Ash used his teleportation Jutsu to throw the dead body of Sword Orgin in front of Purcell Clan mansion, which now had turned into a huge pit. Ash did this to make the Purcell clan know that Ash didn't die in that explosion. Ash wanted to get the Purcell Clan's attention. Which could help Anderson clan grow in blackwaste without any interference.
Ash sent a shadow of his to Robert's clan territory. Robert clan was one of the 4 main old noble clans of Purple Star empire. After the king, they were the most popular clan of Purple star kingdom.
Robert clan also played a big part in destroying Anderson clan. They also took a majority of Anderson's clans assets. Like Miller clan, Robert clan also had three 9th rank experts.
Meanwhile, Ash went to Llica plains.
The Llica plains are so huge, some say it even exceeded a million mu (1m mu = 666,6 km²). To encircle such big lands definitely require a large amount of resources. However the plains are special, there are no aristocrats nor common people only the slaves of the Purcell's family and their soldiers.
Outside the Llica plains is a wind breaking barrier. This barrier is made out of tall thick trees, thorn vines, and 'crown of thorns'. These two types of plants are very common in the Ark continent, they are used as sort of protection. Even though their defense is low it's still capable of holding against low leveled Magical Beasts.
But for Ash, he easily entered Llica plains and used transformation Jutsu to change his appearance into a normal citizen.
Naturally to cultivate a land as big as the Llica plains it needs at least several hundred thousand workers. But in reality there are over a million slave in the fertile land! a million slave ! That's comparable to a medium size town. In other words the Purcell family have a medium size slave town!
The Purcell family is one of the powerful families in the Purple Star Empire. No wonder they are not afraid of exterminating the Anderson family.
The old king wanted powerful families as his loyal vassals, however the Purcell family only pursued benefits. On the other hand the Anderson family was like a blade in his hand. if it wasn't for the pressure from the senior king the Purcell family would have never accepted the marriage engagement
Rihanna was the finance of Ash. She was the daughter of Ivan. Rihanna methods were inpatient, gaining the agreement of her grandfather, she sent scouts to the Black Wasteland to report the state of the Anderson Family, and incase Ash was still alive she wanted to kill him. But she never thought that Ash would retaliate and summon an insect plague.
Insect plague is one of the power of the space. It can create powerful and deadly insects which can eat the crops and ruin everything. Each insect has a life span of certain number of days according to host choice. The insects won't die until their life span is over. Even if they are killed, the insects would simply resurrect themselves and start to eat again.
As he Entered the Llica plain, Ash was shocked, he was born in north of China, which had many plains, but the population of China was huge at that time, you could see loads of people. But on the contrary here, you could only see the rolling green waves of immature cereals, you simply cannot find people, cannot see houses, cannot see the trees, that scene could be described as shocking.
"This is too beautiful, too magnificent, I haven't thought that such a scenery could be forged from planting."
Ash recovered and said "This is nothing, as time passes we will also turn the black wastelands to something more beautiful than this."
The Black Wasteland land, compared to this plain, is way bigger, if it improves, they possibly will have a scenery more chocking than here.
Only slaves lives here In the Llica plain. On the other hand, the plain has many villages most of them has houses with thatched roofed huts, those house are occupied by slaves, and it seems like a steward is looking after them. There are dozens of slaves which are distributed throughout the plains, passing their life serving the Purcell family.
However Ash also noted, the life style of these slaves compared to other slaves outside the place is luxurious, they eat flour baked foods, and their clothes are also complete. Unlike slaves elsewhere, they are not divided into teams, but they are put in families, if it wasn't for their branded bodies they would look like common people.
The Llica plains produce most of the Purcell family's food. Therefore, if the Llica plains never produces again, there will be a huge pressure on the Purcell family due the shortage of food.
There will be a disaster, who will be in the bitterest situation? It will not be those nobles, who are rich, but it will be those ordinary people. So if the Purcell Duchy have a shortage of food, then those common people will be miserable, perhaps as time passes they will start eating each other's flesh.
Ash truly hates the Purcell family for causing him such trouble. But he isn't ready to carry the burden of countless deaths of. Innocent slaves. A food shortage doesn't sound like a serious problem, but in reality it's the worst.
Moreover Ash has also thought that if he solves the Purcell family food crisis with his planted corn, he will not only gain a lot of money, but he can also promote the status of Ch'ang O in the heart of the Markey family.
So naturally if Ash wants to make an appearance through corn, then he must only sell it to Ch'ang O so she can gain a lot of authority in the Purcell family and her natural position in their hearts would be increased.
Ash were standing the Llica square, he passed many villages but they still could see common people. These people have given their fertile lands to the Purcell family and could only scrap whatever they could from the barren lands surrounding the Llica plains. And naturally their living difficulty increased many times.
The common people can't go into the Llica plains; first because the army of the Purcell family usually patrols around the borders, second because of the wind breaking barrier.
Currently Ash were standing outside the barrier. It seems the most fragile part of the barrier was at least 100m wide.
Actually, this is in fact what Ash had imagined it to be, just like in the Black Wastes. Ash would never send anyone to manage them. Rather, he would let the slaves build villages and let them restore their identity as normal civilians.
It seems like the Purcell clan also understand this concept. To get the horse run, you have to let the horse graze. Give the slaves a better life than other slaves, let them build their own families, and let them reproduce. In fact, even if the Purcell clan is a respected and big clan, it is impossible to buy several hundred thousand slaves each year to supplement the need for workforce. Instead then, they let the slaves increase their number by letting them get married and have children. Since those children are born from slave parents, these children are also slaves already after being born.
Ash saw several small villages, didn't observe them much as they have an important matter to do first.
Ash chose a location far away from the villages and stopped. He has not yet attacked using pests and would like to see what this ability can do.
Ash slowly raised his Ghost Staff and whispered "Cast Pest".
Immediately, the Ghost Staff sent a projection in front of Ash. Then the voice said "Please select the host cast area, 1 acre, 10 acres, 100 acres"
Ash immediately understood what it meant and chose 100 acres. The projection didn't disappear after, instead changes pictures and the voice said "Please select the cast density, one (per plant) two (per plant), three (per plant), four (per plant), five (per plant). " Altogether, five options.
Ash thinks, looked at the crops that looked like wheat, with a heavy heart, chose the highest per plant, which is five.
Ash thought he has finished up, has not thought that again the images on the projection changes and the voice said: "Please select the duration of survival of the pests, a day, ten days, a month".
Ash immediately choose a month, the voice didn't said anything after and then the projection vanished. Instead, a yellow light comes out of the Ghost Staff, it flashed and disappeared. Then Ash heard rustling sounds coming from the wheat fields in front of them. They looked down, in their hearts, they feel scared.
The wheat field in front of them, on each wheat has five large insects, desperately chewing the wheat.
Ash looked at the scene, their scalp tingling. They did not think that these pests can eat up the wheat so fast.
"Cast Pest" function, which in front of us attacks the 100 acres field, in which 5 pest is on each wheat plant".
I want these pests to eat all the wheat in the Ica plains".
Ash jumped across the hundreds of acres of field while casting pests all over, then continuing to the next place.
Ash's hate for the Purcell clan was as thick was blood. The debt of blood must be paid with blood. The Purcell clan have betrayed the Anderson clan. They have tried to kill Anderson and Ash. They also spread bad rumors about Anderson clan. Most heartbreaking fact is that, Ivan used to Ash's father's best friend yet he let his best friend die and attempt to kill Ash as well.
Ash didn't know the total area of the ruined wheat fields. He casts pest all over the field in an orderly manner, starting from the woods, letting the Purcell clan think that this pests are a natural in the area. In the end he used his shadows to teleport to different locations and cast pest.
Ash had marked all of shadows, so he can always teleport to their locations. This is a very convenient method of traveling between two places. Like, Ash sent a shadow to Queenstown city and teleported there as he had marked his shadows before.
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Name:- Ash Anderson
Wealth:- 20.9 million BCG
Chakra reserve:- mid ANBU rank
Powers:-
Crystal release
Tenseigan
Rasengan
Shadow Clone Jutsu
First five gates of the eight inner gates
Ruler's Authority
Shadow Extraction
Shadow Preservation
Shadow Exchange
Monarch's Domain
Longevity
Immunity
Detoxification
Tenacity
Immense amount of strength
All versions of Chidori
Lightning Release Chakra Mode
Wood release
Flying Thunder God
Hell Stab
Total number of Shadows:- 13,220