Chapter 804 Pentagon Fort & Paradise Valley

Chapter 804 Pentagon Fort & Paradise Valley

The five fortresses in the Untamed Jungle formed a pentagon. They were called Pentagon Fort and established a large safe zone where various resource areas were formed.

Hundreds of ranches and small farms spread through the safe zone, which connected to each fortress, but that was only the beginning. The ranches with livestock and farms with highly nutritious crops were merely the tip of the iceberg. The entire safe zone had dozens of rows filled with various fruit trees and crops that evolved under the influence of the Untamed Jungle, the Greater Nature Tree, the Forest Pixies, and the special treatment the farmers, Botanic Magician, and others provided.

After months of research and various experiments, the Botanic Magicians and other researchers found a particular mutated plant resembling weeds. However, it was too valuable to be called weeds. It was named Nourberry even though it didn't look like a berry. But that was of no importance. The most important was the Nourberry's effect.

The Nourberry absorbed a tremendous amount of the surrounding energy and nutrition to grow from a fingertip-sized leaf into small shrubs of weeds. A single leaf from Nourberry was enough to fill the stomach of a Titan Pig for 48 hours, yet there was more to it. The nutrition in Nourberry leaves was more potent than ordinary nutrients. They accelerated the maturity of Titan Pigs by one-quarter.

Rebecca had ordered the construction of several Nourberry farms. At the same time, she told the researchers to focus on improving the Nourberry farms. The Nourberry production ought to be accelerated, and the final product should be enhanced. That would probably take a while, but it was possible.

Besides the Nourberry farms, Michael learned that more plant life in his territory evolved under the influence of the Greater Nature Spirit. Of course, the energy density in the Untamed Jungle and its highly nutritious soil aided plant life's evolution and mutation as well, but the Greater Nature Spirit actively influenced the changes.

It navigated the plant life in Michael's territory precisely.Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

The Greater Nature Spirit communicated with Rebecca through their mediator – the Forest Pixies, and Hiraku – to improve the infrastructure of various buildings.

At the same time, Tatjana joined their mission to evolve certain plants, creating plants with stronger effects. Most plants couldn't be found in the outskirts of the Untamed Jungle due to how exotic they were, but with Tatjana and the Greater Nature Spirit's guidance, it was possible.

Numerous plans were adjusted to improve the livelihood of the plant life in the surroundings, which resulted in various advantageous mutations, and the creation of new plants like the Nourberry.

Michael had always been interested in the powers of the Greater Nature Spirit and the effects of the Untamed Jungle. It was well known that the Untamed Jungle's presence was enough to accelerate the growth of flora and fauna. Everything reached maturity several times faster in the Untamed Jungle than anywhere else. That was also part of why the Untamed Jungle was perfect for creating numerous small farms and ranches. Even the smallest ranches were better than most mid-sized farms in wide-open plain regions.

Michael could tell that a single ranch produced enough livestock for more than ten thousand subjects if they only ate meat for an entire month. The meat produced in his ranches was highly nutritious and filled with energy. It was too potent for most Tierless subjects. Fortunately, Lokai managed to make some great deals by exchanging some Titan Boar corpses with various lower-ranked pig, cow, and bull corpses once a week.

The tierless pigs, cows, and bulls had the perfect nutritious values and more than enough energy for Tierless Summons and children. The Tierless subjects in Michael's territory wouldn't be harmed by the floods of highly potent nutrients and energy that way. By trading with the corpses of livestock, Michael managed to feed more subjects without any additional effort. The only 'problem' was they relied on the trading cycle. There weren't any extra costs, but their territory wasn't completely independent in that way.

Michael wasn't too worried about that, but he would have to make some adjustments about that in the future.

Michael didn't expect the Starheaven Pharaoh to be so adamant about constructing fortresses at the entrance and exit of the passages in the Blazing Sand Mountain Range. He thought that the Starheaven Pharaoh trusted Nyx, the Primal Phoenix, with his life. However, trusting someone and relying on someone with the lives of millions wasn't the same.

Michael wondered about the exact relationship between the Starheaven Pharaoh and the Primal Phoenix. He knew that the Primal Phoenix was small when the Starheaven Pharaoh ruled a part of the Sacred Desert, which was more than a mere Beginner Region, and that they had some past, but that was it.

Taking his trusted subjects' opinions into consideration, Michael decided it was a good idea to establish massive fortresses at the entrance of each passage. But there was more to it. Each entrance to the BLazing Sand Mountain Range and the exit – the entrances to Paradise Valley – would have massive fortresses. That way, Michael could ensure that Paradise Valley would be nearly impossible to invade.

Obviously, a powerhouse capable of bulldozing the fortresses and the powerful Summons and Awakened guarding them could quickly enter Paradise Valley. But if someone strong enough to steamroll his fortresses appeared, even the Primal Phoenix would have issues removing such a threat.

Fortunately, such a scenario was for the future. The Sacred Desert was, quite literally, a Beginner Zone. Only a handful of Higher Lifeforms in the Sacred Desert existed before the Undead Pharaoh appeared. It was unlikely that a Divine Lifeform, stronger than the Primal Phoenix, would appear out of nowhere.

Therefore, 16 fortresses protecting eight paths, more cities, and smaller settlements in Paradise Valley were the next course of action if Michael intended to continue expanding aggressively in Paradise Valley.

Expanding aggressively required resources, a workforce, enough food and water, and various other things that were harder to procure. Even then, it would take a while to get everything ready to ensure that Paradise Valley would become the near unclaimable core of his territory in the Sacred Desert.

However, Paradise Valley was worth it.

The resources they could procure in Paradise Valley were incredible. They were far more valuable than most Lords realized.

Even Daniel Fang didn't know how valuable Paradise Valley was before Starheaven Pharaoh unraveled its deepest secret.

"...." Michael stared blankly at the 8-Star Summons.

"You are telling me that only now?"

He swallowed hard, the corner of his lips twitching, while Starheaven Pharaoh smiled vibrantly.

"That's great. You will get your very own–...."