"Alright, this is the place."

Before night fell, after a long journey, Herbert finally completed the remaining part of the path and arrived at his anticipated destination.

Standing on the tallest tree in the forest, he looked around and nodded.

"Great, just as I thought!"

The location was at the bottom right corner of the misty mountains, with a direct distance to the nearest seaside of no more than five kilometers.

Given this situation, it would be convenient to either expand the town or build a port in the future, and a five-kilometer distance wouldn't pose too much risk for them while traversing back and forth.

However, since the visibility in this mist was around a kilometer, he couldn't actually see the seaside, just faintly sensing the salty scent of the sea breeze and the humid air.

By then, a road could be built, and some signs set along the way, and a small village hidden in the mist would be preliminarily established!

"Great... huh!?"

And just as Herbert was filled with ambition, suddenly he felt a tremor beneath his feet.

Earthquake!!?

While pondering this, suddenly he felt a void beneath his feet and fell directly from the top of a tree more than ten meters high.

And it was then that he realized the truth — it wasn't an earthquake, but the tree under his feet was chopped down!

In her dragon form, Valentina munched on some unknown fruit, and while doing so, she swept the passing trees down with her tail.

Whoosh — snap.

Crack crack... boom!

In just a few seconds, a giant tree that had taken hundreds of years to grow was directly destroyed by her, crashing to the ground.

With a quick leap between the trees, Herbert landed safely, then angrily shouted at Valentina:

"That person! Yes, the one eating! That's you!"

"Where's your safety officer? Call your safety officer!"

For Pete's sake, I was working in high places, and you just dismantled my scaffold!!?

Upon hearing this, Valentina turned around, shot him a glare, and continued to devour the fruit she had just found.

(Chew chew chew chew chew)

Then she continued to swing her tail to the side.

Whoosh — snap!

"Hmph."

You're giving so many orders while having me work!

Ignoring you!

She wasn't intentionally trying to drive Herbert down from the tree but was clearing the trees according to the area he had just planned, making space for future residents.

To get rich, start by cutting trees.

However, the trees here were unusually tough, their hardness rivaling that of ordinary rocks, and if Herbert were to cut them down by himself, it would take an enormous amount of time and effort.

At this moment, Herbert most wished for an enchanted axe with efficiency five and unbreaking three...

However, although Herbert didn't have the powerful space storage ability of a block man, nor could he craft equipment barehanded.

But he had a dragoness.

One puff pastry per hundred kilometers.

With Valentina around, the speed of the tree-cutting work was greatly enhanced.

But Miss Hungry Dragon was still not quite satisfied with this pace.

"Hmm..."

Valentina swallowed the berry and shouted back to Herbert: "Hey, I say! Are we just clearing this much?"

"Hmm?"

Herbert blinked, unsure what she meant by that?

Dissatisfied with the workload?

I didn't realize you were such a diligent dragoness!

"Yes, just this area, no need for too much, just clear a small section first."

Since visibility here was around a kilometer, clearing a circular area with a diameter of one kilometer seemed appropriate.

"No! What I mean is... can we use fire?"

"Hmm?"

Valentina didn't waste her breath, turned her head towards a nearby trunk, and blew, spitting a small flame.

Hiss!

The flame instantly melted the solid wood upon contact.

The flame began to spread from the melted section, just showing signs of continued burning, then was slapped out by Valentina.

"So, can we use fire?"

The speed of manual chopping was just too slow, with so many trees, she thought using fire would be quicker.

Herbert thought for a moment but shook his head and said: "Better not, do you want to attract the Archbishop?"

As the saying goes, one fire on the mountain, and the director falls in love with me.

Although there's no director here, if the Archbishop were attracted, it wouldn't be fun.

Setting fire to the mountain could mean ending up in jail, friend.

You've already been incarcerated, finally have a chance to perform well and reduce your sentence, don't make things difficult for yourself.

But after hearing this, Valentina wrinkled her nose and retorted: "Eh — then we'll never light a fire here in the future?"

Hmm?

Herbert blinked, about to argue but suddenly realized the point.

"This... you're right."

He gave Valentina a surprised glance, not expecting her to pinpoint this blind spot.

Indeed.

If they couldn't use fire now, would future inhabitants live here without ever using fire?

Unable to emit any light?

People can't live forever in a lightless environment.

It's not primitive society, can't really rise at sunrise and sleep at sunset.

Moreover, it's shrouded in mist, the straight-line distance from the monastery isn't close, with mountain barriers in between...

"Fine, burn!"

Herbert decided.

Eventually, it would need burning, might as well try it now and see if it attracts the monastery's attention.

"Great! Hahaha! I've been itching to do it!"

Upon getting permission, Valentina eagerly got ready to move, but Herbert stopped her by grabbing her tail.

"Hold on! You may use fire, but be careful to control the blaze, don't let it go out of control, or it'll be troublesome then."

If they end up burning the entire misty mountains, the attracted might not be just the Archbishop, but also those strange things deep in the misty mountains.

"Don't worry!"

Valona nodded vigorously, broke free from his grasp, soared into the sky, and instantly reverted to her true form.

Roar —

Herbert looked up at the hundred-meter-long crimson giant dragon, thought of his planned land, and couldn't help but hold his forehead.

"Ah-ha, I knew it..."

Great, deceived by Miss Hungry Dragon again.

There aren't that many reasons for disliking the pace.

She simply wanted to fire up all that wood laying around, not so many excuses!

Oh well...

Let the kid play if she wants to.

The giant dragon flew upward, then swooped down from high up, spewing flames upon contact with the ground.

Valentina expanded the fire while aiming in various directions, creating a massive ring of fire on the ground!

Diameter... two kilometers.

"Hey hey hey, stop! Do it according to the blueprint!"

"I'm asking you, where's your technician?!"

"Call your technician!"

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