Nate was too tired to speak, so the gatekeeper quickly said to the other one, "Quickly go and bring him a bowl of water." The other one immediately complied and ran to the gatehouse to bring a bowl of water and poured it down Nate's throat.
Nate's throat was a bit better, he immediately struggled to stand up and said, "Quick, urgent report, there is a large scale insect plague in the Ica plains, please help the magicians."
When the gatekeeper heard Nate's words, his face changed. One of them let go of Nate and ran towards the inner fort, while the other supported Nate to walk inside.
People like Nate didn't have the right to enter the inner castle without a notice. At most, he could only deliver a letter to the gate of the inner castle. Then, the warriors guarding the gate would send the message inside. Then, the people in the inner castle would decide whether to see him or not based on the importance of the message.
The warrior guarding the gate helped Nate into the gatehouse and asked him to sit down. Then he asked, "What's going on? Why is there a sudden insect plague? "
Although Nate was tired to death, he knew that the warriors guarding the inner fort weren't simple. Some of them were even Purcell clan's branch descendants. He didn't dare to not answer, so he immediately replied, "I don't know. This morning, a supervisor in my jurisdiction told me that there was a large scale insect plague. Now, a large area of wheat has been eaten. I immediately ran back to report this." Nate nodded and said, "I don't know."
The warrior guarding the gate was named Sa Ding Purcell. He was a child of a branch of the Purcell clan. His grandfather was an elder. The reason why he was assigned to guard the gate was because he was old enough to gain experience. The task of guarding the gate was also a way for the children of the Purcell clan to gain experience. Therefore, he was sent here to guard the gate.
Hearing Nate's words, Sa Ding immediately asked, "When was the insect plague discovered?" As a member of the Purcell clan, he was certainly more aware of the importance of the Ica plains, so he asked again and again.
Nate didn't hide it, so he quickly said, "This morning, everything was normal yesterday. I don't know what happened, but this morning a large number of insects suddenly appeared. I immediately came to report."
Sa Ding frowned as he sat there. He felt that this matter was very strange. As a child of the Purcell clan, he had seen a lot more of the world than Nate. Although he felt that this matter was unusual, he didn't think that it was man-made. In the continent, he had never heard of any kind of magic that could command insects. These insects didn't have any intelligence at all, they acted purely on instinct. Naturally, no one could command them.
Moreover, these insects simply didn't have any fighting strength. Naturally, no one would think of commanding them. In the Ark Continent, strength was everything. If one didn't have strength, then they wouldn't be given a second glance.
Because of this, although Sa Ding felt that this matter was tricky, he didn't think that it was man-made. He just thought that it was a natural disaster.
It wasn't that there hadn't been insect plagues on the continent. On the contrary, the Ark continent was too big. Every year, there would be many natural disasters, such as insect plagues, droughts, and floods, several times a year.
At this time, the warrior who just went to report ran back and said to Nate, "Come with me, the elder wants to see you."
Nate was startled and quickly stood up. Although his cultivation wasn't good, he was now a 4th rank warrior. Moreover, the people of the Ark continent had a much stronger physique compared to the people of Earth. Therefore, after resting for a while, Nate was able to recover a lot. When he heard that the elder wanted to see him, he immediately stood up.
Sa Ding and the warrior who went to report followed Nate into the inner castle. The inner castle was similar to Iron Mountain Fort. Upon entering the inner castle, there was a large training field. Currently, there were a lot of warriors training there. Inside, there was a large hall. This was where the stewards dealt with matters. Around the inner castle walls, there were a lot of houses. These houses were naturally where the warriors who were training lived.
Sa Ding and the other warrior who was guarding the gate led Nate to the front of the hall. In front of the hall, there was already a steward waiting for Nate. Seeing Nate arrive, the steward immediately said, "Hurry up, the elder is waiting inside." Then he led Nate into the inner castle, but Sa Ding and the other warrior didn't follow. According to the rules of the Purcell clan, warriors who were guarding the gate didn't have the qualifications to go inside.
Seeing Nate enter the inner castle, Sa Ding immediately returned to his residence. Because he was a member of the Purcell clan, his status among the warriors wasn't low. He had his own room.
After returning to his room, Sa Ding immediately wrote a letter to his grandfather. Although his grandfather was an elder, he wasn't in Benniu Fort right now. Instead, he was in Casa City. Sa Ding wanted to tell his grandfather about the insect infestation as soon as possible.
After that, he rolled the letter into a small scroll and sealed it with wax. He then took out a wind falcon that his father had given him and stuffed the sealed letter into a small iron tube on the wind falcon's claw. Only then did he let the wind falcon fly away.
The Purcell clan's response was also very fast. After receiving the news, they organized five wind mages and a hundred cavalry to head towards Nate's area.
Zhao Hai and Green didn't know about this. Before they entered the Space, they deliberately entered the windbreak belt. They were afraid that they would be discovered when they left the Space.
The two slept in the Space until the afternoon. After eating the lunch that Merine prepared for them, they went to the living room. Meg gave them some tea. Zhao Hai turned on the monitor to see the situation outside. Merine and Meg rarely went outside these past two days. They were always inside the Space. They were afraid that if something happened to Zhao Hai, they would be able to immediately provide support.
They weren't close to the wheat field, so the monitor could see things within five hundred meters. Naturally, they could also see the situation inside the wheat field.
However, when they turned on the monitor, they were shocked. The wheat field they saw was completely different from the one they saw last night. Last night, the wheat field they saw was still green and full of vitality. But now, the wheat field was completely different.
In the wheat field, they couldn't see any good wheat sprouts. All the wheat sprouts were only left with stalks. After being exposed to the sun for a day, the wheat sprouts were all lying on the ground. At first glance, they were dead. There was no way to see the wheat field from yesterday.
When the two saw this situation, they couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. Although they thought that the destructive power of the insects would be great, they didn't think that it would be so great. In just one day and one night, a good wheat field was eaten up. All the wheat sprouts had withered and died.
After a while, the two recovered. Green looked at the monitor and murmured, "Too terrible. I didn't think that these insects would be so fierce. This time, the Purcell clan is in trouble."
Zhao Hai also nodded. With an ugly face, he said, "I didn't think that these insects would be so fierce. It seems that this time in the Ica plains, I'm afraid that there will be no production." Then he turned to Meg, who was standing behind him, and said, "Meg, tomorrow you tell Ann to stop extracting oil and concentrate on processing the corn. This time, although we have to deal with the Purcell clan, I don't want the common people of the Purcell Duchy to starve to death because of us."
Meg complied. In the past few days, the fruit oil from Iron Mountain Fort had been extracted. There were more than twenty thousand jins of oil. However, the corn processing wasn't much. Now it seems that it would be better to process more corn.
Green nodded his head and said: "It's good to process more food, so that when we need it, there won't be any. This time, if the Ica Plains really have no food production, even if the Purcell clan can hold on, I'm afraid that the entire Purcell Duchy's food price will rise. There are many people who can't afford to eat food, so if we can introduce corn and stabilize the food price, it can be regarded as a good thing."
Zhao Hai sighed and said, "This time, if it wasn't for the Purcell clan watching us, I wouldn't have done this. If we let the Ica plains have no food production, the slaves living in the Ica plains will suffer."
Green coldly said, "There is no other way. If we don't do this, we will be in danger. The Purcell clan will certainly send people to deal with us."
Zhao Hai sighed, looked at the screen and didn't speak. Green also knew that Zhao Hai couldn't bear to do this. He didn't persuade Zhao Hai. In his opinion, Zhao Hai was still young, being able to do this was already very good.
The sky slowly darkened, but Zhao Hai didn't rush to go out. They knew that with such a big movement, the Purcell clan would certainly receive the news. If they went out too early, they might be discovered. They should wait for a while before going out.
Waiting until nine o 'clock, the sky outside was completely dark. Zhao Hai and Green came out of the space. When the two came out, they found a distant fire. It seemed that the Purcell clan was organizing the slaves to exterminate the insects. Fortunately, the two came out late, plus they were in the woods, so they weren't discovered by those people.
The two carefully looked at the distant fire and found that under the fire, there were shadows swaying. Apparently, the slaves were busy. The two didn't look much. Green and Zhao Hai walked to the side of the woods until they couldn't see the fire. Then they came out of the woods.
Zhao Hai looked into the distance and sighed. Then he hardened his heart and began to release the pests in the wheat field in front of him. This time, he did the same as yesterday, releasing a hundred mu of pests. Each seedling had five pests, and the pests' lifespan was still the same as yesterday.
That night, Zhao Hai and Green put more than seven thousand mu of pests in the wheat field. Then they returned to the space. It wasn't that they didn't want to release more, but now in the Ica plains, there were slaves patrolling, which increased the difficulty of releasing the pests.