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Chapter 32 The Uses of the Demon Flame Stone
Loris arranged for two knights to escort Loren back to Sandstone Town.

Xuefu is working in her office.

Seeing Loren enter, he stood up and asked, "Has the Earl returned?"

"Ah."

Xuefu's face lit up with joy. "Are all the Demon Flame Stones in the warehouse ours?"

"Loris has 2000, the rest are ours."

Xuefu couldn't stop smiling.

Just a few months ago, she was struggling with the castle's financial situation, but now she's suddenly become a wealthy young woman.

4000 Demon Flame Stones—she never even dared to dream of such a thing!

"What do you plan to do with these Demon Flame Stones?" Xuefu asked.

Magic Flame Stone has many uses.

The simplest way to handle it is to sell it directly, which Loren certainly wouldn't do.

"What do you think?"

"I think we should use them to train a powerful army of knights."

Loren seemed to be deep in thought.

"It's better to train elves than knights."

Xuefu was taken aback when she heard this, "Raise elves?"

"That's right.

Training a group of loyal knights is not that simple.

We can't possibly recruit people from the Knights Academy.

Elves are different.

With a contract in place, the elves are absolutely loyal.

Moreover, their combat strength is no less than that of the knights.

For example, the thorny elm spirit insect, when used with thorny elm, can capture magical beasts.

After evolving into Great Spirits, they not only become farmers, but also possess combat power comparable to Earth Knights!

"But where did we get so many elves? And elf bugs don't evolve so easily."

Loren nodded. "I'll figure out what to do with the elves. Let's plan the town's construction first."

Shef had been thinking about these things before Loren returned.

"Although we have acquired a batch of Demon Flame Stones, we are still a bit short of gold coins if we don't consider selling them."

"It's okay, we can borrow it from Loris later."

The Demon Flame Stone has many uses, so it's best not to sell it if possible.

"If we have enough funds, our next priority should be to build new housing and construct a road between Shashi Town and Tieling Town."

In addition, I think Lady Loris's previous suggestion was good.

We can transform Shashi Town into a food town.

You can teach the town's residents the culinary secrets you have.

They make money off their secret recipe, and we're adding another tax burden to our system.

The key to developing a small town is to find ways to make money from outsiders.

Besides selling goods, another way to make money was to attract local gentry and nobles to spend money in Shashi Town.

Loren agreed, "Okay, you implement these plans. Contact me anytime if you need anything."

"it is good."

Just as Loren was about to leave, Liz suddenly requested to see him.

"My lord, a knight reports that there seems to be a problem with the crops in the fields."

Is there something wrong with the crops?

Loren had a vague suspicion.

"Take me to see it."

Upon arriving at the farmland, Loren discovered that the pea seedlings adjacent to the area of ​​the Demon Flame Grass were "infected".

These tender shoots turned a fiery red, like the Demon Flame Grass.

This should be the mutation mentioned in the intelligence report.

"Farmers don't need to worry; they can continue cultivating crops as usual."

The peas were planted at the end of August.

In another two weeks, a batch of pea shoots will grow.

Then we can compare the differences between mutated plants and ordinary plants.

"By the way, Liz, summon the knights of Sandstone Town. I have something to ask them."

"Yes."

The six knights arrived at the farm.

Loren asked, "Who among you is responsible for delivering messages to Earl Lorton?"

A knight stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the lord, I am in charge of delivering the message."

"What messages does the Earl require you to convey?"

“The Earl usually sends someone to write a letter inquiring about the situation in Sandstone Town and the Lord. Before replying, Miss Xuefu will confirm the contents of the letter.”

It turns out that Xuefu had already considered the issue of the knight.

"That's good. The same applies from now on. Report news from Sandstone Town as appropriate, and have Miss Xuefu review it before replying." "Yes!"

Perhaps because he didn't value himself much, Earl Lorton didn't care much about the situation in Sandstone Town.

However, it's best not to let your knights know important information like the Demon Flame Stone.

It's always good to be cautious.

In the afternoon, I had knight training with Xuefu, and Loren brought the Magic Flame Stone.

Magic Flame Stones can enhance battle aura and also increase magic power.

Using the Demon Flame Stone, Loren can advance to the intermediate knight rank more quickly.

The method of using the Magic Flame Stone is very simple.

Use breathing techniques to absorb the magic power within.

Looking at the pure magic of the Demon Flame Stone before her, Xuefu felt a pang of heartache. "Loren, it's probably a waste to use the Demon Flame Stone to cultivate with my talent."

In knight training, talent is of paramount importance.

Xuefu has poor knight talent, and even with the help of the Magic Flame Stone, it is difficult for her to advance to Earth Knight.

She felt that using the Demon Flame Stone on herself was less worthwhile than selling it for money.

After a moment's thought, Loren said, "Sherry, how about I teach you a meditation method? You can try to see if you can learn it."

"Meditation?"

"Yes."

Loren didn't mention that one could become a wizard by learning meditation.

After all, the probability of becoming a wizard is very low, and if she fails in her training, Xuefu might be very disappointed.

"This meditation method is very difficult. It's normal if you can't learn it even if you practice it in private."

"Okay, I'll try it tonight."

Loren explained the key points of the meditation model in detail.

"Don't tell anyone about the meditation method."

Xuefu nodded solemnly.

She actually had a vague idea of ​​what meditation was.

Because Loren has demonstrated various amazing abilities more than once.

For example, predicting the birth of a sprite insect in advance, or creating illusions on a music box.

Only legendary wizards could do these things.

Last time Loren said he had magic, Xuefu pretended not to hear.

She didn't want to pry into Loren's secrets.

But this time, Loren actually taught her meditation techniques directly, which moved Xuefu deeply.

Loren naturally trusted Xuefu.

One reason is Xuefu's performance.

On the other hand, the information about Xuefu appears most frequently in the daily intelligence reports.

He knows Xuefu inside and out.

Loren hopes that Shirley will become a wizard, preferably a full-fledged wizard.

Because after becoming a formal wizard, one's lifespan will be greatly extended, and one's appearance will not age.

Unfortunately, becoming a formal wizard is harder than climbing to heaven.

Fortunately, the 4000 Magic Flame Stones gave Loren a lot of confidence.

That evening, Xuefu tried to construct a meditation model, while Loren fed the fairy insects in the house.

Rye, barley, prickly elm, rose, cabbage, and magic flame grass.

He placed the Demon Flame Stone on the table and observed the reactions of the six sprite insects.

The fairy insects feed on magic.

The Demon Flame Stone contains pure fire magic; they might be interested.

The first to react was the Demon Flame Grass Sprite Insect.

It slowly crawled toward a magic flame stone and took a bite.

No bite.

After that, it lay on the rock, absorbing the magic power of the magic flame stone.

Through observation, Loren discovered that the magic power within the Demon Flame Stone was indeed decreasing.

The other insect sprites weren't as enthusiastic.

They had no interest in the magic of the Demon Flame Stone.

Rye worms and barley worms are fighting.

The cabbage fairy and the rose fairy are sleeping.

Only the prickly elm spirit insect stepped forward, took two breaths, and then stopped.

I don't know if it's because they're too lazy, or because the magic doesn't work on them.

At least the Demonflame Grass Sprite Bug is very interested in the Demonflame Stone.

Moreover, it is an elf insect born from a magical plant, and has great potential.

After the Rosefinch evolves, it is very likely to become the second Pokémon.

(End of this chapter)