Chapter 189
Fields?
They weren’t all golden wheat fields.
All types of crops were planted on the endless land. The way they were lined up by type, color, and size without any deviations reminded Jae-Hyeok of a military formation. He couldn’t help wondering if the person who managed the fields had OCD.
In any case, it turned out that Reinhardt was a walled city surrounded by fields.
Jae-Hyeok had always imagined Reinhardt as a wondrous and transcendent land—maybe a place filled with strange animals and unfamiliar buildings, or a grand island floating in space, or perhaps a divine realm full of bright lights and disembodied beings...
In any case, he had expected something completely different from Earth. Looking around, Reingardt didn’t seem like anything special; there was the faint outline of three moons in the sky, but even then, Jae-Hyeok felt no difference in the air and gravity when compared to Earth.
Above all, the concept of agriculture was too familiar.
Looking around at the expanse of farm fields, Jae-Hyeok’s tension slowly faded—but then he took a sharp breath; No, I can’t relax.
“[How to avoid the farmers and reach Area Nine (1/2)],” Jae-Hyeok recalled the title of the chat room he’d seen twice in the Community, and came to his senses.
If that person meant farmers who work in the fields, then it must be hard to pass through here to reach the city. Also, there’s Piaro... Someone who can produce a treasure-level elixir like the golden walnut isn’t simple. And Heartamaru said he likes to farm and visits Reinhardt often.
The more Jae-Hyeok thought about it, the less simple the open fields and unguarded road before him seemed. The farmers surely had some way of protecting their crops from outsiders.
Maybe the fields are guarded by some unseen monsters...