Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton

I cheated to achieve this yield, and you come up with an unprecedented new variety that can produce even more than me?

No way, Dobinki absolutely doesn’t believe it, he demands a simulation duel, to unveil the opponent’s true face on the spot.

Admittedly, this is a risky move, because his yield is also achieved by cheating, with the real yield at about 1,200 kilograms, about the same as that of the Elf Seedlings Team.

If he doesn’t handle it properly, the yield from the simulated duel may even be lower. At that time, he may be overtaken by the elves, but Dobinki would rather give the championship to the elves. He can’t let the Salted Fish Team win, he can’t let Spring Breeze win.

After spending so many years of hard work, he managed to suppress Spring Wind, and now he’s sending a team of students to trample on him?

Dobinki has obviously considered the Salted Fish Team to be the students of Spring Breeze Druid. Combined with the conflicts that occurred in the Land of Fallen, he would rather take the risk and step on these people.

Yet to the audience, this move was as unexpected and exciting as finding a gemstone in the rough.

Simulation duels are rare events that happen once in several decades. This method of simulation which requires over half a month of growth data is hard to cheat. Even if someone cheats, it’s easy to verify.

If someone buys the grain seed for the next planting season, but can’t achieve the yield, or if it’s inconsistent with the growth data, wouldn’t that expose them?

If the yield of a 500-kilogram grain seed is increased by 200 kilograms, that’s cheating. If the yield of a 1,200-kilogram grain seed is increased by 200 kilograms, that’s called a reasonable fluctuation. Surely, you can’t expect the new grain you plant to yield as much as what I’ve cultivated, can you?

In this case, very few people would question someone else’s yield. The last time something like this happened was about thirty years ago, when a young lad challenged Spring Breeze Druid and was proven wrong in a simulation duel. His reputation was damaged and he ended up disappearing.

So, unless one is completely certain, challenging this way entails great risk.

But the audience doesn’t care about any of that—there’s only one thought in their minds: this is going to be a great show!

“The simulation duel will start in an hour. All the spectators please leave the venue in an orderly fashion and take care of your personal needs. We’ll see you again in an hour. Please leave in an orderly fashion and don’t push each other. You, the bastard on the left stand, if you keep pushing me, I will throw you out!”

Thunder’s words were music to the ears of the stranded spectators who instantly started to rush out.

Thunder worked hard to control the venue, floating around the perimeter to stop those who were rushing, trying his best to maintain order. The other wizards were also ready, preventing any incidence of stamping.

This is why no intermission is scheduled. In such a time, any mass need to use the restroom during a large gathering could cause a major trouble, often causing chaos because of the lack of facilities.

Some may say, why not follow the directions to find the facilities? The problem is, in this world, the illiteracy rate is as high as 95 percent. Out of a hundred people, ninety-five are illiterate.

So, both entrance and exit need someone to guide and maintain order, otherwise it’s very easy to cause an accident. In this era, any large-scale celebration is a major test of a group’s organizational ability.

In this regard, the Church of Light and the Harvest Goddess are both very well-organized; at least the Harvest Festival has been held for so many years without any major incidents.

While everyone is taking a bathroom break, the venue begins to be set up for the duel.

The so-called simulation duel is actually just a larger version of the Simulated Magic Formation that Ange had played with at college. The arena setup also needs to highlight the dueling opponents, thus a suspended platform is provided.

The opponents can’t be too far away, they need to see each other’s expressions clearly, which enhances the competitive and dramatic nature of the duel. During the duel, certain props and skills can be used.

For example, ‘sudden temperature drop’ to test the crops’ frost resistance, ‘high winds’ to test their lodging resistance, ‘time halt’ to give ‘time-tight’ teams more time to discuss strategies.

Of course, these are all aimed at increasing the fun, testing various crop properties and resistances, as well as the operator’s ability to respond. Otherwise, what’s interesting about just farming?

However, in such a setting, items and skills are all forbidden, only time is paused.

As time passed by minute by minute, an hour soon arrived, the audience returned to their seats, and the players from both sides stepped onto the stage.

On Dobinki’s side, there were him and five students. On Ange’s side, it was just Ange alone. Even Little Angel and Little Zombie were absent because agriculture is usually done as a group task.

For instance, Dobinki, who was responsible for leading the direction, delegated many tasks, like pest-weeding, sunlight exposure, fertilizing and alike to the students as they are more familiar with these details than him.

The same goes for Ange, he also let Little Angel and Little Zombie do tasks like land preparation and fertilization. Only because these two little fellows could not cope with the Simulated Magic Formation, and their presence might obstruct the process, they might even suddenly use a heavy move on Dobinki.

In order to avoid Little Angel assassinating opponents on the spot, everyone unanimously decided not to take him onboard. If even Little Angel was not taken, others certainly had no necessity to step into the field.

Kael’danil was actually eager to get up there, mainly hoping to observe Ange’s operation up close. Unfortunately, she was part of the Elf Seedlings Team. If she went up, it would become a two-against-one competition.

After Ange stepped onto the stage, he didn’t even bother to look at his opponent, he just started setting things up proficiently. Those who were familiar with him knew that this was Ange’s character. He had a field to farm, he wouldn’t care even if the Gods of Light appeared before him.

However, those who were unfamiliar with him felt overlooked, like Dobinki and his students on the opposite platform.

The Bear Student grumbled, “Teacher, look at him. He’s so arrogant. I wonder how Spring Breeze teaches their students, no manners at all. At least you are a veteran in this industry.”

Dobinki’s face was ashen, but under all this scrutiny, he couldn’t blow up like he wanted to. He had to pretend to be generous and said, “Maybe he just looks young, perhaps even older than we are, so being a bit slow is normal.”

His intention was to mock the other party for their slow response, but he didn’t realize that the opponent might really be older than him.

The rest of the students also grumbled, and the competition thus started amid these grumbles. However, they soon ran out of things to grumble about.

Ange had swapped several Simulated Magic Formations at Auburnli’s place. Some of them were kept in the Resting Camp. When Ange was idle, he would reach in and fiddle with them.

No one else had such convenient conditions, so no one, not even the inventors themselves, were as proficient as Ange at manipulating the formation.

Besides, Ange’s planting technique was based on thousands of years of experience, and the crop seeds were cultivated by him personally. He knew every stage of their growth.

Furthermore, the climate of the Fallen Dragon Lake limited the yield of Saline Demon Rice. The further south the rice is grown, the higher the yield. The temperature at Fallen Dragon Lake was a bit low.

But the lower temperature had its own advantages, leading to a better taste. However, the grains convention won’t determine victory by the taste, so Ange simply increased the temperature to the highest yield temperature he had simulated before.

Under hundreds of times acceleration, the Saline Demon Rice sprouted, grew, flowered, bore fruits and matured visibly. Before the match even ended, everyone could clearly see the difference in the development of crops between the two sides. Dobinki’s team gradually lost their spirit to even speak.

Simulation ended, yield calculated, and a bar chart listed. The bar representing Ange’s side was noticeably higher than that of Dobinki’s side.

This result left the organizer stunned as well. The Thunder and Academy officials began verification. After confirming that there was no error, the result was announced: “Simulation contest. Winner, Salted Fish Team, yield per acre….”

When it came to this point, even the Thunder officials couldn’t help but pause: “One thousand seven hundred and fifty catties!”

“Loser, Master Dobinki’s team, yield per acre, one thousand one hundred and seventy catties.”

Seeing this result, Dobinki dazedly said, “Impossible, impossible. He cheated, he cheated!”

This unwilling statement was overheard by Negris, who snorted in disdain, “Cheating? Ha, the Little Sapling hasn’t even sprouted yet. If he did cheat, the Little Sapling could triple this yield. Instead, Dobinki’s yield dropped so much, could it be that he cheated?”

Thinking of this, the Bronze Dragon fluttered over to Auburnli and started whispering in her ear.

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