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Chapter 217
“Da too well!”
His fate changed after becoma’s Descendant In the past, he lived an unlucky life After becoma’s Descendant, most of the results were positive, no o through hardship everywhere he went? Did he have to accept it just because things worked out well?
Grid suppressed his anger He looked around at all the people before asking, “Isn’t this the kingdoest city? Doesn’t that mean it’s rich? So why are the people in this state? Eh? Were they robbed by a group of thieves or sodoiant woriant worms? What do those monsters have to do with Reidan?”
Lauel explained to Grid, “This is what Faker found out after questioning the ado Reidan was the second largest city after Reinhardt and was called the second capital of the kingdoiant wor the land were so strong that they couldn’t be subjugated with a regular ardoe in resources and supplies, including water
To make matters worse, all types of desert ot so bad that it Reidan was eventually isolated froe-scale support froave up Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their home”
But some people didn’t leave It was due to the circumstances of each people 40,000 people re the rivers and lakes that hadn’t been dried up yet But with their strength, they couldn’t protect the rivers and lakes fro for talent to rebuild the west However, there was no one good except for Earl Ashur, and Earl Ashur couldn’t leave Patrian
“In the end, people were unable to get help frodom and chose the empire They asked the empire to be saved and the empire readily accepted It was a chance to absorb part of the land of the Eternal Kingdohts were the second strongest knights after the Red Knights But it was iet rid of all the monsters in the west
“At this point, the empire had to make a decision In order to obtain the west, they would have to co burden from the position of the empire”
Finally, the empire made a choice
“They will protect the Hebend River directly connected to Reidan from the monsters In return, the people of Reiden will have toto the empire every year They offered that deal”
“It is a reasonable proposal The people of Reidan would’ve had to accept”
“That’s right But the problerew every year”
Thanks to the protection of the empire, the people of Reidan were able to relieve the food shortage through far The econoain after giving their wealth to the eain
“In the end, the people of Reidan reached the point where they couldn’t listen to the demands of the empire anymore The empire withdrew their forces and as a result, there were only 20,000 people left in Reidan They were on the brink of starvation This was the situation e arrived”
Grid couldn’t believe it “Why did the kingdoet rid of the ive them the minimum of supplies?”
“There was nothe foolish people on’t abandon a land that can’t be rebuilt”
It was cold but the right decision At least, Grid thought so “Yes, I understand the position of the kingdodo in Reidan, in spite the circumstances? Isn’t it a simple fix if they just leave?”
“It is unfortunate… 10 years ago, the lord recruited troops to raid the vampire lair Most of the people who didn’t leave Reidan are the fa men conscripted to the vampire raid”
“They don’t knohen their sons or husbands will return so they reht As you know, this world is different from modern society and the reunion of separated faiant woran And Reidan fell in just five ation troops were scheduled to return in half a year, so the families of the soldiers had to wait until then
They waited one year, two years, three years, four years, etc, but the vaation tea in Reidan The result was that 10 years passed 40,000 people waited for the vaave up or starved to death
“They have been waiting 10 years for the vaation team’s return, despite the fact that the troops have probably been annihilated… Blood relationships are scary”
Grid thought that the people of Reiden were stupid, but he also felt compassion It was because his family probably would’ve made the same choice if they were in the same position as the people of Reidan
“The conclusion is that the former lord is a stupid jerk? Why did he try to clear the vaiant worms appeared, the vampires were the only threat to Reidan The vampire lairs are somewhere in the west and the vampires often used the people of Reidan as their food The former lord made an unavoidable decision”
Vampire Duke Marie Rose Grid recalled the vampire that he met in the past on the way to the pope and shuddered
“…Are the vampires still active these days?”
“No Vaed in the west Considering the strength of the vampires, they wouldn’t have been wiped out by the monsters So it is possible that they turned the monsters into their food source”
“That is lucky Um… So? What should I do next?”
Lauel answered instantly as if it were obvious, “We need to focus on clearing the fields”
“…”
In the nine days of Grid’s absence, the Overgeared members defeated the monsters around Hebend River and connected the ays to the fields Noas a beautiful sight because they worked hard with the people to clear the fields
“Labor is good The sight of the people sweating while working is beautiful” But Grid hated doing it “I am the duke yet I have to work in the fields with the people? Isn’t this too ed at Grid’s obvious dislike