fainell would generally talk to them with his fists and make them submit.
He will get them involved in the task of garden administration just like that but.
The fruits of the Ringil Monster Tree were identical to the sky that flew Nilgiri because they were items whose concentration of magical power was too high, but if one was at the level of the Four Cardinal Generals, it would be that one was at the level of the Four Cardinal Generals, that's enough to eat.
Giving all of Monster enough power to reach the domain to be able to feed it was Fainell's secret goal.
If it has to be done, there is no need to go out of their way to throw it away.
“...... The future, yes. That's a rather amused word.”
Fainell muttered that, and pushed the upcoming prediction plan into the corner of his mind.
The eastern part of the Zadark Kingdom.
This land is currently in peace.