Chapter 88 White Wolf Roars
Hanshui River Valley, plain area.

After a few days of land reclamation, the process went very smoothly.

Rhodes should have been happy, but at the moment he was staring at the sky in annoyance and in a bad mood.

The peat layer was clearly discovered, providing the foundation for cultivating farmland.

Now that the burrowing worms have been successfully cultivated, the most troublesome problem of labor shortage has been solved.

With the help of icebreakers and hundreds of yaks, up to a thousand acres of arable land can be reclaimed in a day.

As long as everything continues, Rhodes is confident that within two months, he can turn 50,000 acres of land in this plain into farmland.

By that time, cold-resistant hybrid barley might also be successfully cultivated.

There are also geothermal bacteria to nourish and warm the land, providing double insurance.

The food problem that had plagued his territory should have been perfectly solved with this series of successful news.

From then on, Pingdingshan will have a bright future without any shortage of food.

There is even hope of dumping products abroad and seizing business opportunities.

Ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

Using the Eye of True Vision, Rhodes was able to sense a violent icy magic gathering in the distance and sweeping towards here.

The momentum is as fierce as a mountain avalanche, mighty and unstoppable!

In a short while, the temperature here will plummet, and people exposed outside may be frozen to death.

He had to stop working immediately and get his men back into the house.

"Everyone, stop working! Return to Pingdingshan immediately!"

Rod shouted to the residents who were cultivating the land not far away.

At the same time, ravens were sent to the other two territories to notify them to take precautions.

Residents had no idea what was happening.

But the lord's anxious order frightened them, and they hurriedly put away their plows, not daring to delay, and led the black yaks back to the top of the mountain.

As Rhodes expected, a day later, a cold wave swept through here.

The temperature dropped from more than ten degrees below zero to more than thirty degrees below zero.

Even the birch forests that had stood in the snow all year round began to tremble, and a large number of shrubs froze and withered.

Even though Rhodes turned on the boiler to its fullest heat production efficiency, the water tower on the top of the mountain was still forced to freeze.

Fortunately, the heating pipes were buried deep enough to ensure normal heating for each household and avoid the worst situation of freezing to death.

"Is this the ice storm? Such a large-scale environmental control, tsk, fortunately, judging from the situation, it should be gone in another week."

Rhodes sat by the window, looking at the whistling cold wind outside and sighed.

The good news is that this icy magic is dissipating.

If nothing unexpected happens, the cold wave will retreat in a week, and the temperature will return to normal.

The bad news is that according to the prophecy of the Shadow of the North, this is probably just a harbinger of a large-scale cold wave.

As the sealed one gradually wakes up, the cold waves will only come more and more frequently.

The temperature will continue to drop, and it will not be limited to the North!
Affected by the cold wave, all production work in Pingdingshan was forced to stop during this period, except for necessary maintenance work in the town.

The construction of city walls, quarry excavation, farmland reclamation and soldier training were all stopped by Rhodes.

At present, the villagers’ warm clothing cannot withstand the cold wave.

If you continue to work, there is a high probability of getting sick, so it is better to stay at home.

This reminded Rhodes of the wool of the giant snow sheep.

As an evolved form of cashmere sheep, its wool has incredibly good thermal insulation properties.

Once we have achieved large-scale breeding of snow sheep and provided every resident with a piece of thermal underwear, they can continue to work without fear of cold waves.

Rhodes withdrew his gaze from the window and looked behind him.

White Bread was sleeping soundly on the warm floor.

Lily hugged its neck, drooling from the corners of her mouth in her sleep.

Rhodes looked at the other girl lying next to the white bread.

Lucia rubbed her eyes sleepily with her little hands and tried to get up when she noticed him.

After seeing Rhodes shook his head, he lay back on White Bread's belly obediently.

Looking at White Bread's soft belly, Rhodes paused for a moment, but finally gave up the idea of ​​lying down and taking a nap.

He also needs to deal with many life problems of residents.

In addition, there is a study on spiritual inheritance at hand.

After bidding farewell to Luke who came to report on the residents' situation, Rod re-entered the laboratory.

He took out the spiritual inheritance that represented [Wolf's Roar].

After thinking about it, Rhodes decided not to swallow it directly.

Although the effect of the skill is good, it also consumes a lot of energy.

Using it once would consume one third of his magic power and would also cause him to become mentally exhausted.

He was going to forge a magical item according to the alchemy knowledge in the wizard's manual. Rhodes took out a piece of draft paper and sketched the design of this magical item.

"First, I need a vessel that can carry souls, seal a powerful soul in it, and finally integrate it into this spiritual inheritance."

Rhodes wrote down the general idea, "Ideally, this will become a magical item that can unleash the wolf's roar."

"Under the spiritual self-absorption effect, it will automatically absorb magic power from the outside world every day, allowing me to use this skill without loss."

After sorting out his thoughts, he began to select the main body of this magical item to carry the soul.

The most common one is naturally a purified quartz tube.

This is also Rhodes' daily utensil.

As long as the [Soul Anchor] is solidified on it, the soul can be preserved in the quartz tube.

But the effect is actually average, and making magical items will reduce the success rate.

In daily life, Rhodes chose it simply because it was cheap enough to support his frequent experiments.

Ruby, sapphire, jade, gold, etc.

After some selection, Rhodes set his sights on blue agate.

This is a special gem deep in the North. It is extremely valuable and is deeply loved by the upper class of the barbarians.

Earlier in Mansaru's castle, Rhodes found a blue agate wolf head carving, the size of a thumb and worth 2 gold coins.

In addition to its beautiful appearance, Rod also found blue agate magical.

It has excellent storage properties for both the magic and soul of the North.

Solidify the [Soul Anchor] on this fingernail-sized piece of blue agate.

Rhodes selected a tube of Ice Blade Fang Wolf's soul and sealed it inside.

The subtle magic power turned into silk threads and cut through the soul of the Ice Blade Wolf in the blue agate.

As his mind was operating with great tension, Rhodes seemed to hear the furious roar of a white wolf in his ears, making him dazed for a moment.

Fortunately, his spirituality was constantly honed and became strong enough to recover immediately.

Seeing that the Ice Blade Wolf's soul was sluggish and showing signs of being broken, Rhodes quickly picked up [Wolf Head Roar] and merged into it.

Not only that, he also integrated the mottled divinity at hand to strengthen the power of his soul.

This will allow the Ice Blade Fang Wolf's soul to be integrated into the heritage and slowly heal its wounds.

During this process, Rhodes used his spirituality and magic power to keep trying.

He wanted to solidify a contract in the soul of the white wolf and gain control over it.

After consuming a full 50 units of mottled divinity, a period of time passed before a dazzling white light burst out from the blue agate.

This gem is like a molten candle, its surface melts and finally forms the image of a roaring wolf head.

Rhodes picked it up and set it on a ring, feeling happy.

Luckily, he succeeded.

[Name: Spiritual Armament·White Wolf Roar]

[Quality: First-level Perfection]

[Effect: After use, a white wolf incarnation is released to mentally attack enemies within a 20-meter range, with the lowest damage being ineffective and the highest being fainting.]

Rhodes put the ring on his index finger.

After this ring is used once, it will automatically replenish magic power from the outside world.

If it is within the kingdom, it will take more than a month.

But in the north, it only takes a week, and when a cold wave hits, it only takes three days.

Not only that, the ring can also be used by others.

As long as they get Rhodes' permission, others can also unlock the [Soul Anchor] above and summon the White Wolf incarnation.

With concentrated research day after day, a week passed quickly.

The cold wave slowly recedes and the temperature returns to normal.

Residents of Pingdingshan rushed out of their homes and cheered that they could go back to work.

They worked extremely hard to make up for the lost progress.

Rhodes received reports from two other territories.

Fortunately, with his advance notice, the losses in both places were not great.

But before he could be happy, an urgent letter arrived from Broken Dragon Fortress.

The letter told him some extremely bad news.

A cold wave swept across the river valley plains south of Broken Dragon Fortress.

This piece of land supported 70% of the food supply of the Northern Frost Principality. Large areas of crops were frozen to death, and no grain was harvested!

"The real chaos has just begun." Rhodes' breathing couldn't help but speed up.

Even as far away as Pingdingshan, he could feel the tense atmosphere.

An even more terrifying storm is brewing in that fortress!

(End of this chapter)