Chapter 33 Du Mingna Hall.
This is Du Mingna's name.
Crossing to the present, Du Mingna still heard someone call his full name for the second time.
The first time was when Old John introduced him to the villagers.
The second time was now, as Oak confirmed his identity.
He smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I am.
" Oak still looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Hall? Hall from the Nebu Highlands?" "Yes, but I have been expelled from my home.
" "Oh?" Oak raised his thick black eyebrows, "Why? I see some potential in you, how did you get kicked out?" Du Mingna did not hide it, he mentioned his inability to awaken and accidentally hitting the person sent by the Earl of Charles's house.
As a result, Oak burst into laughter, laughing so hard that even Du Mingna, who was a certain distance away from him, felt the vibration.
"Well, well! You did well, kid, well done!" Oak said, taking big strides forward and patting Du Mingna's shoulder heavily.
Du Mingna, who was now just a spiritual body, was not physically harmed by Oak's pats, but the pain did not diminish.
Oak's physique was different from normal mages, his strength was astonishing.
The force of his pats increased each time.
Du Mingna suppressed the urge to twitch his mouth and maintained a nearly perfect smile.
His employer must be weaker than the employees, but he had to show some extraordinary abilities to avoid being looked down upon.
He had to demonstrate qualities that would make the employees respect him.
Oak finally withdrew his hand.
The brilliant smile on his face had not faded.
"I hate the people of the Earl of Charles's house the most! Hey, isn't he just an earl? What's with the attitude? You can fight against them, good job, good job! But don't think that by doing so, I will go to your Gray Rope Village and be your teacher.
I have my demands!" Du Mingna was prepared for this.
"Please, go ahead.
" He silently adjusted the hiring price in his mind.
But what Oak actually said surprised Du Mingna to the extreme.
"I want a piece of land this big! I want to plant trees, lots and lots of shrubs! If you can give me this much land, I will go to your place, how about that? Hey, damn Par family! They actually sent people to set fire to my forest! I knew it, my decision to leave the family was right!" Du Mingna was initially shocked by Oak's conditions.
But as he continued, what he cared about became the Par family that Oak mentioned.
Were they also a noble family in the Gray Rock Kingdom? A Marquis? Probably.
The Par family's territory was not far from the Nebu Highlands, and the Par family was closer to the capital of the Gray Rock Kingdom, Huaijin City, than the Nebu Highlands.
Although the Par family was only a Marquis family, it was rumored that their strength could rival that of the Duke's family.
Oak was actually from the Par family? Du Mingna finally understood how Oak got the title of "Shrub Mage.
" He was a mage who planted shrubs, and most likely planted trees by hand using the most ancient traditional methods, without the use of magical powers.
Du Mingna was still pondering.
He thought a lot, but only a few seconds had passed in reality.
Oak was getting impatient, urging repeatedly.
"Hey, kid, do you agree or not? Give me an answer quickly!" Oak was impatiently tapping his foot and slapping his thigh.
"The people of the Par family will come to burn my forest, but I have run so far, they may not send anyone to burn it.
Even if they come, they will only burn my forest, not cause you any trouble.
Do you still need to consider? "I just want the land to plant trees! I can listen to you on everything else.
Kid, speak up, do you agree or not?!" During this time, Du Mingna wanted to answer Oak several times, but Oak spoke too quickly, and he couldn't get a word in edgewise, so he had to wait for Oak to finish.
Oke stopped and stared at him with bright, round eyes.
He quickly said, "I can give you land, but the land area in Hui Sheng Village is limited, and those lands may not be suitable for planting shrubs.
What I can give you is just the land that the villagers are not currently using.
If the land area does not meet your requirements...
" He wanted to explain the situation in the village in more detail to Oke.
He had mentioned when he introduced himself that the only place he could fully control now was Hui Sheng Village and a part of the surrounding land.
This was much smaller than the territory of any noble.
However, after excluding the undeveloped areas near Hui Sheng Village, Du Mingna estimated that he had about 300 square kilometers of land in his hands, comparable to the size of a town from his previous life.
The land documents given to him by Viscount Hall did not specify the size of the land he had acquired.
Areas like the Tupo Mountains adjacent to Hui Sheng Village were not part of the territory of the Hui Yan Kingdom, let alone the Hall family.
When Viscount Hall gave this part of the land to Du Mingna, it was more like directly digging a portion of land out of his own territory.
The 300 square kilometers calculated by Du Mingna were just a part dug out by the Hall family.
In fact, adjacent to this 300 square kilometers, there were many areas with complex terrain, relatively closer to the Tupo Mountains, and potential dangers.
If Du Mingna included all these areas, even without counting the areas with clear monster activity in the Tupo Mountains, the total land area he could potentially use would exceed 1,000 square kilometers.
If Du Mingna had the ability to further develop the Tupo Mountains, as long as he could manage it and deal with the various crises that might arise from development, he would truly become the owner of these lands.
The "Hui Yan Kingdom Map Catalog" extracted by the system was marked very clearly.
Du Mingna saw areas he had never been to covered in mist.
However, on the first page of the map catalog, the overall view of the Hui Yan Kingdom, along with the map of the surrounding areas with clear national borders marked, was very clear.
There were still many undeveloped areas between the Hui Yan Kingdom and neighboring countries, and neither the Hui Yan Kingdom nor its neighbors were willing to govern these places.
These areas were either inhabited by monsters like the Tupo Mountains, where there might be other monsters deep in the mountains, or were filled with sand dunes, swamps, etc.
, making them unsuitable for human habitation.
As a result, they became unclaimed territories, and whoever had the ability could occupy them and declare themselves the owner.
If Du Mingna became powerful enough to defend the territory and control dangerous entities like monsters, he could even claim the entire Tupo Mountains as his own.
But for now, he could only plan how to use the safest 300 square kilometers of land he had.
Oke grew impatient with Du Mingna's explanations.
"Alright, alright, kid...
No, boss? Oh no, principal, is that the title? As long as you are willing to give me land, it's fine! Hey, would a mage like me really stoop to competing with ordinary people for land? Does a mage like me lack the confidence to even change the terrain a bit?
I will cultivate the land I need myself! Speaking of which, the Nebu Highlands, Hui Sheng Village, Tupo Mountains? Hehe, principal, I have long been aware of the situation on your side! Probably ten or twenty years ago, there was a legend related to your side in the Hui Yan Kingdom, and even in some neighboring countries.
Later, someone found something near the Guangshi Ridge next to the Nebu Highlands, and those people did not explore the Nebu Highlands again.
But I think that the Nebu Highlands, especially the area near Hui Sheng Village where you are now, likely also holds what they were looking for."
"I want to stay with you, maybe I'll get lucky and find that thing!" Du Mingna's heart stirred.
He quickly asked, "What legend? What are they looking for?" Oak's face changed slightly, he looked at Du Mingna suspiciously, then laughed loudly.
He patted Du Mingna's shoulder heavily.
"Yes, you are still young, it's normal not to have heard of it.
I wasn't a mage back then, I hadn't left the Par family, I wasn't qualified to know about that.
"I don't know much, but I can tell you what I know.
"You must have heard of the Age of Gods, right? Before our current legendary era, there was the Age of Gods.
"The version you learned probably only mentioned the gods and the seven legendary battles, and then the gods relinquished power, allowing the seven legends to build magic towers and rule the world, right? "But back then, in the battle between the gods and the seven legends, a powerful goddess also fell.
"That goddess was called the Magic Goddess! "Her path was the path of magic! It is said that it was her complete fall that paved the way for the path of mages to spread throughout the world, allowing more people to have the possibility of becoming mages!" Oak's eyes showed a hint of fanaticism.
"The goddess fell, but she left behind an incredibly precious relic.
Some say it is the 'gift of the Magic Goddess,' while others say it is the 'curse of the Magic Goddess.' "But regardless of which explanation, everyone agrees.
Those who obtain the relic of the goddess may have an especially difficult path in magic, but they can also walk deeper and farther than others! "The Magic Goddess was unable to fully master the path of magic, and she became the strongest goddess.
"The seven legends also practiced magic, and together they could confront countless gods, any one of them had the ability to slay gods...
"All of this shows how powerful magic is! "Those who obtain the relic of the Magic Goddess may become a new Magic Goddess, or a new legend, or even surpass them with the help of the relic! "There was a legend that in the southwest of the Gray Rock Kingdom, a relic of the Magic Goddess emerged.
"Many people began a secretive search.
"Some thought the relic was in the Nebu Highlands, while others used divination spells to determine that the relic was likely in the Supu Mountains or nearby.
"Some went to search, but found nothing.
Instead, another group, oh, they were once called the Fearless Mercenary Corps, later renamed the Lucky Mercenary Corps, found a piece of broken goddess armor in the Guangshi Ridge next to the Nebu Highlands.
"This search, which once caused a stir among the nobles, came to an end, and no one thought about finding any more goddess relics.
Everyone believed that the emergence of the goddess relic was this piece of armor fragment.
"That thumbnail-sized piece of armor fragment is now made into a magical ornament by the Earl Charles family, hanging around Earl Charles's neck.
It is said that their family wants to pass this thing down as a family heirloom for generations.
"Ha, ridiculous, forget it, let's not mention these.
Principal, let's sign the contract.
" As Oak's words fell, countless small points of light appeared in the space.
These small points of light gradually emerged, then continued to rotate and dance in the air until they converged into a parchment contract written in brownish sheepskin texture.