Capítulo 62: White River City

Chapter 62 White River City

Author: M_W Cancer

Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral

It didn't take a long time for Leo to finally exit the Yellow Forest, specifically around one and a half hours later.

Looking around the area, he quickly noticed that he had arrived on an unfamiliar road, which he didn't know which direction it could lead to. Fortunately, a wagon carrying some wheat sacks was slowly approaching towards him.

"Excuse me, sir, which city does this road lead to?" Leo asked the farmer.

"To the west is the Will City, and to the east is the White River City. Are you perhaps lost, young man?" The farmer replied and followed up with a question about whether Leo was lost or not.

"Hehehe, unfortunately, I'm indeed currently lost. I just got out of the Yellow Forest..." Leo truthfully answered. There was no use hiding anyway. After all, his appearance could already explain that he just went through a dangerous adventure.

The farmer let out a short chuckle before saying, "I'm Karl! You can ride on my wagon since I'm heading to White River City to deliver my harvest. Hope you don't mind my wagon's inconvenience."

"No, no, no, your wagon is..." Leo suddenly paused, 'the wagon was a... wreck!' was what he was going to say. Fortunately, he was able to quickly pause, or else he would be insulting the farmer's kindness. "Your wagon looks great! Hahaha, no inconvenience at all!" He finished before hopping on the wagon without any problem.

"Hahaha, you don't have to worry, kid. I know that my wagon is a wreck!" The farmer replied as he didn't mind how Leo viewed his wagon.

"Unfortunately, selling wheat this year is not as good as the past years. No one really knows the exact reason why, but someone had said that it was due to the yellow soil of the Yellow Forest spreading around the nearby lands, hence affecting the soil in all the fields of the cities near the Yellow Forest!" Karl suddenly explained.

"What's wrong with the yellow soil?" Leo curiously asked. Based on what he had observed while exploring inside the Yellow Forest, the yellow soil of the forest could still grow plants, although yellow in color, it was still possible to use it to plant wheat and the like. However, according to Karl just now, it actually affects the yield on the fields...

"The yellow soil can indeed grow plants, but it would add a fire element property to those plants that are harmful to Humans. So, every plant that grew on the yellow soil cannot be used immediately. It needed to be refined first to cleanse its impurities. That would in turn cost the farmers more money. That's why, instead of keeping all the harvest, we could only separate those plants planted in brown soil from those planted in yellow soil. Though, it would still decrease our income..." Karl explained as he could only shake his head in helplessness.

"Oh..." Leo replied, finally understanding the situation. So, the harvest that grew on the yellow soil is harmful if not refined, hence they can only dispose of it instead of using money to cleanse the harvest which in turn decreases their total yield.

Along the way to White River City, Leo and Karl continued talking about topics related to farming.

Leo could only nod his head in reply from time to time, though. He doesn't really have any idea how to reply. After all, he doesn't have a lot of knowledge about things related to farming. Although he managed the Heart City, he always left the management of the farmlands to Fatty Ben, since the latter was the Head of the Logistics Department, hence he was in charge of the farmers and any other inventory-related work.

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Near dawn, Leo riding on Karl's wagon finally arrived near the White River City.

Before bidding farewell, Leo gave Karl 10 gold coins because of the latter's kindness and to also help with his current predicament. Even though Karl doesn't want to accept his generosity, he still insists on giving the 10 gold coins.

A while ago, when they were talking, Leo had already understood that the farmers this year, or maybe in the upcoming years, would slowly lose their earnings. As long as the Silver Kingdom doesn't solve the problem of the yellow soil soon, then the farm yields of every farmland near the Yellow Forest will only continue to decrease. Maybe to the point that the Silver Kingdom will start to rely on imports from other nearby Kingdoms. So, the 10 gold coins that he had given to Karl would be a huge help to the latter in the long run.

Walking to the White River City's West gate, Leo could not help but marvel at how beautiful the city was. Although it was still a bit dark, he could already notice a lot of different flowers along the way.

Different kinds of flowers covered almost every inch and edge outside of the White River City. Even from the inside of the city, he could still spot groups of flowers on the corner of the road, making the city's road and its surroundings beautiful and pleasing.

Unlike Honoris City, White River City was different, although both were almost covered by greenery. At Honoris City, plants such as wheat, vegetables, and fruits covered the place. It might be beautiful to look at, but only because all the fields were covered by a seemingly endless amount of plants. On the other hand, the White River city was covered with flowers or trees that have flowers. So, even if the flowers around the White River City don't cover a seemingly endless field like those of Honoris City, the flowers are still something that Honoris City can't compare to their farm plants.

"I had almost missed out on visiting such a beautiful city..." Leo whispered to himself. Throughout the 18 years that he had lived in the Silver Kingdom, he had not yet visited the White River City even once before. Although, he had heard about how beautiful it was from the others that visited Heart City in the past, still, seeing it for himself was different.

The White River City was stunning!

Almost all kinds of beautiful flowers, in different colors and sizes, were around the city, swaying through the wind; The moon that was slowly bidding farewell still lit up all the flowers, which then emphasized the flowers' beauty; and the one they called as a white river, with its water as clear as a mirror, reflecting the reflection of almost everything that passes by or looks at it.

The sight was truly captivating.

Leo, standing at the sight, could only gasp at its beauty.

A while later, Leo quietly shook his head as he put aside the beauty of White River City.

He wasn't here for sightseeing. He still needs to do something really important. As of this moment, Cassandra and the other's whereabouts were still unknown to him. He needs to quickly look for them and finish the mission as soon as possible. Otherwise, something extremely dangerous will befall his group.

Leo was aware that danger was still just around the corner, especially the organization to which that dangerous Magical Knight belonged. Up to this point, he still doesn't have any idea just who wants to kidnap Veronica and dare to offend the Honoris Noble Household. But he had long realized that such an organization should be powerful enough to stand against them if ever their identity is revealed. They had even sent out a Magical Knight to kidnap a person.

So, the sooner his group finishes the mission, the sooner they can excuse themselves from this danger.