ELECTUS 26 A Farm Half A Mile Underground

Stefan mocks the Blue Goblins by saying

"It seems rather ironic how Lava controllers found their end around Lava."

Woldemir says

"Well it is a good thing that they met their end. They sound worse than ill.u.s.tratios."

Eric who again his curiosity is getting to him, giving him anxiety and a lack of patience says

"Enough about the Blue Goblins. If everyone is done eating, and Mogranius seems to be able to walk, how about we go check out those mile long underground farms?"

Commander Alia replies with

"Of course. Let us go ahead. Perhaps a few thousand years of ignite wisdom can help the food situation. However even though i arrived here two hundred years ago, i wasn't of much help as i never took much interest in farming.

Follow me!"

The gang stood up and started following Commander Alia who seemed to be leading them downwards the spiral like roadway going down the Volcano. After going down one spiral, they reached a rather small entrance.

But that small entrance was just an illusion to something extraordinarily big.

As they entered they saw several types of farm fields, all practically merged together to form what seemed to be a super farm.

The farm fitting several sorts of fruits and vegetables reached half a mile wide and a mile long. Simply magnificent.

But the second Eric saw the farm he noticed something which could of both slow down or terminate the production rate. Light. This huge farm lacked light.

Eric did not hesitate to point out the problem. He said

"This farm would grow watermelons half the size of my length if this cave had more light."

Woldemir added

"Yes i noticed it too. This cave does have light but simply not enough. Also, seeing that this place is already warm, obviously because of the Volcano, i expect that you grow crops twice a year?"

Commander Alia replies with both confusion and raw curiosity

"So let me get this straight. You are saying that light can improve the production rate.

But what does heat have to do with farming?"

Woldemir replies with

"Yes. The more light, the bigger and faster the crops grow. Having a constant source of indoor light is better than twelve hours on the sun's light."

Eric adds

"And about heat. At winter months, no one plants anything because the crop can't possibly withstand the cold harsh weather.

Here you have heat all year around. You can possibly even plant three times a year no problem."

Commander Alia finds relief. Not only the food situation has been solved but it has found a permanent solution. Now the entire Calidum Lutum civilization will be able to be fed without having to worry about being savy about the food.

She recalls some men avoiding food for weeks at a time for the love of their people. They did not wish to see them suffer hunger.

But those days are behind them. Well almost.

They found the solution to their future, but their present situation is a difficult task to complete.

The lack of food is still there and it needs an instant fix.

She says

"Very well. I find great relief knowing all of this.

But it still does not solve our current food problem. Even with all the adjustments, our food will not last until the planted ones grow."

Woldemir replies with a confident tone

"Get me a sword. Any kind. I have a score to settle and i can save your people from great hunger."

Commander Alia replies with a relieved tone. She seemed to trust Woldemir's abilities.

She says

"I'll have my men get you a sword that other races can actually lift off of the ground. I trust you will not disappoint."

Stefan replies with

"Now let's go back to fixing this farm.

After a while of being here, i noticed that over time, it gets difficult to breathe. That's not good for any living kind and its not good for plants either. But i think i know how to fix this."

Commander Alia adds up in a bit of a sarcastic tone

"Looks like a few thousand years of knowledge is helping out quite well. What do you suggest oh wise one?"

Stefan ignored the sarcasm as he was too focused. He is used to tuning people out as soon as he met Mogranius' sarcasm.

He says

"Can you get one of your Grand Masters up here. And how deep is this cave below the surface?"

Commander Alia full of curiosity replies with

"How could a Grand Master be of help here?

And this cave is about less than half a mile below the surface. Depends where you stay as this whole town is build under a mountain."

Stefan replies with

"A Grand master provides a raw source of lava. If we try bringing the lava here with teamwork, we could burn the crops down. So a raw source of lava is mandatory instead of teamwork. This cave doesn't seem to deep below the ground so we can make this work."