◎A farmer's planting experience◎
It was already evening when they returned to the legion camp. Warren did not stay in the camp. After informing everyone that an award ceremony would be held tomorrow to mark the end of the hunting competition, he leisurely rode his Hell Horse to the Demon King's Palace.
Before leaving, I didn't forget to call the goblin.
He now felt that his decision to bring back the goblins was absolutely the right one, because just now, the card system's prompt sound rang again, and he actually obtained two new achievements in one go.
[Achievement: Follower plus one
Comment: Congratulations, you finally got your first follower since taking office - although this follower seems reluctant.
Achievement Reward: Magic Crystal X3]
[Achievement: New Crops
Comment: It doesn't look like a potato, but at least it's edible.
Achievement Rewards: Magic Crystal X5, R-level card [A farmer's planting experience]
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Additional comment: A qualified host should plant vegetables on all the land that can be used to grow vegetables! ]
Not only did he get an extra card that could help the farming plan go smoothly, but with the rewards from these two achievements, he now had sixteen magic crystals, enough to support the next card draw.
Although without the protection buff of the novice period, if you draw cards directly instead of waiting for ten consecutive draws, you will most likely face the bleak situation of all ten draws being R cards, which seems to be a loss if you think about it carefully, but Warren has not found any magic cores in the hunted prey. He can only infer from the heads of the previous demon kings that the magic cores are likely to come from extremely powerful monsters and demons.
If he only obtained the magic crystals necessary for drawing cards through the achievement system, by the time he had accumulated ten draws, the rebel army would probably have already entered the Demon King's palace.
Thinking of this, Warren was not in a hurry. After returning to the Demon King's Palace, he asked the familiar butler Lil to arrange food and lodging for the goblins. He then went to the kitchen to discuss the cooking method of the land fruit with the familiar chef Xiliu.
For a chef like Xiliu who has the lofty ambition of cooking the most delicious food, fresh ingredients that are confirmed to be edible are simply priceless. The inherent concerns of the demons that "only weak demons eat dirt" were quickly dispelled because of their trust in the king.
He held the earth fruit, looked at it left and right, and a stream of magic power flowed from his fingertips to wash away the dirt on the surface. He sniffed it hard, and then tasted it carefully.
"It smells like the sour smell of earth." His face wrinkled. "But the meat of the Voldefire Snake tastes terrible when eaten raw, but it smells very good when roasted. Maybe the Earth Fruit is the same."
Warren nodded in agreement.
Peel off the thin skin of the land fruit, the flesh inside is a lighter pink. Refer to the [Recipe for Fried Potatoes with Meat], cut the land fruit into long strips, pour it into the rock iron pan, and stir-fry it with the Tanmao beast meat. Soon, the light pink land fruit turns tender yellow.
He poured the fried land fruit into the plate, slurping it, fearing that the dish would be unpalatable, so he did not pass it to the devil first, but tasted it himself first, smacked his lips cautiously, and his eyes lit up: "My king, it's delicious!"
Warren's lips curved slightly.
He picked up two thin wooden sticks and, imitating the people who were eating New Year's Eve dinner in the card [Celebrating the New Year with the Fragrant Wax], picked up a piece of ground fruit and put it in his mouth.
It was crispy, sweet and refreshing. When chewed carefully, it had the unique freshness of vegetables, and was tinged with the rich sauce aroma of the beast meat. In comparison, the fried meat he usually ate was inferior.
He could hardly believe that he had made this delicacy himself. He was very excited: "This is the land fruit fried with the Tanmao beast meat. I will try roasting the land fruit alone!"
He strung the fruit on an iron rack and roasted it. After a while, he took out the fruit, peeled off the skin, and handed it to Warren attentively: "My king, please try it."
Warren broke off half and handed it to Xiliu, then took the remaining half and took a bite.
It no longer has the sour taste when eaten raw, and the texture is soft and sticky, but there is no other taste.
Although this is considered to be of upper-middle standard among the many dark dishes in the Demon Realm, Warren still felt a little disappointed compared to the extremely amazing fried meat with earth fruit just now.
Xiliu was still in high spirits. He was so happy that he was jumping up and down while cooking, dancing with joy and fantasizing: "The roasted earth fruit can be paired with the monsters in the Forbidden Plains! The monsters in the Forbidden Plains are not only weird in appearance, but many of them are poisonous. The non-poisonous ones also taste weird, either salty or spicy. They really need food like earth fruit to pair with them!"
"Also, I think we can try cooking the earth fruit with roasted chicken! There are so many kinds of meat, we can try them all!"
Seeing him so happy, Warren couldn't help laughing and decisively included fried land fruit and greedy beast meat in the menu for the award ceremony the next day.
After a busy day, Warren was so tired that he could hardly maintain the noble demeanor of the Demon King. He simply said a few words of encouragement and quickly returned to the bedroom. This time he didn't even draw a card, but fell asleep on the bed.
Perhaps eight consecutive days of hunting had exhausted him physically and mentally, and Warren did not sleep well. The dreams that followed one after another seemed to stir up his soul. When he was finally awakened by the nightmare, it was still late at night.
Outside the window, there is a blood moon in the sky.
The content of the dream disappeared completely the moment he woke up, leaving only some broken fragments that conveyed fear, grief and despair. Warren took a deep breath, struggled to break free from the negative emotions, turned over, recalled the happy things during the day, drove away the muddy fog that shrouded his heart, and soon fell into a light sleep again.
Then he sat up with a jerk, his eyes wide open.
——When discussing how to eat the land fruit, didn’t Xilu say, “Some of the monsters in the Forbidden Plains taste very salty”?
The salt needed in the production of bacon seems to be salty. Is there any connection between the two?
“…”
A series of plans and possibilities flooded into his mind, and he was completely awake.
But it was too insane to wake up the servant chefs from their beds to work in the dead of night. Warren sighed and tried to fall asleep again, but failed. He simply tapped the Demon King's Crown with his fingers to chat with the card drawing system.
"System, you said, since the meat of magical beasts can be eaten, it makes sense that some magical beasts can be used as seasonings, right?"
I don’t know if it’s because I was woken up in the middle of the night, but the system’s response was very aggressive. It was clearly the mechanical sound of a tablet, but it gave off the temperament of a big brother who would fight back if he didn’t agree.
[This system does not provide companion chat service.]
“You were obviously having a lot of fun when you complained to me about the previous Demon King.” Warren retorted gloomily. Seeing that the card drawing system no longer paid attention to him, he had no choice but to give up. He took out the new card he had just obtained [A Farmer’s Planting Experience] and clicked to activate the card.
[A farmer's farming experience
Quality R
Type Information Card
Use: Use this card to listen to how this farmer grows wheat.
The cards introduce different soil types and crops, which can be used as a reference but don’t follow them blindly.]
After activating the card, a vast field appeared in front of Warren.
As a bystander, he listened to the people working in the fields talking about irrigation, plowing, scientific fertilization and seed selection. The old ox pulling the rake gradually walked to the end of the field. The tender green shoots of spring turned into heavy caryopsis in autumn. The steel machines harvested, hulled and dried the wheat with a huge roar. People also walked into the fields with baskets to pick up the missed wheat.
This picture of all things growing, sowing and harvesting is always indescribably magnificent. It is not only the wonders of nature, but also the result of human beings' endless pursuit of knowledge.
Warren read it quietly, took the card back, digested it for a moment, and continued to poke the Demon King's Crown: "That basket looks like it's woven with straw ropes? Can the vines on the Forbidden Plain be woven like that? Can you enlarge the card so I can take a closer look?"
[……]
The system's reply sounded a bit broken.
[This is an agricultural planting technique card! Not a hand-weaving tutorial!]
"But there is neither water nor large trucks in the Demon Realm, and the way soil fruit grows is very different from wheat. We can't use it for a while." Warren spread his hands and said confidently, "I didn't ask you to change the card, I just turned up the picture resolution so that I can see how the basket is made."
Led into a trap by the host's logic, the system was silent for a moment, learned from its mistakes, and decided to trick the host.
[Increasing the clarity of the card image requires 1 magic crystal.]
"System, you actually talk about money. You are not lovable anymore." Warren complained angrily.
He paid a magic crystal, clicked on the card again, zoomed in the picture, first carefully examined the baskets, then his eyes fell on the rakes, shovels and tractors, and even the straw hats on the farmers' heads, trying to remember all of their structures in his mind.
Finally, he was so sleepy that he could not open his eyes, so he put away the cards. He did not use the magic crystal to draw cards, but lay back on the bed. This time he was not disturbed by the dream and slept soundly.
When he woke up in the morning, he had a bowl of mashed potatoes with sauce in his food. The crispy, spicy and sour sauce paired with the soft, sweet mashed potatoes made him salivate. Warren tried not to think about what kind of alien from the Forbidden Plains the sauce came from, and ate a large bowl of mashed potatoes, then went to the Demon King's barracks to host the award ceremony with satisfaction.
He had previously drawn a design based on the platform for the festival celebration in the card [Celebrating the New Year with the Fragrant Flavor of Lax], and had the Dark Iron Dwarves and the Magic Soldiers work together to build a podium with mud and stones in the middle of an open space in the military camp. Now he only needed to stand on the stage, give a few simple words about the summary of the hunting tournament that he had already prepared, look forward to the future, and then read out the ranking of the hunting tournament in public.
The scoreboard engraved with magic words was still placed in the military camp, and the results of each team were clearly visible. The magic soldiers already knew the ranking of their team, but when they heard the Demon King read it out, they had a different feeling.
Especially the teams that were ranked lower, their eyes revealed pure envy when they saw the magic soldiers of Arabella's team celebrating with the gold trophy.
However, despite their poor ranking, the demon soldiers were still in a very happy mood. Even the team at the end only complained a few words, "I should have known not to go hunting in the Forbidden Plains," with smiles still on their faces.
After all, in this era when every demon only has one or two sets of animal skin clothes, helping teammates wash clothes is really a very light punishment. They believe that as long as they train hard, they will definitely turn the tide in the second hunting competition in a month - more importantly, a full granary means that everyone will be able to eat their fill and no longer have to endure hunger and fear. Who can be sad about this!
After listening to the devil's speech, they danced and cheered, holding hands and circling around the podium. The scene was joyous and happy.
Warren was also infected by their happiness and simply gave up the original plan for the team leaders to come on stage to summarize. While clapping to keep the rhythm for the magic soldiers' spinning, he taught them to sing the song he heard in the card [Celebrating the New Year with the Fragrant Laxiang].
"Today is a good day~everything you want can come true!"
The demon soldiers quickly learned this song with a light tune and plain words, and soon they were all happily singing along.
"Today is a good day~ Let's open the door and welcome the spring breeze!"
The author has something to say:
[Celebrating the New Year with the fragrance of basil] Card: You just want to take advantage of me, right? :)
[A farmer's farming experience] Card: It's my turn next TAT
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