Chapter 6: The Power of System Tools
The flat hoe head was fixed to a wooden handle over a meter long, the common trapezoid-shaped kind.
Raising the hoe high, Leon brought it down into the soil. Leveraging its weight, he pried the handle back, flipping over a patch of earth. Beneath the dry, hardened crust lay fertile, black soil.
Wiping the sweat from his brow, Leon continued until he had tilled every inch of the plot he had chosen. Satisfied that the once flat land was now fit for planting, he stopped and retrieved the mixed seeds he had gathered while cutting weeds earlier.
He scattered them evenly over the freshly turned earth. To his surprise, the seeds sank into the soil the instant they touched it.
Leon was startled but not alarmed. It had to be the system’s doing.
The mixed seeds he had gathered weren’t many—only enough to cover about a quarter of the area he had tilled. Still, the rest of the work wouldn’t go to waste. Tomorrow morning, Leon planned to visit Pierre’s General Store in town to buy more seeds.
He stowed the hoe and took out his watering can. It was heavier than he expected, but still manageable.
Tilting the can over the seeded soil, clear water sprinkled down like raindrops. The flow stopped precisely when it should, even though Leon kept the can tilted—no matter how he tried, not a single extra drop would spill.
It made him realize that even someone with no farming experience could manage the job easily with these tools.