Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God-Chapter 1196 - 665: Wherever I Go, Business Follows_2

"Unfortunately, their picky eating habits make it impossible for our breeding farm to expand, and sometimes we have no choice but to buy snakes from those snake catchers to feed them."

"My lord is troubled by the lack of snakes, while I am troubled by the overabundance of snakes. Various snake species are almost overflowing into a disaster in the Tun Marsh," Gaven proposed, "Would my lord be interested in a joint venture to set up a breeding farm? I will provide the land, and my lord will provide the Swamp Giant Storks, with all proceeds to be split equally."

Gaven wanted to introduce Swamp Giant Storks from Dedeluke Town not just for profit, but mainly to cope with the snake infestation in the Tun Marsh. The war between the Blackscale Lizardfolk and the Tun Serpents was raging, and the top echelons of the Tun Serpents that Gaven had uprooted were in disarray facing the powerful onslaught of the Blackscale Lizardfolk.

But it wasn’t so easy for the Blackscale Lizardfolk to completely uproot the Tun Serpents from the Tun Marsh; after all, the marsh is so vast. Once they dive deep into the swamp, tracking them becomes much harder, especially since the Cursed Serpent People and the Abhorrent Serpent People could transform into snakes, making it even more difficult to chase them down.

Those cunning Tun Serpents have now changed their war tactics. They no longer make appearances in front of the Blackscale Lizardfolk easily but instead drive the snakes to attack the Blackscale Lizardman Tribe. These attacks are not limited to the Blackscale Lizardfolk themselves but also include livestock and fish they breed. If possible, the snakes would also target the children or eggs of the Blackscale Lizardfolk – thankfully, the Lizardfolk have a high resistance to poison due to their Black Dragon Bloodline; ordinary people would have been decimated by the venomous snakes by now.

Gaven is urgently organizing a snake-catching army from the Dragon Oak Territory— the Gnolls’ dedicated mount, the Ferocious Mink.

They are adept at catching snakes, rats, and rabbits, closely related to the Flathead Brother, immune to most snake venoms. A bite from a poisonous snake would at most cause them to doze off for a few hours before recovering.

However, their home turf is the mountains and the jungle. Their fighting capability is drastically reduced in the water, and they can easily become prey for the pythons, dragged into deep water and drowned. At best, they are auxiliary combatants in dry regions and can be used to guard the safety of the Blackscale Lizardman Tribe.

If we add Swamp Giant Storks to the mix, it won’t just be about defense; we can also mount appropriate counterattacks. The body type of the Swamp Giant Storks gives them an absolute advantage in most parts of the marsh. Even a python as thick as a grown man’s arm is just a bite for them – their body type is designed for hunting snakes.

Swamp Giant Storks have advantages that Ferocious Minks lack. They are birds, capable of hatching in large quantities. As long as there is enough food, they can scale up in under two years. Even if the snake problem is later controlled, they still have good commercial value, and it would be a profitable venture for the Blackscale Lizardfolk, adding diversity to their industries.

"The general is indeed forthright, let’s settle this matter," Lord Seiobo readily agreed.

When he was young, he had ventured around the Tun Marsh and knew it well. He had this idea while discussing the Swamp Giant Storks with Gaven and did not expect the young general to be even bolder than he imagined. Gaven not only brought up the idea first but also offered an irresistible price. To haggle further would be greedily overstepping one’s bounds.

"The general really does business wherever he goes," the Crown Princess couldn’t help but glance sideways. If the deal in Hilpur Town had been prepared by Gaven in advance, then the one in Dedeluke Town was impromptu since they only diverted there due to unforeseen events. Even as one of Lady Strategy’s Chosen, he could not have anticipated this.

"Pure coincidence," Gaven could only explain so.

Gaven had read about the presence of Swamp Giant Storks in Dedeluke Town in Valo’s Travels, but alone, it wasn’t worth the trip personally. He planned to let the Conqueror Caravan handle it.

To his surprise, a complication arose, and he had the chance to come to Dedeluke Town himself, so he conveniently settled the matter while there.

Neither Gaven nor Tainalasta dwelled on this issue too much. After all, for them, even if this type of breeding business were to scale, its relative value was limited. Once the intent was confirmed, the details would naturally be worked out by those below them. Their main focus remained on Luji Town.

As Seiobo said, no one could clearly explain how they came to know of Luji Town’s disappearance. It was as if they woke up one morning with everyone aware of the event, as if someone had whispered the news in their sleep.

Even when using Charm spells for deep hypnosis, the answers were the same, neither identifying the source of the news nor gathering any more useful information.

"We took the Ranger’s Path, which I’ve been familiar with for nearly thirty years. Taking this route is a bit out of the way, and it’s eighteen kilometers from our town to Luji Town, which wouldn’t take two hours even on foot – usually less than one hour to get there. But we ran for three whole hours on that path and didn’t even catch a glimpse of Luji Town. It’s impossible that we could have missed it, as it’s so large. After discussing, we walked for another two hours and still didn’t see it, so we turned back," he said.