Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 93 Cutting-Edge Technology
To better accommodate Darmanitan and Flamebringer, Raven specially brought in Ryan's Sizzling Apex, using the old-and-new approach to have it show the newly joined Pokémon around the territory.

After spending this time together, the Fragrant Ape has already adapted to life here.

"Baka~"

It readily accepted the arrangement and led the baboons and the fiery red roly-poly toys on a tour of the place.

The villagers who had gathered around gradually dispersed, as there was still much work to be done within the territory.

As the number of people in the territory increases, the demand for food also grows.

Fortunately, they had harvested a large amount of crops a few days ago and stored them in silos, which was enough to meet the needs of these civilians and Pokémon.

This is what makes the Pokémon world special: resources are abundant, and as long as you cultivate diligently, you can easily obtain a large amount of food.

"Oh, right, Elif, remember to have someone collect the dung from those magical beasts," Raven instructed.

Upon hearing this, Elif was somewhat surprised: "Poop, poop?!"

Raven nodded: "Those magical beasts are fire-attribute magical beasts, and their dung is a rock that can emit high temperatures."

Perhaps it was because the food residue was completely dried out by the high temperature inside the body? Raven couldn't help but wonder.

“I understand.” Although surprised, Elif nodded in agreement. “But, Your Highness, what is the purpose of this excrement?”

The old steward, Elif, knew very well that his lord never did anything useless, so the monster excrement must have some unknown purpose.

Raven hummed in agreement and nodded, saying, "That's right. As long as we collect this excrement in advance, we can use it to keep warm during the cold winter."

Upon hearing this, Elif immediately understood.

"I see!" he exclaimed in sudden realization. "I'll go and give the order right away!"

Elif turned and left in a hurry, while Raven couldn't wait to return home.

Inside the small but cozy wooden cabin, several Pokémon were leisurely staying in various parts of the cabin.

Dratini yawned, curled up on its special cushion. Several Foam Squirrels were gathered around Volcarona's eggs, gently cleaning the eggshells with their tails. Snivy stood at the highest point, dozing off. It only opened its eyes when it heard the door open, looking down at the Pokémon and Raven with an elegant and haughty posture.

"I am back!"

Raven walked to the bedside, and several foam squirrels immediately jumped happily to his side. Raven patted their little heads before carefully examining the egg.

The eggshell has bright red spots and patterns, which are somewhat similar to the patterns on the wings of a Volcano moth.

When you place your hand on the eggshell, you can clearly feel a burning heat, just like a giant hand warmer.

If you put your ear to it, you can clearly hear the heartbeat of the unhatched firefly inside the eggshell, which sounds so healthy and so vibrant.

The only problem is that even Raven doesn't know when the egg will hatch.

Raven was quite looking forward to the birth of the Burning Bug.

A fluffy, warm firefly or something like that would be really cozy to cuddle with while sleeping during a heavy snowfall in winter, right?
"Forget it, there's no use in rushing. Let's see what technologies we can unlock first!" Raven thought to himself.

With a slight thought, Raven displayed the complete tech tree on the panel before his eyes.

Several new branches have appeared after the technologies that have already been unlocked.

[Gathering] → Branch 1 [Basic Fruit Cultivation] → [Advanced Fruit Cultivation (Unlockable)] → [Fertilizer Science (Unlockable)]

→Branch 2 [Basic Herbalism] → [Advanced Herbalism] → [Bandage Application (Unlockable)]

Branch 3: [Toilet (Unlockable)] → [Bathhouse (Unlockable)] → [Irrigation Canal (Unlockable)] [Animal Husbandry] → [Basic Processing] → [Advanced Processing (Unlockable)]

[Fishing] → [Basic Shipbuilding] → [Advanced Shipbuilding (Unlockable)]

[Mining] → [Basic Ore Theory] → [Advanced Ore Theory (Unlockable)] → Branch 1 [Fortification (Unlockable)]

→Branch 2 [Pottery (Unlockable)]

"My current satisfaction level is 2700. Although the next few technologies require 1000 satisfaction points to unlock, it's enough."

Raven's gaze swept over the technologies that were currently available for unlocking.

Advanced fruit cultivation provides methods for planting some rare fruits and tips on how to care for fruit trees, but it is not very useful for the territory at present.

However, it can play a significant role in the subsequent field of fertilizer science.

Fertilizer science unlocks methods for making fertilizers. Applying these fertilizers to crops or fruit trees will result in a bountiful harvest and may also slightly shorten the growing time.

Next are the [bandage dressing], [toilet], and [bathhouse].

Bandage application provides methods for making and using bandages, which can help people deal with some external injuries.

Toilets and bathhouses are technologies related to infrastructure; while useful at present, they are not essential.

The only useful thing was the irrigation canal behind the bathhouse.

This technology can introduce water into farmland through various channels, forming a water network system that covers irrigation, while also effectively reducing the occurrence of floods.

Like fertilizer science, it is an essential technology for any territory.

Raven then turned his gaze to several technologies further down.

Advanced processing skills can unlock food recipes such as cheese and mayonnaise.

Advanced shipbuilding unlocks methods for building advanced ships.

The Advanced Ore Theory provides methods for processing certain special ores. Raven glanced at it and discovered that it even included methods for mining and processing keystone veins.

Keystone... It's a pity that Mega Evolution hasn't been introduced in the Unova region yet.

As for the subsequent construction of the city, it is self-explanatory that it involves building city walls to defend against military attacks.

Pottery provides some methods and techniques for firing ceramic utensils.

Although this technology itself wasn't anything special, Raven saw a very unique technology behind it—a cutting-edge technology unique to the Pokémon world.

[Clay Figurines: Unlocks the crafting methods for clay figurines and clay giants. Requires 10000 satisfaction points to redeem.]

This is……

What are the technologies behind the creation of clay figurines and clay giants?

Raven froze on the spot.

Claydol, a Ground/Ghost-type Pokémon, is said to have originated thousands of years ago, created by ancient people through the molding of clay.

They were created to protect humans and Pokémon, serve as servants and laborers, are extremely loyal to their masters' commands, and also possess a certain level of combat ability.

As far as Raven knew, the reason why the walls of the ancient castle had turret-like bases was to allow the clay giants to fire beams of light.

(End of this chapter)