Goblin Kingdom (Part 1)

Goblin Kingdom - Volume 2: Chapter 148: The Distant South

StatusRaceGoblinLevel72ClassKing; RulerPossessed SkillsRuler of the Demon Children of Chaos; Defiant Soul; World Devouring Howl; Sword Mastery A-; Dominator; King's Soul; Ruler's Wisdom III; Household of the Gods; One-Eyed Snake's Evil Eye; The King's Dance at the Edge of Death; Magic Manipulation; Soul of the Berserk King; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Warrior's Instinct; Blessing of the Underworld Goddess; Guided OneDivine ProtectionGoddess of the Underworld (The goddess)AttributesDarkness; DeathSubordinate BeastsHigh Kobold Hasu (Lv77); Gastra (Lv20); Cynthia (Lv1); Orc King (Bui) (Lv82)Abnormal StatusBlessing of the One-Eyed Snake; Protection of the Twin-Headed Snake

After running some tests, we finally found out what was causing the seeds to die.

The soil is bad.

It was something very simple, but it had taken us a lot of time to realize it. Now that we know the cause, we can start solving the problem.

The soil was the problem, so naturally, we should try changing it.

There are trees and plants growing around the fortress, but they probably have some sort of resistance that the praya seed doesn't have.

The miasma surrounding the fortress had gotten much thinner, but it seems it's effects lingers yet.

This won't be easy to solve.

Transporting soil from elsewhere is going to take a while, and if the miasma affects the soil, everything could end up being for naught.

At some point, I wondered if maybe the seed was the problem, but after realizing just how many of its kind grew in areas away from the fortress, I realized how faulty of a hypothesis that was.

I guess the soil is really the culprit, after all.

The demihuman manager and I racked our heads for a solution, but in the end, what solved our problems was a coincidence.

The soil-eaters (mole) Gi Gi had brought back, couldn't only be found in his village but everywhere around the Fortress of the Abyss. With these critters, it was possible to have them eat the soil of another land and then have theme excrete it elsewhere.

Now that I've experienced it for myself, the gift of the goddess of wisdom was indeed just like a flash of lightning.

The miasma could affect soil, but what about something that has been excreted?

The demihuman manager and I immediately put our hypothesis to test, and to our surprise, the praya seeds started growing at a frightening rate.

Perhaps it's because the soil is the possession of the god of earth, but something that has been excreted belongs to the god of poop... Only, there's no such god. At the very least, I've never heard of one.

The influence of the gods is indeed a troubling thing.

"Your master seems to be quite popular," I sarcastically said to the snakes in my two arms.

The living detest the dead, though they only do so because of their ignorance.

So Verid says, but as far as the world is concerned, believing in things one can't see is even more foolish.

Even if the world can understand some of it, the only ones who have the leisure to think of such things are those who have no trouble filling their stomach.

"Is that your opinion as someone who doesn't have to worry about feeding himself?" I asked.

The time to live for ourselves has long passed. Now, all that awaits us is death for our master.