Leech chatted with Pine, the "Golden Stallion," as they rode on horseback.
Leech had assigned the horse, Carrot, to Red Rose, and the three of them rode abreast.
"This place has changed so much!" Red Rose exclaimed.
She still remembered when she came over a year ago, this place was just muddy fields, where wagon wheels would leave deep, clear tracks.
The people were sallow and emaciated, dressed in tattered rags.
They lived in dilapidated mud houses.
At the time, Red Rose had thought the place was no different from a ruin.
But not much time had passed, and the entire Porcupine Territory had been completely transformed.
They had actually built a pier here. Although it couldn't compare to the massive port of East Port, it had definitely opened up a trade route.
Stone houses had been erected one after another, along with strange chimneys that constantly belched smoke.
The ground was also incredibly flat—even flatter than the stone-paved streets of East Port!
