"It'll increase very soon?"
Mr. White's face was full of disbelief. If population were really that easy to grow, how could all those towns and the lesser-known Magic Tree villages have ended up being wiped out?
Although the Magic Tree behind Lord Ethan's estate was one of the top ten Magic Trees, the rankings of Magic Trees could also change depending on their growing environment and growth rate.
Being ranked tenth was decent enough, but it was also a position that could be pushed out at any time.
When that happened, whether the town could continue operating would be hard to say.
Ethan nodded, "Mm, very soon."
Mr. White asked, "How soon?"
Ethan replied, "Soon enough that you won't believe it."
The reason Ethan said that was because he had just received a Lord notification from the Magic Book!
[Random Flood Disaster Event: Areas A1, A5, and A10 have been flooded. These three areas were unable to withstand the flood disaster and have all been destroyed. All regions should prepare to receive refugees.]
[Requirements for accepting refugees: To accept each refugee, you must have 100 units of food in storage, provide one residence for the refugee, and have sufficient clean water resources. Only then can the refugee be accepted successfully.]
[Accepted refugees will be directly converted into residents. Lords need not worry about their loyalty.]
[PS: The number of refugees you can accept is limited by your population cap. Lords who want to gain more population should hurry up and upgrade.]
'A random flood disaster?'
Ethan wanted nothing more than to spit at that shameless mastermind behind the scenes.
It had obviously created the flood specifically to target him.
But after Ethan successfully resolved the crisis with the newly acquired Master No. 3, the mastermind had simply changed it into a Random Flood Disaster Event?
'Could it have any shame at all?'
As soon as this pinned announcement was released, the World Channel exploded.
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[World Channel]
Lord Orin of Region 4 spoke up first, "I just received the new Lord notification. You'd never guess it, Areas A1, A5, and A10 have all been wiped out by this so-called random flood."
"Holy crap!", Player A exclaimed, "Seriously? The Lord Elimination Tournament isn't even over yet, and three entire areas have already been eliminated?"
"Hiss!"
Player B also sucked in a breath.
"If I remember correctly, aren't those the three areas controlled by the Shakun Alliance? I remember Chomu from Region 10 and Masachika from Region 5 even announced it in the channel before. So how did they just... disappear?"
"Isn't it obvious?", Lord Orin of Region 4 sneered, "Because Shakun's faction were all sworn enemies of Ethan. There were rumors before that General Shakun was secretly killed by Ethan using some kind of trick, something like black magic."
"Now that you mention it, I remember," Lord Blake of Region 3 said excitedly, "A friend of mine in Region 1 told me that a lot of strange things have happened there over the past few days. First, Shakun mysteriously tripped and died. Then huge patches of white flowers started growing in his garden, and they couldn't get rid of them no matter how hard they tried."
"Can you people stop talking nonsense?", Lord Luna of Region 8 stepped forward to defend Ethan, "Shakun tripped to death inside his own territory in Region 1. What does that have to do with Lord Ethan?"
"Exactly. People are getting way too good at forcing connections these days," Lord David of Region 2 also spoke up in Ethan's defense, "Someone dies at home, and somehow it's another person's fault. Besides, this world is full of strange things. Is it really that unusual for weird plants to grow in a garden? My own garden is full of mushrooms. Did I say anything about it?"
Lord David of Region 2: [Image]
Seeing that someone had posted a picture, Ethan curiously tapped it open.
But the moment he looked, he couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath.
His garden was densely covered with red caps and white stalks.
'Isn't that the first-stage form of the Boom Boom Mushroom?'
'Holy crap!'
Before Ethan could privately message David from Region 2, Lord Orin of Region 4 immediately jumped back into the conversation.
"Hah! You people don't know a damn thing."
"If Shakun had simply died unexpectedly, there'd be nothing worth discussing. After all, there was even that lord who got blown up by swamp gas while taking a dump. Did you see me say anything about him?"
"The reason I'm specifically naming Ethan from Region 7 is because I have evidence."
Lord Luna of Region 8 immediately @Lord Orin of Region 4, "If you have evidence, then show it! Stop wasting everyone's time!"
"Hah! Just wait."
Lord Orin of Region 4 @Lord Blake of Region 3.
"Tell everyone what happened in Shakun's territory in Region 1."
"Okay."
After replying, Lord Blake of Region 3 continued, "Earlier, because Shakun had a conflict with Ethan, he sent people to Region 7 to settle the score with him. Everyone knows about that, right?"
"I know. Shakun even @mentioned Ethan in the World Channel before, telling him to hand the people over. But Ethan denied it."
"I remember that too. I think there's a seventy to eighty percent chance that part is true."
"It was because Ethan detained Shakun's people, right?"
"But what does that have to do with Shakun's death?", Player C @Lord Blake of Region 3, "Even if we can confirm that Ethan captured Shakun's people, that doesn't prove anything!"
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