Starting with the defeated female knight

With the warm supplies John sent, at least this winter, under the care of Tentacles, these children should be able to spend a warm and comfortable winter.

Of course, it's not all good things.

With the movement of the tentacles and the recovery of their bodies, despite the tentacles' efforts to hide and disguise themselves, their changes are truly hard to miss.

Although it hasn't been discovered yet, even Green himself has to admit that this situation probably won't last much longer.

If that doesn't work, we can prepare a tunnel in advance to get them out.

Anyway, these kids don't have any attachment to the family, and they're obedient enough to listen to him.

In addition, since they were just scrap metal that were about to die anyway, girls were not as valued as boys. As long as they were careful after leaving, they might be able to be transported all the way to Dawn City.

But once they entered Dawn City...

Then he can do whatever he wants.

However, before Green could take any action, an accident occurred.

The nobleman's child who had previously thrown a stone at Sheila has, for some reason, started paying attention to Sheila again.

Then, the anomaly was discovered.

Track, investigate, and enter secluded corners.

As soon as they entered, a machete was swung at them.

Using the advantage of her bloodline, she raised her hand to block the wood-chopping knife. Just as she was about to retaliate, cold light appeared behind and around her.

Dagger, spikes, serrations.

Arms, thighs, lower abdomen, bones, joints, tendons in hands and feet.

In less than two seconds, although her body remained intact, she was essentially reduced to a human stump.

Not only had he lost all mobility, but his body was also covered in bleeding wounds.

The petite figures emerged from the darkness, looking down at the terrified girl on the ground with terrifyingly calm and indifferent expressions.

Although these cubs were as docile as cotton when held in the tentacles' arms, they would only whimper and beg for mercy no matter how the tentacles manipulated and teased them.

But that's because the other party is a tentacle, a tentacle that saved them, cared for them, and even conquered and dominated their instincts.

But in reality, they are far from being as docile and obedient as they appear.

After all, they were all trash before they were taken in by the tentacles.

Although it was on the verge of death, the fact that it survived to be found by Green, standing out from countless scraps, is itself a testament to its strength.

In addition, they have never received an education or experienced any warmth.

If they hadn't encountered the tentacles, their personalities would actually be extremely cold, violent, crazy, and twisted, with no concept of morality or conscience whatsoever.

Especially since their only way to survive is through trials, they have absolutely no resistance to fighting and killing.

Despite being a wild child, Ella was raised by her mother for a period of time. Before the outbreak of the demonic tide, she occasionally received help from the border people and experienced the warmth and kindness of the world. She can restrain her behavior and her underlying nature can even be described as kind.

But these children, though born into nobility and seemingly pitiful and delicate, are in reality beasts even more cruel and twisted than Ella.

They are monsters.

The savage beasts that breed from the decaying empire and its nobility are not the obedient pets that can be patted on the head and obeyed.

It's just an exception for a certain person or a certain tentacle.

"Should we take it apart? I've heard that some families' bloodlines can regenerate automatically..."

"I want to eat meat, her meat looks delicious..."

"I like her clothes, they're beautiful, can I take them off?"

They chattered away, discussing how to deal with the girl, their tone as casual as if they were discussing what to eat for dinner.

Moreover, seeing that the girl on the ground seemed to be screaming, they simply cut off her tongue and stuffed a stone into it to gag her.

Fortunately, although Green was busy treating their bodies and hadn't had much time to educate them,

But through his connection with Sheila, he at least taught them some basic things.

For example, killing people indiscriminately is not a good thing.

"Then take it back and give it to the adults to handle."

"I've heard that adults like little kids like us, so they'll probably like her too."

"Her skin is so soft. If the adults don't like it, we can..."

"The adults said we can't eat people, or we'll be hated."

"......oh."

And so, she survived.

But if she had known what she was going to face next, she probably would have thought that dying right then and there might have been a better choice.

Dragged to a wasteland, Sheila squatted down and stretched out her hand.

After summoning Green through her senses, the girl, dragged on the ground with her mouth stuffed with stones, watched helplessly as tentacles rose from the ground, pierced Sheila's skin, and entered her body.

Then, Sheila slowly got up, walked to the girl, and slowly lifted her clothes.

A dark green eye opened on her lower abdomen, slowly turned, looked at the girl on the ground, and paused for a few seconds.

Tentacles spread out, dozens of tentacles spreading out from Sheila's body, like the mouth of some creature, reaching towards the girl on the ground.

They writhed and twisted, exuding a nauseating and unsettling aura.

"Waaaaah...waaaah..."

The girl on the ground stared wide-eyed, trying to struggle.

But putting aside the question of how she could escape with all four limbs crippled, as the tentacles spread, the girls beside her skillfully pressed down on her body, forcing her to watch helplessly as the thing that resembled a gigantic maw of hell drew closer and closer to her.

It seemed one could smell the stench and the horrifying distortion emanating from it.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.

And finally, naturally, after a struggle that was doomed to fail.

The tentacles swallowed the petite figure on the ground.

Consciousness, too, was plunged into darkness.

【Um? 】

Was this child actually born with birth defects?

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P.S.: 10,000 words completed. Taking a break for today, will continue tomorrow.

Book 1: Chapter 75: Truth Lies in the Hands of a Few

As time went by, the weather grew colder and colder.

Due to a series of reasons, such as terrain, while it was still relatively warm in the capital, the lakes around Dawn City began to freeze.

Although it got cold earlier, the atmosphere in Dawn City was much better than in the still relatively warm capital.

Thanks to Green's previous vigorous promotion of infrastructure and the production of daily necessities, Dawn City is now extremely rich in resources.

Although due to technical limitations, his industrialization, while called industrialization, is actually closer to large-scale workshop production and is not even a fraction of proper industrialization.

But for the people of this world, especially those in Dawn City, even this large-scale workshop production model is advanced enough, and the output is more than sufficient.

Soap, toothpaste, and similar products are now found in almost every household, and as production increases, prices are decreasing.

Winter clothing is more expensive than usual because it is thicker, especially after the promotion of new materials. Since the production of new materials is relatively low, coupled with increased production, the price of new winter clothing is actually quite expensive.

However, based on the principle that products are made for people to use, Green implemented a policy of significantly reducing the price of the first item for everyone, especially for children, regardless of gender, by half on top of the initial price reduction, in order to sell as many winter clothes as possible.

It has already been implemented in nearly half of the city, and the goal is to have one for everyone before winter.

Moreover, due to the sudden drop in temperature at the start of winter, Green and the craftsmen also discovered the instability of some materials when the temperature changed drastically, which caused some minor troubles for the infrastructure work in Dawn City. However, since it was not a big deal, they simply made ordinary modifications and adjustments.

This also serves as a reminder to them that they should consider temperature changes and their impact when making things in the future.

As for food, although a lot of the investigation team's equipment had been lost to the Ancient Gods, the food that Edith bought for Grimm was actually retrieved by Grimm's men before they fought the Ancient Gods.

In addition, Dawn City also harvested a batch of crops in the autumn, and before the second wave of the demonic tide arrived, Green had people collect things from places less affected by the demonic tide, as well as the mushroom garden he set up in the cave.

All the scattered bits and pieces added up, let alone winter, even if we didn't prepare anything and just ate sparingly, would be enough to last for another six months after winter.

With food, clothing, and shelter all taken care of, and no need for transportation, the basics are solid, and the process went without any surprises, which is something Green is quite pleased about.

But aside from the basics, whether things go smoothly or not is another matter; the main problem is high blood pressure.

Since Elise left, Green has returned to the solo micro-management mode.

Although Elise had trained some people to help Green with some work while she was around, those people were more like the tentacles that Elise had extended. After Elise, the core brain, left, they could still help him, but they were not much better than the tentacles.

In addition to the original management difficulties, the newly added group of magicians is a collection of people with high blood pressure.

Since their arrival, with their technical support, although the technological development speed of Dawn City has increased rapidly, the probability of technical accidents and explosions has also risen sharply.

Although the magicians had extensive experience in resisting explosions and hadn't caused any major chaos overall, the occasional explosions were enough to disturb the peace and make people uneasy.

Even their image in the eyes of the residents of Dawn City has gradually changed from "smart people from the capital" and "know a lot and are very capable" to "strange people that even mothers with children would avoid on the street." Various complaints have also begun to increase.

However, the solution to this problem has actually been around for a while: set up a large mage base outside the city and let them play by themselves.

However, because Dawn City had been focusing on construction within the city and many technological improvements required the support of magical technology, the matter of the mage tower was repeatedly delayed.

In addition, with winter approaching, construction will be difficult, and due to the nature of the materials, it is estimated that construction will not begin until next spring.

Green was initially having a headache about how to deal with this group of academic fanatics, but after noticing something, he came up with a brilliant plan.

[You mean, the reason you mages are so weak and sickly isn't because of magical energy, not because you need to mage for long periods, not because of any strange reason, but simply...]

Too lazy to move?

Yes, the mages in this world are not as poor and weak as those in other worlds, especially those who can travel long distances to Grin, their physical strength is still guaranteed.

But in this extraordinary world where everyone is a sports student, let alone other professions of the same bloodline, even ordinary people of lower bloodlines may not be able to compare.

Especially after coming to Green, the abundance of rare materials and novel technologies, and particularly the open and shared academic environment, directly led these people to become obsessed with research. As their dark circles increased, their health also deteriorated day by day.

Green initially thought it was due to acclimatization issues or changes in the nature of local magic.

But after questioning Uli and confirming that the group of mages' condition was simply due to their obsession with research, irregular schedules, and lack of exercise, they realized that the problem was not serious.

Then isn't it obvious how to deal with them?

[Get running, everyone! Hurry!]

Before our research base is built, besides the fixed eight hours of technical guidance and research every day, you'll be exercising here.

Also, the factory is already producing the fitness equipment I designed. Anyone who causes me trouble again will have their research qualifications temporarily suspended and will have to go to the gym.

If eight hours of research a day isn't enough for you to have fun, then prepare to exercise for eight hours a day!

Let's see if you guys still have the energy to cause trouble after you finish practicing.

The magicians were truly terrified.

As tech geeks from another world, they spend most of their time studying, researching, and conducting experiments, so they do lack, or even somewhat resist, physical exercise.

But exercise isn't what they fear most.

The most terrifying thing was that after Green finished expressing his meaning, their reason as magicians told them that this was indeed for their own good. The ancient god was not simply punishing them, but was considering their well-being.

So, they couldn't even complain, let alone refute it. In the end, they could only obediently follow Green's orders, and the explosion rate in Dawn City dropped sharply as a result.

However, there was a little incident.

After deciding to let the mages exercise, Uri, the leader of the mages, naturally couldn't be left out.

However, she actually has a slight inherent disadvantage when it comes to physical exercise.

Yes, it's those big headlights on the front.

After taking off his mage robes and changing into everyday clothes, Green realized just how deep this woman, who always spoke so bluntly, really was.