The next day, the three orcs woke up from their drowsy state and began to chatter.
"Ah! I've eaten poison!"
"Ah! I'm going to die!"
Ox-Head and Horse-Face clutched their necks as Sid walked over and kicked them in the back.
Are you awake now?
"....."
Ox-Head and Horse-Face looked aggrieved.
"I'm awake now, completely awake!"
"I bet you won't wake up unless you get beaten three times a day!"
The three orcs huddled together, trembling.
What's going on? Sid looks even more energetic than yesterday!
After eating five seaweed rice rolls that increase health, Sid's old ailment has recovered by half. If he eats seaweed rice rolls again today, his old ailment will be completely cured!
Feeling great!
With his old ailment cured, his fighting ability has increased once again.
He flapped his wings.
"Get up and get to work!"
The young lady said that the lord's house was too bad, so she gave him a gold coin. His task for today was to lead three orcs to transport materials to clean up the lord's house!
It's almost the end of the month, and the storm in the City of Mist is about to hit. They need to prepare in advance!
"Hurry up and get to work!" Sid found a whip somewhere and held it in his hand. If these two oxen were even a step slower, he wouldn't hold back with his whip!
Waaaaah~
Ox-Head, Horse-Face, and Deer Antlers hid to the side, sobbing softly. They shouldn't have done it; they shouldn't have been greedy for that bag of gold coins and kidnapped the Earl's youngest daughter!
Before, they were just beastmen with bull's head and horse's face, but now they've really come to serve as beasts of burden!
Waaaaaah~
Sid flew high into the sky and frowned as he looked at the distant sandstorm. Yesterday, the storm was still near the Misty City, but today it had already reached the main road. At the end of each month, the main city would send a crystal, which, when inserted into a machine, would form a protective barrier. All the territories relied on this protective barrier to survive the danger of the sandstorm. And each territory had to pay tribute to the main city every month!
As the newly appointed lord, he will be exempt from taxes and tributes for the first month. He has already placed the crystal into the mechanical barrier, and the safety of the territory depends entirely on this crystal!
But for some reason, looking at the yellow sand swirling outside, he felt a vague unease in his heart!
The lord's house was a two-story building. The ground floor had a reception room and a kitchen, with a small storeroom next to it, and the upstairs was the bedroom.
The total area, including the two floors, is less than 100 square meters. It's not big, but it's enough for Qin Yiyi to live in alone. Her main concern is that someone might steal her rice!
In the wasteland, food is more important than human life!
Sid reinforced the metal sheet and locks of the rice storage warehouse downstairs, and personally emptied the small storage room next to the bedroom on the second floor. He decided to sleep there from now on to protect the young lady's safety, and the rice would be kept there.
He had to protect the remaining five kilograms of purified and separated rice.
Furthermore, such matters cannot be spread. Their territory is only a three-hour drive from Chaos Territory, and if he were to fly, it would only take an hour. If the Chaos Territory were to find out, there would likely be many more thieves in their territory in the future!
After working for most of the day, Deer Antlers decided to slack off. He lay down upstairs. He was originally doing roof protection to prevent leaks, but the Eagle Beastman didn't see him. Hehe, he could slack off now!
He had just lain down when he saw Qin Yiyi holding a whip and beckoning to him.
"Trying to slack off? No way!"
!!
"You're not treating orcs like human beings!"
"Orcs aren't human, it's because you're orcs!"
"!!!"
The antlers, fuming, picked up the tools in their hands, tears welling up in their eyes. Suddenly, they rubbed their eyes. Look, they were so angry they were practically blinded by rage!
How did he see the yellow sand rushing towards him?
It was like a desert giant sweeping towards their small, dilapidated territory.
He immediately dropped his tools and yelled, "Activate the protective barrier! A sandstorm is coming!"
A sandstorm is coming!
Sid flew up and saw that it was indeed a sandstorm. He immediately took Qin Yiyi and walked towards the mechanical arm next to the lord.
Qin Yiyi's expression was solemn as she verified her pupil print, her fingerprints, and then scanned her entire body.
[Ding~Activate the barrier!]
Upon reaching the top of the small building, Qin Yiyi's expression turned quite grim.
"This sandstorm came three and a half days early!"
Generally speaking, sandstorms arrive at most three days in advance, and usually only one day in advance. The early arrival of a sandstorm means that the center of the Misty City is beginning to be in turmoil!
"Can this crystal be maintained?"
Sid didn't speak, but the way he gripped the whip showed he was ready to fight at any moment.
Crystals are generally only enough to last for three days. If they come in large quantities and in a strong manner this time, they definitely won't be able to support us. If they just come quickly but not in a strong manner, then it's fine!
"Look! There are two people in the yellow sand!"
Wow! What a handsome flamingo!
"Wow, this handsome flamingo is actually holding a man in its arms!"
"Damn it! This man isn't me!"
Qin Yiyi was about to pick up the black bread and give each of them a whack when she discovered that the flamingo was moving extremely fast, carrying a huge machine on its back and holding a person as it rushed into the territory.
"They ate food that boosts speed!"
Sid's expression was solemn. Although the flamingo's strength was not as great as the invincible Sid, it was still a formidable opponent! He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to protect the young lady in a fight.
So he spread his wings and prepared to meet this person!
The flamingo immediately responded when it saw Sid approaching.
"I mean no harm. Please allow me to stay in the territory until next month. I will pay you!"
Qin Yiyi quickly went downstairs.
"Everyone who comes is a guest, and anyone who pays is a guest! It doesn't matter how long you stay!"
She quickly gestured to Sid.
"The small inn in the territory is also abandoned. Fortunately, we have some extra materials to clean up the first floor of that inn!"
Hehe! This is the first pot of gold in the territory!
Flamingo breathed a sigh of relief. She carried the peeling machine she had painstakingly obtained from the Misty City, which could separate rice and all other crops that needed to be separated, and her seriously injured brother was in her arms.
She was already no match for this eagle-beastman, and in this situation, she was even less likely to be one.
She immediately handed a gold coin to Qin Yiyi.
"We'll stay for ten days!" Normally, entering the territory only costs ten copper coins on a regular day, but on a sandy day at the end of the month, it costs one silver coin. To show goodwill, she offered ten times the price.
But to his surprise, the little girl in front of him shook her head.
"Our territory charges one gold coin per day for lodging. Since you're our first customer, we'll provide you with one meal a day!"
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