"You mean that you found this entrance just outside our territory?"
Cloyd looks at the female Grassman besides him.
"Yes milord, we we're tasked by lady Aria and Lucy to dig around the territory."
He nods his head, he knows the personality of his stepsisters.
They hate feeling like they are burdens.
"I find this particular spot to be strange as the evil beasts would avoid this spot."
The Grassman tells her reason for coming out of the barrier.
"You had done a great job! For your reward, you will have a large piece of meat later."
He raised his voice so that the other subjects can hear him.
The other subjects looks at her with envy.
Meanwhile, being appreciated, the girl's loyalty rises by five.
"Good, if you achieve another great contribution, I will promote you as my secretary."
The breath of the girl starts to get hurried as she looks at him with intense desire.
She can't believe that a commoner like her would obtain a formal position.
But right now, she was given a chance and as a person that lived in this realm, she knows just how precious that is.
"I will do my best!" She shouts.
Her loyalty increases by ten and currently, she has the highest loyalty amongst their subjects.
Approaching the hole, he can feel the cold air seeping out of it.
"Lucy, lend me your sword, I'm going down."
His two stepsisters looks at him with hesitation but his expression made them realize that he is determined to go down.
As he takes one step inside, a notification appears on his head.
[Discover an entrance to a fallen kingdom! Please proceed with caution!]
He can hear the voice of the Blue World's spirit on his head.
Taking a deep breath, he continues to descend.
There were torches in the entrance but all of them are extinguished.
Without hesitation, he grabs one and starts rubbing them on the wool as quickly as possible.
Just one tiny spark from it's iron part lights it up, startling him.
He thought that he needs to go faster to scatter the sparks but it seems that it was not needed.
[Name: Torch
Description: A high quality torch comparable to low tier Rank B items.]
No wonder it was able to light itself quite fast, it was of high quality.
He continues to descend while lighting up the other torches.
Finally, he arrives at a spacious space, it was silent.
He frowns as he grips the sword tighter as he continues to descend.
[Arrive at garden of ???]
Hearing this, he was startled, he can't believe that he was in a garden.
He looks around and his expression changes, he can see black trees emitting eerie aura.
He quickly use his (Evolution).
[Name: Death Thriving Trees.
Description: Once a tree full of vitality but undergoes changes after it was filled with death energy.]
[Can be cut for resources.]
His eyes lights up, the latter notification comes from the system.
It seems that he first need to know the object before he can be informed if it can become resources or not.
Taking out his axe, he starts chopping but the sound of his axe chopping resounds in the underground garden.
Suddenly, a face appears on the tree he is cutting.
Without hesitation, he immediately retreats as he checks the monster in front of him.
Name: Cursed Death Tree
Race: Evil Creature/Undead
Level: 6
Tier: 0
Rank: Normal
Skill: Possession
Description: A soul trapped in a tree corrupted by evil energy and turned into a mindless undead.
The tree suddenly moves as it's thick trunk swings at him.
He ducks quickly, dodging the attack but the power generates a gust of wind.
He swings his sword but it seems that the tree is now covered with some sort of energy.
'Tough!'
He was shocked, his hands that were holding the sword is now trembling.
It's like hitting a thick steel beam.
*Swish*
Fortunately, his senses is quite sharp, he dodges the thick trunk with ease and hacks once again.
'This is going nowhere.' He thought.
Realizing this, he turns back and starts running away, the tree seems to be unable to move from it's path.
Coming out of the tunnel, he went back to their territory and informed the three girls about the danger lurking underground.
Lucy hearing about ghosts immediately hugs him.
Scarlet was blushing but she also hugs him, just like his little sister, she is quite afraid of ghosts.
"At least we now have an idea where we can get resources fast, for now, we just continue training."
He advises.
"Right! Brother, your pet has awakened and is looking for you."
Finally remembering about his pet, he looks at Lucy strangely.
"I thought you wish to hold her." He asks.
She pouts.
"I want to but it was afraid of me, I don't want it to be nervous so I put it to the ground to rest."
He nods his head as she brought him near the hut.
Seeing him, the bunny wants to get closer to him but was having trouble with it's injured leg.
"Hey Bun², you're finally awake, are you hungry!"
With his trait, his pet can understand his intention.
It nods it's head repeatedly, making the girls' hearts melt.
Taking out a bread, he feeds it to her, the ground beneath them is corrupted by death energy.
Other than strange plants, it was unable to grow plant.
Suddenly, he recalls something and turns to Lucy.
Maybe they can fix their problem.
According to the system, their control over their territory is near absolute.
With her train and Lord Talent, they might be able to make their territory suitable for plants.
"Scarlet, continue training the three Grassmen, I'm going to check the barrier if there are any wild beasts that I can kill."
He decided not to go out for now.
Just like he expected, in some part of the barrier, some wild beasts were attacking relentlessly.
'These beasts seems to posses no intelligence unlike those two wolves.' He thought.
The direction of where the beasts are is opposite to the direction he traveled.
'As expected my animalistic instinct is still as sharp as ever.'
Bringing out his sword, he attacks the highest level evil beast.
Bun² who was watching at the side was trembling but seeing the evil beasts incapable of reaching them, it becomes braver.
(Tame) Might be a low level skill but buffed by a Lord Talent, it shows unexpected result.
Bun² was too weak to truly show it's worth but it gained massively from the contract.
It's intelligence has increased exponentially.
Digging the dirt using it's two front paws, he shoved some dirt in the eyes of the beast.
Seeing this, Cloyd laughs out loud, he is gratified to see his pet being brave rather than just following it's instinct.
He is a lot stronger than before and he also has a weapon.
It didn't take long before the level three evil beast to be killed.
Without hesitation, he puts his hand dismantled it.
A pile of meat, a skeleton and a couple of teeth were separated cleanly.
"Let's go back."
After resting, they had dinner.
The broken sword that he brought earlier was used to cook their dinner.
The no named girl, who is now called Lucky was sitting near them.
Her piece of meat is clearly bigger than the rest of the Grassmen.
Even bigger than the three potential warriors, making her the object of envy in the eyes of her people.
Name: Lucky
Class: Subject/None
Race: Human/Grassman
Level: 1
Tier: 0
Loyalty: 85
"Tomorrow, I will continue to the direction I was traveling, I won't be bringing Bun² with me, I will leave her ti you, Lucy."
Lucy who was eating with Bun² on her lap, was happy.
The two girls were envious.
"Lucky, I want you to help Aria, the two of you are going to record the entire compound of our territory."
Right now, the only building in their territory is the Lord's Hut.
It was barren but because of his existence, they have meat every day, making their subjects quite happy.
Another day passed by.
The next day, another notification appears on everyone's head.
[Congratulations for surviving the second night.]
[Trading is now available.]
Instantly, like a bomb, multiple people in their regions starts spamming the chat group.
"Who has any food, please spare some for me, I have an elder mother and a young child."
"Please take pity of me, I am a model and I will not forget about your help."
"Help! I summoned three subjects and they are draining my food quite quickly!"
Looking at the chaotic chat, Cloyd can only shake his head.
"Has anyone already procure some wood? I have ten units of meat that I can sell."
As he sent this, the entire chat group instantly turns silent.
Then one by one, everyone starts messaging him, begging for some food, some girls are even trying to seduce him on giving them food.