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Chapter 174 Demonization and Harvest Season
Chapter 174 Demonization and Harvest Season
After a good night's sleep, the nightmare seemed to be forgotten, and neither Aqua nor Darkness mentioned it again.
However, every now and then, the two would come to Broly and ask him to help them have a good dream.
Broly thus gained a new way to increase the happiness level of the two of them.
. . .
As summer fades into autumn, the weather gradually cools down, and the wheat in the fields outside the city turns golden. The Adventurers' Guild is also preparing for the harvest season.
Harvest season is a rather peculiar season in this world. It is said that some crops, unwilling to be eaten by humans when they are ripe, will suddenly grow legs or evolve the ability to move during the harvest season and then escape.
"The reason for this is that there are more magical elements in this world. Even ordinary crops are easily corrupted by magic under the influence of a rich magical environment."
Of course, the probability of ordinary crops being corrupted by magic is relatively small. It's just that the harvest season is a time when magical factors are more active, and it's also the time when many crops mature in large quantities.
Therefore, although the probability of being corrupted by demons is small, it becomes more common due to the increased number of cases.
Aqua, holding a net, caught a potato that was trying to escape by crawling on the ground with its roots and tendrils. She then casually knocked the demonized potato unconscious and described the situation.
In autumn, dealing with a large number of enchanted crops is a common daily task in the Adventurers' Guild.
Overall, such commissions may be dangerous for ordinary people, but they are easy for adventurers to handle.
Furthermore, because they are rich in magical factors, enchanted crops are enhanced in both taste and the experience gained from eating them, thus making them more valuable than ordinary crops.
That's why there's the saying "harvest season".
"However, the real harvest day has not yet arrived; what we are doing now is just small-scale operations."
I spent an afternoon dealing with the mutated crops on dozens of acres of farmland with the rest of the team.
Broly, back at the Adventurers' Guild, overheard the signboard girl introducing the new version of the Harvest Season.
However, although it's called a new version introduction, it's actually something that everyone in the area already knows.
Further east of Axel lies a vast cabbage plantation.
Although the lord over there would have many demonized cabbages cleared out, every year a large number of demonized cabbages would still break through numerous obstacles and fly over to Axel.
"The cabbages' final destination is the western wilderness, and Axel is their only stop along the way. The real harvest day is the day the cabbages arrive."
Broly was getting excited as he chewed on the long-legged roasted potato, the long-armed stewed eggplant, and the roasted tomato. These enchanted vegetables did indeed taste better than ordinary crops. He wondered what the enchanted cabbage would taste like.
The demonized cabbages didn't keep Broly waiting long. In the second week of autumn, they flew in in flocks from the eastern sky like migratory birds.
The dense clusters of birds painted the sky a vibrant green.
"Harvest Day is here, is everyone ready?"
The Adventurers' Guild's mascot asked, and a group of adventurers who had come to the city gate answered in unison.
"Of course we're prepared."
These people carried tools they had prepared in advance for capturing the enchanted cabbages. And it wasn't just the adventurers who were prepared to capture the enchanted cabbages; even the townspeople in Axel had made similar preparations.
However, ordinary people are not as strong as adventurers. Apart from a few people who are confident in their own strength, the other residents simply set up nets and traps around and on the roofs of their houses, waiting for the demonized cabbages to walk into their traps.
"Broly, please don't use the energy blast! You can't eat cabbages that have turned to ashes."
As soon as Aqua finished giving her instructions, Darkness took the lead and went straight to the front line to face the brunt of the cabbage army.
Don't underestimate the power of these demonized cabbages. Although they don't have much of a brain, they are still very powerful even when they just rely on their instincts to charge.
Occasionally, one could hear of accidents on Harvest Day involving people being killed by enchanted cabbages, including some careless adventurers.
Of course, for Darkness, with her powerful defense as a Crusader, the cabbage's impact was nothing.
"You demonized cabbages, come at me! I, Darkness, will protect everyone here!"
Darkness directly mocked the group of cabbages in the sky, and countless cabbages changed direction and crashed into her.
Darkness let out a wail upon impact, but it was a pleasurable wail; she loved the feeling of being hit.
"Come on, let the cabbage storm rage even more fiercely!"
"Well done, Darkness, now watch me!"
Aqua was very satisfied with the knight girl's ability to gather monsters. She raised her hand and cast a water-generating spell towards Darkness. The jet of water directly bombarded a large group of cabbages, blasting Darkness away along with them.
"Aqua, you bastard, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"
Darkness, soaking wet, was quite displeased; Aqua's move was somewhat driven by personal grudges.
"Sorry, sorry, it's just that your monster-gathering effect was too good. It was like someone sticking their butt out in front of me, and I just couldn't help but kick it."
Aqua's apology lacked sincerity, but Darkness was still taken in by it. The thought of being kicked in the butt in public made her lose her composure.
While saying "That's too much," her body honestly continued to gather monsters, and then she was swept away by Aqua's water flow.
This combination of Aqua and Darkness is also the choice of most adventurers forming teams.
However, not every adventurer's party has a spellcaster, so Aqua's water-generating water flow attack became a method of directly catching and controlling the demonized cabbages with a net, and then using physical attacks to deal with them.
Batch after batch of corrupted cabbages were defeated, but a large portion of them either flowed into the town or flew directly west across Axel.
The harvesting process was somewhat dangerous, but every adventurer wore a farmer's smile, and each of them was showing off their skills.
Broly was about to make his move, but he couldn't use the energy blasts. Using only his fists and feet would be inefficient and could easily destroy the cabbage.
"I've got it, I can use this trick."
Broly raised his hand, and the life-absorbing skill of the Absorbing Touch was used, but not on a specific object, but on his own ki.
Suddenly, a vortex appeared in Broly's small hand. As the vortex spun faster and faster, the energy emanating from the surrounding monsters, including the demonized cabbage and the adventurers, was drawn towards it.
However, Broly controlled the size of the vortex in his hand well, and the adventurers present only suffered a debuff that caused them to lose magic power and energy. But the demonized cabbages near him fell from the sky one after another.
These demonized crops are actually very fragile. If even a little bit of their energy is drained, they will fall from the sky in large numbers and become corpses.
However, this approach has its advantages and disadvantages. The enchanted cabbages that have had some of their magic power removed don't taste as good as those that have been knocked unconscious or knocked unconscious by water. They also lose some of their crispness, which means they sacrifice both texture and flavor.
Of course, in terms of the sheer number of demonized cabbages captured, Broly alone is worth more than a group of adventurers.
The combined effect of the area-of-effect absorption of Qi ultimately provided Broly with a vibrant energy ball.
Looking at the sphere brimming with life energy in his hand, Broly became somewhat troubled. If he were to retract this thing into his body, he wouldn't need to eat for at least two days.
Fortunately, after hearing some adventurers complain of being tired, Broly had a good idea.
But before that, I need to ask the Adventurers' Guild's support staff to help me collect the small mountain of enchanted cabbages I've harvested.
After all that was done, Broly used his breath to forcibly infuse the life energy orb into the water-generating magic.
He had done this many times before, and soon a vibrant water sphere appeared.
If it were bottled now, it would be an unstable vitality potion.
However, if you use it directly, you don't need to worry too much about whether it's stable or not.
"go!"
Broly tossed the water sphere he was holding into the sky, and the water-generating magic engraved inside the sphere quickly began to unfold.
Then, using the atomized water from the flowers, birds, wind, and moon, a magical water outlet is created, and an artificial drizzle with the effects of a vitality potion falls from the sky.
Broly offered a revitalizing rain of restorative energy to the weary.
This way, we can eat dinner normally tonight.
Broly looked like he had everything planned out perfectly.
(End of this chapter)