From Baron to Lord

But he couldn't help his heart racing.

What had he just seen?

A Demigod's Heart?!

No wonder the system only rewarded him with 100,000 experience points.

Just for the words 'Demigod,' this was definitely a huge win!

Chapter 268: Harvesting the Demigod's Heart, Species from Another World (3)

After purchasing the species last time, Allen had 3.8 million merit points left.

This made him think he still had a fortune.

He was even thinking that after his transcendent building was completed, if the effect was good, wouldn't unlocking some intermediate buildings be great?

But he was wrong, very wrong.

The system was, of course, very considerate, providing whatever he wanted in minutes.

But, given the current situation…

To say this item was expensive, honestly, it was indeed expensive. The money to buy four dragon eggs could only buy one disposable item.

Wasn't this the same as sticking a straw into Allen's heart and sucking blood?

But this thing was indeed something Allen urgently needed right now.

Because with his power, he couldn't even touch the level of dimensional space.

Not just him, even the dragon Saffie hadn't touched this level.

They still needed to grow.

So this item seemed extremely expensive. "Disposable, huh…"

Allen gritted his teeth and chose to buy it. There was no other way. If he didn't solve this problem, Allen's Duchy would probably become a desert country in no time.

Moreover, the value of the words 'Demigod's Heart' alone made Allen feel like it was worth it.

"The Lord's expression is so solemn, could it be… could it be he's going to perform a miracle again?" Bacchus said in a low voice, looking at Allen with an adoring expression.

The next moment, everyone was stunned, not knowing where Allen took out a seemingly ordinary net-like object.

Then, a magical thing happened.

The net in Allen's hand was thrown by the young Duke, and the next moment, the net immediately disappeared, with only a thread tightly held in Allen's hand.

The next moment, the noble Duke exerted force with both hands, and immediately the originally disappeared net-like object reappeared in front of everyone.

"Oh!"

Bacchus opened his mouth wide, dumbfounded. Although he didn't know what Allen was doing, it looked… amazing.

Inside the unremarkable net-like object was a fiery red thing that looked like a heart.

"Thump thump!"

The Demigod's Heart beat twice, the sound extremely powerful like muffled thunder. The next moment, a scorching and terrifying power swept out.

Allen immediately flipped his hand and put it into his inventory.

The inventory could hold any inanimate object, and it could also directly erase the life of living things, turning them into inanimate objects.

Allen didn't care whether the Demigod's Heart was alive or not, and directly stuffed it into the inventory. Instantly, the terrifying power disappeared.

And the sound of the heart beating like muffled thunder disappeared.

Although Allen acted quickly, Bacchus and the surrounding Silver Knights were still in a trance, especially Bacchus. This ordinary Minister of Agriculture had already fallen straight to the ground, with shock and horror on his face, and blood flowing from his seven orifices.

It was clear that his condition was extremely poor.

Allen frowned slightly and immediately took out some special recovery potions from his inventory and gave them to Bacchus.

The middle-aged Minister of Agriculture then woke up from his coma. "Ugh… headache… Ah! Duke!"

After waking up, Bacchus immediately saw Allen looking down at him. The next moment, the Minister of Agriculture immediately rolled and crawled to his knees in front of Allen. "Duke! How did I fall asleep… Please forgive my sins, Duke."

Bacchus looked terrified. He didn't understand why he suddenly fainted, but as a subject, fainting in front of the Duke was very impolite. Allen smiled: "Bacchus, it's not your fault, besides, the problem is solved."

Allen's words stunned Bacchus. Then, the Minister of Agriculture showed an unbelievable expression. "The problem is solved?" "Duke, are you saying, the land problem is solved?" Bacchus's eyes lit up.

Allen nodded: "Yes, it came at a price, but it shouldn't be a loss."

"Duke!"

The surrounding Silver Knights also slowly woke up. Just now, Allen had taken the time to sprinkle some special recovery potions on them.

These knights at least had some strength, so they didn't faint like Bacchus in an instant, but it seemed that these Silver Knights were all slightly listless.

In fact, it wasn't just them, even Allen had just received a huge shock.

He was the closest person to the Demigod's Heart, and he even touched the terrifying heart with his right hand.

At that moment, Allen's right hand felt like it was being pricked by needles, as if something had invaded his body in an instant.

But the next moment, the system in Allen's body generated a suction force, directly and instantly absorbing the thing that had invaded his body.

The next moment, a prompt sounded in Allen's mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for unlocking a Primal Species. This species comes from an unknown world. Reward: Primal Species * 10!"

After the system directly solved a big problem for Allen, Allen also breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still the one most affected.

Not only his body, but Allen's spirit also received a strange shock.

However, his mental power had already qualitatively changed, and although it was greatly affected by the shock, there was no significant loss. "Really, it's really solved!"

Bacchus wiped the blood from his face, and then carefully looked at the surrounding situation.

In a place where there was originally no snow, the snow didn't melt immediately after it fell, and soon accumulated a thin layer of white snow.

This had already proved that what Allen said was correct.

Moreover, Bacchus vaguely remembered that Allen seemed to have caught something with a net.

This made him even more certain that the problem of land drought had been solved.

"Bacchus, the problem has been solved. Return to Moore City and inform the residents there so they don't have to worry. From next year, they can resume their previous lives," Allen said calmly. At the same time, he and Lucy boarded the carriage again. This time, everyone headed towards Moore City.

After Allen got into the carriage, he immediately placed his head on Lucy's lap. "Allen is so amazing."

Lucy gently massaged the sides of Allen's head while admiring him.

It could be said that Lucy was the one who was least affected from beginning to end.

The Holy Maiden Lucy was spiritually connected to the entire nature, and the damage she received would be shared. "Well, Lucy, I'm a little tired. I'll sleep for a while. Wake me up when we get to Moore City."

Allen closed his eyes, but he didn't immediately fall asleep. Instead, he focused his attention on the inventory.

At the same time, he also saw the system notification that the task was completed.

Side quest: Heart of Scorching Heat completed, reward: experience points * 100,000. Now Allen doesn't even bother looking at experience points anymore. One hundred thousand experience points are no longer worth mentioning in his eyes.

What's important now is that bizarre and incredibly shocking demigod heart.

That's the real reward.

At the same time, after solving the source of the drought here, Allen's side quest changed again. "Ding, triggered side quest: Revitalize the Farmland."

"Revitalize the Farmland: This place was originally a rich and fertile land, but it has been abandoned due to irresistible reasons, leading to a desolate state in several surrounding earldoms. As a Duke, you need to find a way to solve this problem and make the farmland flourish again."

"Task reward: experience points * 100,000, low-level Beast Spirit Grass."

Chapter 269: Methods to Restore Land Fertility, Precious Earthworms (4)

"Praise the Duke, the most benevolent and kind ruler! Your kindness, your wisdom, your great power will shine upon the entire Allen Duchy! Praise your greatness for solving the drought and giving us hope for life!" Allen was currently in Moore Fortress. The person in charge here was a Level 6 Knight, who was now kneeling in front of Allen, filled with gratitude and tears.

Moore Territory had started to become strange a few years ago. Gradually, the land became desertified, and the weather became bizarre. It was as if, in an instant, the residents of the entire Moore Territory had been abandoned by the gods.

The commoners couldn't grow food, the land was barren, and everyone couldn't get enough to eat. Life was difficult for the commoners, but they could move away.

But it was difficult for the nobles.

Their fief was here, and any problem was the lord's responsibility. Losing the people's hearts and the desertification of the land were fatal to any noble.

They simply had no chance or choice to leave.

In fact, back when Grand Duke Shack was still around, the Earl of Moore Territory was constantly worried about this, but worrying was useless.

The territory was getting worse and worse, and now it had become largely desertified. If Allen hadn't taken action to solve the problem, Moore Territory would probably have been finished.

Of course, the knight was incredibly grateful for this.

Allen sat on the sofa and smiled, "Alright, just focus on developing the territory well in the future. By the way, Moore Territory and the surrounding earldoms have been the most affected, and the land is almost ruined."

Since the system had updated the quest, it wouldn't be too late to leave after completing the quest.

Allen's words also worried Bacchus. Although Allen had already taken action to cure the source, the current problem was how to reverse the desertification of Moore Territory's land.

Cultivating land fertility couldn't be done in a day or two. Bacchus knew that some desertified land was like a plague, which would quickly cause the surrounding land to desertify rapidly.

If they didn't take good precautions and plant trees, they wouldn't be able to change the soil quality at all.

Even if they wanted to change the soil quality, it might take ordinary people decades, which would be a losing proposition.

However, if they considered extraordinary means, it might be better.

Although magicians also had earth-based magic, magic couldn't provide the land with enough nutrients. At most, it could combine the desertified land with water and restore it to the appearance of soil.

That was already good. Using extraordinary power could save a dozen or twenty years of time.

But the land fertility would probably still take some effort. "Bacchus, what do you think?"

Allen glanced at Bacchus, the Minister of Agriculture, who was now slightly lost in thought.

Bacchus explained his thoughts, and Allen nodded slightly upon hearing this. It seemed that this Minister of Agriculture was very reliable and already had some ideas when asked.

However, compared to Bacchus' plan to fertilize the land by irrigating the farmland with manure, Allen felt that he had a better option.

It wasn't that Bacchus' idea was bad. On the contrary, the idea was already good. This was the idea of an ordinary person.

But Allen had better helpers.

If they wanted to rely on manure to replenish the soil with nutrients, then the efficiency would be too low, and Moore Territory would probably need to be in a smelly environment for a long time.

This was something Allen didn't want to accept.

Coincidentally, Allen had obtained a new species before. Compared to the soil-eating beasts that could cultivate land for humans, the newly purchased earthworms were more useful.

Their role was to fertilize the land.

It was a good time to take them out and take a look.

Thinking of this, Allen immediately looked at Bacchus: "Bacchus, I have some good magical creatures in my hand. They are gentle and can fertilize the land."