Fantasy Lord: I Have a Moving Castle

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Flowers in Full Bloom, Goblin Attack!

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Flowers in Full Bloom, Goblin Attack!

After Betty activated “Flowers in Full Bloom,” pink light dust fluttered down and transformed into small, multicolored flowers atop the soil in the flowerpot.

The cluster of multicolored flowers then disappeared, merging into the black soil and becoming one with the flowerpot.

Under the influence of “Natural Flourishing,” the Lily of the Valley and cornflowers, which were growing robustly, grew even faster, quickly blooming into clusters of white and blue-purple flowers.

The cornflowers filled the flowerpot, while the naturally drooping Lily of the Valley, like white small lamps, seemed as if the Spring Goddess had made a brief stop here, suddenly bringing spring to this small plank before the carriage.

A faint floral fragrance wafted through the air, and in the already autumnal Florence Forest, adorned with apricot-yellow and red maple colors, this tiny old cart created its own world, becoming a small realm of spring.

Although a crisis loomed, Char still felt very happy.

From today onward, he no longer needed to spend Praying Power to eat fresh vegetables.

As for the Lily of the Valley and cornflowers, although these flowers were not practically useful, not serving as food like vegetables nor possessing the various magical functions of magic plants,

they were at least beautiful to look at, pleasing to the eyes, and could decorate the home while uplifting the mood, right?

Indeed, his mood had greatly improved, as if multicolored flowers had bloomed in his heart, gently swaying with the breeze.

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In the two days that followed, Char continued like the first day, seeking out lone goblins during the day to weaken the enemies’ strength as much as possible and accumulating Praying Power, while at night, working overtime both as a carpenter and a mason.

The good news was that he quickly accumulated another Prayer Fragment, conjured the blueprint for the stove, and had finished crafting the wooden cabinet as well.

Once integrated with the blueprint, the slightly crooked cabinet became perfectly square, and the unsightly spots and lines on its surface disappeared, even the wood itself had changed.

The cabinet, though not exquisitely beautiful, was at least the work of a skilled craftsman and clearly matched the bed, table, and chairs as a set.

The bad news was that by the afternoon of the second day, he found it very hard to kill any goblins.

Goblins were said to be creatures of low intelligence, but upon encountering them, Char realized that rumors could not always be trusted.

The goblins’ intelligence was indeed low, but they were not so foolish as to have no reaction even after several members had been repeatedly killed.

By the afternoon of the second day, the Bear Goblins no longer ordered their subordinates and the Big Goblins to act separately, thwarting Char’s plan to isolate and sequentially kill off the group of goblins.

He said that difficult tasks couldn’t possibly be that easy; if exploiting loopholes were that simple, it wouldn’t be called a difficult task.

In short, for the next day and a half, he did not kill any goblins again.

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Dawn was breaking, and just like the previous days, the Lantern Firefly was outside providing light for Old Ma.

However, by this time, daylight was nearly upon them, so the Lantern Firefly dimmed its light, but it didn’t go inside. Instead, it stayed close to Old Ma to guard against any danger.

Old Ma heaved the cart forward, moving slowly.

After nearly three days of non-stop cart pulling, Old Ma’s strength had greatly diminished. Already old and weak, pulling the cart continuously for three days had taken an even greater toll.

Char feared that Old Ma might suddenly drop dead; he would never have overworked Old Ma like this if not for the crisis at hand.

With his strength nearly depleted, the cart’s speed naturally slowed down significantly compared to the first two days.

According to the messages relayed back by the Red Firefly, by tomorrow at the latest, the goblin troops would discover the cart.

So, he didn’t have much time left.

It’s not that he hadn’t thought about moving the shrine; after all, the only truly important thing was the Prayer Altar. Everything else was not important.

As long as he left with the Prayer Altar, he could fully come back to fight.

But he tried, only to discover the Prayer Altar was inseparable from the caravan.

Therefore, the caravan was indispensable, and the option to abandon it and escape alone simply did not exist.

In the caravan, Char followed the blueprint and piled up a stove.

This was actually very Eastern, but since the system was designed this way, he couldn’t do much about it.

After several days and nights without sleep, Char’s eyes were noticeably bruised.

However, human potential is truly limitless, under the pressure of life and death, he completed several days’ worth of work in just a few days.

Just then, his ears twitched, the wind blew over the hill, bringing distant sounds to Char’s ears, and without a word, he grabbed his bow and arrow and rushed out of the caravan.

“Mr. Char, what happened?”

Betty, who was playing with the Star Worm, exclaimed.

She had been incredibly bored these past few days.

Because the caravan was constantly on the move through the forest, she couldn’t leave to play, and had to stay inside the caravan all the time.

But Flower Fairies are naturally free and untidy, love nature, and enjoy fluttering through the forest; asking them to stay indoors for a long time is more torturous than killing them.

Luckily, she had the Star Worm to play with; otherwise, she would have been suffocated with boredom long ago.

The pink and green figure rose from the bed and flew towards the door.

After a few days of ointment application, combined with daily sips of Lotus Leaf Spring, Betty’s wounds had almost healed, and she regained her ability to fly.

Although the Lotus Leaf Spring didn’t have direct healing properties, its detoxification, purification capabilities, and enhancement of constitution still had a positive effect on wound healing.

The Lotus Leaf Frog and Star Worm quickly followed, leaving a few muddy prints on the ground.

The Lotus Leaf Frog had been helping Char with mud, piling up the stove, and now its hands were all covered in wet mud.

Char flipped onto the roof of the caravan, looking towards the hill behind.

The Lantern Firefly transformed into a streak of crimson light, flying towards the hill behind, almost at the same instant Char heard the disturbance, it too had detected the situation with the help of the Red Firefly.

Morning light shone from the hill.

The mountain air was fresh, and the morning light was just right; this scene was undeniably a perfect picture of morning wilderness.

Unfortunately, the figures that appeared next in the scene were ugly creatures.

One by one, green-skinned goblins emerged from the hillock, waving sticks and chasing towards this side.

Shortly after, several figures, about the height of a human, crossed the hillock, waving iron-wrapped wooden clubs, shouting and charging over.

These figures were as ugly as goblins, but had brown-yellow skins and sparse hair on their bodies, more resembling Bear Goblins than goblins.

They, however, were not as tall and formidable as Bear Goblins, nor were their appearances as fierce.

These were Big Goblins, ugly creatures that lie between goblins and Bear Goblins.

The goblin crisis had finally arrived!