The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 8: The Moon of Satan (Part 1)

If Roland wanted to develop his territory well, he would have to establish strong roots in this place.

Although this land was a desert, it could be easily reclaimed, when its territory was too small, it could be expanded outward, he said,

but all talk is useless if people don't want to stay.

If they could be forced to leave a piece of land at any time, then who would be willing to buy it?

Who wants to increase production?

After the assistant minister left, Roland called Knight Commander Carter and ordered,

"Gather your people, go and find some guards, hunters, and local farmers,

they must have stayed here for over five years, and experienced the Demon Months. If there was someone who could fight, it would be even better."

After the knight saluted and left, Roland rubbed his forehead, continuing to look at the data gathered by the Assistant Minister.

The main exports of border towns come from mining and hunting, and most of the imports are foodstuffs.

Everything will be transported through Longsong fortress or directly through Chishui River in Willow city.

Mining exports contain all kinds of minerals, such as iron, copper, sulfur, stone crystals, ruby, sapphire... This is completely contrary to the concept of the follow-up mineral.

He thought of what Anna had told him, that the Northern Mine had been rumored to be an unknown underground lair,

as of now there is no proven mining base and it is also unknown how many forks the mine has.

The minerals exported by the city were not paid with the royal gold royals, but rather were paid with arriving groceries.

It stands to reason that, since gems can be considered a luxury at a high price, the,

that in the last five years these border towns could store surplus grain, but in the end there was no surplus.

In other words, the annual output of border city mining was only enough for the annual ration of two thousand people.

Before the prince arrived here, the border town was ruled by the duke who also took over Longsong fortress, and he had arranged this arrangement.

In his viewpoint, he could save food and have a warning for monsters.

The fur trade was part of the local population's own income, they ventured into the western forest, hunting some birds and other animals, and so on,

maybe sell it to |Longsong Stronghold, or to the residents of the small town of Willowleaf.

Therefore, there will be no transactions carried out in the border city so no taxes can be levied.

Roland thought, ever since he came, it could not continue like this; minerals could no longer be paid for with food.

The Chishui River flows through the entire kingdom, and traffic is unobstructed.

There are transportation arteries, even if we no longer buy food from Longsong Fortress, there are still other places to provide it.

This was all built on the premise that he could stay here in Border Town, blocking those damn monsters.

Carter worked quickly, the next day he had found two local guards and a hunter and reported,

"These two men from the city patrol, each year they are responsible for lighting a flare.

The hunter said that he and the devil had crossed the road.

he came back with the head of the demonic beast, which he cut off with his own hands."

The three people bowed simultaneously.

Roland nodded, allowing them to stand up; one of them stepped forward to speak.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty", the first guard to be summoned, was too nervous to speak clearly,

"Brian and I. These are the guys, uh... When the snow starts to fall ,

we're... We're going to the north slope of the mining area.

It was the first possibility.it was the first point to see the movements of the demons,

if they cross in large numbers..

we'll hide ourselves in the woods...

light a fire, from childhood..

The road we're about to cross on and the boat is pre-prepared..

then we leave."

"Because the two of you are together, let your partner answer him", Roland covered his face to hide his disapproval,

"Devil beasts, can they be killed?"

"Your Majesty, it should be.

They were just ordinary animals in the forest, but through the influence of the evil poison they became maniacal and ferocious, but they could still be killed.

Every Demon Moon in the past, Longsong Stronghold would send cavalry, clearing the land from the fortress to Border Town from the remains of demon monsters.

"Demon month lasts how long?"

Roland asked.

“Numbers two to three months..dependent on the sun,” Brian said.

"Depends on the sun?" Roland asked

hesitantly, "Yes," the guard explained, "Your Majesty came to this town not long ago, so you don't know.

In this Border Town, once the snow starts to fall, it won't stop, until the sun shines again, then the snow will disappear."

"So the snow signifies the end of the Devil's Moon?" Roland remembered that at least in Graycastle it wasn't like this,

basically the next day will end with snow, also the sun will look different.

"Serist like this, the longest time I experienced the Moon Devil was two years ago, which lasted nearly four months, many people were starving."

"Why, shouldn't the grain reserves in Longsong Fortress be large enough to support the city?" Ask Roland.

Brian's face became a little angry, "That's enough.

But Reynolds, the city administrator responsible for managing such things stated that the amount of ore and minerals mined was only enough to buy food for three months,

for the fourth month we have to send a new shipment of ore. But Moths

The devil's not over yet, we can't leave the fortress."

"So that's what happened .. I get it."

They just alienate the fools.

If Longsong's stronghold treated the people living on this border with warmth like the spring breeze, the border guards would most likely want to stay and not leave, he said,

but at this moment it seemed that the group of people behind Longsong's stronghold was not the kind of benevolent one.

Roland gestured for the last person to answer, while inserting the administrator's name into his heart.

The third person looked bold and strong, with a height of over 6 feet making Roland feel a great pressure.

Fortunately, he advanced on his knees. "You said you killed the animal?"

"Yes sir" his voice was low and hoarse,

"pork species and wolf species."

"Species"?

" repeat Roland, "what do you mean?"

"This is the name of a demonic beast, Your Majesty. The more ferocious the variation of the previous animal, the more difficult it is to deal with the variation afterwards.

And they will emphasize the superiority of the body. Wild boar, its back feathers will become very hard, even within 50 yards it will be difficult to injure it with arrows.

The wolf species became more cunning, its running speed became incredible, in order to kill it, you need to set a trap in advance."

"The stronger will become stronger and faster even faster" Roland nodded when he heard this,

"But they're still animals."

"Indeed, but they're not the most terrible kind of enemy" said the hunter

up here and there he had to gulp his saliva, before he could speak any further, he said,

"The worst is a mixed species."

"They are demon incarnations, only hell is capable of creating such monstrous monsters. I've seen hybrids.

It not only had a powerful limbs-like beast, but on its back there was even a pair of large wings, which allowed it to fly short distances.

. And he always knew where I was, no matter how hard I tried to hide, he could always detect me. It doesn't hunt its prey, Your Honor, it only seduces its prey."

The hunter Liehu lifted his clothes, revealing a large scar extending from his stomach to his chest as he said, "I lost consciousness and fell into the Chishui River, I was lucky to be able to survive."

"Such monsters exist," Roland felt that—

The world became more and more like a fantasy; a strong wall could block all kinds of ordinary demonic beasts, but if they could fly, what would he have to do?

"Mixed species should be very rare, right?"